𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 × 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 [OLD]
𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖤𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝖾𝗇
Shiori was panicking.
"Who..."
"WHO ARE THESE DUDES!?"
The cat was baffled.
Rengoku was choking out some random girl, the duo having a rope linked to each of their wrists.
There was some other girl who had a rope linking her wrist with Inosuke's.
A dude who's wrist was linked with Zenitsu's.
There was one with Tanjiro too.
Dang it, y/n as well.
"Just what is this?" Shiori demanded then banged on Nezuko's box, "OI, DEMON GIRL, WAKE UP! WE'VE GOT A HUGE PROBLEM ON OUR PAWS!"
Nezuko poked her head out of the box with round eyes and a soft, "Hm?"
Let's take a look at Y/n's dreams, shall we?
...
Girlie was running. And I mean RUNNING.
She ignored her brothers' shouts for her to come back as she raced through the forest at the top of the mountain, looking around desperately for some kind of exit.
Where the hell was she?
This had to be a dream.
If it was a dream, how was she supposed to wake up?!
Y/n came to a stop at a steep cliff and stared down over the edge, the gears turning in her brain.
Dying, perhaps?
'But what if I die in the real world?'
...
'🚚 it.'
Y/n hopped off and went tumbling down the side of the mountain, effectively committing self deletion.
Not even a second later, a much tinier y/n sat up with a small gasp. She sat in her futon for a moment, processing what had happened before looking around to find her little brothers resting next to her.
'Damn it, another one.' y/n thought irritably as she stumbled to her feet, 'When is this one now, huh?'
Y/n ruffled her own hair with a grumble, feeling irritated. Now she had to go and off herself again!
She ran out the house, found the nearest cliff side.
Then hopped off.
Yet again, she woke up in a dream.
HOW MANY DAMN DREAMS DID SHE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, HUH?!
Y/n let out a quiet huff, rubbing the back of her neck.
'I'll have to sit this one through until I can figure out what's happening.' y/n thought before frowning as she looked around, 'Where... exactly am I?'
She pondered for a long moment before the door opened, and a very different looking Shinobu entered.
Her hair was slightly different, the strands of hair that usually framed the sides of her face tucked behind her ears instead. She didn't wear the butterfly patterned haori either, rather a simple white one.
Y/n slowly processed the appearance, did some mental work, then came to a conclusion.
'Ah, yes, two years ago.' she realized, 'At this time, Shinobu-san was a little more... uh...'
Y/n began to wilt a little under the girl's fiery rage, fidgeting at Shinobu approached and gave her a stern look.
'Intense.'
"Y/n." Shinobu began and y/n flinched out of reflex.
Oh boy, she remembered this.
Y/n squeezed her eyes shut when the girl poked her grabbed her cheek, pulling on it as y/n protested, "Didn't I tell you not to do reckless things on missions?! You're not invincible!"
During y/n's earlier days in the Demon Slayer Corps, right after she became Sanemi's responsibility, she quickly became acquainted with the Kocho Sisters.
Simply due to the fact that she couldn't seem to not get injured whenever she decided she was tired of training and wanted to kill some demons.
Y/n liked to sneak out sometimes and go fight demons despite not being an official Demon Slayer yet. She had little difficulty with killing demons, but got a little too into it at times and forgot that her body needed rest.
Which was why she ended up hurt. A lot.
Shinobu would scold her, and y/n would remain stone faced the entire time, but she always felt warm and fuzzy whenever Shinobu expressed... uh, great concern for her well-being.
'Never thought I'd see her like this again.' y/n thought as Shinobu was scolding her, 'It's... a little bit...'
A small smile pulled at her lips.
"...cute."
Shinobu paused, then gave y/n a look of shock.
It was only then that y/n realized she'd said it aloud.
"You... what did you—" Shinobu looked stunned as she tried to get the words out, face going red with embarrassment.
Y/n quickly plastered on her best reserved and unapproachable expression, internally squirming as Shinobu tried and failed to say something in response to y/n's statement.
"Did you just say something?"
A shake of y/n's head.
"Stop lying, you said something!"
Another shake of her head.
Shinobu sighed, rubbing her temples with a frown, "I must be losing my mind because of how often you get hurt likes this, don't do it again! Got it! You're strong, I get that, but your body can't take a whole lot of battering and still function properly!"
'I beg to differ.' y/n thought as Shinobu hurried off to retrieve some medicine for her. As soon as the older girl was gone, y/n's cheeks bloomed with little roses of warmth as she registered what she'd just done.
'Yikes... almost slipped up there.'
Y/n had taken a liking to the younger Kocho sister shortly after meeting her. She found her cute, and really wanted to be friends, but simply couldn't find the words to say anything to her.
That, and Shinobu was scolding her for being reckless most of the time so y/n's attempts were quick crushed by Shinobu's fury over the masked slayer's stupid decisions.
Y/n curled up and sighed, 'How am I supposed to wake up now? I can't hop off a cliff, Shinobu will probably catch up to me and stop me before then. Can't stab myself with something, Shinazugawa-san would eventually find out if I get caught and he'll go ballistic.'
'I think he considered me a danger to myself at this time, so he's probably already on high alert in this dream.' Y/n frowned and let out a sigh, 'Oh well, better find some place secluded.'
She slid out of the bed, careful to be quiet as she retrieved her sword from where it was placed under her bed.
Y/n crept out of the room, watching her surroundings carefully so she wouldn't be caught. Judging by the look of things, this was before y/n had taken the final selection to officially become a Demon Slayer.
Naho, Sumi, and Kiyo were most definitely present, but were very nervous to approach her at the current time.
Aoi and y/n weren't familiar, they'd only begun talking after y/n's disastrous Final Selection experience. Y/n never took the Final Selection until that incident.
