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She is the jeweler, who keeps us in control
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'Why do you give off a scent of Anger?'
"!!!!"
The albino shot up from her mattress with a flustered face and a sweaty body, taking in deep breaths from a nightmare, or a 'dream.'
"Mind telling us what nightmare made you look like that?" Looking up, she saw Tomioka dressed in the shelter's clothing with his katana while tying his hair and Nezuko was folding her blankets, still in the 'night time kimono.'
Nezuko looked up, smirking in mischief in the process. "Ara ara, Shira~ I didn't know you had those kinds of dreams~ Are you that obssesed?" She teased.
The albino tilted her head a little in confusion, then perking up in realization, "N-Nani!? Urusai! I had a nightmare! Then a...a....vision! It involved Tanjiro and Shishi nee-san! He was focusing on training at night and was meditating, then nee-san appeared and was a little too close! And no! I'm not....obssesed...." Said she.
(Everyday we stray further from God- This is to clear our minds, your welcome ':3)
"Mhm......but Nii-chan told me about that one time so I guess I can believe you.....maybe." Said Nezuko as Shira started to fold her blankets, still having the blushing face, but it was slowly going away.
Yep she's obsessed I'm sure.
Nezuko thought then finished folding her blankets, now starting to wake up Zenitsu.
"Zenitsu....wake up....we have early morning training remember?"
"Mm........n o......"
Nezuko sweat dropped and tried to wake him up again.
"We train for a bit then we explain more. I found some empty rooms in one of the secluded hallways in the shelter, it's big enough for training. We can use one of those to do training while we're here." Said Tomioka, opening the door.
"I'll prepare the room, don't wake up the others, it's too early."
"What time is it?" Asked the albino.
"Around 4:30. There was stuff in the room so I need time to move it, and maybe more time for us to prepare, make breakfast for us, Kari, Nezuko." Said Giyuu, walking out the door.
"Hai!" Said the both of them as the door closed.
"I'm not a good cook....." Muttered Nezuko.
"I'll teach you! Aoi-chan taught me some recipes back at the butterfly estate!" Said Shira as she stood up with her butterfly pin.
"You should join me to shower Nezuko. It'll be much faster and we'll be able to cook without waiting for the other."
"What about Zenitsu?"
"Let's leave him for now, he doesn't take long to prepare right?"
"Hmm....yeah, sure, let's go."
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Eren yawned while walking to the dining room, for some reason he woke up a few minutes early than the usual time.
It's around 6:40 am, I should get more sleep but I can't
Thought he, rubbing his sleepy eyes as he opened the door to the dining room.
There he saw the slayers resting, Zenitsu was sleeping by using his arms as a pillow on the table. Shira was bandaging her bruises while having a conversation with Giyuu, that was wiping and observing his blade clean. Nezuko ate some leftovers from the breakfast she and Shira made earlier, it wasn't that bad, it was Aoi who taught the albino.
Their hairs were wet, the reason being taking a shower a few minutes after training.
"We'll focus more on your physical strength now alright?" Said Tomioka.
"Hai, we can use the time to hunt as an advantage." Suggested Kazeyuki as Tomioka nodded vertically in response.
"Eh? What are you all doing up early?" Questioned Eren.
"Training. What are you doing up early?" Questioned Tomioka back as Nezuko stopped eating.
"My body decided to wake me up a few minutes before the right time and refuses to make me go back to sleep." Said he, dead panning.
"Want some breakfast then? Leftovers in the fridge." Said Nezuko, pointing in the kitchen.
Leftovers? Usually everything gets finished. Wait-
"Who made breakfast?" Asked the brunette shifter, walking near to Nezuko.
"Me and Shira did, I helped while she did most of the work, since a friend taught her." Nezuko quickly explained, eating again.
He nodded and got the leftovers from the kitchen, then seating beside Zenitsu's left as Giyuu was in the middle, in front of him was Shira, who was done bandaging her arms and is now taking a nap like Zenitsu, beside her was Nezuko, who was to Giyuu's right, and Zenitsu was on Giyuu's left.
