#rui is missing his earring

[dododlee]

A bit late but happy valentine's day !

[ppeonppeonhan]

The Sexiest 2023 BL Scenes

I think we can all agree that there is an art to executing a sex scene -- and not everybody's an artist. This year, we (and, by that, I mean you) gif'd a couple of masterpieces that range from romantic to...educational. Here are the ones that live in my head rent free, in order of PG-13 to NC-17:

BEST ROLE-PLAY SEX: Bed Friend

If you had told me last year that incorporating cat ears into foreplay would result in one of the hottest scenes in BL, I would've given you bombastic side-eye. But James, the actor who plays Uea, pulled it off, and is probably responsible for a lot of Amazon orders till this day. (Episode 6)

BEST BEACH-SIDE SEX: The Eighth Sense

This entire sequence was so beautifully lit in golden tones, with soft touches, and romantic moments. It almost made you forget about the depression plot. Almost. (Episode 6)

LONG-AWAITED SEX: Hidden Agenda

Joke yearned for Zo in a way that was borderline comical. From the moment Zo kissed Joke like he was trying to give him CPR and then promptly shoved him out of his apartment, I knew every kiss after that would have to come with a parental warning. I'm surprised Joke didn't move in. (Episode 8)

DO-OVER SEX: Love Class 2

The music for this sex scene was so perfectly matched with the caressing and hand closeups. And the fact that it happened after the initially-ghosted Joo Hyuk got Sung Min to reconsider made it even sweeter. (Episode 9)

BEST WET SEX SCENE: Kiseki: Dear to Me

I may have enjoyed Ai Di and Chen Yi's love story more, but Fan Ze Rui and Bai Zong Yi were helping us all live out our tall boy fantasies. When he mounted him with a soft bounce, I knew the gif Gods would giveth. (Episode 7)

BEST EUPHORIC SEX: Only Friends

Ray looked like he reached nirvana when he made love to Sand in that sardine can of trailer, so of all their sex scenes, this was my fave. (Episode 9)

BEST INSECURITY-INDUCED SEX: Only Friends

Say what you will about Boston -- and the fandom has said a lot lol -- but if you had to choose a cast member to get you off, you'd choose him in a heartbeat. And yes, this scene was grimey. He f*cked his friend's potential boyfriend in the backseat of his car after manipulating him into believing he was cheated on, but can you blame him? He was probably tired of always having to give and never receive. Plus, Top did this vibrating move that made me wonder who told Force to do that... (Episode 3)

GIF by wanderlust-in-my-soul

BEST CENSORED SEX: Wedding Plan

I'm still mad that this scene wasn't in the Youtube cut. It paints an entirely different picture of their dynamic and their personalities. But thank God for the gif'ers, otherwise I would've missed how ravenous they were when they weren't...wedding planning. 😳 (Episode 6)

BEST WHIPLASH SEX: Be Mine Superstar

To be clear, WE were the ones getting whiplash. One minute, we were watching a sweet love story between an innocent college kid and his idol crush, and the next minute we were watching a masterclass on how to bang your one-night stand (consensually) until he agrees to date you. It's like...Sir, I'm on the train. Could you give a bitch a heads up? (Episode 8)

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While I am generally envious of every single one of these experiences, I'm even more envious of everyone's knee strength and flexibility. I could never. Rollerblading has ruined me. If I tried half of these positions, I'd have to get physical therapy. 🙃

[enamation]

𝐇𝐄𝐘 , 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐘 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 ❢

character(s) ♡ tsukasa tenma , rui kamishiro , toya aoyagi , akito shinonome

type ♡ mini imagines ( ? )

warning(s) ♡ none !

a/n ♡ thank you for requesting ✰ this post is quite long because of the individual sections , i hope thats okay ! i did also add a little bit of the thoughts you had on each character ^^ , your childhood friend is referred to as 'X'

requester ♡ @6-zao-xing-9

tenma tsukasa . . . 天馬司

X and you used to be very close when you were younger , but growing distant when you grew older . While you and Tsukasa had gotten closer recently , X had pulled you aside and demanded you stay away from him . But when he invited you to a sleepover , you just couldnt refuse him .

After a sunday full of laughter and playful banter , sweets and play - fighting , you had to go to school the next day , and you had forgotten some of your belongings at the Tenma household .

Finding you in the hallways at lunch , Tsukasa smiled at you , holding out your bag to you .

" Hey, you forgot your stuff at my place. I was thinking of dropping it off at your house, but a world future star just cannot miss practice. "

He smiled again as you giggled , taking your bag from his hands . As you walk back in the lunchroom , X's table was staring at you , with X glaring daggers into you as you simply waved and walked off to your own table .

kamishiro rui . . . 神代類

Rui knew about X's existence , since he had noticed how they would glare at you when you're with him .

The morning after you had stayed at his house , you had forgotten the shirt you had worn to sleep .

So at school , but before morning classes , you were eating a small snack and on your phone before Rui had walked in , making eye contact with X to make sure they were watching before turning his attention back to you .

" Hm? Why am I here? You forgot your shirt at my house, and I'm simply here to return it. "

He watched as your flushed a slight red due to classmates glancing at you two with curious eyes , and X fuming with anger .

Before leaving , Rui bent down to whisper in your ear .

" This.. friend of yours. Needs to stop being so negative about us. "

He gave you and X one last sly smile before leaving .

shinonome akito . . . 東雲彰人

You had originally visited at the Shinonome household because you were partners with Akito , building a 3D project for [ your choice ] .

But because the project had taken so much longer than you both had hoped for , Akito suggested you just stay over . Once your parents had agreed , your ' project time ' turned into a sleepover .

In a rush because you had a lot to do that school morning , you had forgotten one of your bags at Akito's house .

After school , Akito had to go see a teacher and couldnt walk home with you , so he gave you your bag at the school exit once the bell had rang .

" Over here! Here, you left this in my room last night. "

You flushed lightly at the gesture , taking the bag and thanking him before you turned around to a lot of stares thrown your way , specifically X's stare .

You decided to wave him goodbye and rush out of the school before anyone could question you .

aoyagi toya . . . 青柳冬弥

You and Toya were close friends , visiting WEEKEND GARAGE every friday , and hanging out over the weekend .

You and the rest of Vivid Bad Squad decided to have a sleepover at Toya's house , playing Uno and watching An and Akito fight .

Amidst all the fun , you had forgotten an item or two at his house . And as the good friend he is , made sure to return it to you as soon as he could .

During passing period inbetween classes , Toya had come up to you at your locker and tapped your shoulder, stretching out the hand holding your bag .

" You forgot this at my house yesterday. Hm? What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that? "

He noticed your reddened and embarrassed cheeks , but wasnt able to pinpoint why before he realized people were looking over at the both of you before letting out a whispered " oh . "

X was furious , not only because they had told you to stay away from Toya , but to be at his house had just left them stunned .

this might just be me , but i think X finally got the memo .

[pjsk-writin]

INBOX OPENN?! YAY IM ON TIME. Anyway can I request Akito, Rui, Tsukasa, and Mizuki where you were childhood friends and haven’t seen each other in awhile? I don’t know if you want to know if it’s Plantonic or Romantic but it’s up to you. Ty and please keep safe!

OOOOO ill leave it up to interpretation but stay safe as well !! i hope u like this! <3

♡ LONG TIME CHILDHOOD FRIENDS - Akito Shinonome, Rui Kamishiro, Tsukasa Tenma and Mizuki Akiyama x Reader

Akito:

Akito's childhood was neither here nor there, so you both faced a lot of problems together

Any time something went down in his family, he would immediately go to you, not saying anything as he simply wanted to be in your company

When you end up moving away, he's not sure what to do with himself, but he tries to forget about you

Of course he doesn't, he still remembers your favorite color and favorite snack when you were young

You end up bumping into him while he's doing a street performance. You both met eyes as you were walking, and the shock of seeing him again makes you freeze

He's distracted for the first time, barely able to remember his set list as he keeps his eyes on you. There was no way it was you, right?

Immediately afterward, you both run to meet each other, and he can't help himself from hugging you. "When did you get back here? Ah whatever, I'm just glad to see you again."

Rui:

Rui's childhood was...something, to say the least. You were his best friend and he stuck to you like glue

You were with him as he started to get into robotics, encouraging his schemes and plans even when other kids started treating him as a weirdo

Your departure from his life shatters him, but he tries to move on as best as he could

He never moves on. He gets reminded of you all the time, and it kind of breaks his heart.

However, it all changes when you of all people come up to him after a WxS performance. Granted, he didn't see you in the crowd, but you recognized him

You went to tell him how good he did in the show, but he found himself bewildered to be face to face with you again. He almost cries, but he hides it as he embraces you

"Oh my god, it's you..." He whispers, still in shock as he pulls back to smile at you, "I've missed you so much." You spend time catching up with him afterwards!

Tsukasa:

Growing up, Tsukasa had quite the childhood. You were one of his only friends he had growing up

You stuck with him throughout elementary school, helping him as Saki went to the hospital, but you were forced to move away once you both grew older

He promised that he'd find you again one day, and kept a little charm you both made once close to his heart

He never backed down from a promise, and made sure to keep looking out for you even as the years passed

Finally, finally, one day, he saw you walking around Phoenix Wonderland. He recognized the charm you had almost immediately, and practically screamed your name

You were surprised to hear your name in the middle of an amusement park, but when you saw the man currently barreling towards you, it all made sense

He tackled you in the tightest hug he could, already excitedly talking your ear off as he looked you over, his eyes sparkling brightly. "I told you we'd see each other again!"

Mizuki:

You had stuck with Mizuki through a lot, they had been through a lot growing up after all

You had been with them before middle school and through the first year of it, however you both had been separated after you were forced to move

They were extremely upset about losing you, and they would always find themselves missing you on the loneliest of days

As the years passed, they never expected to see you again. It had been way too long, there was no way...

But, when they were out at the mall, they saw you from a random shop and almost dropped everything they had bought in their haste to see you

They called your name out, and you turned to look at them, surprise evident on your face. You both embraced, and you comment they seem happier, especially with how they've changed

They can only smile wide, squeezing you tighter in a hug as they looked down at the ground. "I think I'm even happier now that you're here."

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[xuhuihuis]

my riyangi sister I cannot stop thinking abt sleeveless ricky. sleeveless ricky smiling against your neck while pinning u against the counter as you claw at his shoulders sleeveless ricky who leaves kisses all over your skin while you squeeze his arms o(-<

"I'm back!" Ricky shouted as he walked into the apartment before dropping his bag at the door with his shoes. Ricky has been going to the gym whenever he has the time and it has been paying off for him well. You turned your head as you heard the footsteps getting closer to you in the kitchen. He couldn't help but laugh as your jaw dropped to the floor when you caught sight of him standing there in your favourite tank top as the sweat dripped down his body.

"Like what you see, baby?" Joking with you before coming over to you. The breath in the back of your throat got caught when he wrapped his arms around your neck. Gasping quietly as he started to kiss up your neck, stopping when he got to that spot behind your ear. The knife which was once on your hand was now resting on the chopping board as you turned around to face Ricky.

The dinner boiling behind you was the least of your worries as Ricky pulled you in closer until your bodies were pressed against one another. He laughed as you tried to kiss him but he just pulled away from your lips leaving you whining for him. He was such a tease but you loved it.

"You are such a tease, rui" almost scoffing at him before he landed his soft lips on yours. Every time he kissed you it felt like the first, every kiss from him always took your breath away in the best way possible. You reached behind you to turn off the stove before things got too heated between both of you. Moaning into the kiss finally getting to melt into his touch after missing him all day. You could still taste the faint hint of strawberry on his lips from his snack earlier.

Ricky took you by surprise as he lifted you up onto the kitchen counter next to you, so he could look you in the eyes more easily. You smirked to yourself as you felt how hard he already was just from making out with you.

His moan was muffled as you lightly scratched his biceps with your nails, feeling the muscles flex underneath your touch. The slight pain sent shivers down his spine leaving Ricky wanting more. There was something so attractive about having you admire his muscles in this way. Shivering and moaning under your touch never wanting to pull away from you. He stopped you before you could kiss him once again as he broke the kiss momentarily.

"How about I show you how strong I am?"

[nogenderbee]

♡˗ˏ✎*ೃ˚ 𝔹𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 ₊˚ˑ༄

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ not a request

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ Happy Birthday to the one and only~ :3 smile boy!!

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ fluff

Rui's birthdays were today... you told him you wanted to take him to some picnic and then to some amusement park or museum if he's prefer! But for now... he was peacefully sleeping in your bed... he warned you yesterday he'll stay up a bit longer due to having lots of work, but you expected him to be less tired...

But you can't really complain! Maybe it's just your dynamic? You're morning bird and he's night owl! Well, at least you have more time and energy to bake something?

You knew this man liked sweets, so you settled on some basic vanilla cake with sweet icing! You'll figure the design in the process, right?

Using the fact your boyfriend is asleep, you quickly got all the ingredients, determined to make it a sweet surprise for him~ The process surely wasn't easy, especially with the thought he might wake up if you're too loud at the back of your head... but you know weren't about to let it discourage you!

You did your best to prepare the best cake for your boy, while also keeping quiet to not wake him up by accident. The smell of vanilla soon filled the kitchen and you were now about to start decorating, but sudden hand on your waist made you jump a bit.

There was no need to turn around, since you already knew well who it's gonna be... especially with that voice you know so well...

"Mmm~ Are you baking something? The smell is so sweet and divine I could already smell it from another room!"

Maybe your idea of surprise didn't work the best but... at least he still has that pretty smile on his face!

And when he was met with silence, he couldn't miss the opportunity to point out his little observations!

"Oh~ Why did you go so quiet all of the sudden? And that look... Did I bumped into my own surprise~?"

"Well... Yeah I guess. Eh... do you at least like it?"

"I'm sure I will~ It's already looking so good... I'm just sad you didn't call me to be your little assistant!"

"Did you wanted to decorate?"

"No~ Simply wanted to keep you company! Is that so wrong?"

"No, I guess not. Well thanks a lot, I'll make sure you'll be satisfied with your cake~"

He finally let go of your waist and leaned back on a counter as he watched you work, handed you few decorations from time to time and rambles your ear off!

But with his help, you actually got across the decorating process much faster! And you were more sure while doing it, since he could just point out things he didn't like!

So when you were finally done with your little sweet, you were more than excited to show it off. Him seeing your excitement could only chuckle, the fact you were so proud of yourself and seeing this lovely smile was already enough for him to absolutely love this gift.

"It's perfect, darling! I'm so happy to have such a talented lover like you~"

"I'm so glad to hear it!! Happy birthday Rui!"

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@bleachtheidiot @akitosheart @yulikesminori @toyaswif3y @bl4cktourmaline @r4wrclwz @superstar-ethereal @stellas-starry-stories13 @alicewinterway18 @nenes-numberonefan @hakulivesformusic @wabatle - come get your crazy inventor~

[asiandra-dash]

Hi i saw u wanna rewrite akikasa hcs PLEASE WRITE ME SOME I BEG /nf /lh

HJKJSKDKHS AKIKASA anyways I was referring to a short story I wrote a while ago but THIS!!! IS (I think) MY FIRST AKIKASA RELATED ASK!!!! I MUST WRITE!!!!!! All I have to do is figure out which thoughts are based on canon and which ones are AUs-

I took 18 days to finally post this because I kept getting ideas and had to force myself to stop because this is way too long 888 words man this ain't fanfiction also if this is illegible I'm sorry none of my headcanon posts will ever be organized no beta or read more we die like my grades after my orchestra field trip

Starting with basic shit Akito is SO so in denial about his feelings and when he's finally fed up with it he chucks it down to infatuation (It is not)

And Tsukasa is an oblivious idiot to everything even though he has a stupid crush on this ginger he just refuses to say anything because he still thinks Akito despises his guts

My guy every little bit of physical contact you make with carrot head makes him look like color hex #ff0000 RGB 255, 0, 0 how do you not notice this

Tsukasa fell first, and they both fell harder >:)

You know Tsukasa'a 1* card where Akito saved the poor man from a spider or something that's when it happened Tsukasa didn't know at first cause like haha who the hell falls in love with someone over something so small I barely even know the guy

If Akito confessed first, after a long moment of awkward silence and Akito wishing the floor would eat him alive, Tsukasa is suddenly hugging him and crying (That's a yes btw)

If Tsukasa confessed first, it would take a bit (probably a few days or weeks) but eventually Akito with the support of everyone finally accepts his feelings for Tsukasa (He didn't tell anyone about the confession btw it was probably Akiyama or one of Tsukasa's friends that told everyone also the threat of Rui was probably another reason he couldn't deny lmao)

Every date, and I mean EVERY SINGLE DATE, Tsukasa will always bring or buy some cheesecakes or pancakes for Akito

And if he doesn't the next time he brings lunch for Akito he'll bring him more cheesecake than he usually does to make up for it

When Tsukasa found out Akito's favorite flowers were sunflowers, he sometimes brings one for him too :D

Tsukasa probably got a pair of sunflower clip-on earrings too (Or whatever they're called)

Tsukasa loves to tackle hug Akito and it never fails to make the ginger laugh <3

Tsukasa borrows Akito's jackets a lot (At least twice a week).

