In order for Y/n to continue her job as a hashira— attending meetings and such, she was instructed to carry an umbrella and to be cautious whenever these important events occur.
Currently seen walking together were the serpent and sight hashira, who just so happened to look quite strange together. The serpent hashira would scowl and glare at everyone walking by but the woman beside him, who begged to hold her own umbrella to no avail had a wide smile plastered on her face, waving to everyone they'd walk past as her other hand hooked onto Obanai's arm.
"Do you think this emergency meeting is in regards of Mitsuri-Chan and Muichiro-Kun?" Y/n swings her head to turn to Obanai who shrugs in response.
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"I envy you guys, dammit. Why can't I run into an upper moon?" Sanemi mutters with one eye closed.
Y/n looks towards Tengen and Kyojuro before staring at Sanemi with a dumbfounded expression, "Be our guest." Tengen snickers, adjusting his eyepatch before moving quickly to fix Y/n's, which she thanks him for.
"It's not like people bump into them all the time. These upper moons are no joke. But how are you two doing? Kanroji, Tokito?" Obanai says before sitting behind Y/n.
"Yes! I'm feeling a lot better!" Mitsuri says with a large smile on her face.
"I... am not at full strength yet." Muichiro says with a sleepy tone, his eyes focused on the floor in front of him.
Y/n looks at them with a smile, "Please get some rest, I do believe it will take some time before you both start to feel like yourselves again." Mitsuri squeals at this whereas Muichiro, who sat in front of the sight hashira, shrugs seemingly going into his own world.
"If we lose any pillars, the demon hunters will be in trouble. But defeating two upper moons is very noble indeed as well as the upper moon six Y/n-San and Uzui-San finished off." Gyomei says with the typical tears running down his face, Y/n looking at them in awe.
"You two recovered surprisingly quickly from this. Did anything happen?" Shinobu asks with a smile as Y/n can't help but notice Muichiro was slowly falling asleep on her lap, much to Obanai's annoyance.
"Oyakata-Sama probably wants to talk to us about everything, including this." Giyuu says with a deadpanned expression, which Y/n can only smile at before gently ushering Muichiro upright to show his respect upon of Amane's arrival.
"I'm very sorry for the wait. For our pillar meeting today, I, Ubuyashiki Amane, will be attending in place of Ubuyashiki Kagaya." Y/n looks up at Amane with a small glint of sadness.
"Right now, the disease affecting our master Kagaya has gotten worse. And he sends his apologies for being unable to attend this meeting in front of you all." Amane bows her head a bit before looking up.
"Understood. I will pray for Oyakata-Sana'a flickering flame of life to last a bit longer. Even if just a day. And for you to be strong Amane-Sama." Gyomei says in a mellow tone.
"He would like to give his thanks to all the Hashiras. I'm sure you all have heard this, but now we have a demon who has conquered the sun and she is here. Kibutsuji Muzan has most likely altered his goals to go after her so that he can conquer the sun himself. The time for an all-out battle is approaching," Amane spoke out with a serious tone that can only cause everyone to tense up.
Amane continues with a small inhale of air, "We also have reports of strange marks appearing on Kanroji-Sama and Tokito-Sama during their battles with upper moons four and five. So I would like to ask you two how you got those marks and what the conditions are to obtain them." Much to everyone's confusion, they all have a lingering question in their minds.
"During the Sengoku Era, there were some swordsmen of the first breath who was one step away from ending Kibutsuji Muzan. They all had marks that resembled demon crests. This knowledge has been passed down though, so some people should know about this," Amane explained.
"But I haven't heard of it. So why are we hiding this?" Sanemi asks, indulging his mind into the very subject.
"Alot of people were brooding over the marks never appearing, and that's why. A lot of information about the marks became hazy with time, maybe because it was never laid out in stone back then. The demon hunters were on the verge of annihilation countless times, so perhaps the succession died out at some points," Amane spoke out.
"This whole thing is mysterious, maybe there's an explanation, no?" Kyojuro says with his arms crossed.
"We do have one piece of consistent knowledge about them. Once one person has that mark on them, it starts spreading to others as if they're resonating. That was how one of the swordsmen of the first breath put it," Kiriya spoke out as he held the book.
