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y/n kamado pov
"good morning everybody."
"we have some really nice weather today. is the sky blue?"
uttered the man known as 'oyakata', which is probably the head of the demon slayer corps. what i am shocked about is his face, his skin looked as if it was rotting and spreading down his face, covering his eyes.
was it a curse?
"our members have gathered for the pillar meeting that we hold once every six months as per usual. i find this pleasurable." said oyakata-sama.
before i could even react, someone had pulled me down making me bow. i look at my side and found shinobu grasping my arm, making me kneel beside her.
was this to show respect towards oyakata-sama?
"we find it most honorable to be in your presence, oyakata sama."
"we eagerly pray for much happiness upon yon."
i mentally rolled my eyes as i heard the scar man talk, for someone who's been violently acting earlier he sure do know how to act respectful. this man in front of us might just be someone the hashira's respect so much, thus making them change attitude from being violent to respectful human beings.
what a bipolar.
"thank you, sanemi." said oyakata-sama, as he took a sit in front of us.
i glanced at the side, looking at the scar man who i learned his name as 'sanemi'.
i let out a small sigh before staring at the sky, thinking of how the hashira's acted when they found out that we've been traveling with a demon. it is honestly understandable, i could never blame them for being cautious, but i guess i let my anger control by stealing nezuko and cutting that scar man's blade.
"let me humbly say there is a soldier present in the pillar meeting by the name of kamado tanjiro who has brought a demon. i would like to explain the scenario. so will you let me?" asked sanemi respectfully.
for someone who doesn't look intelligent nor logical, he does know how to talk politely. i guess i'll give him that.
"i see, i'm sorry he has surprised you all."
"i have given my approval for tanjiro, nezuko, and y/n. so i want everyone here to accept them."
said oyakata-sama causing the hashira's to let out gasps, not believing that oyakata-sama had given us approval to make sure nezuko stays alive and not eliminated.
"even though oyakata-sama had approved of this, i am still reluctant to give consent."
"i also flamboyantly oppose this."
"i will abide with all your accordances, oyakata-sama."
"either way's fine for me, i'll just forget right away."
"don't trust them, don't trust them, we all hate demons to begin with."
"i respect you from deep within, but i can't understand your thinking!! i completely oppose this."
"we are demon hunters who annihilate all demons, i wish to punish both the kamado's and tomioka."
a lot of opinions had been said by the hashira's, most of them were opposed by the idea of letting nezuko live while some were to follow oyakata-sama due to some randomize reasons.
"now, the letter."
that caught my attention, a letter? from who?
" we received this letter from the former pillar, urokodaki sakonji-sama."
"please forgive tanjiro and y/n for being with a demon, nezuko has a tenacious spirit and she retains some human reasoning. even when she's starving, she doesn't eat humans and she has stayed that way for more than two years."
"you may find this sudden and difficult to believe, but this is the unmistaken truth. if by any chance nezuko ever attacks someone, kamado tanjiro, kamado y/n, as well as urokodaki sakonji and tomioka giyuu will cut their own stomachs open as an apology."
after the long message, i stared at nothing but my hands. cut our own stomachs as an apology? i believe in nezuko, that would never. nezuko had protected us countless times, and sees humans as her family. she will never devour a human, so cutting our stomachs would be unnecessary.
"what should i say if thery'e gonna kill themselves, if they want to die, they can just die and rot away. there is no guarantee in all this." shouted the scar man, putting aside any logical means.
i let out a small sigh, brushing my hair backwards as i stared at the scar man with a small frown. does he not consider any logical reasonings as to why oyakata-sama's given the order of approval or is he seriously just stupid.
"shinazugawa is correct here! if she kills and eats someone, nothing can be undone. the people who got killed will never come back!" said the smiley man, smiley because he always smiles and it's slowly creeping me out.
that is true, very nice reasoning. but even if we did slit our own stomachs there is no guarantee that we'll come back. for a person that nezuko kills, four would die as an apology. wouldn't that be fair though?
"that is very true, they can't guarantee or prove that she won't attack people."
"but, you can't prove she'll attack someone either."
i mentally clapped as to what oyakata-sama had mentioned.
i then blanked out for a few minutes, feeling a little light headed. i've been traveling nonstop, the headquarters was really far from where i came from thus i run all the way here to not miss the meeting. plus carrying and entertaining rokuta had been a burden as well, so he wouldn't make any disturbance that would cause my appearance to be late.
my thoughts were cut off when the hashira's let out gasped, i then look over tanjiro's direction to see him being rocked back and forth by the scar man asking questions about muzan.
so it was muzan who tanjiro had met, it really is him. i look at tanjiro in the eyes as he stared back at me, i nodded at him to let him know that i too had come across muzan.
"y/n as well, you had come across him as well didn't you. you were even brave enough to provoke him."
"too slow, was it?"
oyakata-sama mentioned, making me blush in embarrassment as i remembered the night where muzan tried to injure me but i was quick to react, making me blabber about him being too slow.
"huh, too slow? what do you mean by that? did you fought him!" shouted the scar man as he let go of tanjiro, before walking towards me and lifting me with ease by my collar.
"no." i answered quickly, i held his arm before removing it from my collar. dusting it off before kneeling back down.
"what did he looked like?"
"what are his abilities?"
"have the headquarters been located?!"