Eren took a bite of the food, chewing it then gulping it down, sparkles appeared in his teal orbs as he said, "This isn't that bad! Ray's cooking is a little better but, this is good." He smiled.
"How much more's left?" Asked the female demon.
"Maybe.......four more servings left." The brunette shifter answered.
"We could eat it tomorrow as our breakfast before training, but you guys could eat it if you want, we don't mind." Said Giyuu, making eye contact with the taller male.
Eren nodded as his gaze shifted to the sword, Tomioka noticed.
He held the sword out to him, "Want to see what your color is?" Asked he.
Eren nodded while chewing his food as he took the sword, holding it in front of him, the tip of his blade facing his left, the long handle facing Zenitsu.
He watched in anticipation on what the blade's color will turn into.
The blade started to change as the dark blue color disappeared, and was left with the blade's original color before the swordsman has wielded it, but the color fading into a titan green near the handle.
"Your skill set isn't that high for it to fully turn into the color, give it to people like Armin, and the children, maybe the color will disappear, since the skill set we're talking about here is physical." Said Giyuu as Eren handed the blade back and continued to eat.
"Katomi-kun, how many minutes until 7:00?" Asked Shira as she lifted her head and rubbed her eyes from sleep.
"15 minutes." Said he, looking at the clock in the dining room.
"Only five minutes have passed?" Muttered Eren as Shira yawned.
"Yeah, I heard time works differently here, randomly, but in terms of hours and stuff, I think it's the same. I even heard that this world is in a different planet! But I think those are just speculations." Said Nezuko.
"A different planet? The Demon World?" Asked the brunette shifter after gulping down a bite of his food.
"I just read it off a book, a theory rather, but I'm not really sure." Nezuko shrugged.
"What kind of nap did you take Shira? The one where you just close your eyes but hear everything or straight up sleep?"
"The first one......but I'm still tired." Said she, as she slowly started to regain her energy.
Noticing Eren, she greeted him yawning after, "Ohayo, Jaeger-san...."
"Ohayo?" Asked he.
"It means Good Morning in Japanese." Said Giyuu.
"Why is it like that you guys are obsessed with 'Japanese' culture?" Asked the teal eye boy, taking a bite of his food again.
"Eh.....let's just say that since the people we needed to be were Japanese, we were influenced very much." Nezuko explained
Half-true.....
Thought Giyuu, sheathing his sword.
"Oh.....I feel like the captain's going to make us train soon...." Mumbled Eren as he gulped another bite.
"Atleast you'll get to train with us." Said Shira, the door to the dining room then opened, revealing another person.
"Eh? Ray?" Muttered Nezuko, looking at the person who entered.
"Yo." Said he, fully dressed as he approached them.
"Ohayo."
"Good Morning."
"Someone made breakfast already?" Ray asked as he noticed Nezuko's empty plate and Eren's nearly finished one.
"Yeah, Shira and Nezuko made some for their early morning training, there's 4 servings left." Said he as he took a bite of another one.
The ravenette nodded, "I'll cook now, the shelter will be filled with children in a few minutes. You can skip breakfast later 8."
Eren looked at the clock to check the time. "6:52....." He muttered.
"I feel like Ray woke a little late to make breakfast." Said Nezuko.
"I did, I stayed up late at night for a few minutes because my body didn't want me to sleep, now here I am." Said he, stopping in his tracks to face them.
"How about I help you cook?" Suggested Nezuko, standing up.
"Sure." Said he as he walked to the kitchen and Nezuko followed.
They went in the kitchen, leaving the other four in the dining room.
"Say....." Started Eren, making the two awake slayers turn he attention back to him.
"Shira, why do I feel this Angry aura under your normal, blank one?" Asked he, making eye contact with the girl.