"And as of now, the two people who we know to have first had this is Uzui Y/n and Kamado Tanjiro, They were the first ones with the mark. But when we asked him he had a hard time explaining how he received those marks. So Y/n, please inform of us of any reasoning." Much to Y/n's surprise, she looks towards Tengen who seemed just as shocked.
"Do you perhaps mean the burn on my back? That was a mark inflicted on me as a child..." Y/n mumbles out while thinking back at the time where her father had burned the Uzui clan marking on her upper back as punishment.
"I'm not so sure how it looks now but I'm positive that it's nothing but a mere wound from when I was a kunoichi." Y/n says as Tengen nods in agreement, though his frown was visible at the sudden flashback of his sister wailing in pain.
"We have reports from your crow that he noticed a glowing mark on your back during your fight with upper moon three. Rengoku-Sama also claims to have seen it. We could have left it off there, but then when we were informed about Mitsuri and Muichiro's mark appearing and we wondered whether the consistent knowledge was true. And now we have three of the Hashiras receiving their marks as well," Amane spoke out.
"So please inform us, Y/n-Sama, Kanroji-Sama, Tokito-Sama," Amane spoke out.
"O-Okay! So, like back then, my body was like, super light and uhh uhh, IT WAS LIKE BADAAAAM! AND DUUURRR AND BUDAAH! THEN MY HEART WENT BADUM BADUM AND MY EARS WENT SCREEEE! AND TINKLE TANKLE TOO!" Mitsuri enthusiastically explained causing Y/n to hold her hand up while a soft giggle escapes.
Sanemi looks at Mitsuri with an irk mark as Obanai face palms himself. Everyone staring at her in disbelief.
"I'm so sorry. I will go hide in a tiny hole now," Mitsuri spoke out as she bowed down with her forehead touching the tatami floor as she realized how everybody looked at her.
"Y/n-Sama?" Amane asked, looking at Y/n with a little more hope to find what they were looking for.
Despite her confusion, she decided to focus her mind on the fight with upper moon three. Looking back at her previous movements and wounds. "Well... I think it would have to be when I had gotten stabbed. It felt much more lighter than a normal stab wound, which is surprising because of how much power Muzan has. It was easier to deal with than other wounds I've had during past missions and I was able to cut his head off clean. But unfortunately, I have no recollection after." Y/n says while lightly bowing her head down in an apologetic way.
"I wasn't aware of any marks. But looking back at the previous battle, I became aware that a number of things were different. If you fulfill these conditions, then maybe everyone can get these marks. So let me tell you how it works now." Muichiro says in a hushed voice that all could tell held lots of power.
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"Ah, so it's that simple," Sanemi commented and Giyuu, who was sitting beside him, commented once they had finished listening to Muichiro's explanation.
"I admire those simpletons who can say things are simple," Giyuu added on beside you which makes you let out a small scoff to replace your laugh.
"What?" Sanemi muttered out with an irk mark on his face.
"Nothing,"
"So I guess getting this mark to appear will now be a high priority for the Hashiras." Shinobu spoke out quickly to ease the tension filling the dreadful room.
"Agreed. Please inform Oyakata-sama that we will do something about it, so he can be at ease," Himejima spoke out.
"Thank you very much. But I do have one thing to say regarding your mark training. Those who have manifested the mark must participate. No matter who it has appeared for, and there will be no exceptions." Amane says before taking her leave.
Y/n smiles at everyone before looking to see Giyuu standing up to take his leave as well. "Now that Amane-dono is gone, I'll take my leave." Mitsuri holds her hand out, reluctant on letting him leave.
"Woah don't leave just yet, man. We oughta make our future plans now, am I right?" Sanemi's loud voices booms through the quiet room.
"Then you nine can talk about it, this doesn't concern me." Y/n smiles at his retreating figure sadly, standing up, which causes Obanai to get up as well.
"What do you mean, 'nothing to do with you? You don't understand your position as a pillar here. Or what? You planning on getting a head start training without us? You didn't say a thing during the meeting." Obanai retorts with irritation written all over his face that resides as soon as he hears Y/n's voice, calming him down.
"Obanai-Kun, leave it alone."
"HOLD IT DAMMIT!" Sanemi yells out, following after Giyuu with his hands balled into fists as Mitsuri and Y/n run in between them before Sanemi can fully charge at Giyuu.
"STOP!" Mitsuri yells out, pushing both Sanemi and Giyuu apart.
