Inosuke POV ( this is before Moriko got captured btw) (it'll be short)( also slight language warning okay bye!)
'wow it's getting really dark, I'll go get Moriko' I think to myself looking at the sky with the stars starting to appear. I lay down one of our make-shift hammers and begin to climb up one of the many trees in this thick forest, I start hopping between the trees, the hopping starts to turn into a run once I get the hang of it.
'I don't know why Moriko insisted on putting our extra nails in a tree so far into the woods' I wonder
'oh yeah, "I'll be able to test my tree climbing skills!" that's what she said right?" I ask myself as I arrive at the top of the tree that held the nails, there was a faint but rancid smell that appeared I covered my nose as it burned the back of my throat. 'has she already gone down?' I ask myself as I slowly climb down each branch still plugging my nose as the stench got stronger and stronger. I shut my eyes tightly when they start to sting only to snap them open when hearing a familiar voice yell
"INOSUKE HELP ME PLEASE!" the voice cries
'shit-SHIT THAT'S HER' I think frantically to myself as I jump from the tree tossing and turning my head faster than I thought I could. "where is she...WHERE THE FUCK IS SHE!" I yell causing birds to scatter from their nests.
I run all across every corner of the mountain more times than I can count. once my stamina has finally run all out I lay on the dirt ground in exhaustion. my brother boar walks out of his cave and sits next to my face, and turns his head slightly to the left as if to question me. that's when the realization finally hits me, I hug the boar and say,
" I Lost Her, didn't I?"
Moriko POV
I wake up with a yawn and the light from outside of our cave. my eyes open slowly as I turn to my right only to see unfamiliar surroundings. I sit up confused, I feel a scratchy feeling on my leg I uncover my legs from the blanket that was covering them to see my forearm covered in bloody bandages.
My memories start to come back to me. as I remember the creature that attacked me. A cold chill covers my back, I look at my surroundings closer and notice multiple empty beds around me. I look out the window next to me and see many pink petals fly from the trees outside. I also see butterflies covering almost every inch of their hunormous backyard. where is this place?
I step onto the cold hardwood floors and begin to walk towards the door to explore the mansion. I try to remember as much I can about the stranger's face who saved me from whatever that creature was. as I inch closer to the door as it slams open, I stumble backwards from the sudden noise and look upwards at the tall man that stands in front of me.
'That's him! he's the one who saved me!' I thought to myself. he stood tall staring down at me with an over-enthusiastic smile, I can't help but smile back.
"someone's feeling better!" he laughs entering the room.
"I guess..." I sigh looking at my arm.
" Well don't give me that! keep your head up high and be as flashy as possible!" he lectures me while crouching down and patting my head. I nod and flash a confident smile,
"There you go! Don't let anyone get your spirits down! alright? promise me that!" I nod smiling at his positive manner,
" I promise!" I assure him
I sit back down on the bed I slept in as he grabs the roll of bandages he found and begins to unwrap my wound. once he reveals it I can finally see how bad the cuts really are. I wince when the air finally reaches my wound.
"oh my! I'll grab a nurse to tend for this wound, I almost forgot how deep it was!" He exclaims. I give him a weak smile as I grip my forearm. the bleeding has mostly stopped but the pain was unbearable. soon after two nurses rush through the door with a tray of medical supplies, I look at the tray and my mind immediately recognizes the items, my mind travels to my first memory, the one when I'm laid on a bed. just like this one. the one where two doctors were operating on me, ones like them.
"they used those tools on me...them...they killed my parents" my eyes start to tear up as a familiar pain in the back of my neck appears. It feels like a deep pulsing pain over and over and over again. I grip my neck in an attempt to stop the intense pain. the nurses take note of this and one of them places their hand on my back. Something overcomes me and I quickly grab her hand off of me and glared at the woman with her wrist still in my grasp.
"don't. touch. me." I say through pulses of the most pain I've ever felt in a long time, It makes the cuts on my arm seem like cat scratches. The other woman tries to calm me down and attempt to pry off the other nurse's arm from my grasp. I start to see blood dripping from the lady's wrist.
'wait...stop! it's not her! it's just some poor woman!' I tell myself, but it's muffled by a static-like sound.
' no! please I'm hurting her!' I feel like I've lost all control of my body. I can only move my eyes, they travel to my arm 'wheres the wound?? what?! it's gone! what's happening??' I hear The door of the room open, the man from before rushes towards us and tears my hand from the woman's wrist. 'thank you' I think not able to speak.
"What on earth were you doing?! he questions me with an intense tone, if I were him I would say the same thing. All I do is look down at my lap, I can't bring myself to say anything to him.
"Answer me dammit!" he yells. tears finally fall from my eyes the ones I was trying so hard to keep in. I open my mouth to speak but I pause collecting myself for a moment.
"They reminded me of some people" I manage to say, although that obviously isn't enough context for anyone to understand.
"I need more than that Kid" he lowers his voice slightly, but only slightly. I sigh preparing myself for the moment I'm about to re-live. one that I never wanted to bring back, ever.
" The first thing I remember was being strapped to an operating table while two doctors operated on my neck, not to fix anything though, they put something in there. I think they called it a chip, they would always associate it with something called, demon slayers?" The man perks his head at that word he seems intrigued.
"anyway it's been there ever since, they convinced me they were my parents. But I later learned that they...killed. my real parents. so I ran away...I think I was 5. oh, and somehow that thing healed my arm" I explain staring at the area where the cuts used to be, I can tell the man is interested.
"so you, at 5 years old escaped your captors who killed your parents?" he asks sounding surprised for obvious reasons.
"I mean, yeah," I say looking back down at my lap. the man laughs, I lift my head,
"what a Dazzling backstory young one! you sure have had quite the experience! but...in all seriousness, you've witnessed really scary things. so seeing similarities to your past that must've been really scary." he sympathizes.
"yeah, it is" I sigh, "thank you..wait what's your name?" I ask
"Oh how silly of me! I suppose that information is overdue isn't it?" he laughs
"my name is Tengen Uzui" he introduces himself "what would yours be?" he asks,
"Moriko Okamoto."
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~Acorns~ An OC x Inosuke Fanfiction
FanfictionA young girl who grew up in Japan is used as a lab subject by who she could only assume were her parents. she ran out of her home after finding out the terrible truth about them. She loses her friend and learns about these things called demon slayer...
