19

4.2K 140 40
                                    

The lands of the south were bountiful and warm than in Hokkaido. The vibrancy was bustling as ever. And it seemed everyone here was doing well for themselves.

I walked through the town to see everyone mingling. Occasionally hearing the street gossip about yours truly in a different tale. Who thought that my reputation would hit the south in the span of about

The wind blew off tunes in the estate, cherry blossoms flowing with it like birds flying south for a warmer climate. Nothing but the Kasugai Crows cawing messages. I glanced down at my own crow as they chose to remain on Kori's head for the most part and not fly around its counterparts. From the slight trembles, I can tell that these crows may have been the problem as to why my crow never reports in.

"If you do not feel like coming here, you do not have to," I said evenly to my bird, "The crows here have picked on you, haven't they? Crows may kill other crows because of ailments and differences from their flock."

A low caw was the validation I needed.

I stopped before the estate and noticed the countless wisteria around it. The door bearing the insignia of the Ubuyashiki Family. This seemed to be the place considering the crow that called me here led me to this door and is circling around the area.

I opened the door and was met with paradise. The acres of land around the large estate were stale and quiet. This place had an assort of arrangements from the spring and stream to which it gives rise; the lake; hills, built up from earth excavated from the basin for the lake; islands; bridges of many varieties; and the natural guardian stones.

I walked across the wooden bridge surrounded by the riot of colorful blooms and emerging leaves.

From sand to gravel, I walked around the structure to see nine individuals facing the building. Among the nine stood the man I couldn't stop thinking about for the past year, Rengoku, Kyojuro.

"Y/N! Y/N! That's you! You sure grew up! You are so curvaceous! A nice slim waist natural child-bearing hips, and you have an easy deliverable type of butt!"

My eyes soon shifted and glared at the very man to who I was related. That very tall, wide-stature of a bulky, muscular build with lightly-tanned skin, the white and of uneven length pulled into a ponytail though before...it was always down, and those thin, fierce fuchsia eyes that appear to slant inwards, each with one long eyelash flowing to the far side of his face.

"Drop dead will you," I plainly stated at my cousin as he simply looked lost and then laughed hysterically.

"Still unflamboyant as ever!" Uzui laugh as he quickly appeared by my side and swung his arm around my shoulder getting a slight growl from me and an even harder glare, "With that mouth, you will never get a husband."

"I'm surprised they paired you with three wives given your visage and lack of intellect," I said cooly while brushing off his arm as he stood there stunned at my words.

"I have you know that women find me attractive!"

"Must be the ones in your dreams," I respond.

When it came to strength, Uzui had me beat as a kid, but when it came to words-he was bound to lose.

"Y/N!" a familiar boisterous voice shouted.

My attention turned to him, those widen golden eyes stared back at mine. He was quite different from before...he grew taller and had more of an athletic build. He was also now sporting a haori with a white-yellow gradient pattern and red flame-like ridges, resembling flames. He has changed in the year.

"Woah..."

My eyes shifted to the woman beside him. A beautiful woman with a curvaceous build. She had a slightly pale complexion and round, pale green eyes with long eyelashes, a small beauty mark beneath each of them. She had long, light pink hair that faded into a lime green color at the halfway point, which she wore in three thick braids. She had five shorter, choppy clumps hanging over her face as voluminous bangs, the tips lime green as well. She was exceptionally beautiful.

"Who were these people?"

I was more puzzled by the situation. Where they called here just like I was.

"The master has arrived."

Soon everyone dropped to their knees as they bowed in front of the building.

"So good of you to come, my beloved children."
The master greeted warmly.

I simply turned around only to feel my body drop to the ground and a hand face planting my face into the gravel.

"Show some respect," Uzui mumbled causing me to glare at the man from the side. Kori slowly walked up to the man snarling at him for the actions he was doing but soon simmered down when he heard two taps from my hand and laid down watching Uzui closely.

"Good morning, everyone," the man said, "The weather is amazingly good today, I wonder if the sky is blue."

"So he is blind...and what covered his face...was that some type of curse mark?"

"It pleases me that we've made it to our semiannual Hashira Meeting with no personnel changes."

"H-Hashira...meaning that these individuals were Hashiras...so why was I even here? According to my rank, I was simply at Hinoe..." I thought out of shock. My eye moved from Uzui to Rengoku. I had a feeling he would be a Hashira...

"I am pleased to see you in good health, Master," someone stated.

I looked at the person, a tall and muscular man with spiky long white hair and large pale purple eyes with his body littered with scars.

"Thank you, Sanemi," the master replied.

My eyes moved around to notice everyone showing the most respect to this man with light skin and black shoulder-length hair.

"Before we start the Hashira Meeting, would you mind enlightening us on why this woman is present at the Hashira meeting?" Sanemi asked.

"That's right, Uzui, Y/n presence," the master stated, "I apologize for startling you all on our guest. About Uzui, Y/N...I want to invite her to become the 10th Hashira?"

Icy Flames- Rengoku Kyojuro-Demon Slayer/ Kimetsu no YaibaWhere stories live. Discover now