The Twin Mists

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When we arrived at Tamayo's mansion, we were greeted by Yushiro. He kind of reminded me of Yuichiro. Tamoyo took us to an empty examination room and examined all of us. Giyuu, Muichiro, and I sustained no injuries. Inosuke and Kanao had a couple wounds, but none too serious. But when it was Shinobu's turn, Tamoyo's face turned quite grave. "Your lungs were pierced and severely damaged. I can fully heal and recover them, but it's a miracle that you were able to stand let alone fight. And the wis-'' She stopped, looking at everyone else. I sighed and asked, "Nee-chan, can you take Inosuke and Kanao out of the room?" Mui said, "Sure Nee-san." Tamoyo told Yushiro to go with them, and ,very reluctantly ,he agreed. Once they were outside, Tamoyo said, "Your blood now has enough poison to take down an Uppermoon. It seems as though you used it in the battle as well." Giyuu gave a start, and I asked if we could be excused. When we were in the next room alone, I said, "One, Giyuu you wouldn't be feeling any of these things if you didn't feel anything for her. And second of all, you are going to have to talk with her." Giyuu took a deep breath and went back to the room with me where Lady Tamoyo had just finished dressing and wrapping all of Shinobu's wounds. "You should go get some rest." Once Shinobu was asleep, Lady Tamoyo brought Giyuu, Muichiro, and I into the room. "We are going to have to see Shinobu's spiritual core. Based on her actions, sacrifices, and plans, I think that we need to understand how she really is on the inside." I was surprised. "I've heard from Tanjiro-san that he faced an Uppermoon with that ability. Apparently, the more beautiful a soul is, the more pure and good it is. And there is a specific gem that represents the person's core, will, and heart. It would be in the form of something symbolic to them."Lady Tamoyo nodded in conformation and asked us to brace ourselves. The flowers from her blood spell surrounded us like clouds of color. The next thing I knew was in a beautiful grove of wisteria trees, with the ground covered with my ferns, shrubs, and flowers of every shade. Butterflies were everywhere, flitting from plant to plant gracefully and beautifully. It was night time and the moon was full and looked beautiful in the star filled sky. "This is Shinobu-san's soul! It's so... beautiful." Giyuu looked as though he was in shock. A violet butterfly landed on my finger, it felt as though it was tugging my somewhere. "I think it wants us to follow it." Muichiro looked at me and nodded in agreement.We followed the butterfly to a beautiful sight. There was a small, short, moss-covered stone pillar in the middle of a circle of wisteria trees and purple/pink/ white flowers. On the flat top of the stone pillar, there was a beautiful crystal flower, with wisteria, iris, lilac, amethyst, fuchsia, magenta, and indigo petals. But when I got closer to the flower, I realized that some of the petals had fallen off. "That represents the breaking of her soul, heart, and will," Tamoyo explained. This was not reassuring.Giyuu suddenly asked, "Can we get out of here?" Tamoyo nodded and ended the spell. Once we were all out, Shinobu woke up and said, "Ara~Ara~. What are you all doing here?" Tamoyo quickly exited the room and shut the door, giving us some privacy. Giyuu quickly sat down infront of his knees infront of Shinobu and engulfed her in a big hug. This time however, Muichiro and I stayed in the room quietly. "You don't have to keep up that act infront of me. The twins already told me everything. But why did you do that to yourself? Why didn't you tell anyone? Why didn't you tell me? And Tamoyo show use your heart. Why is it broken?" Shinobu let out a deep sigh and said, "It's because I'm weak. I could never chop off a demon's head or save all my friends and family... my whole village. I need poison to kill a demon, and I'm only good at being a doctor, nothing else." Giyuu just hugged her tighter and said, "There are many words to describe you with; beautiful, smart, resourceful, amazing, etc. Weak is not one of those words." I could see Shinobu's face turning into a tomato. Muichiro was also trying so hard not to laugh and Giyuu's obliviousness to Shinobu's face. Giyuu continued, "Sacrificing yourself to kill a demon would only make everyone else miss you more, including all the girls at the butterfly mansion, and Misturi and mm-...." He trailed off there.