Akito complains about it but let's be honest he loves it when he gets it back and all he smells on it is Tsukasa's scent

Tsukasa loves giving gifts to Akito even if there's no special occasion, usually some type of jewelry like earrings and the next day Akito's most likely wearing it

Obviously, they invite each other to their shows, and sometimes their other bandmates too

During WxS shows Akito's supportive and is internally loud but during VBS concerts Tsukasa is HOLLERING Akito's name and singing along if he knows the lyrics it's embarrassing but if you look closely enough you can tell it hypes up Akito a little more and he tries even harder (An has taken note of this and teases him nonstop about it)

Neither of them are a huge fan of PDA but if you stare long enough you'll probably miss a sneaky little kiss when you blink

That or if Tsukasa's in a really good mood he'll practically cling to Akito (Which is like 50% of the time tbh)

That one post I made on my side blog is real and so is the first tag

Yes Ena and Saki are supportive but holy shit Akito wants to fucking strangle Ena whenever she brings it up (This applies to An too)

Tsukasa helps Akito be more open with his feelings and Akito helps Tsukasa deal with negativity better

Around people, Akito still treats Tsukasa how he would (if Tsukasa isn't being clingy) but once they're alone Akito acts like he's touch starved and refuses to leave Tsukasa alone

Akito sometimes helps Tsukasa with practicing for his shows. He's obviously not as good but he's trying and Tsukasa appreciates his efforts

Tell Akito to say wonderhoy and he'll look at you like you're fucking insane but have Tsukasa tell him and he'll say it as unenthusiastically as he can manage

And then Tsukasa will look at him all :((( and Akito does it with more energy and "jesus fucking christ the things I do to make Tsukasa happy" (It's just a wonderhoy idk why you're so pissed /hj)

I do not understand Japanese and I am not caught up on that one event story with furry Akito so correct me if I'm wrong (about the italicized part) but before Akito gets over his fear of dogs Tsukasa always made sure they would steer clear of them and if one suddenly appeared this blond pink theatre kid is going to protect his pathetic fucking boyfriend with his life

Rui: Is that a hickey? | Tsukasa: No! It’s just a mosquito bite. | Akito, walking into the room: Hey, guys. | Rui: Hi, mosquito.

Whenever one of them stays up really late when staying over. the other tries to convince them to go to bed and cuddle/snuggle with them and it works.

Tsukasa practically begs meanwhile, if possible, Akito hugs Tsukasa from behind and basically just collapses onto him half asleep mumbling into his ear (Can you tell I'm tired it's 1 AM and I got 3 hours of sleep yesterday I'm running off of a power nap rn)

Obviously, Tsukasa can't do anything with Akito like that so he basically carries Akito to the room of whoever they're staying at

Akikasa supremacy WHO'S WITH ME AKIKASA!!!!!!! (I'm dying on a hill please)

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[lovelyyandereaddictionpoint]

Hi don't mean to bother you but I wish to know if you were going to continue the yandere kny cat.

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You’d been so antsy lately you almost forgot to actually meet your new landlord

Apparently due to some unfortunate circumstances your old landlord had died was murdered

And his son has come to run the place instead rather than having the whole system shut down and everyone evicted

You were anxious because your baby Magenta was nowhere to be found

He didn’t even come home when you left catnip on your doorstep

Despite all that you made or bought some cookies for the new guy

And aren’t you surprised when you come face to face with those eyes

“M-magenta?”

“Excuse me?”

“Oh uh sorry! It's just your eyes…they’re very pretty.”

“Well, thank you. Care to come inside?”

He’s trying to act normally like his heart isn’t pumping with such intensity

To think you’d recognize him so quickly 

Even in his experience going undercover as a human not too many spoke about his eyes 

At least not in a positive light

When he finally waves goodbye he’s reeling with intensity 

There is something so much more exciting about experiencing you like this

Your shorter than him 

So much smaller than him 

So fragile compared to him

Demon or not you’re so weak 

He can’t have you out here unprotected 

With that in mind he waits until you’re out 

Before letting himself in to see the stern-faced cat of Giyuu Tomioka waiting near the door:

“I was waiting for you to trespass. I wonder can you even understand me now.//”

“I can.” 

At his words he lifted his hat letting his cat ears and lengthy tail out. Flicking, agitated he moved to let himself further into your home only to be stopped by the black cat hopping from his post on the counter to stalk in front of him. He glared into the deep blue eyes of the black tomcat before gliding him away with his foot. 

“Where are the kittens?”

“Why?//”

He growled, further letting himself into the house making a beeline towards your room. Ignoring the resounding hisses he let himself into your room. Expecting to see the kittens curled up on your bed and pillows, a position he typically ushered them to, only to find a completely different scene.  

“Oh Master! I’m happy to find you so close to your true form!//”

A blonde turkish angora with rainbow eyes was currently dangling a burgundy kitten off the bed by his collar. Nezuko was swatting at the bigger cat while Rui seemed to have awoken at his entrance immediately mewing positively at him.

“Doma put him down.”

“Yes sir!”

Unceremoniously dropping him, the cat proceeded to fully turn and stand at attention towards Muzan. Thankfully Tanjiro’s descent was halted by Giyuu dashing in to catch him by scruff. With a growl and bristled tail he carried him out the room immediately being followed by Nezuko who shot him a glare of her own. 

“Why are you here Doma?”

“One of (Y/n)’s friends have decided to go on a trip for work, so she left me here in the meantime.”

“I see.”

Doma stood at the foot of the bed, waiting for Muzan to give him orders or something only to find that the demon king was quite occupied. Holding the pillow to his face he aggressively sniffed letting his imagination run wild as he recalled smelling it on you during your last visit. Moving on, he used his enhanced sense of smell to guide him to your wardrobe. Folded with clothes and underwear he wasted no time rubbing them on himself specifically on his sweatglands-near his neck face. Completely focused he missed the increasing meowing his subordinates were doing. 

“M-master w-what are you doing?!//”

“I-I spent all morning scenting those Master? Can’t I have a little bit, since I am going to be leaving soon anyway.//”

Muzan didn’t stop what he was doing, only turning his head to deliver his aggressive glare making Rui and Doma bow their heads in submission. 

“Don’t be bold. When I’m here I’m the only one allowed to imprint my presence.”

“But you left!//” 

The accusatory remark came from Tanjiro who was barging back into the room with Nezuko right behind. Giyuu also peeked around the corner, seeming to have tried to stop him. Muzan seemed annoyed at the statement, turning wholly to look at the burgundy kitten. 

“You left (Y/n) and us all alone, how can we even trust you?//” 

“Tanjiro!//” 

Giyuu scolded him as he watched Muzan’s face remorph into one of anger; he moved to stand beside his junior only to be stopped by Doma who was standing on guard with his own way of smirking. 

“You’re such a kitten! Don’t you realize what I’ve done?”

He abandoned his scenting, looking down at the kitten who was continuing to glare at him completely unphased. 

“I got rid of that cockroach that kept sneaking in here! Do you think I should have just let him be when I could have gotten rid of him?!”

“No, but we could have gone about things another way!//” 

“Like what?! And what do you know! I’m hundreds of years older than you!”

“Well I’m not a monster that just kills all their problems!//”

“You say that but aren’t you the one that promised to ki-”

“ENOUGH!//” 

Giyuu meowed, bringing Tanjiro’s and Muzan’s fight to a halt. Both still seemed plenty worked up so Giyuu spoke again.

“Didn’t we agree that we leave all of that for home!? Just leave it. The only thing we focus on is protecting (Y/n)!//” 

The air between them seemed to calm as both Muzan and Tanjiro closed up on themselves. Giyuu shot the kitten a look and if that wasn’t enough Rui who was no longer on the bed swatted at Tanjiro who huffed before turning back to the cat-human. 

“I’m…sorry for misunderstanding you.//”

“And I forget that you're a kitten sometimes, must be the human side of this body.”

Everyone grimaced at the not-so-much apology before collectively breathing in a sigh of relief when Muzan began to smile at him.

“I have no intention of staying away from (Y/n) after all. So it’s best you get used to me.”

“Oh babies I’m home!”

Both dread and excitement ran through everyone as they realized that you were in fact home from work. Doma wanted to dart off toward you only to be held back by Giyuu who motioned towards Muzan who was very much still a cat-human who was digging through your drawers. Running around frantically Rui was raving about how they were supposed to hide him, Nezuko was getting worked up and proceeded to run around just as wildly leaving Tanjiro to chase her and try and stop them. All the while your steps increase as your sweet voice calls out for them as it was strange that they hadn’t greeted you at the door. 

“Babies, where are you guys? Are you guys all hanging out in the bedroom?”

Your steps grew louder as Giyuu tried to rationalize what to do. You finally stepped into the room watching the kittens run around on the floor with your black, blue eyed tomcat trying to ignore the rainbow eyed cat. A drawer in your wardrobe was open and came to find someone familiar digging through it.

“Magenta!? Where have you been, sweet baby!? Awww did you get bigger?!”

You scooped up the shorthair cuddling into him as he nuzzled into you. Turning right out the room you too focused on showering your returned cat you missed the prideful look he sent towards the stunned looking cats. 

“Did you know he could do that?//”

“...No…But I wish I did.//”

[zylophie]

🍙﹒星 — day 1 featuring kamishiro rui

knock knock!

heres some mail!

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⌨️ᶻᶻᶻ...starfilledsky2810 is typing... ♡

↻ᴹᵉˢˢᵃᵍᵉ ˡᵒᵃᵈᵉᵈ !

❝Hihi! Idk if I'm asking for too many requests since I'm req on 2 events, but for mangoes birthday event, could I have Rui for prompt 1, please? I MISSED MODMFUYU'S BDAY, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE NOT TO MISS YOURS !!❞

━━❝Shall I wake you up with a kiss?❞

It was one of those rare days you spent, waiting in the living room while your boyfriend was occupied with his new inventions.

You know it was his passion for putting on great shows and you love them of course but sometimes... you just feel very lonely.

You slapped both of your cheeks unconsciously, leaving behind two reddish cheeks... just what the heck were you thinking?

"Haa... maybe I'm more tired than I thought..." scratching your head, displeased as you stand up from the sofa before picking up one of the many cushions.

You stared…before turning to the black screen featuring a channel promoting some valentine's day special ads "Hmm...I guess a nap won't hurt, better than being miserable about this whole thing...haa"

Grabbing the remote on the table before turning the TV off and silence came into the room, you immediately went to make your temporary bed on the sofa.

It's just for a short nap while you wait so it won't hurt anyone if you just rearrange some things... right?

Just as you finish setting up your makeshift bed, the loud click of a door opening and the shuffling footsteps get louder as if it's coming towards you...

In a panic, you tried to make it look like you were already asleep while making yourself as comfortable as possible.

Wait...

Why are you pretending to be asleep for...?

Ah... I didn't even realize...uhh this is going to be so awkward..!!

But a moment later...

TAP! TAP!

"Hey, (name)..." He paused at the sight of you sleeping on his living room sofa...well he thought at first "...(name)?"

A moment passed, you could hear his footsteps coming closer and soon enough, you could feel his presence...

"Hmm... interesting" Rui chuckled with a playful grin, amused by your silly attempt to play pretend...

What is so interesting about me sleeping here, Rui?!

"(name), I know you're just faking it~"

"..."

You just keep laying there, stubbornly continue to pretend to be asleep...

"..."

Man...It feels like he is really staring at me...

To make it more convincing, you pretended to snore and stir a little in your sleep "mmm..."

He didn't respond which makes you feel a little nervous because you know how unpredictable he can be once he gets his eyes on something...

Please believe it and leave peacefully...!

But to your disbeliefs, the next thing he says almost made you fall off the sofa... almost

"Ah I see, shall I wake you up with...hmm I don't know..." Rui asked in a teasing tone as bright golden eyes stared at your sleeping face "...maybe a kiss? Do you want that, (name)?"

"..."

"Still being stubborn, I see..."

Your ears picked up his shuffling footsteps and in the next moment, a warm breath hit your cheek and when you realized what he was doing. You suddenly found yourself in a dangerous situation with your heart about to explode at any moment...

Before you could mentally prepare yourself, the next thing you know was his lips brushed against yours softly and delicately...

Like a pair of a butterfly wings, long enough to make you gasp in surprise when he slowly removes himself and stares into your widen (colour) eyes.

Rui smiles proudly when he saw your expression went from gawking at him like a goldfish to a blossoming pink as you stumble over your words from the shock.

"Are you awake now?"

(っ'-')╮=͟͟͞͞💌 You receive a letter from Yue!

↻ᴹᵉˢˢᵃᵍᵉ ˡᵒᵃᵈᵉᵈ !

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. . .

pyon-yahoo~!! I'm so sorry for being so late with this one- I got really sick in the passed few weeks because of that, we decided to release those event fics on modena's birthday as the starting point, wrote this one at 4 am so yuepyon hope you like it~!!

Tagging ~ @nogenderbee , come and read on your favourite stage director ><

[jangse0hye0n]

Untie

Word count: 1428

Pairing: Shen Ricky x f!reader

Warnings: Suggestive content (not smut), (let me know if there are others)

Scenario: She is a stylist and things get heated when she had to style the over me team during the artist battle mission.

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You work as a stylist and make up artist for idols, and your latest work had been on the boys planet survival show. You've been styling the boys ever since their star level test days. On the day of the star level test, you were assigned to style the Yue Hua boys (both K and G groups), Jay and Kamden, and also Lee Yedam. Ever since then, you've been stuck styling the Yue Hua boys and you got pretty close to them since they were your age. You were pretty young to be a stylist, that's what everyone always says, but your make up and clothes never fail to impress the director of the show. Every shoot, there was always 2 Yue Hua boys on your list, especially now that there are less boys, you became one of the permanent stylist on the team. There was 1 that never missed to be on your list though, Shen Ricky.

Every shoot, every stage, his name was always on your list of the trainees you had to style. At first you just thought it was a coinsidence since you got to style the back door teams. Then you got to style Rush hour and Zoom, also when the boys planet's families over you got to style over me and switch. You and Ricky always had this tension, this tingly feeling, those butterflies in your stomach when ever his hands lingers over yours when you gave him his clothes, his eyes never leaving you when you fix his hair of and accessory on his stage outfit, the way his eyes lock with yours when your done applying his eye make up. Your face always heats up when you catch him staring at you while you fix the other trainees hair or applying their make up. His eyes always has this tint of jealousy in them, but you never wanted to overthink that possibly someone like Ricky could have a thing for you. He was always one of the shyer boys though, unlike Zhang Hao and Gyuvin who are laughing at everything and anything they see.

