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Delusional

"the women in this household wasn't weak nor below the feet of a man, don't you tell me that you want to give up our family and running under the feet of your man"

The greyish sky started pouring it's rain, in the hall, an old lady, presumed as the clan leader was sitting, preparing teas, various soft porridge as the final diner for the 4 years old child that they will present her against their 'princess'.

"it's not that...i...want. to choose my own, destiny.."

"We are surviving until now. Thanks to Her. Without men, without the demand to be a slave under them, bring them to us! Not the opposite! You'll always be the Iguro!"

The loud thunderstorm shocking her. The young lady just bowing her head. She couldn't watch her clan leader staring at her anymore. The smile was creepy, almost like a grin. Like Her.

The door hall was opened. Two of another young women come, informing her that everything was ready.

"We has prepared the child. Showering and giving her the best silk outfit that you sewed it"

"nice, now we can wait for Her."

The old lady looking back at her, with her firm voice.

"Stop talking about this. I would say it again, your disobedience is a disgrace. If you continue to do so, i,myself will ending your life. Get out".

.....

Her whole body was shaking. She's never used to it. She couldn't even enter the hall. Standing far from the huge hall, the throne of the princess they worshipping, the loud crying of a child slowly disappear, replaced with the disgusting smell of fresh blood. She's gagging and throw up.

"Clean this mess!! What a pathetic woman" Her older cousin throwing a clean towel to her, urging her to clean up her mess.

....

A year later, she was still stuck at that house. She was afraid, no, rather coward.

"Let's break up"

"I...please give me time, I'll follow you" she was startled. The man looked cold. Colder than she ever saw.

"Please let me go. There's no way I'll put my foot in that house, either me or that house"

It was a silence. She knew she could run away and eloped with him but, her feet was chained! Her mother and siblings, despite their blind loyalties to their grandmother, still raised her well.

"that's it" the man walked away, without looking at her anymore. She want to scream, but her voice feel trapped. Looking at her love fading away just like that,

....

Along the darkest part of their home, the hallway went into the deepest room, no, cages. There's 6 cages , with three of them has it occupants, 2 men and a child.

'Another favorite' she thought.

She bringing another set of luxurious foods, to be fed to the boy, their rarely boy family member that finally born into this family after a decade. Her sister's child, that were chosen to be sacrifice later.

"eat this' her hand brushing off the boy's hair slowly, like any other members of the family, he has a very beauty straight black hair, soft and delicate.

The boy was growing up in front of her, the more she saw him, the more she care and stunned on his unique eyes. 'no wonder the princess favor him' she thought.

"The princess want to met him tonight, asked your sister to bring him and you should prepare him with the cloth i asked you to sew". The sudden voice from his grandmother startled her. She went outside the cage and bow.

"Yes, I'll"

"Don't do anything stupid"

Once her grandmother gone, she looking back at the 12years old kid, that has been denied sunlight. With his fair skin, beautiful hair and big eyes,he looked adorable like that. The kid eat the food slowly,.but she knew he wasn't fond of all the food but what other choice did she had?

She was a part of this bullshit. Next time she'll hear the sheer terror and cry from that child before it's turned silent, denying the life of the little child. And again, the next time, she'll just stood there doing nothing.

In front of the child's cage, two men, her brother in laws to be exact, was slowly turning insane. In that cage, the two who enter this household with a proud and clean looking slowly turned haggard. The gentlemen in them was bring stripped off, their dignity was thrown off the window of this huge mansion. Thinking back then she was almost trapping her lover here, she understand, he make a great decision.

.....

Her heart was thumping, the princess lady decided to postpone the child's demise. Her action of splitting the mouth of that child scared her a lot. She was forced to witness it, as her grandmother forcing her to get used to the ritual. In reality, No, she couldn't.

The child was returned to the cage, the house doctor treated his wound, the child silently cry, he didn't even try to run. In that moment, their eyes were locked. There's a moment that she couldn't even bear to stare. She looked away.

As she entering her room, she feel that her hair bun had loosed. She pulling away her hairpin, watching herself in front of the mirror with her loose beautiful long and black hair. And that was the moment she decided to follow her desire for the first and only time.

....

2 weeks after.

He was struggling to keep his little feet warm. The coldness of his cage was even more suffocating tonight. His grave injury make him hard to say a word. It was only tears. He was finally getting his answer, and he want to survive.

A slow walk approaching his cell, immediately he went to the corner of the cage. One of the woman, come passing by his cell, want to give some meal, which enough to make a person survive to the other 2 captives in his opposite cell.

Once she gave them their meal, one of them lashing out.

"Just kill me!! Please i beg, please"

"I'm sorry it's not my decision to do so" she's walking away right after giving them food. He watches him carefully, her bun was loosed.

'Tung!' A sound of a little metal fall right in front of his cell after the woman walking past his cell. She wasn't flinched or looking at the source. Once she disappear, the boy and his pet snake coming in front if his cell. It was a metal hairpin.

....

A month later, the night of the tragedy.

"Where is the boy????!!!!" The whole household was panicking. Women running away from their room, the princess was on rampage, her half body was just a snake, slithering faster behind the pillars, killing everyone in front of her.

There's one who didn't flinched. In front of her, the grandmother staring at her with disgust.

"What the hell are you doing,???!!! You-" her word's didn't even finished before her head snapping from her body. She clossed her eyes. Tears rolling down from his face.

The princess licking the blood in her hand.

"I see, you are the one betraying"

"Enough." She feel her feet getting colder yet she didn't even flinched. The smell of blood slowly filling the room .

"a young lady with a resolve, yet it's not for me, what a shame."

"What a delusional being you are" she didn't know why she was so brave to confront the disgusting creature in front of her. It as if she was possessed.

"What are you saying?!" She was mad, very mad. Her servant was bravely questioning her.

Looking at the creature's eyes, she continues.

"You'll be dead. And your legacy of oppressing us will end. No one will remember you. Why should i continue worshipping you for something i couldn't even freely choose." She smile.

"You bastard!"

The claws was the last thing she saw, yet she didn't even regretting.

"Obanai kun, lived on"

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The box that carrying a hope.

✍️ note: haaa this is pure fanfiction. As Shinazugawa canonically has descendant in the future, he perhaps meeting his destined wife not long after. I'm imagining a situation like this!

He was carrying the box, across the middle of the flower field, towards the vast blue sea. The sky was nice, the breeze, and colourful bids play along.

In his hand, aside from the box was the will, his friend specifically wrote for him.

"Burn it. After i die, let it burn far away from here, if it possible, somewhere pretty. Sea, mountain. I'm so sorry for make it difficult for you. If we met somewhere again, I'll bought a lot of ohagi"

'the hell man, what do you think i am'. Stopping in front of the beautiful sea, he take a breath and sit, starring at the box containing a whole lot of love letters, he was bitterly smile.

"Iguro was in love" Himejima picking out some stick he used while training, along with some of kakushi, Shinazugawa who visiting the stone hashira that evening just sitting there with his crow.

