Luminous (KNY X READER)

Thirty-Seven

Your eyes flutter open as you sit up, confused when you find your surroundings to be your shared room back in your old house. You're not completely sure, but you feel like it's been a long time since you've been here. Despite your unexplained confusion, you get up off of the ground and exit the room.

"Ah, you're finally awake." The sight of your mother setting the table with breakfast greets you. You hesitate slightly, still feeling like something is off. However, seeing your mother smiling at you makes the feeling drift away, and you readily walk over and kneel at the table.

"Good morning, Mama." You greet her, waiting for her to sit down as well before digging into the food. As you eat, you chat with your mother, the two of you joking and laughing like always. Watching her smile happily makes your chest clench uncomfortably, yet you ignore it in favor of enjoying this moment.

What seems like hours pass by as you help your mother with chores, the two of you goofing around while cleaning the house. Every now and then you get an odd feeling yet you always push it away, not wanting anything to ruin your time with your mother. Yet, you can't ignore it forever.

Something feels off. It feels like you're not supposed to be here. That everything around you is fake. And as you glance out the window while washing the dishes, you spot someone unfamiliar watching you from behind a tree. The second you make eye contact they take off in a run, and you attempt to exit the house in order to go after them only to be stopped by your mother.

"Where are you going?" She questions, holding a basket full of dry clothes ready to be put away.

"I have to go do something." You answer, trying to get around her only to be forced to stop as she steps in front of you.

"You're not trying to leave me, are you?" For some reason the question sends a chill down your spine, leaving you frozen in front of her as you stare at her with wide eyes. There's a thud as she drops the basket, it tipping over and spilling the clean clothes out onto the floor. Her hands reach up, tightly grasping your shoulders as she holds you in place. "I won't lose you again."

"What?" You try to pull away only to let out a startled yell as you're suddenly shoved to the ground.

Your surroundings morph, the room growing dark as if the sun has already set despite being only midday. Your mother stands over you, her shoulders heaving as she lets out low growls. Moonlight filters through the still open window, highlighting her features for a split second. Her face is morphed into a snarl, sharpened teeth revealed behind her curled lips, drool dribbling over and down her chin. Veins protrude on her face, and her pupils shrink into thin slits.

A demon.

The words filter through your mind, and you momentarily find yourself wondering how you know that. How you know that that is what she is now. You're unable to question it, however, when she lunges on top of you, shoving you against the ground. You watch with fearful eyes as her hands raise up over her head before coming down towards you.

Pained screams erupt from your lips as her claws dig into the skin around your eyes, scratching and scraping, leaving behind bloody streaks where the flesh is torn away. You try your best to shove her off of you, but she doesn't budge at all. She just continues and continues, clawing until your vision is gone and all you see is red.

"I should've killed you!" She screams, finally pulling her claws away from your face. "I should've killed you instead of just taking away your sight! You betrayed me! Left with the person that killed me without care! Forgot about me!"

"That's not true!" You scream in return, finally managing to shove her off of you. "I never forgot about you! Never! I thought you abandoned me! Left me in the care of some stranger who then left me as well! You're the one that forgot about me!"

Your mother lets out a growl. "You were a horrible daughter! I hated you more than anything in this world! It's your fault that I became like this!"

"Liar!" You stand up, swaying slightly from the blood loss. "You're not my mother! She would never say that to me! She would never hate me!"

"She abandoned you!" Your mother suddenly changes, her voice becoming different. The shape of her body morphs as well, growing taller and thinner. "She left you behind without a care in the world. What mother would do that if she truly loved her child?"

"My mother..." You pause, furrowing your brows despite the pain. Your head throbs, memories flickering through that have long since been forgotten. "My mother didn't abandon me. She was turned into a demon, and when she came home she attacked me, turning me blind. I could feel her fear and regret. She didn't want to do what she did. I know that. And nothing you say will convince me otherwise."

You stand up straighter, focusing extremely hard as you hold out your hand. Slowly, a light begins shimmering in your hand, creating a blade from nothing. Swinging it forward. You slice through the imposter standing before you before turning the blade on your self, slitting your own throat without a second thought.

And when you wake up with a gasp, you find yourself amidst the chaos.

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🔆TAISHO SECRETS🔆

🔅After everyone else failed to end the other slayers, the demon wanted to prevent you from going after the person in your dream, hence why they changed the dream so suddenly

🔅The dream helped you remember what truly happened that day all those years ago when your mother disappeared and you were taken in by Yoriichi

🔅You're curious as to whether or not Yoriichi was actually a family friend, or just a slayer passing through who took pity on you. However, you push the questions away knowing now isn't the time to think about it

🔅The others were already awake and fighting while you took a bit longer
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