#I don't care about anything ACTUALLY NO I THINK I LIKE YOU SHINOBU LOOK I DO HAVE FEELINGS AFTER ALL THIS IS NICE

[demonslayedher]

Hantengu: As Bad As You Can Get Without Being Muzan

I've touched on this in old meta entries and I'm just going to wind up linking them here, but a friend got me going on this again today, so I'll state it again: Hantengu is one of the most insidious characters in this whole series, if you're going by sweeping themes of self-mastery which Gotouge may or may not have consciously intended.

For starters, I'm going to compare Hantengu to his polar opposite, Rengoku Kyojuro, mostly by referring you this post where I already explained how Kyojuro displays samurai-style idealized virtues of self-mastery, stoicism, and inner peace about death or aging. A common theme in oni lore is how letting one's passions run amok is what brings out the demon any person has potential to become, whether these passions are greed or worry or even joy. Kyojuro is very clearly a passionate person, but he's self-aware enough to know that his passions must be kept in check in order to benefit from them, and that means putting effort into maintaining them. He's seen how that can lead to burn out as in the case of his father, so he maintains his own balance by recognizing and accepting the harsh truths of any situation with as much grace as he can muster, recognizing and taking steps to overcome his own shortcomings, and recognizing and making a choice to "set his heart ablaze" instead of getting lost in frenzy.

Hantengu, on the other hand, lets his passions run so amok that they take their own physical forms, and even then no single one of them is ever consistently powerful enough to be sustained for long before he's spawned something new based on whatever new frenzy he's in. It's his reckless abandon of self-control that made him so demonically powerful.

There are other characters who lack self-control, though--Inosuke and Zenitsu are who they are because they are the perfect agents to introduce chaos to any scene. They gradually take steps to learn self-mastery, however--Zenitsu is hyperaware of his own failings, to the point of rumination, and Inosuke is hypoaware. However, at their core, their desire to do better by other people leads them down paths of self-improvement, a path which keeps them aligned with humanity as opposed to the allure of powerful demons.

Demons in this series display similarly admirable traits, though--Kokushibo and Akaza have striven as hard as any Corp member to improve themselves, for instance. Gyutaro and Daki might have had blatant disregard for others due to a lingering jealousy and hatred for how much better everyone else always had things than they did, but they have always taken active roles in standing up for themselves and trying to improve their circumstances.

If we dive into more loathsome, demented demons, we still see that they know themselves enough to own their faults, whether they see them as faults are not. Douma is quick to recognize his own lack of passion, Enma is unashamed as about what gives him pleasure and uses his underhanded, self-protecting tactics in order to play the long game in his strategy, Gyokko is an artist, and Muzan is perfectly clear and at peace with who he is and what he wants. Muzan's desires are so plain to him that it even opened up a believable opportunity for Tanjiro to feel sympathy for him in their final encounter, though Tanjiro made the choice not to.

Tanjiro never even entertained the notion of pitying Hantengu, though.

I'll come back to Tanjiro, but to borrow from this post about themes in KnY as they relate to oni lore: In many philosophies, even an excess of positive emotions can be detrimental, and people who follow those philosophies are instead encouraged to not given into any emotion too strongly. Likewise, the lack of a virtue can be bad, but an excess of it becomes a vice.

While the Ki-Do-Ai-Raku fearsome foursome represent the danger of unchecked, excessive emotions, Zouhakuten represents an excess of virtue, which turns it into a vice. From an outside perspective, of course Tanjiro was doing the right thing attacking a tiny oni, because this oni will go on killing people if he doesn't, but Zouhakuten focuses so intensely on the injustice of attacking the small and weak that he is ignorantly convinced of his own self-righteousness.

The other demons don't do this, particularly--they justify what they do, like Daki saying how this is just the way the world works that beautiful and powerful oni can do whatever they want because that is how the world works, but she doesn't claim her actions are righteous. Muzan also makes rational points--which Zouhakuten echos--about how the demon slayers drive a lot of the violence due to their own inability to make peace with their lot in life, and going out of their way to attack demons. However, as much as Muzan believes he is superior, he doesn't belief he is a god who can cast moral judgement on others, nor is he interested.

Zouhakuten, taking the form of a deity that fiercely protects the precepts of Buddhism and threatens those who defy it, makes the daring claim that he is just.

The Demon Slayers Corp members, at least those like Tanjiro, are guilty of the same thing. The difference, however, comes back to self-awareness. For example, Tanjiro is confronted with the question of whether Zouhakuten/Hantengu has ever eaten anyone in Tanjiro's life, and as he has not, Tanjiro must at least question if justice is on his side anyway in attacking Zouhakuten. It was an easy answer, but being mortal and easily killed for sticking his neck out by picking fights with demons, it's something Tanjiro continually has to question and reaffirm.

Yes, the answer is always easy for Tanjiro, and yes, there are Corp members who are only in it for the glory or the money (and these characters are not treated as heroes). However, Tanjiro must also continually self-reflect on his own weaknesses and failings. Taisho Secrets tell us he's even reviewing his training and battles in his sleep to analyze and learn from them, and we see his continual efforts to improve no matter how beaten down he's gotten. In the heat of battle he has to keep himself confident and focused. He's got to keep from beating himself up unfairly, and he's got to keep from getting over-confident, it's a balance to maintain and it takes practice to read oneself with clarity.

He's constantly having to practice self-mastery, which means Total Concentration of whatever strength he needs to pull from, including passions like righteous anger that make it feel like his heart and/or forehead are ablaze. It takes him practice to be able to keep rebounding, but he's got humility to be able to learn from others, take criticism, and analyze himself with clarity.

These are the virtues which Kimetsu no Yaiba extols, and which most separates the paths of righteous from the paths of those who who gave into their passions.

As a few other examples: --Nezuko retains her virtues by recognizing her own weakness and focusing on self-mastery --Rui lost himself in a feeling of entitlement, conviction in his own sense of justice, and disappointment in his parents. Or so he thought! That was all the result of running away from a truth about himself he didn't want to face; the fact that he was the one responsible for breaking his family bonds. --The Pillars, with all their human faults, remain righteous because they could easily succumb to their own sorrows, angers, and self-loathing. The fact that they do not--however much these things have messed them up--and they keep striving to better themselves, for the sake of a conviction in something difficult to achieve otherwise.

Zouhakuten, instead of rising above his own shortcomings, is a deeper concentration of, a wallowing in those unbridled passions. Being so convinced of his own righteousness, he does not have any clear self-understanding, and therefore, has no inclination toward self-mastery.

He is, after all, Hantengu.

Hantengu made himself into what he is because he convinced himself of his own lies about his own helplessness, and this utter lack of self-awareness and his unchecked passions are what make him a demon. By doing nothing to improve himself, he grew out of control. And, ultimately, Hantengu is selfish. Everything must revolve around him and how he is the most wretched creature, the most powerless thing to ever have the harshness of the world thrust upon it. Among a cast of relatable demons, made victims of their own poor luck or circumstance or a desire to amend some wrong done to them, Hantengu is the worst because he got himself there for nothing but his own self-centered lie.

While all the demons have relatable traits which have flown out of control, he's the most realistically like someone we all know or have met. He's the most benign and hardest to catch, one whom many philosophical, religious, or therapeutic texts try to warn against for how his insidious fleeing from truth grows into something monstrous.

The scariest part is that the wallowing Hantengu might be closer than we think.

[soaln]

Helloooo!! Don't know if u write angst or nott... 😥😥

If yes, could I request Luffy with a male reader that almost dies while fighting with an enemy 'cuz he was pushing himself too much? Like, he wants to be as strong as his friends and it backfires on him ーー;

If not, thanks anyway!!

🍖┆ ╰┈➤ 𝜗𝜚 ┈ Don’t blame me love make me crazy ｡—

🍖┆ ╰┈➤  ┈ warnings: slight!gore, angst 2 fluff, shinobu like!m!reader. ｡—

𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐎𝐎,,

• The Straw hats were fight, with the marine. It wasn’t the first time you were fighting them.

• You didn’t thought much of it, it seemed like the usual actually.

• to be honest, you weren’t the weakest or the strongest, but you really smart with creating poison, anti poison or you founded someone’s weaknesses in few minutes.

• that’s mostly why you were I’m crew, for your intelligence/smartness. You were also fast, but your stamina was low.

•you were fight a marine, if you had to admit, he was stronger than you. His sword was sharp, and could slash you body with one hit. You had to be careful.

Sorry if bad fighting style 😣 it’s the first time

[Name]’s stamina was getting lower each second. His body was exhausted by all the deep, small cuts. The marine had a grin on his face, like he knew what he say next. "[LastName] right, I still remember that face you’ve made when I killed your sister" he stated, making [Name]’s blood boiling even more. The [brunette..etc] didn’t want to show any weaknesses. He hold his weapon tighter as he ran faster than before. The marine’s eyes widened at the sudden disappearance. He looked everywhere to find the pirate, until he felt a sharp weapon in his stomach and coughed feeling a liquid entering his body. Suddenly the [haircolor] haired male was thrown away, he groaned his pain. He didn’t where was his friends, but he’s sure they’re near, he didn’t want to bother them. he stood and rushed at the enemy, drawing his weapon. he struck the enemy with his weapon blows but he quickly dodged It. His anger keep growing up, but the fatigue was wining over his body. The weapons were clashing, sweat were dropping to the ground, blood dropping everywhere. The only thing they could scent was their own blood. Suddenly, the man in front of him disappeared and made an attack from behind, leaving [Name] surprised. He gave several blows finally piercing his body, which almost reached his heart and slashed his back. The blood was flowing everywhere, he was stunned. He was too slow to anticipate the attack. He couldn’t stand on his two feet and collapsed on the ground.

• your friends was waiting for you, it’s been more then forty minutes now, but Luffy trusted you, he knew you were strong but he was also worried

• Nami didn’t want to wait, so she goes to find you and say to the crew they should wait here until she came back.

• after few minutes they heard a scream.

Nami was trying to find him, there was some debris around her until. The ginger decided to climb on a rock to see where he was. She saw a someone’s body on the floor, and realize it was him "[NAME] !" She screamed his name, her agony could be felt by her voice. She ran to his lukewarm body. Hearing a scream, the straw hat ran towards her, thinking about the worse. When they arrived their eyes widened in fear. Luffy’s eyes darkened, he didn’t say anything. Will he leave like his brother did ? He didn’t want it to happen. He wanted to stay with you.