This question widen her eyes a little, her energy returning from the sudden shock. Her smile faltered as she stared at the boy.
Aura.....
She stood up, the same expression returning.
"How about we prepare the tables for them, minna?" She dodged the question while looking at Tomioka, who nodded in agreement.
I'm sorry Jaeger-san
Looking at Eren's now empty plate, she said, "Jaeger-san, we'll prepare the tables, you can go ahead."
But that's something I like to keep hidden.
Eren stood up with a plate at hand, "No thanks, I'll help."
They nodded, "Let's finish as soon as possible, then continue some light training after they eat."
"Hai!"
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Armin's pov
"Tomioka?! Kazeyuki?! Nezuko?! Zenitsu?!" I called them, I was walking in one of the shelter's secluded hallways with a book in hand. We were going to continue from last night, but, where were they?
I opened a door to a room, it was dark and dusty, and had a few chairs stacked over each other and tables.
"Guys?" I asked, even if no one is here.
Eren said they went to train in one of the rooms.
But which?
I continued walking in the secluded hallway.
When we're training, wouldn't it make some 'thumping' sound if someone hits the floor, or walls.
And if I were to train in the shelter, I wouldn't want to disturb anyone with the sounds.
Plus, I would need a room big enough for four people to train.
A lightbulb appeared above my head as I thought of an idea.
The last few rooms!
I should try looking for them there!
I began running to the end of the hall, and at the right time, heard some voices in one of the rooms.
I went over to one of the doors, putting his hand on a knocking position and-
"....nation. Including stealth attacks, moves, etc. I can teach you some of my moves, but we'll be focusing on what I mentioned. We'll start those tomorrow."
"Nani? Why that kind of fighting style?"
"Since the strength you have will need months to improve, years to reach a Hashira's level. But everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. So with this style of fighting, we'll put your stealth, speed and agility to good use."
"How did you know about those techniques Giyuu?"
"Let's just say a friend taught me."
"But I'll be teaching Anna-san some things about medicine too...."
"Find a way to fit it in your schedule then."
"Blunt as always...."
I gulped for a moment then knocked.
"Guys, we'll be continuing the meeting from last night now." I added.
"We'll be out! Wait!" I hear Zenitsu yell from behind the door.
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3rd person pov
"Who is Muzan Kibutsuji?"
Asked Lucas.
Not many people were here unlike before, in Goldy Pond, the only ones here is the founder and the leaders of the resistance. Yuugo was here too.
In the scouts, Me, Eren, Mikasa, The Captain and Historia were here. The rest helped the kids.
The gracefield children, Emma, Ray, Anna, Gilda and Don were here.
"A coward." Said the demon girl, looking down while remaining standing up with clenched fists.
"The creator of sunburning demons, from what we heard back at the lab, he's one himself. He has a goal to conquer the sun and, you know, kill all the slayers." Said Giyuu while crossing his arms and leaning on the table parallel to them.
"With his blood, he strengthens demons, if they've done well, he gives them more blood, if they're strong enough, they can be one of the Twelve Kizuki." Said Shira as her feet were left swinging while sitting on the table itself.
"He's the strongest and the scariest, the Uppermoon's are just, like, right below him." Said Zenitsu who sat on a chair, shivering a little.
Nezuko opened the pen then went over to one of the panels that talked about the sunburning demons and it's creator.
She pointed to a blurry picture of Kibutsuji Muzan, saying,
"That is Muzan, this picture isn't that clear to see, but that's him."
The pictured showed a blurry man that wore a white hat, had black hair, wore something black and white for a top and white for the bottom, and something black for his shoes.
But what stood out to them out the most is the pale color showing on where his skin was and the red hue that was where his eyes were.
"That bastard." Grumbled Giyuu under his breath.
For some reason, even if they didn't meet him yet, Emma and Ray felt this growing hate inside of them.
Hate for the man.
Hate for Kibutsuji Muzan.
The Hate
Bottled up from them.
