Charred Love- Rengoku x Reader

15: My Savior

You and Kyojuro drank the antidotes provided by Tamayo, and within seconds your demon like appearance changed into normal.
"Woah- you look completely different!"
You stared into the mirror, Kyojuro was right, for once in a very long time, you looked human.
It wasn't long until Kyojuro started to change too, his bright hair turned into a dark shade of black.
"Kyojuro! Your hair!"
He touched and stared at it, "aw man, I love my natural hair."

You reached up to comb your fingers through his pitch-black hair, he was definitely unrecognizable.
"We should probably get going."
Kyojuro nodded, "Yeah I agree, you know where to go right?"

"...."

"..."

"Uh- Well, I'm sure someone will send directions."

No one ever did.

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"Y/N..... i don't want to be pessimistic or anything, but i think we're lost."
You and Kyojuro had been walking for who knows how long, the path started to get repetitive.
"Ughhh- this is insane! Why would Master Ubuyashiki send us somewhere without providing directions!"
Kyojuro patted your head, "Calm down! Master Ubuyashiki must've had a reason as to why he didn't."

"Or maybe he just forgot!"
You stopped and put your hands on your knees, trying to catch your breath. The humid air didn't help at all, it was like breathing into a bag.
Kyojuro roughly nudged your back as he stared at something in the trees. "Y/N we have company!"

"What-?"
Staring in the same direction as Kyojuro you understood why he said what he did.
There was a demon.
You both were instructed by Master Ubuyashiki to not carry any weapons. He wanted to make the two of you look as helpless as possible. (Obviously it worked)

"Oh I just hit the JACK-POT!"
The demon disappeared from its hideout and appeared behind you. It tightly grasped the shoulders of you and Kyojuro.
This demon was fast, you couldn't even react to its movements!
"A beat up woman and an injured man, my lucky day!"
You turned around before the demon could grab your head, Kyojuro swiftly jumped behind the demon and hit it with a log.

"Ow!"

Unfortunately without the proper weapons you both couldn't fight back and actually cause some damage.
"Atsuko! Let's go!"
It took you a minute to realize that he was calling you by your code name. You grabbed Kyojuro by the hand as you both ran away from the demon. The chase didn't last long because soon enough Kyojuro was thrown to the ground by the sudden weight of the demon.

"Ugh..." Kyojuro clenched his teeth once he felt something sharp enter his skin.
The demon had stabbed Kyojuro with the same wooden log that he used to hit it with! The only difference was that there was some kind of slimy liquid covering the log.
"You think you could outrun me old man! I'll show you who's fast after I get rid of this woman! Hang on tight!"
It threw Kyojuro against a nearby tree causing the wound on his back to widen.
"Ah- Atsuko, run!"

You ignored Kyojuro's words, you were behind this mission together, you weren't going to abandon him because of a demon.
"No!"
You grabbed a long stick, maybe you could use this instead of a sword. It could still work right?
Fire breathing would only make it burn though, so it could only be used to inflict pain.
With quick movements you tried to insert the stick into the demons arm.