(please play the song above)
"Mom! Dad! Im home! I brought same snacks-" She had a warm closed eyed smile on her face until she opened her eyes to look at her now dead family members. Horror struck her as she stared wide eyed at her siblings and parents, all covered in blood.
'Why.. WHY ME?! WHY... WHY??!!" she was going crazy. She heard a slow piano melody playing as tears rolled down her cheeks, just like rain drops on windows. Tears kept pouring one by one, it just wouldn't stop. This feeling.. It just wouldn't go... She would never be able to talk them again... This feeling of grief and sorrow.. 'I wish I could've save them.. Only if I arrived earlier..'
Weeks have passed since the incident took place. She has already buried her families' bodies and cleaned the house. The poor girl cries everyday thinking it's all her fault. She always thought she wasn't enough but now she just felt useless, a piece of trash. She starved herself, ate as little as possible. She just fell so down all the time. She had no one.. No one in the entire world.. It was just her, alone facing the entire world.
She was sitting on her bed, with a blade on her hand, cutting as much of her skin as possible until a growl startled her. A tall monster like creature stood in front of her "Looks like I'll have a scrumptious meal today.. " uttered the dark blue demon.
He was approaching her really fast, just when she saw it, she fell out of shock. She was crawling back until her back hit the wall. Just when he was about to eat her whole, she closed her eyes for the pain but it never came. All she heard was a sharp but soothing voice "Water Breathing First Form: Water Surface Slash!" He slashed the demons neck as it landed somewhere in her room.
"Are you ok miss?" A dark red haired boy put his hand in front of her in attempt to jolt her up. His pretty eyes looked caringly at hers. It felt as if time had stopped. While still looking at him mesmerized by his beauty, a shade of pink wrapped her cheeks as she saw a sight better than any other.
The young girl slowly moved her hand forth, his rough hand caressed her smooth ones. As he jolted her up, she came back to reality. "Yes" She lied. While letting go of her hand, he noticed the cuts, the dripping blood and the blade in her other hand but chooses to ignore it since it may be too personal. After he concentrated more on the room, he smelled one of the saddest scents he ever did. Was it her?
"Oh, sorry I showed up pretty suddenly, but my name is Tanjiro Kamado, is it ok if I know yours?" "I'm Y/N, Y/N Y/L." "How.. Did you do that?" She felt like she was asking a dumb question. "Oh! Im a demon slayer! I practice water breathing style." exclaimed Tanjiro, which made him notice Y/N's emotionless behavior. "Can you please tell me more?" uttered the curious girl. "Well.. What I'm wearing under my haori is the demon slayer uniform. Thats a few simple information.
Oh and I was thinking I should tell you since it was concerning me, there's a faint smell of a demon here, different than the one I had just killed now." He didn't tell her about such deep scent of sadness. That was a lot to take in for her so she just nodded her head slowly taking in what he had said realizing he has a really good sense of smell. "Do you think I can become one too?" She looked down at her hands. "Of course!" he gave a warm closed eyed smile. She got that feeling in her stomach again. 'What is this? Why do I keep feeling this feeling?'
Just before she could finish off her thoughts, A big crow came in her room and started talking, telling Tanjiro not to waste time. The girl was shocked, again, "Is it supposed to do that?" asked the still shocked girl.
He took a pen and paper after asking if he could borrow it then wrote something down. "Uhm if you ever become a demon slayer, I'd love to chat with you more and I'd love to go on missions with you someday Y/N-chan, but I'll have to get going now" He said giving her the bit of paper while smiling nervously. His warm smile again made her heart melt. "B-Bye" He bowed and left.
The young girl stood there shocked. She almost died but Tanjiro's comforting eyes were the only thing she could think of. What had he done to her? Why did she feel so excited and bubbly? Questions filled her mind.
She finally tried focusing on what Tanjiro said a moment ago. 'A demon must've slaughtered my family .. I mean there's no other explanation..' She finally had some confidence. 'Since my life is not that interesting, i guess being a demon slayer wouldn't be that bad..' He was her savior.. Literally, and figuratively.
She woke up to the sunlight hitting her face. "Y/N! breakfast is ready!" said her caring mom "I'm coming!" Exclaimed the girl. She brushed her teeth and went to the dining table. Her face turned into a big smile. She saw her favourite breakfast. "Thank you so much mom!" she back hugged her while she was cooking. Her mom turned around with an angry face while blood ran down her forhead. Y/N got shocked. "Why did you abandon us?" she exlaimed with anger. Y/N let go of her mother scared . Her eyes got watery as memories of her dead family was coming back. Her father came out of nowhere. "Yes, why did YOU kill us?" Y/N watched in horror as her parents were getting covered by blood, looking just like their dead corpse. Not only them, but the room was getting dark and bloody too. Her elder sister entered the room. "Ugh you should've died and not us. Y/N couldn't take it anymore she got on her knees and started balling. Her mother put her hand forth and gripped her daughter's neck tightly. "I shall give you what you deserved!"
*GASP*
The young girl finally woke up and started crying her eyes out. 'is it really my fault that they died? no.. no.. NO... ' The young girl grabbed a hand full of hair and started pulling. After a while, she let go, knowing struggling this much wouldn't help. She looked at her right, where the small window belonged. She looked outside, to the green trees and bushes, her eyes gazed at the crow flying in flocks. 'They seem to be working so hard flying all the way to their homes, trying to find food. Should I try .. too?
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Hi everyone who read the whole chapter, I'm so sorry you had to go through that. This is my first Wattpad story and I really hope it isn't as bad as I think it is. My updates for chapters might be slow because my school will be starting in a week and I'm really lazy so please don't mind. I'll still try my best to update the second one as soon as possible. Happy New Year and Thank you.
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FanfictionTW: Self harm, death A young girl comes home with food to see her parents slaughtered. Will she try to take revenge or fall into a deep hole full of misery? Disclaimer: The characters don't belong to me (except for Y/N) Only the story and pictures.