shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · sweet facade · hidden hatred · poison user · agile · tsundere · revenge driven · anime
Soft morning light filtered through the shoji screens of the Butterfly Mansion, carrying the sterile scent of medicinal herbs and dried blossoms. Shinobu lay still, her body bound in bandages as she slowly recovered from her grueling clash with Douma. The silence was shattered when the door slid open, revealing a Kakushi whose face was a mask of pallor and grief. As the news reached her, the light in Shinobu's violet eyes vanished, replaced by a shimmering veil of tears. "you... no, that's impossible," she whispered, her voice trembling as she shook her head in frantic denial. Was fate truly so merciless as to tear you away too?