• they go back in the ship, Luffy was the one carrying you. They didn’t waste time and goes to Chopper’s nursery idk 🤷

• chopper said to everyone to leave, expect Luffy who stayed near the bed, without saying anything.

• Good thank they weren’t to late cause you almost died.

• It’s been few weeks since you were in coma, you didn’t show any sign of living or waking up. The crew often visited the room. (Mostly Luffy [he puts his hat on your head sometimes])

• You finally show sign of waking after eleven long weeks.

[Name] opened his eyes slowing, and gets blinded by the light. He groaned and sat in the bed, he felt a sharp pain his back. He looked around and saw an reindeer, it was Chopper, his smile widened, he cheered how happy he was. Luffy entered the room, and his eyes also widened. He walked towards him, wrapping his hands around his torso.

• Nami def scolded you to be more careful and don’t push yourself too much. Sanji totally agree with what she’s said.

• Robin just told you to not let the anger eating you, or gaining over you body.

• Luffy became more protective of you, he wants you by his side. He doesn’t want to see hurt, nor dead. He knows you can defend yourself but, he’ll protect you anyway

A/N : sorry if it’s not what you asked… I just thought about Shinobu and got a random idea😭

[tearskillstardust]

how do these genshin characters handle little children?

itto, hu tao, kaveh, lyney, venti, xiao, neuvillette

ITTO

in hanamizaka, a very famous word goes around the market— 'if you're ever unable to look after your children, hand them to itto!'.

although he has reprimanded many guys who tried making fun of him because of that, and so has shinobu, perhaps to a greater extent, it is no lie that when itto looks at a child, his eyes glimmer with adoration for the little one. it seems that babies really enjoy the cushion of his muscly arms and generally warm body and even warmer smile— the gentleman does not mind spending hours with babies in his arms, going from place to place in the market and making the baby happy with so many sights and sounds.

taking proper care of the baby is entirely another thing however, and the women know of his inability in the matter so when they hand him the child, they look at shinobu with a very obvious gaze that seems to say, 'i trust you,' and shinobu smiles back, her own version of, 'yes, you can.'

HU TAO

there is a very beautiful word known as idol in the english dictionary, and if you slowly move your finger down the meaning and towards the antonym, you'll find hu tao's photo in it.

thing is, she treats everyone the same. friend, elders, children— everyone expects nothing from this prankster and she likes keeping it that way because that's real! she simply can't take responsibility of others, however hard she may try. as such, it would be hard for her to bear the responsibility of being a guardian or even an elder figure for a child. she wouldn't understand why she has to be any more ideal to a child than she is to a friend, it just doesn't register in her mind. she can entertain a child for hours on end— but she can't take care of them or even keep them safe anyhow.

KAVEH

we're all aware how sympathetic and kind kaveh is, and it translates perfectly in the way he looks after children. he knows how to look after them and make them be at peace— he isn't an expert at this but years at the akademiya mean that he has definitely learn a tip or two about child psychology from there so he knows how to implement that too! it's nothing much, but children feel safe around him. he manages to portray an ideal figure to look up to and somebody children could want to talk to for hours on end. he is very patient with them and sets them right when they might wrong.

my opinion? he would make it to the top five genshin characters who can look after children in every meaning of the word, along with tighnari.

LYNEY

another figure children would really admire! i think that he's more superficial with that actually, not that he dislikes children or anything, but he just puts up a persona that children would fall in love with and removes that mask when he's out of their vincinity. he is a free spirit who dances on the wind, so children could be a bit time-consuming and tiring for him, although he wouldn't cut back in any form of care and concern for them, he'd rather not take the burden.

what i mean is his love does not come as naturally to him as it does to itto and kaveh, he just does it because he was assigned the responsibility. i don't think this has to be said, but children would find him very fun too. even if he wasn't a magician, he just has a very fluid and attractive way of talking and children would love listening to stories they've heard before once again from him just because he tells them in a fun way.

VENTI

much like lyney actually, just much more mature with children. where lyney could come to a dead end in certain things with children, venti can infinitely trap them in conversation and get them to do stuff that is good for them even if they don't want to do it.

i'd say his love for children would also be more natural. he could just find their optimism and love for everything as sweet and innocent and feel an inexplicable need to protect them anyhow and that would make him very patient in dealing with children. he could very well dislike the caretaking part but he'd quickly just accept it as a favour he did to the child's mother by taking care of her kid a bit longer than need be so that she can rest. very kind with children overall, though his affection is shown by making funny faces at the child until they laugh.

XIAO

very well, surprisingly? or not, actually. even though it seems that he is cold, aloof and shut off, he actually cares a lot and is very observant by nature, it's simply that he doesn't act where he sees that the person can deal with it themselves. he doesn't have a single selfish bone in his body— and the same applies to children too.

he may not know how to take care of them, but he would love to learn it from anyone who might teach him, all with a very straight face but a warm heart. he also wants to protect them because they can't fend for themselves, and he's excellent at caretaking because of that. very good attention to detail and that keeps the child safe in every aspect. i see him also making sure to check which foods can be eaten or not eaten together and keep that in mind before giving the child anything to eat. he would also take care of the tiny stuff, like not startling them awake, being hyper-sensitive to their cries, not touching them with cold hands, and just being very kind to them.

that, of course, does not mean that he does not keep a scarily straight face while doing all that, making the child fearful and loving of his guardian at the same time. children would definitely find him boring and dull, but xiao wouldn't mind it.

NEUVILLETTE

i think he would view children in a very positive and soft light in the sense that he really likes their way of looking at the world and could just want to hear them talk because the way they just say touching or overly random things either strike a chord to his heart or make him crack up, and he likes both these feelings. he would want to keep the child very safe and secure to make sure they don't face anything that could scar them for life. not that he makes them dependent, no the tough love factor is definitely present, but he makes sure he is always there when they're learning to swim in deep waters so that he can pull them out should they drown.

he would also know caretaking and babysitting pretty well. and if he wouldn't, he'd be eager to learn. he would make sure of the child's comfort and talk to them for hours on end without getting bored and teach them about many things too. he would be a very safe and ideal figure for children. (un)surprisingly enough, his expression softens in a way it never does when he looks at children and his eyes seem to glimmer a bit.

[stxxryvoid]

This idea came to me while I was watering my plants.

Demon Slayer Character's with a S/O who likes to Garden (ft. Mitsuri, Iguro, Tomioka, Muichiro, Tengen + his wives, Shinobu)

Mitsuri

I headcanon she also likes to garden and uses some of the plants when she cooks.

Helps you tend to the garden even if you don't need the help.

Takes care of the garden with her life if you can't.

If you plant something in a pot she makes the pot really pretty.

Gets kinda sad when a plant dies.

10/10 Plant Care Taker

Iguro

He's basically like: "You plant stuff? K, Cool."

Doesn't really mind it or care about just see's it as something you do.

But bet your ass that if you can't take care of the garden he suddenly has a PhD in Horticulture.

The garden actually looks even better when he takes care of it???

Puts yours to shame tbh

9/10 Plant Care Taker deducted one point because I'd be jealous

Tomioka

Plants stuff once in a while and the end result is always pretty good.

Helps you plant stuff even if you don't need the help, and takes care of the garden when you're away.

The garden is his new favorite place to relax and think.

That's about it ik boring just like him (I'm kidding-)

10/10 Plant Care Taker

Muichiro

Forgets you have a garden 30 minutes after you tell him

He does visit it often though because it's like his new little happy place

He likes to cloud gaze there now because the plants remind him of you (even though he can't remember why)

If you ask him to watch over your garden while you're gone especially for a long time they're probably gonna wilt since he forgot-

The next time tho he swears he's gonna remember and he did:D

It's just that he forgot how much water to put and now your plants are overwatered

He's still getting the hang of it, he'll get there soon:)

4/10 Plant Care Taker

Tengen + His wives

You plant stuff?? How flamboyant!

Tengen tells you how flamboyant your gardening skills are only when you plant a pretty plant and it blooms beautifully.

If you plant an ugly plant though....

He doesn't help you plant anything, He'll get his flamboyantly painted nails dirty🙄

He might cheer you on from the sidelines.

He also makes sure you have only the most flamboyant gardening supplies and clothing!

Hinatsuru is always helping you with the garden, she's the most reliable out of the four.

While Makio doesn't see the point in gardening but she will help you out if you ask her.

Suma helps you out but she may trip or drop a watering can-

She'll also make flower crowns for everybody if you plant some flowers :D

Tengen 6/10 Plant Care Taker

Hinatsuru 10/10 Plant Care Taker

Makio 7/10 Plant Care Taker

Suma 8/10 Plant Care Taker

Shinobu

The two of you can plant stuff together because she also plants, only herbs though!

Always wears gloves when gardening and expects you to do the same. (Must keep good hygiene! Don't know what's in the dirt.)

Researches the best conditions a plant will thrive in and will share this information with you if you need it.

Will take care of your garden if you are unable to and you'll take care of her's, win win situation.

Quite straightforward when it comes to gardening.

10/10 Plant Care Taker.

[shinobuscanonwife]

do you mind doing the hashira reacting to their s/o who has the cure to turn demons to humans

Platonic!Muichiro and I don't write for Gyomei sorry :(

Shinobu

She's very impressed! Asks you to show her how to make the cure. "Now that Kamado boy can turn his sister back!!" Shinobu was beginning to think finding a cure was impossible so when her own s/o said that they had the cure she was absolutely ecstatic! "Y/n you're so smart!! I mean really!! your amazing!!!"

Mitsuri

Very curious about how you found the cure in the first place. She's really happy tho!! "Y/n you can help so many people now!!" She thinks you're so smart omg takes you on missions to try and avoid slaying the demons. "Quick y/n give them the antidote!!"

Tengen + wives

Tengen is very impressed!! he thinks it's very flashy that you have a cure!! Makio is kinda suspicious Suma is really proud of you and Hinatsuru is kinda curious about it. She finds it hard to believe that you found a cure that easily. But after you show them all proof there really impressed! Suma and Tengen were already impressed but there 10x more impressed now!

Muichiro

He forgets- like youll tell him and a couple days later youll be turning someone back into a human and he's just like "How'd you do that?" "Muichiro I told you about the cure..." "huh what cure?" "the cure that turns demons back into humans..." "oh okay good job"

Giyuu

Really happy Nezuko can be human again. Really curious about it he asks you to show him the cure. At first, he was kind of skeptical he knew you had been looking for the cure for a long time and you were really determined to find it but he was still kind of shocked that it actually worked.