"Y/N!" Obanai rushes to grab Y/n as she's caught with Giyuu who is pushed back into the gardens, Obanai's eyes widening as he realized he failed in grabbing her.
Giyuu's body is slammed into a nearby tree as
Y/n starts to groan in pain, her skin having touched the sun. Giyuu immediately pulls her up much to her discomfort as Tengen had gotten a pail of water as soon as Y/n had been exposed to the scorching sun, throwing the water on her burning skin.
The hashira run up to the commotion with concern written all over their faces.
Tears well-up in her eyes as Tengen pulls her from Giyuu's embrace and engulfing her in his own. "Right now, we are all we have. We're comrades, we all have the right to feel some kind of way about something. So please don't attack Giyuu-San like that Sanemi, Obanai."
"I'm sorry Y/n." Giyuu mutters our before walking away with his head hung low.
Despite her hands being burned along with her arms, she reaches out for Mitsuri who was crying out apology after apology once getting away from Tengens embrace. "You're fine Mitsuri-Chan, this isn't going to kill me." Y/n smiles, allowing Mitsuri to cry on her shoulder.
Despite this, they could tell how much pain she was in as she winced every time she moved. The way her body slightly had shaken as she comforts the love hashira.
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"Giyuu-San? It's Y/n, I'm coming in." Y/n opens the door of his estate, limping her way to Giyuu after having Obanai— who had helped carry her to the region of which the water hashira lived— wait for her in front of the water estate.
"How are your burns Y/n-San?" Giyuu also with a bit of guilt laced into his tone.
"I'm fine! I can feel my body slowly healing itself which is cool!"
Giyuu stares up at her before looking away subtly, she smiles at the water hashira before speaking. "Giyuu-San, I'm hear to listen not rant about my injuries." Doing her best to sit down which Giyuu eventually helps her with.
If there was only one thing out of many that Giyuu loved about Y/n, it was her willingness to listen rather than go straight to giving him a full lecture. Even with no words being spoken, Y/n knew what this was about, as he had told her one time before.
"Both your sister and Sabito did what they did for a reason. If they wanted you to die, do you think they'd save you?" Giyuu's eyes widen at her words.
'Ouch.'
"You're our water pillar, Giyuu Tomioka! Carry that title like you carry the pain on your shoulders... and go forth. That is what I believe Sabito and Tomioka-San would have wanted." He looks at her kind smile before his eyes trail up to her open arms, hesitantly does he give her a hug.
She pats his back before laughing gently. "It's okay to feel like this. Talk down on yourself all you want, but that doesn't stop the fact you've saved countless of lives. Seriously though, when you talk like that, it hurts."
Tanjiro pops his head out, "GIYUU! WANT TO HAVE A COLD SOBA EATING CONTEST WITH ME AND RENGOKU?"
Y/n smiles brightly before getting up. Giyuu assists her in walking to the entrance to see a relaxed Obanai closing his eyes as he's leaned up against the wall beside his front door. "Good thing the suns setting. We'll see you two tomorrow, goodbye." Y/n gives the two boys a head pat before latching her arm around Obanai's.
Obanai scowls at Giyuu before leaving with Y/n who seemed giddy— And by the looks of it, carries most of the conversations they have.
"He sure loves Y/n a lot!" Tanjiro says before smiling widely as Giyuu couldn't help but nod in agreement.
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LEMON SCENE AHEAD! It's quick and not really descriptive as I cannot seem to wrap my mind around the fact I write these things. Please skip to next chapter if you do want to read.
Obanai looks away flustered, though he had no intention of having Y/n stay in his estate because he tried convincing her to go to the butterfly estate for some real treatment. Due to her stubbornness, he had to cave into her desires seeing as she was still had burns on her foot from earlier, too much pain to walk to her estate alone, seeing as everyone including Obanai wouldn't be able to walk her since they were on duty.
Now with Obanai off of duty and Kuburamaru slithering away to his tree outside to sleep comfortably, he looks at the back of Y/n who has asked for help in regards to seeing her back wound to inspect the 'demon slayers mark'.
Biting the tip of his tongue, he slowly pulls his face covering off, tensing up as he watches her drop the top of her uniform shirt to reveal her bare back that showed the occasional faded stretch marks she had gained due to growth, a serious amount of old wounds that scabbed up since the fight with upper moon three and above the wound, stood a large mark. Not so much of a burn mark to Obanai but more of a tattoo.
