Natsuki sighed as she walked away, her fingers running through her hair as she made her way back to the inn. She could feel Muichiro's gaze lingering on her, a weight that felt both heavy, and maybe guilty.
The air was cool, carrying with it the scent of pine and distant rain,she hugged herself tightly, trying to ignore the dull ache from her wound.
Once inside her room, she slowly sat down on the futon, her body sinking into the soft mattress. The pain from her wound pulsed with each beat of her heart, a constant reminder of the day's events. She laid down, her mind rethinking today's events, eyelids slowly closing, her face twitched.
As she felt a breeze on her face, her body suddenly cold, as she opened her eyes gasping for air, she turned to the side coughing up blood, she took a while to compose herself as she looked around seeing a dark forest.
The trees towering above her, their branches swaying gently in the wind. The path beneath her feet was soft and damp, covered in a soft blanket of fallen leaves. Her bare feet made no sound as she moved deeper into the woods.
She suddenly felt a wet feeling on her clothes, and her hand moved towards her bloody clothes.
"U pathetic whore! U ruined my life!" She heard herself suddenly saying as she spotted a woman around her age and her younger self arguing.
It felt like a fever dream all over again.
"I helped you.."
The other woman calmly said
"How?."
Her younger self asked.
"You were being idiotic, and restless. I never knew you could be so immature, it's pathetic of you.." the woman said.
"Shut up! U don't understand u weren't there.."
Her younger self said with a scowl, the wind suddenly picking up, and her wound bleeding out even more making her fall to her knees in pain.
The woman sighed..
"The hashira's decided on your punishment."
She watched as the woman reached out to her younger self, the soft glow of the moon, cast an eerie feeling inside her, as she stood in a field of spider lilies, the navy blue color of the flowers, making the scene more evident to what was about to happen next,
Natsuki's breath started to shorten. Her body falling numb, as she took her final breath.
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Spider Lily
FanfictionNatsuki Mori is one of the youngest Hashiras, a position she earned through sheer determination and skill. Despite her cold demeanor, her past slowly creeps back, reminding her of all the mistakes she wishes to forget. As she tries to move on, the s...
