Can't Do it Without You

✨ Chapter 1 ✨

"Quick! Somebody get a stretcher! Another slayer has arrived in critical condition!"

Several Kakushi ran out of the Butterfly Mansion front doors with a stretcher. The slayer carrying their injured comrade fell to his knees in exhaustion.

"I got here as fast as I could. He's not looking good and hasn't said a word at all" panted the young slayer as another Kakushi ran up to him to assist him inside along with his unconscious comrade.

"Hang in there! We'll help you soon just stay with us!"

The young man on the stretcher was completely out cold and had a purple hue running up his chest and onto his neck. His body was covered in bandages but besides his chest the bleeding seemed to be kept to a minimum.

The kakushi frantically shouted for a doctor as they ran to the emergency ward.

"Kocho-sama! Somebody get Kocho-sama in here!"

The slayer was gently placed on a bed and the kakushi immediately hooked him up to an IV while they waited for the doctor to show up.

Suddenly a young female slayer wearing a typical Demon Slayer Corps uniform with a white lab coat rushed into the room.

"Kocho-sama!"

She quickly ran up to the bed and began examining the patient in front of her, who was now bleeding from the nose.

After a moment she stood up and said "He's been poisoned, someone get me the antidotes. We have to do this quick!".

"Hai!"

HOURS LATER...

The young slayer awoke to a sharp pain in his chest and immediately was thrown into a coughing fit. Two Kakushi helped him into a sitting position after they noticed the patient had regained consciousness.

"Take it slow. You're stable for now but are advised to stay in bed until you're assessed by Kocho-sama" stated one of them.

The slayer was given a glass of water which he gratefully took and started sipping from. When he stopped, the kakushi asked for his name.

"Toji Yamato, rank Kinoto" he managed to reply in a weak whisper.

Both men's eyes widened when they heard this. Turning their backs to the patient, the two began whispering to each other.

"He's almost Hashira level and still ended up in that condition? What the hell did he fight?"

"It had to have been a Twelve Kizuki!"

They almost jumped out of their skin when they heard a soft voice speak behind them.

"Now now, I don't think our patient appreciates you talking about him right in front of his face" said the slayer with the white lab coat.

"SORRY KOCHO-SAMA! WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN KOCHO-SAMA!" they yelled as they sprinted out of the room.

"No yelling in the treatment facility either please!" She scolded as they left.

She then sighed and turned to the barely awake slayer and walked up to him.

He was laying back down and seemed to have ignored what had just transpired in front of him.

"Good morning, my name is Shinobu Kocho. I am the head of the Butterfly Estate and also the doctor that treated you" she said in her cheerful tone.

"May I know your name?"

"Toji Yamato" repeated the slayer.

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That's it for chapter 1. Lmk if you like it and also if there's spelling mistakes. I started this at 2 in the morning so forgive me if there are some errors 😂

Peace ✌️