Rengoku

"THAT IS AMAZING Y/N YOU CAN HELP SO MANY PEOPLE NOW!!!!!!" So incredibly proud of you. He thinks of this as a step to a demon-free world. He takes you on missions sometimes (if you want to go of course) so you can heal the demon instead of slaying it. Literally brags about you ALL the time "MY PARTNER IS SO SMART THEY KNOW HOW TO TURN DEMONS INTO HUMANS!!!!" "We know Rengoku you've said that 3 times..."

Sanemi

Wouldn't really care- "Demons are still demons y/n." Kinda relieved but he doesn't think demons deserve a second chance. "Why would demons want to live as humans after killing so many?" after you cure Nezuko he brags to Tanjiro all the time "YOUR SISTER WOULD STILL BE A DEMON IF IT WASN'T FOR Y/N!!!! REMEMBER THAT!!!!"

Obanai

He's so proud of you. You had been working on the cure for years and you'd finally done it! "Great job y/n it's not much longer till demons won't be something we need to worry about" like Rengoku he brags about you all the time. "My partner made a cure that turns demons into humans! I bet you've never done anything like that!" Doesn't take you on missions with him but if you tell him to take some of the cure with him he will.

Thank you for your request!!! I had a lot of fun writing this!! Have a nice day/night!!

[bluerskiees]

Hiii!! Can I request a Mikey x reader where Mikey just met the reader and got to know her and the reader is like Shinobu?

Where the reader always smiles and to the enemy she's like "So we can be friends!! Oh, So I can see, you receive the proper penalty and be reborn, I could gouge out your eyeballs or slash your stomach to rip our your organs☺️"

but she's actually such a nice person when she's not fighting enemies, and so what does he think of her? :)

OH MY GOSH ANON. YOU'RE SO BIG BRAIN FOR THIS.

BONTEN MIKEY WITH A CALM BUT FEROCIOUS BONTEN DOCTOR!READER

𓇼 You were a very friendly person who was always aloof and calm, no matter what the situation was.

And this trait of yours got the other bonten members question your ability in the gruesome world they were involved it.

It wasn't as if they didn't trust their boss's choice but they did try not to be their "usual self around you much. Like for instance, Sanzu stopped doing drugs around you, Ran and rindo the sadistic Brothers made sure to never go anywhere near you with blood stains on them and koko kept his mouth shut even though it was mostly only to not say something to you that he would regret later. And kakucho along with Mochi tries their best to keep these dorks in line whenever something that seem to go out of place. More than often being the infamous bonten trio, Haitani brother's vs Sanzu.

Sure they were dangerous criminals who kill people for a living but oh man— they weren't inconsiderate pricks who would traumatize their sweet, innocent teammate for the rest of their lives.

As a doctor, you always cared for them. Everytime they got involved in a fight, you were there, wide awake in the middle of the night treating their wounds, asking them if it's okay and if they're fine or if they need any mental or physical assistance even if it was tiniest of papercut. This made the members adore you and honestly, you were just a cute little fluffball for who they would do absolutely anything— until they realized maybe you weren't all how you seemed to be?

Mikey sent you out on a mission one day along with the bonten higher-ups. And sure enough, the members were arguing with their boss for doing this? They treated you as if you're a fragile glass, spoiling you with gifts, sweets, designer outfits, rare collections, you name it. Oh‐ would you believe me if I told you even Sanzu, yes the one and only sanzu "akashi" haruchiyo went out of his way to talk against mikey this time?

Sure you said you'd be able to handle this by yourself but did they trust you? Nope. Why, you ask? Because nothing about you was scary- well, nothing except the way you often greet others by saying "yoo-hoo" after suddenly showing up next to them, often startling others.

They were still not sure about u coming along with them, afterall they never wanted to take off the precious smile you wore in your face. Eyes glistening In the sunlight. Damn— they felt too guilty for this.

The members made sure to often look for you in the middle of the fights, making sure you were always safe and not out of reach for even a second. When the fight was just about to get over, they realized something— something that they dreaded, something they hoped that never happened. You were missing. They went into full on panic mode until they spotted you standing behind some partly abolished part of the building.

"Just because you haven't been beheaded don't think that you're safe from harm. There are people like me who use poison with their swordsmanship. I may be the only one among Bonten who is unable to torture people but creating a poison that's lethal to them: that's quite impressive don't you think? Oh! Pardon me I guess you can't hear me if you're dead. Silly me!"

They couldn't believe their eyes, sure theyre heard the saying that goes.."never trust what you hear until u see it happening right in front of you" but was it really the truth? The sweet, naive little girl killing people ? Sure they couldn't believe it, but oh man, they were so damn proud after seeing you unfold right before their eyes. Sure you were charming and alluring with that sweet smile on ur face, but even with that you looked so mysterious and they finally found the reason.

Needless to say, this only strengthened the bond with the guys as they started teaching you to fight, to use guns and many more gang stuffs.

Afterall they were dangerous criminals who kill people for a living and u were an angel— but the angel isn't always one too.

[silverynight]

The bodyguards

Tanjirou starts feeling bad as soon as he meets one of the Pillars his family talks so much about. He knows he's here only because Tanjirou's family is important and wealthy and they're friends with Ubuyashiki.

The swordsman is really tall, in fact, Tanjirou has never seen someone that huge before. He smells like a strong person and Tanjirou knows he'll be wasting his time with him.

Just because Tanjirou wanted to see the world. He bites his bottom lip and starts considering staying inside the house so he doesn't bother anyone; it's not anyone's fault he was born with blood that all demons find enticing.

"I..."

"You must be Kamado Tanjirou, right?" The hashira doesn't look at him directly though, only down. And then Tanjirou realizes why when he notices that his eyes are completely white. "I'm Himejima Gyomei. I'll be taking care of you this week. Can I touch your face to have an idea how you look like?"

"Of course!" Tanjirou mumbles immediately, getting a little bit startled when Himejima kneels in front of him and cradles his face in his huge hands.

The Pillar is very gentle though; the tips of his fingers touch Tanjirou's skin like it's a delicate thing. He makes him blush at some point.

"You're really beautiful," Himejima comments before letting go of Tanjirou.

"I don't think–" Tanjirou stops himself; there's no point in arguing about that, instead he focuses on something more important: "You don't have to do this... I've been thinking about it and I can stay at home..."

"Everyone deserves to be free," Himejima says instead, before taking the boy in his arms. "Where do you want to go first?"

***

After a week they find themselves in the butterfly estate, Tanjirou feels bad because that means he won't be with Himejima again (he's a good friend) but he knows he has more important things to do.

"Stay here for a while," the stone hashira mumbles before pressing his lips against Tanjirou's temple. "I'll go see Oyakata-sama in the hashira headquarters and I'll be back soon."

"But..." Tanjirou is confused. Why is Himejima not saying goodbye?

He should ask him later.

***

Shinobu watches Gyomei walk inside the headquarters. He kneels like the others in front of Ubuyashiki before informing him about his week next to the Kamado boy. He doesn't say much about him though, which is a shame because all of them are curious... Instead Gyomei says that he's managed to get rid of a couple demons and even a lower moon with Tanjirou's help.

That last thing picks up everyone's interest. But the stone hashira doesn't say anything else. Except probably the most shocking thing Shinobu's ever heard:

"I'd like to request to be with Tanjirou permanently," he says then.

Shinobu notices that everyone around looks at Gyomei with surprise; it's true that none of them were pleased to hear they were going to babysit (although they have been informed the Kamado boy is actually eighteen years old) and Gyomei taking the job of permanent bodyguard would solve everyone else's problems, however... There's something else going on.

Even Sanemi is eyeing the stone hashira with curiosity.

"Interesting." Ubuyashiki observes and Shinobu swears that for a moment he looks amused. "Have you talked to Tanjirou about this?"

As if things weren't weird enough already, Gyomei immediately blushes at that.

"Not yet, Oyakata-sama."

"Well... Let's bring him here then," Ubuyashiki says before telling one of the kakushi to bring Tanjirou to the hashira headquarters.

***

"Oh... Hi! It's a pleasure to finally meet you all!" The most beautiful boy Shinobu has ever seen mumbles, before kneeling in front of Ubuyashiki as well.

"Tanjirou... Do you know Gyomei has requested to become your bodyguard permanently?"

The boy blushes, drawing everyone's attention again; Shinobu notices she's not the only one staring at Tanjirou intensely. Mitsuri's cheeks are slightly pink now and she's sighing dreamily every time the boy speaks.

"You don't have to, Himejima-san! Although I really appreciate it, you've been so kind to me... However, I don't want you to waste your precious time on me," Tanjirou says. "In fact, I don't want any of you to do that... I think I'm ready to go home and–"

"No!" All the hashira cut him off at the same time, surprising themselves and everyone around.

Ubuyashiki chuckles.

"Gyomei mentioned that being with you has allowed him to kill a lot of demons lately," Muichiro says then, trying not to look desperate. "So you'll be helping us, actually..."

"Oh!" Tanjirou's eyes glimmer beautifully at that; it seems like the boy loves helping others. "Then I'll do it gladly! So if Himejima-san wants–"

"Please! Give me a chance, my boy! I want to be your bodyguard next!"

As soon as Kyojuro says it, everyone starts fighting over the job position until Ubuyashiki presses a finger against his lips and shuts everyone up completely.

"Each of you will get to spend a week with Tanjirou," Ubuyashiki announces, like he knows what's actually going on. "Are you alright with that, Tanjirou?"

"Yes, of course!" The boy smiles, almost blinding everyone in the process. "I hope we get to become friends!"

Tanjirou is completely wrong about that, Shinobu thinks because everyone around her definitely wants to be more than friends with the beautiful boy, including herself.

***

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[sunsetsmakemesad]

Something I love about Demon Slayer fights is that they all have some sort of theme to them. The major ones especially. Like- they're not there just to flaunt the characters strength, they have such depth and symbolism to them.

It's actually one of the things I see people complimenting the most in kny- the symbolism. And, same, its honestly my fav part of the show, along with the characters.

Now let's look at the major fights in infinity castle:

-Douma vs Shinobu, Kanao, Inosuke

-Kokushibou vs Muichirou, Genya, Sanemi, Gyomei

-Akaza vs Tanjiro, Giyuu

-Muzan vs #everyone

When we look at these fights, we see that in every one of them there's some sort of connection between all the participants. Something that ties them together.

°•☆Douma vs Victory trio(I heard someone call them that and I really like it)☆•°

First we have Shinobu encountering Douma, once she is killed, Kanao enters the scene, and shortly after her, Inosuke.

There's something that they all have in common. What? Emotions.

