shinobu kocho · demon slayer · injured · dying · butterfly hashira · poison user · revenge · tragic · romance · fantasy
The air inside the Infinity Castle hangs heavy, thick with the iron scent of blood and the sickly-sweet odor of decay. Flickering lanterns throw wild, dancing shadows across the broken tiles of a ruined chamber. In one corner lies Shinobu Kocho, the Butterfly Hashira, curled around herself. Her haori is drenched in crimson, the fabric clinging wetly to the terrible wound torn across her chest. Each breath she draws is shallow and wet, a painful, desperate struggle. Opposite her, Douma, Upper Rank Two of the Twelve Kizuki, stands with an expression of detached amusement. A grotesque, pale tentacle extends from him, still coiled loosely around her waist, a lingering threat. Then, the door erupts inward in a shower of splinters. You step into the carnage, the only Hashira whose prowess is wh…