#well ruis is half purple

[scoliosismaster]

wwhen yhe character has a bowtie

[mondaymelon]

my favorite you (rui kamishiro x gn! reader)

warnings! slight suggestive content, fluff, angst

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"Ah..." Rui's voice was quiet as he pulled back the curtains covering the windows of his room. Outside, the rain was relentless, pouring down seemingly endlessly and filling the room with the sound pitter-pattering raindrops. His amber eyes seemed to sparkle as he turned to glance at where you sat on his plush bed, yawning. "Looks like you'll have to stay the night."

"Eh?" You glanced up at the male, eyes widening. "S-Stay the night??"

The purple-haired man shrugged, a smile playing at his lips. "It's either that or~" He gestured toward the ongoing torrent outdoors. "Having to walk home though that."

"But-"

"It'll be fine~ After all, there isn't any school tomorrow, so I don't see why not... unless you have some other unknown motives?" Rui smirked at you as he strided over next to you, sitting at your side.

"It's not that..." You felt your face grow warm at his accusation. As subtly as you could, you cleared your throat and turned back to Rui. "But my parents would get mad at me..."

"I'll text them." Rui smiled at you, still waiting for you to come up with a better excuse. "They'll understand, and they'd trust an all straight-a's student~"

You highly doubted his statement, but protested nonetheless. "But there's only one bed-"

"But there are multiple sleeping bags. You take the bed, and I'll take the ground. How about it? And if you get too cold, we could always share one~" Rui didn't take his gaze off of you, his golden eyes watching your every embarrassed movement. Your face flushed at the sensation of someone watching you, but you felt something inside of you cave in.

"Alright..." you half-sighed, half-said, slumping your shoulders. You were way too tired to be dealing with this. "Whatever then. Let's do it."

"Do it?" Rui's smirk never let his face as his expression only grew more cocky. "My, my, already becoming that suggestive, are we?"

Face burning at his nonchalant words, you whipped around to face him, which you were avoiding before. Pouting, you glared up at him accusingly. "You know that's not what I meant!!"

"Maybe I do, maybe I don't. Now then, if you've calmed down enough, let's get ready for bed, shall we? I would cook dinner... but you know how that'd go..."

Still mildly seething, you managed to recall the last time Rui tried to bake something, instantly shuddering at the thought. "Let's not relive that."

Rui silently agreed, which was almost funny, since the two of you had hardly agreed on anything the past few days. The two of you bustled about the house, opening cabinets and grabbing fluffy blankets and snacks. As you wrestled the sleeping bag out of the case, you spotted Rui smuggling more than a few packs of grape soda candy along with the collected snack pile, but you decided to keep silent.

The two of you were nice and comfy, Rui being on the floor and you laying on his bed at his insistence. You had wrapped yourself up in several warm blankets and Rui merely had one draped over his shoulders. As the rain outside ceaselessly pelted down from the sky, Rui glanced up at you expectantly.

"Hey." His voice was soft, so much so you almost didn't catch it.

"Hm?" Rolling around, you peeked down at him. "Need something?"

"You were with Toya yesterday. Toya Aoyagi." Rui's tone was still gentle, but not so much as before. "Why?"

Blinking, you replied with an air of confusion. "Ah... because he's my friend?" Not really understanding his question, you settled back and waited until Rui found the words to elaborate more.

"Friend... just a friend?" His question is short, but it took you aback.

"Well, yeah..." Still startled, you rambled on. "I have lots of friends, you know. Not just him. There's Akito and Tsukasa and Mizuki and Haruka... I could name a lot." You let out a quiet, airy laugh. "Why do you ask?"

Rui smiled, an expression without any malice or suspicious motives. Instead, he just seemed... sad. His daffodil colored eyes were pained as he stared up at you, whispering, "Am I just a friend to you too?"

"...What?"

"A friend. You said you had a lot of friends. Am I one of them?"

"Of course-" You cut yourself off as you saw Rui's resting figure slump. "But..." Still struggling to find the right words, you patted the pillow beside you. "Here. Lay here first, and then I'll explain."

Rui didn't hesitate, but he didn't say a word to you either. Slowly, he got up, blanket trailing behind him, and eased his way onto the mattress. Filling the space to your right, he trained his eyes on you. "I'm waiting."

Nodding, you tried to swallow the fear bubbling about and stopped your hands from wavering. "Rui... the question you asked... it's actually something I think about a lot too. S-Sometimes... I feel like we're just friends - y'know - during play rehearsals or lunch break. But other times..." Your voice trailed off, tone shaky. "Other times, when it's just the two of us, I can feel myself blush and I can hear my heart pound. I'm not an idiot, Rui. I-I know what this means... and I've been putting off saying this for a long time. Longer than I should've. And for that, I'm sorry. I'm sorry if I hurt you." You couldn't trust yourself to say anymore, afraid of saying something you shouldn't, afraid of saying something that would ruin, well, everything.

Rui stayed silent for a long time. So long that you were beginning to fear that he had fallen asleep, and right when you were about to call out his name, he spoke.

"Is that how you feel? Is that your answer?" In the dark of the room, you couldn't make out anything more than the movement of his lips.

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Then you'll let me do this, won't you?"

And just like that, the rain stopped. Moonlight streamed through the windows, illuminating the room with a glow. On rhythm, Rui turned to you, eyes shimmering. He pulled you close, so tightly you could hardly breathe, and stole your breath away as his lips met yours. Everything is warm - too hot. Rui doesn't seem to notice, nor does he seem to care, and you might as well not care either as the purple-haired male cups your cheeks and brings your head to meet his. Warmth surges through your body as your heartbeat echoes in your ears. It's fast, almost unbelievably so, but it's easy to forget it when Rui is right in front of you. His golden eyes gleam as he closes the space between the two of you again, and this time, you can feel a smile gracing his lips. And in your ear, you can barely hear him whisper three words:

"I love you."

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[adoremexxs]

Information about my Demon Slayer Au

I mainly focus on the Hantengu brothers because I love them way more than everyone else.

Warning: this contains very heavy themes such as sh, abuse, etc.

Sometimes this can vary from highschool to college, it really depends on the time.

Sekido is the oldest brother, Karaku is the second oldest, Aizetsu is the middle child and Urogi is the youngest out of the quadruplets. Urogi has his birthday on another day because he almost died and he also was just born a lot later.

Zohakuten is the youngest. Zohakuten is 15, just recently turned and is going into his freshman year. The brothers are all 17 and going into their junior year.

Most of the stories I wrote recently are when Zohakuten is in 8th grade. That’s when he meets Rui.

A little backstory. Their mom gave birth to the quadruplets and she was happy and healthy, their mom was Latino. Their dad was Japanese.

Whenever she had Zohakuten, Zohakuten had an illness that affected her body instead of his. The only side effect that he really got was that he was really sick as a kid and he has the purple vein-like cracks under his eyes.

His illness took over her body and whenever Zohakuten was 7 years old, she passed away. It was a long, painful death because she had been hurting so bad.

Sekido had to take care of her while she was sick and even took up a part-time job to help his dad and mom out. He grieved the hardest when she passed.

Their dad was an alcoholic and a narcissist so they regularly experienced beatings as children.

Sekido had it the worst. He took all the beatings for his brothers so they didn’t have to deal with it.

It still didn’t stop his father from almost beating Zohakuten half to death. Because of Zohakuten’s sickness, they regularly had to go to the doctor. It was expensive.

Zohakuten got better over the years but if he got a little cold, he would take a few days or weeks to recover.

Shortly after Zohakuten turned 7, their father dropped them off at their grandpa Urami’s house.

Their grandpa is their father’s dad so he is Japanese.

He taught them their culture and also taught them respect. Urami was old and fragile as well as extremely narcissistic and manipulated the brothers a lot but he did truly care about them…sometimes.

Two years pass, Zohakuten is 9 and he is with his grandpa and his grandpa suddenly has a seizure and a heart attack.

Zohakuten is 9 years old. He has no idea what to do but freak out and watch his grandpa die in front of him.

Right as their grandpa died, Sekido had gotten home first since Aizetsu was hanging out with friends and Urogi and Karaku were at school clubs.

Sekido had so much hatred towards Zohakuten that it was the first time he put his hands on him. He blamed Zohakuten for all of the misery they had to suffer with.

Sekido had to take up two jobs to provide for his family. They were “placed” with their father. Their father let them live in the rundown house but they had to pay him money.

He never came around to see them or anything. Whenever the quadruplets turned 15, he finally just let them live there.

Zohakuten was 10 and was self harming himself in their little kitchen when Sekido found him. Zohakuten hasn’t hurt himself since because Sekido’s words and punches cut deep enough for him not to even think about it.

Urogi was bullied throughout primary and middle school for his loud and cheerful personality and also weird looks because he looked a bit different from his brothers.

Urogi has a scar on his waist from where his father had hit him with a beer bottle.

Aizetsu suffers from depression and anxiety and body issues. He’s on medication for it and he is doing better.

Urogi is very apathetic to his trauma, at most, he has self image issues and worries about how others perceive him.

Karaku deals with his trauma by sleeping with people and like Urogi, he has self image issues and drug and drinking addictions. It stopped whenever Zohakuten found him almost dead though. This was when Zohakuten was 13.

Sekido has became exactly like their father. He carries that burden on his shoulders, multiple scars from beatings, getting locked out onto the porch in freezing degree rain, extreme mental health issues, overthinking and more.

Sekido has put his hands on Zohakuten and Karaku the most. Karaku instigates it the most and they get into full fledged fist fights.

Sekido broke Zohakuten’s nose whenever they got into a huge fight. Zohakuten was 12 whenever Sekido broke his nose. The fight was about Zohakuten hanging out Gyutaro and Daki. Gyutaro is known as the drug dealer and Daki is his “slutty” little sister. They gave Zohakuten drugs and he did them.

Sekido felt extremely guilty afterwards and did everything in his power to make it up to Zohakuten who didn’t want to talk to him.

Zohakuten doesn’t stay at home at all. He goes over to Rui’s almost every day or just stays in his room. He broke down in front of Rui and told him everything about his home life and all he could was cry.

He has since then pledged to never cry in front of Rui again because he seems “weak.”

Sekido has taken up therapy and medication after he broke Zohakuten’s nose and involved himself in a lot of past times. Him and Zohakuten still have an extremely off relationship.

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The friend groups.

I’ll just refer to them as the delinquents (the demons) and the popular kids (the hashira). They all are extremely popular for their own bad reasons.

The Popular kids: Shinobu, Giyuu (he’s just there tbh), Gyomei, Sanemi, Kyojuro, Tengen, Kanae, Mitsuri, Obanai, Tengen’s girlfriends in this case, Yoriichi

The Delinquents: Kokushibo, Douma, Akaza, Gyokko, Kaigaku, Hairo, Sekido, Karaku, Aizetsu, Urogi, Gyutaro

Yoriichi will alternate between friend groups because of his brother.

Then we have Tanjiro’s friend group: Tanjiro, Nezuko, Kanao, Zentisu, Inosuke, Genya, Muichiro, Senjuro, Rui

Zohakuten’s friend group: Zohakuten, Rui, Gyutaro and Daki

He barely even talks to Gyutaro and Daki anymore but they are his friends.

Football players: Kyojuro, Akaza, Karaku, Sekido, and Tengen.

Basketball players: Akaza, Urogi, Gyutaro, Kokushibo, Yoriichi, Gyomei, Muichiro, Sanemi.

Soccer players: Akaza, Urogi, Aizetsu, Karaku, Sekido, Kyojuro, Giyuu and Muichiro.

Track players: Karaku, Tengen, Aizetsu, and Shinobu

Cheerleading: Kanao, Kanae, Koyuki, Mitsuri, Makio, Suma, Hinatsuri

Archery: Sekido, Susamaru and Yahaba

Debate: Sekido, Kaigaku, Kokushibo, Yoriichi, Tanjiro

Baking: Mitsuri, Kanao, Kanae, Nezuko, Zentisu, Tanjiro

Wrestling: Urogi, Kyojuro, Tengen, Gyomei, Mitsuri, Akaza and Sanemi

Shinobu runs the science club.

Akaza and Kyojuro are friends and get along great, they practice sports together.

Kyojuro does have stalker tendencies as he stalked the last girl he was dating. Karkau and Urogi harass him about it.

Depending on the storyline, I usually don’t include Muzan. Muzan is Rui’s father in my hes but he is pretty young and he gets paid to stay away from his actual family.

His family is filthy rich so he gets paid a bunch. Muzan definitely has befriended Kokushibo though either way.

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Relationships with the Hantengu brothers.

Urogi doesn’t have a label neither does Karaku. They swing both ways and don’t care what you identify as, they love you the way you are.

Sekido is bisexual/demisexual. It takes him a long time to feel a connection with someone so if you are the lucky person who he clicks with, do not betray his trust at all. He is mentally unstable and trying to heal!

Aizetsu’s depression has made him aromantic almost. If he falls in love, he doesn’t care what you identify as, what you look like, just love him and cherish him.

Zohakuten does not give a shit about relationships at all. He hates couples in general. He is only focused on getting out of school and spending time with Rui.

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This was just more information on my Demon Slayer AU. Muzan is lowkey just there and I definitely focus on the Hantengu Brothers more. I just like them more.

I kinda went into depth and tried to explain the timeline. If something doesn’t make sense, I’m sorry. I’m writing this at 12 AM and half asleep.

I hope you enjoyed!

[echantedtoon]

Demon Bride Ch38 Blood Is Thicker Than Water

(Warnings!!: Enmu IS his own warning, possibly some innuendos, some blood being mentioned, mentioning of death, mentioning of wounds and a broken leg, mentioning of reader's head exploding. Slight mention of nudity at the end.)

Enmu watched as her body went rigid, cold to the touch under his hands as he fondly watched the life drain from her face and look as pale as a corpse. Large purple eyes stared at him in shock. Before they slowly rolled into the back of her Head, and her body went limp-

"MOTHER?!" pale hands reached up as the woman collapsed into Enmu's awaiting arms. Instantly rage filled green-red eyes snapped at the perverted figure daring to hold what was HIS. "What did you DO to her?!"

"Me? I've done absolutely nothing." He smiled down at the half-concious woman. Her pale and defeated completely was so adorable on her.~ It sent a shiver down his spine.~ She was sure to be careful maneuvering her limp body into a more comfortable position in his arms as the boy flung his sleeves back and held up both hands threaded by webs- "Now there's no need for that. She just half fainted is all. The news probably only shocked her slightly."

"Slightly?"

"She'll be fine in a few minutes. Don't worry."

"How do you know?'

"I'm a doctor.~"

"YOU'RE A PERVERT!"

A groan filled the air as the woman moved in Enmu's arms..And your head raised. What was-...It felt like you just woke up in the morning again, but in an uncomfortable position. Your eyes blinked back black splotches and slowly your vision focused until you could make out something. A face with teal eyes and a giggling mouth smiled down at him. 

Enmu giggled more at your blinking face before humming. "Hello, Darling.~ Did you sleep well?~'' A hand smooshed his cheek as it pushed his face away.

"A-Alright you. Back it up a little bit there." He chuckled more before pulling you slowly back up into a standing position and removed his hands when you shooed him away from your body. However you were still... confused. "W-What...What happened?"

"You fainted," Enmu bluntly said with a smile, "But because of your body's new regeneration abilities, you recovered back quickly. My how fascinating.~"

"I don't... understand."

"Then you're going to want to sit down for this. There's a lot for me to explain." He hummed spotting your futon and gestured. "Take a seat.~ Rui, dear. Why don't you be a good boy and help Mother into bed?"

"I don't take orders from you!....But you are a reliable doctor so alright." A pale hand took yours and led you towards the futon.

Enmu took his time to go back to the open door, peek out, and say to someone. "Go away. No one is to come within fifty feet of this room. Or there will be such delightfully painful consequences.~" 

Before closing the door and turning on his heels back to you hands clasped in front of him watching as you slowly sat down in the soft silk sheets of the futon assisted by Rui. Silence rang out as the three of you just sat there facing one another in the tense silence... before Enmu inhaled and clapped his hands together.

"So...How much do you remember before you fainted?"

"Most of it.  You know...It's not nice to joke about that type of stuff. I know you're kind of amusement is sadistic but-"

"Oh no. I was a hundred percent being serious. You are definitely of demon blood," he spoke in a happy blunt tone making you freeze. "Will you faint again?~ It was so cute the first time."

You continued to stare at him letting your numb mind recharge at his words before your eyes widened again. "....I dunno. I guess it depends on how you explain it to me which would be nice." You eventually mumbled out in a ln almost shocked state which left Enmu giggling again.

"This isn't funny! Why don't you stop laughing and explain yourself before I lope your mouth off!," Rui threatened again straining the webs in his hands-

"Relax.~" Enmu held up his hands like it was the most casual thing ever. "I'm going to explain everything." He stepped towards the futon with a hum. "That's the other reason I'm here." He sat down with a smile. "So tell me how much you know about the situation first."

".... Literally nothing." You finally frowned now. "Why don't you tell me?"

"Gladly! But I will warn you to brace yourself. It all started when I first examined your blood a few months ago. You see from the moment I met you it was  obvious that there was something different from any other humans I've met." Wait..so bluntly? Just jumping right into this huh? Ok. You guess you were doing this.  Your expression made him give an  amused smile. "You see when I first brought back your blood it smelt like flower smelling perfume, but I only thought it smelt that way because you were wearing perfume at the time. However when I opened the vile containing your first sample I nearly died from inhaling the smell."

Your brows shot up. Enmu almost died?!From smelling your blood?! HOW?! Blood would just have a coppery smell to it wouldn't it? Or in your case flowers, but how could anyone die from smelling flowers?! Was he allergic to pollen or flowers? He mentioned before not liking perfume but those didn't make sense either. You weren't a flower and couldn't produce pollen or anything else like a flower except for the smell part. You couldn't help but give him a worried look.

"Are you alright?!"

He chuckled and waved a hand. "Perfectly fine. If I wasn't I wouldn't be here, but that doesn't matter now. My point is that human blood doesn't do that. Smell I mean at least not like flowers. You see...Human blood smells like the metal known as copper-" See? You were right!! "-with maybe some iron to it, and it has the human's personal scent on it. So different blood from different humans will smell slightly different as it'll be from different people."

"Ok. That makes sense so far," you said nodding trying your best to follow along with his medical talk, "But how would that kill you?"