"Tip, if you encounter this man, don't call him pale, dead or any synonym for that. He believes he's the perfect living creature. So hearing that opinion about himself makes him outraged.
......And whoever said that in front of him....
Never survived." Said she, looking down.
"P*ssy, just a simple opinion makes him angry, his pride might be higher than the walls." Said Levi while crossing his arms.
"Stop cursing you dipsht." Said Yuugo.
"You're one to talk."
"How can you be sure no one lived if they say that in front of him....?" Asked Don.
Zenitsu sighed and told them a story,
"We had another friend back in Lambda, he was a fellow slayer, rank Tsuchinoe, our rank increases the longer we survive by the way.
His name was....Oka......Oka...." He tried to remember the name of the fellow slayer who was killed.
"Okajima Taiga." Tomioka reminded him.
Zenitsu snapped his fingers, "Yeah! Okajima! Anyways, it was night time and then he was ranting about how he didn't want to live like this anymore, he wanted the demons to go extinct.
Then he started to rant about Muzan, which was a mistake since his presence was kind of felt behind the glass window they use to observe us, well, with my enhanced hearing, I could hear irregular heartbeat behind the window, which was familiar since he observes at night when he couldn't be seen.
I tried to warn them, someone else too, but it was night and the lights were out, so we couldn't see them from behind the glass. The others were either asleep or focused on listening to Okajima, and our warnings were ignored.
The biggest mistake he did was that he said that Muzan was a 'Cold, dead looking bastard.' Which is kind of a fact to be honest.
Then he was called out in the middle of the night, they said they needed to check on him for any sicknesses that could be in the way for the demons to 'enjoy' us.
He never returned, and it was two days after that night that we learned he's dead by one of us asking where he was.
I speculated and told them that it was Muzan, others agreed because of smelling his scent, like Giyuu-san and Tanjiro, hearing his irregular heartbeat like me, feeling his aura like Nezuko, Inosuke, Giyuu-san and Yuki-san, and etc." He finished, looking back up at them since he was looking down the whole time.
"Well, the more you know....." Said Levi, with a hint of anger.
"Everyone in the Demon Slayer Corps, or the project, all hate Muzan like how Jaeger hates titans, and I'm more than glad that they managed to break out of Lambda." Giyuu expressed his opinion upon reading the article about it once again. Eren sort of flinched upon the mention of his name.
"Wait, why do you guys call it the 'Demon Slayer Corps?'" Asked the blonde male scout.
"Simple, we were told to call it that, and our leader, Oyakata-sama, or Ubuyashiki Kagaya, isn't really an official leader of The Corps from the demons. He volunteered to be the leader, since Oyakata-sama was one of the remaining living adults, and he was also fit to be one." Explaiined the albino slayer.
"I hope that clears up your questions about Oyakata-sama, min'na" She added while looking at the picture of the said leader on one of the panels that says, 'Adults of the project.'
There, there were pictures of people with the names of Kamado Kie, Ubayashiki Amane, Kamado Tanjuro (Deceased), Urokodaki Sakonji (Deceased), Jigoro Kuwajima (Deceased), and many others.
"I only noticed now but, adults?! There's more adults in this world?!" Ray exclaimed.
The girl nodded vertically in response.
"I think that's all we can answer, everything else is in the information in the pen." Said Nezuko, sitting beside Shira on the table while Zenitsu sat behind her on a chair.
Eren turned his head to Armin,
"So what was the important thing you wanted to tell us-" Eren was cut off by someone knocking on the door and opening it.
"Hey guys, would it be nice if we join you on this thing?" There, it revealed outside the door was Jean and the rest of the scouts.
"Sure, whatever I'm going to say needs all of us to hear." Said Armin while hugging the book he had, referring to the scouts.
Jean nodded as the rest entered, taking a seat on chairs that were from neighboring tables, and brought to the main one they were sitting.
None of them had their gear on, it's in the armory.
