Fate [Demon Slayer]

Chapter 9

Hey!!! I'm back with another chapter ☺️ disclaimer I've never been to a mental hospital because they haven't caught me yet but this is what I think it could be like from what I've heard and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'll try to do more research when I have wifi but as of now... I have none. Anyways... ENJOY!

Obanai's pov:
"ITS ALL YOUR FAULT"

"YOU SHOULD JUST DIE"

"UGLY"

"ATTENTION SEEKER"

"BROKEN"

I wake up. I feel something wet roll down my face. Kaburamaru hisses sadly. I must've woken him. He was sleeping on my chest like he does when he's worried about me.
"Sorry." I tell Kaburamaru. He slithers around my neck wrapping himself tightly around.
I sigh. How long has it been? Where am I? Where is Mitsuri? They know now. They know everything. What's going to happen?
I wipe my eyes but the tears kept coming. I couldn't stop thinking about what happened. I remember everything. Every detail of it. I remember the cell where I spent the first 12 years of my life. I remember the smell of deep fried food that they would feed me. I remember the sound of water dripping from the ceiling. The feeling of my mouth being slit open.
I remember when I escaped. The Rengoku's were so nice to me. They were like the family that I never had. But the voices in my head never silenced. They told me to hurt myself they overwhelmed me. They told me to die. I tried.
Without knowing my breath gets faster. STOP! Stop remembering it. You got over it! But... I can't... my mind keeps telling me.
You don't deserve to live. Die. Kill yourself. Now. They know. You can't go on like normal and pretend nothing happened.
"Obanai?" I hear a sweet voice from the doorway pull me out of my thoughts. I wipe my eyes again but the tears kept rolling down.
"Hey, are you ok?" Mitsuri asks gently walking over towards me. She sits down on my bed and Kaburamaru slithers over to her curling up on her lap.
"I'm fine." I mumble. Why does she look more concerned? Usually that works. She knows, I remember. I need to come up with a more convincing lie. Wait. What if she tells some-
"You're awake." I hear a girl from the door. I've seen her at the butterfly mansion before. She's one of the people that Kocho collected to work for her.
I look at her. Does she know? She doesn't look to concerned so that's a good sign. I hate it when people are concerned. I know that they don't actually care. That makes it even worse. They want to look like they actually care if I kill myself.
"..." she looks like she's going to speak but decides not to.

Aoi's pov:
What should I do with him? We've been bringing all of the people that seem concerning enough to the "hospital" but Shinobu isn't here to make that discussion right now and I'm not sure if I should since he's a hashira.
I don't want him to do anything though... I'll just have to watch him carefully until Shinobu gets back.
"Umm... I'll leave you two alone." I mumble as I walk out of the room. I then go to find the rabid beast and make sure that he isn't trying to do anything stupid.

Mitsuri's pov:
Should I tell him that she knows? I'm sure she'll tell him eventually but I don't want to betray his trust. It makes me sad what I saw. He didn't tell me any of that...
I remember. Rengoku's dad! He was the one who saved him. Maybe he can help me and Obanai. I don't know what he will do and I want to know what he knows about it.
Obanai isn't crying anymore. He looks spaced out.
"Hey Obanai" I quietly try to get his attention. He doesn't respond. "Obanaiiiii." I say louder while waving my hand in front of his face.
"Oh. Sorry." He mumbles as I get his attention.
I sigh. "I'm going to go to... on a walk." I tell him. "I'll be back soon. You should get some rest while I'm gone." He nods.
I get up. I leave towards the Rengoku estate. Is it bad to go there now? His son died not that long ago. Am I being insensitive? But I really need to know. I think he should know too.

Shinobu's pov:
Hmm... this isn't good. I see a bunch of dead bodies but no demon. They all look dead. I keep going.
I see a man. He's still alive. "Hello." I greet him. "What happened here?" I calmly ask.
"I s-saw t-t-this..." he gasps for air. "I-in the v-vision!" He looks terrified. "T-t-the demon w-with the rainbow e-eyes!" He shakily takes a breath before closing his eyes.
"He's dead..." I mumble to myself. The demon with the rainbow eyes huh?
I look around for about 30 more minutes until the sun comes up. I find no demon with that description.
Oh well... I guess there's no point in looking for it now that the sun is up. I do feel bad that I couldn't find and kill the demon that killed all of those people but it looks like it fled a while before I even arrived.
I go back to the butterfly mansion. I immediately spot Aoi. She looks anxious.
"Hello!" I greet.
"They woke up." She tells me. "And... I asked them what happened and I think you should look at my notes." She rambled. "It doesn't sound too good though." She added.
"Let's go to my office." We walk over to my office which was full of different poisons. I sit down and look over the notes that Aoi took while listening to Tanjiro and Mitsuri.
"Hmm..." I think carefully. On one hand, he definitely needs to go to the "hospital" but on the other hand can we really spare a hashira for who knows how long? I decide. "Ok I guess we will take him there." I tell Aoi. She nods.
"Got it. I'll bring him there now." She rushes out of the room. I sigh. I guess I'll have to tell master. It is better to have him recover so that he can fight again since the paper mentions they saw him commit suicide in the future.
I hope for the sake of the demon slayers that, that never happens...

I can't believe I actually finished another chapter! I thought I wouldn't pick up this story again after abandoning it for a bit. Anyways, have a great day/night.

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