"Well to be blunt, your first blood sample smelt so heavily of wysteria that I went into a choking fit as soon as I opened the bottle."

..... Wysteria?

"Wysteria? You mean that purple flower that grows on trees?" He nodded. Wysteria?...At this point you weren't surprised to know your blood smelt like another flower but why was that so bad?

"You see there's very few things that can easily kill a demon. The wysteria plant is one of those things. Not only is it highly dangerous to our health but it's so poisonous that even inhaling it's scent in perfumes can kill a weak demon or make them extremely sick," he explained and you stared shocked. "Luckily I'm not a weak demon and your blood was easily contained so it didn't give me more than a massive headache for a few days, but that was when I knew you were no ordinary human. Because you must understand Y/n, human blood...Does not do that. However demon blood can have many affects to it."

"But ... I'm not a demon."

"That's what I thought so at first too but no matter how much I tested the first sample I couldn't find any explanation for your smell. You see at first your blood looked the same as any other humans blood cells. I couldn't find any natural explanation for the smell. There wasn't any contamination or anything of the sort so I decided to get another blood sample when your leg was healing. Your leg gave me the second clue to my theory."

"...My leg?" You gave your leg a look, the one that had been hurt by that demon so long ago. "How?"

"You see from what Kyogai told me how your condition was when you first got injured, you're leg should've been completely shattered...but it wasn't. It wasn't even broken. It was a small fracture instead. Yn. Humans don't heal that fast.." His head tilted as you stared at him. "Again I didn't think much of it at first, I chalked it up to Kyogai and his healer not knowing a lot about human anatomy. I mean that was the whole reason why he called me, but over time it got harder and harder to explain. You healed up faster and started walking around unlike any other human I've ever seen. And again your second blood sample provided nothing... Except for one thing."

"What?" You were starting to feel woozy at this point. It made your head spin.

"Well.. your red blood cells still looked human but their was two different blood cells mixed up with them. Those being the blood cells of two different demons." His eyes became half lidded. "Those two demons were none other than Mr. Kyogai and Kaigaku. Somehow their DNA got mixed up within your body. Can you tell me why?"

"WHAT?!" You gasped at him and felt stunned. Your blood mixed with Kyogai's and Kaigaku's. Was that the cause of everything?! But....How? "How?!"

"Well there's three ways. You could've had a blood transfusion from the healer but I already asked Kyogai about that and he said no such thing has happened. You could've eaten their blood-"

"ABSOLUTELY NOT!! ARE YOU CRAZY-... DON'T ANSWER THAT!! NO!! IM NOT A CANNIBAL!!"

"Then the only logical explanation is that you three unknowingly contaminated your body by mixing together blood through open wounds," he said with a wide, excited grin. "Now tell me...Was there any wounds you both had at the same time that might've allowed it to happen?~"

"NO!! I would've never just rubbed wounds with them! That sounds disgusting!!" You threw your hands up to your face wanting to facepalm. "I couldn't ha-" Your body ran cold. Your hand one inch away from facepalming your head when you noticed something on the palm of your hand. A small barely seen scar from long ago. Left behind by a demon chase through the woods and into Kyogai's mansion. You just stared at it for a long time as Enmu frowned at your sudden frozen body. "......Oh my gods."

"What is it?"

"I did have a cut." Your hand slowly lowered until it hit your lap and everyone could see the faded scar running across the palm of skin. "....I had an open cut on my hand when I helped clean Kyogai's wounds ages ago."

"Let me see.~" Your hand was quickly snatched up by Enmu who hummed and rubbed a thumb along the barely present marking.... before nodding. "That would do it." He looked back up. "But what about Kaigaku? It couldn't have been when you all got into a fight with the Hantengu Brothers. I got the contaminated sample before that happened...Is it possible you fought when he first met you?"

You shook your head. "N-No! I didn't have any cuts then and he didn't harm me. And I never saw him with any woun-" Again you froze going wide eyed. "Wait a minute. Yes I did. I did see him with a wound!" Enmu blinked as you grabbed onto his arm. "Months ago he was at Kyogai's garden with a wound on his cheek. I cleaned it for him ...A-And I had a paper cut on one of my fingers at that time!" You remembered now. You got a paper cut while reading to Eri and Kaigaku was too stubborn to clean his own wound so you made him hold still while you did it. 

Enmu slowly nodded thinking. "...That would explain why their demon genes was mixed in with your human ones."

"Is that what caused me to turn into a demon?"

He blinked. "Turn you?....Pfft. AHAHAHAHAHA!!" He threw his back and laughed smile coming completely back now. "Turn you into a demon? Not a chance. The only one who can turn a human into a demon are members of the Kibutsuji Family and there's only one alive who can do that! Even if Kyogai and Kaigaku have traces of the Master's blood in their veins, you won't be turned unless the Master specially wants you too. And he hasn't turned anyone since K-" he stopped himself mouth wide with a smile. "Hmm. Well....that isn't important to the conversation. Just trust me when I say no one 'turned you'."

You rose a brow but sighed in relief. Being turned into a demon was a scary thought. "So then...how can I be a demon if I'm human?"

"It's simple! You had a demon ancestor! Has anyone told you how demon and human genes work?" You nodded. Yes. Akaza did. "Then you know that human genes are the more dominant ones when mixed with demons. While Demons and humans are able to reproduce together, ninety nine out of a hundred times their child will be human. But there is rare cases of them producing a full demon offspring."

"Like Akaza."

He perked up. "Oh. So he did explain it to you. " He nodded. "That's good. It's rare but not Impossible, you must've been one of those one percents and didn't know it!"

Your brows furrowed more in thought. "... Alright. What you say makes more sense now. But why is this only happening to me now?!" You gestured to yourself. "Shouldn't I have horns? Or a tail? Or different colored skin? Or another pair of arms?!"

"Not necessarily. You remember Kaigaku can change his appearance to look human yes?" You nodded. "Well as with some demons who can make them look human...there are those who look human but then make themselves look demon. For example you do look different now than when I first met you. For example a few of your teeth are already sharper." He then pointed at his eyes. "But the biggest change is your eyes. When we first met your eyes were f/c with a hint of purple, however now they're completely lilac in color and your pupils have permanently dilated like that of a snake's."

"WHAT?!" You yelled hands scrambling to grab at your face as if that would make a difference since you couldn't see your face. In a panic you turned to Rui. "Rui! Go get that mirror from your room!"

The boy wasted no time scrambling to his feet and running off in the direction of his connecting room and disappearing through the doorway. A few seconds later and he returned with the golden framed mirror he'd been gifted and immediately held it up to you once he got close enough. You snatched it up from him quickly and brought it up to your eyes, only to nearly drop it as soon as you saw the reflection of two cat like eyes staring back at you in deep purple hues. THESE WEREN'T YOUR EYES!! I mean...They were! But at the same time THEY WEREN'T!! Your eyes were f/c not purple!! And what happened to dilate your pupils?!

"Oh you're so pretty when you're in shock.~ Hmhmhmhn.~ But that's not the only change. Look here, Love~" He lovingly tapped your hands. "Your nails have also changed color.~"

Your gaze went down and gawked at the deep purple nails. YOU HADN'T PAINTED YOUR NAILS?! "W-WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING TO MY BODY?!"

"CALM DOWN!" A firm hand yanked the mirror out of your hands as another grabbed your shoulder, giving it a firm shake to make you look back at Enmu. "...Calm down. Take a deep breath and try not to panic." The mirror was handed back to Rui before he smiled. "You're not in any danger. Your body just changed a little bit in appearance due to your awakened genes. It's nothing that's going to harm you."

"But...WHY is this happening?! Why now?!"

"You asked me that before. You remember what I said about that one percent in demon genetics?" You nodded. "Well fifty percent of those one percenters actually don't know they're demons. They look very much human or are late bloomers only discovering the truth when something drastic happens. While I don't believe you changed when Kyogai or Kaigaku's blood entered you, I do believe that somehow the introduction of foreign demon genes in your system activated your doormat demon DNA within your system. That's why this is happening now."

"I-...But how could I NOT know about this?!" How could you NOT know?! Why didn't your grandmother tell you anything about this?! Did she purposely not tell you anything?!

"It's actually quite possible your family didn't even know you were a demon either. As I said this situation is quite rare. What did your parents say about your family line?"

"I-I wouldn't know! My parents died when I was a baby, and my grandmother never told me anything about this!"

"Oh, actually she did. Quite obviously too." You just stared at him. Guess he had to explain that too. "You said your grandmother mentioned the name Tamayo correct? Y/n." His free hand squeezed your hand as his smile turned serious. "Tamayo is the family name of a once prestigious demon clan. That was...until they all passed away, but the fact that you're a Tamayo in of itself explains literally everything. Would you care for me to explain?"

You didn't say anything at first before looking at him dead in the eyes and saying, "Tell me everything."

He smiled. "Gladly. I will warn you however that this is not a happy story."

"I don't care. Tell. Me."

He chuckle again. "As you wish. Well..to start with, the Tomato's were actually one of the only demon families to start out as humans before someone long ago turned them demon." He shrugged. "Don't ask me how or way. That was long ago even for me. But their family quickly grew to be one of the more powerful ones being able to harness plants from the earth and even withstand wysteria that holds up to this day. Again do not ask me how or why, it's lost to time. Perhaps their humans genes before being turned had something to do with that but they were one of the most powerful families ever in our history lasting generations."

"But how could I be one of they all died out like you said?"

"Ah. You see they didn't." He held up a finger. "You see there was actually one left. THE Lady Tamayo. She was the last of her family. Oh there used to be others. She had a husband and some children but they were all tragically killed by the previous Kibutsuji king as punishment and labeled a traitor for trying to develop a serum that heightened her family's human genetics and thus be able to turn demons into humans."

Your mind reeled.  Turn a demon into a human?! "Is that even possible?"

"No. Even if it is, nothing came from any research. But that's not why this fascinates me so greatly. You see after being labeled a traitor, Lady Tamayo was supposed to be married to my Master."

"WHAT?!" You scowled at him. "What kind of backwards logic is that?!"

"Yes, it does seem unorthodox. But the late Lord Kibutsuji thought the addition of the Tamayo bloodline would produce powerful heirs that would inherit the Tamayo family's resistance to wysteria poison."

"What is with you demons and wanting to have children with my family?!"

Enmu laughed. "Well it wasn't what happened in the end. Around the same time they were supposed to be married the present Lord Muzan was harshly defeated by your ancient human warrior and had us give us all our territory over the Eastern mountain border which caused quite the scuffle. In the chaos I guess the Lady saw her chance and fled into the newly banned Territories. No one had heard from her since until recently."

You deadpanned. "You mean when I appeared."

He shook his head no. "No. I mean when we were actually able to confirm her death. Y/n that is why I was so surprised. Twenty something years ago, there was news of her death. It seemed like she finally passed away from some human related illness. Kind of ironic as she was a healer herself."

"... Alright but what does that have to do with me?"

"How old are you? Early twenties by the looks of it."

Your brow rose at him. "What does that have to do with anything?"

"*Sigh* You still don't get it? It seems like I have to explain everything." You frowned at him. "The Lady's entire previous family was wiped out long ago leaving her the last of her family until you came along, so there wouldn't be anyone else you could've been descended from."

".... What are you saying?"

"I'm saying that you're not just descended from the Tamayo bloodline. You ARE the daughter of Tamayo herself. It all makes sense. The timeline, your absent mother, your demon traits..And even your battle with the Hantengu boys."

"What are you spouting about now?"

"You became a full demon temporarily when you had an encounter with Hantengu's sons, but you don't remember because of the exhaustion your sudden transition had on your body."

You stared. ".....Ok. Now you're really kidding me. I would've remembered something like that."

Enmu for once in the entire conversation addressed Rui by gesturing at him. "Ask him. He was there and can confirm everything I just said."

You looked to Rui to your shock and dismay sighed and nodded. "Unfortunately...yes. I can confirm that happened. Your head was also exploded." You instantly felt sick. "And one of them slashed you across your-"

"*HRK!!!*" A hand slapped over your mouth as your head swum and you tried not to vomit your breakfast.

"What's wrong with you? I'm telling the truth."

"That's just a little bit too much information for now." Enmu patted his back once before retreating from the boy's hateful look. "But he's correct. You regenerated at great speeds and even performed blood demon arts similar to those of the Tamayos. There's no....Are you alright, Begonia?"

"I think I'm gonna be sick..."

"Would you like one of my motion sickness pills? They work wonders for upset stomachs."

...you nodded. "Yeah. I'll be fine. I just need a minute to take this all in."

"You're oddly calm about all this."

"I've seen so much that this is actually more surprising than shocking. Where's that pill!?"

You were quickly given one of the pills Enmu gifted Rui and leaned against the soft blankets to catch your breath and let the panic and stress and panic and heavy breathing and fear and panic...Did I mention panic? Rolls over you all in waves and bounce around in your head over and over and over again until your brain was able to calm itself down from the thoughts of "IM A DEMON?! NO!! I CANT BE A DEMON I DONT WANT TO BE A DEMON?! WHEN DID I LOSE MY HEAD?!" 

During which a voice kept reassuring you,"It's alright. Deep breaths. In and out. Slowly dear. There you go. That's it. Try to calm down your breathing. You'll pull through this."

until you inhaled, accepted it, and sat back up to face them.Both looked at you in sitting positions.

"Welcome back. You were lying down for nearly two hours now. Are you feeling better?" Enmu tilted his head at you and you noticed that he was the one holding your hand and rubbing your back. Rui had his head tilted at the demon giving him a... indifferent look. 

You nodded pulling your hand away from him with a sigh. "Yeah. Sorry. Guess that was a bit more of a shock than I thought it was."

A hand pressed into your forehead. "Hmm.... You'll be perfectly fine.  However you might want to take a few days to relax and let yourself unwind. How do you feel?"

"Honestly?... I'm stressed out. I feel trapped here, Enmu!" You pulled his hand away making him blink. "I don't like being trapped in like this."

He again blinked. "Oh? I thought you would've liked such luxury as this."

"Are you serious?! I have absolutely no privacy here other than just barely! I'm afraid someone's going to try to grab me any moment of any day! I'm always being put in a room to wait! Having 'luxery' items doesn't change how I feel!! I could be in a room made of pure diamond or the dirtiest dungeon in the world, and I would still feel the same! Enmu, please!" You grabbed his shoulders and he blinked as you shook. "IF I DON'T GET OUT OF HERE FOR AT LEAST A FEW HOURS I'M GOING TO GO NUTS AND TAKE IT OUT ON EVERYONE AROUND ME!!!"

Your hands stopped shaking him and his eyes rolled about before refocusing with a shake of his head and smile. "Not a problem. I can arrange something next week  when you're not watching the boy."

You blinked. "....Wait. Really?"

He nodded. "Question though. Do you like spas?"

"What's a spa?"

"Oh good. You'll be surprised! Just trust me on this one and believe me when I say that it's a totally harmless place. It'll help destress you and it's someplace out of here. Doesn't that sound nice?"

You paused for a moment in thought. It didn't sound like a permanent solution not at all...but..at the same time it sounded like a good idea to have some time for yourself without anyone else. Although you had to be careful with this. It was still Enmu after all. For all you knew this 'spa' could've just been another train or something like that. Still.. better than sitting in your room for hours on end right? You nodded.

"Alright. I'm interested."

"Then I'm going too."

"Ooh. I'm sorry young one." Enmu smiled at him. "But I'm afraid you'll be in school at that time, but don't worry. I'll make sure she doesn't go alone.~"

"Like I'd let you be alone with her."

"Oh you're mistaken about that. I wasn't referring to me. I was actually talking about Daki."

"Daki?" You rose a brow. ....Huh. Why did that name sound familiar to you?

He nodded. "She's one of the Kizuki and she's coming here to stay with her brother for a few months on a well deserved vacation. I'm sure I could convince her to let you join her shopping spree. I know it's not much but it's the best I could do on such short notice."

Shopping spree?... THAT COULD GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO LOOK AROUND AND POSSIBLY FIND AN ESCAPE ROUTE!! Also might be useful to try to at least map a mental map of a few areas in this place just in case. It was an opportunity you couldn't pass up.

"Alright then. That's fine. But before anything else is there anything else important I should know about?"

He shook his head. "No.. That's it, however I will be staying to continue studying your blood work and anatomy to be sure nothing else is going on. So I'll still be staying here if you need me for anything. Don't worry about my trains. My conductors and station masters can manage good without me for a while."

A small bit of comfort came from his words at least. If Enmu was still present then those servants won't try anything again in fear of him. "Alright but I have a request for this Muzan character. Could you pass it along to him?"

He blinked. A flash of realization coming over him as he seemed to remember something. "Oh?...OH!....Oh no. I completely forgot about that."

"What?"

"I'm afraid the Master won't be back until the end of this year."

You froze. "....What?"

He nodded."Yes. He left on a business trip three days ago to visit some other human provinces." 

"WHAT?! WHAT DID HE DO THAT FOR?!"

"He's discussing some peace talks with a few human leaders and discussing the possible purchase of more land he's been interested in for a while. It's going to be a while to discuss everything with the humans. OH! He also wanted to discuss some new foreign trade lines and station some more opporations for it along the coast using my Mistress's various business connections."

You perked up . "What about her?! Rei right?! Can I talk to her?!"

"My Mistress is not here at the moment. She's with her husband on the business trip to assist him and visit family she hasn't seen for a while."

"Kokushibo?!" He was the next one in charge right?!

"He's overseeing the reconstruction of the destroyed parts of the forest and the rebuilding of the Tsuzumi Mansion. He'll be back sooner than my Master but not for a long while still."

"Akaza?!"

"He is away on official business in one of my Master's provinces investigating a string of murders and other business Kokushibo is unable to attend to there."

"Then who's in charge HERE if everyone else who's a compatant leader is gone?!"

"That would be Upper Moon Two or Douma..Or Lord Douma. Or Founder. Or Lord Founder. Which ever name you prefer to go by."

Your eyes nearly bulged out of your skull. "DOUMA?! No way! There's no possible way THAT guy can be a good leader."

"On the contrary. Douma despite what people say is a competent person in leadership positions. He runs the entire Eternal Paradise Cult in the mountains with hundreds of inhabitants. So he'll be perfectly capable of running the Infinity Castle temporary until Kokushibo can come back and take over for my Master. All Kizuki meetings and blood battles have been put on hold until Master returns in November."

