☁︎︎ Third POV
"MOVE OUT OF THE WAY!!!" Obanai shouted as he pushed past through lower slayers and Kakushi's as he had a bleeding Y/n in his arms.
"HAS ANYONE SEEN SHINOBU?! WHERE IS SHINOBU?!" Uzui yelled as he was being lifted with the help of his wives.
The Kakushi's and the nursed that work under Shinobu started to surround the heavily injured slayers, trying to take them to another room so that they could be treated. However, they all refused to leave until they see Y/n awake.
"Pl-Please, if we can take you to another room, we'll be able to treat your wounds and—" The Kakushi tried to reason.
"No! Please, let us be by Y/n's side! Please take care of him first!" Tanjiro claimed with tears in his eyes.
"Don't let Y/n die!! Please, please, don't let Y/n die!!" Zenitsu cried out.
Obanai glared at the amount of nurses and Kakushi's surrounding him, making him unable to carry Y/n to Shinobu, "Move out of my way!! I said move!!!"
There was a lot of shouting, a lot of yelling, a lot of blood being spilled. Obanai cursed under his breathe as he put more pressure on Y/n's wounds as much as he could, but it was useless. All the while Y/n slept un-peacefully and close to death.
Y/n's wounds were too severe. He had scars decorating his body like a floral kimono, there was a large slash across his face like a demon was trying to rip off his skin, and his back was the worse, looking like a maze filled with scars, slashes and bruises. His eyes were tired with eye bags, his skin was getting paler at the second as his breath was turning shallow, and blood fell from him like a wine waterfall.
It was horrifying. Terrifying to see someone that you loved to look like this. Almost like a curse or a nightmare.
"GET US SHINOBU KOCHO RIGHT NOW!! I DEMAND IT!!!" Uzui said with rage.
Uzui wasn't one to command or demand something from anyone, but for this case he had to.
"What in the world is going on here?? I have other patients sleeping," Shinobu stated as she ran over to see what was happening, "It's very rude just to barge in and—" She cut herself off.
Shinobu saw Y/n, bloodied, bruised, and beaten. Her eyes widened with pure horror as her usual pointed smile dropped immediately. Not only did she Y/n, but she also saw her older sister who looked just like Y/n's state. She couldn't lose another person she loves, not again.
"GET THE IV BAG, MY TOOLS, EVERYTHING!!!" Shinobu claimed as she pushed past the crowd and to Obanai, "GET A ROOM READY, NOW!! I NEED TO PERFORM EMERGENCY SURGERY ASAP!!!"
"Yes Shinobu-sama!!" The Kakushi's shouted as they rushed to do their jobs as instructed.
"Shinobu-San," Obanai whispered as he gentle lay gave Y/n to the doctor, "Save him..."
Shinobu nodded with confidence, "Of course, of course I will. LET'S GO LET'S GO EVERYONE WE CAN'T SPARE A MINUTE - no - A SECOND!!"
Uzui, Obanai, Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke could only watch as Shinobu carried Y/n into a random room with Kakushi's following her. Some other Kakushi's were tending to them but all they could do was worry for Y/n and not themselves at the moment.
☁︎︎ Time Skip ☁︎
Shinobu did her best...
Word got out that Y/n was currently in critical condition and was under surgery and immense care. It reached pillars, it reached Tamayo, it reached Ubuyashiki, it reached almost everyone who knew of Y/n's existence. And need less to say, everyone was devastated and worried.
Shinobu was covered in blood, none of hers but all of it was Y/n's. She had feint dark circles under her eyes from the stress of keeping Y/n alive. She panted softly from the exhaustion and pressure of the surgery.
Y/n is alive, however, Shinobu is still unhappy with the condition he was left in now. Y/n's in a coma because of the massive blood loss and lack of sleep. Shinobu did not knew how long he would be in it. It could be days, it could be hours, but it could be months or maybe even years, she didn't know.
Shinobu put away her bloody surgeon outfit and threw away her drenched gloves. When she did so, she could see that her hands were shaking. She bit the inside of her cheeks and held her hands together to attempt to stop the shaking.
"Keep it together, Kocho," Shinobu whispered to herself, "Just a little longer then you can be alone..."
