Infinity With You | T. Muichiro

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Chapter 1
RED SPIDER LILY

At the age of 11, you had killed a man.

In the darkness, a lifeless form sprawled across the floor, the dead muscles occasionally twitching eerily—a chilling display of the darkest depths of human violence that emerged from the desire to survive. The place hung heavy with the smell of iron, as crimson flows freely on the dirty pavement. Truly a brutal sight. The sight would leave a normal person cringe in disgust, but the 11-year-old girl did not yield, only staring at the corpse with a blank expression.

With a thud, the already weakened body collapsed on the ground as everything starts to feel numb. With that, the whole world had faded into a blurry of mist...

"M..muichiro...Yuichi...ro.."

The sun had already long set, only the moon was there to light the darkness. You shift uncomfortably under the covers of your comforting bed.

"The same dream again..."

You shakily breathe out in an attempt to calm your nerves. Your arms unconsciously wrapped around yourself.

It was not your fault...it was for survival.

The same sentence echoed inside your head like a broken recorder. You repressed an urge to slam your head against a wall to quiet these thoughts.

'Naturally, anyone would want to survive, right?' 

That's right, there was nothing you could do in that situation. You pursed your lips in disgust as your brain unconsciously remember the terrifying memory you wish to forget.

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A little girl no more than 11, ran through the forest, expression distressed and frightened. She winced as she tripped over a rather rocky path in the forest. The petite girl stood up wobbly, only to find out she had sprained her ankle. But, she couldn't afford to stay and whine about the pain. Muichiro and Yuichiro needed her help. 

With determination brimming in her eyes, she stood up again and started running, ignoring the numbing pain on her ankle. She only slowed down when she saw houses in her line of sight. She wheezed out for breath, clearly exhausted. 

The young girl looks around to see the village unusually quiet. But the information barely registered in her mind, her focus only on saving the two boys she holds dear in her heart. She remembers how the demon slashed at Yuichiro's arm, and how he yelled at her to run and get help. Barely registering Muichiro's distressed face, her body instinctively started running.

"Um.. misters!!"

She called out to a group of grown men, gathering all of her courage.

"Please help! My..my family! They're in danger right now! There's a demon attacking my family!!"

She pleads pitifully. The men exchanged a look and snickered loudly; their eyes did not look friendly.

"Oi kid, if you plan to prank us, you need a better excuse!"

"Demon? Don't make me laugh, they only exist in legends."

"That's right, the hell are ya' even blabbering about?"

Their loud voice and laughter caused her to flinch, but she can't give up now.  She needs to save them, Yuichiro believed in her to get them help and she has to help them, for the sake of the twins. But before she knew it, the tears started falling down.

"..No! I am telling the truth! They really are in danger! You have to believe me!"

She tugged at one of the men's haori, as he let out a grunt of surprise before his face contorted into anger. Her insistent pleas seemed to annoy the group, one of them roughly grabbed her arm. Her eyes widened and she felt a tinge of fear spike inside her chest. 

"Let go!!"

She had managed to kick one of the men in the shin, causing him to let go of her and she scrambled to run away. However, she was pulled back suddenly as one of them pulled her hair and she was forced back.

"Why you!!"

"You little bitch!!"

Her heart threatened to jump out of her chest as she saw the sinister glint of a dagger in the corner of her eyes.

No!

She can't die right now, desperate to get herself out of this terrifying situation, she took off her wooden sandals and threw it backwards at the man's face. Caught off guard, the man's grip loosened, and she pulled herself out of his grip with all her might, leaving a few strands of her hair between his fingers.

With the adrenaline guiding her actions, she ripped out the dagger from that man's hand and stabbed him multiple times on his neck. The man met out a shrilled scream, before limping still. Blood spewed out of the wound, splashing on her face as she kept stabbing him.

Others had already run off with tails between their legs, terrified by the situation presented in front of them. 

She looked down only to be met with the bloodshot eyes of the lifeless man staring right back at hers. 

And her hands, red and bloody.

She flinched.

After a few minutes of silence, she stands up, gripping the bloodied dagger in her hand. She could not get help, but she had obtained a weapon. She can help Muichiro and Yuichiro with it. With that thought in mind, she ran back to the direction she had taken.

Only to find the house utterly empty. 

Her panic settles in again. She looked around desperately.

Nothing.

She ran out of the house to search for them, only to be met with a pair of empty eyes staring at her, whom she recognized as a lady who consistently bothered Muichiro and Yuichiro. Her name was Ubuyashiki Amane.

She gripped the dagger tightly, feeling the adrenaline dying down, each step faltering as she approached the woman.

"D-do you happen to know where-"

Before she can finish her sentence, her vision blurred, and she felt her body giving up on her.

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Taisho Rumors

I heard that the village was invaded by a group of bandits! Poor (Name)! But luckily for her, the group she met isn't the bandits! Good for (Name)!

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Author Notes

Me at 11: tries to fly with a broom pretending to be a witch
Demon slayer kids at 11: Murder