Zhang Hao is a very easy person to talk to, he was fun and he loved to teased the other boys with every little thing they do. He also liked to make jokes when your applying his make up and it causes you to have to re do some parts sometimes. Zhang Hao is an overall friendly person, and that's how he is every time he sees you. Today was no exception, you were tying the red and black piece of fabric each member is wearing in different places, Hao has it around his wrist and the sleeve of his shirt. Jay has it on his waist, Quan Jui has it on his arm and his wrists, Jeonghyeon too had one red and one black on his wrists. You were assigned to tie Zhang Hao, Jay, and Quan Jui. While you were tying the red fabric on his arm, you over heard your co stylist, Jihye giving Ricky his piece and saying to tie it on his thigh. Jihye is well aware of you and Ricky's little relationship even if it is nothing, and she did this on purpose to tease you. Your ears turned red while you were tying off the last piece on Quan Rui's wrist.

During their performance, the entire time you were watching backstage, and you couldn't keep your eyes off of Ricky. One piece on his waist, another on his thigh. "You should really thank me for his look today you know" Jihye whispered as she noticed how your mind is blank while staring at the screen of the boy's performance. Your head turned to face her, ears red, she had done it on purpose and now she was admitting it to you. Jihye had a very satisfied smirk on her face, "I can't believe you did that on purpose". Your team was called on by the camera directors because Switch team was about to go perform soon and they had to touch up their make up. You grabbed your brushes and a comb to fix their hair. While you were fixing Kamden's hair, the over me team came back stage since they were done with their performance. You made eye contact with Ricky, he had sweat dripping from his face and the other stylists rushed to give them towels and fans. Jihye nudged you, gave you a fan, towels, and tissues, she snatched the comb and hair spray out of your hands and pushed you towards Ricky.

You were flustered but quickly gathered back your composure to stay professional. when you finally faced Ricky, he was still kinda catching his breath and his eyes were filled with anticipation as he saw you. You grabbed his bottle and gave it to him with a fan. While you were using the towel to carefully wipe his sweat off, trying your best to not wipe off a lot of his make up. His eyes were filled with amusement as he looked at you focused on him, sure you were doing your job but you looked cute to him while you were doing it due to the height difference. Ricky's legs were spread a bit wide, so you could reach easier. after getting all the sweat off his face you gave him a new towel for the sweat on the back of his neck. You put a tissue on his forehead while touching up his face make up. You held his face to fix his lips, and his heart skipped a beat. You finished him of by applying some powder on his face. "All done, you can keep the fan until you have to go back" you took his water and walked away. "Uh y-y/n!" Ricky quickly thought of an excuse since he still wanted to spend some time with you. You stopped your movements and turned back to face him, "Yes?" you looked at Ricky as he was trying to say something. "Can you get me more water please?" he said in a sweet tone, you couldn't help but smile. "Yea sure, one sec" you put down your things and went to the pile of water bottles in the corner. You went back to Ricky and gave it to him, "thanks y/n" he smiled as he cracked open the bottle, you nodded and turned to Jihye as she called you to fix Jongwoo's hair. Ricky watched you as you walked off to Jongwoo. He heard his name being called by Hao and just like that he had to leave.

The long shoot had finally ended and the over me team went back into the dressing room to change their clothes. Jeonghyeon walked up to you asking for your help untying the fabric off his wrists. In the corner of your eye you could see Ricky sitting on the couch staring at you. He leaned comfortably on the couch, he saw you were done with Jeonghyeon and quickly called you over. "Can you also help me untie this one" pointing to the one on his thigh, "I think i tied it too tight earlier" he smiled while you stared at him blankly "please?" you sighed, you felt like he was teasing you on purpose. You crouched down beside his thigh and started untying the fabric. Ricky untied the one on his waist easily, and he looked down where you were, your hand busy untying the fabric, his eyes focused on you, just you. He didn't even notice Zhang Hao and Quan Jui looking at him with the most childish smile on their faces, already planning about teasing him later in the dorms. You finished and he thanked you, got up to change, and for some reason he grabbed your wrist and dragged you to the back of the room. "Rick-" he looked around and saw that everyone in the room was busy with their own thing. That was his green light to pull you into the changing stall. "What are you doing Ricky i'm not supposed to be in-" he cut you off by putting his finger on your lips telling you to be quiet. You were still confused since Ricky just looked at you, his eyes went down to your lips and his leaned in closer, his lips beside your ear, "can I?" he whispered. You gave him a small nod and he looked at you, gently held your face by your shin with his free hand, and connected your lips.

[paquerettexx]

rui mizuki — another shot (one-shot)

reaper thinks he has another shot with you, his summer fling.

pairing: rui mizuki / reader (f/m)

words: 908

[cross posted from ao3]

all good things come to an end and your relationship with rui was never an exception. not the image of your hair blowing in the wind, nor your bare feet running on the sand as you chased waves. neither was your mellifluous laughter or the twinkle in your eye an exception.

rui can still remember your relationship with him like a bitter aftertaste on the back of his throat. he had always loved sparklers on summer nights, yet your light was like fireworks that went off too soon. you lit up his summer nights along with the calming crackle of fire by the beach and the lapping waves on the sand. the wind caressed him like a cool embrace while your adoring eyes warmed him and set his heart aflame.

yet even the tallest of trees have their leaves wither and fall just as the mightiest mountains crumble back into the sea. waves reach out only to ultimately crash back into the ocean, where it originally belonged. if this was the case, why can't rui go back to that time with you?

like that weekend where he drove out of town, his hand on your thigh and your hand over his. he remembers the way you held his hand to interlock your fingers with his, your hand holding his in a perfect fit like puzzle pieces. He held you, his hand in yours as the scenery changed from urban buildings to an expansive landscape of grass and trees, with only the moon as the witness to what you two shared. he held you until your eyes started to flutter close and your breathing evened into shallow breaths, your face content in a deep slumber while the whirring engine of the car enveloped the air.

that summer night— out of all the flings and girlfriends he had, you were the only one he was certain he got right. he was certain that you and that damned summer night was the only place he'd rather be at.

"rui..?" he stood frozen in his tracks despite the warmth your voice brought. he flinched and shuddered as he recognized the owner of that voice– you.

you who was more than he ever deserved, you who showered him with warmth and affection, and you who he thought he loved. he was certain that he did love you, but that love wasn't enough. you gave him all your love yet he only reciprocated your affection with nonchalance and flirty remarks. perhaps it wasn't clear- you wanted someone to love and he wanted a summer fling.

"oh, hey, haha... long time no see, right?" rui would awkwardly chuckle to try and hide the revolt in his stomach and the hammering in his chest.

the smell of your perfume- it was as soothing as it was before. it made him feel, and remember what it was like to be loved. it reminded him of the feeling of your embrace, the feeling of your hair in his hands as he brushed it behind your ear to place a kiss on your cheek. it reminds him of the time when he was still free from his curse.

"yeah." you'd agree with an awkward chuckle of your own, "how are you?" you'd ask him, the small talk you initiated feeling like nails on a chalkboard with how painfully estranged it was.

"i've been good!" rui would cheer, snapping back to his usual act of being the carefree and easygoing playboy, "haha~ don't tell me you've been thinking lots about me~" rui would add as a tease.

ironic of him to say when he's the one hung up on you, reminiscing of your time together on the daily. he didn't know if you had some kind of electric pull on him or if he's just hung up because you were the last fling he was in physical contact with- alas, he missed you all the same. whether it be actual love, or infatuation.

"i see you haven't changed." you'd answer with a shake of your head, a smile on your lips. rui would feel his heart jump, realizing that the smile you donned was because of him. he's the reason for your smile now.

"maybe i did?" rui suggests cheekily with a wink, "do you want to catch up and see for yourself?" he offers. though appearing confident, inside he was shaking and even praying for you to say yes.

surely, this time he'd be able to give back the love that you deserve. surely, this time he'd be able to love you.

"ah, sorry. i'm having lunch with my boyfriend. i only picked some stuff up here for our dog." you'd apologize to rui, declining his offer. he couldn't be mad at you, no, you were just being nice to him.

wait... did you just say boyfriend?

"you have a boyfriend?" rui asks, surprised when you nodded and told him you have.

"ah, i see, i'm sorry..." rui apologizes. "please don't let me keep you. have fun with your date!" he exclaims, acting like everything was fine.

even before you could bid him farewell, rui was off to leave, not even shooting another glance back at you. no, he must leave right at this instant or else you'll see him crumble. you'll see his crestfallen expression, you'll hear his heart break, and you'll feel him being torn into pieces.

did he really think he had another shot at you?

[noname-nonartist]

Okay, dude, I need to ask

WHAT does Megumi mean by what he thought about HONAMI????

Heheheheheeee~

Time for another pjsk+jjk AU Lore droppppp~ X3c

(Explaination under the cut)

TW: Topic contains suicide/suicidal thoughts

Hmmm where to beginnnnnn…

Okay! Gonna fast forward some explanation/context!

So like I have it so Megumi form a pseudo-unit group with Yuuji, Junpei, and Yuuta, right? (It should be note that only Yuuji is aware of Megumi’s Sekai, not Yuuta or Junpei)

Well.

The group broke up lol (by the end of the 2nd Arc Ender, timeline wise).

It’s due to a couple of things why the group didn’t work out, however, the final straw was when Yuuji finally put his foot down and leave the group himself after learning that Megumi fought Akito (Megumi also ripped out one of his ear piercings too hence why Akito is missing an earring in the Post 3rd Arc diagram).

Again, I’m summarizing a LOT. Since there’s a lot I have planned for this Break-Up Group Arc. Since like there’s a whole character growth and a bunch of actions that Megumi has done that led Yuuji to make the tough decisions to leave.

(That could be a whole different post if ya wanna know more lol)

ANYWAY!

So Yuuji told Megumi he’s leaving, which caused Megumi to be in this sort of… haze? For a bit as he walks home from school. He then stops by a bridge that’s overlooking the river and start reflecting a bit of what has happened in the past few days. However, Megumi’s mindset be self-deprecating and in general he’s not in a great place mentally too. So like he be looking pretty dead in the eyes. (Doesn’t help that Megumi still has the bruises he got on his face from his fight with Akito)

Honami happens to be around walking her dog, Shibao, since it’s her normal dog walking route she takes every evening. And when she notices Megumi, she was genuinely worried that Megumi was about to jump off the bridge, since the looks in her eyes be sad. Similar to how her eyes were when she too feel suicidal as well. Hence she rushed towards him to stop him, even though in reality he wasn’t gonna jump (but the idea did briefly came).

For those who don’t know. Honami in cannon used to feel suicidal as well. As seen in Kanade’s initial 3 star card’s side story.

And within this AU of mine, Honami actually try to attempt suicide during her junior high years but was saved by Shibao. (Yes, this idea is basically just straight up from this fanfic. It’s a good read. I highly recommend reading it, for it does a good job portraying Honami’s thoughts)

I even wrote a little scene on Honami’s and Megumi’s first meeting too (it’s not that great, writing was never my strong suit. But it got the general vibes that I was trying to aim for lol)

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The sky is a mix of purples and oranges as the sun is setting down.

Megumi is on a bridge with bruises still on his face from the fight he had with Akito the other day. Cars rush by as he looks over at the river with his music blasting in his headphones to drown out the surroundings noises.

He thinks back to Akito’s words that was shouted when Toya hold a steady arm in front of the orange hair boy. “You never cared for Yuuji. You only cared about yourself!”

When Akito said that, Megumi was tempted to lunged at him again for another beating if it wasn’t for the fact that Nobara blocking his way and An holding him back.

Now Megumi, abandoned, is standing at the bridge wondering on what exactly did Akito meant.

Megumi, deeply cares for Yuuji. Doesn’t he?

Yuuji was the only good thing left to him for his sister was still in a coma.

But… then again… even when she was conscious, he wasn’t grateful for his sister…

Is that what he meant?

But… Megumi was grateful to Yuuji. But then why did he still leave…

He tried to make sure that Yuuji was safe and away from any negative influences with the likes of Junpei, Rui, Yuuta, and Akito.

Was there… was there something innate in him that cause people he care for to leave?

Megumi’s eyes darkened with that thought…

Honami is spending her daily evening walking her dog, Shibao, on her normal route over the bridge to look at the beautiful river during the sunset. It’s a good way to end the day with such a view.

As Honami starts humming one of her band’s song, her eyes caught on to a figure over the distant.

She at first thought that he was simply over looking the view, but as Honami got closer, she noticed the bruises on his face…

And… the dead look in his eyes.

The same as hers when…

Honami dropped Shibao’s leash, much to the confusion to the golden Shiba, and start running.

She rushes to the unknown figure she knows nothing about, but she knew.

The look in his eyes tells her everything.

She knew that if she doesn’t do something now, it’ll forever haunt her.

When she saw the teen, whose looks to be around her age too, leaning over the railing, she runs even harder.

She got to reach him.

Hurry.

Hurry!

Hurry!!!

Please!!!

Don’t!!!

“Don’t Do It!!!”

Megumi was shocked when someone ran into him and grabbed his arm. The momentum from the collision caused his headphones to fall off just in time to hear the girl’s desperate plead.

As his headphones clanked loudly onto the concrete sidewalk, the two teens stared at each other with wide eyes.

Honami breathing deeply to catch her breath as Megumi looked bewildered at the sudden appearance of someone he has never met before.

“Don’t…” Honami finally huffed out, “Don’t jump…”

Megumi blinked.

“I… I know it’s may seems like a good solution, but it’s not. You-“

Oh. Megumi thought. She thought I was going to…

“I wasn’t going to jump.”

“Huh?”

“I not going to jump off. I was just thinking…” Megumi reiterated.

“Oh.”

Honami gently lets go of Megumi’s arm as she sighed a relief out.

“Oh, thank goodness.”

From a distance, Megumi hears a dog barking as it heads over to their direction.

“Shiboa!” The tall girl turns around to greet her dog back, but as she did so her legs start to give out due to the adrenaline leaving her body.

As she abruptly sits on to the floor, Megumi just look as her dog whimpers up towards the girls to make sure its owner is alright.

Megumi would be lying if the thought of jumping didn’t come through his mind. But if he did that then Yuuji would be deeply hurt. And what about Tsumiki? He doesn’t want her to be left alone once she wakes up.

If she ever wakes up…

No.

Megumi shakes his head. Now is not the time for that.

“Um…” Megumi awkwardly begins.

Honami stops petting her dog as she looks up.

“…what… What breed of dog do you have? It looks like it’s a Shiba…”

Honami eyes brightened as bit, “You’re correct! He is a Shiba, his name is Shibao. Are you a dog owner too?”

Megumi puts a hand on his neck to relieve some of the awkward energy his extruding, “Um. Yeah. Two of them. Both Huskies…”

“What are their names?”

“Ash and Luna.” Megumi answer as he kneel down, “Can I pet your dog?”

“Of course you can.” Honami smiles softly, “He’s very friendly.”

As Shibao sniffs the boy’s hand, the golden dog quickly jumps up onto him.

Megumi couldn’t contain his smile as the shiba starts licking his face.

“He seems to like you very much.” Honami said with such a warmth that Megumi hasn’t experienced in a long while.

Megumi hums a bit as he gently push Honami’s dog back down.

He turns to the girl. “Do you walk around here often?”

“Hm? Oh, yes I do. I normally walk Shibao through here during the evenings.”

“Hmph. I hope you don’t stay out for too long since Shibas tends to have a lot of energy.” Megumi commented.

“Oh don’t worry, the route I take is very safe, even when it’s gets a bit dark too.”

Megumi hums to that as he continues to pet the still excited shiba.

Honami looks at Megumi’s softened expression and then a thought came to her.

“How about we both walk our dogs together?”

“Huh?”

“I know that huskies also have a lot of energy. And usually after our walks, Shibao is so exhausted that he lays down for the rest of the day!”

Megumi paused a bit as he thinks about the girl’s offer. On one hand, he prefers to walk his dogs alone. But… his own walking route hasn’t been too stimulating for Ash and Luna. And he’s honestly a bit curious about the girl herself…

“That… actually does sound nice.”

Honami smiles, “Then let’s find a good day to walk together. My name is Mochizuki Honami, and you are…?”

Megumi stands up. As he brush up he dust and fur off of him, he looks right at Honami, who’s surprisingly a bit taller than him, and says-

“Fushiguro Megumi.”

Her eyes soften, “It’s nice to meet you, Fushiguro-san.”

