Tonight || Giyushino

~Chapter 8~

     With Shinobu...

   "Ara~ Shinobu-chan~" a voice called from the alleys of the prison. A man's voice. Once his figure came into view, Shinobu noticed that he was the man with yellow spiky hair and the fans. She seriously did not like his tone. Who was he to be calling her Shinobu-chan? He unlocked the cell and entered. Shinobu scooted to the furthest wall. In his hand was a bottle and a syringe. They were attached to each other. 

"Shinobu-chan, I will be drawing all your pretty blood and filling it here. Don't be afraid, it will only last an hour. Then you will be dead," The psychopath said it as it was supposed to be reassuring. Shinobu started screaming and protesting, but he was too fast. He stabbed the needle in her elbow. One hour. All her hope had evaporated. She was going to die here, in this dry cell. There would be nothing to stop the demons. They say, when you are about to die, your whole life flashes in front your eyes. Shinobu remembered running in the gardens with her sisters, she remembered her parents smiling proudly at her when she did something praise-worthy, she remembered how the people of The Butterfly Kingdom loved her. 

  Then, she remembered the ball. The last face that materialised in front of her eyes was the stunning Water prince, holding his hand out to catch hers. Now it was too late. She realised that she had loved him too late. Now it was time to accept it. She thanked everyone in her life, and prayed that she would meet them somewhere else. She hoped she could be with Giyu in the next life. She promised that she would watch over them, all of them, from up above. 

With Giyu...

   They had succesfully broken into the fortress, with no injuries. Tanjiro proceeded north along with Sanemi, to the heart of the castle. Giyu mnaged to locate the dungeons. He shot through the metal doors of the dungeons. He was then greeted by minor demons. He shot through them easily and proceeded, yelling Shinobu's name and running throught the halls. No one was there. Not a single soul. He tried to retrace his steps. Then he realised. The dungeons would not be so easy to find. He had entered a trap.

  He had to get out. Fast. A timer ticked. Tick. Tick. Tick. He did not want to know what would happen after the timer ran out.

He ran at the speed of light. Ten minutes passed. He had to get out, but there was no end to this maze. It was made to trap people in. Suddenly, he reached a dead end. Monsters started filing in, creeping closer from all sides.

Giyu shot the ground, and surprisingly it opened. He fell through. He smiled. This was the real prison. 

He had wasted enough time. He screamed Shinobu's name and ran through the halls once again. There was no one. He was starting to think that it was another trap, but in one of the cells he say something. A lady, wearing a white, torn dress, and leaning on a wall. In front of her was a bottle, filled with dark purple liquid. 

Shinobu. He had found her.