"i can't believe it. That cold man is... oh wow"

"I hope you will found one too" himejima smiling at him, teasing. Shinazugawa face was reddening.

"what?? Ah nevermind relationship I don't really care about that"

.....

"What the hell, Iguro" Shinazugawa sipping his tea while eating his ohagi. Watching his in disbelief.

Beside Iguro, a medium sized box containing various letters from Kanroji was there. His friend was adding another one to the box.

"What?" Iguro realized he was being watched.

"are you really in love with her? Like Himejima san said?" He was starring at his friend.

"...." just nodding his head, Iguro didn't deny. What's there to deny on?

"oh wow! So you two in?"

"No- I'm not confessed or planning to do so"

Iguro was walking back towards his room, to keep the box back. He was cleaning up the surface with a clean rug, putting it's behind his japanese desk. Shinazugawa just staring.

....

The sea breeze was so comforting. He was alone that day. Him and the box. Just last week he trusting Kanao with Kaburamaru. To be honest, he felt like he couldn't take care of that little serpent as much as Iguro did.

Slowly he light up the lighter. Opening the box, various colourful letters were there, it's about hundred of them. All was keeping in order of the date. In front of letters were Iguro's name engraved in Kanroji's writing with a little drawing of sakura in there.

To Shinazugawa, Iguro is quite person yet strictly live and dwell in his unforgiven guilt he built around himself. A strict yet soft, a sensitive yet admirable protector. A loyal and a great friend.

The fire slowly eating up the things that make his friend happy, in the world that unforgivable to both of them, Iguro found solace in the beauty and the kindness of Kanroji. Him? Shinazugawa wasn't sure. His life probably numbered anyway.

'I hope you found someone too' when Himejima smile towards him, he though the eldest hashira were just teasing him. Eventually he know what he mean by that.

'Shinazugawa, i mean it. Find your own happiness in whatever form, if one day,your were destined to survive through all this. I hope you can be more gentle with yourself. You are kind person, Shinazugawa" Himejima talking that day played in his head like a movie roll. He sighed. The letters turned into ashes, flying freely in the air.

'Thank you, Shinazugawa, please live.' Hallucinations? He didn't know but he could feel Iguro's present, the friend he always have a conversation and sparring together. Drop of tears was flowing, unknowingly crashing his already fragile wall within him.

" i...."

"i want to live.." he whispered.

......

The walk towards his home, his old home, the home were the tragedy occured feel long yet peaceful. The home that used to fill with his siblings laughter, and the memories of them hiding behind their petite mother from their dad were playing in his head. Bittersweet? He thought.

He wasn't aware of the surrounding, his head was full of his memory playing like a background music.

"Ouchhh!!" A little jolt and a voice from a young woman, approximately his age too shocked him. She was carrying a whole tray of ohagi when he bumped into her, causing it to fall all over the street.

Shinazugawa perplexed.

"I'm sorry I'm sorry! I'll help" he was trying to put the now inedible ohagi into the tray. The woman was beautiful, he thought. Her soft skin, slightly tanned with long eyelashes did something to him. He was stunned before he continued helping her.

"it's alright ..but this is...my only tray of ohagi to sell for my mother's medicine..oh mother I'm sorry!" There were a little crack in her voice. Shinazugawa feel guilty.

"Miss... I'll try to replace it"

The woman looked at him. She wasn't even mad, yet her eyes were in tears. She didn't answer, it was apparent that she probably didn't trust him.

"i know how to make ohagi, i can try to sell it and help you"

The two were eventually agree. Shinazugawa bringing the tray back with the woman towards her home.

"I'm Shinazugawa, living not far from here, i hope we can keep contact so i can help selling the ohagi"

"I'm Shizouka. Is this okay? I don't want to burden-"

"It's alright. I'm fine, i do like Ohagi too"

The two exchanging letters, with both of them sharing recipe for their ohagi and mochi. Without he realizing it, their correspondence were continuing just like that.

And just like Iguro, now he personally has a little medium letter box, that he cared very much.

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The Only Moon

"cheers"

the full moon in the sky giving a sorrowful light to the surrounding. Night creature creeping behind the darkness, the owls were alive, hunting its prey and in the case of them , hunting the most evil creatures, demon.

Shinazugawa and Iguro were sitting up in the tree not far from their usual sparring place. With a bottle of sake each in their hand, both enjoying the beauty of the night sky and the moonlight.

"i feel exhausted with all these fodder demon. Not even once i met the upper moon let alone muzan" Shinazugawa complaining.

"well it's a rare occurrence it's can't be help" Kaburamaru peacefully sitting in a branch beside them, looking at his friend and thus the moon too.

"moon huh?"

"isn't that pretty, that sphere thing in that sky, unlike the hideous moons we fighting."

Iguro smiling a bit, he didn't wearing his bandage. In front of Shinazugawa he didn't mind, he already know about his past. The wound still hurt to be honest, he couldn't widely smile. Shinazugawa looked at him and looking at his wound.

"it must still hurt. A deep cut like that"

"I don't mind anymore. I'm getting used to it" Iguro sipping his sake. 'what a beautiful full moon' he thought.

"that bastard muzan and it's minion. Trampling over innocent people like this is unforgivable." Shinazugawa looking back at the night sky, staring at the moon, he continued. " i wish there's only one moon on this earth and that's not muzan's. I hope everything was done in our time".

"i... I'm not innocent, Shinazugawa. Haha" his bitter laughing shocked his friend a bit.

"quit it, Iguro. All these wasn't your fault. mitsuri-"

"I don't plan to tell her nor confessing if you mean that" Iguro cutting his word. He try to sip his sake again. It's empty. "Aw..."

Once finished, iguro stepped down from the tree with Kaburamaru in his shoulder, followed by Shinazugawa.

Shinazugawa refrained himself from asking much about his friend relationship. The two went silence befor Iguro asking him back

"You are trying to protect your brother didn't you? Me too. I want to protect her innocent" he smiled.

"what do you mean?"

The walk towards their home feel so far away. The omnious sound of night creatures creeping under the darkness.

"She shouldn't getting involved with Iguro. Walking side by side with her already a privilege for me. Having a lunch with her as well, I'm so honored. "

Shinazugawa looking back at the moon, he neither has any right to stop nor words to convey to his friend, but honestly,

'Iguro, i hope you can feel even a bit of happiness in this lifetime you know what, you shouldn't wait like a miserable man like this' but no words was conveyed.

"Ohhh Iguro san! Shinazugawa san ! What a coincidence" the cheery sound of a love hashira appeared in front of the. Shinazugawa didn't really like her antic but as he glance at Iguro, that man was fully smile under his bandage regardless of his wound.

"Kanroji...you just finished your mission? Is there any injury?"

Shinazugawa watching the two from behind. While he did feel a bit excluded but watching iguro genuinely smiling like that do make him feel relief and content.

