The Shadow of the Insect

~Chapter Fifteen~

+++++++++++++++++++++++++Watch out! Lemon!+++++++++++++++++++++++++

The Hashira woke up from his sleep with severe pain, the painkillers had lost their effect. He screamed in pain. Tamayo heard the scream from the room and immediately set off, she knew what to do. She tried to hold him and gave him the drug. His screams stopped and his body loosened. He looked around and looked Tamayo in the eye and then passed out again. "Ms. Tamayo. Is that a good idea to take a Hashira with us, when he is healthy again, he will definitely kill us. We are not allowed to have him with us any longer. We have to get rid of him." he tried to persuade her. "I can't just leave an injured person lying around, I have to help him. Someone told me in my dream that I should help him." Yushiro is someone who changes his mind immediately when Tamayo admonishes him. He apologized to her and went into the next room to store the things he had got.

It has been two whole weeks and Neltha woke up from his coma. "Erghh... my fucking head hurts, I'm sick, I'm tired and everything just hurts. Fuck. Where am I and who took care of me?" Cursing his life, he got out of bed and hobbled all the way to find someone. He found his sword lying in the corner somewhere and his uniform which had been destroyed. He used the sword as a walking aid.

At the end of the corridor, he heard voices and went there. "Ms. Tamayo, I can't go on long! We can't have a Demon Slayer with us! He could get up at any moment!" a little furiously he thumped the table. In a lower voice she tried to calm him down, "He won't find out, I'll make sure." Neltha stood behind the door frame and listens attentively. He completely erased his presence so that they don't notice him. "What are the two talking about that they yell at each other like that. I need more context." He spoke to himself.

"Please don't be so loud Yushiro. He could hear us." she said, a little worried. She knew that the Neltha is no ordinary Demon Slayer. "Damn it, he's a danger to us demons!" Those weren't the words Neltha wanted to hear. The room was filled with silence, the sound of something heavy fell on the floor. In the next instant Tamayo was thrown to the ground and a sword was stuck in her shoulder. "TAMAYO!" cried. "Move another millimeter and she will die." he said coldly in the direction of Yushiro. He was in a bind, he didn't think that he could move that fast and agile, despite the bad injuries. Neltha turned back to Tamayo and spoke. "Thank you very much for saving my life, but I mustn't let you live. Tell me one more thing before I kill you. Where am I and how long have I been unconscious?"

"What do you think you're doing Slayer! Don't touch my goddess! We picked you up and healed your wounds." he got angry and tried to get closer. "Have you forgotten what I'm threatening you with?", he stabbed her further and turned the sword 90 degrees. Tamayo groaned slightly in pain. "Okay, okay. I got it! But please don't do anything to her!"

Annoyed by the boy, he turned back to the woman who was lying with her back on the floor. "Now answer my quest-!" Neltha coughed and spat blood. He lost his strength briefly and went down on his knees.

Yushiro saw an opportunity and wanted to intervene. With a gentle movement of her hand, Tamayo signaled that she had everything under control. He trusted her so much that he didn't intervene.

Neltha was only a few inches from Tamayo's face. He looked into her eyes. She felt sorry for him. "I see in your eyes the pain you have been carrying in you over the past few years. I can see it clearly. Your wounds have opened, please let me continue to treat you."

Neltha was unsure but he saw in Tamayo eyes, Kanae. Apparently Kanae wants to tell him to trust her. He got up and pulled his Nichirin-Sword out of her. Yushiro ran to Tamayo and checked if she was alright. Neltha lost a great deal of blood again, he grew pale and fell over.

After a while he woke up in the comfortable bed and Tamayo sat next to him. "Are you feeling better? You lost a lot of blood again after the fight earlier." she said in a low and gentle voice.