Megumi just hums in response with a subtle nod of his head.

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But yeahhhh. That’s how they first metttt~ :3c

I think Megumi would be a bit curious if Honami too has thoughts about committing suicide as well. Hence the first impression comment.

I’m actually going to have Megumi and Honami to have a pretty deep and good friendship (and shortly after Leo/Need as a whole being good friends with Megumi) that actually helps Megumi grow and becoming a better person. :Dc

It’s about time for Megumi to have a positive character arc~ :3c

And like. Megumi and Honami could bond over their self-esteem issues and their suicidal thoughts too. No? •3•

Megumi and Honami Friendship Go!

[echantedtoon]

Demon Bride Ch32 Gathering Of The Kizuki

(This will HEAVILY reference s3 ep1 of Demon Slayer.

WARNINGS!!!:Gore, fighting , decapitation, limbs being cut off, some innuendos, blood, threats, cussing, and Enmu,Karaku, and Douma ARE their own warnings.)

"Here. Make sure you eat up now. You'll need it for energy later."

"I like these hot pots. I want to have to soups filled with eggs and meats and mushrooms all the time." No sooner had the small child said that a large chunk of steak was shoved into his mouth.

"Take it easy there, Rui. I don't want you choking on your food now."

The child only nodded with his cheeks puffed out vigorously chewing as a hand patted his back. Rui was all better now! No fevers or sickness anywhere in sight. You had to admit it. Enmu's medicine actually worked wonders! The only thing that concerned you was making sure he ate and slept enough which was the easy parts. However you did get lost on the way back and were a few hours late but it all worked out in the end. Now it had nearly been three days later and things were going rather well. Now it only seemed like you had to wait for Akaza to arrive. Which would be sooner than you think. After all the day had just started and you and Rui had just eaten breakfast (or in Rui's case gone for an entire pot) but it was good his appetite was back. However you weren't expecting the knock on your door or for the door to open and reveal the old lady whom ran the whole sanctuary on the other side.

"Pardon me, Miss," she spoke with a small bow, "I'm sorry for the interruption but you have a very important visitor."

"Visitor?" Your brow rose. Was Kaigaku back? 

The door was pulled all the way back and someone much taller than the little old lady was revealed. You blinked and your eyes widened at who was there. A body of pale grey-white skin, blue markings, and pink hair smiled from the doorway sheepishly.

"Akaza!" You immediately lit up in a bright smile and shot up to your feet. Rui paused mid chew on the steak in his mouth and looked surprised at the man before him.

Akaza, the Demon you had been waiting for chuckled sheepishly before waving. "Good morning, Y/n. I understand if I'm dropping in so unannounced but I had...a few little pests to reign in." He sniffed the air a few times before gold-blue eyes glanced down to the small coffee table and noticed the giant steaming pot STILL steaming and mostly full of food. His eyes slightly perked up at it. "Are you just having break-FAST?!"

He froze as something considerably smaller than him. Darted forward and wrapped herself around him in a hug. The old ladys eyes went wide and Akaza froze, arms out at awkward angles as you squeezed his middle in a hug.

"I was wondering when you would get here! I've been waiting forever!" You smiled widely and let go of him only to see a giant red spear across his face. "Yes. We were just served the food. Do you want to join us?"

BU-BUMP-

He slowly gulped and felt the heat blush from his face to his neck and shoulders and all the way to his ears too. His heart pounding in his ears. Oh be still his beating heart. You looked so cute like this. But he had more important matters at hand to deal with- His stomach rumbled...ok. One meal wouldn't hurt. He hadn't eaten for a while, and surely it wouldn't hurt to take one meal before he left with them surely. After all it would look bad if he brought them back all hungry and grouchy.

He nodded clearing his throat. "Y-Yes. I-I would love to join you both. *ahem* May I come in?" He asked gesturing into the room.

"You can just come in if you're hungry. You don't have to ask me."

"Oh no. I'd never enter a woman's room unless I have permission. It's not an option." He looked almost nervous as he came in and Rui watched him I'm awe. "*ahem* I see you've taken good care of the kid. I'm glad he's alright. I heard that he did have a health scare though."

"Twice," you confirmed, "But he's alright now. I have medicine for him."

He nodded. "That's good." He turned back to you. "Then we shou-"...Gold eyes nearly popped out of Akaza's head when he saw the deep tear in your kimono  exposing your legs. His face BURNT red before he quickly looked away and slapped a hand over his eyes. "Y-Y-YOUR KIMONO!! W-W-What happened to it?!" He felt his face burnt at the sight of it.

"Huh? Oh this? Well it's a long story. I needed to rip it to help out a poor fellow without a bag."

"Y-Y-You can't possibly leave in such a condition!," He squealed out, "I refuse to allow such a sight!"

"Akaza... It's just a tear. You can't even see my whole leg. See-"

"NONONONONONONO!! I mustn't look! I-I-Its a perverted thing for me to do to any woman!" He held up a hand Towards your direction refusing to look your way or even uncover his eyes. You didn't know whether to laugh or feel flattered at his cute chivalry. "M-Madam!! I-If you're still there, P-Please take her to be cleaned up and properly dressed!! W-We can't leave her in this state!" He squeaked out. 

The old lady demon was indeed still there and bowed again. "Of course, Lord Akaza. I'll have her tended to right away. Please enjoy a meal and rest before you go."

Akaza nodded still not facing you. "Y-Y-Yes please! I'll be staying right here until you return!"

You smiled at Akaza and eventually giggled which didn't help his blushing. "Alright. If it makes you feel better I'll go change. Just keep an eye on Rui until I come back. Rui, be nice for Mr. Akaza. I won't be gone long." 

Rui nodded again not looking surprised anymore and just shoved a boiled egg from the pot into his mouth. The old woman bowed again. "Please follow me, Miss. I'll have my servants assist you." 

You nodded and left and Akaza didn't look up until he heard the door closed and looked back up seeing you were gone then sighed in relief allowing his body to relax before looking down at the child still eating and the pot sat upon the small table. It was still hot, plenty of steam rising from the copper colored pot and allowing the heavyset smell of beef to comb through the air. The pot was piled with a variety of mushrooms and meats. Beef, shrimp, crab legs, and bacon strips was squished right next to the mushrooms and next to them was a couple peeled boiled eggs and next to the boiled eggs was a few green vegetables like leeks and potatoes. All of which simmered in a golden brown broth and noodles. In short it all looked delicious. The child was already digging in and plucking out a boiled egg with a pair of chop sticks before putting it in his open mouth. He almost chuckled at the sight before sliding down next to him sitting and smiling.

"Can I have some too?"

The boy just nodded before pausing to just...stare at him a moment before looking him up and down...before pushing over a random pair of chopsticks left behind. "Here you are, Father."

"Thank yo-" Akaza paused. Blinked. Before looking back at Rui. "Wait. What?"

You had returned shortly after bathed with a new kimono fitted on you and one of the girls had fitted your hair up. Although you had tried and failed to refuse any make up, but they forced it onto you anyways and they took your boots!! The ones you had for ages were taken and replaced with very uncomfortable tight shoes that you had no idea how to walk in them without looking like you had stubbed both of your toes, and the kimono they strapped you into was too baggy and had too many layers to it. Then it had dawned on you what had happened when they showed you a mirror. And your stomach sank. They dressed you up like one of the women in this district. The fancy clothes and makeup made sense now. You supposed when Akaza said to have you 'dressed properly' they went for whatever was considered in fashion here. ...You would wipe away the makeup later and take off a few of these unnecessary layers later. It took you forever to get back to the room you stayed in and by the time you did get there,  your feet here killing you and you were pretty sure that a sweat broke out on your forehead. The door was opened and both Akaza and Rui stopped to look up at your tired self for a moment before Akaza held up a hand.

"Sorry. You must have the wrong room. We didn't send for any entertainment."

"It's me, Akaza," You deadpanned.

His eyes went wide. "Y/n?!" He looked you up and down. "I-I-Is that that you?! You look so.... different."

"Ridiculous is more like it. I can't even walk properly in this menegerie!" You frowned ending your little rant with a kick that sent one of the tight shoes off your feet. Instant relief screamed from the foot that left it before being followed by the other. "I feel like I'm in a sauna  under all this fabric! How do oirans and other girls wear these things?! Not to mention my face feels like it's caked in a layer of clay! And they took my boots! I'll have to walk barefoot like you now!"

"What's wrong with that?" 

You shot him a look. "Those boots were sentimental! They were some of the only things I ever bought myself. Some of the only things I ever owned and now they're GONE!! It's not about the condition they were in, it's about the time I spent into them and what they mean. They were just taken and thrown away without even asking me. And I won't settle for some new ones that hurt me. Rui, go into the bathroom and bring me a wet towel to wash this stuff off me."

Rui nodded and immediately stood up to rush off  towards the bathroom as Akaza again blinked and shook his head as you just threw off layers of clothing forced onto your shoulders until you were just wearing one plain kimono. 

"You do look nice in that though."

"Thanks but no thanks. I like how I look without it." A hand reached up to pull the hairpin from your hair allowing your hair to once again cascade from your head. A second later Rui returned with a towel leaving a dripping trail of water droplets on the floor behind him. ''Thanks Rui." You immediately grabbed it from him and just brought it up to your face. 

"Well...I hope you're ready to start traveling soon. Well be traveling in secret for two days until we reach the inner most of the city."

You paused in the middle of wiping off the make up to look Akaza in the face confused. "...What are you talking about? I thought you were taking us back to Kyogai once it was safe."

"*sigh* I wish that were the case. But his home was destroyed considerably, and I've gotten orders from the two most top authorities to bring you and Rui in for the Kizuki meeting." He seemed...sad almost angry even to say that as his fists clenched up. 

"Kizuki.... meeting? What's that?" You pressed the towel to your face again rubbing  your face to remove the last of the makeup. 

"A Kizuki meeting is exactly what it sounds like," he explained popping a whole boiled egg in his mouth and swallowing it before continuing. "It's a meeting held between our Master and any members of the Twelve Kizuki. There's usually separate meetings between the Upper and Lower Moons with him to make it easier but for some reason he has summoned all members of the Kizuki." He hesitated but held up a hand to you. "And he wants both you and him there as well. I'm supposed to bring you there immediately."

You again paused stunned allowing what he said to sink in. ...YOU were supposed to go and meet this mysterious 'Master of Demons' everyone keeps talking about? AND Rui was supposed to go with you?! "What?! What for?! What could he possibly want with us?!" Rui wasn't anything dangerous. He was just a child!! And you were just a plain, ordinary human that didn't have a single coin to your name and grew up in the poorest part of a small mountain village. And you certainly never caused any trouble...Well not any trouble big enough to warrent the king of demons to see you. 

Akaza shook his head. "I don't know myself but I know my Master is not one to be crossed even a little." He then stood up. "If you both have had your fill of food then I suggest we get a head start. The sooner we arrive the more pleased he'll be. Usually Nakime would just summon us there but she can't summon you or the child since you're not a part of the Kizuki." A hand rubbed his neck. "And some of us have a few things to take care of before the meeting..." He nodded his head. "C'mon. It's early. It'd be a good time to sneak out of the city undercover."

"Wait. Now?" 

He nodded. "Now." There was silence for a moment before Rui rushed to the still steaming pot and again started wolfing down the food again. Probably worried he wouldn't be able to eat again on the trip like the last long trip the two of you took. "Whoa there, Little One. Don't make yourself sick!" A firm hand pulled the tinier demon away from stuffing himself to an early stomach ache. "You'll have plenty of food on the way there."

Rui blinked. "Sorry Father."

You both paused for a moment before your wide eyes turned to the stiff Akaza. "...It must be all the stress I'm under. Rui couldn't have called you 'father'....Right?"

Akaza sighed. "It's another long story."

"When do I get a sibling?" You both again looked at Rui who wiggled in Akaza's grip. "I want a brother AND a sister- No. I want two sisters and one brother to balance the men and women numbers."

A glass breaking sound went off in your heads as your faces went red. "WHAT?! R-RUI THAT'S NOT HAPPENING!!"

He gazed at you with a very serious and confused look. "Why not? You like him-" he pointed at Akaza's red face. "-and he likes you. You both can get married and it'll be official."

"No. Rui. We CAN'T have children is what I mean!"

He rose a serious brow. "Why not? It happens all the time. Everyone knows when a Father and Mother loves each other very much-"

"OK!! THAT'S ENOUGH FOOD FOR YOU!" Akaza proclaimed loudly before turning Rui and scooting him towards the door. "I think you have too much energy we need to burn off and the best way to do that is by walking! The Master is waiting anyways so let us not be late!"

"Oh. Do you prefer to adopt? If you are Then I AM making final decisions-"

"LESS TALKING MORE WALKING!!"

Whelp. That was an embarrassing moment you'd never be able to live down. But hopefully this could just stay between you  three. 

Armed with but the weird fan weapon Kaigaku gave you earlier and a bottle of the medicine for Rui, you three followed Akaza out of the Sanctuary and in the back streets of the district heading where else? But further into the city far away from the houses of oirans or any stalkers who might come after you. You debated in telling Akaza the full extent of what happened, but figured that the situation was already taken cared of and there was no point. That man wouldn't bother you again anyways and you suspected he would he hesitant to come back anytime soon with the threat that Gyutaro guy gave him. Plus you didn't want to send Akaza on another man hunt like with what happened to Kaigaku and you had bigger things to worry about. Like trying to figure out ANY reason as to why this 'Master' wanted to see you and Rui. You wracked your brains hard for literally ANY reason at all even if it was small but you couldn't think of a single one. Not for the entire day you three were walking or when Akaza kept peeking around corners, stopping you all before continuing onwards. Something told you he did this a lot. Sneaking around which reminded you of what Kaigaku mentioned. 

''Hey. Don't you have a human disguise? I thought all Kizuki did."

"We do but I prefer to stay hidden and its faster to just weave through the allies unnoticed. Most Kizuki meetings are too secret even to other demons."

"You're literally not human! How hasn't one person even noticed you yet?" 

"Simple. If they do notice me, it's considered highly bad luck to speak about it." 

"Who spreads that rumor?" 

"The Master. No one really questions it."

"I owe Kaigaku an apology. THAT has to be the dumbest thing anyone's ever said to me."

Akaza have you a weird look but seemed to just drop the subject. Night soon fell and Rui was already starting to get tired, to which Akaza just simply scooped up the child and just kept walking but after another hour or two paused to look at you.

"Are you alright? I know humans need more sleep than demons."

I'm truth you were tired but shook your head. "I can still walk."

"No. You're getting tired." He stopped making you stop behind him and gave you a look. Rui was still held in one arm of his and curled fast asleep against half his chest. "I can carry you through the night and then you can continue walking in the morning.  We can't afford to be late."

"I can walk through the night! A human can go three days without sleep-"

"I can go three weeks." You fell quiet as he sighed. "Here. You can just sleep and I'll carry you. I know it's not ideal but you'll need all the energy you can get for the meeting. Trust me. This isn't something to take lightly."

You wanted to say no but your feet screamed yes. So reluctantly you agreed and allowed Akaza to carry you in his other arm. With a red face. Wow. He uh..must be strong to carry both of you without breaking a sweat. And you literally just pressed against his chest and side was a bit more intimate than you'd like, and when you looked up..Huh. his eyes shined a real pretty gold in the moonlight. A shaking of his chest made you freeze as you quickly recognized the sound as chuckling. 

"Is my face that beautiful?~"

"SHUT UP!! IM SLEEPING!!"

You were so happy to continue walking on foot the next day however Rui continued to snore away in Akaza's arms which was cute. And it was just like the last day, and again you tried to deny Akaza carrying you when it got dark...but he insisted and insisted and INSISTED until you could barely keep your eyes open and finally agreed falling asleep faster. By the next morning, you had woken up late in the noon and nearly had to fight Akaza to put you down but managed to get back onto your feet.

"We're nearly there." He confirmed as Rui rubbed the sleep from his eyes. "We'll be at the meeting point by sundown, possibly even meet up with some other Kizuki also heading that way." A blue tipped hand grabbed your shoulder seriously and his face hardened. "You need to be on your guard and stay close to me. I can't guarantee which Moon we'll meet and what they'll do."

