Draw Thy Blade

Netsu knew she needed to wake up.

But she didn't know how.

She got up from the table.

"Um...i have to use the bathroom...BYE!" she dashed out the front door and ran as quickly as possible.

As she was running away to a safe place, she turned back into her regular self.

"Netsu...why are you dressed like that?" her mother asked

Oh dream world…

What a blessing and a curse…

I…

I want to stay here forever.

I want to turn around and go back.

I should have...

I should have been able to live here like this forever.

Mother should be alive and well.

Senjuro should be having the childhood he needs…

Kyojuro should be in school…

I should…

I should be…

Here…

Making miso soup every day, and being the dumb idiot i am.

Should have…

Could have…

But I already lost that!!

I can't go back.

WHSH

"NETSU DON'T LEAVE US!!"senjuro cried

Netsu continued running away, with tears in her eyes.

What she didnt notice was that there was someone in her dream.

Trying to destroy her spiritual core.

…

In Kage's dream, it was foggy, and he couldn't see anything.

Then someone bumped into him

"Look, kid, if you're trying to convince me i'm someone i'm not, you-"

It wasn't the kid

"You're not a kid-"

He kicked the not-kid off of him

"Who the hell are you?!"

"Who the hell are you?!"

"I asked you first!"

"I asked you second!"

…

"If your intruding, you should know better than to interrupt my sleep" kuki said

"How did you know I was here?!" a man said

"I'm a demon slayer, i can sense things in my sleep, idiot...plus my idiot older brother thinks it's always funny to watch me suffer in my sleep" kuki responded

...

"Hey, butler, you okay? You seem weird" taiyo said

What he didn't know was that wasn't his butler

"YES IM FINE HOHO HO OR SOMETHING A BUTLER WOULD SAY"

His butler actually was a minion sent by enmu to try and kill taiyo from his dream.

"You don't seem okay, butler…wanna talk?"

"NOPE, I'M FINE!!"

No he wasn't

...

"Excuse me, yuki, can i go do something for a sec, i'll be right back!"

Hoshi found the girl who was trying to murder her waltzing around.

"Who are you, and what are you doing in my nightmare?" hoshi asked

"I...uh...hello?"

"Y'know a way to get me to wake up"

"Yeah…"

"Alright...tell me, or i wont feed you to my demon sister"

...

"Finally...alone at last!" shizen said to herself

"OHH SHIZEN"

"DAMMIT I THOUGHT I LOST HIM"

…

Where's the demon?!

It's not anywhere...

But…

There's a faint noise…

And it's everywhere!!

Almost like a curtain…

I gotta go…

If everyone else is asleep, then we're done for!!

How does one wake up from a dream…?

From uh…

DYING!

So all i have to do is kill myself!

I have to…

Kill myself-

Netsu grabbed her blade and put it to her neck

It's okay…

This is just a dream-

You'll be alive in reality….

Hopefully!

SPLAT