"hey... I'm still here". Slipping in the middle of the two, he walk fast in front.

"Shinazugawa san, I'm making a milk bread tomorrow, looking forward to it okay I'll bring it to our meeting!" Kanroji smiling was as pure as a snow, he thought. Oh well, good for you Iguro.

"you woman, we are in the corps not a baking school or something" he laughed while saying goodbye to them.

"see you tomorrow, Iguro, Kanroji"

Not far from them, Shinazugawa stopped his walk and looking back at the two. Iguro was pointing at the moon, smiling and Kanroji was obviously happy and listened to him. He walked away. 'May the happiness will always come to you, Iguro'

......

"Cheers"

The full moon was a s beautiful as ever. Now, it was the only moon in the earth, and only him and the little serpent on his neck.

It was the same tree.

Holding his hand high in the sky, Shinazugawa was mumbling while smiling. "Today's moon is so pretty, Iguro. And it was the only moon. I wish we could drinking together again, this time without any worry"

No demons, nothing. Shinazugawa sipping his sake, caressing Kaburamaru. Staring at the moon that loyally up there, lighting the night earth.

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Destroyer of Demons

"I'm Ukai Teccin, your new swordsmith. Nice to meet you Iguro sama"

The village looked peaceful. There's several slayers around here, probably just like him, waiting for their new weapon to set. Iguro bowing his head,in front of him a petite build man, mysteriously hiding behind the mask was handling him a new sword, engraved with the honorary badge, 'destroyer of demons' in it's sword.

"Congratulations for the promotion as a hashira"

"Thank you so much for the sword". Iguro keeping his eyes close to the brand new sword in his hand. It was crafted beautifully fit in his grip.

"i try to make it so that it's more in line with your sword technique. If there's any defect, you are welcome to complain."

The son of the village chief was also giving him a special sheath. "As your sword is wavy, a conventional sheath wasn't useful, so take this"

"Thank you, it's perfect. Tecchin sama, to have you personally crafted my sword is an honor to me...may i ask you a little question?"

"hmm what's it?"

"The carving... what do you think does it mean, destroyer of demons."

"it simply mean as it is. The blade was crafted with the only one reason, to eliminate the demon. And for the strongest swordsmen, it was a declaration, to kill off Muzan, his creation and getting rid all of his trace too. "

It was a bit silence before iguro continue.

"i come ..from a devilish family who even worst than a demon. I feel it a bit irony and hypocritical for me to use this...i was alive under the mercy of the demon"

"I know about it, Iguro sama." The swordsmith walking towards him.

"I had known since you were introduced to the corps. About your past, from Rengoku sama. I can't believe a little weakling like you could manage to climb the rank honestly, from your previous swordsmith, telling me about this fragile kid holding a sword..."

Ukai picking up his pipes.

"however, there's a thing i also want to ask, Iguro sama, why did you decided to kill demon?" Iguro didn't answered, he just grabbing his sword hard.

"You hate them didn't it? I think that was enough reason to wield the destroyer of demons' blade" he continued.

"I...despise them..i dont want anyone else to suffer. Plus, maybe if i could get rid of him, i could find my purpose of living and this blood-" ukai cutting out his word.

"Everyone was born pure regardless how they were born. Iguro sama, go kill and destroy the demon, the one who causing all this mess. You wasn't a sacrifice for a mere selfish reason anymore, the moment you take your walk on this road, to protect others, you already different from your flesh and blood. And...i hope along that way, you can find your own happiness. I'm counting on you! Serpent hashira Iguro Obanai sama!" His mask was off. In front of him, Ukai Teccin was smiling widely, towards his fragile swordman that he put his trust on.

......

"Iguro san!! Muzan fled!!!" Kamado's shouting at him, regardless how tired he was, how painful he was and now that he was blind, still, he thought this was his moment. To stop the creature that causing all these suffering, to end the thousand years of terror, to destroy the demon king.

The blade was full of blood, 'destroyer of demons' was fully covered in red, his own blood mixing up with the demons.

"Protect the people, you already different"

Iguro wasn't really sure if his blood and that's of demons were already different, pure in the sense that he could reconcile with his own birth but, at least, as a hashira, these blade was carved for the main purpose of destroying that hideous creature and protecting people.

His own happiness? Iguro thought it probably was postponed until everything was done but then, he remembered along the way he live, perhaps until his final hour on earth, he did experiencing happiness regardless. "Kanroji"

The blade was brutally stabbed into the neck of that demon king. In an attempt to stop him.

"Teccin sama, thank you, what a beautiful blade this was" he thought.

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The Trail of Memory

The peaceful road to the Ubayashiki residence is now wasn't a secret anymore. The two walking together, passing by the small market closer to the place, eyeing on some gifts to be given to the Ubayashiki head of family, the 12 years old Kiriya Ubayashiki.

"After all they were kids, aren't they'll be liking something cute and flashy?" Shinazugawa asking his new friend, his former coworker, Tomioka who just strolling around.

In his hand, two sculptured candy with flower and fish shaped.

"You really do know about this? Isn't this is what Iguro liked?" Tomioka take a fish shaped candy.

"wow,you are pretty observant, what a surprise"

"...Kanroji tell me about it" he smiled. Once in a while his memory with their other deceased coworkers was coming back like a trail, in that meeting room, he still imagining their discussion, sometimes turned into a banter before Himejima acting on his authority.

"Tomioka?" Shinazugawa question snapped him back to reality.

"Oh, I'm sorry"

......

The two was having their lunch in a nearby restaurant, after buying some souvenirs for the family.

"It was as delicious as ever, finally i can eating with a peace in mind without caring much about mission or demons" Shinazugawa finishing his food before gobbling down his ohagi.

Tomioka looked at him, he was just finishing his salmon daikon, sipping his drink.

"...Nowadays i couldn't even moved a stick without getting sore all over the body" Tomioka slightly laugh. He was aware about his degrading health.

"...You aware of it too? Because i thought my body is falling me over time. Also don't tell me to pick up sword again, I'll swear at you." The two laughing.

While finishing their food, Shinazugawa calling the waitress to buy 7 set of foods as a take out.

"You bought quite a lot" Tomioka asked him whether he could share the cost but Shinazugawa refused.

"...maybe a habit from that person i picked up, also this is for Ubayashiki san, Tanjiro and his friends too."

"The dumb Iguro and his hundreds order of dumplings take out...that rich man really pouring his money just like that" Shinazugawa smiling while looking outside the window.

"everytime we finished our mission and having a dinner. That guy really did that and my dumb self thought he was just obsessed with freaking dumplings...'

Tomioka just listening. He was aware how close the two are.

"... I don't even aware about his deal with Kanroji...hahaha what a friend i am" Shinazugawa taking the 7 sets of lunch box and both of them slowly walk away from the restaurant.

"...We couldn't read people mind and i think it's okay, i believe Iguro really appreciate you as a friend all this time" Tomioka's reminiscing his old memories with Sabito, their old friendship that still fresh in his mind.

