Torn Between Worlds

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▪▪▪▪Two Weeks Earlier; In the obliterated city of Yoshiwara▪▪▪▪

Shizuka flew overhead, directing the medical kakushi on where to find the Hashira. She finally found their bodies, the flame haired and black haired one passed out or maybe dead and the two white haired ones on the brink of it but still conscious, near the middle of the city rubble. Gizmo, who had been guarding all of the citizens, was relieved of duty by the snake Hashira and the stone Hashira who were nearby and came to help. As she flew closer and landed gracefully on a broken stone wall, she could hear the anguished cries of the two white haired men. The scarred one was making no attempt to hide his heartbroken wails while the other cried silently with his head down. The medics, seeing her land, came over to pick up the two passed out ones while tending to the other two. 

Sanemi pushed his medics away in despair, not wanting to be touched at the moment. Uzui allowed them to treat him before he looked to one of them with an angry glare, "just patch me up enough to travel." 

"B-But Lord Tengen, you are critically injured. We need to get you to the Butterfly Mansion immediately," the medic began before Uzui's yelling cut him off. 

"I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT SHIT! THEY TOOK HER! I HAVE TO GET HER BACK!" he yelled, making the medic cower in fear. 

"Wh-who did they take?" the medic asked. 

"THEY TOOK YUKI! I NEED TO FIND HER!" Uzui yelled as he tried to stand up, only to fall back down again. Gyomei and Obanai heard the commotion, and came running to hear what happened. 

"What do you mean they took Yuki? Why would they take her?" Obanai asked. 

"The Upper Moon demons and Muzan Kibutsuji....they were stomping us in the mud. We told Yuki to run with the citizens of the city but she came back for us....she made a deal with them..." Sanemi explained, eerily calm after wailing for her. 

"What kind of deal?" Gyomei asked. 

"She fought one of them. She told them if she won, they needed to leave her alone but if she lost they could take her but either outcome they would leave us be. She was arranged to be married to them when we rescued her three years ago and they wanted her back. She fought so hard....SO FUCKING HARD AND HE JUST THREW HER AROUND LIKE SHE WAS NOTHING!" Uzui yelled. He started off calm enough but ended up getting angry once more, remembering how Upper Moon Three threw her around like a ragdoll. 

Obanai looked at them sadly, "she lost...." 

"Yes, so I need patched up and I need to go get her," Uzui said as he tried to stand again and failed. 

"You aren't going to be able to do anything even if you do find her, other than die. Let the medics take you to the Butterfly Mansion to heal and then we can come up with a plan," Gyomei tried to reason with him. 

Uzui glared up at the tall man, "you don't understand! What if they kill her!?"

"Didn't you say she was their bride? More than likely, they won't kill her," Obanai said, trying to reason with Uzui.