Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Stars and Cosmos Arc

Rehabilitation

After eating their meals, the twins decided that they should take a bath. Four days have passed while they were on the road and they only had time to fully bathe in the river close to a smaller village, other than that they would use a separate water skin to wash up until they arrived here at the Corps.

Walking to the bathing chambers in their guest house with fresh clothes under their arms and some silk cloths on their hair.

Sliding the door to the hot springs, the twins stepped inside and went over to the small benches to place their belongings down. Changing into matching robes, the twins make their way to the onsen, the steam from the hot spring blew into their faces, surely frizzing up the escaped curls of their hair.

Lounging lazily in the hot spring, the women quietly basked in the warmth of the water being sure to wash thoroughly and talk through their next move.

"We should go and see Tanjiro; I'm surprised to see him here before us." Amara says and Aicha hums in agreement.

"Urokodaki-san did say that boy had potential, I won't be surprised if he will be the one to end this demon era." Aicha responds.

"Now that, I'll be impressed with." Amara chortles.

Sinking further down into the springs, Aicha fixes the scarf on her head and looks up to the sky with a sigh.

"Have you thought about it?" Aicha asks and her twin gives her a confused look.

"Hmm?"

"What the stone Hashira asked: what will you do when the war is over?" She asks her sister.

Amara gives it some thought and quite frankly...she didn't know herself. She just gave an answer because it felt like the right thing to say at the time.

"Of course I want to live as long as I can when all this is over but...I guess in my own way, I am ready for whatever happens." Amara says truthfully.

Amara turns to her sister now, her face hardening in a stoic manner.

"I do say this, if something were to happen to me...keep going." Aicha frowns at her proclamation.

"Amara-"

"Swear to me." She demands.

"Swear to me, that you will keep going with our mission. See it to the end with no fear."

Amara watches as her twin searches her face for a moment, then nod.

"Very well sister. In turn, you will follow the same vow." Aicha said and Amara nods.

"Of course."

Soaking for a couple more minutes, the siblings get out of the hot springs and take a shower.

Leaving the bath house, the twins walked back to their quarters dressed down in their new kaftans they bought a few days ago. The merchant they bought them from was known for having foreign related merchandise and to find these kaftans was one in a million.

Sliding the door open, the twins stepped inside and put their dirty clothes away in a nearby hamper.

"Should we go meet Tanjiro and Nezuko in a couple of hours?" Amara asks.

"That sounds good to me," Aicha stretched her back until she heard a satisfying pop and sighed blissfully. "Those hot springs have made me tired and a nap would be perfect right now." She says.

"Alright, nap first, then Tanjiro later." Amara says.

Aicha falls onto the rolled out futon and buries her face into the cold pillow, moaning tiredly.