That pervert blonde demon was coming here? Ggggrrreeaaattt. Maybe he'll be too busy taking care of the entire place to actually pay attention to you hopefully. It seemed everyone was too busy to really pay attention to you other than Enmu at the moment.

"When is he coming here?"

"At the moment Lord Douma is making arrangements for his most trusted subordinates to run his cult while he's away which will take a bit but he should be here by next week or the week after."

So he'll be here in one or two weeks. Great. Still there was a big chance you wouldn't see him at all if he was going to be that busy which was some relief. "Great. It's going to be one hell of a year." 

"Hmhmhm. Yes. ...But there is one thing that I must make clear to BOTH of you." Rui was surprised now as a serious strained smile was sent his way from the man. "Under no circumstances can you let anyone know you're a Tamayo. Not until I can assure you that it'll be safe. There's still many of my people who consider Lady Tamayo a traitor and even more who'll be interested in taking control of your special abilities. Neither of you can tell anyone else of this. Not. A. Soul."

"I would never do anything to harm my mother."

"And I'm not dumb enough to put myself in that danger!"

"Then it's settled then." With a smile Enmu stood up dusting himself off in the process. "I shall retire myself to my room then and allow you two to have lunch in peace. If you need me again, I'll be staying in my room until tomorrow morning." He bowed to you then turned-

"Wait!" He hummed expecting you to ask something again but what he wasn't expecting was for two arms to throw themselves around him in a hug. "I just wanted to say thank you for everything you've done for me. I actually do appreciate it."

He.. slowly blinked before chuckling and patting your back. "Anything for my Begonia.~ Just remember. You are in charge. Don't let those under you push you around."

"Heh. You must be able to throw your weight around then if you're that confident."

"Actually I weigh less than Kaigaku does. If you really wanted to you could probably pick me up." You blinked at what he said... before smirking at an idea. "Is that a human figure of speech? I can't reca-  HHHAAAAA!!!"

An almost girly squeal left Enmu's mouth as your arms locked around his upper torso and LIFTED. He easily was pulled up into the air as you smiled at your mischief. His face already a bright red.

"Wow. You're right." You shifted him in your arms. "You are light. You just weigh a little more than me.~"

"B-BEGONIA?! T-T-This isn't e-exactly what I meant when I wished to be in your arms- EEP!?"

He squealed again when he suddenly was shifted and found himself in the bridal style with you holding him. "Eh. Too bad. Since you're here why not stay for lunch ?" You asked turning still holding onto him.

Not surprising he swooned arms thrown around you. "YES MY LOVE!!~ TAKE ME AWAY!~ IM ALL YOURS!!~"  you laughed at his antics.

Rui sighed behind you both holding up more threads. "I'll need more of these."

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Silent.

That's what the entire dark room was when he finally got back. He wasn't surprised when he stepped in and closed the door softly behind him, walking into the middle of the room before stopping and turning to the darkest corner. Before smiling at a moving shadow.

"Daki, good evening my dear. You look lovely tonight as always. Did you have a nice trip coming over?"

Two piercing yellow eyes scowled back at him. "I've been waiting here almost all day! Where the hell have you been?!"

He chuckled. "Forgive me. I lost track of time doing work, but I did confirm what the Master suspected. You know your assignment to keep an eye on her until he comes back?"

"Of course I do! I'm not stupid!"

"That's good. Oh my. Where's your brother? I hope he knows too."

"He's here. He's just asleep bored from how long you made him wait. The dummy was never able to get anything done without me pushing him! I have to do everything I swear! Including making sure he doesn't die a marriage less idiot!"

"Oh?... You're still insisting on setting them up? I would've thought you would've wanted to keep your brother's attention only on you."

"He's never even kissed a woman before and complains all the time about whenever someone has a girlfriend but does he ever try to put himself out there? Oh no. But whenever I want to go on dates it's always 'No, Daki. You can't date until Im dead and three days after to make sure I'm dead.' UGH!! IM ALMOST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OLD!! I CAN GO ON DATES BY MYSELF!!"

"Oh. So it's a matter of you wanting him to have a distraction so YOU can have dates... Sounds like a big brother alright. Not sure how I feel about you trying to set him up with MY begonia...but Im too curious to see how this goes to stop you."

"Hmph! I don't need your permission anyways!" He only chuckled again and walked over to a desk where he grabbed a quill and piece of paper. "What are you doing now?!"

"I'm writing a progress report for our Master. Turns out our suspicions were true." The woman rose a brow in surprise as a feather quill scratched on paper. "Dear Master. How is your trip? I'm happy to inform you things are well here but there's something you should know."

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-THIS TAKES PLACE DAYS LATER BUT THE SAME WEEK-

The frost from the rising water fogged everything in sight of the room. A mystic winter pool almost besides the fragrance of oils and the many colorful flower petals floating in the cold waters surface. A hum of content came from the powerful entity relaxing in the water leaned back against the wall of the water's bath and happily allowed himself to be pampered like a king. Delicate hands scratching his scalp further pushing the soap into those shining platinum blonde locks so many compliment him for as another pair of hand he so graciously let hold his hand that could easily crush iron into splinters working to gently file the beautiful blue nails adorning them.

Oh how he needed this. The woes of bringing others wishes come true and helping others find eternal peace took a toll on him so. He barely had the will to eat anymore-

"Another bon bon, Lord Founder?~"

"Oh I shouldn't. It's bad for my weary body...But since you asked.~"

A mouth full of fangs opened and a second later a delicious taste of chocolate and cream filled his maw. He had to admit a lot of these foreigner sweets were actually quite delicious. Perhaps he should try gifting these to Akaza? That might make a great break through through his tsundere attitude towards him. Akaza was such a hard ball. The thought of his friend punching chocolate and frowning at getting his arms all messy made him give a chuckle.

"What is Lord Founder thinking about today?~," a sweet woman's voice asked rubbing his shoulders making his sigh in content.

"Nothing to worry my dear followers assuredly. I must say my break before answering my god's call for assistance has me on edge some but it is nothing I cannot answer too." In actuality he was interested in taking over responsibility of the entire Infinity Castle dimension for a bit. He was never given that much responsibility before. Kokushibo and the Master always made Akaza do anything like that sighting him as too reckless but that was absurd. He was perfectly capable of doing such a thing and now that they had no choice...he grinned wider. "I think I'll gift all the high ranking spirits (ladies) flowers when I arrive. Something humble from our small place on earth to show my gratitude for their choice to pick me out of everyone."

"Oh that sounds wonderful, My Lord. You must be so excited for this. Your state of enlightenment will increase surely~," a different voice cooed at him. 

He only chuckled before there was a series of  knocks from outside the room and he hummed. Oh. Who could that be? "Whoever it is may enter. All are welcome here."

A moment later there was a slide of a door and footsteps approached. "Your lordship. A package has arrived for you from the Infinity Castle." A man's voice spoke.

"I do?" A face covered by a mud mask and cucumber slices turned to him with a smile. "Well, well. I wonder what it could be?" A secret admirer perhaps? A gift from a past lover? OOH! Maybe it's another offering from someone who wishes to seek his favor! "Who's the generous gift from?"

"Er...Well that's just it, My Lord. The package isn't for you," the man started unsure, "It's your own package."

.....A blue nailed hand was held up and the two ladies working through his hair and nails stooped instantly. A perfectly manicured hand removing one cucumber slices to peek a beautiful kaleidoscope of rainbow at the very, very, VERY nervous man bowing in his presence. Despite the coldness of the room the human man was sweating and gulped when his eye looked at him, before slowly trailing down, and stopping at the pink box wrapped perfectly by a pretty ribbon he held. HIS package. The one he had sent days ago. It made him hum with a blink losing his smile.

"Oh. Did she not end up liking it? I had at least ten ladies help me pick out the perfect dress based on her size."

The man was shaking at this point. Whether it was from the coldness of the room or from fear or both he was unsure. "I..N-No, my Lord. She sent it back without e-e-even opening it. S-S-She d-didnt...want it."

There was silence as shocked faces were shared around the room in gasps. And he ended up staring at the package, now noticing that it was in fact not opened from the moment he closed it and perfectly attached to it was the letter he sent along with it too, the wax seal unbroken. ...She had...rejected it? Hmm. Interesting. But why? Was it too small? Did he not decorate the box pretty enough?

"The nerve of the woman! Who would be so rude as to reject you, Founder?!", One woman rude scolded offended on his behalf and murders of agreement followed. 

He was...unsure of what to respond with at first. What could be going through her poor head?...Poor? POOR!! OF COURSE!! He smiled again. "Oh. The poor thing came from poverty. I totally forget that some people aren't as fortunate as us. How rude of me. Come now we shouldn't scold her. The poor dear must've thought it must've been a mistake not being used to such luxuries. We must be more understanding of her past and remember that we should try to show kindness."

"Oh...Yes. Of course. She must've mistaken your gesture. But she has been chosen by the gods to be your lover wasn't she? Shouldn't she be more accepting of her role?"

"It's only right to court her first. Hmm. I know." A blue hand pointed at the man who flinched. "Send her the package again and ask my head lady for the best gift to send along with it. I'm sure she'll be much more grateful for them when I visit."

And this would be very, very interesting to see. She rejected his advances huh? Hmm. That's a first. Usually he was the one rejecting others. Surely she'll be a hard one to convince but that was all in good fun-

"My Lord." The rainbow eyed turned back to the trembling man. "There was... something else that was sent back with your package although it a-arrived l-later than it. A.. second smaller box."

"Oh? What is it?"

"I am ... unsure. It only said to deliver it to you."  From out from under the pretty pink package the man pulled out a smaller plain box and held it out to him.

Of course he accepted it happily to see what it was. He opened it. He looked inside...And blinked surprised at many reflections of himself blinking back. Reflecting off the pretty surface of an ice lotus blossom...One he...gifted...as a courting gift..to...He stared at it. He turned back to stare at the package unopened in the man's lap....His confused mind made him blink again. 

"Anything else? Or perhaps a letter explaining all this?"

"No,Sir ."

"Oh...Well this IS going to be an interesting experience."

[hazbinextgeneration]

Demon Bride Ch38 Blood Is Thicker Than Water

(Warnings!!: Enmu IS his own warning, possibly some innuendos, some blood being mentioned, mentioning of death, mentioning of wounds and a broken leg, mentioning of reader's head exploding. Slight mention of nudity at the end.

Also how y'all feel about Yushiro x Tamayo for bloodline plot reasons?)

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Enmu watched as her body went rigid, cold to the touch under his hands as he fondly watched the life drain from her face and look as pale as a corpse. Large purple eyes stared at him in shock. Before they slowly rolled into the back of her Head, and her body went limp-

"MOTHER?!" pale hands reached up as the woman collapsed into Enmu's awaiting arms. Instantly rage filled green-red eyes snapped at the perverted figure daring to hold what was HIS. "What did you DO to her?!"

"Me? I've done absolutely nothing." He smiled down at the half-concious woman. Her pale and defeated completely was so adorable on her.~ It sent a shiver down his spine.~ She was sure to be careful maneuvering her limp body into a more comfortable position in his arms as the boy flung his sleeves back and held up both hands threaded by webs- "Now there's no need for that. She just half fainted is all. The news probably only shocked her slightly."

"Slightly?"

"She'll be fine in a few minutes. Don't worry."

"How do you know?'

"I'm a doctor.~"

"YOU'RE A PERVERT!"

A groan filled the air as the woman moved in Enmu's arms..And your head raised. What was-...It felt like you just woke up in the morning again, but in an uncomfortable position. Your eyes blinked back black splotches and slowly your vision focused until you could make out something. A face with teal eyes and a giggling mouth smiled down at him. 

Enmu giggled more at your blinking face before humming. "Hello, Darling.~ Did you sleep well?~'' A hand smooshed his cheek as it pushed his face away.

"A-Alright you. Back it up a little bit there." He chuckled more before pulling you slowly back up into a standing position and removed his hands when you shooed him away from your body. However you were still... confused. "W-What...What happened?"

"You fainted," Enmu bluntly said with a smile, "But because of your body's new regeneration abilities, you recovered back quickly. My how fascinating.~"

"I don't... understand."

"Then you're going to want to sit down for this. There's a lot for me to explain." He hummed spotting your futon and gestured. "Take a seat.~ Rui, dear. Why don't you be a good boy and help Mother into bed?"

"I don't take orders from you!....But you are a reliable doctor so alright." A pale hand took yours and led you towards the futon.

Enmu took his time to go back to the open door, peek out, and say to someone. "Go away. No one is to come within fifty feet of this room. Or there will be such delightfully painful consequences.~" 

Before closing the door and turning on his heels back to you hands clasped in front of him watching as you slowly sat down in the soft silk sheets of the futon assisted by Rui. Silence rang out as the three of you just sat there facing one another in the tense silence... before Enmu inhaled and clapped his hands together.

"So...How much do you remember before you fainted?"

"Most of it.  You know...It's not nice to joke about that type of stuff. I know you're kind of amusement is sadistic but-"

"Oh no. I was a hundred percent being serious. You are definitely of demon blood," he spoke in a happy blunt tone making you freeze. "Will you faint again?~ It was so cute the first time."

You continued to stare at him letting your numb mind recharge at his words before your eyes widened again. "....I dunno. I guess it depends on how you explain it to me which would be nice." You eventually mumbled out in a ln almost shocked state which left Enmu giggling again.

"This isn't funny! Why don't you stop laughing and explain yourself before I lope your mouth off!," Rui threatened again straining the webs in his hands-

"Relax.~" Enmu held up his hands like it was the most casual thing ever. "I'm going to explain everything." He stepped towards the futon with a hum. "That's the other reason I'm here." He sat down with a smile. "So tell me how much you know about the situation first."

".... Literally nothing." You finally frowned now. "Why don't you tell me?"

"Gladly! But I will warn you to brace yourself. It all started when I first examined your blood a few months ago. You see from the moment I met you it was  obvious that there was something different from any other humans I've met." Wait..so bluntly? Just jumping right into this huh? Ok. You guess you were doing this.  Your expression made him give an  amused smile. "You see when I first brought back your blood it smelt like flower smelling perfume, but I only thought it smelt that way because you were wearing perfume at the time. However when I opened the vile containing your first sample I nearly died from inhaling the smell."

Your brows shot up. Enmu almost died?!From smelling your blood?! HOW?! Blood would just have a coppery smell to it wouldn't it? Or in your case flowers, but how could anyone die from smelling flowers?! Was he allergic to pollen or flowers? He mentioned before not liking perfume but those didn't make sense either. You weren't a flower and couldn't produce pollen or anything else like a flower except for the smell part. You couldn't help but give him a worried look.

"Are you alright?!"

He chuckled and waved a hand. "Perfectly fine. If I wasn't I wouldn't be here, but that doesn't matter now. My point is that human blood doesn't do that. Smell I mean at least not like flowers. You see...Human blood smells like the metal known as copper-" See? You were right!! "-with maybe some iron to it, and it has the human's personal scent on it. So different blood from different humans will smell slightly different as it'll be from different people."

"Ok. That makes sense so far," you said nodding trying your best to follow along with his medical talk, "But how would that kill you?"

"Well to be blunt, your first blood sample smelt so heavily of wysteria that I went into a choking fit as soon as I opened the bottle."

..... Wysteria?

"Wysteria? You mean that purple flower that grows on trees?" He nodded. Wysteria?...At this point you weren't surprised to know your blood smelt like another flower but why was that so bad?

"You see there's very few things that can easily kill a demon. The wysteria plant is one of those things. Not only is it highly dangerous to our health but it's so poisonous that even inhaling it's scent in perfumes can kill a weak demon or make them extremely sick," he explained and you stared shocked. "Luckily I'm not a weak demon and your blood was easily contained so it didn't give me more than a massive headache for a few days, but that was when I knew you were no ordinary human. Because you must understand Y/n, human blood...Does not do that. However demon blood can have many affects to it."

"But ... I'm not a demon."

"That's what I thought so at first too but no matter how much I tested the first sample I couldn't find any explanation for your smell. You see at first your blood looked the same as any other humans blood cells. I couldn't find any natural explanation for the smell. There wasn't any contamination or anything of the sort so I decided to get another blood sample when your leg was healing. Your leg gave me the second clue to my theory."

"...My leg?" You gave your leg a look, the one that had been hurt by that demon so long ago. "How?"

"You see from what Kyogai told me how your condition was when you first got injured, you're leg should've been completely shattered...but it wasn't. It wasn't even broken. It was a small fracture instead. Yn. Humans don't heal that fast.." His head tilted as you stared at him. "Again I didn't think much of it at first, I chalked it up to Kyogai and his healer not knowing a lot about human anatomy. I mean that was the whole reason why he called me, but over time it got harder and harder to explain. You healed up faster and started walking around unlike any other human I've ever seen. And again your second blood sample provided nothing... Except for one thing."

"What?" You were starting to feel woozy at this point. It made your head spin.

"Well.. your red blood cells still looked human but their was two different blood cells mixed up with them. Those being the blood cells of two different demons." His eyes became half lidded. "Those two demons were none other than Mr. Kyogai and Kaigaku. Somehow their DNA got mixed up within your body. Can you tell me why?"

"WHAT?!" You gasped at him and felt stunned. Your blood mixed with Kyogai's and Kaigaku's. Was that the cause of everything?! But....How? "How?!"

"Well there's three ways. You could've had a blood transfusion from the healer but I already asked Kyogai about that and he said no such thing has happened. You could've eaten their blood-"

"ABSOLUTELY NOT!! ARE YOU CRAZY-... DON'T ANSWER THAT!! NO!! IM NOT A CANNIBAL!!"

"Then the only logical explanation is that you three unknowingly contaminated your body by mixing together blood through open wounds," he said with a wide, excited grin. "Now tell me...Was there any wounds you both had at the same time that might've allowed it to happen?~"

"NO!! I would've never just rubbed wounds with them! That sounds disgusting!!" You threw your hands up to your face wanting to facepalm. "I couldn't ha-" Your body ran cold. Your hand one inch away from facepalming your head when you noticed something on the palm of your hand. A small barely seen scar from long ago. Left behind by a demon chase through the woods and into Kyogai's mansion. You just stared at it for a long time as Enmu frowned at your sudden frozen body. "......Oh my gods."

