Lost Morals [DISCONTINUED]

#𝟭| 𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜

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Tanjiro's perspective

"CAW!! CAW!! WATER PILLAR KAMADO TANJIRO!! REPORT TO OYAKATA-SAMA FOR AN URGENT PILLAR MEETING!!" the raven-black crow announced at its usual ear-piercing voice level before repeating the message once more.

"ah, thank you, i'll head there right away," i muttered and turned back towards the headquarters. good thing i had just completed my mission. i sighed, but it's unusual for master to hold pillar meetings at the spur of the moment, let alone an urgent meeting as well...

i enter through the gate and proceed to the meeting area.

in a distant corner, a fourteen and seventeen year old chartered away at a respectable volume, quite the distance away from a loud commotion. i turned my head to find Inosuke sparking yet another fight with Zenitsu. the blonde jumped in terror, and hid timidly behind a confused Kanao that had just been staring at butterflies a moment ago, distracted from the noisy duo.

"hi guys," i greet with a hand raised as i walk over.

"T-Tanjiro, HELP ME FROM THIS CRAZY BOAR!!" Zenitsu screamed as he pointed at Inosuke. Kanao flashed me a sweet smile of thanks when Zenitsu ran behind me instead. She walked off to another part of the area where more butterflies were gathered in a rainbow cluster.

i sighed and started to lecture Inosuke for what was most definitely not the first or hundredth time.

"KOMBA—" Inosuke shouted, but was cut off when Oyakata-sama walked in with two girls with white coloured, shoulder-length that looked almost identical.

everyone gathers neatly in a line and bow down.

"now, now, children, there's no need for such formalities," master said as he smiled and motioned his had up, signalling for us to stand up so we'd be more comfortable. although unsure of how he somehow managing to sense that we were bowing, we quickly obeyed and stood up.

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third person's perspective

there was an unsettling tension in the air, and everyone could sense it. the hashiras immediately sensed that Ubuyashiki was here to deliver some unfortunate news, despite still smiling.

"is there something wrong, Oyakata-sama?" Senjuro inquired worriedly.

"well, i have some disturbing news..." he started, his smile faltered into a frown.

"it appears as we have some reports of sightings of new demons, powerful ones in fact. perhaps even more than the upper moons." everyone was caught off guard by his last sentence.

more powerful than the uppermoons? but barely anyone has even been able to defeat any uppermoon yet... many of them shared that thought.

Ubuyashiki then continued, "rare accounts— that are of those who were even able to escape— reported that some of them lo-," he stopped himself, frowned for a moment, and continued, "the descriptions given were rather unsettling. they appeared to have taken the faces and forms of some of our late hashiras. now, now, let us not get too caught up though, i'm sure it's all a misunderstanding. my current suspicsions are that they are just shape-shifting demons. one that note, we shall not speak of this to others and end this meeting here," he finished before turning around with his two daughters accompanying him back inside.