All of these characters can be closely tied to the concept of emotion. Shinobu has suppressed all her inner rage for 4 years, and finally let's it out during the fight. She's furious. She's seething with rage. Kanao has been abused for her whole childhood before butterfly sisters came into the picture. She'd get hit if she cried, it was so bad that her brain registered crying as something that could get you killed, like how we know not to put our hands on a stove because it will get us burned. She CAN cry, but subconsciously suppresses it, in fear of punishment she logically knows won't happen anymore. She also closed of her heart entirely. She was never raised with love and care, thus not knowing how to express properly, finding it easier to just smile and not care. Inosuke was raised by boars in the mountains. Do you think someone like that knows how to perceive human emotion properly? He also gets surprised at small human gestures which don't really make sense to him. All of these characters can't properly express their emotions, but they ARE capable of it. They are human at heart. Emotion is a part of their soul. Then there's Douma, someone who hasn't been able to feel anything since he was a baby. That's the tragedy of his character. And only when faced with a true, emotionless person are the victory trio able to sort themselves out, and reflect on their own souls.

▪¤□¤▪Kokushibo vs Muichirou, Genya, Sanemi, Gyomei▪¤□¤▪

With these characters, what is it that's connecting them and tying them together? Family. All of these characters have at least one family member who they have a screwed relationship with. Gyomei and the kids, Muichirou and his twin, Sanemi and Genya.

But there's a difference here. All the slayers have something in common, they Love their family. Its not to be questioned. They want to protect them and wish the best for them even if their relationship is screwed. Kokushibo isn't like that. He doesn't love Yorichi. He doesn't wish the best for him. He definetly DID love him at some point, but that is lost to time. In their childhood interactions, we see Kokushibo pity him. Pity, not love, those two are pretty different. And then he's later consumed by a burning jealousy, which spirals into hatred.

Eventually, his own jealousy is the cause of his demise. And while many of the other participants of that fight die as well, we are shown people mourning them. Kokushibo dies alone, with no one but the brother he died resenting and wishing the worst upon to pity him in the afterlife.

》◇•°Akaza vs Tanjiro, Giyuu°•◇《

The theme in this fight? Weakness and strength.

Thorought the fight, we are shown the characters conserving on these themes. What does it mean to be weak? When are you considered strong?

Akaza hates the weak, simple as that. This could both be associated with the fact that he was too weak to save Koyuki and his teacher, or the fact that the neighbouring dojo members were weak, causing him to think of all weak people as cowards.

But then Tanjiro brings up a good point, that everyone was weak at some point. Akaza was a baby. Tanjiro was a baby. They were both equally weak. They needed someone to love and care for them. Someone strong. So that they could grow strong aswell and care for the weak. This creates a cycle. Akaza aving weakness is irrational because those he hates so fiercely could grow to become his strongest opponent. Then we have mental strength. Akaza is stronger than Giyuu and Tanjiro, yet he is weaker than them. They were all in moments of hopelessness, yet Tanjiro and Giyuu moved on. They were stronger. Yes, akaza got turned into a demon, but he could still retaliate in one way or another.

×○•♧Muzan vs #everyone♧•○×

This fight was honestly about the concept of humanity itself. What makes us human? Does immortality truly exist? Muzan is faced with everyone he has ever hurt. Hundreds of people. All holding nothing but resentment for him.

"You have stepped on a tigers tail multiple times, and that tiger has now awakened. And they are very angry"

-Kagaya Ubuyashiki to Muzan.

In this same conversation, Kagaya tells Muzan that immortality exists, but it is impossible for a human to become immortal. The only immortal thing are humans wishes and ideals, as they are passed down generation to generation. Muzan has lived for a thousand years. The goal to destroy Muzan has also lived for a thousand years. An immortality that killed Muzan.

Because even if human lives are fleeting, their spirits are everlasting. Because they make connections, because they hope. Because they leave traces of themselves behind.

Muzan is a being that should not be allowed to exist, stated by Tanjiro. Because Muzan is trying to go against nature. He is fighting a battle that he can't win. He hurts everyone around him for he is a coward too scared to face the undeniable truth.

"Ubuyashiki, you were right. All creatures die without exception. Only memories are eternal. You were right. I can't even remember a single person I murdered. When the body dies, everything is over. But the mind remains and it never perishes. Even I was defeated. I witnessed this fact, it moved me and I trembled."

[haru-chi]

-might have a little spoiler-

I won't call this a solid theory more than "what if" kind of scenario or some thoughts going on in my mind a bit ..

it's about Matoba Seiji ...

don't remember what actually triggered this idea but I wonder ..

was the Matoba leader before Seiji his father ? it's mostly yes but I don't remember this actually said outright anywhere before, was it mentioned it was his father ?

anyway, do you remember that one phrase that Seiji love to keep saying alot either to Natsume or Natori ??

I know Seiji hated mostly because of this line of thought and how he can be messed up when it comes to that ...

this whole scene got me thinking alot that I felt him saying this here followed by this ..

don't know about you but this whole scene and dialogues felt to me it holds more weight than it looks like .. it felt it has some deep personal meaning to him than it seems which is why that led Natori to ask that question, if he ever wanted to stop being an exorcist ...

now, what does that mean exactly ?? I thought alot and tried to understand the hidden meaning and unsaid words, but it never clicked, nothing did which led me losing my mind for a long time ><

not until we learned more about him and Shinobu in the current storyline and something clicked

Seiji is the younger while Shinobu the older right ? she should've been the future leader of the Matoba ... do you remember why she wasn't picked or favored as the next leader ??

it was because Seiji was more powerful than her, he has such a talent that she can never have that even though some believed she's better overall because Seiji is hard to control but for the future of the clan Seiji is the best choice in the end.

also, it might've been clear who's the leader fav child is if we hadn't heard about Shinobu till now and that little Seiji was talking about the leader taught him this and that sometimes.

"use the tools available. the capable get things done and those who can't should stay out of the way"

this line might actually be about him and his sister, something the Matoba leader before him taught him (his father mostly) which he followed through himself with his children.

he used them as mere tools for the future of the clan, at that time the clan was pretty weak and about to lose their position in the exorcist world. between the two only Seiji hold the key to give them the glory they sought again so no matter how good Shinobu was, no matter how hard she might've worked, all of that will never amount to anything. just because Seiji was far more powerful than her. Seiji having bad manner and attitude than her ? hard to control ? simple just fix it by teaching him. right ~

back then I couldn't fully grasp the meaning of his expression here, but now I feel I get it better. I mean if all his father taught him is using people as tool or how to be cruel and never care what other think (he used his own children as tools and Seiji experience it firsthand yaay) .. having a teacher who teach the true valuable things ?? such an option was never there for Seiji and never will at the time.

"How long is he going to continue to pretend to be normal ?"

Seiji was never normal because of his power and natural talent, he was bound by duty and have invisible chains on his life and true desire just because he was this powerful that he got used as a tool and by none other than his father and on top of all his sister hated him for it too.

on the other hand Natsume has the same power as him or far greater than him yet he's free and not shackles be this power of his unlike him.

this is a "what if" kind of random thought and ideas and we don't even have any kind of direct/indirect info so all of this is pure assumptions on my part. it refused to leave me ever since it clicked so why suffer alone, just thinking about Seiji and Shinobu is just yeaah -heavy sigh-

[xxxdegenerate]

22. Rengoku Kyojuro.

I don't think man can dance. I firmly believe in my heart he has all the intentions and passion in the world but he's stiff as a board with two left feet. Unlike his grace when fighting, he never really had much opportunity to learn or practice dancing, so I imagine he wouldn't be very experienced. Reader doesn't care though, they love him that way. And he loves them, will take any and every opportunity to hold them and make them smile even if he looks and feels a little silly (and vice versa!!!).

So they dance (reader's skills tbd, honestly doesn't matter). One person convinces the other, maybe as a way to cheer them up, who is who doesn't matter. It can be anywhere. Their home on their own. At a festival. Their wedding. Modern AU anything.

It's cute, it's warm, it's all smiles and blushy cheeks and bright eyes as your fingers interlace, swaying and turning.... Pure, easy intimacy. Fluff and/or hurt/comfort at its best. I just want to give this man as much domestic happiness as possible, he deserved so much more.

Wait that's actually so cute and yeah he deserves the whole world man.

Rengoku Kyojuro x Reader

❥note ;; I don't know if you meant you wanted it as a modern one, but this will be like a festival type thing, and Rengoku is upset because he doesn't know how to convey his feelings for you. So you give him a little push. Also heads up, he survived the mugen train arc, but was really hurt. ❥contents//tw ;; honestly none, maybe a few curses, kisses? // not proofread

"Dance with me."

Kyojuro and you had always had a complicated past. After the whole mission he had with who you found out was an upper moon demon. You felt terrible. You noticed how he became slightly distant towards you and you were determined to figure it out.

There was a festival in the nearest town later in the evening and everyone was going. Mitsuri had told you he was going to be there as well. This was what you needed.

Having trouble even going up to him or talk to him the past two weeks have been rough. So you needed to catch him off guard.

You dressed in a fiery red kimono with a white bow tied around your waist. You also wore a red charm in your hair, which was tied up neatly. Thanks to the help of Shinobu.

You entered the town and looked around in awe. The sun was setting and the lights were simmering ever so slightly. This place was beautiful.

Remembering why you were here you decided to look around the food stalls for the flame hashira. He seemed stressed, like he was running from something. You heard from Shinobu that as soon as he was able to walk, he was practicing and back fighting again.

This left you a bit unsettled, you hoped you could talk some sense into him. Especially since Shinobu also mentioned he had hurt himself countless times while training. He shouldn't be pushing himself. And it pained you to even think about him doing so.

You walked around for a little longer before you see his bright hair poking out in one of the restaurants. He sat with Tengen and his wives.

He smiled. Oh his smile. You couldn't help but smile too. It was always so bright and filled with emotion. You walked over.

"Hey! Uzui's and Kyojuro." Kyojuro immedietly avoided you and moved around in his seat, as if he was anxious.

"Well, I think my wives and I will be going to get some drinks!" Tengen stood up, lighting tapping your back in encouragement. Whispering low enough for you to hear.

"Take care of him okay?" He helped his wives and went on his way.

You took Tengen's seat, which was in front of Kyojuro.

"Kyojuro?" You looked at him. He was looking down at the food, which he picked at. Something unlike him.

"Are you doing alright? You haven't really talked to me the past couple weeks." You brought up. It pained you to see he seemed to not want to be around you.

