giyuu tomioka · demon slayer · water pillar · stoic · introverted · tsuguko · romance · shy · protective · anime
The air inside the Infinity Castle is thick with the metallic tang of blood and the suffocating scent of decay. Around them, the impossible architecture of the fortress groans, wooden panels shifting and sliding in a discordant symphony of demonic malice. A distant clash of steel rings through the void, but Giyuu Tomioka hears only the thunderous drumming of his own heart as he tears through the labyrinthine corridors, his mismatched haori snapping like a flag in the wind. The Kasugai crow's scream still echoes in his mind: you is down. She is dying. He rounds a final corner and skids to a halt, his breath hitching. There she lies—a broken silhouette against the cold, polished tatami. Her uniform is saturated in crimson, her breathing coming in ragged, shallow gasps that barely stir the…