Dreams Of Despair
[Yuuji POV]
A soft hand gently cupped my cheeks and I felt the wind blow nip my face as I felt someone getting closer to my face.
She had short hair, emerald eyes glistening with longing. I couldn't see any further details as the light kept emanating from her. The only distinct feature were her beautiful eyes.
The white glow on her skin soon turned golden and spread out in a more aggressive manner.
I could only watch as she slowly melted within the light, by the time I broke out of my reverie, I could only reach out to touch her fading hand.
Behind me I could hear dampened noises but I didn't want to focus on that.
'Who was that?'
Just making eye contact made me feel a tremendous guilt, as if I was being drowned. My heart, felt heavy. Until now I've never really had such regret. The most pressing matter was that...
She felt familiar.
It felt as if she had been always there but I couldn't feel it.
No.. I always felt it, I just ignored it.
Her eyes reminded me of yumeko when she was on a small boat facing a storm on the ocean. With nothing to hold onto, seeking a way out with ice cold eyes portraying none of the desperation and yet all of it.
"%^&&"
The damp noises grew loud enough at some point, that I could no longer ignore it.
...
As I lifted myself from the makeshift bed, I groaned feeling the stiffness coming back to me.
How long has it been since I slept? I feel refreshed but also quite lost.
'What was that dream though?'
The feeling at my heart was still there. As if it had been stuffed full and is on the verge of exploding.
'Never thought I'd get a heavy heart, metaphorically speaking.'
But I could not dwell on this matter any longer as I felt more life signs approaching me.
'Strong.'
'Not strong enough to rival muzan, yoriichi or koko but still decent enough to overpower a hundred men by brute force.
I waited patiently as they came close enough to see me in person. The emotions from them were quite varied but one thing they all had in common was curiosity.
Except for two people of course.
My friend yoriichi and my...and koko the female hashira of the demon slayer corps.
While yoriichi was calm as always, koko seemed ready to start something major any moment.
"Hello." I spoke out deciding to break the ice, but it seemed to have backfired as all of them seemed confused as to how to respond to my greeting.
'Right, they probably have no experience taking formally to a demon. Might as well just be casual.'
"You lot are the hashiras huh?"
"Well.....yes."
" So are planning to kill me or capture me?"
"....We already thought of those two mathods but if anything the reports state turns out real, we will mostly likely lose."
"So..."
"So we decided to protect you and also hold muzan here until dawn. After all, the demon slayer corps was formed to kill kibutsuji muzan. We hope yu=ou would cooperate with us."
'Damn. Now refusal would paint me as the bad guy, well I was planning to cooperate anyways.'
"Sure but you've got one thing wrong. You will be killing the rest of the dmeons while I finish off muzan."
"...May we know how you plan to do that?"
"Of course, I plan to teleport him to a place where he cannot hide from the sun no matter where he goes."
"You mean sand dunes?"
"Not those tiny deserts, I'm talking about the sahara desert."
They seemed skeptical about this decision.
"I can take you all there right now of you wish."
"No no, that is not needed! We shall trust your words, but how long would you need to accomplish that."
"A few minutes at best, but that is not the main problem. I need you all to stop a specific demon. She can control space to a terrifying degree. A few injections of wisteria poison should be enough to accomplish that but I believe that she would also be guarded by other demons to obstruct that very action."
"I see."
"You can also give your opinions if you wish."
"Then...
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