It made you wonder just how much more dangerous the other Kizuki were. You have only ever met four. Kyogai who was as sweet as honey to everyone you've seen him act with (other than Kaigaku and Enmu). Kaigaku who had a temper sure but you didn't consider him dangerous. Enmu who wasn't so much a threat as he was just annoying. And Akaza who you guessed could be dangerous but he was respectful and polite to most everyone you've seen too. Were the other Kizuki really that bad? Looks like you would find out soon. Twilight soon began to fall and the farther you all traveled the More quiet it gotten and the less people you saw until the streets were completely bare of any living creatures and no lights other than the occasional street lantern or candle in the window and the setting sun leaving only a little sunlight to spare. It would soon be complete night, and you had no idea where you were. You felt almost like a criminal skulking around back allies, hiding from sight, and keeping secret. A sudden noise made you suddenly jump and a cat yowled out from the inside of an overflowing crate full of garbage and scurried away into the night leaving you spooked. You felt on edge from Akaza's warning and you couldn't help but feel like you were one of those unfortunate victims you always heard in ghost stories. The ones who always meet their early demise in the dark. If you weren't traveling with a giant, powerful demon you would've felt more on edge.

"Akaza, where are we?," You asked just loud enough for them to hear. 

"The more residential areas of this district. Mostly humans live here but there's a few demons. We're almost there. Keep up with me."

"This place has a heavy aura to it," Rui spoke looking around carefully at every shadow that danced by, "It speaks of danger."

"You wouldn't be wrong. We approaching the entrance point." He didn't explain himself further but he still heard her footsteps struggling to keep up with his wider, faster strides. It shouldn't be too long now. With one final left turn he walked down onto a street finally and began walking down the street until he was halfway through and stopped making her bump into his back. There was silence other than her heartbeats. ".... We're here."

You were?! Blinking your head turned this way and that on the street, only seeing the dark street and nothing else. At least you weren't cramped in an alley again but now just exposed like this on the street was starting to make that antsy feeling creep up her spin again. It made you take a subconscious step towards Akaza who just stood there. The last rays of the setting sun was dowsed by the watering night and all light finally left, making the shadows more powerful. More bigger. The outstretched hands of darkness caressed the world in its grip. Akaza stood silently still in the night before his head turned towards the dark opening to a alley, and narrowed his eyes.

"Skulking around in the darkness? I thought you were more civil than that."

A small silence followed and other than a small flinch you gave nothing moved. Your head turned in sync with Rui as you both looked in the direction Akaza was facing and saw no one else there. Until someone else stepped out of the shadows and into the moonlight.

"We're supposed to be keeping this secret. Why are you standing in the middle of the street without disguising yourself?"  What stepped into the moonlight was a man. A human man with familiar looking black hair, dark eyes, with a tanish-brown shirt and pants with a purple coat dropped from his shoulders. He wore a light scowl as he did so. Who was this? "You'll endanger Y/n for fucks sake!"

"Kyogai. You're in the presence of a lady and child. Watch your language!"

"Kyogai?" The human man turned his attention to you as you gawked at him.

"*sigh* Hello, my dear. It's been quite a WHILE-!?" He was nearly toppled over when something smaller suddenly tackled him in a tight hug startling everyone with the speed in which you launched at him. 

"THANK THE GODS YOU'RE ALRIGHT!! I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU!!" You yelled at him in the hug before pulling away and grabbing his face with a smile. He blinked as you smiled widely. "You look so different too. But it's not a bad look, I didn't recognize you at first."

He blinked as you cooed and squished his cheeks together giggling when his face went red before he shook his head and pulled away. "I- Yes! Of course I'm alright!" He squeaked out in a high pitch tone before clearing his throat. "I'm a Kizuki. It'll take more than an attack to take me down."

"Is Kaigaku with you?"

"No. He got here before me, by now he must already be somewhere in the Infinity Castle waiting for everyone else to arrive."

"Then we mustn't keep them waiting."

Kyogai only nodded at Akaza before turning away from you and without another word began walking. You watched as he silently walked without another word and without looking back at anyone all the way over to a home on the opposite side of the street. Without even bothering to knock he just opened the door and walked right into someone's house- Until he just dropped. Literally! His body went down into the floor as if a hole opened up right under him as he walked,but the strangest part was how silent it all was. He didn't even attempt to scream or call for help. One moment he was there and the next he disappeared! You have a gasp and look of shock.

"Kyogai?! What just happened to him?!"

"Be calm. He just entered the Infinity Castle which is where we're going next."

"What? AH!!"

You squealed as a strong arm just picked you up by around your waist and Akaza took three leaping strides hopping through the open doorway and disappearing into the same spot Kyogai just did. Your small scream echoing out...And then the door slammed back shut on the silent street.

Black. That's the first thing that enveloped your vision and you instinctively grabbed onto Akaza for dear life as you all felt weightless and kept falling and falling and falling. Until bright light shown from the end of the tunnel. You wondered for a brief moment if you died somehow and this was the afterlife tunnel you've heard about so much. Closing your eyes, you braced yourself...only to feel yourself come to a complete calm stop...Was that it? We're you dead? Was this heaven? Slowly you opened your eyes.

And your eyes widened. 

Hundreds of lights began clicking on.

CLICK. CLICK. CLICK. CLICK.

Hundreds of rooms and windows and stairs appeared all meshing into one as if they were a maze. Hundreds of halls. Entrapping the light within the confusion of the structure your mind struggled to comprehend.  

"...What is this place?"  It felt too big for you too look at. Almost overwhelming your stomach into becoming nauseous.

"The ultimate dimension. The Infinity Castle. ...This is where all demons came from, our original home."

He did not answer you even as you turned to him, only sucking in a deep breath, letting you feel his grip tighten around you both, before he just tilted forward. And you screamed as you fell. Downwards you all spiraled out of control past doors, lanterns, stairs, walls, hallsways- Doors. Lanterns. Stairs. Walls. Hallways. Doors. Stairs. Walls. Lanterns. Hallways. Over and over again. Reflected in your eyesight and flying past your falling forms at an inhuman speed. This wasn't FLYING. This was falling. Wind whipped your hair around and in your face half blocking things from your sight.  Until there was a brief pause of the strange buildings as you all flew past a wide open space. A grand temple like mansion surrounded by water and lilypads before just as quickly disappearing being replaced by even more of the original buildings you first saw. You couldn't even scream again when Akaza did a few air flips before slamming down on its feet again, too winded by the whole surreal experience. But you were sadly mistaken if you thought that was the end of it. Squares appeared in the walls before they all broke away and launched themselves right at your body. At which point you slammed your eyes shut. Akaza only focused on the high speeds at which the speed of the floors launched him up and into the sky. Up and up and UP he went past tens of doors flying open and exposing the way to the top of brights lights and wind.

STRUM!!

All at once, the wind and movements and you still gripped onto Akaza forehead pressed firmly into his shoulder. And there you remained until the shoulder nudged you gently.

"Y/n. We're here now. You can open your eyes now."

....you slowly opened purple eyes and looked up, and what you saw shocked you completely. More maze buildings and lanterns surrounded you but it looked as if you were standing on a center platform in the very center of it all. You couldn't do anything but stare at it all. What kind of godly powers allowed something like this to exist?

"That was fun. Let's do it again!"

"Absolutely NOT!" 

You wriggled until Akaza slowly lowered you both down. You wobbled the first few steps thanks to the light feelings in your legs  but managed to stand and look around, only to yelp and jump back towards Akaza when someone close moved next to you. Your head turned. And you had to suppress a scream when a hand with an eyeball dead in its center blinked right at you. The green sclera and orange pupil with a literal arrow as the pupil. The eye blinked as the hand was held up at your shocked face.

"Is this the human who caused so much ruckus? Hm. She's not much of a looker is she?"

"Yahaba, don't insult her while in my presence," Akaza growled letting a fist clench at his side.

Yahaba? Why did that name sound familiar too? Purple eyes blinked past the hand held up and made contact with the strangest sights. A man and woman stood there looking right at you. The man of the pair had his eyes closed, black hair, and a largely blue beaded necklace around his neck. The woman whom was smiling in both a smirk and excitedly condescending way was wearing a long orange kimono, black and orange hair, and piercing yellow eyes staring right through yours, and from her ears dangled silver stoned earrings. 

"She doesn't look very strong either," the yellow eyes woman commented. A bell jingling was heard followed by a repeated thudding sound as a hand of her lazily bounced a temari ball repeatedly. "Is there really more than five Kizuki members after this puny thing's heart?"

"Susamaru, I won't hit a woman but you're stepping across a boundary you really shouldn't."

Susamaru? Was that this woman's name?

"Calm yourself, Lord Akaza," the Yahaba man spoke, his eye hands still blinking at you, "She merely expressed a concern over the rumors we're hearing." Akaza narrowed his eyes. "But perhaps we did cross a line. Our apologies. How long has it been since all twelve members of the Kizuki gathered for one meeting? Eighty? Ninety years now?"

"No you high class wannabe idiot! It's been a hundred thirteen years!," A new but familiar voice spoke up making you look over and recognize a very familiar  angry demon scowling. 

"Kaigaku!"

Said demon perked up hearing your name and a moment later another demon arrived behind him in the form of Kyogai again but both of them had dropped their human disguises. Immediately you perked up at seeing them again. Said demons perked up at your voice and in an instant they were staring right at you. A small smile appearing on his face despite his harsh tone.

"Tch. It's about time you've all shown up," he said with a huff and crossing his arms. "We've been waiting two days for you to arri-"

"Y/N-CHAAAAAANNN!~" 

All your heads turned, and Kaigaku bristled. "OH FUCK NO!!" And quickly jumped in front of a teal eyes blur before Enmu could even get close to you with open arms and a love struck look in his eyes. "NOT AT THE KIZUKI MEETING YOU PERVERT!!"

"It's been too long since I've seen you again my love!~," Enmu called from being blocked by Kaigaku, "I didn't forget the way you man handled me on the train and demanded I gave you what you needed.~" A shiver went down his spine as he gushed. "Please hold me like that again!~"

A female voice giggled and you found the Susamaru woman looking amused as her hand eyed friend looked disgusted. "It looked like the rumors we're right and they have all fallen for the same human girl. How fun to watch."

"Hmph. Of all the indignant things. They could've chosen anyone from high society and yet they're all fighting like dogs over a scrap of meat and it's not even an expensive meat like a sweet honeyed ham."

Your brow rose at them. Did this man seriously just compare you to a piece of meat? "And who are you?"

"Y/n," Akaza spoke making you look at him. He nodded at the new pair, "This is Yahaba and his partner Susamaru, they're Lower Moons Four and Five of the Kizuki. And they seem to be forgetting their places in front of me."

Both Yahaba and Susamaru looked at one another... before smirking but bowed when Akaza gave a grunt their way. "Apologies. We're still tired from our trip here. You'll forgive us if we're snappy."

Instead of answering them, Rui was gently placed down on the ground and he immediately began wondering off making you blink before following after him and grabbing his arm before he decided to look over the edge just to see how far up or down below you all were. You ended up standing closest to Kyogai just as more Demons showed up. 

"You men need to keep your voices down and quit being so annoying!," A high pitched woman's voice DEMANDED and you looked up only to jump finding a woman walking down a flight of stairs completely upside down above you all. She looked up...down?? And scowled at all of you. Her body wrapped in a simple but VERY expensive looking pink kimono,  her long hair tied in a ponytail and it was all white except for when it faded to green near the bottom, and she seemed to half some kind of pink flower tattooed on her cheek. But what was most striking was the yellow eyes glaring at everyone from up there. "You all can be so loud, it's bad enough I have to deal with annoying men at the Entertainment District but now I have to do it here too?!"

"Daki," Akaza said simply and politely ignoring everything else she said. "It's good to see you again. You look healthy. Is your brother with you?"

"Of course he is!" She shrieked back. "He's just asleep from the long trip!"

"You'd better wake him up and have him come out for the meeting. The Master wants everyone present for this meeting. Biwa Woman!" He suddenly spoke louder and looked over and up, and you followed his gaze. "Has Lord Muzan arrived or not?"

STRUM!!

You looked over and rose a brow at another new face. This one of a pale skinned woman who sat on a platform high above you all and was cloaked in all black. Her hands expertly held a stringed instrument and her long black hair blocking the whole top half of her face.

"I can say with certainty he has not," she spoke clearly and calmly to Akaza's question. 

"Then what about Upper One? Is he here?" Akaza scowled harsher. "Don't tell me he of all people is late to a meeting."

Upper One? Did Akaza mean Upper Moon One? You don't think you've seen him yet. You again glanced around. Enmu had settled down finally and everyone seemed to be glancing at Akaza or the woman for answers. You looked back up to the woman who had been standing above you all but was surprised to see someone suddenly next to her. A man thin and gangly who towered over the woman who stood next to him. Where did he come from?! Was THAT 'Upper One? He must've felt eyes on him because he looked up (down??) at you and you saw him freeze instantly. His eyes going wide and looking as if he's seen a ghost.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. That's so harsh.~"

CLICK. CLICK. clickclickclickclickclick-!!!

One after another lanterns on a platformed stairway rapidly clicked off creating a veil of darkness behind you directly. It caused you to jump and go wide eyed as they all closed off to the darkness, the candles all exploding inside of the pretty patterned lantern covers until one side of the platform you stood up on was completely shrouded by darkness. And then silence resumed..Or....it would have-

"You're beginning to hurt my feeling, Lord Akaza,~" a man's voice cooed from the darkness. Immediately it sent a shiver down your spine. "Weren't you even a little concerned about me?" You jumped again and whirled around wide eyed. "And here I was concerned something had happened to you.~ After all you are one of my cherished comrades, and I would be heartbroken if I lost any of my comrades.~"

Purple eyes went wide. Standing there right next to Akaza was the most beautiful man you had ever seen. In fact..you had completely thought it was another woman at first with how beautiful he was, but you could tell it was a man by his voice and physical appearance. Speaking of which- ...He was TALL. Definitely taller than Akaza whom he literally had an arm thrown around his shoulders. You'd say he was as tall as Kyogai. A pair of skin fitted clothes showed off his physique which was admitted impressive, you guessed he was strong. His head was framed by platinum blonde hair that cascaded down his back other than a peculiar ring of red on the very top on his head. His nails a sharpened ice blue. But what struck out the most was his eyes. They were a kaleidoscope someone caught the rainbow in. His skin smooth and unblemished yet pale like perfectly frozen piece of ice. Your first thought was-

This man was bad. Dangerous. It made you freeze up inside and shiver. There was something about this person who made you want to stay away. 

"Lord Douma!," Enmu happily exclaimed raising a hand to wave. Out of everyone he seemed to the only one happy to see this tall man. "It's been ages! I assume your cult is doing well since your territory has expanded."

"Hi Enmu!", The tall man smiled and waved back a creepy look across his face. "Long time no see. I heard you got the newest model of train. It should be so much faster traveling now. You'll have to drop it by my place to show me sometime."

Akaza went rigid. His body cold as he felt the hand tap on his shoulder. Veins appeared along both arms as fists clenched up and a pulse went through his body.

"Get off."

"Hmm?" Chills ran down your spine at the unsettling turn the rainbow eyed man gave as well as the chillingly slow look Akaza gave him. 

"Get your hands off of me."

CRACK!!

You gasped and your eyes widened in horror as blood spattered onto the floor as the entire lower jaw of Douma (that's what they called him) was wiped off with one punch from Akaza. Leaving nothing but blood dripping from his face and red smeared all over Akaza's left wrist and dripping down his arm. The sight surprised you enough to force Rui behind you with a blink from him. No one else really reacted to the sight other than Kyogai whom gave a concerned look your way as you froze.  You expected the blonde man to kneel over in pain or drop to the floor, but no. Despite his lower jaw being missing he managed to let out a coo of fascination, a hand skimming over the still bleeding flesh before with some crackling noises his jaw completely healed back and he turned with that same smile. Although now he had blood smeared all over the front of his clothing, his hands, and parts of his neck and face.

