Scattered Petals (Giyu Tomioka X OC)

Chapter 26

Misaki's P. O. V:

"I couldn't protect him! I fought as hard as I could but I just couldn't save Rengoku in the end. I'm weak, a pathetically weak demon! What's the point of having these abilities if I can't save those around me?!"

Giyu starts as I cry harder, frustrated with myself for not being able to save the Flame Hashira.

"You're not weak, Misaki," The Tomioka says firmly. "You're just the opposite. If weren't, you wouldn't be here now, as you are. You would've given in a long time ago. So, don't blame yourself for what happened and don't ever think of yourself as weak, because you're not."

I hiccup as I pause in wiping my tears and Giyu pulls me against his chest as he strokes my pink hair. I spend the next couple of hours crying into his chest, letting out all of my pent up emotions and frustration from the last few days.

"... Ito! ... Ito...! Ito! Hey, wake up! This is no time to be napping. We gotta go help Kamado!" My eyes peel open as Uzui's face swims into focus. Immense relief glimmers in his eyes as he sees me waking up.

"U-Uzui..." I stutter, wincing as I sit up. He looks worse for wear than I do. His white hair is all over the place, headband tilted and he's covered in wounds. Not to mention, missing his left hand. The smell of smoke fills my nose as the Sound Hashira helps me to sit up. I gasp once I take in all the flames around us. "What happened? And where's Tanjiro?!" It was then I notice the redhead wasn't there.

I faintly hear the sounds of fighting and screaming, and I see Zenitsu fighting the white haired demon girl, trying to sever her neck as he zooms in the sky with a powerful Thunder Breathing technique.

"I do believe he's fighting Gyutaro on his own. We gotta go lend him a hand." I flicker my gaze down to Uzui's stump of a left wrist and deadpan at him. He sweat drops slightly as I couldn't help the pun in his words. "Errr, you know what I mean, Ito. Let's go!"

I realise something and gasp, jerking my head to him, "Wait a minute, Uzui! How are you still alive?! I thought Gyutaro's poison killed you?!"

I'm pretty sure he was dead the last time I checked...

He smirks cockily at me as he responds, "Heh! I just simply forced my heart to stop and played dead. It seemed to have fooled even a demon into thinking I was actually dead."

"Huh. Smart thinking," I say with an impressed tone.

"Now, come on! I need your help to defeat Gyutaro," Uzui urges as he helps me to my feet. I nod my head.

"Let's end this!" I say before we turn and use our full speed to head for Tanjiro and Gyutaro. When we find them, I gasp as I see the green haired demon about to take out Tanjiro's left fuschia eye with his Blood Sickle. I unleash my full speed and get in between Tanjiro and Gyutaro, shocking the both of them to gasp out loud as I block the curved blade, my pink hair swaying about my face, anger burning in my purple eyes. My lip pulls back in a snarl, reverberating over the street. "You almost killed me, you son of a bitch!!"

With that, my body moves n a blur as I throw Gyutaro away with a flourish.

The Sound Hashira appears beside me, one of his blades gripped in his mouth, shocking Tanjiro and Gyutaro even more. Uzui brandishes his twin swords with a flourish as I do the same with my single petal, making it appear easy with his one good hand.

"Uzui-san! Ito-san!" Tanjiro exclaims in immense relief.

Uzui says with a crazed look on his face, eyes wild, "I've finished my Musical Score Technique! We're going for the win! Ito, follow my lead!"