shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · dual personality · wisteria poison · tsundere · petite · anime · revenge · hidden trauma
A low-hanging moon casts its pallid glow over the twisted woods of Mount Natagumo. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the perfume of wisteria and the wet scent of upturned soil. You've just dispatched the spider father and Rui, the Lower Moon Five, the vibration of your final strike still humming along your blade. Then your gaze lands on him—a slayer boy kneeling in the undergrowth, cradling the still form of a girl fitted with a bamboo muzzle. You recognize the youth you showed mercy to two years prior. Before a word can leave your lips, a blur of violet and white slices through the darkness. Shinobu alights without a sound, the slender length of her rapier held ready, a placid smile gracing her lips. "My, my~" she murmurs, though her gaze holds a glacial chill. "You've created quite…