"That was quite a punch.~ If I'm not mistaken you've gotten slightly stronger.~"

He spoke in a similar way to Enmu, the only difference was that you felt like there was...No emotion at all despite the cheeriness of his tone. It was hard to explain but it was like if someone was angry but pretending to be happy but you could really tell they weren't happy. This was almost the same. You could tell he was pretending to be happy but...there was nothing underneath to hear. And that scared you. Akaza merely gave him a look that could be summed up as 'what the hell is wrong with you'.

"You asked about Upper One earlier." Everyone turned back to the woman holding the Biwa just as Rui peered from behind you curious. "He was the first one I summoned. In fact he's been here all along."

"I've been here...the entire time."

There was a tense silence as everyone froze up. A deep male's voice spoke out echoing everywhere and Akaza suddenly moved looking over his shoulder and down into the maze of homes and lanterns. You looked that way too...but you didn't see anyone. 

"It seems Lord Muzan...has arrived."

SLAM!!

You jumped whirling around as Kyogai immediately slammed to his knees and arms pressing his forehead to the ground in the deepest bow he could give. What- Another similar sound rang out as one after another all the demons quickly dropped to their arms and knees in a similar bow until they all were on the floor bowing. All except for the instrument holding demon. Oh she was bowing alright, whoever she was, but not as deeply as the others. Instead just her head alone was bowed, enough to still be seen as polite and respectful but not as deep as the ones around you-

"Psst." You again jumped and looked around at everyone but no one was looking up at you- "Look UP, dummy!" A raspy voice hissed at you and you looked up, only to jump when you met the sickly yellow eyes of the gangly met above you. Both him and the woman were in bows on the stairs but the man was looking up (down???) at you from there with a glare. "Don't be stupid! BOW!!"

You weren't sure what to make of it but you felt an overwhelming feeling that it'd be best to not question it for now. Rui yelled a 'hey' as you dropped to your own knees forcing Rui against and with you before wrapping an arm around his back and making him bow with you. The thoughts hit you. If a demon as powerful as Akaza bowed like his life depended on it, then you'd do well to follow that example. 

There was a tense silence as everyone didn't move. You weren't even sure if you were breathing only feeling the heart pounding in your ears. And then the heavy footsteps came. TAP. TAP. TAP. TAP. TAP. TAP. TAP. They sounded so close yet so far away at the same time. TAP. The footsteps. Stopped. You couldn't tell where they were or what was making  them. The urge to look up was strong. Briefly you did, and met the side eye of Kyogai whom was literally shaking. His blue eye shot your way...and his head lightly shook no. No. He was telling you not to look up at whatever it was scaring him. You didn't. Instead it went to the polished oak wood below you in wide eyed silence.

"....Do you know what it is I see, Kokushibo?"

"Dissatisfaction."

"Oh no. Far from it. I see a change....Have I ever told you lot how much I detest change? The changes of circumstance, the changes of flesh, ....THE CHANGES IN EMOTIONS. Most changes only cause weakness and inferiority.  And I am not weak. What I'm interested in in perfection in performance. A completion of a perfect wheel going around and around as it should be. Do you understand what I'm saying, Kokushibo?"

"Without question."

"You seem to be the only one who does, so allow me to explain it in words these others can understand."TAP. TAP. TAP. "I made the analogy of a perfect wheel earlier. So let's take that one step further and say this particular wheel it one on my wife's carriage. The wheel on the the carriage is perfectly round, and along with the other four wheels works perfectly to work. But once and a while you'll break down. A dent will appear. Sometimes things go flat. Sometimes you'll have to replace the wheel entire wheel but that's alright. Accidents happen. You just fix what broke and move on. But let me ask you this. What happens when more than one is damaged?" TAP. TAP. TAP. "What happens if there's more problems than you can repair? The break downs build up and get worse. Now if there's an emotionally charged person behind that wheel well...Do you know what they'll do, Kokushibo?"

"They will..not think clearly....They will be at risk...for more accidents on the road."

"That's exactly correct. An emotional driver won't think to fix the mistakes clearly too busy thinking about their feelings, and even if they do the repairs won't be done correctly. If you patch a tire it might fix it for a time but if you fail to completely change the wheel the accidents and build ups will continue until you crash and burn and you'll have a permanent disaster on your hands....And that's EXACTLY what we have here. Recklessness. Driven by a stupid feeling of the useless emotion known as infatuation. So let me ask all of you this...How has so many things gone wrong because all of you couldn't think clearly with that blinding emotion making you stupid?"

No one dared answer. Not even when the new voice hummed.

"Should I tell...Hairou to bring them...out now?"

"Excellent suggestion. Since no one here can answer me perhaps one of them can. I want all the members of the Twelve Kizuki here for my talk anyways. You may tell Hairou to bring them out now."

There was silence once again. Not even the talking sounds of someone walking. Until you heard the distant sounds of...metal clanking against more metal?? The sound filled you with confusion and you saw Akaza slowly lift his head up out of the corner of your eye. What was that?! Footsteps added onto the collage of metal jingling and they shuffled as if walking slowly and slowly  towards you. Eventually it was overwhelmingly in front of you somewhere. Eventually your curiosity got the better of you, and surely if Akaza thought it was ok to look up then. You looked up and you once again froze at what you were staring at. There was six new demons to the scene and you recognized them. It was the five demon brothers who tried to kidnap you and Rui! Although they all looked miserable and you could see why as they all had thick chains and cuffs around their wrists which were connected to one another by the thick ropes of chains. The sixth demon was something to behold too. His entire physical body was different shades of greys other than his eyes which was a black sclera and white pupils. He smiled in sick delight and harshly tugged on the chain pulling the other five along behind him.

"Hairo. Unchain them." The monochrome demon in the military uniform gave him a disappointed look. "You heard me. I don't think those chains will be necessary as I don't believe they'll try to do anything that would further get them into trouble. Spending a week in solitary confinement and chained taught them everything they needed."

That voice. You looked over and paused at not one but two people stood there with his back towards you.  One was a tall  male, with black hair and wore mostly black  except for a white shirt he wore underneath a black vest. The man directly next to him was a few inches taller and the one whom really sent a chill down your spine. The figure was mostly hidden by a long ponytail and black and purple coat. He was dressed in a more traditional way compared to the man next to him. The monochrome demon in the army uniform and cape hissed but complied with the demands pulling out a key from his cape and just yanking the first demon in line painfully closer to him. The red eyed demon growled but didn't make a move to strike in fear of getting more in trouble. CLICK. CLICK. CLICK. One after another they were uncuffed and the metal chains noisily dropped to the floor until all of them were uncuffed and rubbing their wrists.

"You all seem to be forgetting something. Hairo, would you do the honors?"

"AH!" 

Something kicked the blue eyed demon of the brothers behind the knees causing him to squeal and fall forward onto his hands and knees in a makeshift bow. ....The other four soon followed the example not having to be told twice. Even the monochrome demon behind them bowed slightly although the sadistic smile returned. 

"That's better. Now that everyone is present, I'm quite certain you're wondering why I called you all on such short notice." No one said anything making the black haired man hum. "No? Very well then. I'll get straight to the point and not waste anymore time. I called you all here to announce that I'll be reorganizing the order of the Kizuki."

To you it wasn't a big deal but you guessed by the shocked looks of everyone else it was some kind of big deal for everyone else here.

"Don't be alarmed. No one is getting replaced but some of you will be placed higher and others lower. After the incidents that have occurred I've made up my mind about this. However there is another far more important issue. And that involves all of your M I S T A K E S." There was a deadly pulse of energy, enough to shake everyone to their cores. "I for one wonder exactly how all of this could happen in such a short amount of time... Kaigaku."

Said angry demon froze not even having the strength to look up at being addressed.

"You failed miserably. Countless times you left your post, you got into fights with at least three pairs of demons who ranked above you, you deliberately failed to notify anyone of your failure to keep outsiders out and I learnt it through a third party...and on top of all of you helped destroy a part of MY territory that now has to be fixed and deliberately kept Upper Moons Four from retrieving what I wanted them to retrieve. Is anything I said wrong?"

"....No."

"Now what about you Kyogai?" Said bookkeeper trembled more. "You also threatened both Kaigaku and Enmu which if I'm not mistaken both rank higher than you, which can be insubordination. You also illegally sheltered a runaway child that was supposed to be brought to me. That's most unbecoming. You also lost sight of the human twice when I wanted her in one place. Your failure to keep a watchful eye annoys me."

"I-I-Im sorry! I had N-No idea!! Please F-Forgive me!!"

"How about you two? Akaza. Enmu. Both of you knew the location of the child and failed to report him in, but I also found out the both of you caused damages to the Tsuzumi Mansion. ...Which I happen to consider one of the most important pillars to my reign. It seems all of your musgrieving are centered around the human. Except for you five." Five brothers trembled with fear. Five different pairs of eyes stared hared into the floor. And five men shook in fear as something heavy crawled over them like sadistic roots seeping into their veins. "For almost and entire you all failed me. It couldn't have possibly been as hard as your five made it out to be to catch one child, but instead of the child what do you deliver?...Failure. Constant, utter failure. Which is bad enough, but you have caused me more trouble than your worth."

"The damage wasn't that bad-"

"Not. That. Bad?" The deep voice spoke inhumanly slow before he hummed. "Kokushibo, do you think it was 'not that bad'?"

"Hardly...I personally saw..the damage. It was...very intense. I was honestly... surprised the mansion was...still standing."

"In all the years of living I have never seen such inherant stupidity from so many of you at once!" The voice got louder and it made you wince from the volume. "INSUBORDINATION. ALMOST IRREPARABLE DAMAGE!! DISRUPTION AMONG THE RANKS!! F A I L U R E. ...Do I need to elaborate further?!" Again no one else spoke. "No one answers. I'm not surprised. However the center for most of these problems happens to be-" His head slowly turned and your own eyes widened as a pair of red eyes met your own. "YOU."

You didn't move. Hardly breathed. Only watched as he finally turned and looked directly at you. This was the Master of Demons? He-.... Wasn't much to look at. You rose a brow. 

"I have heard a great deal about you, and all the problems you caused. Even if you aren't aware of them, you've caused me many set backs...Now the problem is deciding what punishments you all will receive and which ones will please me."

You didn't know why but his words carried a great threat with him than even Akaza. His anger was like standing in the middle of an active volcano. The longer he stared at you, the more you felt like this weight was slowly pushing down on your shoulders and back of your head. Sweat appeared on your face eventually from the intense feeling behind those red ey-

"Daddy!"

...Wait. what?

The intense pressure disappeared as soon as the red eyed man snapped his head over, and almost made his eyes big out when a smaller figure ran right up to him and wrapped their arms around his legs. It took you a moment of blinking at them to realize that the 'they' was actually a she. A little girl that couldn't have been older than seven or eight stood there hugging the man with red eyes sporting a very fancy pink and white dress, her black hair done up in two braids and held there by pink bows.  She happily smiled up at the man with soft brown eyes. You stood there stunned looking between her and the shocked red eyed man before he quickly relaxed back a ...smile? On his previous frowning face, although there was an aura of annoyance in his eyes, although you didn't think that annoyance was aimed at the little girl. 

"My little Princess." The little girl squealed in joy when two strong hands picked her up and held her up in his arms. "You know not to interrupt Daddy when hes working. Aren't you supposed to be studying right now with your tutors?"

"Mommy said I can have the day off!," She happily spoke without any fear of the man. "Are you coming home for dinner this time?"

"Of course. I wouldn't miss seeing my girls but where's Mommy right now?"

"Not too far behind her." Heads turned. Your jaw dropped. Footsteps approached. And a woman who looked so much like the little girl walked in from a random platform wearing an expensive looking but comfortable beige dress. She like the little girl showed no fear to the man as she smiled. "I'm so sorry, Honey. I tried to make sure she didn't bother you but as soon as she saw you, she was off faster than that pony you got her." She then sighed. "I don't think I ever had that energy when I was a little girl."

.....You again stared wide eyed. Hey..THAT WAS THE WOMAN FROM THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT!! WHAT WAS SHE DOING HERE!?

The man chuckled. "It's alright. I missed her too, but what are the two of you doing here? I thought you were enjoying that shopping spree with your mother?"

"I was but I was told we had to leave early because you needed Yahaba and Susamaru for something."

"Oh? Well perhaps they can tell me why you're here then." He then turned to the two Demons in question and you instantly knew who his annoyance was really aimed at.

"Forgive me, Lord Muzan," Yahaba spoke up from his bow, "But you specifically ordered us not to leave the Lady's and Princess's sides for any reason, for that reason we had to bring the both of them along. For their own safety."

"...I see." He seemed..at least a bit satisfied with that answer.

Wait...That was a princess and Lady?!

"Oh my." The woman's eyes blinked around her taking in the scene. "Oh no. Did we interrupt you, Dear? What seems to be going on?"

"Nothing to be worried about," he assured her raising a hand, ''Im just having a business meeting to rearrange some departments and going over a few issues that needs to be addressed. It'll all be handled before dinner tonight."

"Oh dear. Oh dear." Her brown eyes scanned everywhere before stopping in two places. The blood smeared all over Akaza and Douma's bodies from their spat and then over to the heavy line of chains still lying near the Hantengu Brothers. "Oh, Kibutsuji. I hope you haven't been hard on them."

"Nothing that they couldn't handle I assure you."

"Mu-Zan." Her brow rose as she gave him a look. "I can see those chains behind you. You've been putting someone in solitary again haven't you?" In response the man's smile widened. "Don't think you can fool me with that smile. I know you better." Her hands were placed on her hips. "What did these young men do to earn that punishment?"

He chuckled not even ashamed about being called out for something so bad. "You got me. I knew I couldn't fool you. *sigh* They happened to just be a bit reckless and destroy something very important. A time out is just what these young people needed to help learn their lesson. I was just about to punis-" he glanced at the little girl. "...I was about to figure out what they could do to help make up for it."

"Did they break a vase from playing ball in the house too?"

"Hmhm. Something like that sweetie only it was a little bigger than a vase."

"I heard that much." She seemed to pause for a long moment just staring at the brother who all seemed too afraid to move back. "...Well they seem like strong young men, if they really destroyed something why don't you just have them help repair it?"

"My thoughts exactly. I was going to do that exact same thing."

"Uh huh." She totally sounded like she believed him. "And why don't you just let the others off with a warning? As you yourself said, in all your years of living this never has happened. A stern warning can do wonders in the long run."

His smile strained like he really didn't like that idea, but exhaled and his face returned to being serious. "I... suppose given the circumstances and the fact nothing like this has happened before, I can overlook your short comings just this once. ... However." You flinched again as red eyes glared at everyone. "I won't be so merciful if something else were to occur. I've been lenient for far too long since you're in a Kizuki position but I had better not see anymore insubordination or damage to something else I consider mine. I hope I make myself very clear to each and EVERY single one of you."

"Daddy. Who's that?"

You jumped when three pairs of eyes turned to you and Rui , and a flash of realization crossed across the woman's face.

"You're that girl?"

The man slowly turned to her. "Rei, you know this girl?"

Rei? Was that her name?

She nodded. "Yes. She asked me for directions back in the entertainment district, apparently she needed a doctor badly. But what is she doing here?" Her eyes shifted. "Dear, who is this boy?"

"She's my mother." You never wanted to slap a hand over Rui's mouth so fast as everyone turned to you both in such surprise and shock, and intense rigid from the red eyed man. "That medicine was for me. ....And you're going to leave her alone."

"Rui. Shh!" You attempted to shush him with a nudge.

He only stared into the red demon's eyes in that blank, scarily serious face he sometimes got. "I don't know what you desire with me, but I won't allow anyone else trying to separate us."

"Rui, be quiet!," You hissed at him.

There was silence for a long, long, llllooooonnngg moment with just the two Demons staring intently at one another. Before the woman called Rei slowly scowled and turned her head to...Muzan they called him? And red eyes slowly looked back to her, before he blinked surprised. Her hands which her previously on her hips, went to cross her arms as she just... silently scowled at him for a quiet moment.

