"AH!! The sun... Need to Hurry! Hurry!!"
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Yuri arrive at Tamayo's home before falling onto the floor, she trembled from the thought of being met with such a gruesome death. She composed herself and stood up and began to dust herself of, when she suddenly hears footsteps rushing towards her direction.
"Is something burning?!" Yushiro shouts.
"T-there's nothing burning, Yushiro..." Yuri said calmly as she dusts off her kimono.
"Yuri!! Are you alright?" Rui said with worry as he sees burn marks.
"Brother, there no need to worry. I'm alright" Yuri replied with a gentle yet crooked smile.
"Let's bring you somewhere else away from the sun..." Rui sighed.
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As they walk into a another room, Rui watches as Yuri's burn marks slowly heal. Yuri notices Rui's gaze and expression before covering up her burn marks. They arrives and suddenly Rui asks.
"Why do you risk you life for those stupid slayers?"
"I promise to be careful, brother..." Yuri replied in a hush tone while looking down.
"You can't promise that... you aren't allowed to follow them anymore" Rui said with a stern look.
"But, I want- need to help them-" Yuri tried to explain.
"As your brother, it's my responsibility to keep you safe. Every time you go out to help the slayers your always facing danger!" Rui butted in.
"Like what danger?" Yuri asks a bit annoyed.
"Example, Uppermoon 3 spotting you during that train mission and most likely reported it to Muzan and right now, almost burning to death because of the sun, so tell me why where you almost burned by the sun?" Rui in a serious manner said.
"I was... treating the slayers..." Yuri muttered.
"Yuri..." Rui called out sternly.
"I was treating them!" Yuri shouted calling the attention of Tamayo.
"Why would you treat them? Don't they have like a whole bunch of humans who do that for them? Why risk yourself-" Rui asks while grabbing Yuri's shoulder.
"It's not that simple... Okay? They were bleeding much more than what they should have!" Yuri explained.
"More than what they should? Yuri what are you saying?" Rui asks seriously despite his confusion.
"I... just, brother..." Yuri mutters in a foreign language.
"Yuri, I can't understand you. Tell me why you keep doing this-" Rui asks before being pushed away by Yuri.
"I know what will happen, what will occur. Ever since I was a kid-" Yuri shouts before covering her mouth in shocked of what she just revealed.
"Yuri, what are talking about now...?" Rui asks with worry.
"No... I- I didn't mean... t-to tell that..." Yuri stutters.
Yuri in a panics at what she just said, runs away just moments before the suns light reached the Tamayo's home. Rui tries to go after her but is unable due to the sun, all he could do was wait until night fall to search for his sister.
"Rui, What happened?" Tamayo asked worried for the siblings.
"Ms. Tamayo... " Rui softly said as tears starts to form.
"Rui, don't cry... all siblings go through fights once in a while..." Tamayo replied as she walks towards Rui and gently pats his head.
"But we usually don't fight, like ever..." Rui through sobs said while wiping his tears.
"There will always be a time when you disagree on things, even if you don't usually fight..." Tamayo softly said.
"But she left while the suns up..." Rui worryingly said.
"She knows the dangers of it, she might just be out there hiding. At night you can search for her" Tamayo reassuring Rui.
"Okay... Thank you ms. Tamayo" Rui calmly replied.
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As Yuri flees from the home with the sun rising she finds shade under a building, she shifts into her human disguise to not attract the attention of humans as they walk the area. Yuri stays there with her thoughts alone to accompany her.
'I'm really dead now... why did I ran out while the sun came out!?'
'Why did I say that... I can't let anyone know...'
'... Why... do I know events that will happen...?'
These kinds of thoughts occupied her mind through out the day, that she didn't even notice it was night time. A crow spotted her and announced that Ubuyashiki has requested for a meeting regarding for the next upcoming event, this catches her attention and heads to the Ubuyashiki estate.
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Rui after the sun set, went out to search for Yuri in the area. He searched for the whole night in the area and couldn't find her, he then decided to go to the butterfly estate and search for her their. He then spots Tanjiro and decides to ask him.