As for Kanao...
They simply didn't chat.
"Running off already? This is a new record."
Y/n stopped in her tracks, the sound of a voice she hadn't heard in years causing her heart to skip a beat.
There was no way.
She knew that the dreams were meant to keep her asleep, she'd already figured that 💩 out, but this was too damn cruel.
Y/n told herself not to turn around. She knew damn well that she'd fall deeper into the dream of she did, but a nagging feeling of longing deep within her drop-kicked her better judgement and took the wheel.
The h/c haired girl turned around to face the pale purple eyed young woman who stood down the hall. She was just as y/n remembered.
A gentle, reassuring smile.
Not radiant like Rengoku's, but still warm.
The butterfly haori too, the one that made it difficult for y/n to look at Shinobu sometimes. And the green and pink butterfly hairpins she would often remembered when she saw the one Kanao wore.
Y/n's first official friend in the Demon Slayer Corps.
The reason y/n struggled to look Shinobu in the eye.
Kanae Kocho.
Just the sight of her brought y/n to tears.
Kanae was taken aback by y/n's sudden tears, completely understandable since y/n hardly showed a wink of emotion during the time period the dream was set in.
Despite her shock, she approached and embraced y/n without hesitation. Y/n didn't bother pushing her away as she wept.
'This dream is too cruel.'
...
Anyways, so—
At this point, Tanjiro is awake catching Zs on the roof of the train while Lower Moon One bullies him for having a dead family.
Inosuke is also awake at this point.
Zenitsu is kinda awake.
Nezuko is trying to get y/n to wake up and for a very good reason too. The smol demon girl had removed y/n's mask to see y/n in tears.
The little demon let out a worried hum, looking back and forth between her and the dude who's wrist was linked with hers.
She really hoped y/n was okay...
Girlie should be hoping the dude linked with her was okay, because her subconscious was whooping his 🍑.
The lil 💩 could hardly keep up with it and let out a terrified shriek when he almost got his head cut off by a little y/n. Like— an actual little kid.
'She's clearly caught in the dream now, which was how I was able to find the spirit core without the dream changing again.' The dude thought in a daze as hatchet wielding subconscious fixed him with a glare, 'But how come her subconscious is still attacking!?'
Upon entering the realm of the subconscious, this little roach here found a beautiful field of fireflies with tall grass and the moon shining up above.
Mm, the moon looked rather small...
Oh wait, that was the spiritual core ^^
Just as the roach found a way to get it down and stab it, he conveniently remembered the words spoken to him by the demon who put him and the others up to this.
"Be careful. In some rare cases, when a rather sharp Demon Slayer senses your presence, their subconscious might actually take on a form and try to kill you as soon as you enter the realm of the subconscious." Enmu explained, "Your best option is to take it down. Before it can kill you or find a way to wake up the one put to sleep."
He'd thought her subconscious was harmless at first. After all, it was just a much younger y/n with a very friendly appearance.
Next thing he knew, the subconscious to went agro and start trying to kill him with a 🚚ing hatchet!
'DAMN IT, WOMAN, JUST WAKE UP! I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE SPIRIT CORE ANYMORE!!!'
Yeah, she wouldn't be waking up for a bit.
In her dream, y/n and Kanae were sitting together outside the Butterfly Mansion. Y/n was quietly staring at the ground, glad to be in Kanae's presence but still trying to cling onto her awareness of what this was.
It was a dream, not reality.
Y/n wanted to wake up soon, yes.
But... she wanted to apologize first.
Even if this Kanae wasn't real, even if she was just the result of a damn Blood Demon Art, y/n still felt as though it were necessary to say sorry.
To apologize for being a burden.
For not doing as she was told.
For being the cause of Kanae's death.
But the words simply wouldn't come.
'I should leave.' y/n thought, 'But not here. Not in front of her. I don't want to cause her harm again.'
'Wake up.'
Y/n's hands gripped her clothing a little tighter.
"I know you don't really talk, y/n, but I'm really worried about you." Kanae pointed out, "You crying like that... it looked like you'd been holding that back for a long time."
Y/n inhaled shakily, "I... I was..."
'Wake up!' y/n shouted at herself, 'Get it over with.'
Y/n stood up quickly, forcing herself not to look at Kanae, "Erm... Kanae-san. I wanted to, uh, apologize."
"Apologize?" the young woman echoed.
"Apologize and thank you." y/n continued, "For looking out for me, for being my friend, for caring. I wanted to apologize for being a burden, and apologize for not being stronger that day.
"Y/n, I don't quite understand what you mean. You have no reason to apologize." Kanae assured her, standing up and reaching out for her, "Here, come sit. From how it sounds, you must have a lot to say."
Y/n shook her head, "I need to help Kyo-san. Tanjiro and Nezuko still need me. Zenitsu still needs help with dating, he doesn't have much skills with girls, and Inosuke hasn't learned table manners yet. Besides, his hair needs a wash. My brother still needs me too, and Shinazugawa-san would be very disappointed in me if I went out like this."
Y/n mustered the strength to look back one more time, "I'll see you again, Kanae-san! Don't know where or when, but I'll be able to apologize properly then! To you, and not a dream! That's a promise!"
"Y/n—!" Kanae shouted as the girl took off in a hurry, heading straight for the fence and running right through.
She ignored the Flower Hashira's shouts for her to come back, just barely holding herself together as she hurried away.
'I can't die yet! Not to some stupid dream!'
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- Y/n had the fattest crush on Kanae shortly after they first met. Her and Sanemi bonded over the subtle little crushes they happened to have on the same person
- Shiori woke up Rengoku by biting him on the nose after Nezuko burned the ropes off
- Enmu placed a slightly heavier version on the spell on y/n since he got the feeling she was pretty sus
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