"...I assure you that I can explain -"

"Which part?"

"The girl is not his mother, not really. His actual mother is located at Eternal Paradise Cult I'm the mountains with his other family. He just must've imprinted on the wrong woman and now he's confused-"

"My Ex-mother abandoned me and wished I was dead. My REAL mother fed me and always makes sure I'm not sick." A pale hand pointed at both Muzan and the brothers behind him. "That man ordered those men to kidnap me and one nearly killed my mother."

Rei still stared silently at Muzan. "Do you care to explain that or why they're even here?"

"*sigh* I admit perhaps I...went about this the wrong way, but I was simply interested in the child's upbringing now. His blood is rare and he could become one of the most powerful demons when he's grown. The girl is the one with the strange flower scented blood I told you about. The one who's stolen the hearts of most of the Kizuki and caused so much trouble. She can't just be let go-"

"Well she's not going to be punished either! And you're not going to separate that little boy from here. So you'd better think carefully about this." The man frowned back at her but opened his mouth to which she rose a daring brow..and he closed his mouth. "Well what has she done?"

"She's trespassed. Caused a disturbance in the Kizuki ranks. And distracted them from doing their duties."

"Oh. Is that all?...Well then let her raise the boy." He hummed confused. "It would solve the problem of leaving a child without a caretaker and raising a child isn't easy. You should know that, and that hardship alone should be enough to make up for everything."

"... there's still the problem of so many Kizuki fascinated by her."

"Then allow them to court her and let her figure it out herself. You shouldn't concern yourself in their love life anyways. That's crossing a big boundary."

The man let a deeply annoyed exhale out- Before pausing eyes widening... Before he once again smiled at his wife politely but there was some kind of undertone to it.

"You're absolutely right, Darling. I shouldn't meddle with affairs of the heart or family." He then 'happily' turned back to you. "I apologize for any trouble my actions or my underlings actions have caused you. However you still have caused trouble yourself. At the insistence of my wife, you're to remain here to help raise the boy and allow us what's ailing your blood so." 

.... That's it? That seemed like a rather mild punishment for the feeling you got from him-

"And to show my apologies to everyone I'm making it official. From now on you shall be legally engaged to the men of the Kizuki with the exception of the child you have."

......W H A T?!

[switchedandbewitched]

Switched and Bewitched

Chapter 1: Scoob, like, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore

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“Uh, like, fuck.”

“Well put, Shaggy, thank you,” Velma said. She rubbed the back of her neck and adjusted her dirt-smattered glasses. She was missing her right sock and shoe. 

Somewhere off to the side they both heard Fred groan. “Have either of you seen Daphne?”

“I’m up here, Freddie.”

The gang looked up to see Daphne haphazardly dangling from over them from a tree limb. A cut on her cheek dripped blood onto Shaggy’s green tee. 

“Like, how you doin’ up there, Daph?” Shaggy asked. 

Daphne rolled her eyes. “Can you just help get me down?” 

As Fred and Velma helped Daphne down from the tree Shaggy began to call out Scooby’s name. “Scooby-Doo, where are you?” 

“Ri’m rover here.” Scooby was several yards away in a bush but thankfully uninjured. The Gang reconvened under the tree and looked around. “Ruys, rhere rare re?” 

There was an initial pause until finally Fred said, “I... I’m not sure.”

“We need to figure out what is going on. Immediately,” Velma said. She smoothed her skirt, took a deep breath, and looked up, her mouth set in a hard line. “This is completely abnormal. We have never experienced anything like this before while solving a mystery. That witch must have drugged us and staged this to scare us off.”

“Velma, that doesn’t feel right. I don’t feel like I’ve been drugged. Remember that one time I was roofied at Red Herring’s party?”

“You mean that one time Red Herring roofied you,” Fred stated. 

“I’ve told you before and I’ll tell you again, Fred, Red Herring did not --”

“Well, what would you propose as an explanation, Daphne?” Velma asked. 

“Arguing isn’t going to help anything. If the witch did move us, we need to figure out where we are so we can go home,” Fred said. “We seem to be in some kind of park so there has to be a road nearby.” 

“Like, Scoob and I are starving. It feels like we haven’t eaten in decades.” 

It was near evening already and it took The Gang another two hours to hike through the park, eventually locating an access road that led them to a paved street. When they reached the street, there were few clues as to where they were. Thick trees blocked out any light there might have been from a town and the street lights flickered on and off at random. 

“Now what?” Daphne asked. 

“I guess we just wait until someone drives by,” Fred responded. 

“Someone who is willing to pick up all four of us in this state and a 70  pound dog? Doubtful. We should pick a direction and walk until we get our bearings. We can’t possibly be that far away from home. The North Star is there.” Velma pointed. “The swamp we were in was to the east of Coolsville so we should travel west to get home but that would take hours.” 

“Right,” Scooby said. 

The Gang started off, silently. It was clear none of them were in as good of shape as they thought. Once their adrenaline wore off, they noticed hidden sore spots and bloody patches. Daphne’s face clearly needed stitches, much to her chagrin, and she could feel her stomach bruising from where she landed on the tree branch. Velma decided she must be missing a sock and shoe because they were ripped off when she twisted her ankle somehow. Shaggy was under the impression he and Scooby were fine until he reached down to pet his faithful companion and not only realized his arm was nearly immobile but Scooby’s ear was ripped and his face full of thorns. Fred kept it to himself so as not to worry the rest of the group but the longer they walked, the more painful breathing became. 

After about forty-five minutes of walking along the road, they saw headlights behind them. The Gang waved their arms in the air and shouted for the car to stop. The car slowed to a stop and The Gang squinted into the bright lights. The large pick-up rolled down its window to reveal an older woman with a kind face. 

“What are you kids doing all the way out here so late at night?”

The four hesitated before Daphne said, “Thank you for stopping, ma’am. We got lost during a hike and seem to have injured ourselves.”

“You couldn’t use a cellphone to call someone?” She asked. The Gang looked at one another, confused. “I s’pose service is spotty around here. Why don’t ya get in?” Shaggy, Velma, and Daphne got into the back seat and hauled Scooby over their laps. Fred slammed the back door and got in the passenger’s seat. “So, where can I take you guys? I’m driving through the center of town on my way home.”

“Uh, like, I think the hospital might be best, ma’am,” Shaggy said in a sheepish tone. 

“Coolsville Memorial is about fifteen minutes from here. I don’t mind dropping you kids off there. You can call your families, right?” 

“Uh, yes, ma’am,” Fred said. “Thank you so much.” 

The woman reached forward and turned the volume up on the radio. Country music started playing. The Gang fell silent and laser focused on the radio. It was not the country music that caught their attention, but instead the way the radio lit up, the number of buttons, and that the dashboard had little diagrams of people and high-low settings. They each stiffened up and looked at once another, but did not say anything in front of the kind woman who had picked them up. 

“So, my name’s Greta. What are all y’all’s names?” 

“I’m - I’m Fred.”

“My name is Velma.”

“Like, my name’s Shaggy and this is Scooby-Doo.”

“And I’m Daphne.”

“Well, I am pleased to meet’cha.”

The rest of the ride went quietly, just country music, Greta’s humming, and a growing tension among The Gang. 

Shaggy, in true Shaggy fashion, was already convinced something spooky was going on here. Many may confuse his over-indulgence in a certain herb and severe panic disorder with stupidity, but Norville Rogers was no idiot. He considered that monsters had been real in prior instances and saw no reason why the case they were working on couldn’t have led to an honest-to-god witch who could cast real magic. Whether the rest of The Gang could be convinced remained undecided. 

Velma, on the other hand, was entirely against a supernatural explanation. The Gang had not been in Coolsville at the time they located the so-called “witch”, but about two hours away in a neighboring town. If the masked individual drugged the entire Gang, loaded them into a vehicle, and transported them back to Coolsville with paid actors like this Greta woman it would have taken several hours. According to the clock on the truck’s lighted dashboard it was 8:27pm, approximately three and a half hours from when they arrived at the witch’s cabin. Velma ruminated on the situation for a few moments more. 

Jinkies, she thought to herself. We’re on a movie set! That explains everything! 

Fred was nearly unable to think through the unbearable pain in his chest. He believed The Gang to have been kidnapped somehow and transported back to their hometown. On the other hand, it did not make sense for the witch to have known where they lived. Despite his effort, the Scooby-Doo Detective Agency had not yet become a household name. 

Daphne felt incredibly off-put by the entire situation, not just due to the pain or strange circumstances. Every now and again a memory that didn’t truly belong to her appeared in her mind’s eye. She tried to shake the feeling that the witch had done something sinister to her but fragments of people, places, and cases she previously had no knowledge of bobbed to the surface. Daphne had already determined she was not drugged, regardless of what Velma had to say. The more she considered their predicament the more she thought about being hypnotized by the Ghost Clown. 

“Here we are,” Greta said, spooking the whole Gang. “Y'all get home safe now, ya hear? Toodaloo!”

The Gang unloaded themselves from Greta’s strange truck with much groaning and grunting. Fred stumbled and dropped to his knees. 

“Freddie!” Daphne cried. “Are you alright?” 

Fred stood, shaking and out of breath, and waved Daphne off. “Fine. I’m just a bit light headed. Who knows when we ate last.”

The Gang stopped and stared up at the glowing Coolsville Memorial Hospital sign. Shaggy’s mouth hung open in disbelief. “Um, like, guys this doesn’t look like the same hospital where they took my appendix out.”

“I have come up with a theory,” Velma declared. “The witch was clearly using advanced special effects, like the kind you would see in a movie, and makeup to stage her cabin in the swamp. I hypothesize that she did not transport us back to Coolsville but rather dropped us on to some kind of movie set, albeit a very large movie set. The doctors and nurses there are probably paid actors. We aren’t going to get any medical attention.”

“Velma, that is absurd,” Daphne responded. “We drove 15 minutes in that woman’s truck, down a mountain, and into town. There is no movie set in the world that big. You must have hit your head.”

Velma glared at Daphne, and her rationality. She was right, of course, but so far that was the only non-supernatural possibility that fit the equation. 

A hospital staff had seen The Gang standing in front of the ER entrance, clearly injured, and came outside. “Are you kids looking for the emergency room?”

“Yes, ma’am,” Fred huffed. 

“Okay, you should come on in, but the dog has to remain outside,” The nurse said. 

“Rog? Rhere?” Scooby whispered. 

“Understood, thank you. Scooby, you’ll have to wait outside.” Velma pointed to some thick flower bushes and hedges and whispered to Scooby. “Hide over there, we don’t know what is going on.”

The Gang followed the woman to the hospital desk and checked each of them in. Flatscreen TVs played the 9 o’clock news and only increased the Gang’s confusion. The weather reports listed today’s date as August 21st, 2022 even though it was December 6th, 1969 when they woke up this morning. 

Daphne and Shaggy felt panic set in. Fifty-two years? This didn’t make any sense. Velma felt an increasing anxiety as she continued to lack a rational explanation for this. Fred could no longer process anything beyond the pain he was in and collapsed to the floor. 

“Triage, STAT,” played over the loudspeaker. “Triage, STAT.”

Suddenly there were nurses swarming over Fred and they whisked him away on a stretcher. 

“Where are you taking him?!” Daphne cried.

“Ma’am we need you to stand back, a doctor will update you shortly.” 

Defeated, The Gang slumped into waiting room chairs. Each one was taken back one by one, in order of severity of injury. Shaggy was taken back next and found to have a dislocated shoulder and some cuts and scrapes. Daphne was taken for x-rays and an ultrasound to check for internal bleeding, which were clear. Eventually a plastic surgeon came and stitched up her face. Velma, in the best shape out of everyone, was taken for x-rays of her ankle and found to have a severe sprain but no fractures. 

A doctor came out to the freshly patched-up Gang and informed them Fred would be taken into surgery as he had two broken ribs, one of which had lacerated his liver. 

“When can we take him home?” Daphne asked. 

“He needs to stay in the hospital for a few days but you can take him then. He will need serious rest. He must have fallen very hard from a great height to get the breaks he did.” The doctor’s tone told them he didn’t believe the injuries were caused by a fall while hiking but The Gang kept their mouths shut.

The Gang shuffled outside and found Scooby still hidden in the bushes. Shaggy pulled out some tweezers and gauze he stole from the hospital and began pulling thorns out of Scooby’s face.”

“Rouch, Raggy.”

“Like, sorry, ol’ buddy.” 

“August 21st, 2022,” Velma said. “This is quite the elaborate plot.”

“Velma, I think this is August 21st, 2022. Look around. This isn’t fake,” Daphne insisted. 

“Then offer me a rational explanation for how this happened,” Velma countered. 

Daphne kicked a rock down the sidewalk in frustration. “There isn’t one.”

“Like, let’s start walking home. I’m sure everything will be fine once we see our parents and eat a triple decker salami, peanut butter, and anchovy sandwich. I’ve been meaning to visit my parents for, like, two months,” Shaggy said. Shaggy had spent the last several months partying his way through his freshman semester at Wetherby University before eventually dropping out. He’d been too embarrassed to visit his parents since. 

With no better option, The Gang limped off towards home. New buildings they had never seen lined roads they had never been on. People wandered in and out of restaurants and bars in strange clothing with their noses practically glued to lighted screens. The Gang got lost more than once when they turned down a new side street. There was far more trash in the streets and graffiti than they remembered. But then again, by all accounts this version of Coolsville was a true city. 

After at least an hour and a half of missteps and wrong turns, they reached the Rogers’ residence. The house was the same except it had been painted and a new fence was erected. Scooby’s doghouse no longer sat in the yard. 

“Like, here goes nothing,” Shaggy said and, with more confidence than he had had all night, he marched up the stone walkway and knocked on the door. 

A light flicked on inside and a disgruntled man in his PJs opened the door. “Can I help you? Do you know what time it is?”

“Um... like, I’m looking for my parents, Colton and Paula Rogers.”

“You’re joking.”

“Like, no, sir, I’m not joking. They live here.”

“I’m sorry, but we bought the house from Colton ah... well, I’d say going on 25 years now,” The man responded and pushed his glasses on his face. “You do look awfully familiar though.” 

“I’m their oldest kid. Norville, Norville Rogers. Did they leave a forwarding address?” A lump was growing in Shaggy’s throat, getting heavier by the second. 

“Well, I have to say again: you’re joking. And I don’t have any patience for pranks at this time of night.”

“Like, wait, I’m not joking!”

“Son, Norville Rogers, his friends, and his dog went missing on December 6th, 1969. It was one of the biggest missing person’s cases in the history of California. Norville Rogers would be nearly 70 years old by now and you look barely 20. Have a good night.” The door slammed in his face. 

Shaggy’s face blanched and he turned around to face The Gang. “Like, I’m with you, Daph. We’re actually in 2022.”

“There has to be another explanation. Let’s try Blake Manor.” 

Seeking out Daphne’s parents was an even worse result. Where the beautiful mansion Daphne grew up in once stood was an expansive parking lot and massive shopping center. 

Velma gritted her teeth, “Fine. My house, then.” 

They trekked all the way to the Dinkley residence where new people were living with their kids, based on the look of the front yard. They didn’t even bother knocking. It was clear from the exterior of the home that the Dinkley’s were no longer at the residence. The tree where The Gang’s treehouse was  had been cut down and in its place was a large, flat stump. 

“Wait a minute,” Velma muttered. She stood up and hobbled in her aircast over to some shrubs lining the home and disappeared behind them. 

“Velma! You’re trespassing!” Daphne hissed. “Come back -” CLANG!

“Let’s go,” Velma said and disappeared into the earth. 

Shaggy, Daphne, and Scooby followed Velma down a short ladder into a hole in the ground. The hole opened up into a small room, no more than 6x6x4 feet and supported by an impeccably designed wooden framework. There were dusty trinkets on shelves mounted to the walls, molded books on the ground, and some miscellaneous documents on the floor. 

“Like, what is this place? It looks like no one’s been down here in 100 years.”