"Hey, have you seen Yuri around?" Rui trying to look serious asked.
"Rui. I haven't seen your sister anywhere?" Tanjiro replied noticing the worried scent Rui emits.
"Uh... Thanks I guess..." Rui responded and left.
He then decides to go to the Ubuyashiki estate and search or ask around for her there. And spots a kakushi tending the garden.
"Masked human, have you seen Yuri?" Rui asked.
"S-she was... just with the master a w-while ago..." The kakushi a bit frightened replied.
"Where is she now?!" Rui asked more loudly.
"She- she just left!!" The kakushi more frightened and trembling replied.
"Yuri...." Rui muttered before leaving.
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This went on for 2 and a half months, Yuri watched over the fight in the Swordsmith Village while Rui kept on searching for her to the point that other Hashiras had to stop him because of the fright he was giving the slayers but he still continued.
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The Pillar training had started to select slayers who can fill the empty spots left by the late Flame Hashira, and the retired Sound Hashira. Yuri in the mean time would walk near the Ubuyashiki Estate where lies multiple wisteria plants.
'It's almost time for the final battle... But I still don't know why I know these...'
'Maybe living for 30 or more years really was enough time for me to forget...'
"sigh Why...?" Yuri mutters as the crouches down to the ground and picked up a stick.
'But one thing that really confused me is the woman in my dreams when I was human... Who is she...'
'A woman who could speak the same foreign language that I can...'
'Those odd clothes she wore...'
"Mm... I should leave before the wisteria effects me..." Yuri sighed as she threw the stick at a wisteria tree.
As Yuri stands up the stick she threw at the tree made its flowers fall off, as a gust of wind blew it in her direction covering her with the flowers. She then faints due to the flowers intoxicating ability where the kakushi of the Ubuyashiki estate found her and brought her to the butterfly estate.
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'Where am I?'
"Oh! Someone's here, finally!"
"Oh... Who are you?"
"Um... gomen me no Japanese, hehehe..."
"S-sorry... Can you understand me?"
"Ah, yes yes I can! By the way you have such a cute cosplay!"
"Cosplay? Wait, who are you though?"
"Ay! Sorry, I'm Lillie short for Lilliethorne I'm from America, how about you kid?"
"I'm Yuri Ayaki from Japan, ms. Lillie"
"Lillie is just fine! We practically have the same names Yuri stands for Lily if I remember the translation correct..."
"Oh..."
"Wait, Yuri Ayaki? Isn't that Rui's last name as well... It is! So are you like a female version of Rui?"
"A female version? No, He's my big brother"
"Brother? But I don't remember there being a demon who was younger than Rui in the spider family..."
"Huh?"
"Oh, did your family make you cosplay that? Well, your cosplaying creatures in this manga and anime called 'Demon Slayer' where a boy after something bad happens to his family and his sister is turned into a demon, sets out to become a slayer and find a cure to turn his sister back into a human"
"Why... why does your rambling remind me of something?"
"Oh, I'm sorry kid... Must be boring to listen to an adult rant about something, huh?"
Suddenly a sense of danger hit Yuri as she stands away from Lillie.
"S-stay away..."
"Kid, What's wrong?"
"Don't come any closer, Lillie... "
"Something is clearly wrong with you kid-"
"I said don't come any closer"
"Ngh!! Yuri..."
Yuri with out any thought used her threads to cut Lillie, noticing what she did Yuri loosened her threads and watched as Lillie looks at herself and her wounds heal immediately.
"Lillie... I-I'm sorry..."
"I think I understand what's wrong... I remember I was in the hospital, reading the ending of the manga, suddenly everything went black and all I could hear was crying..."
"W-what..."
"Wake up... Rui's waiting..."
'Huh?'
As the figure of Lillie disappears, Yuri wakes up from her intoxication of the wisteria flowers to find Rui beside her playing with his threads. She rises from the bed and mutters something to herself.
"Lilliethrone... Manga, anime... the hospital..."
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Good day/noon/evening, Merry Christmas to all!!
Enjoy your time with relatives and do fun activities during this time.Stay safe during the holidays everyone!!