"I'm fine." Frowning at his response you stole one of his california rolls. "Hey-"

"What's up with you." Narrowing your eyes at the owl eyed man. He finally looked up at you and held eye contact. His fire like eyes, sparked.

"Nothing is wrong I ju-" He seemed bothered so you cut him off.

"Walk with me?" You stood up and held your hand. The music around the town was loud, but not too loud. It was perfect. A walk could do you both good.

He looks up at you and smiles. He couldn't help it. He missed you. Even in fear of his own thoughts, he missed your smile, your laugh, and the way your eyes lit up any room you walked into.

"Absolutely." He interlocks his hand with yours.

And so the two of you were walking, hands connected in silence. Even if there was no conversation between him and you. You felt at ease. You missed this too. But you couldn't help but still feel off. The way he wasn't smiling as much, and just looking off into space. As if you were not there.

You looked around the town. People were laughing and dancing. You had an idea.

"Kyojuro!" You jumped in front of him, startling him. "Dance with me?" You looked at him and he brought a hand to the back of his neck, rubbing awkwardly.

"I haven't danced in a long time."

"Come onnn." You tug at his hand and bring him towards where the others were waltzing.

The music was slow. Pulling Kyojuro closer, placing a hand in his once more. Lacing your fingers with his own. Another hand rested on his shoulder. He looked lost as he held his free hand up.

"Uhm.."

You laughed. And he watched. You threw your head back slightly before looking back at him. Taking his free hand you place it on your waist. A light pink dusted his cheeks. "You hold here okay?"

He stood awkwardly and stiff. You noticed this and couldn't help but smile at him. He was usually so chill and flowing with his movements. Yet he couldn't dance?

"You seem stiff hot stuff." You joked around earning a soft chuckle to erupt from him. "I never learned how to dance like this." He admitted shamefully.

Even if he didn't, he loved being close to you again. You've shared hugs before, but this felt different. In a good way.

"Oops, my apologies!" A man had bumped into Kyojuro causing him to stumble closer to you and tighten his grip. A warm feeling rose in your chest and your cheeks felt aflame.

You giggled softly before moving slowly. "Follow my lead."

Although he stepped on your toes a couple times, and lost rhythm, you had fun.

Leaning your head on his shoulder, swaying slowly to the music. "Why did you ignore me for so long...?"

He stayed silent for a minute. "I felt weak." You frowned and cocked your head back to look at him. E/c eyes meeting his own blood orange ones.

The music suddenly speeds up a bit and the two of you start turning. Holding eye contact. "You are not weak." Mumbling out before turning your head down to watch his feet, careful to avoid his missing steps.

"I could have died Y/n." A great sentence to shove a knife through your heart. Your eyes tear up. Grateful you looked down. "But you didn't, you were strong enough."

"Barely." A wave of awkward silence fell.

"I missed you." You mumble. He removes your laced hands to bring it up under your chin, pulling you back to look into his eyes. It hurt him to see your eyes so watery and glossed over.

"I'm sorry." He mutters. "I just didn't know how to come to you, I was scared. What if I'm too weak to protect you one day?"

You melted. "Kyojuro.."

"Fuck." He loved the way his name rolled of your tongue, how it rang in his ears.

"I just love you so much Y/n. I want to be by your side, to protect you.. but what if I can't? What if you get hurt." You swore you could hear your heartbeat in your ears from his confession.

He was nervous, but he was telling you. Scared of rejection, for he could be too weak for you.

"I love you too Kyojuro. You are not weak, we'll fight together. We'll do lots together, on the days you are weak I will be stronger. For you." You smiled, tears threatening to spill. He deserved so much, you could never understand if anyone ever hated this man. He was the warmest, kindest, and selfless man you have ever met.

His thumb wiped the tears and he pulled you into a hug. His arms wrapped tightly around you. By now the two of you had stopped spinning around, just swaying slowly back and forth.

"I missed you too and I'm terribly sorry I couldn't have much confidence to approach you." His hand rubbed up and down your back.

"I forgive you. But please, don't ever do that again. It hurt to see you smile with others." He heart ached at your words, he regretted ever doing what he did. "I promise."

You look into his eyes and he leans down. His breath softly hitting your lips. You closed your eyes, awaiting a kiss.

Nothing. You crack open one eye and realize he's admiring you. "Kyojuro if you don't kiss me right now-" He cut you off the moment he knew he could kiss you. The kiss felt meaningful, it was soft and in sync, unlike the dance the two of you shared. His lips were rough, not too rough. Yours were soft. He wish he had done this sooner, but oh was the wait worth it.

The feel you melting into his arms, into his lips. He smiled and pulled back. "I love you."

"You suck at dancing by the way."

[princelylove]

same anon that asked about the platonic/familial thing!

aahh that's good to hear, your highness! ^^/ I hope it's alright to ask for Yoshikage Kira with a quiet and//or shy child!reader,,, specifically when he's part of the Kawajiri fam!

maybe they're in Hayato's place or his younger sibling, but the thought of them being curious of Kira because woah their dad changed… his kid gets abnormally clingy to him within time. kinda really curious about the "fluff"//"comfort" with them but also… knowing Kira whatever fluff//comfort is going to be. very. questionable and damning- but in the end even if he hurts them… his kid still somehow trusts him and seeks comfort from him and listens to him much more than anyone else

ahh i hope this is alright! sorry if i rambled a lot or if it's too much ><;; you can change things up a bit if you'd like and go ham with it if you'd like !!

When it comes to Mr. Kira, you should generally be quiet and stay out of his way. Oh, sorry, I misspoke. I mean Mr. Kawajiri. 

Warning for discussion of gender roles/conforming to gender stereotypes, it’s gender neutral until I go on my “Yoshikage is a freak who cannot stand anything non mainstream” tangent but I talk about both masc and fem. I cut this short because I got a little too interested in the entire family's dynamic rather than just Kira, hope you still like it. ♡

I’m fond of Yoshikage, if I may be so informal, for his taste in fashion, he cares quite a bit about how he presents himself, and by extension cares how you do. He makes sure you dress appropriately for your age, and in a gender conforming way. He sighs every time you come home with pants on under your uniform’s skirt, or with your tie abandoned. God forbid you’re a part of a subculture that doesn’t conform- being a delinquent isn’t going to get you anywhere in life. Charms on your bag aren’t allowed until you’re older, and pushing your socks down like that makes you look ridiculous.

While Daddy is rather strict and loveless, Shinobu isn’t. She spoils you a little too much- especially considering she thinks she didn’t show Hayato the love he needed, and that’s why he acts Like That. She’s thankful he doesn’t bother you too much, but would it kill him to come downstairs and eat dinner with us? Oh, Mommy’s sorry, she doesn’t mean to vent, she loves girls nights with you too! Girls night isn’t a gender thing, you can have girls night with mother and be a young man! Sigh. Shinobu’s sorry. She’s just desperate for someone to hang out with her. That woman is so neglected. She loves to take you shopping and hear about your interests! Oh, you want to be alone? That’s fine too! Mommy will be right here when you need her! Waiting patiently! …. Are you sure you don’t want to watch some tv, maybe?

Yoshikage has assimilated well into a fatherly role, he accepts it as “being a man,” and therefore, part of his role in being normal. The only issue is he’s used to his father, who has very old and traditional views on what a man does, with absolutely zero chance of becoming open minded. He's more fond of his mother, really. Neither of your parents tell you no if you ask for something- it’s a bit different if you’re masc or fem, he has an idea of what you’re supposed to be from very early on and failing to meet those expectations means not getting the care you deserve. At least from Yoshikage, Shinobu will always love you. ♡

If you’re a girl, Yoshikage is fine with you being a daddy’s girl, as he was sort of himself, in a sense (Don't mention his relationship with his actual father). He’ll humor you asking him to buy you things, as long as it isn’t every week or terribly expensive. You mustn't become a brat. He isn’t really one for excessive materialism, but nine times out of ten he’ll humor you if it means you’re opening up to him. He’ll rent books and different types of media from the library for you if you ask (That he approves of), and he takes you to the park for some fresh air weekly, even if you’re older. He encourages taking care of yourself, but you shouldn’t be trashy about it. Do your nails, but not bright colors. Style your hair, but not in a tacky way, and leave it natural or, if you MUST dye it, dye it a natural color. He tends to nag you more if you’re fem- no boyfriends, come home by a certain time, etc. Typical overprotective girldad. He uses a softer voice when he speaks with his daughter- he knows he’s supposed to be gentle with you, and he’s not going to risk giving you a complex where you grow up to be like the women he murders and doesn’t keep. 

If you’re a boy, he’s less expressive with you, and you likely get most of your affection from Shinobu. He’s fine emotionally neglecting you because he doesn’t view you as something soft. You must be like him. Your brother’s already a failure, are you going to follow in his footsteps? He would still take his son to the park and get him a library card (Note: Doesn’t rent books for you, only gets you the card) and whatnot, but it’s obvious he’s doing it out of obligation (Shinobu lightly suggested it) rather than real love. Bummer! You get nice clothes, though. Being quiet as a boy is fine as long as you aren’t struggling academically. Which has its advantages! If you’re failing, he’ll tutor you, and that means more attention! That also means getting locked in your room and getting berated because “Men are supposed to be better than this, who will have you when you’re older if you’re stupid?” but hey. At least you can get out of hanging out with him by saying you need to study, but you can’t get out of his life lesson lectures. 

While Hayato is the weird child, you’ve taken on the role of what Yoshikage intended his future children to be like, hopefully. Well behaved, well mannered, you don’t have any disturbing hobbies (Which is bold coming from him), you don’t get in his way. For that, he rewards you. Gifts, quality time, letting you be alone, etc. Anything he can think of that will reinforce this good behavior.  Hayato has mixed feelings about you. He also has a bit of a complex when it comes to gender considering his canon dynamic with his mother of “I”m gonna be the new man of the house and take care of mom,” so your relationship depends heavily on a few things. Who’s older, if you’re closer with Yoshikage or Shinobu, if you’re a girl or a boy (Hayato hasn’t figured out there’s a third option yet, give him a couple years), etc. If you’re a girl, you get pushed in the same box as Shinobu. This creep is pretending to be dad, I have to protect mom and my baby sister! If you’re a guy, he’ll expect you to help him, but cuts you some slack if you fail because you’re younger. Hayato likely dismisses an older sibling entirely, they’re just getting in the way and not helping mom at all, regardless of if they help her or not.