"hey answer me!"
continuous questiones has been asked to both me and tanjiro, yet none of us muttered a word. tanjiro laid on the ground, while i continued staring at oyakata-sama, somewhat curious about what was on his skin.
was it some sort of disease? curse maybe?
"you see, kibutsuji has come after tanjiro and tanjiro shook his pursuer loose."
"the reason for this may simply be just to close some loose ends, but for the first time, i don't want to let go of the tail that kibutsuji has showed us. and this probably goes for nezuko as well."
"on the other hand, y/n. after your encounter with kibutsuji, he never had sent anyone to come for you. why was it?"
questioned oyakata-sama, as i felt everyone's eyes on me.
"i don't know." i simply said.
"very well. i believe something unexpected has happened for kibutsuji."
"do you understand."
"i do not understand oyakata-sama, we can let humans live, but demons must not. i cannot consent." said the scar man, standing up showing his anger and hatred to everyone.
he really did abandoned logical thinking, no matter how much oyakata-sama had explained the situation. it was him who's still against the idea and continued rebelling.
if i were a hashira, i too would never want a demon to work with us. but oyakata-sama had given us his opinion on the situation and it is somewhat understandable and logical, thus i would follow his orders.
before everyone could blink an eye, the scar man had slit his own skin, red substance flowing out and dropping on the ground covering the clean stones.
i see, was he going to let nezuko try to devour him, to let oyakata-sama know that his decisions weren't accurate and reasonable enough for the scar man to understand and not oppose to?
well then, i have nothing to do in this situation. nezuko would be the one to help herself, and prove that she isn't going to let the smell of blood provoke her and not let her thirst overwhelm the idea of humans being her family.
"oyakata-sama i will present to you the ugliness of what we call demons!!"
"hey demon, it's time to eat, sink your teeth on this."
said scar man as he brought his bleeding arm above the box, letting some of his blood sink in the holes to let nezuko become hungry and let out her true form, to turn into a demon.
i let out a shaky sigh, trying to control my temper. i believe that nezuko would be able to overcome this, this is why i'm trying my hardest to stop my muscles from walking towards the scar man and landing a blow on his face.
"shinazugawa, you can't do it in the sunlight. the demon won't come out unless you go to the shade." uttered the man with the mask, staring at both the box and the scar man.
"oyakata-sama, forgive my rudeness." said the scar man before flewing inside the home where the sunlight couldn't see.
"nezuko!!"
i heard tanjiro shout, he was about to run towards nezuko but was elbowed by the masked man on the back. i grab the knot on my back and letting it loose, removing the blanket that is used to tie rokuta on me. i look over to my side, before handing shinobu rokuta who's eyes were wide open from the scene he had just witnessed.
"ara?" muttered shinobu as she take hold of rokuta, smiling down at him before patting his head. not letting him see the scenes that were about to happen.
i look over the shade, nezuko's trembling body as she left her box. and glancing towards the struggling tanjiro, who's trying to use his breathing despite the high chance of his blood vessels exploding.
before i knew it, tanjiro broke free and tomioka had grab hold of the masked man's wrist. tanjiro then run near the shade, before shouting nezuko's name.
i let out a small smile, knowing what nezuko's reaction would be. and just in time did she turned her head on the side in disgust.
"what happened?" questioned oyakata-sama.
is he blind? i wouldn't be too surprised if the rotten skin had affected his eyesight.
"the demon girl turned the other way despite the fact that shinazugawa-sama cut himself three times, and thrust his arm in front of her, she held back and didn't bite him." explained the white haired girl.
"and that's the proof that nezuko will not attack humans." said oyakata-sama, shocking everyone.
"tanjiro, y/n, despite this. there will still probably be other people who won't willingly agree about nezuko. you have to just prove that, from now on, you three can be useful enough to fight with the demon hunters."
"defeat the 12 demon moons. if you do that, then everyone will acknowledge you and the gravity of your words will change. tanjiro and y/n."
i was about to say something when tanjiro cutted me off with his loud tone of voice, screaming his opinion from what oyakata-sama had said.
"we'll defeat kibutsuji muzan. definitely we will wield our blades and cut the chains of agony!!" said tanjiro without thinking, causing me to slapped my forehead.
"tanjiro shut up before i end you." i whispered from behind him, slapping the back of his head once again.
"you can't defeat him as you are now, tanjiro, so first try and defeat one of the 12 demon moons." said oyakata-sama with a smile plastered on his face, but i could feel his gaze on me despite him not being able to see.
"yes sir." said tanjiro, his face turning red from embarrassment as some hashira's had let out a small laugh while some held theirs to not sound disrespectful.
"the demon hunter pillars have talents that naturally surpass yours, they climbed their way up by training to the point they coughed blood, and they survived being on the verge of death."
"they may even defeat the 12 demon moons, that is exactly why the pillars are to be respected and treated well. tanjiro, you should also be careful about how you speak to them."
i look over to tanjiro who's face remained red, as he responded to what oyakata-sama had said. he continued to lecture both sanemi, and obanai about not tormenting us too much which they gladly agreed, but i doubt that.
"we'll be ending the talk here tanjiro, you may step back now."
"y/n, please remain."
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To be Continued...
chapters thirteen and fourteen is up what do you think?
interactions between obanai and y/n would be starting soon, i hope you're ready for it
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