The slayers neared the main table with chairs of their own, except Nezuko, she sat on Shira's lap while her body was smol.
"But, do any of you want to hear this, since this matter is mostly for our situation in returning home...." Asked Armin to the others that weren't scouts.
"It's alright, we want to help anyway we can." Said Lucas while giving Armin a headpat.
"Lucas with a missing arm reminds me of Commander Erwin." Mikasa said out of the blue.
Heads were turned to her as she just shrugged, "She kinda right tho....." Muttered Connie.
"Both of their arms are missing, both are leaders of some organization, both got some good strategy to defeat the enemy, I think he's pretty much the Commander Erwin of the demon world." Sasha joke while making a checklist, meanwhile, Lucas sweatdropped, Emma giggled, some of the scouts snickered and even Levi broke into a small smirk.
"Yeah, anyways, you know how we thought we were sent from another world, like, another dimension altogether, right?" Armin asked the fellow scouts.
They agreed and nodded vertically whilst their captain spoke, "So? What about that?"
Armin gulped before speaking,
"I think......"
He placed the book on the table and finished his sentence, which made them a little shocked.
"I think we're from the human world they wanted to go."
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"So, how are they?"
"CAW! CAW! REPORT! TRUTH! THE TRUTH IS BEING REVEALED! CAW!"
"That's nice, everything is right where it should be."
"When will she return, Mira-san?"
"Don't worry, I know you care, she'll be back by the time they arrive here."
"I can't wait to meet them! One of them looks exactly like me!"
"Yes, however, we need to wait for a long time."
"How long?"
"Within two years, they have a promise to fulfill. And a promise to change."
"You serious? Changing the promise?"
"Yes, they're very wonderful children aren't they?"
"Goodluck to them, then, if they fail then this world and us are screwed I guess."
"Stop being the pessimist you are! We won't be screwed."
"Ok then."
"Anyways, how are the needed materials?"
"They're all good. They just need their owners and users."
"No problems then?"
"None."
"However, Mira-san, how about them? What will we do when they arrive?"
"We'll form an alliance, but, we won't fully be under his control, since we have different goals. And, we won't be the puppets we were, we'll never will be."
"Never again, this is why you're friends with almost everyone here."
"I know, let's stay alert however, watch out for demons like always."
"Hai!"
"Of course."
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"Wait, are you sure?! Then does that mean they'll go to a world full of titans?!" Exclaimed Eren in worry.
"No, not like that Eren." Said Armin, continuing,
"We're transported from the human world they wanted to go, but from a different timeline." He continued, reading the book's title.
'World History: Volume 3- Era of Titan Existence; Start of Supernatural living.'
"I read this book while you guys were gone, and all the contents in this book are mostly accurate. Even Squad Leader Hange's studies are in here." Said he, flipping through the pages of the book.
"Mostly?" Asked Jean.
"Yeah, mostly, since this book was published months, or, years the Era ended, it contains a lot of information about our future." He stopped on one page.
"Look, this is the list of all the assigned commanders in the Survey Corps, and the last person on the list......" He pointed at the person's name and picture, who was the last commander of the survey corps.
"Is me."
'The 15th Commander: Armin Arlert.'
"You'll be a commander in the future?! That's so cool!" Beamed the ginger.
"Well, they say that the human mind is the strongest weapon, and Cadet Arlert here is like on par with these big brain children, so I'm not expecting much." Commented the Captain.
"It's like Armin is their trio's Norman, Mikasa, me, and Eren, Emma." Ray observed.
"Like a parallel universe or something...." Added Jean.
The brunette shifter then spoke up.
"Eh? 15th? But Commander Erwin was the 13th commander of the Survey Corps.....did he pass it down to somone else or...."
Armin read the text that was Erwin's cause of death, " It says here that.....