[mirukosbitchywife]

for the ask game i never got to:

🌷do you two like to spend time outside? or would you rather stay in together for miruko/rumi usagiyama

okay i think we'd both spend a lot of time outdoors but we'd be dragging each other to TOTALLY different things.

rumi is a filthy gym rat and would want to do shit like hiking and rock climbing and mountain climbing and intense shit like that as her idea of a fun day out and it would DEFINITELY end up with her physically carrying me home bc i'm too tired. i'm not weak but rumis just straight up built different.

but i'm more of a chill and enjoy the sights person so id want to do shit like going to parks or malls to walk around like NORMAL NON ADRENALINE JUNKIES or like going out to indoor activities like an arcade, laser tag, etc.

we definitely both like exploring but her idea of exploring is more like we should explore this unmarked cave and mine is omg look there's a cat cafe let's go see that

🐰how do you two feel about pets/animals? do you have any?

okay so i have a lot of animals, four dogs and a cat and i think shinobu would have a complicated relationship with them.

i really don't think she'd be a dog person, probably prefers cats and obviously pets like insects but also probably other easy to care after animals like snakes and fish, anything that doesn't require a ton of attention.

so with that i think she'd get along with my cat well, the real question is if my cat would like her, but i don't think she would like my dogs as much since they're pretty loud and messy. however i do think she'd be fine with them and more open once she realizes they're really only attached to me and at most she'll have to give them some pets when she sees them before they come back to me. she doesn't dislike them but they're just not her preference, but she knows they're part of the deal!

i think besides the animals i actually have wed also have other insects like i mentioned, and we'd get a huge place for them so we could have butterflies obviously, but also things like bees and beetles and things, besides her being the insect pillar i really see her as the type to find a bug on the ground and put it in her pocket to add to her terrarium idc i wont take criticism on this

[deerinstinct]

That video teasing new characters... someone said they might be new leaders one each. That is very unlikely. I think they will serve as adversaries for ES , rather than being a part of ES, since that's what "To challenge the idols" seems to imply to begin with. There has been cases like that before, with characters like Gatekeeper & the NPCS in the knights climax event. But of course, they seem like they will be even more relevant, judging by the fact that they have 3dmv models all to themselves when even NEGI doesn't. Only time will tell. I hope they get torn apart if only a little.

Everyone is flaming him which is fair but strangely I am drawn to him and his gaudy flair. His name is literally Nice Arneb Thunder. I wonder if it is a stage name of sorts? Because it's hilarious to think it would be someone's actual name, even more so that they would print it all over their suit. But he's likely the producer, since he's in a suit rather than the ES uniform the others seem to be in... He is very funny to me. I like funny-looking guys. Wouldn't he be the first producer/president to get a model of any kind?

In my friend Aether's wise words: "First day of work and everyone is telling him tokill himself"

A lot of the people claiming to be worried of the inclusion of a new unit and saying that they fear the others getting overshadowed (as I was, more-so due to the quality of the content we will get and the rotation more than anything) don't actually care at all for the underdeveloped units. I saw someone say that RA*BITS of all units was underdeveloped. I have to laugh. There is a lot they could touch on with them, but we have gained so much knowledge, and there was already so much in ! that they had even more to grow from in !! and they did. You're just silly to be speaking on ra*bits like that when you probably neglect them yourself and were throwing a dart on a board of which units are more unpopular rather than which units get less care. Sorry for sounding heated about that, but I had a lovely short discussion about ra*bits with oomf, saw other ra*bitsP claiming their content has been the best in !!, have even seen their growth myself... Switch has also had a lot too. I wish they would give Sora a backstory and all but aside and go a little harder with the concepts they've introduced and the development they're trying to do but that aside they've had so much growth and I'm happy. I do worry for others that used to get sufficing content but don't anymore (like Shinobu, who is mostly centered around Mayoi these days) or letting the alkakurei characters grow more, ones like Niki particularly... I did say that the state of the franchise’s writing recently has been rather fragile or dissatisfying as of late, but I am not being a pessimist about their introduction, in fact, I am a little excited.

[echantedtoon]

Everyone Wants A Brother Like You Part 3 Senjuro

Nezuko wasn't sure how to take what had happened yesterday or why Inosuke tackled her.

But eventually she just decided to chalk it up to Inosuke's usual weird actions and let it go since Tanjiro seemed to and to be honest whatever Inosuke was doing wasn't all that bad anyways. Although it was both confusing and sweet he was suddenly going around proclaiming to be their brother now. He was probably just roughhousing as a way to show affection in his own weird way. Oh well. She'd still busy herself with other important things while waiting for Tanjiro's injuries to heal. She honestly didn't mind helping Shinobu and Aoi take care of everyone in the meantime. It felt awkward just lazing around while the others did all the work. So she volunteered to help with the cleaning today. Broom bristles sweeping again hardwood sounded out as she hummed and pushed the broom back and forth sweeping up the small dirt pile.

"N-Nezuko?"

She paused turning around with a blink only to smile. "Senjuro! Hi!"

The sweeping paused. Her smile widened. The teen boy with flame colored hair and bright orange eyes. He has nervously smiled back to her shuffling nervously in the doorway and clasping his hands together. She honestly wasn't expecting to see him here since most of the time he would be with Rengoku as the flame Haishira was still recovering or visiting his friends or keeping to himself helping Aoi with something.

"How's Kyojuro doing? I heard he started breathing better."

Senjuro nodded looking away. "Um..B-Brother's doing a lot better thanks. H-He's busy right now and I'm not busy so I was thinking that...m-maybe I could help you with your cleaning today."

Nezuko smiled brightly. "I'd love that! If you could help me move the furniture to sweep under it'd be a really big help." She gestured to the bed she was currently trying to sweep under.

Senjuro lit up immediately. "R-Really? Yeah! I can totally do that!"

For the next ten minutes there was silence afterwards besides the sounds of Senjuro moving furniture and then moving it back into place once Nezuko was done sweeping the floor under it. Thanks to his help, she was able to get it done much faster and was able to start scrubbing the floors right after-

"I-Ill help you!," Senjuro insisted with a smile, "I'll even go get you the water you need."

"Are you sure? You already helped so much."

"Yeah! Besides you're gonna need help moving all the furniture again to mop under them aren't you?"

"Hm. Well I guess you have a point. Alright! We can get done much faster that way!"

Rinse and repeat the previous progress only it took a little longer as she had to literally scrub the floors on her hands and knees. She was surprised when Senjuro suddenly dunked another scrub brush in the bucket and actually got on his own hands and knees and proceeded to help her scrub down the floors of the large room with her. She sent a smile his way... Senjuro lit up a light pink at her cute smile before snapping back to his work and scrubbing down the floors with her. It was way faster with him helping her and soon both were standing in the hallway outside the room sighing. Senjuro had taken the bucket before she could grab it insisting on dumping out the water for her which she was grateful for.

"Alright! It looks like I'm all done!" She beamed at the spotless room before then.

"What? Y-You don't need anymore help with anything else? W-What about the sheets or windows?"

"Tanjiro already helped me clean the sheets yesterday and Aoi already cleaned the windows before I came in. So you don't have to do anything else for me, but I'm grateful for the help, Senjuro. That was very nice of you."

Senjuro sputtered a bit thinking- "MY BROTHER!!" He shouted out startling both of them and making her blink. "I mean Kyojuro!" He quickly held up his hands flustered. "He's still expecting his food! If you're not busy how about you come visit him with me?" He gulped a bit pink faced. "I-Im sure he'd really like to see you again Nezuko."

Nezuko paused blinking at him before humming. That was a good point. She really hadn't seen Kyojuro since she was changed back to human and began staying here. Tanjiro and his friends had visited him plenty of times but she hadn't seen him too often. 

"Ok." She nodded at him smiling. "Why not? It'll be fun to see him again."

Senjuro smiled at her again in relief. "Ok! C-Come on! We need to get his food from the kitchen first but he'll be really happy to see us!"

"Ok!"

He gestured for her to follow him before walking away leading the way all the way to the kitchen which was mostly empty except for one of the butterfly girls getting a few apples. She greeted the both of them before scurrying away allowing them both access to the kitchen alone. Huh...Guess everyone else was busy doing other things, and it already looked like Aoi cleaned up here so there was no other reason for her to be here until dinner time. But Nezuko sat down and watched patiently as Senjuro got to work grabbing a frying pan, cutting board, and a decently sharp knife. He glanced back at her once with a smile. 

"Are you hungry too? I-I can make you some food too! In fact let's make Tanjiro some too!"

Nezuko stared at him in awe. "Really? That's so nice of you! Tanjiro would love that!"

He smiled wider. "Well let's get started. Can you hand me some bento boxes from the shelf behind you?"

Nezuko did as he asked placing four small bento boxes on the counter in front of him as he turned back to his work. Frying, cutting, placing, and cooking whatever he grabbed at before turning and starting to fill in the boxes with whatever he was cooking.

"That smells delicious, Senjuro! I can't believe you made this all by yourself!" She gushed mouth watering at the filled boxes.

The boxes were absolutely filled with rice and fried beef and onions but set on top of the big portions was smaller additions of pan fried tofu, grilled scallions, and two boiled eggs per box. It all smelt absolutely delicious and heavenly. She could eat all four of them if she wasn't so polite. She looked back up when a warm kettle was set onto a rather large tray along with a few cups. 

"Well, it helps that I was used to cooking for myself for a long time. You pick up a few things after doing it so many times.. B-But I'm glad you think so. Come on! Let's take this to Kyojuro. He's waiting for us."

He placed two  of the bentos onto the large tray before placing lids on one other for Tanjiro later. She happily carried the other two since Senjuro seemed to have his hands full and going ahead and digging into hers as they walked. She let out a pleased hum as soon as the food hit her mouth. A shy but pleased smile was given to her by Senjuro.

"D-Do you like it?"

"It's so good! I wish I had food like this all the time!," she gushed pushing another egg into her mouth.

"Yeah... It's too bad. If we lived closer I could cook for you a lot more."

"I just might have to visit you all more often then!"

He lit up hopefully. "I'd like that! ...You know. I really like cooking. I cook all the time for my brother and father. If I had anymore family, I'd cook for them too!"

"Aw. That's so sweet of you. You and Kyojuro are so nice!"

"Yep! That's us!... Y'know I would cook for a wife too if I ever meet the right one."

"Really?"

He nodded shyly. "Yeah...Wow. Speaking of family.." he tried shyly looking at her again. "I'm amazed Tanjiro and Kyojuro aren't brothers themselves. They're so alike and their names even almost rhyme."

