Editing Homecoming (Shadows)

{{Era|ACSH|Memories}}
{{Imageneed|''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''}}
{{IncompleteMemory|Shadows}}
{{Youmay|the memory of Yasuke|an [[Homecoming|alternate use]] of the word}}
{{Memory Infobox
|name=Homecoming
|image=
|description=''With Yasuke's help, Ibuki confronts the shadows of their past.''
|appearance=''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''
|type=Main, The League {{c|Ibuki}}
|reward=
|fullsync= 
|previous=[[Ambush Interrupted]]
|concurrent=
|next=[[Putting Down Roots]]
|source=[[Yasuke]]
|location=Near [[Hijiyama Fort]], [[Iga]], [[Japan]]
|date={{Cite|03 November 2025}}
}}
'''Homecoming''' was a virtual representation of one of  [[Yasuke]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived through the [[Animus|Animus EGO]].<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>

==Description==
Yasuke meets with Ibuki to confront Kyobei.
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==Dialogue==
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Ibuki. There they are.''
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*'''Ibuki:''' ''Where are Kyobei's men? His servants?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''What is the matter?''
*'''Ibuki:''' ''This castle is under Kyobei's care. But all these soldiers are Nakatomi's. Something is wrong. I can feel it.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Perhaps there's been a change to the guard.''
*'''Ibuki:''' ''It is rarely that simple.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Right. Whatever the situation, I am ready.''
*'''Ibuki:''' ''Good. No time for stealth or subterfuge. Let us get Kyobei, and fast.''
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*'''Nakatomi Guard:''' ''Lord Nakatomi is right to punish him. What kind of idiot fails to bring back unarmed peasants?''
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*'''Yasuke:''' ''There. Kyobei must be inside.''
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*'''Ibuki:''' ''Nakatomi.''
*'''Nakatomi:''' ''Ibuki. I must be seeing a ghost.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''You are the daimyo known for their iron-fisted cruelty?''
*'''Nakatomi:''' ''Not cruelty. Practicality. If I let anyone disobey me, everyone will.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''So you - ''
*'''Nakatomi:''' ''If you do not hold your tongue, stranger, I will hand it back to you.''
[she turns to Ibuki]
*'''Nakatomi:''' ''You. Kyobei swore to me that you were dead. He swore on his family's honor.''
*'''Kyobei:''' ''Why couldn't you just stay away?''
*'''Ibuki:''' ''You exiled me. You abandoned me.''
*'''Nakatomi:''' ''Kyobei's order was to kill you. A test of loyalty. One he failed, it seems. It is an oversight easily mended.''
*'''Ibuki:''' ''Kyobei. Kyobei, look at me!''
*'''Kyobei:''' ''Let me have my punishment. Let me die with honor, please.''
*'''Ibuki:''' ''Do something! Say something.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''You want an honorable death, Kyobei? Stand up and fight. Now!''
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*'''Nakatomi:''' ''Kill them all!''
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*'''Kyobei:''' ''I did not want this.''
*'''Ibuki:''' ''Because you are a good man. You will be a better leader than Nakatomi ever was.''
*'''Kyobei:''' ''That is not how it works, Ibuki.''
*'''Ibuki:''' ''Why not? Why not?''
*'''Kyobei:''' ''I need to think on it. Let us speak in the morning.''
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*'''Ibuki:''' ''Kyobei and I would sit like this for hours as children. Talking under the stars. Dew would collect on the sleeping blossoms. A whole world within each drop. Blue anemone are my favorite. Seeing the flowers turn, the way they chase the daylight... A reminder. To seek the good.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''You have the soul of a poet.''
*'''Ibuki:''' ''Poetry, literature, music... I'm more artist than ronin. Always have been. Do you know ikebana?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Flower arrangement? I have seen displays. Beautiful, but I cannot say I understand it.''
*'''Ibuki:''' ''Some forms of ikebana are driven by strict guidelines. Rigid and formal. Others, more... spontaneous. Free. So what is it that makes ikebana beautiful to you, Yasuke? Is it the guidelines that shape it? Or the flower underneath?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''One can pluck and arrange all day, but a flower does not need rules to be beautiful.''
*'''Ibuki:''' ''And, like a flower, our own existence is ephemeral. So why contort ourselves to suit the aesthetics of some forgotten scholar?''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Do you always talk in such grand metaphor, Ibuki? This conversation makes my head spin.''
*'''Ibuki:''' [chuckles] ''That is not the first time I've heard that. Perhaps... that is a good place for us to end our conversation for the evening. Goodnight... Yasuke.''
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*'''Ibuki:''' ''Kyobei will talk with the others. But he is hopeful. He said it was your strength that convinced him. Snapped him out of his haze.  I will miss him.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Come with me, Ibuki. Join my league. We could use someone with your skills and talents. Your perspective.''
*'''Ibuki:''' ''I will admit... it has been nice to wander less. To feel shared purpose again. So yes, Yasuke. I will join your league. "A bough once leafless sprouts new life."''
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==Outcome==
Following Nakatomi's death, Ibuki decided to join the Kakushiba ikki.

==References==
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[[Category:Memories of Yasuke]]
[[Category:Memories relived using the Animus EGO]]