"What is it?"

"I did have a cut." Your hand slowly lowered until it hit your lap and everyone could see the faded scar running across the palm of skin. "....I had an open cut on my hand when I helped clean Kyogai's wounds ages ago."

"Let me see.~" Your hand was quickly snatched up by Enmu who hummed and rubbed a thumb along the barely present marking.... before nodding. "That would do it." He looked back up. "But what about Kaigaku? It couldn't have been when you all got into a fight with the Hantengu Brothers. I got the contaminated sample before that happened...Is it possible you fought when he first met you?"

You shook your head. "N-No! I didn't have any cuts then and he didn't harm me. And I never saw him with any woun-" Again you froze going wide eyed. "Wait a minute. Yes I did. I did see him with a wound!" Enmu blinked as you grabbed onto his arm. "Months ago he was at Kyogai's garden with a wound on his cheek. I cleaned it for him ...A-And I had a paper cut on one of my fingers at that time!" You remembered now. You got a paper cut while reading to Eri and Kaigaku was too stubborn to clean his own wound so you made him hold still while you did it. 

Enmu slowly nodded thinking. "...That would explain why their demon genes was mixed in with your human ones."

"Is that what caused me to turn into a demon?"

He blinked. "Turn you?....Pfft. AHAHAHAHAHA!!" He threw his back and laughed smile coming completely back now. "Turn you into a demon? Not a chance. The only one who can turn a human into a demon are members of the Kibutsuji Family and there's only one alive who can do that! Even if Kyogai and Kaigaku have traces of the Master's blood in their veins, you won't be turned unless the Master specially wants you too. And he hasn't turned anyone since K-" he stopped himself mouth wide with a smile. "Hmm. Well....that isn't important to the conversation. Just trust me when I say no one 'turned you'."

You rose a brow but sighed in relief. Being turned into a demon was a scary thought. "So then...how can I be a demon if I'm human?"

"It's simple! You had a demon ancestor! Has anyone told you how demon and human genes work?" You nodded. Yes. Akaza did. "Then you know that human genes are the more dominant ones when mixed with demons. While Demons and humans are able to reproduce together, ninety nine out of a hundred times their child will be human. But there is rare cases of them producing a full demon offspring."

"Like Akaza."

He perked up. "Oh. So he did explain it to you. " He nodded. "That's good. It's rare but not Impossible, you must've been one of those one percents and didn't know it!"

Your brows furrowed more in thought. "... Alright. What you say makes more sense now. But why is this only happening to me now?!" You gestured to yourself. "Shouldn't I have horns? Or a tail? Or different colored skin? Or another pair of arms?!"

"Not necessarily. You remember Kaigaku can change his appearance to look human yes?" You nodded. "Well as with some demons who can make them look human...there are those who look human but then make themselves look demon. For example you do look different now than when I first met you. For example a few of your teeth are already sharper." He then pointed at his eyes. "But the biggest change is your eyes. When we first met your eyes were f/c with a hint of purple, however now they're completely lilac in color and your pupils have permanently dilated like that of a snake's."

"WHAT?!" You yelled hands scrambling to grab at your face as if that would make a difference since you couldn't see your face. In a panic you turned to Rui. "Rui! Go get that mirror from your room!"

The boy wasted no time scrambling to his feet and running off in the direction of his connecting room and disappearing through the doorway. A few seconds later and he returned with the golden framed mirror he'd been gifted and immediately held it up to you once he got close enough. You snatched it up from him quickly and brought it up to your eyes, only to nearly drop it as soon as you saw the reflection of two cat like eyes staring back at you in deep purple hues. THESE WEREN'T YOUR EYES!! I mean...They were! But at the same time THEY WEREN'T!! Your eyes were f/c not purple!! And what happened to dilate your pupils?!

"Oh you're so pretty when you're in shock.~ Hmhmhmhn.~ But that's not the only change. Look here, Love~" He lovingly tapped your hands. "Your nails have also changed color.~"

Your gaze went down and gawked at the deep purple nails. YOU HADN'T PAINTED YOUR NAILS?! "W-WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING TO MY BODY?!"

"CALM DOWN!" A firm hand yanked the mirror out of your hands as another grabbed your shoulder, giving it a firm shake to make you look back at Enmu. "...Calm down. Take a deep breath and try not to panic." The mirror was handed back to Rui before he smiled. "You're not in any danger. Your body just changed a little bit in appearance due to your awakened genes. It's nothing that's going to harm you."

"But...WHY is this happening?! Why now?!"

"You asked me that before. You remember what I said about that one percent in demon genetics?" You nodded. "Well fifty percent of those one percenters actually don't know they're demons. They look very much human or are late bloomers only discovering the truth when something drastic happens. While I don't believe you changed when Kyogai or Kaigaku's blood entered you, I do believe that somehow the introduction of foreign demon genes in your system activated your doormat demon DNA within your system. That's why this is happening now."

"I-...But how could I NOT know about this?!" How could you NOT know?! Why didn't your grandmother tell you anything about this?! Did she purposely not tell you anything?!

"It's actually quite possible your family didn't even know you were a demon either. As I said this situation is quite rare. What did your parents say about your family line?"

"I-I wouldn't know! My parents died when I was a baby, and my grandmother never told me anything about this!"

"Oh, actually she did. Quite obviously too." You just stared at him. Guess he had to explain that too. "You said your grandmother mentioned the name Tamayo correct? Y/n." His free hand squeezed your hand as his smile turned serious. "Tamayo is the family name of a once prestigious demon clan. That was...until they all passed away, but the fact that you're a Tamayo in of itself explains literally everything. Would you care for me to explain?"

You didn't say anything at first before looking at him dead in the eyes and saying, "Tell me everything."

He smiled. "Gladly. I will warn you however that this is not a happy story."

"I don't care. Tell. Me."

He chuckle again. "As you wish. Well..to start with, the Tomato's were actually one of the only demon families to start out as humans before someone long ago turned them demon." He shrugged. "Don't ask me how or way. That was long ago even for me. But their family quickly grew to be one of the more powerful ones being able to harness plants from the earth and even withstand wysteria that holds up to this day. Again do not ask me how or why, it's lost to time. Perhaps their humans genes before being turned had something to do with that but they were one of the most powerful families ever in our history lasting generations."

"But how could I be one of they all died out like you said?"

"Ah. You see they didn't." He held up a finger. "You see there was actually one left. THE Lady Tamayo. She was the last of her family. Oh there used to be others. She had a husband and some children but they were all tragically killed by the previous Kibutsuji king as punishment and labeled a traitor for trying to develop a serum that heightened her family's human genetics and thus be able to turn demons into humans."

Your mind reeled.  Turn a demon into a human?! "Is that even possible?"

"No. Even if it is, nothing came from any research. But that's not why this fascinates me so greatly. You see after being labeled a traitor, Lady Tamayo was supposed to be married to my Master."

"WHAT?!" You scowled at him. "What kind of backwards logic is that?!"

"Yes, it does seem unorthodox. But the late Lord Kibutsuji thought the addition of the Tamayo bloodline would produce powerful heirs that would inherit the Tamayo family's resistance to wysteria poison."

"What is with you demons and wanting to have children with my family?!"

Enmu laughed. "Well it wasn't what happened in the end. Around the same time they were supposed to be married the present Lord Muzan was harshly defeated by your ancient human warrior and had us give us all our territory over the Eastern mountain border which caused quite the scuffle. In the chaos I guess the Lady saw her chance and fled into the newly banned Territories. No one had heard from her since until recently."

You deadpanned. "You mean when I appeared."

He shook his head no. "No. I mean when we were actually able to confirm her death. Y/n that is why I was so surprised. Twenty something years ago, there was news of her death. It seemed like she finally passed away from some human related illness. Kind of ironic as she was a healer herself."

"... Alright but what does that have to do with me?"

"How old are you? Early twenties by the looks of it."

Your brow rose at him. "What does that have to do with anything?"

"*Sigh* You still don't get it? It seems like I have to explain everything." You frowned at him. "The Lady's entire previous family was wiped out long ago leaving her the last of her family until you came along, so there wouldn't be anyone else you could've been descended from."

".... What are you saying?"

"I'm saying that you're not just descended from the Tamayo bloodline. You ARE the daughter of Tamayo herself. It all makes sense. The timeline, your absent mother, your demon traits..And even your battle with the Hantengu boys."

"What are you spouting about now?"

"You became a full demon temporarily when you had an encounter with Hantengu's sons, but you don't remember because of the exhaustion your sudden transition had on your body."

You stared. ".....Ok. Now you're really kidding me. I would've remembered something like that."

Enmu for once in the entire conversation addressed Rui by gesturing at him. "Ask him. He was there and can confirm everything I just said."

You looked to Rui to your shock and dismay sighed and nodded. "Unfortunately...yes. I can confirm that happened. Your head was also exploded." You instantly felt sick. "And one of them slashed you across your-"

"*HRK!!!*" A hand slapped over your mouth as your head swum and you tried not to vomit your breakfast.

"What's wrong with you? I'm telling the truth."

"That's just a little bit too much information for now." Enmu patted his back once before retreating from the boy's hateful look. "But he's correct. You regenerated at great speeds and even performed blood demon arts similar to those of the Tamayos. There's no....Are you alright, Begonia?"

"I think I'm gonna be sick..."

"Would you like one of my motion sickness pills? They work wonders for upset stomachs."

...you nodded. "Yeah. I'll be fine. I just need a minute to take this all in."

"You're oddly calm about all this."

"I've seen so much that this is actually more surprising than shocking. Where's that pill!?"

You were quickly given one of the pills Enmu gifted Rui and leaned against the soft blankets to catch your breath and let the panic and stress and panic and heavy breathing and fear and panic...Did I mention panic? Rolls over you all in waves and bounce around in your head over and over and over again until your brain was able to calm itself down from the thoughts of "IM A DEMON?! NO!! I CANT BE A DEMON I DONT WANT TO BE A DEMON?! WHEN DID I LOSE MY HEAD?!" 

During which a voice kept reassuring you,"It's alright. Deep breaths. In and out. Slowly dear. There you go. That's it. Try to calm down your breathing. You'll pull through this."

until you inhaled, accepted it, and sat back up to face them.Both looked at you in sitting positions.

"Welcome back. You were lying down for nearly two hours now. Are you feeling better?" Enmu tilted his head at you and you noticed that he was the one holding your hand and rubbing your back. Rui had his head tilted at the demon giving him a... indifferent look. 

You nodded pulling your hand away from him with a sigh. "Yeah. Sorry. Guess that was a bit more of a shock than I thought it was."

A hand pressed into your forehead. "Hmm.... You'll be perfectly fine.  However you might want to take a few days to relax and let yourself unwind. How do you feel?"

"Honestly?... I'm stressed out. I feel trapped here, Enmu!" You pulled his hand away making him blink. "I don't like being trapped in like this."

He again blinked. "Oh? I thought you would've liked such luxury as this."

"Are you serious?! I have absolutely no privacy here other than just barely! I'm afraid someone's going to try to grab me any moment of any day! I'm always being put in a room to wait! Having 'luxery' items doesn't change how I feel!! I could be in a room made of pure diamond or the dirtiest dungeon in the world, and I would still feel the same! Enmu, please!" You grabbed his shoulders and he blinked as you shook. "IF I DON'T GET OUT OF HERE FOR AT LEAST A FEW HOURS I'M GOING TO GO NUTS AND TAKE IT OUT ON EVERYONE AROUND ME!!!"

Your hands stopped shaking him and his eyes rolled about before refocusing with a shake of his head and smile. "Not a problem. I can arrange something next week  when you're not watching the boy."

You blinked. "....Wait. Really?"

He nodded. "Question though. Do you like spas?"

"What's a spa?"

"Oh good. You'll be surprised! Just trust me on this one and believe me when I say that it's a totally harmless place. It'll help destress you and it's someplace out of here. Doesn't that sound nice?"

You paused for a moment in thought. It didn't sound like a permanent solution not at all...but..at the same time it sounded like a good idea to have some time for yourself without anyone else. Although you had to be careful with this. It was still Enmu after all. For all you knew this 'spa' could've just been another train or something like that. Still.. better than sitting in your room for hours on end right? You nodded.

"Alright. I'm interested."

"Then I'm going too."

"Ooh. I'm sorry young one." Enmu smiled at him. "But I'm afraid you'll be in school at that time, but don't worry. I'll make sure she doesn't go alone.~"

"Like I'd let you be alone with her."

"Oh you're mistaken about that. I wasn't referring to me. I was actually talking about Daki."

"Daki?" You rose a brow. ....Huh. Why did that name sound familiar to you?

He nodded. "She's one of the Kizuki and she's coming here to stay with her brother for a few months on a well deserved vacation. I'm sure I could convince her to let you join her shopping spree. I know it's not much but it's the best I could do on such short notice."

Shopping spree?... THAT COULD GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO LOOK AROUND AND POSSIBLY FIND AN ESCAPE ROUTE!! Also might be useful to try to at least map a mental map of a few areas in this place just in case. It was an opportunity you couldn't pass up.

"Alright then. That's fine. But before anything else is there anything else important I should know about?"

He shook his head. "No.. That's it, however I will be staying to continue studying your blood work and anatomy to be sure nothing else is going on. So I'll still be staying here if you need me for anything. Don't worry about my trains. My conductors and station masters can manage good without me for a while."

A small bit of comfort came from his words at least. If Enmu was still present then those servants won't try anything again in fear of him. "Alright but I have a request for this Muzan character. Could you pass it along to him?"

He blinked. A flash of realization coming over him as he seemed to remember something. "Oh?...OH!....Oh no. I completely forgot about that."

"What?"

"I'm afraid the Master won't be back until the end of this year."

You froze. "....What?"

He nodded."Yes. He left on a business trip three days ago to visit some other human provinces." 

"WHAT?! WHAT DID HE DO THAT FOR?!"

"He's discussing some peace talks with a few human leaders and discussing the possible purchase of more land he's been interested in for a while. It's going to be a while to discuss everything with the humans. OH! He also wanted to discuss some new foreign trade lines and station some more opporations for it along the coast using my Mistress's various business connections."

You perked up . "What about her?! Rei right?! Can I talk to her?!"

"My Mistress is not here at the moment. She's with her husband on the business trip to assist him and visit family she hasn't seen for a while."

"Kokushibo?!" He was the next one in charge right?!

"He's overseeing the reconstruction of the destroyed parts of the forest and the rebuilding of the Tsuzumi Mansion. He'll be back sooner than my Master but not for a long while still."

"Akaza?!"

"He is away on official business in one of my Master's provinces investigating a string of murders and other business Kokushibo is unable to attend to there."

"Then who's in charge HERE if everyone else who's a compatant leader is gone?!"

"That would be Upper Moon Two or Douma..Or Lord Douma. Or Founder. Or Lord Founder. Which ever name you prefer to go by."

Your eyes nearly bulged out of your skull. "DOUMA?! No way! There's no possible way THAT guy can be a good leader."

"On the contrary. Douma despite what people say is a competent person in leadership positions. He runs the entire Eternal Paradise Cult in the mountains with hundreds of inhabitants. So he'll be perfectly capable of running the Infinity Castle temporary until Kokushibo can come back and take over for my Master. All Kizuki meetings and blood battles have been put on hold until Master returns in November."

That pervert blonde demon was coming here? Ggggrrreeaaattt. Maybe he'll be too busy taking care of the entire place to actually pay attention to you hopefully. It seemed everyone was too busy to really pay attention to you other than Enmu at the moment.

"When is he coming here?"

"At the moment Lord Douma is making arrangements for his most trusted subordinates to run his cult while he's away which will take a bit but he should be here by next week or the week after."

So he'll be here in one or two weeks. Great. Still there was a big chance you wouldn't see him at all if he was going to be that busy which was some relief. "Great. It's going to be one hell of a year." 

"Hmhmhm. Yes. ...But there is one thing that I must make clear to BOTH of you." Rui was surprised now as a serious strained smile was sent his way from the man. "Under no circumstances can you let anyone know you're a Tamayo. Not until I can assure you that it'll be safe. There's still many of my people who consider Lady Tamayo a traitor and even more who'll be interested in taking control of your special abilities. Neither of you can tell anyone else of this. Not. A. Soul."

"I would never do anything to harm my mother."

"And I'm not dumb enough to put myself in that danger!"

"Then it's settled then." With a smile Enmu stood up dusting himself off in the process. "I shall retire myself to my room then and allow you two to have lunch in peace. If you need me again, I'll be staying in my room until tomorrow morning." He bowed to you then turned-

"Wait!" He hummed expecting you to ask something again but what he wasn't expecting was for two arms to throw themselves around him in a hug. "I just wanted to say thank you for everything you've done for me. I actually do appreciate it."

He.. slowly blinked before chuckling and patting your back. "Anything for my Begonia.~ Just remember. You are in charge. Don't let those under you push you around."

"Heh. You must be able to throw your weight around then if you're that confident."

"Actually I weigh less than Kaigaku does. If you really wanted to you could probably pick me up." You blinked at what he said... before smirking at an idea. "Is that a human figure of speech? I can't reca-  HHHAAAAA!!!"

An almost girly squeal left Enmu's mouth as your arms locked around his upper torso and LIFTED. He easily was pulled up into the air as you smiled at your mischief. His face already a bright red.

"Wow. You're right." You shifted him in your arms. "You are light. You just weigh a little more than me.~"

"B-BEGONIA?! T-T-This isn't e-exactly what I meant when I wished to be in your arms- EEP!?"

He squealed again when he suddenly was shifted and found himself in the bridal style with you holding him. "Eh. Too bad. Since you're here why not stay for lunch ?" You asked turning still holding onto him.

Not surprising he swooned arms thrown around you. "YES MY LOVE!!~ TAKE ME AWAY!~ IM ALL YOURS!!~"  you laughed at his antics.

Rui sighed behind you both holding up more threads. "I'll need more of these."

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Silent.

That's what the entire dark room was when he finally got back. He wasn't surprised when he stepped in and closed the door softly behind him, walking into the middle of the room before stopping and turning to the darkest corner. Before smiling at a moving shadow.

"Daki, good evening my dear. You look lovely tonight as always. Did you have a nice trip coming over?"

Two piercing yellow eyes scowled back at him. "I've been waiting here almost all day! Where the hell have you been?!"