Nezuko hummed thinking it over. "...Now that I think about it, they are pretty similar in personality." She giggled. "But they're both so caring. It's nice to see Tanjiro view someone as his own big brother."

"Hm...Well, you know there's a way where he could be Tanjiro's big brother."

Nezuko looked at him blinking as he smiled lightly pink faced. "Oh...Does your father want to adopt us?"

Senjuro nearly dropped the tray as he stared at her. "....I-...No. Not really..." He would've facepalmed himself if he could. But instead he looked down in embarrassment. "I was actually...maybe....m-marriage.... between.....two of..our families...."

There was silence for a moment before Nezuko gave him a pitiful look. "I'm sorry Senjuro but Tanjiro and I have no other sisters, and I certainly couldn't marry him."

"N-No! I-I Wasn't talking about Kyojuro!!" He stopped and looked at her flustered. "N-Nezuko, I-.... Y-You-..." He sputtered out trying to desperately say something similar to a functional sentence as she blinked confused at him. "I..really....well...You are....Pretty neat!"

Nezuko blinked again. "Thank you. I think you're really nice too. Are you alright?" She tilted her head at his shaky stuttery form. "You look about ready to collapse."

He gulped nervously. "I-"

"Nezuko." Senjuro jumped with a little yelp as both turned and found Aoi carrying a basket and raising a brow. "I thought you were going to come help me go pick food from the garden when you were done."

"Oh that's right!" She turned to Senjuro with an apologetic look. "I'm so sorry. I completely forgot I promised to help Aoi in the garden. But I will absolutely come visit Kyojuro first thing tomorrow morning! Thank you so much for the food though!" She gave a quick bow. "I'll be sure to give Tanjiro his!"

"But I-"

He didn't get another chance to speak before Nezuko already turned and quickly hurried after Aoi towards the end of the hallway.. although she did give him a quick look back at his flustered state before shaking her head again and quickly hurrying after her. Senjuro stood there for a moment before sighing, turning, and continuing to walk away. A few hallways away a room opened and a smiling face turned to him. Bandages around his middle and a patch over his left eye. An older copy of Senjuro almost.

"SENJURO!! There you are! So how'd it go!? Did my sweet brother manage to sweep Nezuko off her feet?"

Senjuro sighed. "Not exactly."

[blueseachelle]

What A Wonderful World. Sanemi x Optimistic (Fem) Reader ~Part 2~

Y/n ran as fast as she could back to the Butterfly Mansion. As soon as she got there, she immediately disappeared to her room (Shinobu has a designated room for her because she is there enough so, it's convenient for it to always be open for her.)

She sat on her bed and stared at the wall.

'Why did I even say anything? What if I hurt his feelings?'

She was always the person that put everyone's happiness above her own. She cares for everyone and doesn't want to be a downfall to them. Yes, Sanemi may get on her nerves but, she still cares for him and his feelings.

She usually doesn't do her missions like how she performed today. Y/N had a bad feeling about that so-called "Mayor". She asked around and found out the truth and knew that demon wasn't doing what she was doing at of pure evil as others do. She needed freedom. She needed to be recognized and told that everything is okay.

Y/n eyes started to water. She looked up towards the ceiling.

'I know you are okay now. Tell Mom and Dad hello for me.'

*Chirp Chirp*

The slight chirping was coming from the window behind her.

"Aoto..."

She turned to her Blue jay companion. Her messenger bird wasn't a Raven like the other's. The only other person with something different like her was Zenitsu. That little Sparrow was in the same boat as Aoto. They wanted to help. Every time she gets knocked down, she thinks of their stories. It helps her prevail and succeed. If they can accomplish their goals, what's stopping her?

Aoto flew and landed on the girl's shoulder. He nuzzled her cheek and did a little whistle. She finally smiled and wiped her tears.

"Aoto. I missed you."

*Whistle Chirp*

"I'm okay. Let's just get going on the next mission."

*Chirp Chirp Caw*

Let's get going then! Lead the way!"

Y/n picked herself up and headed out. All you can do is brush it off until it's brought up again so, that's what she did.

_____----______~To Sanemi~_______---_______

After the whole ordeal between them, he went and reported to the Mayor that everyone is safe now. The Mayor wanted to celebrate but, Sanemi cut it off and told him he has Hashira buisness to attend to. The Mayor had to agree because well.... It's Sanemi. He just walked out of his office and (surprisingly) rushed to the Butterfly Mansion. He needed to see her. They need to talk.

Once he arrived, he barged into the kitchen where the girls where.

"Where's Y/n?"

Aoi glared at him.

"She was with you last. She hasn't been back yet."

Sanemi glared back.

"She came back her right after. Where. Is. She."

Aoi put her hands on her hips and looked at him with the same look he was giving her.

"Like I said. She. Was. With. You. Last."

Sanemi growled.

"Actually...."

Aoi and Sanemi instantly turned their heads to the door. It was Tanjiro with Zenitsu and Inosuke behind him.

"She was going down the road and we bumped into her. She said she had a mission up the mountain. Something about people disappearing from a small village and that she's gonna love it because it's snowing up there right now."

Sameni didn't even say anything to anyone and walked out. They all just looked at each other and shrugged.

Sanemi ran as fast as he could in the direction of the mountain. She had a 6-hour jump on him. He needed to get to her as soon as possible.

'I need to talk to her. She needs to know how I feel.'

-----------_______-----Back to Y/n-------_________-----------

Once up the mountain, she and Aoto took a deep breath of the wonderfully frozen air.

"Aoto, Come here. You need your scarf and hat. You'll freeze. You know I can handle this weather perfectly. I don't want you to be uncomfortable."

Aoto landed on the fence post that they were walking by. Y/n grabbed out of her pocket a matching dark blue hat and scarf to match her outfit. She gently put the hat on the bird and the scarf around his neck and made sure that the scarf hung out of the way of his wings and the hat was tied under his chin properly.

"There you go! All warm and toasty!"

*Chirp Chirp Whistle*

Aoto landed on her shoulder and they continued to the village. They arrived a couple hours before nightfall. When they got there, they were greeted by the head of the village.

The older man greeted her with a warm smile.

"Why, isn't it The Blue Angel, we finally get to see the the hero everyone has been talking about."

Y/n smiled back at him.

"I'm here to help, Sir."

"No, please. Call me Sora. I'm here to just tell you the situation since I've been here the longest. I guess you can call me the Elder of this village."

"Of course, Sora."

Sora motioned to follow him.

"You see, Angel. We are about 2 hours away from sundown. As you can tell, we live in fear to the point we stay inside for these hours and the night. We live with the lamp always trimmed to have this monster not able to come in because of the light. No shadows in any home. We look baren but, we have many people here that want to stay. If this menace keeps up how it has been for the past month, no one will be here. Either by moving elsewhere or death. No one knows what this thing is because no one has lived to tell the tale. All we know is that it is a demon. Nothing else."

As they were walking the man led her to a small cabin.

"This is our guest cabin. We are giving you this for the night. Make yourself comfortable using this as your base of operation for as long as you need. We all pitched in to keep it clean and supply anything thing we though you may need. Extra wood for the fire, Everything."

"Thank you so much for this. I promise that this will be delt with tonight. I give you my word."

Sora smiled and tears started to stream down his face. He hugged the girl.

"Thank you, Angel. Thank you. We thank you."

Y/n smiled and hugged the elderly man back.

"Don't worry. Everything will be alright."

After the hug, the man handed her the key to the cabin.

"Here you go. I'll will be praying to the higher powers for your success."

He hurried off as fast as he could back to his house. Y/n looked up at the setting sun and the growing shadows.

"I have 45 minutes. Aoto, you will stay in the cabin. I'll leave the window cracked if you need to escape or need to report me.... Ya know."

Aoto shook his head, squawked, and nipped her ear. She sighed.

"I know Aoto but, we have to think the worse just in case. I promise I won't go down without a fight. That demon will know the power of a blizzard. He will fear the cold if I don't make it."

Aoto chirped sadly. He rubbed her cheek as she walked into the hut. She set Aoto on the bed and cracked the nearby window just enough for him to get out. She kissed the bird on the head and smiled.

"I'll be okay. No worries."

With that, exited the cabin, locking the door behind her. Aoto chirped softly and just sat down, there was nothing he could do now except hope for her safety.

_____------______ Back to Sanemi _____ -----________

'Shit. It's almost dark.'

Sanemi snarled to himself.

'I'm almost there. I got to go faster'

He upped his pace once he got to the base of the moutain.

--------________------- To Y/n--------__________---------

Y/n stood in the middle of the village. She just stood there looking around and taking in her terrain. If the demon did attack her, the first thing would to be lead it away from the homes around her.

'I wonder what Sensei is doing. I bet he misses me. I should visit him after this.'

Just after the last thought, she heard a thump and a growl. She closed her eyes. She now knew exactly where the demon was. On top of the building to her Southwest (To her left and a little behind her), the demon's aura was disgusting. No sadness or despair. He chose this path. He wanted to kill people and terrorize everyone.

Y/n took a deep breath. She turned and faced the demon. Her E/c eyes lock with his blood-red ones. She smiled brightly.

"Hello, Mr. Demon. It's nice to meet you!"

The demon then pounced toward her. She dodged every swipe of his long claws. She saw how they are purple, meaning poison on them. She'll have to play her cards carefully. She just kept her hands folded behind her back, slowly backing up, leading him out of the village.

"Y-ou. Y-ou d-die. I-I Eat."

Y/n shook her head and giggled.

"No no, Mr. You see the uniform. Y-ou Y-ou d-die. I-I live. This is my terrain. Speaking of that,"

Y/n pulled out her katanas. They were far enough away from the village to fight now.

"Ice Breathing. First form, Ice Terrain!"

She yelled and the ground under her and the demon turned to ice. The demon lost his balance while Y/n was moving around normally, skating on the ice.

With a howl the demon crawled towards her, using his claws as some form of friction on the ice. Y/n skated around him.

"Ice is fun! Especially in this weather! Ice breathing. Second form, Ice pillar!"

The demon was then launched into the air because of the ice pillar that shot from the terrain under him. Y/n jumped up and sliced his head off midair.

"You shall pay for your sins."

The demon's head fell to the ground and his body kept moving towards her.

"Ice breathing. Forth form, Frozen Kunai!"

Kunai made of ice shot from her sword and hit the body, pinning it to the ground and freezing it in place. She then smiled.

"All done! Easier then I thought. They made it sound scarier than it was."

She then heard a breath behind her. She turned to see Sanemi standing there. Y/n just stared at him and said nothing.