A little butterfly flying over them, slowly stick on Tomioka's shirt. "oh?"

"Tomioka san tomioka san...? Please be more lively? People will thought you an ornament... aren't that a shame?" A little laugh from that petite girl, smiling in graceful manner shook his memory. Tomioka was laughing.

"huh?"

"I think i do laughing a lot this past years" Tomioka watching the butterfly fly again.

"What do you mean?"

"I want to be more livelier. Kocho always dissing me like that"

Shinazugawa laughing. "Ah yess the good old day when i thought you are acting like a whole statue. That pissing me off you know"

The two walk in the direction of the Ubayashiki estate. Tomioka took some of the souvenirs in his hands.

"Watermelons! Sweet and fresh watermelon for sales!"

"Sanemi nii san, let buy some watermelon? Ahhh i had some money i collect back then. Can i bought it please? Watermelon are yummy!!"

His walk stopped abruptly. Shinazugawa sighed. His heart feel heavy again. 'Genya...'

"Is there's something wrong?"

"This walk took forever, i feel like we are having a long journey or something. Hey, after sending this stuff to Tanjiro's, I'll walk to the cemetery, if you want to come along" Shinazugawa asking him.

Tomioka just nodding. "Yes, it's been a while '

.....

"Thank you you two, i didn't expect the visit and all these stuff" Kiriya was smiling. As they weren't tied formally like before, their relationship turned more casual.

"Please take care of your self Ubayashiki sama"

"I will. I'm so happy you both coming. Next time let's eat together" the wide smile from that child heal their heart. Sincerely they were hoping that the curse over the family were truly lifted and he could live long.

"see you later Ubayashiki sama"

......

After the visit to Tanjiro's and the cemetery,the two separated, back to their respective home.

"It feel empty didn't it?" Shinazugawa asking

".... somehow"

"Today is such a long day...Tomioka, let's meet again"

"Yes of course"

"Please take care of yourself too" Tomioka was smiling.

"Live as long as we could, Shinazugawa. See you again!"

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Links of my works Part 13

Use the hashtag below for my other writing ☺️

Kanroji parents in her late daughter's room. (fanfiction)

The road towards Ubayashiki residence seems to be far that day. Shinazugawa and Tomioka having a day full of memories playing like a movie. (Fanfiction)

Iguro reminiscing the moment he received his first destroyer of demons' blade and his swordsmith's trust

Sanemi often worry about Iguro thought of himself, yet he know it was not in his position to tell the serpent hashira what he should do. Under the moonlight, he wish for the happiness and peace for his friend. (Fanfiction)

Shinazugawa and his journey to find a solace post war. Being trusted to carrying Iguro's will, he was questioning his own happiness, reminiscing his relationship with Iguro and Himejima. (Fanfiction)

DELUSIONAL - The pov fanfiction from a member of iguro cult. (Fanfiction)

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Love Letters

The former love hashira's mansion was left in sorrow. The joyful happiness of its owner and her friendly housekeeper was left in the past.

She was walking into a nice room, watching her daughter most private place in that mansion, as expected it was so tidy, beautifully decorated with flowers, in the left side of the room, there was a Japanese table, with a medium sized box behind it.

Laid in the middle of the table was a silent letter, that was never send.

" My daughter...has found her love i think"

Beside her, the former housekeeper for the love hashira was slowly nodding her head.

"Kanroji sama always keep her correspondence with the Serpent hashira through letters..."

She was smiling, bitterly yet relief.

"Mother, i found so many kind people here, iguro san in particular has being so kind to me. He help me a lot, that's time when i was wondering around Oyakata sama mansion..."

She remember a two pages letters she got from her daughter back then. It's full of happiness and joy.

And she was so looking forward to meet this Iguro person.

She slowly sit down in the place where her daughter used to joyfully write her letters, and try to imagine her daughter's smile and laughter. And her silent tears dropping in that letters.

"Dear Iguro san, i wonder if we could eat again in Yumiko restaurant after everything was finished? There's a lot i want to tell you, also, I'm looking forward to go to the candy shop that you told me the other day.

Thank you for giving me beautiful poems and nice flowers the other day, i had received it nicely. After the practice, i want to cook some meal that i learn from my mother, you want to try it?"

Her husband walk slowly, getting beside her, he was holding her shoulder.

"Just like us...our daughter, you remember when we are sending letters to each other like this?" The dropping tears accidentally ruined the ink, she push away the letter.

"...a 3 page letters....she was so happy" her husband nodded.

"I'm glad someone was kindly enough to reply her love letters....someone who valued her like we do..." she was almost collapsed.

She feel like her daughter was still lingering around here. Despite only an urn in his husband hand.

There were 2 actually. Her daughter and that Iguro person that she was looking forward to meet.

Slowly caressing her daughter's urn and her beloved, she's crying.

"i wish I could still receive your letter, my beloved daughter, and Iguro kun, i wish we could properly meet, so that i could give you my blessing properly"

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A restless night

He was wake up in sweat. Breathing heavily, his shaking little hand grabbing the end of his blanket. In the middle of the night, he carefully watching the surrounding. 'like an old days...'

It was dark. Opening his door, the alley was dark with only two lanterns were there, occasionally he heard noise in the ceiling. A rat? Or...? His heart thumping, no the old days has past, he thought.

'what the hell was that'

He didn't had any mission today and was supposedly enjoying his off day but did a peaceful day even exist for him?

Washing his face, he sit in front of his mirror, watching his ugly face presented in front of him, the permanent scar that carrying his sins.

He start writing. His diary wasn't neat like the letter he wrote to her. It was a scrabble, full of nonsense, he thought.

In that dream, he was the devil. Pulling her in his darkest part of his life. He was presenting her to that princess, the demon sitting heavenly in her thrones! Why is that? No, not her no!!

His writing turned messy. The dream was so vivid, he could remember every single part of it. Her scared face, his nonchalant act, the satisfied blood lust creature in front of him.

'You are an Iguro! You are a part of this!'

His hand stop. He couldn't even bear to write another sentence.

'You are dirtying her! You aren't protecting her! You aren't hers to begin with! You are just a sacrifice, a tool for this family!'

The little serpent slowly slithering beneath his clothes, it was gently moved to hug him. His best friend.

'Im sorry'

The cry was silence. In the middle of the night, he took a pair of scissors, cutting a part of his beautiful black hair and putting it in the little box. His sins.

'Please go away, i beg'

And the night sky pouring it's rain, witnessing a little child crying and begging, in his struggle to live.

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Headcanon 13: The Tale of The Famous Iguro.

Always thought that Iguro clan is a cult that worth it's own story and explanation to be honest.

So here my hc.

For hundred years without the born of male in its family, the clan was rumored to be cursed by the society. The rumor was wild from the women getting too rebellious, or they were using black magic and betrayed their agreement with the evil. However the clan didn't bother to deny as they were keeping a more sinister secret among them.