He chuckled. "Forgive me. I lost track of time doing work, but I did confirm what the Master suspected. You know your assignment to keep an eye on her until he comes back?"

"Of course I do! I'm not stupid!"

"That's good. Oh my. Where's your brother? I hope he knows too."

"He's here. He's just asleep bored from how long you made him wait. The dummy was never able to get anything done without me pushing him! I have to do everything I swear! Including making sure he doesn't die a marriage less idiot!"

"Oh?... You're still insisting on setting them up? I would've thought you would've wanted to keep your brother's attention only on you."

"He's never even kissed a woman before and complains all the time about whenever someone has a girlfriend but does he ever try to put himself out there? Oh no. But whenever I want to go on dates it's always 'No, Daki. You can't date until Im dead and three days after to make sure I'm dead.' UGH!! IM ALMOST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OLD!! I CAN GO ON DATES BY MYSELF!!"

"Oh. So it's a matter of you wanting him to have a distraction so YOU can have dates... Sounds like a big brother alright. Not sure how I feel about you trying to set him up with MY begonia...but Im too curious to see how this goes to stop you."

"Hmph! I don't need your permission anyways!" He only chuckled again and walked over to a desk where he grabbed a quill and piece of paper. "What are you doing now?!"

"I'm writing a progress report for our Master. Turns out our suspicions were true." The woman rose a brow in surprise as a feather quill scratched on paper. "Dear Master. How is your trip? I'm happy to inform you things are well here but there's something you should know."

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-THIS TAKES PLACE DAYS LATER BUT THE SAME WEEK-

The frost from the rising water fogged everything in sight of the room. A mystic winter pool almost besides the fragrance of oils and the many colorful flower petals floating in the cold waters surface. A hum of content came from the powerful entity relaxing in the water leaned back against the wall of the water's bath and happily allowed himself to be pampered like a king. Delicate hands scratching his scalp further pushing the soap into those shining platinum blonde locks so many compliment him for as another pair of hand he so graciously let hold his hand that could easily crush iron into splinters working to gently file the beautiful blue nails adorning them.

Oh how he needed this. The woes of bringing others wishes come true and helping others find eternal peace took a toll on him so. He barely had the will to eat anymore-

"Another bon bon, Lord Founder?~"

"Oh I shouldn't. It's bad for my weary body...But since you asked.~"

A mouth full of fangs opened and a second later a delicious taste of chocolate and cream filled his maw. He had to admit a lot of these foreigner sweets were actually quite delicious. Perhaps he should try gifting these to Akaza? That might make a great break through through his tsundere attitude towards him. Akaza was such a hard ball. The thought of his friend punching chocolate and frowning at getting his arms all messy made him give a chuckle.

"What is Lord Founder thinking about today?~," a sweet woman's voice asked rubbing his shoulders making his sigh in content.

"Nothing to worry my dear followers assuredly. I must say my break before answering my god's call for assistance has me on edge some but it is nothing I cannot answer too." In actuality he was interested in taking over responsibility of the entire Infinity Castle dimension for a bit. He was never given that much responsibility before. Kokushibo and the Master always made Akaza do anything like that sighting him as too reckless but that was absurd. He was perfectly capable of doing such a thing and now that they had no choice...he grinned wider. "I think I'll gift all the high ranking spirits (ladies) flowers when I arrive. Something humble from our small place on earth to show my gratitude for their choice to pick me out of everyone."

"Oh that sounds wonderful, My Lord. You must be so excited for this. Your state of enlightenment will increase surely~," a different voice cooed at him. 

He only chuckled before there was a series of  knocks from outside the room and he hummed. Oh. Who could that be? "Whoever it is may enter. All are welcome here."

A moment later there was a slide of a door and footsteps approached. "Your lordship. A package has arrived for you from the Infinity Castle." A man's voice spoke.

"I do?" A face covered by a mud mask and cucumber slices turned to him with a smile. "Well, well. I wonder what it could be?" A secret admirer perhaps? A gift from a past lover? OOH! Maybe it's another offering from someone who wishes to seek his favor! "Who's the generous gift from?"

"Er...Well that's just it, My Lord. The package isn't for you," the man started unsure, "It's your own package."

.....A blue nailed hand was held up and the two ladies working through his hair and nails stooped instantly. A perfectly manicured hand removing one cucumber slices to peek a beautiful kaleidoscope of rainbow at the very, very, VERY nervous man bowing in his presence. Despite the coldness of the room the human man was sweating and gulped when his eye looked at him, before slowly trailing down, and stopping at the pink box wrapped perfectly by a pretty ribbon he held. HIS package. The one he had sent days ago. It made him hum with a blink losing his smile.

"Oh. Did she not end up liking it? I had at least ten ladies help me pick out the perfect dress based on her size."

The man was shaking at this point. Whether it was from the coldness of the room or from fear or both he was unsure. "I..N-No, my Lord. She sent it back without e-e-even opening it. S-S-She d-didnt...want it."

There was silence as shocked faces were shared around the room in gasps. And he ended up staring at the package, now noticing that it was in fact not opened from the moment he closed it and perfectly attached to it was the letter he sent along with it too, the wax seal unbroken. ...She had...rejected it? Hmm. Interesting. But why? Was it too small? Did he not decorate the box pretty enough?

"The nerve of the woman! Who would be so rude as to reject you, Founder?!", One woman rude scolded offended on his behalf and murders of agreement followed. 

He was...unsure of what to respond with at first. What could be going through her poor head?...Poor? POOR!! OF COURSE!! He smiled again. "Oh. The poor thing came from poverty. I totally forget that some people aren't as fortunate as us. How rude of me. Come now we shouldn't scold her. The poor dear must've thought it must've been a mistake not being used to such luxuries. We must be more understanding of her past and remember that we should try to show kindness."

"Oh...Yes. Of course. She must've mistaken your gesture. But she has been chosen by the gods to be your lover wasn't she? Shouldn't she be more accepting of her role?"

"It's only right to court her first. Hmm. I know." A blue hand pointed at the man who flinched. "Send her the package again and ask my head lady for the best gift to send along with it. I'm sure she'll be much more grateful for them when I visit."

And this would be very, very interesting to see. She rejected his advances huh? Hmm. That's a first. Usually he was the one rejecting others. Surely she'll be a hard one to convince but that was all in good fun-

"My Lord." The rainbow eyed turned back to the trembling man. "There was... something else that was sent back with your package although it a-arrived l-later than it. A.. second smaller box."

"Oh? What is it?"

"I am ... unsure. It only said to deliver it to you."  From out from under the pretty pink package the man pulled out a smaller plain box and held it out to him.

Of course he accepted it happily to see what it was. He opened it. He looked inside...And blinked surprised at many reflections of himself blinking back. Reflecting off the pretty surface of an ice lotus blossom...One he...gifted...as a courting gift..to...He stared at it. He turned back to stare at the package unopened in the man's lap....His confused mind made him blink again. 

"Anything else? Or perhaps a letter explaining all this?"

"No,Sir ."

"Oh...Well this IS going to be an interesting experience."

[larz-barz]

Love story

chapter 7

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chapter 6

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Tanjiro sniffed the air as they approached the entrance of the forest on Mount Natagumo.

“Ok, let’s go in.” Tanjiro announced and Milo nodded, a determined look on her face.

“Ehh, no thanks! I’ll just stay behind!” Zenitsu squeaked out.

Inosuke ran into the forest and Milo grabbed his wrist to pull him back. “It would be best for us to stay together.” She said as he tried to escape her tight grip.

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“Inosuke watch out!!!!” Milo cried out, fear in her voice.

The boy got smashed into a tree by the large spider demon.

The neko spirit ran up to the large demon.

“Starlight breathing 5th form: Yugata no kurai!” She called out and darkness surrounded the spider demon, allowing her to attack.

Her blade wouldn’t go through the demon’s neck and she dropped to the ground, sword in hand and her ears going down.

One of the arms wrapped around Milo’s much smaller body.

She gasped then got thrown into a tree near the one Inosuke had been thrown into.

She fell to the ground then started coughing, her tail twitching slightly and her ears down.

Milo saw Inosuke’s unconscious form laying lifeless near her.

“Inosuke!” She called out then scrambled to him.

She moved him to prop him against the tree.

He started to cough, signaling he was waking up.

“Milo, go find Gonpachiro!” Inosuke coughed out. (I couldn’t think of a way for Inosuke to mispronounce Milo’s name)

“I’m not gonna leave you here to die!” Milo protested.

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As Tanjiro faught tirelessly against lower 5, the comforting scent of cherry blossoms, cinnamon, and vanilla entered his senses.

‘Milo, please tell me you’re not coming this way!’

The scent only got stronger as he continued to fight for the safety of his sister, Nezuko.

Milo ran into the area Tanjiro was fighting in, Inosuke passed out and on her back.

She looked up and her eyes go wide at the sight of Nezuko. “N-Nezuko!” She called out, shock and fear in her voice.

“Milo get out of here!!!” Tanjiro yelled and Milo didn’t leave.

She put Inosuke down in a safe place (or at least as safe as it could be) then sprinted to help Tanjiro.

Rui immediately noticed the love that they had for each other, he wanted it for himself.

He swiftly pulled Milo to him, putting his webs on her so she couldn’t get away. “Tanjiro!!!” She cried out fearfully, reaching out to him.

A cry of pain escaped Milo’s lips when the webs dug into her skin. (she’s ok btw, she’s just gonna have a bunch of scars but she’ll still have all her limbs.)

Tanjiro’s mind went into overdrive, he gripped his sword tightly.

He took in a breath then remembered the dance his father used to do, the hinokami kagura.

“Hinokami kagura: flame dance!!!” He yelled, successfully (unsuccessfully) slicing off Rui’s head.

Milo’s knees gave out on her and she collapsed due to the pain she was in.

Tanjiro ran to get her away from Rui’s body after saving Nezuko.

Tanjiro noticed that Rui wasn’t disintegrating and he panicked.

The lower moon 5 hadn’t been slain yet, his head started regenerating and Tanjiro ran back to Nezuko.

A familiar man and a girl around Tanjiro’s and Milo’s ages landed in front of them, decapitating Rui almost immediately.

“Well that was quick.” The girl said, turning to look at the man.

Tanjiro took in their features, the girl had brown hair tied up in a half up/half down style by a black bow, the tips of her front pieces of hair were blonde, she had round green eyes, tan skin, and her haori was pink, purple, and blue(?) with a cloud pattern.

Tanjiro realized who the man was, Giyuu Tomioka.

Milo tried to stand to get a better look at the pair, falling back down and crying out in pain in the process.

Giyuu and the girl look at them.

The girl smiled warmly at Tanjiro and Milo, and Giyuu just looked at them with recognition.

“So you also became a demon slayer?” He asked Milo and she nodded.

“Yes sir, I heard you met my aunt, Aika Shineeza.” Milo said and Giyuu had a small smile on his face.

“Yes, I did. She’s very kind.” He spoke in a calm tone.

“I’m Mari Kaizumi!” The girl said, with an energetic smile.

Milo and Tanjiro both introduced themselves.

Tanjiro stood up, struggling a bit, and helped Milo stand.

They went to go check on Inosuke and Zenitsu who were being cared for by kakushis outside of the forest. (they got him while Giyuu and Mari were Talking to Tanjiro and Milo)

A kasugai crow flew overhead. “Tanjiro Kamado, a demon slayer with a green and black checkered haori and Nezuko Kamado, a demon girl with a bamboo muzzle, must report to the demon slayer headquarters for trial.” The crow called out, loudly.

Tanjiro and Nezuko got taken to the headquarters.

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“Welcome, my children, to the demon slayer corps meeting.” Master Kagaya announced and each hashira bowed before him, Obanai, the serpent hashira, forcing Tanjiro down.

~the end~

A/n: I know I know, I just posted chapter 6 like 3 days ago but idc! i’ve been in a huge writing mood lately so this is what ima use it for!^^❤️

featuring: @cloudymistedskies’s oc and @muichirothehashira’s oc (i promise she will actually show up at some point probably in the next chapter)

p.s.- something you’ve all been waiting for is happening soon (more than likely next chapter;))

[kumamoto-division]

"It is sometimes an appropiate response to reality to go insane"

Indtroduction

Kururi Yamamura is the biological younger sister of Aoba Yamamura the leader of Kumamoto's division team strange magic

A highschool student and DJ aspirant with a great passion for theater and art he look like someone cheerful and eccentric (especially in things referent to her art) she is well know for carry with her a antique doll with who talk (and sometimes her doll talk for her)

looking at first glance not so smart than her brother she is more smart and manipulative than he look,having a indentity as the serial killer "Saika" her alter-ego is infamous by her sadism and brutality even called and considerer "the second coming of the sweetheart killer"

Kururi is a short girl with blue hair long to his upper back with asymetrical bang and and a purple lock,his eyes are yellow with a childish glow

In the school she wear a seifuku with her own modifications, black leggins under the blue skirt and two socks of different colors, (one purple and other blue) with victorian black boots to the knee,a black corse with grey laces and a white shirt and a black jacket

Out of school she wear a sleeveless mini black dress with a aspect similar to a nightgown over a long sleeve purple shirt and black ripped jeand with combat boots and a black headband

As Saika Kururi wear a long black wig with purple tips and a bang that cover one of her eyes and (like Aoba) a black lace mask but her have little pink gemstones

She also wear clothes type "goth victorian", a black long sleeve shirt with gray stripes and a black corset with a black mini blazer,her lower half is covered with tigh black pants and victorian black boots,her accesories are a black fingerless glove on the left hand,a black choker with metalic detailes and different earrings

Aliases

Ruri (by Ryu, Kunio,Natsume)

Rui (by Aoba)

My apprentice (by Kunio)

"Saika" (serial killer name)

"Hellfire" (alternate alias as "Bluefire's partner in crime")

Valkirye (artistic name)

The puppeter and artist (by herself)

Mademoiselle (second personality)

Biographical info

Gender-female

Age-17

Birthday-september 21

Ethnicity-japanese

Hair color-blue (natural) black with purple reflects (wig)

Eye color-yellow

Height-163 cm/ 5'4

Star sign-virgo

Piercings-lobes, tongue

Markings-stab scar in the torso,scars of needle in the fingers

Family

Mother (desceased)

Father (desceased)

"stepfather"

Older brother

Younger half-brother

Voiced by-Mayaa Uchida (rapping and singing)

Personality

At first glance eccentric,passionate and joy Kururi seems the complete opposite of her melancholy,earnest and calm (at first glance) brother and she is, she's consider herself an artist over all and have fascination for anything (or anyone) she found "beautiful" although her passion is centred on theater, music and marionettes She's know in highschool for being someone eccentric but nice (only with certain people) but some students are scare of her because Kururi is also energic and unpredictable (like the time when she attacked a classmate only for boredom or when she bombed the locker of a bullying with ice explosives )

She is smart like Aoba but instead of his knowledge Kururi is more centred on analyzing people and discover all of them (and their secrets) she can make it very fast (she consider pshychoanalyzing people as a habit of her) enoughly to notice that her brother have a bipolar disorder before anyone else

Her passion for art exteneds even as Saika, talking abou it as Saika Kururi is not very different but she's more sadic and brutal but also a bit more childish,her passion for beauty things and art is presents even on her murders,she let the bodies cut or mutilated in specific forms using their own organs,clothes or accesories as "materials" of a "piece of art" and she also hangs then with threads like marionettes,for Kururi the people who she killer not are different to a paint cans or canvas

Even with all it she's nice with peope important to her, Kururi admire and respect Natsume and Kunio as people and "artists partners" and was overjoyed when Kunio proclamed her as his "apprentice" and with Aoba She's very protective despite being the younger beetwen both and she's worry for him only wishing Aoba could be happy again and if anyone try anything againt her or them Kururi would be more than happy of turning them a work of art

Trivia

Kururi have a strange friendship with Touya Kisaragi of Katsushika that started when he catched her as Saika in meedle of one of her "pieces of art"

Her alternate personality mademoiselle is a mix of her pain for not noticed Aoba's sorrow on it moment,the memories she have about her father and her hidden wish for a mother

Kururi go to highschool but she leave early due her job in the theater

Kururi was the first who notice Aoba's bipolar disorder

Strangely, Kururi feel affect for Kanon hojo of shizuoka 'cause she reminds her to Aoba

The doll with she express her second personality "Mademoiselle" was a gift from Aoba

Kururi have a personality disorder but contrary to Aoba's bipolar disorder she have TID

Kururi call her teammates and friends "her marionettes"

She's the leader of Kumamoto's secret secondary team. "Double Face ace"

Kururi have a rivalry with the scorpion den member trickster due his fascination for Bluefire. But the truth is that she have feelings for him

Kururi is the only person who can calm Aoba when he suffer a maniac or psychotic episode

She is the creator/writer of a supernatural yaoi manga/light novel serie named "Blue:TOUCHSTARVED"

[the-one-that-weeps]

🎀🕰️🔗🦴

For the ask game :3

Hello! Thank you so much for the ask, that was quick! I have to apologize though because the most I can tell you about my writing revolves around pjsk because it's my current main interest.

🎀 what character do you like to write and why?

The higher the kinnie the greater the delights. In my current case, this most likely refers to The Purple Homunculum (Rui Kamishiro), but I also love writing any characters that help me portray my own insecurities and issues. It's just easier. Non-pjsk characters include half the Haikyuu Cast and bsd, among many others.

🕰️ what do you consider a win in your writing?

Referring to reception, I think kudos/hit ratio explains quality very well. My favourite form of praise are comments though.

If you refer to things that I see while I write it's most likely just realising I somehow stayed in character through all the turmoil it caused me.

🔗 Favourite bond to write?

I haven't explored many yet. As of now, it's probably wxs, be it platonic or romantic. That being said I am a sucker for fallen out friendships/people connected in irreversible, twisted ways. And trauma bonding siblings.

🦴 something you hate/will never write?

Anything NSFW. Literally everything else is on the map. You might find me writing Dead Dove Do Not Eat in a few years and honestly I think I could pull it off. But no sexual stuff because ew.

[silver-tooth-the-panther]

Do I Have OCs For My Half-Demon! Tanjiro AU? You Bet!

Unfortunately I don’t have many drawings of them so I’ll have to describe them. (I’m sorry I’m terrible at drawing!)

Kerido (A Friendly Demon)

Art done by @kurumi-igarashi

Kerido is the definition of a sunshine character. He’s incredibly happy and optimistic despite being a demon.