Nonetheless, her body was beautiful in his eyes.
"Y/n, Are you sure this isn't a demon slayer marking?" Y/n hums in response before covering herself with minimal effort before turning around to face Obanai whose face shown red at the sight of her slightly exposed chest.
"Obanai-Kun?" Y/n waves her hand in his face after Obanai had gone silent.
Y/n lets a small laugh out of her parted lips, "I'm sorry for troubling y-" Her eyes widen in shock to feel his lips crash into her own.
She gasps slightly which allows the serpent pillar to slip his tongue into her mouth which she welcomes, much to his satisfaction. Pulling away from each other, he looks up at her with lust filling his own pair of eyes. His hand caressing her face gently.
"Do you want me to stop?" He asks in a hushed tone, almost immediately putting his lips back onto her own after she had given him the consent to proceed.
Obanai finds himself loosening the collar of his uniform before gently placing a cold hand onto her waist as the other hand is placed onto the floor, supporting the weight of both while Y/n elegantly wraps her arms around his neck, her gentle legs finding their way to cuddle around his waist.
Obanai allows his hand travel from her waist down to her exposed thighs, caressing them softly before pulling away to catch his breath.
Y/n helps assist him in taking off his haori and the uniform he wore neatly before he yanks off the covering Y/n had above her chest, as well as helping her take off the bottoms to her uniform.
Resuming their make-out session, his hand grabbed onto her breast, causing Y/n to moan out in pleasure before nuzzling her warm face into his neck as he continues to feel sensual himself. His tip hardening against her core.
"O-obanai..." Y/n mutters out with a heavy tone. The feeling of his tongue roams her neck, sucking on her skin to place his marks before dropping to her breasts.
Her breath hitched as the feeling of his tip grows stronger against her soaking entrance. Obanai lets a low groan escape his lips as his erection continues to grow. He looks up at Y/n, seemingly asking for permission once again as she nods.
Y/n gets off of his lap with his hands around her waist to guide her carefully, being sure not to make her burns irritated in any way possible. The girl smiles as he gently lays her down on her back before kneeling in between her opened legs.
Biting the corner of her lip, she exhales a hot breath as the feeling of Obanai enters her hot-temped body.
Her muffled moans quickly filling the entire room as a few escape Obanai's mouth as the feeling had brought both to extreme pleasure.
Pulling in and out of Y/n's body with much satisfaction while she, herself had her toes curling up in pleasure, her fingernails digging into the back of the serpent pillar. Her legs shaking momentarily before stopping whenever the serpent pillar decided to have some fun of his own...
Teasing her.
Edging her until she screamed his name, arching her back as she pleaded for him to continue, the audible sound of her hands clenching onto the fabric she was laying on while she cried. The sweat that trickled due to the fast pace.
He enjoyed seeing her beg for him, it made him feel as if he owned her. Him and only him.
With sounds of skin slamming against each other, Obanai fastens his pace, watching as her breasts move up and down. She mewls in irritation as Obanai decided to slow down while she continued to reach her breaking point, which made Obanai smirk before continuing to please his lover as one would do.
"Fuck Y/n!" Obanai moaned out, letting his cum paint her stomach and entrance before turning in embarrassment.
Y/n smiled with a sense of lust before taking Obanai's finger to run up her own body as she unintentionally coats his semen with her own, looking into his eyes before slowly putting his finger into her mouth as she sucks it clean. This new —- or more of a hidden Y/n had made Obanai fall even more head over heels for her. The way she claimed it was now his turn to feel good to the way she had acted upon her words.
And like that, the night went on. A satisfied Obanai and flustered Y/n. As they share a few laughs after Obanai had ushered her to shower in the bath he had prepared for her. Only to have
Y/n walk into his room with a small giggle, there laid the serpent pillar, a messily done yukata as he's sprawled over the large futon, sleeping while snores escape his mouth.
She went to bed with a smile, wrapping her arms around his waist as his heartbeat matched the beating to her own. How the love she felt whenever around him had flourished even more.
And how Y/n couldn't wait to spend the rest of her living life with the man before her and create a family.
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Vorfreude; (n.) The joyful anticipation that comes from imagining future pleasures.
Very weird about this chapter, I hope it was readable because it was kinda cheesy to write so I didn't proofread or edit just yet, have a great Friday
-T.