doumas pov:
after retrieving the antidote, i stated my goodbyes to yushiro and retreated to a hallway deep into the infinity castle, someplace far from muzan so it would be more difficult to detect me. i looked down at the glass vial in my grasp, hesitating drinking it as i still dont fully trust the corps - considering im a fucking demon.
'just deal with it. this is the only way.'
i flicked the cap off the capsule and poured it down my throat, trying not to think about the taste and focusing on consuming the liquid. streams of the violet-coloured tonic ran down my jawline, but i couldnt care less at this point.
i could feel an familiar sensation slither through my bloodstream, perhaps tampered wisteria? this tamayo woman must have been really good at this huh.
the butterflies in my stomach had become skull moths crawling dryly up my throat, i couldn't help but wince at the feeling.
the strength in my knees crumbled apart as i collapsed to the ground, gripping my throat with one hand and digging my nails into the flooring with the other. the overwhelming feeling of desperation and curses being excruciated from my frame was oddly refreshing but gut-wrenching and irritating at the same time.
suddenly, the pain stopped, it seems like its gonna start removing muzans curse now. i really hope this works, but i guess if it worked on that yushiro guy, it will be more guaranteed to work on me?
after a while 🤤
if im right, its been more that thirty minutes now. i feel different now though. its as if the need to consume human flesh has been obliterated from my needs. although, i cant decide if that will do me any good. considering human flesh increased my strength. i suppose ill have to head back to yushiro to get that small amount of blood now.
and if he dosen't have it, then i guess im fucked. yippee.
yushiros pov:
my thoughts are racing through my mind. theres no way a upper rank demon just came to me to be rehabilitated.
since that little interaction has happened, ive been separated from the slayers in have been traveling with, including zenitsu. speaking of him, he should have awaken by now. i just hope the other slayers can manage to calm him down when he probably freaks out.
should i have trusted upper 2? i was in a state of panic at that moment, aswell as the death of my love, i guess my mind was very out of place there. but, i dont know, he seemed genuine.
besides, ive heard from an identity report that he always wore a "shit-eating fake grin" (inosuke made the report 💀) and the whole time i had been talking with him, his face was serious, with a small sight of concern.
shortly after, as if i had spawned him, i saw upper moon 2 rush towards me from behind. from pure muscle memory, i almost triggered a blood demon art, before he snapped me out of it.
douma: woah woah! chill! its me, remember?!
yushiro: ah... right, my apologies. what do you need? have you drunk the antidote?
douma: its ok, and yes i have drunk it. though i feel.. uh.. quite weak.
yushiro: oh, right, after you have the antidote, you will need a amount of blood to strengthen you so you don't pass out. i can imagine it was pretty painful huh? i remember when i had it.
douma: yeah, it was. do you have the blood?
yushiro: i guess i could spare you some of my extra. here.
i handed over a capsule of blood i had pulled from my various pockets. he thanked me before taking the vial out of my grasp and into his own. seconds after, he dispersed from the area.
doumas pov:
i could already feel my body retrieving the strength it had lost consuming the blood. i felt pretty confident now that muzans curse no longer included myself.
...now what?what am i supposed to do now?
right... help the corps. how though? they're all fighting muzan right now... oh, right! they have crows! ill just have to find one!
after a while he found a crow and told it everything 😍
narrators pov:
*at the ubuyashiki estate*
kiriya had been working with his sisters, as well as shinjuro and tengen. they were now still mapping out and monitoring the fight, shinjuro and tengen sitting in silence outside. at least it was silence.
tengens head shot up, hearing the shrieking sound of a crow.
crow: emergency call! emergency call!
all of the residents looked up, listening closer than they had ever had before, concerned looks on all their faces.
crow: emergency call! upper rank 2, douma, is now serving the corps alongside lady tamayo and yushiro!
the look on everyones face was indescribable. jaws: dropped. although, kirya turned to a state of panic. hyperventilating, he gripped his head.
kiriya: ...no..no..nononono he was meant to be DEAD. DEAD HE WAS MEANT TO BE DEAD. how... this cant..be...
sister: master kiriya!! calm down!!
tengen stood speechless along with shinjuro.