He has the traits of a manticore (that also applies to his Blood Demon Art). Kerido has the dark purple tail of a scorpion, the black and purple wings of a dragon, and the paws of a lion. Kerido also has long, black, wild hair and black eyes with blue pupils (kinda like Kaigaku). He has a pretty muscular body, but he has a soft belly. Kerido’s most notable feature is the right side of his face. The left side looks normal and pretty, but the right side is heavily scarred. It looks like someone took a cheese grader to his face. He ended up getting that scar in a carriage accident when he was a human child. He’s really insecure about it since it grosses people out when he’s eating or drinking. Kerido usually wears a black kimono with purple lightning and black pants.

Now for his role in the story! Kerido is actually Gyutaro’s boyfriend! Gyu accidentally found him one night in the forest. Kerido was just minding his business and humming. Originally, Gyutaro couldn’t believe that someone could be so happy despite going through so much, but he quickly warmed up to him. Kerido’s happiness is contagious

Kerido ended up flying across Tokyo with Gyutaro on his back. He’s got a massive wingspan, so it was easy. Gyutaro was instantly charmed by the manticore demon.

And well..they just hit it off from there! They’re pretty much the body positivity couple. Kerido makes Gyutaro feel better about himself and his body while Gyutaro makes Kerido feel better about his scar and belly.

Kerido constantly encourages everyone around him. He just can’t help it! However, when it comes to sexual things, Kerido can be really dense. It’s just one of the faults of having a sunshine boyfriend. Zenitsu has the same problem with Tanjiro.

Strifles (The Child Demon)

My baby boy, Strifles is a little child demon. He used to live with his abusive older brother before he was rescued by Tanjiro, Daki and Gyutaro.

Strifles is a hybrid of a demon and a humanoid (more on them later). He has short, messy, black hair and the same eyes as Kerido. He also has cat like paws and a black and blue cat tail. He usually wears an oversized navy blue kimono and black pants.

Strifles also has an undead Maine Coon cat named Nibbles. He was able to summon the kitty using his Blood Demon Art. His older brother has it too, but on a much stronger level. Remember my Gyutaro fic, The Friendly Beast? Well Strifles’s older brother is the jaguar demon!

Basically, Strifles bumped into Daki and Gyutaro and begged them to save him from his brother. They were confused at first until they saw the his older brother was trying to eat him! They had to fight a whole army of undead jaguars, summoned by his older brother, but they couldn’t do it alone.

Tanjiro, Kokushibo, Douma, and Inosuke showed up to help. They also became overwhelmed by the jaguars (and my third OC), but Tanjiro ended getting so pissed off by the abuse that Strifles was going through that he burned all the jaguars and the older brother with his sun breathing

Strifles now lives with the other demons. He very shy and quiet, but he very sweet and always tries to help. He’s best friends with Rui and he’s pretty much glued to Gyutaro’s side. He also loves being around Kokushibo and Daki, but he’s scared of Douma and Enmu.

Jackyll (The Villain)

This piece was done by @shycroissanti

Jackyll is a ram humanoid demon. Basically, humanoids are anthropomorphic animals that were persecuted by humans because they were believed to be demons. However, only a few of them actually are. Now they live on a secluded island where they have rebuilt their civilization. The doesn’t mean that they’re safe, though.

Humanoids have demons too and Jackyll is the most powerful one. Humanoid demons only eat humanoids, not humans, and they’ve actually have been around before Muzan became a demon. However, they couldn’t become more powerful due to humans discriminating humanoids and due to a very powerful humanoid slayer!

Jackyll has the strength of Kokushibo and he’s incredibly power hungry. He has black fur with blue, purple and green striped horns and hooves. He can create dangerous shockwaves that can knock a person back. He also hits incredibly hard with his hooves and horns. He also has an “X” shaped scar on his snout that Muzan left on him.

He was there at the battle of the jaguar demon. He was hoping to use Strifles as an eternal food source, but Inosuke and Douma fought him off. (Douma almost died though.) Then Tanjiro, the demons, and the Hashiras learned all about the humanoids from Tamayo.

Jackyll isn’t finished yet. He teams up with Gyokko so he could steal Muzan’s blood. They end up finding some in Muzan’s abandoned lab, but Jackyll drinks all of it and devours Gyokko. Jackyll grows six tentacles on his back that have blades at the tips. He is also a lot more powerful than before.

He then proceeds to make his way to the Infinity Castle. All the demons try their best to stop him, but almost all of them nearly die (Gyutaro almost gets ripped in half and Douma’s face was shredded).

He was about to kill Akaza and Kokushibo when Tanjiro rushes in front of them and takes the hit. Tanjiro then fights off the ram. He’s just as fast and powerful, but his duty to protect his own fuels him to take the ram down. Tanjiro ends to defeating Jackyll by cutting off one of his horns.

[news4usonline]

Lakers take Game 3 from the start

LOS ANGELES (News4usonline) - The Los Angeles Lakers dominated the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 3 of their playoff series Saturday night, coming away with a 111-101 win. The Lakers now lead the series 2-1. Crypto.com Arena was roaring as the Lakers fought hard for the first round playoff win at home. The Lakers got off to an aggressive start in the first quarter creating, jumping out to a 20-point lead early in the first quarter. The game was essentially over then. Fourth quarter starts now pic.twitter.com/GDAjOg3AnD— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) April 23, 2023 The Grizzlies didn’t know what hit them as they were only able to generate nine points in the first period. Yes, nine. When the quarter ended, the Lakers had already built up a 35-9 advantage. By jumping on the Grizzlies the way that they did, the Lakers posted the largest lead after the first quarter in NBA postseason history. The Lakers slammed the Grizzlies into the ground during the beginning of the game, running circles around the Western Conference’s No. 2-seeded team and making them look inexperienced and helpless. Lakers head coach Darvin Ham talked about team’s great defensive play in the first quarter during a postgame press conference. “That was something we touched yesterday in practice,” Ham said. “ Just establishing a defensive minded physical tone and just dig in and multiple efforts, activity, being ready, transition defense is key...and then trying to finish a possession with a rebound.” For the Lakers, Anthony Davis re-introduced himself to the Grizzlies with a huge effort. Davis showed up and showed out, clocking in with a team-high 31 points. He was dominant on the boards as well, picking up 17 rebounds. LeBron James contributed 25 points and collected 9 rebounds to aid the big game that Davis had. Not too bad of an outing for an “old” man. “It’s important for us to play well,” James said after the game. “We want to play better than we did in game two, but I think we did that. But we still have room for improvement going into game four and we know they’re going to be better as well.” With Davis and James having solid all-around games, the Lakers’ top players got some help. D’Angelo Russell clocked in with 17 points, four rebounds and seven assists. Rui Hachimura chipped in 16 points for the purple and gold. In the start of the second quarter, Hachimura had more points (10) than Memphis had on the scoreboard. The Lakers were on fire. High energy and great defense keyed the Lakers getting out fast. The Lakers maintained their large lead when halftime rolled around, going into intermission with a 53-37 lead. Memphis seemed to be overwhelmed by the Lakers’ fast start, putting a dent in the Grizzlies’ Alpha attitude they came out of the gate with. Combined their terrible first quarter along the super loud atmosphere in Crypto, it was clear that it was going to be a long night for Ja Morant and his teammates. The Lakers and their fans got a slight scare when James went down in the beginning of the second half after Memphis guard/forward Dillon Brooks hit the Lakers superstar in the groin. That play was called as a flagrant foul (2) against Brooks, who wound up getting tossed out of the game for the low blow. The drama filled game continued with more aggression and altercations. Hachimura later got into a skirmish with Memphis players David Roddy and John Konchar. Konchar pushed Hachimura as he was running down the court for a play. At the end of the game, Davis addressed the bad blood that appears to spill over from both teams. “We just want to take care of the home floor,” Davis said. “You know, we’re not getting into the back and forth, we let our game speak for ourselves...the trash talk is going to be there with the guys that they have. It’s playoff basketball, we wouldn’t expect anything less from them.” Read the full article

[halcyon-wings]

I don't mind being referred to as 💜 anon. If you want to give me a nickname then that's cool. (I'm horrible at coming up with names...) I'm probably only going to only request Rui and Tsukasa if that's alright with you because I can't get enough of your writing.

Speaking of which, could I make another request for Rui and Tsukasa celebrating their s/o's birthday? Thank you as always! 💜

rui and tsukasa celebrating your birthday !!

weird duo our mutual beloved <33333 ofc u can req them, nothin wrong w that! speaking of that nickname of urs, is heathernon or tyrianon alr? i was thinking of purple stuff since “purple heart-non” doesn’t flow all that well :’) i hope either of those is okay w u!

features rui mcbluey(streaky) and theaterkasa tenma (also hbd to our gn!reader!!!!!!!)

<3 fufu, he’s got so many surprises up his sleeves for you today

<3 none of them are trickery though, surprisingly

<3 rui gets brownie points

<3 aaaanyways, first up: breakfast in bed! he’s a lot better cook than some people (mizuki) give him credit for, he’ll have you know. there’s even heart pancakes! :D

<3 after that, he’ll take you all over the city. want somethin’? he’ll buy it! enables literally anything you could possibly desire with the excuse that “they’re the birthday babe” (he calls you that to mess with you lmao)

<3 at the end of the day as you sit on rui’s front porch, he whips out a journal. it’s small and leather-bound, with a heart sticker in your favorite color on the front. “this is.. this is your gift.” he’s usually shy as he presents it.

<3 you take the book, flipping through the pages. there’s 365, to be exact, and each one details something about you. it’s the diary of a lovesick boy, one that had been pining about you day after day. for… goodness, it’s been a year, huh?

<3 the last page is the day of your birthday— today, actually! it doesn’t say much, but judging by how shaky the handwriting is, it must have been pretty early in the morning, and your boyfriend must have only been half awake.

<3 i love you, it says.

<3 you gaze at rui, who in turn glances away, the tip of his ears bright red.

<3 “… happy birthday.”

<3 oh, you are SO doing this for his next birthday.

<3 gifts, gifts, GIFTS!!!!! there’s oh-so-many gifts he’s bought you, he may as well go absolutely broke because of how many he bought and how expensive some of them happen to be.

<3 you tell him to spoil himself for once instead, only to be promptly denied outright. it’s YOUR special day, and HE gets to spoil you because YOU deserve it and are the LOVE OF HIS LIFE!!!

<3 dedicates a performance at phoenix wonderland to you, his one and only! you can tell how much he’s practised from the projection of his voice to how bold and extravagant his theatrics are!

<3 and if you’re more of the introverted type? then ignore the last two headcanons. he gets it, stuff like that might be a bit too overwhelming, and being super extra might not be the way to go. this is your day after all, and he wants to make sure he’s making you feel amazing all day long. besides, being a star like him can get tiring sometimes, y’know? it’s nice to relax and unwind, especially with someone as “wonderhoy” as you, as emu like to put it.

<3 cuddles and a movie are his alternate, then! he’s the type to know how to make homemade popcorn after extensive training >:) saki knows all the best movies too, and he can always rely on his sister for stuff you might like!

<3 (fair warning, though: any remotely emotional scene happens, he will SOB and cry into your shoulder as he shoves popcorn into his mouth.)

<3 no matter how much of a star tsukasa tenma may be to crowd’s, you’re his star, shining brighter than ever on a happy birthday.

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CAN YOU MAKE A WXS FANFIC WELL SPECIFICALLY RUIKASA??? just a teeny little request hehehe

"All These Stars In the Sky, Yet You're My Biggest One"

Request ! Here you go<3

(IM SO SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG TO POST I HAD A BIT OF WRITERS BLOCK FOR A FEW WEEKS THEN I WENT ON VACATION)

Content Description !

Ruikasa { Rui Kamishiro x Tsukasa Tenma }

|| Established Ruikasa ||

Genre: Fluff

To Set Up The Scene ! : The sun sets the same as usual on one of these oh so normal days. After packing up after a big show, the members of WonderlandsXShowtime wish their farewells to each other and begin walking in their respective directions back home. Ever since Rui and Tsukasa got together, Tsukasa would often tagged along with Rui and Nene as they made their usual walk home. Today though, Nene couldn’t make it due to being under the weather. On top of the commute home being just the two lovers, Rui invited Tsukasa over to his house for the night, they often liked sleeping over at each others houses. Being able to have that special time together couldn’t help but make them smile and turn their faces a shade of rosy pink.

Warnings: None <3

WORD COUNT : 1814

Enjoy~

        Butterflies would always flutter in Tsukasa’s stomach as he walked with Rui, it would be even more bittersweet when they would begin holding hands. The purple haired boy would always give a slight grin whenever he could tell Tsukasa’s hand was shaking from sheer excitement when he gripped onto his hand. With the changing seasons, the small cherry blossoms began to fall from the tree branches as winter rolled into spring, the sun setting into the evenings grasp only enhanced how pretty it already looked. The pink petals would occasionally glide down onto the top of Tsukasa’s head, which prompted Rui to shake the tiny petals out of his boyfriends soft blonde hair. 

Suddenly, Rui turned towards Tsukasa, “For once, it shocks me that I haven’t been able to come up with a cohesive idea for this times show... something about the stars...” Rui held his hand over his mouth trying to think of any ideas that could pop up into his oh so active mind. Occasionally Rui, WonderlandsXShowtime’s stage director would end up coming up with an executing so many different, unique ideas that he would shockingly be stumped for the next shows premise. 

Tsukasa was able to notice his boyfriend spacing out once again, they were coming up to a crosswalk on their route home, so to get his attention, he quickly squeezed Rui’s hand. “Hey, now’s not the time to space out! If we wanna make this show as mystifying as it always is, we can both think of that together when we get to your house. I’m sure I could come up with some great ideas, come on!” Tsukasa pitched in, usually Tsukasa would give Rui full control over the story premise and effects for the shows. He would end up impressed by the stories, though scared by the new stunts that would be suggested, he enjoyed Rui’s stories, so he want to help however he could with coming up with a story.

Rui finally snapped out of his trance just as they crossed one of the cities busy streets, appreciating Tsukasa’s offer, he nodded happily “Well sure, a little help might just go a long way. Please do know though I’ll still be planning all the stunts~” His face contorted into a smirk as he reached the final half of that sentence. Tsukasa could do nothing more other than give a slight sigh and chuckle as he fell mercy to his boyfriends show stunts. “I am pretty curious what you’ll have in mind for stunts for this one seeing as it’s space themed... wait..” Tsukasa turned towards his taller lover, “You better not send me that high into the sky, I’d like to not literally go into space”. 

Rui simply chuckled, “I wouldn’t dare send you to space if I couldn’t be there with you, building two rockets would be quite the exhausting process.” This comment caused the shorter boy to blush, he quickly turned his head away shyly, which only made the other blush back in response. The two lovers proceeded to have chatter about random things about their day as they continued on their way.

A few minutes later, they had arrived, quickly heading up to Rui's room. As always, it was a cluttered mess, little trinkets and gadgets covering the floor. Blueprints covering every wall if they weren't on the ground, or a little piece of cute balloon art. Rui's room always gave off the same vivacious, yet chaotic energy every time Tsukasa would walk into it. But something about it felt so nice, so familiar, Tsukasa didn't mind being in there, as long as Rui was there, he'd be fine with being in just about any place.

"I seem to have gotten carried away again and left a mess, my apologies Tsukasa. I remember before I was thinking of building a robot with the ability to clean up but, I might have lost the blueprints." Rui chuckled as he went to the corner and placed all his tiny trinkets to the side, patting a space on a daybed he recently had put in there.

It was obvious every time Tsukasa came over that the two couldn't just be sitting on the junk littered floor with nowhere comfortable to sit. Rui was often so used to dozing off at his desk while planning up some new idea for a show or an invention that he never thought about what to do when guests came over. So, he decided to get a comfy daybed for the room, perfectly soft and comfortable for people to relax on.

"Oh, I don't mind the mess. Just... don't get too mad if I accidentally step on something like last time!" Tsukasa returned the laugh and he plopped down on the bed, looking up at the window above. The sun even more blanketed in blue hues as it set even more, the ever so tiny sun rays hit the blonde haired boys face. Rui then began putting his stuff on the ground, but suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Hey Tsukasa, would you like some hot chocolate?"

“What…?”

Tsukasa simply looked at him with a confused look.

"Rui... its the beginning of spring, where do they even sell that around now" Even if Tsukasa were to receive an answer to that question, it would make no sense to drink something meant to warm someone up during such a season.

"Well then, allow me to explain" The purple haired boy begins to give his signature laugh and he prepares his explanation. "Since the small shop near here seemed to have not sold much of their hot chocolate packets due to a much warmer winter we had this year, a huge sale happened. The sweet marshmallows complimenting the delicious drink, I couldn't help but be at awe at the mere thought of it~! So, I bought some, I'd love to try some with you!" Tsukasa got quite concerned at his boyfriends reasoning, but chose to play along and nod in agreement. "Sure.. I suppose it couldn't hurt to try some! Just.. don't make mine too hot please, how could we ever perform for people if I was suffering from heatstroke!"

Rui nearly skipped as he went back downstairs to the kitchen, instructing Tsukasa to wait there for him as he got their sweet treats. As he sat there, Tsukasa began kicked his legs forward and back in a pendulum like motion, humming a song from one of their newest shows to himself. As he got lost in the small motions he did, the blonde haired boy began to daydream about the next performance.

"How to connect it to the stars.." He would think to himself. He didn't want to suggest an idea that was overused, it was always easy for Rui or Tsukasa to come up with a new original idea, but they seemed to have been stumped any time they considered it this time. "Dates" would often be considered things like these, seeing as after the two became official, they seemed much more in sync. Knowing each other's thoughts, feelings, and ideas yet still having a teasing attitude towards each other. Knowing this they were both able to cultivate audiences with the groups shows.

As Tsukasa continued to think, the door suddenly opened and Rui walked in, tray filled with two plain white mugs filled with some of the best looking hot chocolate Tsukasa had ever seen. The warm brown appearance looked as though the perfect amount of milk was added, tiny marshmallows floating around the small drink. He could obviously tell which drink was Rui's due to the excessive amount of marshmallows, it couldn't help but make Tsukasa laugh.

"Are you trying to drink the drink or just eat the marshmallows?!"

