seperation I a giyuu shinobu fanfiction

IV

𝙛𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙣

•••Shinobu•••
I smell blood. Fresh blood. I wake up in a panic and that notice Tomioka isn't next to me anymore. I get dressed quickly, pressuring myself to get up as fast as possible as the faint smell of blood grazes my nose.

 I quickly get out the tent dressed up in my normal demon slayer uniform, as well the large coat Tomioka gave me. As I peak me head out of the tent, I see Tomioka, sitting there watching the fog come out of his mouth and the snow hit his skin.

 He turns to me and says, "Kocho, you're up early." He continues to daze off in the distance, letting the most amount of fog come out of his mouth. He sees to really enjoy watching his breath in the cold winter nights.  

Tomioka speaks again, saying "The blood you smelt is the demon. I dealt with him, don't worry."  

I stare before asking him, "How long have you been awake?" 

He speaks out while gazing at the moon, "Probably an hour or two, I don't really sleep well."

 I walk over and look at him, his eyes have that same dead look, the same dead look I hate, but when he turns and looks at me, his eyes become more reflective in the moonlight. 

His eyes beam more of a deeper blue as I look more into them. He says while looking at me, "We should probably patrol tonight, it's highly unlikely that there is just one demon wondering around, I think the sun will be up in around 4 hours."

I turn and look into his eyes and say, "Giyuu, lets talk for a bit alright?" He looks at me with a emotionally unavailable stare, and speaks one again, "You said my first name, you are my higher up so of course we can talk." 

I freak out while he chuckles a bit and takes a sip of some tea he made. He grabs a tea cup, full to the brim of a nice green tea. He hands me it, being careful not to spill a single drop out of the cup. I accept gracefully as he laughs a bit more. His laugh is really cugly. 

He looks up to the moon and says, "Kocho, how are you so strong? Gyomei told me about everything with you and your sister. It's mind blowing to me how even though you've been through all of that, you are still stronger than half of humanity" 

I look down, processing the memories that have re emerged in my mind. I finally start talking 

"Tomioka, the only reason I am here is to avenge my sister, and raise Kanao. My mental health is fucked, I am constantly angry and full of grief about what has happened in the past. I need to get revenge for what that demon piece of shit did to her."

 Giyuu looks to me, nodding his head. He speaks, "I understand Kocho, I know you do not need me help nor want it, but if you need any sort of help fighting and killing this demon, I will always be here, no matter where we stand. I give you my promise."

 I give him a hug, thanking him for the offer. 

Tomioka goes to stand where I pull him down by his hand. I say to him, "Can you tell me about why your eyes look full of sorrow? Every time I look at you, it just seems your always full of despair." 

He chuckles and sits back down, speaking as he sits. "Kocho, I'll make it very short and compact for you. People that I knew and loved died in front of me, I was too weak to protect them. I joined the Demon Slayer corps to prevent the fate of people like me. During the exam there was a person that I was close too sacrificed himself in order for me to live. I don't deserve to be here Kocho. I never have and I don't think I ever will, but as long as I am here I will fight anyone and anything in order to save those who suffered the same fate as my elders." 

My mind, still processing the story I was just told, doesn't recognize the fact Tomioka stood up and is walking away. 

I shout out "Tomioka, where are you going?" He looks back to me saying, "Shinobu, i'm going to go patrol for a bit longer. Can I ask you something?"

I stand up and run over to him, grabbing my blade, and spilling my tea.

I say "Of course you can, if you let me patrol with you." 

He looks at me and asks, "The moon is beautiful tonight, isn't it?"

I look at him and reply, "Tomioka, that was the dumbest question you could have ever asked me, let's go patrol." 

He chuckles, turning around and unsheathing his blade. 

SORRY FOR THE MEDIOCRE CHAPTER AND LATE UPDATE IT'S BEEN REALLY TOUGH RECENTLY I PROMSE ITLL GET BETTER AND ILL UPDATE MORE!

quick shoutout to my s/o elly i love them. 

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