The Tales of Yuriko I

Yuriko never asked for rainbows or second chances. Bullied into silence, haunted by mockery and a fragile self-worth, all she ever had was her brother's quiet love and the certainty that she was small, breakable, unworthy. Then the world ripped her away. Dropped into a fractured realm of warring magic, alien machines, and merciless violence, Yuriko has no choice but to survive. Every wound, every betrayal, every impossible choice chips away at the frightened girl she was. Strangers gather around her, broken souls with their own agendas, drawn to the quiet strength she doesn't yet see in herself. But a greater shadow is rising: an empire from beyond the stars, hungry for conquest and willing to burn worlds to claim them. Yuriko stands at the crossroads between her own demons and the fate of everyone she's come to care for. If she cannot face the darkness inside her, the light she might bring to this dying world will never shine. Will she rise, or will the weight of her past crush her before the real war even begins?