Rui laughed in response as he handed Tsukasa his mug, not too warm yet, not too cold either. The perfect mix to avoid raising body temperatures too much during such warm weather.

Rui then set the tray down on his desk, grabbed his drink, and placed himself right next to Tsukasa. As he did, the blonde haired boy turned his head towards his partner, a tad bit flustered that he’d even sit this close to him. It still makes his heart skip when they hold hands, as thoughts rush through Tsukasa’s head, he brushed a small tuft of hair away from Rui’s golden yellow eyes. He becomes almost entrances by the slight pink hues in them as he does so.

It’s obvious Tsukasa had to have been blushing or else Rui wouldn’t have done the same in response. Toned down dates like these really gave them both the time to just appreciate each other. Once Tsukasa realized he was caught with a blushing face tinted pink, he quickly jolted his head away and looked out the window once more, sipping the hot cocoa and collecting his thoughts.

The blonde haired boy was finally able to muster up some words. "Hey, I don't think I ever paid attention to the sunset like this before.. it's cool but, not as cool as me of course! One day I'm going to be a star like one of those in the sky, but even better!" Tsukasa's eyes always lit up when he spoke about his plans for stardom, even the smallest thing can have him break into a speech about it, always making Rui smirk in response.

But, not only was a smirk plastered on Rui’s face, but his eyes seemed to light up. As if some gears in his head began suddenly turning at full speed, he simply smile to himself as he seemed to register the thought. He then turned to Tsukasa,

“Hey, I think I have a nice line for the next show. We seem to have been going very fast paced. Though I do tend to prefer high action, I think we can go with something slower this time to put more impact into the effects!”

Tsukasa turned his head as one of his eyebrows raised, “And what line did you have in mind for that?”

The sun was almost completely gone at this point, the stars in the sky illuminate the room through the window and can be seen reflecting in the two boys irises.

“All these stars in the sky” he turned towards his blonde lover, “Yet you’re my greatest one.”

The smile Rui gave after sent Tsukasa higher than any planets or stars could be, he couldn’t hide him blushing anymore at this point. Maybe internally he was screaming so loud because all that Rui could hear from him were inaudible muffles.

“Rui I-“

The purple haired boys lips suddenly met Tsukasa’s own, cups still in hand, stars still out. Knowing Rui would be somewhere on this huge, crazy planet, Tsukasa knew he has someone to be the biggest star possible for. Always there to shine brightly for him, to comfort him, but most of all, to love him.

[echantedtoon]

Demon Bride Ch25 Don't Stir The Sleeping Bear

WARNINGS READ FIRST!!!!: Karaku IS his own warning, some innuendos, reader getting blown out of the mansion and crash landing, Karaku's head nearly gets snapped off and his neck and nose broken, Urogi's head nearly gets snapped off too near the end, possible blood and gore, head being sliced off when Kaigaku appears.

Precious moonlight serenity was shattered by the oncoming storm. Hundreds of tiny voices yelling at the unconscious mind to wake up and be aware of everything. It worked as purple flashed open to the world and watched the serenity be stained with the red paint of chaos and disorder. 

 "FIRE!! FIRE!! THE GARDEN IS ON FIRE!!"

A thousand footsteps approached like an army rising amongst the nightfall and chaos, thundering down every pathway possible and snapping awake the dazed Brain to it's fully awake state. The bed loosing it's warmth the moment discarded blankets were found. 

RUI WAS GONE

"Rui?!" You sat straight up with a jolt of panic pulsing through your veins and your stomach dropping at the sight of the missing boy. A quick scan of the mostly empty room showed no signs of him either. "RUI?!"

FIND HIM instincts screamed on some primal level you didn't understand. DANGER screamed another one despite things being quiet outside your door you could hear and feels thousand souls or more in fear. A sickening sin of someone dangerous creeping ever closer. You don't remember finding him so quickly. You just remembered a strange smell akin to that of the air just after it rained. One moment you were shoving the door open frightened, the next you were coddling a small figure in relief snatching him out of the arms of a much larger presence.

"Mother!" The small figure squirmed arms waving about. "You're crushing me!"

Kyogai blinked.....and slowly blinked again at what he had just witnessed.He heard the screams and gotten here via his back drum only to discover half his garden on fire according to a frightened servant. Of course he ordered them to pump the well for water quickly and does it. Next thing he knew, he nearly tripped over a cowering mass trying to hide in the same garden. It was the child. Because OF COURSE it would be. He had half a mind to ground the little larva from any contact with you after this. He just scooped up the squealing larva  in one hand holding him up to start scolding him after bringing him inside away from the dangers- Next thing he knew there was the frightening smell of narcissus flowers and a second later the child was...No he wasn't gone as he was still in front of him right now squirming and pouting in the grip of Y/n. But...How? When?! He still slowly blinked...before shaking his head. His mind must've been too preoccupied by the emergency at hand to notice her coming is all.

"Just what were you thinking running off like that?!" , You shouted holding out the boy in front of you with a scowl. Rui looked almost panicked back. "Do you know how worried I was when I saw you were gone?! Everyone's yelling about a fire and you're exploring the dark!"

"I-Im sorry. I couldn't sleep and went to walk."

"Well then next time wake me up wh-" You didn't have time to finish talking when about ten other demons came charging up the hallway giant buckets in their arms, and if Kyogai hadn't pulled you out of the way, you would've been run over by them all. Each and every one of them looked some kind of worried or scared as they rushed up towards the garden. Thick splashes of water hit the floor in trails as they went sending droplets everywhere. "....W-What's happening?!" 

Kyogai groaned as you snapped to him for answers. You looked so lost to him. "There's a fire in the garden. It's NOT a big emergency." He assured holding up a hand when your face gained a look of panic. "Lightning struck one of the plants and it spread out a bit. We'll have it contained soon-" A woman's high pitched shriek echoed down the halls making him snap up. "....Make that eventually." You flinched as he suddenly snapped back to you with a light scowl, no. Not you. Rui. "You! Stay. HERE!" He pointed a single claw at the child who blinked. "You almost got yourself killed out there! Any longer and you would've became a pile of ashes!!"

Rui only blinked before looking away. "It's not my fault lightning struck that tree!"

"Ugh! You must've done something! It's not even storming!" Kyogai facepalmed once more but didn't notice the way you slowly looked at him. A sudden thankfulness taking over you. "The both of you go near the front of the mansion! If it spreads then I'll have to put your safety fir-"

"You saved Rui?" Rui blinked as he was slowly slid down until his feet touched the floor, letting him give off a sigh of relief. Finally.  

Kyogai however paused as you took a step forward. "*ahem* W-W-Well I mean i-it was M-My duty a-as a h-h-high ranking-" He stopped as two soft hands reached up to grab his cheeks and pulled him down. "....m-member...U-Uh-"

OH GODS!! TOO CLOSE TOO CLOSE!! WHY WAS HE SUDDENLY A FOOT AWAY FROM HER FACE AND CLOSING IN?! WAIT WAIT WAIT!! WHY WAS SHE GETTING CLOSER?!CRAP-His heart was beating a mile a minute and his throat felt like someone was choking him as he found himself closer and clo- HE FROZE BODY RIGID. Something soft touched his lips. Something warm embraced his face. Something small was holding his head up. His eyes crossed down his nose and before he knew it it was gone. The contact was quick and only lasted a few seconds before it was gone but it felt like an eternity to him-

"MWAH!!" You gave Kyogai the quickest of thankful kisses before pulling away and again scooping Rui up happily in your arms to which he accepted this time but gave you a deadpanned look. 

"I thought you said you weren't trying to kiss him.''

"Just this once because I'm thankf-?!" You leapt back as even MORE hordes of demons ran past with sloshing buckets and Kyogai finally snapped out of his frozen phase when a giant slosh of cold water spilt out of one bucket and fell all over his right side.

"Let's go to the front." Rui said with a point to the hallway before you and you nodded.

You watched the many demons disappear around the corner and Kyogai scowling at his soaked form. Kyogai was strong. Surely he'd handle the fire. Right now your instincts screamed for Rui's safety. He was much more weak and fragile compared to everyone else around here. With more demons running past you turned and began jogging off in the direction Rui pointed. The movement catching the attention of Kyogai whom held out a quick arm to your retreating figure.

"Y-Y/n-"

"MY LORD!! THE FIRE'S SPREAD TO THE ENTIRE GARDEN!!"

"OH FUCK!!"

The panic really set in when you got closer to the entrance. Your brain fully turned off your auto pilot for finding Rui and finally let you understand the situation around you. 

ALL. HELL. HAD. R E A L L Y. BROKE. LOOSE.

A woman screamed somewhere as demons of all kinds ran around ina flurry of panic. You kept getting knocked around or tripped over nearly falling from either someone panicking and pushing you or from the giant amount of water sloshed everywhere. Your ears ring. Your body stings. Hands tightened around Rui who seemed to know where to go only silently pointing in many directions in the dark. You couldn't see. Blind to everyone and everything around you and that's what really scared you. You couldn't do anything for anyone in this condition. Only try to get out of the way and get Rui to safety.  Feet wobbled forward, onward. Until the world tumbled over and a second later you had found yourself falling through the world flung from your feet. Whirled around and around the wind tumbling around. Sounds muffling and whirling together thanks to the loud ringing in your ears, although you vaguely remembered a few screams, maybe a lot of cracks that sounded just like when Akaza punched through Kyogai's flooring, and then tumbling. 

Light as a feather you felt tumbling through the dark wind and sky. Time seemed endless for a short while. Had you fallen down a flight of stairs? Slipped out an open window? Maybe you were still fast asleep and this was all asleep?

But then why were you in such pain? 

You shrieked letting the air leaves your lungs and your eyes met white hot flashes of light as hellfire hot and poking you like fire hot you in many places as your body hit the ground and rolled and rolled until it could no more. Feeling burning pain in your ankle, left shoulder, head, neck, lower left back, middle toes on your right foot- Over and over until it stopped and in a slump you plummeted into the darkness and accepted your fate.

The abyss welcomed you into it's wicked embrace and allowed the warmth to be put out like a gentle light.

★★★★★★★★

"AHAHAHAHA!! Did you see the way all those little ants went flying?! I haven't been able to blow away a small crowd in a while! The farthest one went about twenty feet! Except for these two of course. I targeted them to go a lot farther.~"

"KARAKU, YOU ABSOLUTE IDIOT!! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO EXTRACT THE DAM BRAT WITHOUT DRAWING ATTENTION TO YOURSELF!!! NOW THE EVIDENCE OF US IS LITERALLY SPRAWLED ALL OVER THERE!!!"

"I-I-I have to agree with Sekido on this one. He made that distraction for a reason. Hmmm. T-The Master is going to be R-Really mad we tore apart one of his most vital assets."

"Oh lighten up you two. That old librarian can rebuild everything. Urogi's making sure the damage wasn't too serious if it makes you feel better.~ Bessiiiiides we have the kid he wants so badly don't we? That's WAY more important than any damage that can be rebuilt anyways. Plus...We have this beautiful thing here.~ Mmmmmmm.~ Father was right about her being beautiful.~ For a human." Something touched a soft cheek.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE HE ENGAGED US OFF TO A PATHETIC HUMAN!! LOOK AT HER!! THERE'S NOTHING TO EVEN MAKE HER STAND OUT FROM ANY OTHER PATHETIC HUMAN!!"

"Except her smell. Smell her, Sekido. She smells heavily of Aster flowers.~"

"I KNOW THAT!! I HATE THAT SICKLY SWEET SCENT!!"

"I-I don't think aster flowers smell that bad."

"STOP IT!! STOP IT!! GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY MOTHER!!"

Rui! That was Rui's voice. Slowly feeling started to return to your body and the first thing you felt was pain all over. Like you had rolled down the mountain and hit every single to rock no matter how small on the way down. It caused a hiss of pain to escape. You were vaguely aware of something touching your sore cheek poking a sharp digit over and over into it annoyingly. Before purple eyes snapped open in time to meet green ones attached to a smug face.It was attached to a long slightly wavy black hair, two horns sticking out of his forehead, and darkened skin. After tilting it's head at you it laughed again.

"Hahaha! Aw.~ Look at that.~," a new voice cooed and a claw pulled some of the hair away from your face. Your eyes slowly blinked registering that this man was closer now eyes half lidded. "She's waking up. Such pretty eyes.~ Precious little girl.~ Hello swee-"

 C R A C K!!!

One minute he was staring there smiling at her, the next he found his head snapped at an awkward angle with a snap of his neck. His hands awkwardly made grabs at his snapped back head before he fell over right on his ass and it it's place was a raised boot. ....You blinked. Foot immediately dropping at the sight. Whoa. Did you do that? It happened so fast you weren't even thinking - You squealed when the scrambling body grabbed your foot lightly and on instinct you shook it off before scrambling back and forcing yourself to stand on your own two feet with the help of a...tree? Your head snapped to the mighty plant.. Blinking your hand patted the rough bark a few times to actually make sure you were actually feeling what you were seeing, before looking up at the sky and along it's extended branches and leaves. All the way until you made your way back down and saw yourself inside the woods. With four other demons surrounding you. 

And three of them looked almost exactly alike. 

Three heads of long scruffy black hair, and horns on their foreheads greeted you and they all looked alike but different at the same time. There was the first one who you kicked on instinct.  He wore a dark green almost black pair of pants held up by a red belt around his waist, and had sort of green sashes thrown over his shoulders covered in white pom poms. He still stumbled a bit as one of the other demons helped him stand back up on his feet. The one who helped him stand was decked out in blue with a few white strips on his clothing and thick blue rope clung to his back, the thick rope held a long spear like weapon to the blue eyed demon's back as he gently held the green eyed one up.

"I told you to be careful," blue eyes said to the head bent backwards. "You probably scared her."

"What kind of kick was that for a human anyways?!," Green eyes shouted angry but im a nasally way as if he was pinching his nose as he talked. "She broke my nose and my neck!"

"Just shut up and get his head back on already!", A third voice shouted and you looked at it's source. It came from a third demon with red eyes and a deep angry scowl. He wore sandles of some sort and a red yukata except for one part which was patterned along his shoulder. In his hand he gripped a staff like weapon that jingled when he pointed it at the first two. "This is why we FOLLOW THE PLAN!!"

The blue eyed demon helped grab the green eyes's head and with a small grunt and sickening crack, green eyes's head was snapped back up and it looked as if you never even kicked him aside from the blood trickling from his nose which a hand immediately gripped.

"Uh. I'm going to feel that for a while. HOO!" Green eyes shook his head before smiling again. "Head rush!"

"Are you alright? Seeing you hurt saddens me."

Green eyes waved off blue eyes. "I'm fffiiiiiinnnee. But it's sweet our baby brother is so worried about us!~"

"I'm only younger by a few minutes!" 

"MOTHER!!" Time all froze as a teeny voice called out. Your eyes snapped over. There was Rui. Laying face down and clawing at the ground with a hiss  escaping his throat but the foot from the red eyed demon was too strong for him to escape. "Mother, help me!"

"RUI!!" You ran at him only to become encaged when a strong arm grabbed around your waist and pulled you against a burly chest, a second arm snapping up across your chest and right shoulder. Pulling you back and easily holding you back away from the struggling child. "RUI!!" PANIC busted through your veins when you couldn't reach him. Couldn't reach your child. Desperate hand grabbed at the arms pulling you back. "GIVE HIM BACK!! GET OFF HIM!!!"

A voice laughed from green eyes who held you tightly. "Sorry, Sweetums.~ We have higher orders. But while you're here, we might as well just take you a long.~" You pulled your head forward when you heard someone inhale deeply. "You really do smell nice.~"

"GET. OFF. ME!!" You struggled against his body which only made him laugh louder.

"We're going to have to bring her along now!! Morons!" Red eyes hissed jabbing his staff into the ground with a few jingles. "Hold her still! I'll just shock them both and we can sort out her later once we deliver the boy and meet back with Urogi!"

You had that sense again. The sense of danger being near and something about the jingling staff scared you. Struggling now you screamed. Not sure what behind you fueled it. Fear? Anger? Maybe frustration? Or perhaps it wasn't a scream at  all but a cry for help because unbeknownst to all of you someone did hear it. Someone nearby heard. Someone nearby knew who it was.

And thunder came to intervene the lightning to answer that distressed call. 

You continued screaming even as the staff was lifted and made to slam down and would've made contact with the ground if there wasn't a metal flash and a moment later the head of Red Eyes fell. The scowl open mouthed in a silent scream as it hit the ground with a thud, his body frozen mid jab, his head rolled a few times before completely stopping at the black boot of  some one who kicked the Red Eyed beheaded body over with one firm kick which Also fell with a sickening thud revealing another scowling angry demon. His voice hissing as blue-black eyes narrowed. Rui wheezed free of the foot painfully holding him down and crawled away from the body.

"What the hell are you bastards doing in my domain?!"

You eyes popped open. You recognized that pig's arse anywhere. "KAIGAKU!!"  The demon snapped it's gaze to you and immediately gained a face like he was slapped seeing you struggling in his grip. With each tug and pull you gave the grip never loosened. "HELP ME!!"

The demon stood there stunned for A second before immediately his reaction was what you expected. A deep growl and bared fangs. The long katana that scared you when you first saw it was already stained red with blood.  Red Eyes gave a curse when a black boot kicked his head away from the body crawling after it, before stepping forward.

"What the absolutely FUCK are you doing here?!"

"I'm running off with a potato farmer- IM BEING KIDNAPPED!! WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE I'M DOING?!," you shouted back to him angrily.

No one but green eyes noticed the wingbeats drawing closer overhead as Blue Eyes gave a gasp and scurried around you all in aid to his beheaded brother. The anger in Kaigaku's eyes just being met with amused green ones as the man holding you chuckled.

"The child, human, and now Lower Moon Two? How exciting! I haven't had this much fun since Sekido was stupid enough to challenge Akaza to a blood battle!"

"Shut up, Karaku!!," A voice shouted somewhere behind them to the far left. 

"GET YOUR DAM HANDS OFF OF HER!!!" The demon holding you still cooed as Kaigaku gave a sound between a dog bark and a demonic wail a sharp blade pointed at Green Eyes head.  "N O W!!"

 The man holding you hummed for a moment before clicking his tongue and shaking his head. "Nah. I have a better idea.~" 

You screamed as something grabbed you by the waist and with power behind those arms, up you went. Thrown up not very far into the air, you were only thrown up maybe five feet into the air, and something else grabbed you by the arms. Something big with a powerful wing beat and eagle like talons gripped you as you watched the figures below disappear between the trees. 