'Commander Erwin Smith died during the battle to retake Shiganshina from the titans due to the beast titan throwing showers of rocks onto the soldiers sacrificing themselves to give way a chance for Levi Ackerman, Humanity's strongest, to attack. Floch Forster, the only survivor in the suicide mission found the commander still breathing while on the ground. His organs messed up and is barely clinging alive. Forster brought the barely living commander to Levi and his squad who was on a roof telling Levi to use the titan serum to Armin Arlert, who was burnt alive and barely breathing due to sacrificing himself to give an opening to Bertholt Hoover, the Colossal Titan's capture, and to eat him, to make the young lad into a shifter and survive. In the end, Captain Levi chose to revive Armin, as Erwin gave him the signal by slapping Levi's hand that held the syringe with the syrum away from his body, ending his life with a smile on his face. The position of commander was soon passed down to Hange Zoe, the 14th commander of the Survey Corps.' "
"Wait......burnt alive.....?" Said Mikasa after.
"I was shocked too, but maybe there was a reason the future me decided to make that sacrifice." Said he.
Captain Levi didn't say a word as he just observed everyone in the room.
"That's one noble Commander you got there." Giyuu remarked.
"A beast titan? The one we saw back then." Said Connie.
"And a suicide mission to give way for The Captain to defeat the Beast Titan.........that means most of the Survey Corps were wiped out......and the only remaining ones were our squad and Squad Leader Hange...." Added Armin.
"I also found this note on the back on the book." Said he, turning to the back page that was supposed to be blank, but had a writing on it.
He read, " 'Your future is here, most of it, actually. The manga is a visual representation. But, don't change anything. When you return, don't change anything that much. I'm sorry but some events need to stay the same.
It will lessen the alternate timelines branching out from the original, as someone who can see the future, I also have a price to pay.
You only know I can see the future, that's it.
So I will give you more information about it.
I can see the future yes, but the future of many many other timelines, all having different outcomes, some nearly the same.
With the worlds of Attack on Titan, The Promised Neverland and Demon Slayer (for now) combined, it's all a big web.
There's one timeline where you meet in Eren's world instead, one where you were never succeeded in destroying the pond, one where the slayers never came to kill the spider demons, one where in the end, everyone dies, but those didn't happen because of her.
The one who changes fate.
She decides where you're going.
Yes you are transported from a different Era and from the same dimension. And don't forget about my journal, Jaeger.
Heh, even I don't know where exactly are we in the world as time worked differently here, like we're in another planet with a supercontinent where the demons lived. But that's just a speculation.
It's funny to think that we're all her treasures she's playing on the palm of her hand. And I was the diamond circlet to help watch over all of you.
Just, becareful what all of you choose, because, it might change the path you all are going now to a different one.'" Armin took a breath before speaking once again.
" 'Right now, all of you are heading to the path of genocidal freedom.' "
The ravenette child thought as Armin continued tl read the message.
The path to genocidal freedom....
Multiple timelines....
Different outcomes.....
The one who changes faith.....
What stuck on my mind more when Armin read this is that.....
We're her treasures she plays with.
And Riya is the Diamond Circlet, looking above to watch, and once put down, help.
I think that.....
The Scouts are her broken emeralds, fixing themselves little by little and now, is a dull pieced gem, waiting to light the way for our freedom.
The Slayers are her dark luminous stones, waiting to be free and glow from the darkness holding them back.
And.....
Us Escapees.....
Are her rusted golden jewelry, waiting to polish ourselves one day, and shine in the light of freedom.
Together, we're her beloved treasures, waiting to get out of the darkness that trapped us all.
And she.
She is the jeweler, that keeps us in control.
Next Chapter: Chapter 50 (2/2): We're Part of The History.
Ok so sorry I wasn't able to upload, got hit with laziness, artist's block(banners), writer's block, and school.
I admit the first part of this chapter is when ur hormones are acting up and then u thought of things.
But now all I can say is I wish I can still go to heaven lol
Posting chapter banner in the future like always uwu.
Author-kun out