The clan was famous for their elegant beautiful women with black hair, with all of them were strictly taught to be a soft spoken woman with graceful manner, easily swaying and attracting male as their partner to breed.

The clan was rich, but to keep their secret on how they could maintain the wealth, they do other business mostly in jewelry and luxurious items. They were famous for that too that many people especially the conglomerate and government official was always choosing their stuff. In short the clan has a connection.

People do have a bad feeling about their unusual number of missing men that married into the family, but to keep it hush, they did various thing to silence the rumor. Bribery, murder, blackmailing etc. Their men were mostly become food for the demon once they give them child. Same as the unusual number of infants death among it's members, the rumors of them bearing a curse for generation was created to cover up all these odd occurrences.

There's men that escape, but not long after they were losing their mind, some are committing suicide as they were forced to watch their babies getting ate by the demon.

Obanai born was keep secret, as he was groomed to be food as well and the clan enjoy their reputation as women's cursed clan among the public also to keep their sinister ritual a secret.

Obanai's father was killed after he watched his youngest daughter become a sacrifice. He never met Obanai.

Obanai's surviving cousin live in the mansion still and managed their business as usual however, it wasn't as prosper as before because people were afraid of their tragedy to fall upon them as they believe the family was cursed. However the public were still in the dark about the actual ritual this family was doing. The government was covering it up.

End.

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Links of my works part 12

Use the links below for easy navigation to my other works. Thank you.

Mitsuri and Obanai's mother. (Fanfiction)

Obanai's sacrifice (discussion)

Ruka Rengoku was concerned and try to make the child that her husband saved feel at ease in his new surrounding. (Fanfiction) (headcanon)

Shinazugawa was entrusted to give iguro's cousin a letter (fanfiction)

One of his wish was to reunite with his beloved people even if it takes hindred years . (fanfiction)

An alternative universe where iguro survived but not Kanroji and his struggle to live. (Fanfiction)

Iguro and Kanroji companions (Fanfiction)

The night Shinjuro saving the little child and learning the truth of the cursed clan, the Iguro Clan

One night in the serpent hashira resident

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A restless night

He was wake up in sweat. Breathing heavily, his shaking little hand grabbing the end of his blanket. In the middle of the night, he carefully watching the surrounding. 'like an old days...'

It was dark. Opening his door, the alley was dark with only two lanterns were there, occasionally he heard noise in the ceiling. A rat? Or...? His heart thumping, no the old days has past, he thought.

'what the hell was that'

He didn't had any mission today and was supposedly enjoying his off day but did a peaceful day even exist for him?

Washing his face, he sit in front of his mirror, watching his ugly face presented in front of him, the permanent scar that carrying his sins.

He start writing. His diary wasn't neat like the letter he wrote to her. It was a scrabble, full of nonsense, he thought.

In that dream, he was the devil. Pulling her in his darkest part of his life. He was presenting her to that princess, the demon sitting heavenly in her thrones! Why is that? No, not her no!!

His writing turned messy. The dream was so vivid, he could remember every single part of it. Her scared face, his nonchalant act, the satisfied blood lust creature in front of him.

'You are an Iguro! You are a part of this!'

His hand stop. He couldn't even bear to write another sentence.

'You are dirtying her! You aren't protecting her! You aren't hers to begin with! You are just a sacrifice, a tool for this family!'

The little serpent slowly slithering beneath his clothes, it was gently moved to hug him. His best friend.

'Im sorry'

The cry was silence. In the middle of the night, he took a pair of scissors, cutting a part of his beautiful black hair and putting it in the little box. His sins.

'Please go away, i beg'

And the night sky pouring it's rain, witnessing a little child crying and begging, in his struggle to live.

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The Innocent Sacrifice

"i wonder what my cousin is doing, i guess she still happy with her new family" iguro was cleaning up Kaburamaru while watching Shinazugawa eating his ohagi.

"you still care about her after what she did. Amazing"

"Well a part of it was my fault. After all she still my family too, we shared the same blood. Also... she's a victim too"

Shinazugawa just sigh. Iguro, is somehow hard to be read. For someone who close to him, he couldn't read much onto him. He stoic yet soft, his word are brutally harsh yet honest. He should be hating his cousin after all of that yet he wasn't. His exterior is a facade.

"...is it too much for me to ask your a favor, Shinazugawa?"

"what?"

"If somehow you survive, give this to her" a letter sealed in an envelope was passed to him. Shinazugawa just starring at him, waiting for an explanation.

"That's my will. A part of my ownerships. It's great if she could have it. At least she didn't need to depends too much on that blood money she living off now"

......

HACHIJO ISLAND

"Get out!!! I don't have anything to do with him anymore!" She was shouting and throw off the letter. Of course... Shinazugawa was holding his fist. The cousin in front of him shared the same greenish eyes like Obanai.

'...we shared the same blood'

"You sure living in a luxury just like old time. How convenience" he was basically try to hold his anger.

"imprisoning a human for half of his life, to live pathetically inhumane is insane." His glare make her shivered. It was a glare full of disgust.

"...you don't understand" her voice trembling a bit.

"Killing innocent for your comfort, which part of it that i don't understand ma'am..." Shinazugawa was holding the letter. He put at the top of the gate. Before walking away,

"you have your own babies now, huh, i guess you are lucky. That offering wouldn't happen again."

"IF WE DIDN'T DO IT, HER HIGHNESS WILL DESTROYED US!!! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU AREN'T IGURO!!!"

Shinazugawa stopping his walk. His face was full of rage.

"AND KILLING BABIES DID WHAT??? SHE CAN KILL ALL OF YOU ANYTIME!" Shinazugawa feel like he could exploded anytime. No, this woman aren't even a human...he thought.

It was a silence before she drop to her knee.

"....but but she never touch us without any reason in the past hundred years....as long as we follow her desire...." she looked at him and continued " ... aren't sacrifice a noble thing to do? My mother said that to me, aren't it's true? People saw a high value on sacrifice, didn't it?" Her little laugh shocked him.

"...but that kid destroy everything, the cycle the constant that made this family strong, the happiness we shared together as a family full of women, we protected ourselves like this. He was only one! A sacrifice! That's a noble thing to do! But even that he couldn't do"

"You are insane" Shinazugawa walking back, pull her by her collar and closing their distance. Right in his face, he started

"Here me out woman, Obanai aren't your lamb nor living stock for you to determine his sacrifice! If it wasn't his will, i wouldn't want to see your face! Listen carefully, don't you ever dare to live like you never did anything wrong, you aren't innocent,"

He snatched his hand from her collar, took the letter and forced her to take it.

"What happen after this, let the God determine your fate," he walk away, and never looked back.

......

' Here is an amount of money that i allocated for my surviving cousin. '

'at the very least, please accept a little part of it,'

'I hope you can live in an honest way. With this money, even a little, '

'im sorry, let it be the end'

At the end end of the envelope, there's a little jewelry that looked like a flower brooch. The memory flashing back in her head.