"Um, Shinobu-sama?" A Kakushi called out softly.
Shinobu turned around and gave a fake smile, "Yes? What is it?"
The Kakushi coward a bit, "The others want to know of Y/n-sama's well being. They're in room C25. And... there are others here too..."
Shinobu's smiled drooped a bit, "Ah, yes... the others... I'll be there soon, thank you."
"Of course... Shinobu-sama..." The Kakushi paused a bit, "Um, Shinobu-sama... are you okay?"
Shinobu was stunned by the question. She turned around, her back facing the Kakushi as she carefully picked up her clipboard. How was she supposed to answer that?
"Yes," Shinobu said blankly, "I'm fine. I've worked with other patients before, this is something I haven't done."
The Kakushi panicked a bit, "O-Oh of course! I apologize, I'll take my leave now..."
And with that, the footsteps of the Kakushi slowly disappeared from Shinobu's hearing rang. Shinobu took a deep breath and let out a stuttered one. She gripped the clipboard as she opened her door to go to the room where everyone is waiting for her news.
"I need to get this over with," Shinobu said to herself as she closed the door behind her.
The walk to the room was horrific, it was silent, leaving Shinobu with her thoughts. All sorts of dark thoughts rushed through her head, one worse than the other. It felt like a monster was trying to eat at Shinobu's brains, to control her dark tendencies and make them real.
However, that monster disappeared when Shinobu found herself in front of room C25. She clutched her clipboard close to her chest, as she took another deep breathe to calm herself and her nerves. She slowly and softly opened the door.
The room was depressed, anyone could feel it the minute you walked in. Shinobu couldn't help but widened her eyes as she saw almost all of the pillars were there to hear if Y/n was at least okay. She clutched her hand into a fist.
"Shinobu-San..." Tanjiro breathed out, making everyone look up, "How is... How is Y/n...?"
Shinobu sallowed her sobs down her throat. She looked down at the ground, guilt of not making Y/n wake up eating at her.
"Y/n is currently in a coma," Shinobu said boldly, "With the amount of blood loss and lack of sleep, it was bound to happen. However, I know not of when he's going to wake up. It could be hours, it could be days, but it could be years, I don't know which..."
And the tears started to prick at everyone's eyes, stinging them with the salty water. Even Shinobu had to close her eyes to prevent her tears.
"But... he's alive right?" Uzui asks, "He has to be alive."
Shinobu nodded, "He's alive, but I can't say that he's healthy," She took a deep breath and looked at her clipboard, "He's severely underweight and - by the looks of it - only gets around 2 to 3 hours of sleep per night, with some power naps here and there that only last around 10 minutes. Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, I have a question for you three, and please... answer honestly."
The trio tensed at their name being called. They all looked at each other in questioning but then looked at Shinobu with a nod.
"You three have been with Y/n since the start yes?" Shinobu asks.
"C-Correct," Tanjiro stuttered.
Shinobu lowered her eyes at her paper, "Have you... Have you notice any... any human made cuts on Y/n before?"
Everyone's eyes widened at this. What the hell does Shinobu mean 'human made'?
"What... What are you talking about?" Inosuke asks, in a serious tone.
Shinobu's fist shook as her clipboard trembled, "Y/n... has been cutting himself. On his hips and his wrists, by the looks of it. They were the main wounds that caused the blood loss and - most likely - his comatose state."
There was pure silence, no one could believe what Shinobu had just said.
"You-You have to be kidding, right?" Giyuu asks with horrified eyes.
Shinobu could only shook her head as she looked away from everyone, "I wish I was."
No one dared to move, no one dared to speak. Until, there was a thump, making everyone looked at Mitsuri who fell to her knees. She cried. Screaming her heart out at the news. Obanai tried his best to comfort Mitsuri, but he was crying too.
Mitsuri's breakdown triggered everyone in the room to start crying. Zenitsu, Inosuke and Tanjiro were sobbing their hearts out as Nezuko - who heard the news - cried silently in her box. Uzui and his wives - who were all next to him - clinged onto each other as they cried.
Giyuu could only look down as tears fell onto the floor as he clutched his fists tightly. Shinobu let out small sobs as she tried to cover it up. Gyomei couldn't even take out his beads to pray for Y/n as he was too shocked by the news, but tears overflowed his eyes, he could feel it.