"Y/N!!"

The desperate voice of Kaigaku was drowned out by wingbeats and happy laughter as you struggled and kicked out. Stomach dropping the higher and farther you went. Looking up you were met with yellow eyes and a joyful smile.

"Haha! Karaku wasn't lying when he said you were cute! Look at how terrified your face is! Guess I'll be the one to call dibs first!"

"Put me down!" Your voice was drowned out by the wind.

"Nah. Sorry, Feather. But we have to deliver that brat to the higher ups, but don't worry." He smiled wider. "He won't be hurt...Too much.~ Ha ha ha!!" 

There was silence. Nothing but the wind but there was something else he felt. It was the body in his talons going limp. The hard and rigid like that of a rock. Then he felt muscles expanding, getting bigger, and his ears twitched when his excellent sense of hearing caught the sounds of bones creaking and popping. Then the arms where he gripped stop growing but they now felt more...strong and firm. Then there was something that almost made him stop. The unmistakable sounds of a demon giving a warning hiss.

"Now what has happened here?" He turned his head upside down. "Did yo-"

 C R A C K!! 

[cosmiccomma]

gonna go on a prsk rant real quick sorry. rui's outfits are absolutely atrocious. (i love them more than anything by the way)

like. okay. his show outfit. all the love in the world to mizuki, but that thing is an abomination. first off, the colors, which, if i'm being honest, are what i have the least beef with. i do sort of like the pink-purple-blue deal it has going on, and the yellow could very well be used as an accent color for a bit of sharp contrast. but with the amounts that they're used in, the blue acts more like an accent color, which is just super awkward to me, having your main color palette use two analogous colors and one contrasting color, and then the accent color being one more analogous to the first two. and then there's the contrasting motifs of the, like, drippy bit? and the rhombus stuff. it's something that could be really cool if they were more directly interacting, but they're not, so it just acts disjointed and loud. the checkerboard on the interior of the jacket i'm actually fine with, but on the lapels of the jacket and the cuffs of the boots it looks out of place. finally, this one is honestly just a personal beef, but the gloves. you can like 'em, i don't care, but i just personally hate that kind of glove (a la kay faraday)

(side note, but i think it's hilarious that the models don't properly animate the fabric of his long jacket being affected by gravity, so it looks like a fucking hoop skirt)

then his casual outfit. i just really hate that shirt. i hate the diagonal stripes. this is the only aspect of anything he wears that i genuinely hate. most of the things here are bad in a "that is disgusting. give it to me now" way, but that shirt is just abhorrent. please change immediately, my guy. that's mostly what i dislike about this outfit but his jacket here is also pretty questionable. and not questionable in the sense of like. "what person would wear that ever." no it is questionable in terms of character design. every other character has a color that appears in every outfit they wear, barring certain event outfits (like the kamiyama festival). emu's got pink, nene's got green (her show outfit leans more towards teal and yellow-green, but i'll let it slide), and tsukasa has blue. but rui? no. not a single color is carried over from his show outfit to his casual outfit. in fact, literally every color that was not in his show outfit appears in his casual outfit. no color motif at all. i am literally going bonkers over this particular choice.

i'm not even gonna talk about the outfit on the upgraded version of the "a soundly night" card because. i don't want to. like technically, it's fine. i just really don't think the "santa's elf swag" look was the best option. (i said that last part as a joke but then i went back and looked at the card itself and realized it was from the christmas event. it really is santa's elf swag. help)

then there's the pre-upgrade "unstoppable concepts and outbursts" card. who let him leave the house dressed like that. i just wanna talk. three different high-chroma colors. and those colors are mid-light purple, dark teal, and bright fucking orange. and then, to top it all off, an olive green hat. sure. why the fuck not at this point. i would 100% wear that shirt though. i actually like that shirt a lot. very camp.

and then finally. there is the outfit that is on the upgraded "fantastic planner" card. why anyone would wear this is beyond me. (i woudl wear this probably) it is so ridiculously clashing that it makes me think that this outfit was put together in a half-stocked thrift store while completely blindfolded. (that sounds like a delightful way to make an outfit to be honest) holy shit is the waistcoat patterned? y'all this is me in real time. i think this waistcoat is also checkered. yep it is. why the fuck would they do that. it's like purple and a slightly different purple. oh my god. i think i need to take a break from making this post actually.

[the-scooby-gang]

Us... But not quite

Part 5

Summary: after falling thought a portal while they were being chased by their most horryfying monster yet, The Scooby Gang finds themselves in a place they have never been before. A place called Crystal Cove.

Making a herculean effort to not speed out of there like they were being chased by hellhounds again, Fred turned the van towards the direction of the town-that-should-not-be-feasible, putting as many miles as it was physically possible from the creepy vitamin-D deficient waitress nest.

When they no longer could see the restaurant on the rearview they collective let out a breath of relief.

“And here I was thinking that the creepiest thing that has ever happened to us was Shaggy’s British doppelganger” Daphne reclined against her seat, one hand over her eyes, one of her maps on her lap and a GPS on her other hand, trying to pin their location.

“Hey! Like, I will have you know that Tidy is no way as creepy as whatever the hell is going down on that dinner!” Shaggy opened one of his eyes to glare at the redhead right by his side. “Willian is many things but worse than omnipresent waitress is not one of them.”

Ah yes. Willian “Tidy” Rogers was not the creepiest event on their lives but he was by far the most surreal. After all, is not every day that one of your best friends goes to a summer camp and the person that comes back is his long-lost twin brother. But that is not here or there.

Shaggy was on the back of the van in a lotus position, a crystal ball on his lap and his book of spells floating close to his head. While Velma was using one of the computers on the van to search for information on their new location, Shaggy was trying to contact his coven with little success.

“Like, its not working! Man, this makes no sense, Grand always answers my calls. It’s not Tuesday so is not date night and even if they had one spontaneous date, Minerva would have let Neko in charge of the crystal ball!” Shaggy passed his hands through his hair in frustration.

“Rould rhe be on the rarden?” Scooby stopped making his sixth sandwich giving Shaggy one of the finished ones.

“Or the graveyard?” Fred looked sheepish from his place on behind the steering wheel.

Even after Shaggy embraced his wizard-ness back on their teenage years there were still things that the gang still haven't fully get used to.  Like daily strolls to the graveyard to get ingredients or to pass through portals and such.

Not that they cared much. Being a wizard was as much a part of Shaggy now as was his culinary prowess and they did not love in fractions. It was just another facet of their lives.

So what that their lover went into the closest liminal space that he could find every Halloween to go into the Grim Reaper Railway to join his coven of witches and comes back with his spellbook magically bigger and his pockets full of magical cookies? It was jus a part of their new normal.

“No, if she was in the graveyard Broomy would have noticed the crystal ball flashing and had gone get her.” Shaggy shrugged, half of his sandwich long gone. Fred nodded his head. He remembers Broomy. The broom may cheat on poker like nobodies business, but he was a good friend and would never just let Shaggy calls go to whatever the version of magical voice message was.

Shaggy was middle bite when the GPS went flying dangerously close to his nose followed by an infuriated growl from their shotgun. Their eyes turned towards their resident redhead who was one pull away from taking full chunks from her hair in frustration.

“THERE IS NOTHING! THIS ENTIRE PLACE IS JUST A GREAT PILE OF NOTHING!” she threw her hands towards the ceiling just for them to fall graceless on her sides, her head hanging in defeat on the backrest.

“Oh, Love” Fred looked at Daphne then at Scooby, who quickly got what was being asked of him and made a move towards the front seats. Taking off his seatbelt, Fred changed places with their canine friend.

Gently cradling Daphne in his arms they seated snuggling one another.

“This place doesn’t exist, Freddie” Daphne hid even further on the blonde’s neck. “GPS is useless. It’s working on our home maps and no matter how much I try to upgrade it; the thing keeps showing me our world roads… or lack thereof”

Velma left her place in front of the computer. Approaching them she calmly took both in her arms and brought them to the back. Shaggy removed his crystal ball from his lap and crawled closer to his friends.

“What do you mean by ‘lack thereof’?” Velma was trailing her fingers thru Daphne’s red locks hopping a little closer to her girlfriend.

“Exactly what it sounds. Crystal Cove is not in none of my maps! The GPS is showing me what should be: a bunch of trees and rock formations. There should have nothing here. No road, no dinners, no town! All my maps are telling me that the road that we are on should be a patch of forest at best or a jagged cliff at worst”

Fred, Velma and Shaggy shared a look. As one they converted towards their purple-clad lover, cuddling together.

Scooby looked at them thru the rearview mirror with worried eyes. The day was going from weird to worst fast. The reality was starting to set in for the young historian and the overwhelming lack of concrete facts to anchor herself was getting to her.

Whoever was responsible for sending them here was going to get their ass bitten, that Scooby promised. He hated seeing his humans in such distress.

Fred kissed Daphne forehead “That’s ok, love. Tell you what, when we arrive at the town we are going to get you all the maps that they have available.”

Daphne sniffed softly “Even the geological maps?”

“Especially the geological maps” Velma gently arranged one of the red locks behind the other girl ear than kissed her temple.

Shaggy took one of the young historian hands giving it a small kiss. “If you want, I can try to magically upgrade the map”

Daphne perked up immediately, her eyes twinkling “Really?”

“Really” he squeezed her hands once more before moving towards the front seat.

Taking the advantage of his lanky body he perked half of it over the seat division. Opening the glove compartment, he removed one of the many purple-marked maps from its neat place under the nail polishes. While he was folding his body back to the back of the van (not after giving their driver a well-deserved pat), Fred had passed Daphne to Velma all the while the redhead giggled over the ease off with they passed her to each other like she weighed the same as a pillow.

Fred and Velma smiled over her head. They hated seeing her distressed in any way. The situation was going to get to them all eventually and Daphne being the first was no surprise to them. After all what was worst to a young amateur historian and archaeologist than removing all the information in where she thrives from under her feet?

Fully back, Shaggy approached one of the many compartments that Fred added over the years. Removing an assortment of colourful bottles from there, he quickly mixed them together with precision and efficiency. When he finished the resulting concoction was bright purple, emitting a soft glow.

“Purple potion for my purple lady” he offered the bottle and the map to the Daphne, a soft smile in his face “Like, just drop it into the map. It will mix with the air from this place and will update the missing roads and locations”

Daphne’s smile could outshine the sun. Like a blur, the redhead bear-hugged the lanky man hard enough to hear clear pops from his spine.

“Thank you thank you thank you!” holding his face in her hands she gave the young chef a long kiss. Shaggy melted, his fingers entangling themselves on the red mane. Slowly they untangled themselves from each other and, together, they started the process of magically upgrading the map.

Meanwhile, Fred and Velma had smiled at their artistic lovers letting a sigh of relief.

“Who do you think is going to be the next one to snap?” Velma said as quietly as she could, turning back to the computer.

“From the way things are going? Me, probably” Fred shrugged, “Found anything on the internet or is it not working as the GPS?”

“Ah no. no, no, no. You are not changing the subject on me now mister, what do you mean you are the next?” She turned to him, a disbelieving looks in her face.

“Can’t you feel it, Honey Bee?” He turned his head slowly towards her with a wide deranged smile, his eyes large “I’m on the limit.” Raising his hand, his thumb and forefinger dangerously close from touching “I’m this close to going absolutely ape”

She smiles at him “Oh, Love. We all are”

They giggled together. If it sounded slightly like it was going to soon turn into a crazy laugh they didn't dwell on it.

“Uh, Ruys…” Scooby turned his head slightly towards them, confusion lacing his voice.

“What is it, Scooby?” Fred moved slightly towards the front seats, Velma just behind.

The Great Dane didn’t remove his eyes front the road. Just ahead of them was a blob of movement, a car, coming in the opposite lane. It was a van. It looked an awful lot like…

“It’s that the mystery machine?” Daphne said with a voice laced in disbelief.

It was a fraction of a second. Just enough for both vans to align. Just enough for both drivers to get a good look at each other.

Scooby would have lied if he said that looking at the driver didn’t give him a small bound of nostalgia.

It has been years seen he saw Fred that young.

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Scooby and the Winchester Gang

Scooby Doo Gang & the Winchester brothers - no real romance, just fun plot. 

Request by: @newsodapop67​(way back in 2016 when my spn book was still new! Waaay before the Scoobynatural crossover was announced!) 

Prompt: "you should make it so the scooby gang is trying to trap the monster but Sam and Dean and stuff are freaking out bc they're doing it wrong."

Word Count: almost 1,200

Credit to gif owner!

The Winchester brothers saw the clues of a werewolf clan in a small town in Mississippi. Soon enough, the Bunker was abandoned and the Impala was driving in the back roads. A very careful and 80's painted van was in the parking lot of the police's investigation center.

Dean frowned with distaste as he stared at the van. His younger brother shook it off with a small smile and a shrug, nearly having to drag his stunned idol inside. Sam and Dean Winchester stood inside the police office and were even more surprised. Once three steps inside, very colorful people were inside looking around.

A shorter girl with a brown bob-cut hairstyle in an orange turtle neck, short red silk skirt, and big glasses was the first to notice the tall brothers. "Well, jinkies! Hi, guys, I'm Velma. This is my gang," she motioned to three others, plus and dog. "Fred, Daphne, Shaggy, his dog Scooby."

Sam was flabbergasted, which didn't normally happen. Dean's eyes became stuck on Daphne - a girl just taller than average height, pale orange hair, a purple dress, and boots. She turned and caught his eyes. Neither looked away. Fred, a tall blond, noticed and stepped forwards. Shaggy was off in the corner with Scooby Doo, trying to sneak eat some Scooby Snacks that Daphne didn't know they had.

"Nice to, um, meet you all. I'm Agent Gabriel and this is my partner, Agent Leitsac Jr.," Sam said, earning a dirty glare from his brother.

They both pulled out their fake badges and showed them around for a quick second, before beginning to put them away. Fred jumped forward, very interested, and unsuspecting.

"Wow, really? That's so sweet! Mind if I take a look?" He asked eagerly.

Together, the Winchester brothers told him a plain no. Dean asked, "Have any of you seen the sheriff around? We have some questions about the recent murders going on."

"What a coincidence," Daphne smiled and stepped forwards, her fingers running consciously around her bright green scarf. "So are we. It's real tragic isn't it."

The two were hooked under the other's gaze. "Very," Dean responded slowly.

Sam cleared his throat and walked to the front desk, inspecting it. "No one has been here since morning. The donut is half melted and very cold. What time did you get here?"

"Just ten minutes ago," Velma answered.

"Yeah," Shaggy spoke up. "All the food they have here is cold."

"Shame," Dean mumbled, finally breaking eye contact and scanning the walls for anything suspicious, such as an unusual stain or design.

"Have you even looked around? Or have all of you just drooled around in here?" Sam shook his head and began to head towards one of the doors inside of the office.

The whole gang began to frown and object at once, each at an unusual octave. Dean shook his head with a sigh and the brothers split up, the other looking around the two doors. Fred followed Dean, not joyful about the lustful staring contest between the girl he loves and this random agent.

"Jeepers; gang, look at this!" Daphne let out a screech from the small interrogation room. Everyone ran to the commotion.

"What?" Fred and Dean demanded.

"There - there is a mouse! Under the cabinet," she let out a low sob and shook.

Apparently, mice frightened her. Sam scowled and went to the black heavy cabinet. Behind it, laid a dead grey mouse that was almost cut in half.

He made a disturbed grunt and pushed the cabinet over, allowing all the others to view it as well, causing a simultaneous gasp of shock. Dean's face wrinkled in disgust and halfway let out a shudder, walking towards it. Sam stepped to the side. There was no noticeable scent, other than the blood and decay of the small animal. However, they recognized the claw marking.

<->

They arrived in the small town just after noon. Now, it was seven at night, nearly pitch black outside with few lights. Though the brothers were nowhere near terrified, they understood that werewolves had way better hearing than him.

Silently, they passed the guns filled with silver bullets to one another. Their boots were careful not to trip or scratch anything in the mix of dirt and grass. The trunk closed quietly, as if it understood the situation at hand. Dean locked the Impala and the two set off down a narrow path. From what they found out in the previous hours, there was about seven werewolves, all rogue made clan.

All was going well until the Mystery Van showed up again. The Winchesters let out a growl of annoyance and continued their path, guns risen to chest height. Sam has checked the calendar and discover there wasn't a full moon due for two more weeks. However, after examining the three dead bodies and mouse, it was very clear it was a full-on werewolf attack.

In Sam's pocket, he had the words to an ancient, but newly discovered, trick to de-wolfing a person. That would only work if everyone cooperated, which was highly unlikely. A low-pitched, definitely wolf-like growl sprang from very near the brothers. They turned, ready.

"Would you do it for a Scooby snack?" Daphne's high pitched voice rang out, causing the brothers to do a full three sixty.

There was some rustling and the voices of a conversation between Velma and Fred was clear. The brothers looked around, waiting for the attack. These morons are going to get us killed, Sam thought. What's a Scooby snack? Dean wondered.

The gang stumbled into the woods and came face to face with the Winchesters. Daphne raised a suggestive smile and the large dog instantly began to sniff around, followed by his friend with hair as long as Sam's. Velma carried a map in her hands, biting her lower lip. Fred held a flash light as he looked around. He aimed the brightness right into their faces.

"Hey! What are you two doing here?" He asked, surprised.

"Our job! And be quiet; they have good hearing," Dean hissed.

"Who has good hearing?" Velma asked, looking up.

"The werewolves. What are you doing here?" Dean asked in a low voice.

"Ruys! Rover here!" Scooby Doo said loudly.

The brothers' eyes widened and their faces fell into shock. Dean looked over at Daphne. "He talks?"

"Of course he talks," Shaggy said, walking around a tree stump. "And we're here to find out who is wearing the masks. We think it's the sheriff."

Sam was appalled. "What do you mean 'wearing the masks'? These are actual monsters, that could seriously hurt you. You all could die."

Fred couldn't help but smile as he said, "There are no such thing as monsters. My friends and I have been doing this for years. We hunt down weird things and find the truth."

"You've been doing it wrong," Sam muttered. A howl pierced through the wind in the dark, stopping all conversation. It was time to be serious.

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