.....

"Sister....you drop this," a little sound of a boy attract her attention. He was holding a brooch.

"thank you," she was 9 years old at that time. She want to walk away from the jail but as a young child, she was full of curiosity.

" what are you doing? " that boy was asking innocently when she approached him He was 7 at that time.

"Reading, mom teach me to read," she show him her book, an ordinary yet nice smell book. It's was enough to make him excited. " i would like to hear you read"

She was hesitating at first but yet, as a child, she was so curious to spoke with that little boy.

Since then, occasionally she come to meet him, sneakily and read him some story. As a child she was happy. That boy too.

"you aren't innocent"

'since when do i change? He...he was an innocent boy'

At the back of the envelope, there's a clear different handwriting that wrote

"DS Memorial. East Tokyo. He was at the 2nd row, under the sakura tree"

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The Iguro Clan

"Shinjuro Rengoku, thank you for coming"

Ubayashiki Kagaya was neatly sitting, along with his wife in that summer evening. In front if him, the flame hashira Shinjuro was ready to take his new mission.

" There's something sinister was going on in the north, an island. I feel like you should be the most suitable hashira for this job. Can you do it? I personally called you out here as this mission probably take a time"

"As your wish, please give me the instructions" Amane walking towards him, giving him a piece of letter, containing an instruction and a map.

"The Iguro clan?"

"Yes. As we didn't has any concrete evidence about the present of a demon among them, a slight mistake may ruin it. Please investigate and give report as many as you can and as soon as possible "

The meeting was over in half an hour. There's much too prepare but as a hashira, Shinjuro was ready for any mission that was assigned to him.

"Be careful"

"I will, Oyakata sama"

.....

'a clan full of women huh?' Shinjuro holding his kasugai crow. As he walk, he saw a lot of people mostly women crowding a shop. A jewelry shop owned by the Iguro. He was aware about them. One of the richest clan in Japan.

"Heyyy this is so beautiful you see"

"Look at that beautiful ruby, ohhh i wish my husband could buy it for me"

"is this the new design? Wow"

He sighed. So materialistic. Well he didn't really surprised, who doesn't like money, gold and wealth. The Iguro clan, the founder of the biggest jewelry suppliers in Japan, the clan that famous with their beautiful women with an elegant black hair, graceful in manner yet very private about their affair. Like a mysterious princess.

....

The island was isolated far away in the north of Japan. It was used to be a place for thieves that was exiled from the mainland.

3 days later there weren't any suspicious activity going on in the Iguro mansion. The family members come in and out as usual, doing their job, as they were the pioneer of jewelry suppliers, many outsiders and merchants were coming to discuss some business stuff in their house.

BUT Shinjuro was having a bad intuition about this family. The family feel so off, their gesture and manner as well.

"News from the house!" His kasugai crow come, bringing a piece of paper, it was from a merchant that he hire (bribe) to be his eyes for a bit.

"Sir, the mansion is huge so i couldn't go to all place but there are two place that i was strictly restricted from entering even for their vip guess. One is a big room in their huge building at the back, and another is a medium sized room in the south of the mansion. Also i don't know if this help, but the house was very nicely scented, except that big room...when i slowly walking beside it, it's smell blood mixed with agarwood."

That night, Shinjuro was ready to confronting the family, he was sure that blood smell is demon or it's victim. "You people what are you doing all these time?"

He was up in the tree trying to find the secret entrance of the home when suddenly the chaotic screaming of a woman come from the house. Jumping immediately, he try to run as fast as he could to the home. 'well this was unexpected, what's happening?'.

The chaos erupted, unfortunately the house gate were close. He try to jump when suddenly his eyes found a little child running away in the opposite of his direction.

The house went silence suddenly, the child was running as fast as he could so does Shinjuro, and not far from the child,an enormous snake like demonic creature was running towards the child, in its mouth was a lump of human hair. It was on rampage.

"God heaven" Shinjuro running as fast as he could.

.....

"You little bastard!! I should ate you first where are you running!!!" The roar of that demon causing a chaos in the surrounding, the animals were running away from their home.

"Flame breathing, first form" with only a slash, the demon turned to ashes. 'I didn't expect you to be this weak" he whispered. Watching the little child in his barefoot, he was holding a little snake.

"hello, may i know your name?"

"...i ..i. obanai....iguro obanai" the little child was struggling to speak it's look like his mouth was hurt, the bandage around his mouth clearly indicating it. 'one of the clan huh? But he's a boy i see'

He left obanai to the kakushi that arrived not long after as he want to immediately checked into the house.

.....

Horrible sighting. Nauseous inducing. He was speechless. His mission deem failed on his part. It was an absolute slaughter. Bodies was everywhere. He sigh. It's happening so fast, why did the demon suddenly went rampage like this? According to the information from Ubayashiki, the faint presence of a demon were there in the house but it's look like the demon were having it's meal silently and in the dark but this was totally different.

He heard a silent cry in the end of the boody room. A little girl, approximately around 14 years old.

"I'll help you I'm sorry"

......

When he coming back from his mission with the little child in his arms, he could fully understand the deal with the iguro clan. The rejection of Obanai from his own cousin as he was merely sacrifice clearing the mystery of the clan's numerous infants death every years that disguise as a curse.

That night he couldn't sleep. Ruka slowly massaging him.

"You couldn't sleep?"

"I...the little boy, did he sleep well? I couldn't drop him to the butterfly mansion yet"

".... he's crying but it look like he's already sleeping"

"How could people being like this to their own offsprings" Ruka slowly leaning herself to his shoulder.

"Ruka...my mission failed... regardless how inhuman these people are, i only manage to save two" shinjuro sighing.

"Shinjuro san, you are doing your best, that little child too, i hope the future will be kind to him"

"Yeah"

........

The clan's tragedy was masked off as the feud among the family members. Some people didn't believe it as the clan seem fine and gracefully kind. Some people tell the story of a huge monster slaughtering the whole family. As the time past, the tragedy was slowly turned into a myth.

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Companions

'Am I'll die alone? '

'i can't feel anything, where am i?'

'i can't feel my hand. Oh these blood smell...'

'....am i this useless? I couldn't help at all'

....

'mother, father.... my sweet siblings..'

'Are we won? Is muzan dead? I couldn't see everything was blurry'

'Urara, where are you...'

"..."

"oh urara chan you coming"

.....

'Kaburamaru....can i asked... for your help one more time...'

"ssss..."

"thank...you, bring me to her"

....

Approximately a month before.

"Iguro san, thank you for teaching me that new serpent style technique i could dodged various of attack thanks to it, you are the best!" Kanroji and Iguro just finished eating and was walking peacefully towards their home, today they both just finishing their respective mission early.

"you are fast learner and your flexibility are amazing, I don't think i could master your fighting style with your sword ever" he was smiling behind his bandage.