"We need to talk."

She just turned away from him and walked toward her cabin to her waiting birdie. Sanemi just growled and followed her.

"Did you not hear me?"

She continued to ignore him. She got to the cabin and unlocked the door. She opened it to be rushed by her Aoto.

"Hi, Aoto! I'm okay! No more demons anymore. Now, your turn to report the mission completed! Okay, Aoto?"

Aoto nodded, chirped, rubbed her cheek and flew off. Y/n smiled at the direction that her friend went

'Be safe.'

"So. Are we gonna talk or not?"

Y/n just sighed and walked in. Sanemi was expecting here to shut the door in his face. She just stared at him.

"Are you gonna come in or not?"

He just nodded and walked in. He stood there as she locked the door and fully shut the opened window.

"What's so important that you chased me up here?"

"We need to talk."

"About what?"

"I don't hate you."

"You make pretty clear that you do. You always pick on me more than anyone else."

"It's not that I don't like you."

"Oh really?"

Y/n put her hands on her hips. Her face became serious.

"Listen, Sanemi. All that I'm going to say is that I am sorry for blowing up on you. I don't handle most of my missions as I did then. I know you saw this one because you were right behind me when it was over. So, I'm sorry. You are forgiven in my book. No worries there. You can leave with a guilt-free conscious now. Frankly, I just want to cry just looking at you because I haven't got the chance to take a long pause after what happened between us. You are a rough-skinned individual that is out for blood every time you see me. I know why too. I'm not dumb. It's my optimism. Every day is amazing as long as you're alive. No matter how cold, stormy, or windy it is. It's a wonderful world. Even though we have a demon problem. Now, please leave."

Sanemi just looked at the wooden floors of the little cabin. He took a deep breath. He soaked in what she said. He didn't know that she knew and could read him like a book. His past is dark but, who's to say hers wasn't either? He thought about everything. Everything he has done to her, his past, everything in that one split second.

"Y/n. I'm sorry-"

"I forgave you so, please leave."

She started to walk towards the door to open it but, not until he caught her wrist.

"Let me finish... Please."

She sighed and nodded slightly.

"Yes, You are right. I hated your optimism since the being. You are too kind and smiley in a world like this. We have so many issues yet, here you are. Living every day like it's the best thing in your life. I wish I could be like that but, I can't. I'm an asshole. Not to blame my past but, that is the reason I put everyone at arm's length. I'm sorry for hurting you. I'm sorry that I'm such a dumbass."

Y/n's eyes softened. She looked up at him and took a small step towards him.

"Don't call yourself names. You're okay. Everyone has a reason for how they act. You're no different, that's why I always was nice to you. You're okay, I promise."

Sanemi locked eyes with her finally. They looked into each other's eyes for what seemed like an eternity.

"I'm sorry, Y/n. You don't deserve how I treated you."

Y/n got on her tiptoes and kissed him. He was shocked. He stood there for a second before returning the kiss, leaning forward and wrapping his arms around her waist. After they kissed, Sanemi rested his forehead on hers.

"Y/n. I've been thinking about this for a while."

"About what?"

"I don't get feelings for anybody but, I care for you. I'll admit. I'm not the best at this but, I know my heart."

"What does your heart say?"

"It says to keep you close and never let go. I think it's time for me to give into its needs."

"Please do. I feel the same way."

"Well, I have to ask you formally or, I'm not a man."

He cleared his throat and moved his hand to cradle her left cheek, softly running his thumb over her cheek bone.

"Y/n. Will you be mine?"

Y/n smiled, her eyes filled with tears. Finally, she had someone now. Yes, she always had a crush on him and that was mostly why she was so patient with him. She knew he was soft inside. She knew he was a good person somewhere amongst his spiny exterior. Tears of happiness ran down her cheeks,

"Yes, Sanemi. I would love to be yours."

"H-hey. Why are you crying? Did I say something wrong?"

Sanemi's eyes filled with worry as he moved his other hand to cup her face and help wipe the tears. She just smiled and giggled slightly.

"No. You were perfect. These are happy tears."

Sanemi let out a sigh of relief,

"Good. I didn't want out relationship start out worse than it was before."

Y/n just shook her head and kissed him again. Finally. They both can have someone to rely on. Sanemi needs her way more than she needs him but, when the time comes and she needs help, he will be there. Though the emotional or physical turmoil.

'She may use Ice Breathing but, she is my sunshine. A breath of fresh air. I will protect you, Y/n. No matter what. You are precious to me. I won't let you go.'

'Like I thought, everything turned out amazing in the end. Sanemi, I promise to protect you with everything that I can. I will help in all fields. I'll be your nurse when you are sick or injured. I'll be your duo in this war we are fighting. I'll be your light in this darkness that surrounds us. I can't help but thank the heavens to have brought you to me. All I can say is, What a wonderful world.'

*Author's note* Hey! I hope you enjoyed this little read. If you want anything done. I am taking requests. If you want a Part 3 and learn more about yourself (Backstory, etc.) and Sanemi's relationship, leave a comment or message me. I might include steamy time if you want a Part 3. Thank you for your support!

[scrimblyscrorblo]

YES OF COURSE, honestly, it's my favourite one to think about when I'm sad ! :D 

(I also have an other au but I think it would be a tiny bit too much angsty to deal with... '3') 

Anyway- One peaceful (or as peaceful it can be with with every single moon present in the infinity castle-) day (yes it is important), Douma thought it would be a good idea to scare a lower demon without a blood demon art because why the fuck not ? It was because no one wanted to play with him. :'( 

Little did every-fucking-one know, but Muzan (the reason why he's here in the first place-), is that this demon actually does have a blood demon art ! It's called time regression ! And it's very unstable, the demon has literally no control over it. 

I think you can guess what happens next. :) 

The upper and lower moons, Nakime and Kijusbuki Muzan got it by the blood demon art ! 

Every single one got changed back into human, most of them into their child self. 

It means many, many, MANY THINGS. 

First and foremost, Nakime's human now. And with Nakime human no longer demon... No more infinity castle. Everyone is outside now ! So the poor poor demon... Is dead now. 

They all expected to get transformed back after that, but they didn't. They are all stuck as human, some as children. They're alive... But for how long ? 

Because three of them are deadly ill now. Rui, Hantengu and Muzan... 

And the ex-demon king is the one whom is the most at risk ! 

Most of them panic, formulating a plan quickly. 

First and furmost, go. To. The. Shades ! They don't when, or if, they will go back into being demons. Next, the oldests who aren't adults, will go and try to find anyone. Hopefully. not a slayer (foreshadowing, foreshadowing...).

 So Kokushibo (13), Urami, one of Hantengu's clone who's actually one of his sons (16), Kamanue, lower 6 (12), Wakuraba, lower 3 (12), Rokuro, lower 2 (17), Mukago, lower 4 (11).

Gyutato (10) refuses to leave his baby sister (10) all alone, he doesn't trust any of them with her.

Akaza (10), or more like Hakuji whom now remember everything, he watch them all with disgust as he leaves.

Hantengu (50) and Nakime (20) are left alone in taking care of all the younger (and/or sickly) children : Douma (8), Gyokko (8), Enmu (7), all the clones (or more like sons-), Rui (4) and Muzan (15).

Muzan is extra enraged but can not do anything about it, but he's specially terrified. He doesn't want to die, no no no ! He suppressing everything because even as a human and child, he's still their master.

One of them (Kokushibo), find someone. Sadly, it's a slayer (oh ?). But at least he knows for sure he will help them.

He calls everyone else running around trying to find help as he guide the slayer where the rest of the group is.

Tomioka Fucking Giyu, the fake water hashira, when he was trying to get back to butterfly mansion, did not expect to find an... Orphanage ? (He doesn't know) out there like that. It wasn't on his bingo list today ! But he still help them out. Which type of person would he be if he doesn't help them ? A pretty shit one that for sure !

So he takes them back to the butterfly mansion, to the surprise of one Kochou Shinobu.

And at this point, everyone are stressing but it's fine, everything fine... They wouldn't be transform into demons right now, right ?

So, before Kochou could watch for problems (she already noticed the sick ones), Rengoku suddenly arrives with a child following him ! Is Akazs, or more like Hakuji now.

Seeing them, Hakuji tries to leave, but nope ! Rengoku put him on his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, ignoring his protest with (almost literal) deaf ears.

Everyone give a cold sweat, until Kochou giggles slightly. "Come on everyone, this way. I'm a doctor and I would like to examine you all !"

They accept, hoping to know if they will go back or not and if there's some type of medicine of the sickly ones.

"So... What happened ?" Ah... Um... Everyone is kind of looking at each other awkwardly. Until Hantengu decided to respond with a pretty damn good lie. He's an amazing acter and even better liar. Following the idea that they were a orphanage, he says : "There was... A Monster... We fled... Not everyone had successfully escaped it... But at least I'm glad some of us did... But it destroyed our home... We have nowhere to go..."

She hummed, actually believing him. "Truly unfortunate... You are all welcome here ! And, apart form the already unwell ones, everyone is fine ! We will fine a place of you all to live in and we'll help you help your sickness. Until then, you will all stay here." The insect pillar reassure with a smile.

And there's goes the crocodile tears, thanking her a thousand times in fake gracefulness. And she noticed nothing too !

So... No demon blood in them, meaning... They are all stuck like that ! How annoying, and dangerous. But at least they're safe here.

Muzan's wonder, now that he is human, if his demons... Died or become humans again ? Mmh...

Anyway, they are all brought to the largest room in the butterfly, give futons, bedding, covers and pillows. The oldest (adults and teens) prepare a resting place for the unwell and the youngest (pre-teen and kids) decided to make a pillow fort !

Nakime soon join them, to make sure they don't get hurt, but also because she misses her infinite home... And her biwa.

Koku's making sure his master is well as he naps with Rui.

Hantengu happily watches his sons play (14 for angry, 13 for sad, 10 for pleasure, 8 for joy and 4 for hatred).

Gyutato and Daki play together on their own, like Douma, Gyokko and Enmu, and also like the other lower moons.

And finally Hakuji, who's pouting on his own, in a corner, watching a blank wall angrily because he has to stay in this godforsaken room with... Them. He impatient to leave and never come back.

Part 1 ! Tell me if you wanna read more or wanna read something different. ^^

Omg that’s actually kind of adorable honestly and it’s certainly be a challenge for all of the demon slayer corpse to suddenly emotionally come to terms with very the now former kizuki

I do wanna know how giyuu factors into this as you mentioned he was a sort of therapist 🥺