hikarunara || muichiro toxito x oc

eight: electrifying

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"I KNEW IT ALL ALONG!"

"yeah, you did." muichiro entertains. he jumps from the wall, leaving hikari defenseless. her whole body rack in fear.

"it couldn't have at least been a flashy demon?" tengen groans. "it looks so... drab."

hikari flinches at the insult.

"she's not an it. her name is hikari." muichiro defends. "and you're gonna leave her alone."

"hikari? how old is she? she smells weak as hell."

"that's none of your-"

"i'm fourteen." hikari meekly answers.

"how old are you chronologically?" uzui presses, hoping for some 300-year-old demon.

"f-fifteen."

he's disappointed.

"ugh. so she isn't old, she isn't strong, and she's ugly?!" tengen complains.

"hey!"

"hey!"

tengen rolls his eyes and pulls his swords out, terrifying hikari even further. the amber color is nearly blinding.

"listen, i'll kill her quickly." uzui says. "but we will be talking to the master about this!"

uzui runs forward, but muichiro blocks the hit with his own sword.

"you won't be killing her." muichiro says coldly. "i won't let you."

"dammit kid, i didn't want to hurt you too." uzui sighs.

a sudden scream breaks everything. both hashira turn to see hikari being hoisted into the air by...

plants?

vines curl around her arms, and roughly yank her twenty feet up. they suddenly pull her away. her mouth is clamped by another one, blocking her screams from warning others.

"dammit! your shit is gonna get her killed!" muichiro curses as he runs after her.

"do it look like i give a fuck?!"

uzui dashes forward. muichiro curses himself.

uzui is well known to have the fastest running speed out of the hashira. usually, that's a good thing.

not when he's using it to kill your only friend.

the vines release hikari. she rolls to a stop in the street, groaning at the pain in her arms. she struggles to pull herself up, to run from her impending doom.

she sees the glimmer of amber too late. her head is about to be cut off by a hashira.

the vines yank her away. she screams, trying to claw at the floor and stop herself. her nails tear up the stone from a strength she didn't know she had.