Kanroji slowly closing her distance with Iguro, her hand softly touching Kaburamaru and caressing it, the little serpent didn't flinch. Iguro stopping his walk, allowing her to treat his friend carefully.

"You alright Kaburamaru kun?" Her smile was clear as day, despite the sun was almost set and the day was getting darker, her beauty was shining brightly.

"having a hardworking friend like iguro san, you must be working tirelessly too..."

"heh, he'll be alright, you shouldn't spoiling him too much Kanroji" iguro was laughing, he caressing Kaburamaru and pretend to scold it. The serpent bit his hand a little as if protesting him.

" !!! how dare you??"

"nooo Kaburamaru kun hahaha"

The two was having a nice conversation, when Urara slowly flying towards Kanroji's shoulder, sitting there.

"Urara chan, thank you, i make you work so hard today, I'll give you more food once we arrived alright?"

....

The big battle was so eerily close. She knew that and Iguro too. Kaburamaru rest comfortably in her laps that one evening, after they both having a sparring as part of the hashira's training.

"Kanroji, if that happened sooner, stay close to me" iguro starring afar, his kasugai crow, Yuko was sitting peacefully in the branch along with Urara.

"Hmm, take care of yourself Iguro san. I want you to survive. We'll defeat muzan together...right Kaburamaru kun?" The little serpent slowly moving it's head, closer to her.

.....

Urara, Yuko and Kaburamaru was there, witnessing the parting of the two warrior, their beloved human being. There's nothing they could do, nor helping.

'You did a great job, Kanroji'

'Theres lot i want to do with you...Iguro san'

'... Iguro san... Kaburamaru kun... don't cry... we'll meet again, alright?'

'Im sorry Kanroji i... couldn't protect..you'

'...hehe I'm a hashira too, Iguro san i want...to fight,... although i couldn't help...that much'

' Don't speak like that...you save Tanjiro and everyone else...'

'...hehe you always good with your words...'

'urara chan...'

'Lady Kanroji. Lady Kanroji'

'hehe....you are as loyal...as ever... I'm sorry i couldn't give you...food today...when we meet again... I'll give you a lot...'

'Sleep well, Kanroji '

.....

'sss....'

'Kaburamaru....thank you...i think...this is the end'

The morning sun shining brightly, the beginning of the world free of demons yet he couldn't see.

'Live your life to the fullest...now... there's no demon could hurt you...start your family... Kaburamaru...i wrote a lot... about your need in...my last will... I'm sure someone...will read it'

'Kaburamaru... I'll find you again... let's be friend again'

.....

The corps was officially disband. Now it was slowly turned into an urban legend, the story that was passed from mouth to mouth, almost like a myth.

Kaburamaru, Urara and Yuko were starring at the sky, witnessing the new era that was very alien to them. Peaceful yet empty. Hopefully someday they'll reunite again.

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The Peace that he was Looking Forward to

Alternative universe where iguro survived but Kanroji didn't.. (tw: suicidal thoughts)

Season changing, but he was there, just barely alive. Stood in front a huge sakura tree they used to come, he watching her laughed, excitedly collecting the petals. But the pink he saw was now a pitch black. Literally. He couldn't see anymore, it's beauty that once make him in awe.

"Iguro san, i wish i could open a nice sweet shop under a sakura tree, once everything done. What do you think?"

"well, if Kanroji want, it must be a pretty shop i sure of it"

"i want Iguro san coming every day, can you?"

He stood there. Shinazugawa, Tengen and Ubayashiki kids, always watching him, care about him, like they already knew he was never ask for this second, no, a third life. Sometime Tanjiro come, but he didn't really care about it anymore. He was muted and shutting himself like that.

3years went silently like that. Iguro's alive just for the sake of living. He barely moved, with his blind eyes, the only place he went is that tree and his mansion.

"Iguro, you have eating yet?" Shinazugawa come to visit him regularly and already know the place he would go too. Even that place.

"yeah..you coming again?"

"well, i just walking around and see you" it was silence for a little while. Shinazugawa pull out something from his paper bag, two pieces of sculptured candy, a snake shaped and a cat shaped.

"here," he carefully pulling Iguro's hand. He was startled but accepted it.

"oh, a candy?"

"you like it didn't you? When i walked through the market over there, i saw this and reminding me of you" Shinazugawa smiled but the smile in Iguro's face looked so forced.

"Thank you"

Iguro didn't even eat it, he purposely touched the candy. A snake shaped.

"Iguro san, woww there's a lot of interesting candy sculptured here. Look! There's Kaburamaru one!" The radiance smile of that woman nearly make him flew away. He was so happy.

Shinazugawa feel like he was, again failed to cheer his friend up. Honestly he didn't know. How a broken person like him could cheer other people's up?

"Shinazugawa, you...thank you a lot." Iguro was slowly smiling.

"hum?"

" i wish we could have a great conversation like an old time, but i couldn't even see you now, huh. Yet you still care about me" Iguro slowly eating the candy.

"You are my friend"

"I want to be happy, Shinazugawa...i really do" slowly turned his head down. "I'm trying, but i couldn't"

Another silence. The peaceful wind in that evening, the birds chirping from above didn't even bothering them.

" she'll be upse..."

"i know, as long as this blood is still in this vein, i was tied"

"it's not your fault, Iguro,i want you to genuinely smile. The regrets and all the loathing, i, myself hope that i could brush it away "

"I'm sorry" Iguro slowly caressing Kaburamaru.

....

Shinazugawa was coming again to his mansion the next morning. He wasn't there but he knew where he'll be going. His step moving towards the giant sakura tree that has stop blooming.

"Iguro!"

His silhouette was visible from behind, he was leaning himself on that tree. Kaburamaru was slowly slithering around him but he didn't moved.

Iguro was falling asleep, and this time it was forever.

Shinazugawa sit beside him.

"Already huh? I'll probably go soon too.. Iguro, you should live your next life to the fullest, alright?" He smiled. The mark curse? Or the price or whatever it is, probably the peace that Iguro was looking forward to.

'May you rest in peace'

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In another life, let's meet again

I was waking up a month later.

It was a long sleep. I dream of my brother, my family. We are all happy, my mom, still small but her smiles was so bright, even more brighter than sun. We played a lot, my sisters took me to their new home. It's so pretty, as if we are just a normal happy family.

And then, in a part of my journey, i found my old friend masachika along the road. He as cheeky as ever of course he never changed but if there was, he looked like he really free and happy there. His face was no longer scarred. And we talk a lot too. Even then, he acting like a big brother fo me. An annoying but loving one too.

I met Iguro. Oh I'm surprised, he was smiling brightly, no bandage not even a humiliating scar that he try to hide everytime we met. Is it because mitsuri? They both look like a husband and wife, i feel like I'm third wheeling them hard. Iguro spoke a lot, with a nice smile in his face. Although i don't remember much about it. Sometimes his eyes seems sad, his hand moved towards his neck, touching something. Iguro, did you miss Kaburamaru ?

