𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑

五

𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑

「 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑭𝑰𝑽𝑬 」
𝐌 𝐈 𝐒 𝐒 𝐈 𝐎 𝐍

꧁꧂

    After eating and saying goodbye to Mitsuri and Obanai, Kyojuro and (Y/N) were walking back to the Rengoku Mansion when a sudden flapping of wings and the sharp trill of a crow stopped them in their tracks. Kyojuro was more than welcoming of the sight while (Y/N) scowled in distaste.

"Ugh..." she grimaced, glaring the animal spitefully down. "Those damn birds..."

    "Be nice (Y/N), be nice!" Kyojuro laughed, always seeming to have a joyful attitude toward his Tsuguko before then turning to face the bird that had landed on his arm. "Now... Kaname."

    "There seems to be a disturbance in Senju. Women are disappearing at a rapid rate. Fear is successfully instilled. Ubuyashiki-sama wants you and (L/N)-san to go," Kaname informed Kyojuro, the man giving a pleased smile and word of thanks before lifting his arm so that the bird could take flight.

    "Well, (Y/N)..." he turned around, already finding the girl stretching. "Looks like we already have another mission. Yet... you just returned."

    "It's fine," she waved his concern away, pulling her arm across her chest to ready herself for the traveling ahead of her, knowing quite surely that he would make a training session out of it. "I'm more than willing to go. If it's that bastard... I'll catch him. And I'll kill him."

Kyojuro tilted his head.

   'That... bastard?' It sounds like she knows exactly which demon is responsible for these disappearances.

   Or...

   She just hopes it's that demon so she can find and kill him.

"So... it does matter which of the Twelve Kizuki you want to kill," he pointed out, noticing how she immediately froze at his speculation. "You specified someone. Could I ask what happened? As my Tsuguko, I have to ensure that you be at your best potential when facing demons... along with your own personal ones."

"Kyojuro," she muttered, something he was taken aback by.

She... used my name.

Not a nickname.

What happened between this demon and her?

"Don't ask about my past. I didn't enter the Demon Slayer Corps to make friends or anything like that. Once I kill him, I'm done," she confessed, turning back to face him with the most intense expression that he had never seen before, her (E/C) eyes blazing with such hatred, not for him, but for the demon that she kept speaking about, knowing better than to argue. "That is why I won't become a Hashira."