PEACE | demon slayer

001

deep in the mountains of the headquarters of the demon slayer corps, houses a teenager, no older than 18 with a supernatural ability. this ability was passed on only in her clan. the girl was a shy individual. she hadn't had much social interaction with real people.

well it was expected, she did hold an important position in the demon slayer corps. a position that was simply irreplaceable. no one could take over the duty that she held.

it's said to be a blessing to have that ability. the girl agreed, but sometimes, she couldn't help but think if she was born normal. without that ability, what would the life that she could lead?

lady y/n! your back home!
a feline exclaimed, making his merry way to the said girl. y/n picked it up with ease and stoked its head, "hi shiro, i'm back."

y/n's special ability was her communication with animals.

"KAW KAW! LADY Y/N! LADY Y/N!"
her personal crow, tsuki called out, resting itself on y/n's shoulders. the rest of the crows started greeting their one and only, precious owner.

"KAW! Y/N-SAMA! HELLO! KAW!"
the crows called out in excitement. the sound made y/n happy to know that her crows were all active.

"let's get to training alright?"
the crows agreed and got to their usual perches. they loved their owner dearly and would do anything to protect her. their previous owner, y/n's mother was a ruthless instructor. horror stories were passed along by the previous generation of crows that served the demon slayers.

despite y/n's mother being the scary trainer, she had raised a sweet, patient and endearing daughter that had a pure heart.

"KAW! KAW! MESSAGE FROM OYAKATA-SAMA! MEETING AT THE UBUYASHIKI ESTATE! KAW!"

kagaya? the girl questioned herself. it was already evening, the sun was going to set. she wasn't exactly scared of the demons since her crows would notify her if there were demons but it felt odd that y/n would be called out by the leader.

the crow flew away after getting ample of head pats from the girl. this left the other crows absolutely jealous as they try and fight for y/n's attention. just then, a gentle giant knocked on her estate's door.

"lady y/n. this is gyomei. i am here to escort you to the ubuyashiki estate on oyakata-sama's orders."
the stone hashira said a prayer and awaited for the young girl to open the doors.

"gyomei!"
her eyes lit up at the hashira. she went up and hugged him. the man smiled and then cried, chanting prayers to protect the girl.

"it is nice to see you, full of energy lady y/n."
gyomei commented, walking her through the dense forest to ubuyashiki's estate. tsuki flew above to keep a look out.

"how are your missions?"
y/n questioned. gyomei was the only hashira that she knew. it was a safety precaution. not many people could know of her existence.

her job was to train the crows for the betterment and future of the demon slayer corps. the only people that knew her was kagaya, amane, their children and lastly, himejima gyomei, the stone pillar.

"nothing too much that i can't handle."
gyomei replied, with a small smile for her concern for him.

"that's good to hear."
y/n could hear tsuki's wings flapping. she was quite the enthusiastic flier. each crow has its own personality and traits and y/n truly appreciated the diversity of the crows she could train. tsuki was more towards the non-sociable type of crows and has a great potential in flight.

"how is shiro?"
gyomei asked, referring to the small cat that resided in her house. the little cat was a stray, he had wandered into the forest, malnourished and weak. tsuki took notice of it and informed y/n as soon as she could.

the feline liked y/n since she could communicate with him and she would always spoil him with lots of food.

"he's getting bigger every single day."
y/n replied sweetly. the cat would only lounge in her estate, not moving.

"namu amida butsu..."
gyomei chanted a prayer for the fur ball. the two chatted for a short while as they ascended the mountain, reaching the ubuyashiki's estate.

kiriya and kanata was waiting at the entrance to escort y/n to meet his father. gyomei and y/n bid their goodbyes and gyomei gave a silent prayer for the safety of the girl. he is the strongest and most trustable pillar and hence kagaya had placed much trust into telling him about y/n.

"kiriya-chan! kanata-chan!"