“Fifty-five years to be precise. The last time I was down here was three years before we visited the witch’s swamp. No one knew about this but me.” Velma picked up a dusty beaker and then set it back down immediately. “Fine. You’re right. We actually experienced time travel somehow. Now we need to figure out how to get back.” 

“I think we have more basic concerns than that, Velma. Food, water, clothes, somewhere to sleep. Clearly none of our family is still here. We could try the Jones’,” Daphne said with a gentleness in her voice that hadn’t previously been there. She must have realized Velma was an inch from a breakdown. 

“Tomorrow,” Velma responded. She laid her sweater on the cool earth, laid down, and curled into a ball. “It’s after midnight. We need to sleep.” 

“Rown here?” Scooby protested. 

“Like, sorry, Scoob. It’s all we got.” 

In the morning, the reality of their situation set in a little bit more. The light of day made the differences all the more noticeable. Coolsville might as well have been a completely new city The Gang had never lived in. 

“Okay, we need a plan,” Velma stated flatly after they crawled out of their hole. “Money, a place to stay, IDs, food --”

“Like, yeah, food,” Shaggy sighed wistfully.

“Any ideas?” Velma finished. 

“I could try my bank account, though it’s probably closed by now,” Daphne offered.

“We should all try our bank accounts,” Velma agreed. “And anyone who might be alive still.”

“Red Herring?” 

“Red Herring.” 

The first order of business, money, required The Gang to travel to the Coolsville Savings Bank on the east side of town. They walked through business with strange names, selling products they’d never heard of before. 

“What is ‘bubble tea’ and why is it $8?” Daphne asked. 

“Like, man, some of the food in this era seems fantastic,” Shaggy said. 

“I have no intention of getting used to this whatsoever,” Velma said. “We are getting home one way or another.”

Just as Daphne had thought, her bank account was long since closed. The bank teller informed her the Blakes had made a sudden move to the Cayman Islands some decades ago and hadn’t been seen or heard from since. 

Shaggy, knowing he had about $5 in his bank account at the time of their disappearance, was not feeling particularly hopeful. 

“Like, hello, ma’am, I’d like to make a withdrawal.”

“Do you have the account number,” the teller responded. 

“No, but it would be under Norville Rogers.”

The teller coughed and straightened up. “Excuse me, could you repeat that, please.”

“Norville Rogers, please.”

“Do you have an ID, sir?”

Shaggy pulled out his wallet and presented the teller with a 1967 California state driver’s license and smiled sheepishly. “I know this may not make a lot of sense, but --”

“Wait right there,” the teller said briskly. 

Shaggy widened his eyes at Daphne and Velma and tried to telepathically communicate something along the lines of Oh, shit, man! They’re gonna get the cops! Let’s make a run for it! But neither Daphne nor Velma moved an inch. 

Maybe 20 minutes later the teller returned with every higher-up in the bank on her tail, no police in sight. Several men in suits passed Shaggy’s ID around and glanced back and forth from the scrawny teenager and the card. 

The man in the fanciest suit handed the license back to Shaggy. “Can you please confirm the names of your parents.”

“Um, like, Paula and Colton Norville.”

“Can you please confirm the name of your dog?”

“Scoo...Scooby-Doo?”

“Prior to residing in Coolsville, California, where did you reside?”

“Plymouth, Massachusetts... Like, man, if my account is closed, just tell me and we’ll be on our way.”

“Can you please...” the man looked at a paper in his hand and cleared his throat. “Confirm the name of your coolest and most handsome uncle?”

“Uh, well, that’s a tough one... I have a lot of uncles... I guess I would have to say my uncle Albert. Shaggleford. Albert Shaggleford.”

“That is correct,'' the man responded. “You do not have an open bank account here at the moment but we are fully prepared to assist you with all your financial needs after you review this letter, Mr. Rogers.” The man in a suit handed Shaggy a trifold letter, sealed with a red wax stamp marked with a filigree ‘S’. The group of men collectively nodded and dispersed back into the bank. 

“I thought that old man was crazy,” remarked one man, just loud enough for Shaggy to overhear. 

Shaggy turned the letter over but there was no marking on it other than the wax seal. He handed the letter to Daphne and she immediately handed it back. “A creepy letter waiting for you fifty-two years after we went missing? Uh-uh. You open it.” 

The four walked outside and held their breath as Shaggy popped open the letter to reveal distinctive handwriting. 

May 19th, 1996

Shaggy, my boy!

If you’re reading this then I suppose you’ve found yourself in a bit of a predicament. When they told me you and Scooby and your friends went missing, I couldn’t believe it. Savvy, crime-solving sleuths such as yourselves, missing or kidnapped? Hogwash. I suspected something a tad more complex happened. More, shall we say, scientific? Supernatural? Same thing. 

Regardless, I do not believe we will be seeing one another again. I write this on my deathbed. Giant lobster man mortally wounded me, I'm afraid. 

I have made arrangements for you should you return after my demise. Please find your way to the address listed below. All arrangements have been made, including access to the Shaggleford trust. I do wish I could answer more of your questions but like you, I truly do not know what happened on December 6th, 1969. 

I wish you luck navigating a new decade (possibly a new millennia!). 

With love, 

Dr. Albert Shaggleford

2010 Crystal Cove Ln

Coolsville, CA 95401

Gate passcode: 12061969

Ring (555) 427-1932

Shaggy handed the letter to Daphne wordlessly and she read it to herself, her eyes widening at the particularly strange parts. 

Velma handed the letter back to Shaggy. "I don't know where that address is but we need to check on Fred and speak to Red Herring before we do anything else. This is becoming stranger by the minute."

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[rubylarkspur22]

Can we hear more about co-protagonists Tanjiro and Nezuko?

(i need to hear about the sass Nezuko will spill during the Hashira meeting)

Oh, of course!!

So! Nezuko wakes up from her coma, a little confused from her just waking(AKA the "I Just Woke Up After A Very Nice Sleep, And My Brain is Still Addled" Brain). So, she's a little confused as to why a chunk of bamboo is stuck in her mouth, and just... rips it off. And then promptly realizes her canines are significantly sharper than they're supposed to be. Noise gets her attention, and she meets the wooden eyes of Urokodaki's tengu mask.

This leads to a lot of questions while they wait for Tanjirou to come back. She definitely wasn't happy when she found out Tanjirou got sent to a mountain packed with feral and starved demons, and demands to know why her kind brother, who would never hurt a fly unless said fly swung first and hurt someone he cared for, is being sent to commit violence. Cue another long explanation about what she missed. After a minute, her brain catches up and, "Oh, yeah! I remember that dickwad! B****** just waltzed like he owned the place, too! Never caught his name, though." After those conversations, she notices Urokodaki praying for her brother's safety, and starts doing the same. She only hopes Hinokami is willing to protect her big brother now as he had when the monster attacked.

While they wait for Tanjirou, Urokodaki does also go about helping her relearn speech. And then she gives him a heart attack by walking outside midday. "How was I supposed to know I should expect a fiery death?!" "All demons instinctively fear the sun!" "Well, then, maybe I was meant to do this the whole damn time!"

Then Tanjirou comes back, and is very happy Nezuko is back to some form of her normal self. And hey, she's okay in sunlight! No need to panic about her becoming a pile of ashes! He still carries her in a box, though, sometimes. But Nezuko likes to be in the sun because it's her way of regaining her energy alongside sleep.

Asakusa rolls around, and Nezuko tries to keep Tanjirou from running off. She knows that look, she knows Tanjirou found him. But despite her protests, he still runs off. Nezuko gives chase, staying close to the shadows and other people, and watches Tanjirou confront the monster that cut down everyone else in their family like it was nothing. The siblings meet Tamayo and Yushiro, and Tamayo asks Nezuko if she's had any human flesh or blood. When Nezuko mentions she can walk in sunlight, Tamayo tells her to keep this new ability a secret unless absolutely necessary, lest Kibutsuji try to capture and devour her.

Zenitsu's portion of things go a little differently. He definitely tries to flirt with Nezuko, and she promptly threatens to use Tanjirou as a battering ram on the blond boy's skull. Nezuko and Tanjirou get separated in the Tsuzumi Mansion, which causes the former to panic because her selfless idiot of a brother has broke bones and is somewhere in this godforsaken death house, And-- CRAP, THERE'S A BOAR TRYING TO CUT HER HEAD OFF!! Yeah, Inosuke just chases Nezuko throughout the mansion until they get outside. Nezuko inevitably ends(or greatly reduces) his bloodline, which is what Zenitsu wakes up to. A guy in a boar head wheezing in pain whilst clutching the Hashibira Family Jewels, and Nezuko glaring at said boar guy with her leg raised suspiciously like she caused the damage.

And Nezuko is definitely calling Rui every insult she knows, including the ones with language she had been heavily scolded for using when her parents were alive. Kie and Tanjurou are gaping at Nezuko's language while desperately trying to cover their dead kids' ears. Yoriichi and Sumiyoshi are helping, and silently wondering how Nezuko picked up such... colourful language(spoilers, it was Saburou... By accident).

And now for the main event, the Hashira trial. Nezuko's just chilling in her box, waiting for Tanjirou to handle things, when some guy with a sword just up and STABS HER before trying to coax her out with blood. When another dude says she won't come out in daylight, she goes "Try me, b****" and pops right out. And then promptly slaps Shinazugawa, hurls at least one insult per Hashira(she isn't quite past Giyuu stabbing her for no clear reason), and picks up Tanjirou like "Don't ever talk to me or my big brother again." while glaring daggers at them. She's standing in the sun, she knows their blades must have lost their effectiveness.

While at the Butterfly Mansion, Nezuko easily bonds with the girls there. She acts so human, they practically forget she's a demon most of the time. She's also present for the talk with Shinobu about Kanae and her dream, and the two later have a girl to girl conversation about what their respective late families would want of them. And after the coin flip scene, Nezuko can't help but giggle. She recognizes a crush a mile away, having been the focus of a few back home(y'know, being the town beauty and all that). When Tanjirou asks her what's so funny, she brushes it off and insists he'll find out another time.

Mugen Train, she gets smuggled onto the train in her box. No ticket, no spell, no problem. Once the conductor leaves, she hops out and immediately goes about observing the situation. She still headbutts Tanjirou in the head, fully anticipating she'll start bleeding and be able to use that. After the train derailment, she is fully ready to fight Akaza, his personal code be damned. "Oh, you don't fight women? All the easier for me to gouge your eyes out, mf!" Akaza has never seen a girl so angry. He had nightmares for weeks, especially because of the blood arson. Does this save Rengoku? I don't know, I'll leave that up to your imagination!

Then Entertainment District comes around. Nezuko still goes Full Form, but manages to reign herself in. Luckily, being photosynthetic makes restraining her hunger much easier! This means she's conscious for the fight with Gyutaro, which makes it go in their favour with a much more instantaneous solution for that poison! Plus, that might reveal the secret of the red blades sooner!

Swordsmith's Village goes about the same. Genya probably gives Nezuko the idea to chow on demons, but I don't know how well that's going. At the end, however, as Hantengu burns in the sun, Nezuko just smirks at him before leaning down and telling Muzan(through Hantengu) that he can suck a dick, and that he'd better start praying because karma is coming for him.

During Hashira training, Nezuko takes up some sword training. Not sure what Breath she uses. Either way, she trains. When the antidote gets manufactured, Nezuko asks if she can wait to take it. Tamayo doesn't think it's a good idea, but Nezuko insists with the promise she'll be careful.

Infinity Castle, most of the fights go pretty much the same. Except the Kokushibou fight. Nezuko get sent there because the one brain cell Muzan's five brains share managed to clink in the right brain to think "Hey, the logical step to capture the super important demon is the throw her at my most powerful subordinate!" Unfortunately, he didn't account for the three Hashira and that demon-eating kid also showing up, or for Kokushibou to want to bond with his descendant. Or Nezuko being a feral gremlin who's 100% down for arson and has the power to commit it as she pleases. She definitely manages to save Genya, I am undecided on Muichirou. But Nezuko saving Genya earns her Sanemi's respect and gratitude.

Sunrise Countdown goes a little easier. No one's actively dying from poison, even if Tanjirou's still half-blind. Nezuko and Tanjirou tag team Muzan, with Nezuko striking from a range while Tanjirou goes for close quarters. As the sun rises, Nezuko jabs herself with the antidote to get her transformation back into a human started before Muzan dies. Muzan, seeing the rising sun and noticing Nezuko injected herself with something, makes one last desperate attempt to devour her, but all the Demon Slayers fight to protect her as Tanjirou pins Muzan to keep him from escaping.

Does Demon King Tanjirou still happen? Debatable. If he does, Muzan used his blood while trying to dislodge Tanjirou's grip, and eventually settled on just transferring all his blood to Tanjirou. But it doesn't last nearly as long as canon because Nezuko will have just taken the antidote. As such, she'll still have access to her Blood Demon Art. The way I see, she notices something off with Tanjirou and charge tackles him before lighting him up with several loud and tearful apologies. Because she knows it's gonna be painful but she has to burn out Kibutsuji's cells before they transform Tanjirou. The fire extinguishes as Nezuko's use of Exploding Blood actually speeds up her transformation since she's using her demonic cells to ignite the fire, but it's enough that it'll at least delay Tanjirou's transformation long enough for someone to restrain him if they need to. Kanao shows up, gives Tanjirou to booster dose to finish off the last cells, and both the siblings collapse from exhaustion. They're both unconscious for at least a couple months.

Afterwards, life goes on as normal. The lives lost are mourned, the Corps disbands(possibly with some more ex-Hashira to celebrate the end of the demons), and everyone lives happily ever after. Nezuko laments losing her demonic strength, but is also happy to be back to normal.

[sixtymillionoverdueideas]

Sasori: Top five puppets you’ve made?

The puppeteer paused in his work, chisel poised unnaturally still.

"Hm." The redhead took his time in answering, voice soft. In the quiet respite of his workspace, this den of utter stillness where none but his partner or the occasional messenger dared tread, his voice was as silken as shinobi wire. Honed. Nearly inflectionless...

"I'm sure you must be aware of my most prominent works: Isshin, the Third Kazekage. Hiruko, my Tail." He enjoyed the quiet irony of Hiruko; though likely Hiruko's renown had faded rapidly since Sasori's capture of him the Tobari missing-nin had once been known for his skill in copying another shinobi's techniques. He was "the Tail", requiring numbers to be defeated; and thus, Sasori had fashioned him a scorpion's tail for him to serve Sasori as his Name.

"I myself am a masterwork as well." For none other could claim they had reached the heights that Sasori had in his lifelong study of puppetry. His art was so perfect that he could even be mistaken for alive.

"..." Though the puppeteer lapsed into quiet again as he contemplated his lesser favoured. "I suppose Rui and Isamu are also good jewels in my collection." Rui was a kunoichi from the Land of Flowers, with peach rose-blonde hair much like an explosion of petals; aptly. She was unusually light of foot, perching up on high and hopping to dodge much like an agile bird in her fight and flight. Her eyes were beautiful, honey and ink intersecting. Sasori had taken care to make glass replacements near identical to her original gaze. She was one of the brightest of her village's upcomers, and knew it. It had shown in her pride, her deceptively teasing needling. She was truly quick and well-suited to hitting tenketsu points, and Sasori had been interested in testing her against Shunshin no Shisui before he had heard of the Uchiha's abrupt end. Isamu was a young man from what once was the realm of Uzushio, a bright-eyed young man with feathery pale hair. Isamu had been quite adept with shield and staff, and Sasori had fashioned him into something even more fitting to the seabird nature the puppeteer had sensed would be fitting to him. Now the cloud-haired puppet wore clothes befitting of Uzushio's citizens, weighed down with tiny anchors, and feathers were strategically placed into his hairline and baked into his tile "skin". Facsimiles of wings were fitted into his calves, behind his sculpted ears. Isamu's unique chakra-surface blowing jutsu meant the puppet was well-suited to herd targets. All of Sasori's puppets were carefully designed to showcase their unique qualities, and there were many indeed that Sasori could bring up. Thus, though he spoke of these two in particular, Sasori did not truly regard them to be superior to his other puppets. They were, however, ones he had recently done maintenance on, explaining how they had come to mind.