𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐊 || ᴋɴʏ

||The End Of Mount Natagumo||

"Are you Nezuko?" The girl asked, leaning down to be at the same eye level with her. Nezuko just nodded, not making any noise or movement other than that.

"Alright then, follow me." Was all she said as she started to walk off gaining a weird sound and a shake from Nezuko's head. Suddenly she walked closer to you instead and grabbed onto your leg since she was so small, you wondered what she was trying to say. 

Maybe she wanted you to come with her, so you started to walk with her holding onto your leg, following the other girl who was unbothered by it.

Soon, the three of you walk right back to where Tanjiro's passed out body is, the box only a few steps away. The girl just stood while you slowly walked over to open the box.

"I assume you're with them?"

"... Yes." You reply to the girl, waiting for something else to happen since you still don't feel safe yet.

"Alright, you can come." Was all the girl said, walking off and not waiting for you to choose to follow or not. You looked between the box and then Nezuko who still hadn't gotten into it. 

You didn't want to just leave Tanjiro behind, however, you wouldn't be able to carry him even if you tried. You were too injured so you wouldn't be able to handle his weight, but you could handle Nezuko's.

"Nezuko... Do you mind if I carry you?" You ask, pointing inside of the box, you would be the one carrying her on your back instead of her brother so she probably felt weird. She looked at you before nodding and she started fitting into the box, but not before lightly placing one of her hands on top of your head. 

You guess she wanted to give you a little head pat, or maybe she was saying thank you.

Once she fully fits, you close the door of the box, struggling but succeeding to stand once you get the straps onto your back. You're pretty sure that after this, you'll retire from being a samurai. 

However, you were definitely calming down from before, so you were feeling more pain but at least you could feel all of your limbs now. 

You follow the girl, walking down different paths before getting to an even bigger clearing with a bunch of people in fully covered black clothes with only their eyes showing. It was interesting and they seemed to be helping everyone that was injured.

"Stay here, they'll help you down the mountain." The girl comments with a small smile, politely bowing her head before walking away to go help with something else. 

Now it was just you and Nezuko in a box on your back. You stood for a moment, just watching all of the people move around before you actually decided to sit.

It was only then that you had noticed that you were basically back where you started, back in the place where the big spider was before. That meant the Zenitsu was probably around here somewhere maybe Inosuke too but you couldn't bear to even stand up after you sat back down, you probably should have stayed standing. 

After a bit, a few of them come to you, grabbing disinfectants and wraps for your cuts and some ice for your bruises from a box that kept it cool.

You even doze off a bit, every once in a while thanking the people that were helping you since you knew that they were pretty busy. When they take the box with Nezuko off of your back, you decide not to worry about it since they all seemed like nice people. 

You continue looking around, catching sight of Tanjiro slung over someones shoulder. Then after a bit you saw Inosuke but you still hadn't spotted Zenitsu which made you worried.

When they finished patching you up, one of the kakashi was insisting on carrying you on some sort of bed that four people hold but you decide that you'll walk wherever they're going and rest when they get there. Since you could still stand, you didn't want them to carry you.

So off everyone went into the early morning, the sun just now shining on an entire line of Kakashi and injured people that you're following. Unfortunately you were getting just a bit too far behind and it was rather annoying to keep up with them since your feet hurt so much. 

Then again that's not too much of a problem when you get two Hashira that suddenly appear behind you. Guess they were taking their sweet time.

"Oh, there you are. I would think that the others would have kept you in one of the moving beds, why are you walking?"

You turn around to see both Shinobu and Tomioka behind you and once again, you find yourself not being able to speak for some time which made you feel embarrassed again.

"Well... I can still walk-"

"Oh dear, you only think that because of the adrenaline that's still going through your body. I can just tell by looking at you that you've broken your left kneecap, your right wrist and four ribs, there's also internal bleeding and much outward bruising. Not to mention all the cuts all over your body, your hands are severely cut up too."

You look at this talkative woman, surprised even though it doesn't really show it in your face. Maybe you should have taken one of those beds, you just didn't like the idea of being carried when you could still walk.

"... Ah."

"... "Ah", That's all you can say? You're a strange one aren't you? Not that I mind since you seem to be pretty strong. What are you?"

"... I am a samurai."

"Really? How interesting. That makes a lot more sense as to why you're still walking, samurai are trained quite differently, trained to the death almost. So you have a lot of endurance with pain huh?" Shinobu continues, catching you when you trip over a fallen tree branch.

You just nod your head, not really paying attention as you just walked along the path the Kakashi were using.

"Tomioka, would you do me a favor and carry Y/N? I genuinely think that this is a really close instance to death she is experiencing with all of the blood loss."

"Alright." Tomioka responds, walking just a tad bit faster before gently grabbing your hand.

"Hm?" You feel him pick you up from under your shoulders and start to carry you. This was even more humiliating then the blood coming out of your mouth.

"Don't worry Y/N, I think that if you sleep at least a little on the way back, you'll feel better. Not only that, maybe you can help us with some questions we have. Is that alright with you?"

You look at Shinobu, nodding your head before involuntarily closing your eyes from how exhausted you were. 

Guess that old lady was right about you gaining some clarity from this. You weren't ever going to try to be a demon slayer because you weren't cut out for fighting demons if that was what demon slayers always did.

| Taisho Era Secrets |

\- you have a soft spot in your heart for nezuko though you don't know why, she doesn't remind you of anyone and yet you secretly like being around her since it felt strangely nostalgic.\

\- the kakashi named Goto found your damascus sword and tried to cover it with a cloth to pick it up only for it to cut though the fabric and unfortunately cut the inside of his elbow, so he was extra careful the second time he covered it with a stronger cloth.\

\- giyu carried you the entire way because you were sleeping so peacefully and he was worried that if he placed you on one of the moving beds, you'd wake up and possibly cough more blood up.\