Muichiro, Ubuyashiki, Sanemi, Senjuro, Tamayo, Yushiro, Kiriya, Genya, and Kanao weren't there at the time, but when they gotten the news, they all cried. They were all saddened.
'Just... why'd you do it, Y/n?'
☁︎︎ Meanwhile ☁︎
Y/n watched the clouds move as he was standing under a well shaded tree. He was standing in the middle of a flower field valley as all there was was just a small house and a tree. The sky was blue and with clouds decorating the ocean above.
It was peaceful, but Y/n didn't smile. He watched the clouds with dull eyes, that had a small shine to it. He just felt calm where he was. There was no stress, there was no responsibilities, and there was no orders being said. It was nice.
There was two thump sound of a body and a small floof sound of petals and flowers being hit. In the corner of Y/n's eye he could see white petals and pastel green, with black spots, petals fly up into the air, and very slowly made it's way back onto the grassy floor.
Y/n turned to where the two people had landed in his limbo-dream. His clouded haori swayed with the wind as his earring tickled his cheek. He blinked a bit in surprise that someone else was here instead of just him.
"What the...?" A rough voice spoke up, "Daki? Daki?! Where are you?!"
"I'm here Onii-Chan! I'm here!!" A high pitched voice stated as a bite haired girl raised from her spot in the flower valley.
Gyutaro, a male that looked too skinny for his own good and spotted skin, quickly hugged his sister close to him, "Oh thank god... I thought I lost you when we were going to hell."
Daki couldn't help but cry a bit, "I thought so too Onii-Chan, but... where are we now? This doesn't look like hell to me."
The siblings looked around and noticed how calming the place they were in was. Their tense figures relaxed a bit as they noticed the soft clouds and the multi-colored flowers all around them. This definitely doesn't seem like the hell they've been waiting for.
"You're in my dream, or in this case my limbo," A soft voice spoke.
Daki's and Gyutaro's eyes widened at the familiar tone of voice. Daki held onto Gyutaro's arm as they both turned to Y/n, who didn't have a signal scratch on him, not any more. Small tears pricked their eyes as they remembered what they did to the one they liked.
Y/n bowed slightly to them, "Welcome, Daki, Gyutaro."
Daki's lips trembled, "Y/n!!" She cried as she let go of her brother and ran to Y/n with opened arms.
Y/n didn't hesitate to open his arms for the poor girl. He stumbled backwards a bit as Daki collided with him, hugging him tightly as she cried her eyes out.
"I'm sorry!! I'm sorry!! Me and Onii-Chan are so sorry for what we have done!!" Daki sobbed, "We shouldn't have done what we did, we know that now!! I'm sorry!!"
Y/n could only hug and pet Daki in a gentle manner, "Shh, it's okay, it's alright. You didn't know any better."
Daki continued to sob and cry into Y/n's arms. She felt so sad because of what she had done to Y/n, yet she felt so happy that Y/n was here with her now and hugging her like there was no tomorrow.
Gyutaro watched as his sister got the attention of Y/n, their crush. He looked to the side as he tried to fight back the urge to cry right here and right now. However, when he glanced back at Y/n, he was looking straight at him.
"Come here," Y/n mouthed as he opened his one of his arms.
Gyutaro could feel his tears staining his cheeks now, but he didn't care anymore. He ran to Y/n and hugged him and his sister together. He cried. Tears dripped onto Y/n's hair but he didn't mind since he knew that the used-to-be demons needed it.
"I'm sorry, so so so sorry," Gyutaro muttered as Daki's sobs were still bold.
Y/n let out a soft sigh as he petted the siblings' hair softly, "It's okay. Everything will be okay. You don't need to worry anymore," he said in a soft tone, wanting to comfort the - now human - Daki and Gyutaro.
"Please... Please don't go to hell," Gyutaro whispered, "Go to heaven, please, I'm begging you to go to heaven if you die."
Y/n stayed silent for a second, "Okay, but I can make no promises."
Gyutaro and Daki tightened their hold on Y/n. They truly did love Y/n, it was unfortunate that they met the way they did.
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[A/n: Thank you
@_Mr_BoTaTuHh_
For the fanart]