I feel like i don't want to wake up again.... there's a lot i want to tell them. I want to meet them again! Drinking tea, playing and just casually telling some mundane things we always had. I has a lot of regret mom, genya, masachika, iguro.

Even if it take hundreds years! Let's meet again,in a normal circumstances!

......

2022, TOKYO CITY

"Youuu scary looking policeman waittt!!!!"

"Huh????? What are you saying??" He was startled. A short young man, appeared to be a restaurant owner running towards him. He was on duty patrolling the area and it almost a lunch hour. His subordinate, a younger policeman with the same scar on his face was also in shock with the sudden scream.

"Could you just take away this kid, and restrain him from me???"

"Huh????? Hello mister- not so good, grumpy cooks- everybody dislike??? I'm not doing anything to your wife what the hell???" Another annoying looking black hair school kid was behind him, triggered with the owners complain.

"Shut up you are staring her like there's no tomorrow!!" The two was having argument in front of the two policemen who was dumbfounded. Sanehiro put his hand to both of their shoulder.

"you two should shut...the hell up before i send you both to jail"

....

He was having a nice lunch in the man restaurant. The two, an adult and a school kid who just having a (forced) settlement was sit together in front of him and his subordinate.

"Not bad, the portion is huge too and the price is reasonable. We should come here often Genya" his bowl of ramen was empty. He was full. His subordinate just smile.

"yeah, it's good"

The wife coming with her smile. She was holding a little notebook in her hand.

"Thank you, i hope you enjoy. Oh and I'm sorry for my husband's antique. He sometimes like that"

"it's this kid, not me" the husband was obviously sulking. Sanehiro just sigh.

"oh before i leave i want to introduce myself, I'm not a scary looking policemen by the way," he stared at the restaurant owner before continuing "..my name Sanehiro Shinazugawa and this is my subordinate Genya, we just newly stationed in this area" the restaurant owner accepting his handshake.

"Oh, no wonder i never met you, I'm Iguro and this is my wife Kanroji. This annoying kid is just my regular living two block from here, Yoshiteru Agatsuma. Nice to meet you"

"Heyyyy!!! I don't believe it! Why you give my details to the police??" The kid, as angry as ever. Genya just laughing. These two looked like a pair of annoying siblings.

"Shut up, respect your elder"

Kanroji smiling and give two of them their business card.

"We do delivery too if you want to order within Tokyo. Thank you,"

....

Sanehiro and Genya come to the restaurant as often since then, getting closer with the owner, even watching their favourite football match together.

"Hello, welcome to MiMi Restaurant, beef ramen bowl ?"

"Yes as usual!! Your are glowing as ever Kanroji san!" The loud voice in front of the door attracted him. Sanehiro watching a middle sized young man, with a soft look smiling brightly.

"Iguro san! Long time no see!"

"Masachika san, sit here, how's your work in Hokkaido?"

He sight.

"Understandable but the pay must be delicious didn't it?" Iguro just smirking from the kitchen, his hand moved fast.

"well fortunately, eh, i never see you around here. New customer?" Masachika saw the two policemen. As usual after they introduced each other, the talk a lot. Sanehiro was amazed on how talkative masachika was.

"iguro san, I'll go out to pick up them at Ubayashiki san home, alright?" Kanroji come while holding her car keys.

"Be careful"

Sanehiro was just watching at her, smiling at each other before asking Iguro.

"Ubayashiki san? That oldest man? You know him?" Sanehiro was slurping his ramen soup, watching Kanroji went out to pick up her child

"yeah, that old man was a regular here but since he wasn't as healthy as before to come here often we sometimes delivered food there and he seem fond of my youngest child so he love to visit him. He was my children's favourite old man other than our parents. All that story about killing demons that my son love to hear haha " Iguro was preparing some drink for his customers. He was talking about his children fondly, quite a surprise for sanehiro as Iguro looked like a reserved person but he guess, fatherhood did wonder to people.

Sanehiro was smiling .'what a lovely neighborhood'

.....

His relationship among the people there were getting better especially those from the restaurant. Sanehiro feels that his life went smoothly, his parents and siblings, too help him a lot. He come from a big family, but there's nothing too troublesome about their life. Except maybe for their living expenses.

"Mom I'm going to work first!"

"Alright be careful, tell Genya to come here today for your sister's birthday!"

"yupp !"

....

This time, it started again. Hopefully for a more peaceful conclusion and no regrets among them.

"Meow"

"let's go chachamaru"

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A smile from heaven

Spring is coming again. With his 6 years old daughter walking side by side with him, both father and daughter walking towards The cemetery

"Dad, where are we going?"

"To meet your aunt, she's must be happy to see you,"

"really,yeayy"

.....

A nice warm tea and a dish of Sakura mochi were prepared as offering. He sit there as usual. Every spring, he'll come here, meeting his sister, telling her a lot of story, his life, their parents etc.

"Hi sister, I'm bringing a little you today, how she's look? She's pretty aren't it, like her father,ha". He told his daughter to come closely to him, sit beside him and tell her to put up her hand, as a prayer.

"nako chan, meet you aunt, I'm sure she's happy to meet you" he smiled. Little nako come closer to him, following her father's praying gesture, she's close her eyes and pray.

"Hi aunt mitsuri, nice fo meet you"

He's watching her daughter spoke a lot. Telling her aunt about her hobby, he excitement to watch sakura blooming, her story about getting a pair of new shoes. She's smiled a lot, laughing excitedly as if mitsuri really there, having a nice conversation with her niece. ' if u are still here, sis. You two will probably become a close friend'

The two cleaning the grave briefly and before they left, he offered a prayer to the unnamed grave beside hers. Iguro.

"who's this person, dad?"

He smiled,"Your aunt beloved, your kind uncle Iguro, let's pray".

Nako, as usual, following his step, innocently smiling, she thanks Iguro. The two walking away, with nako cutely hopping beside her dad, happy as she's finally meet her aunt.

......

' aren't she's cute. Look at her, Iguro san'

'her smile is just like you, like a spring flower'

'is it? She's talk a lot too. Her hopping is so adorable. Aww i want to hug her and give her candy'

'your chirping chatterbox are successfully inherited i see'

'....is this a diss, iguro san'

'hahaha, I'm sorry kanroji but you sulky face is adorable'

'huh iguro san laughing, it's rare!!'

'hey iguro san, if we alive and getting married, having a daughter, do you think she will inherit my chatterbox too?"

'i wonder...i bet she is, Kanroji'

"i want to hug her so badly, my little niece is adorable'

.....

A nice spring wind flew some of the sakura petals in her daughter's head, he pick some of it.

"what is this, dad? Oh it sakura petals!!!"

"ahha you favorite flowers blooming so much this year,"

"I love it!! It's pink, so cute"

The father and daughter having a warmth conversation under the sakura trees, blooming fully, showering them with a nice gesture of spring, hugging them comfortably.