𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙆𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧

54

The morning sun shone on your skin. You sat on the engawa of Marione's home. After the incident from last night, you had endless goosebumps and felt restless, you didn't have a proper rest last night as you couldn't help but dream of your mother eating human flesh.

"Here," Marione says from behind you, you turn to face her. Marione stood behind you with a cup of water with berries in it "Thank you" you say as you took the cup from her. Marione let out a sigh as she sat beside you "Sorry about last night, I could have been a little more humane" Marione says, forcefully.

"A little?" You scoff, jokingly.

"Can I ask you something?" You say. "Depends" Marione responds.

"Why weren't you around when I was little, I had no clue you existed till recently?" You ask, Marione side eyed you as she sighed and leaned her head back.

"I left the family" Marione says.

"What! Why!?" You say with a shocked tone Marione was silent for a few seconds but she began to roll her sleeve up and revealed a tattoo "A keepers tattoo?" You say in confusion.

"I was suppose to inherit the flower" Marione says and she rolled her sleeve back down "That was until my brother, your father married his God awful wife, she her mother came into the family and began to demand and change things to their liking, your grandma and mom were so against me inheriting the flower that they went as far as forcing it onto your mom and when I had tried to fight back your father defended that bitch because he was so blinded by love. She wasn't suppose to inherit the flower and result of forcing herself into she was dying and rotting away from the very second she inherited it and to save herself she turned to consuming humans when I found out I went to tell my brother because at the time he was the head of the house and I thought he'd do something about it but as her manipulating self she cried and pleaded claiming she wasn't eating anyone. Out of anger I tried to take Rai and leave but she became pestering and a pain that I chose to leave Rai behind and disappear, after I left I joined the corps and I climbed the ranks and for awhile I worked as a hashira and retired sometime before that incident" Marione explains.

You frowned knowing what incident she had referred to "I want you know that I did try, once I got word that the estate was being attacked I rushed there as quickly as I could but when I arrived all I found was a bloody mess and a bunch kakushi and slayers from nearby" Marione says as she patted your head and walked off.

You had furrowed your brows, upset. As you knew every word that came out of Marione's mouth was the truth, one couldn't lie to a keeper.

You began to cry and the memories of that foul night replayed in your head.

Months had passed since your training with Marione began, over the months you continued to go through hellish and brutal training. Due to the letters you sent back and forward with other slayers you discovered that they too went through horrid training throughout the months but, of course, the training you endured was far worse then what they had to do. Throughout the months you had grown your strengths and ability. You had gained a new ability, a technique created by your mother, a life sucking technique.

You gritted your teeth and furrowed your brows as you leapt at Marione, she doing the same. She swung her katana at you you turned your body and grabbed the katana's blade, pushing the katana down. The blade sliced your fingers, blood dripped onto the ground below the two of you.

You lowered the blood low enough for you to make a move, you swung your head back and then forward, bashing your head onto Marione's nose. The crunching noises of the bones in her nose breaking filled your ears.