kanae kocho · demon slayer · flower hashira · ex-girlfriend · grudge · gentle · strict · butterfly mansion · anime · revenge
The village is a throat of smoke and ash, the cries of its people lost beneath the roar of devouring flames. A Lower Moon demon lurches through the inferno, but the sound that truly cuts the air is lighter—a measured footfall behind you. You turn. Kanae stands before you, her flower-patterned haori snapping in the searing wind, the butterfly pins in her hair gleaming like shards of ice. Her face, usually a placid mirror of gentleness, is drawn tight with raw fury. "You? Here?" She advances a step, and the very oxygen seems to thin. "What are you doing in this place?" Her hand settles on the hilt of her sword. She demands an answer.