A Specific Butterfly | ShinoGiyuu 🦋🌊

Sabito 2

⚠️ [TW] This chapter might contain graphic information/topics!! If you dont like that stuff, please do NOT read near the end! Thank you <3 ⚠️

Tomioka POV

It was today. The final selection. It was today. I cant believe i admit this, but i am very nervous. Not for me, but for sabito. I dont want to lose another person close to me. I know it was completely useless to make a friend whom was training to become a demon slayer as id only get bad results, but i couldnt help it. It wasnt my fault, was it? Sabtio was just a genuinely likeable person, and he wouldnt stop pestering me anyways.

We were heading off as urokodaki suddenly stopped us. He pulled us close into a hug before saying, "Be safe you two, i expect good results." He said, pushing us back to our neutral position. "Aw, who knew you were a softie, master?!" Sabito teased, as urokodaki just stared. "Thanks, master." I replied, bowing after, sabito repeated. We soon ran through the forest. We already knew the location, so we didnt need a guide or anything.

"Hey, tomioka?" Sabito said, still facing the front. I turned to him frequently as he spoke, "Do you think we will both make it out alive? You know, like we both survive this and become demon slayers?!" He asked, excited but doubting at the same time. "Well, im not actually sure." I replied. "I dont really care either." As long as i got to spend time with you.

"Wow, you really dont care, do you?!" Sabito said jokingly, laughing after, before it went quiet. We soon arrived at the place as the instructions were told. "Tomioka! I'll meet you back here in 40 minutes, okay?" Sabito demanded, seriously. "Okay." I replied before walking off.

It wasn't that dark since we just started, plus i wasnt scared of the dark either. And onee-san always said that i had night vision too, so that was nice.

I had just killed about 15 demons, it was getting pretty boring, but i had to keep my guard up, i didnt want to make a wrong move and die. No way.

It was soon dawn. I had been out for a while, and i completely forgot. Sabito! I forgot, he wanted to meet me! It was way after 40 minutes, and i didnt know what to do. Should i keep fighting or just go?! I began to run cowardly. I needed to see sabito. I needed hope. I needed reassurance. I wanted to see him.

On the way i had encountered a demon. It looked pretty familiar aswell, which was weird. It was purple and very scaly, and had 6 arms. However, the last two were pretty lower than the other four, and they seemed more human too, as they werent purple,  just more greenish red.

I took out my sword, ready to fight as it giggled. It can make noise? Well, human noises at least. "Its been a while since ive seen a familiar face~" it said, teasingly. What was it talking about? And what did it mean by that? I've never met this creature in my entire life!

I was fed up, i didnt want to talk, just fight. I needed to see sabito. So i didnt want to waste any time talking with a pathetic demon. I swung the first blow at one of its lower arms, as it detached i noticed a sleeve on it. Why was that there? It looked more crimson ish as well, it was very familiar. It looked just like hers, like tsutako's. But it couldn't be. Perhaps it was just a coincidence. Why am i worried? I need to hurry and fight this demon and leave.

I looked up and saw the demon's arms lift up to try and attack me. It grabbed my eye and ripped it off, giggling as it did. My eye was full of pain, and i felt warm liquid gushing down my freezing cheeks. Great.

It lifted another arm, aiming for my stomach but before it could i heard footsteps getting closer every single second. There then was a sound of a slash before i noticed all of the demon's arms were sliced off and sabito was infront of me. He went for the final blow by beheading it before running over to me. "Tomioka!" He shouted, crouching down to reach my face as he stared at it. "What happened?!" He yelled, panicking. "Well, as you can se-" he put a finger to my lip before reaching in his haori for something. There were rustling noises before he pulled out a random bandage. He tied half of my injured face with it before getting up.

"Where are you going?" I asked, shocked as he got up. "I need to go, tomioka. Im going to get more demons!" He replied, nervously. But, i didnt want him to go. Why couldnt he stay with me, for a little longer? "But, why cant you stay longer?" I asked. What did i just ask?! "I cant do that, tomioka. Irs the final selection, we need to fight til all the demons are gone!" He replied, yelling as he soon began to walk away.

"No! Please! Dont go!" I said, holding a hand out, trying to grasp a hold of his haori, even though it was miles away. He ran. He ran away from me. He was gone. Forever.

Why didnt you just stay?