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2020-05-22
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2020-05-22
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The She-Wolves of Mibu

Summary:

Short ficlets set in a genderbent Hakuouki AU. Chizuru is a man, the Shinsengumi are all women, other characters are their canonical or historical genders.

Notes:

In this AU, Chizuru is a man, the Shinsengumi are all women, other characters are their canonical or historical genders. Most routes are het except for the routes with non-Shinsengumi characters (Kazama for now, and Sakamoto and Iba if I get around to writing them) which are m/m.

The title of each chapter should tell you the route that each ficlet is on. As in canon, Chizuru's characterization is going to be a little bit different depending on the route. I do a lot of quoting from the game with pronouns shifted, and I'm a little inconsistent about which version of the game I quote from.

I'm taking requests, so if there's a particular scene you'd like to see in this universe please let me know. The rating may go up as I add more ficlets and tags may be added.

Scytale wrote some beautiful poetry set in this AU, which you can find here.

Chapter 1: Hijikata 1

Chapter Text

The woman holding a sword to Chizuru’s neck was the most beautiful he had ever seen. Chizuru was a doctor’s son and had grown up away from politics but even he had heard of Hijikata, the terrifying vice-commander of the Shinsengumi, the she-wolves of Mibu, a savage group of women ronin. He hadn’t imagined she would be beautiful, her hair like cherry trees blooming out of season. Blue-white moonlight lit her slender face and shone from her blade. There was no doubt in her eyes that she was prepared to kill him, and yet she looked troubled. There was no kindness in her, but perhaps there would be mercy?

Chizuru’s father was gone and Chizuru didn’t know where or why. This attack had taught him that all his self-defence training was worthless. But it was more than protection that he needed. He needed hope. Hijikata’s eyes defied him to find it.

“I won’t run,” Chizuru promised. He did run, eventually, but it was only the once, before he learned to take Hijikata’s orders. Before he’d learned that her will was as sharp and as beautiful as her steel and that he would follow her to the end of their world.