Hilt and Hand

Ushiwakamaru was a sword with no sheath, too sharp to keep after the fighting was done. Still, she had been called, and she would do her best. She had never known how to do otherwise. Fujimaru Ritsuka put on a brave front, but he was a mortal caught in a war of demigods. Still, people were counting on him, and he would do his best. That would be better than giving up on them.