me at 1:39 am: the world must know I have a KNY oc
hello! I am alive again for hopefully a little while. I've had this idea for SO long and finally I was just like. emily. we have to do it. It's what the people WANT! And by the people I mean ME!
(usually i use an excerpt from the first chapter for my summary, but I wanted to use something from further along that I've written out! wink wink)
I really hope you guys like it though! I had to get all these ideas out somehow before I went crazy.
It was quiet in the estate, and that's how Kyojuro knew she was up to something.
"I can tell you're following me! Why don't you come out?"
His laughter was booming, and from around the corner, pale shoulders twitched and her head shot up.
"You're always so loud. Don't you know you can't sneak anywhere, Yuki-chan?" He was teasing, though as the girl rounded the corner her face was still red.
"Shut up. I wanted to see what was happening," she murmured, rubbing a hand along her arm. "This is the most exciting thing that's happened all month here. Can't I see?"
"There's plenty of exciting things around here!" Kyojuru boomed out, looking down to her as she huffed. "We just got back from the west, remember, Yuki-chan?" He lifted his hand, gently knocking her on her head. She immediately reached up, waving his hands away from her, and he laughed.
"I remember. Please, Kyojuro! I've been practicing my breathing since we got back," she told him, and he grinned at her.
"Fine, but you can't keep starting fights when you come to these," he told her, though he was still grinning as he turned around. She stuck her tongue out at his back, and he piped, "I saw that!"
"Sanemi always starts them, you know that," she grumbled, following after him. She stopped to kneel down and pet the stray black cat that lived in the Flame Estate's garden, lifting it up to Kyojuro who scratched behind its ears.
"We need to bring it inside," she told him, and Kyojuro laughed.
"If you behave at this meeting," he said, and she brightened, standing on her toes with the cat to lift it high in the air.
"I always behave!" she claimed, though she rocked back on her heels and promised she'd be good, sitting the cat down and promising to have a bed for it when she came back.
She was quiet while they awaited for Oyakata to arrive - Kyojuro would have to applaud her for that later! She must have been wanting that stray cat inside for awhile. Even when Sanemi showed up, she only puffed her cheeks out and glanced away when he jutted his sword into the box. Kyojuro supposed she was right; Sanemi always did start something.
"I will never forgive anybody, Pillar or whatever, that hurts my little sister!"
When the little boy launched into the air and clacked his forehead against Sanemi's, Yukiko could not help herself - she looked away and cackled into the arm of her haori. Her laugh was charged with electricity; if Sanemi had not been too busy with Tanjirou, Kyojuro was sure that would have been just another thing he would argue with her about. He supposed he could let this one go - after all, it was laugh-worthy, with even Mitsuri having to snuffle a tiny giggle. At least she hadn't started clapping, like the last time Sanemi tripped over a small pebble. That had been a month long quarrel.
"Oyakata-sama is visiting!"
Yukiko straightened immediately with a tiny sniffle, and bowed in sync with Kyojuro. She did not stand in line with the Pillars, only off to the side. She glanced up, blowing a small strand of her bangs out of her eyes to watch Sanemi slam the boy to the rocks below, and had to look down to roll her eyes when he began speaking.
"I have given my approval for Tanjirou and Nezuko, so I want everyone here to accept them." Oyakata's voice was quiet and peaceful, and Yukiko felt at peace for a brief moment, before she hesitated and the words registered. She glanced to Kyojuro, waiting for his stance, waiting for his approval-
"I respect you from deep within, but I cannot understand your thinking! I completely oppose this!"
Yukiko looked back down to the pebbles she was crouched in, nodding her head in quiet agreement. If that was what Kyojuro believed was best, then she did not need to listen to the letter that was pulled out.
"What should I say if they're gonna kill themselves?" Sanemi began, and she dug her fingers into the rocks to keep herself quiet. Not in Oyakata-sama's presence, she reminded herself. "If they want to die, they can just die and rot. There is no guarantee in all of this."
"Shinazugawa is correct here!" Kyojuro said, and Yukiko blanched at the words from his mouth. "If she kills and eats someone, nothing can be undone! The people who got killed will never come back!"
Yukiko knew that was true.
"That is very true. They can't guarantee or prove that she won't attack people. But, you can't prove she'll attack someone either."
Yukiko looked up, and relished in the shocked look on Sanemi's face. Whose side was she on?
"Besides, Tanjirou has come into contact with Kibutsuji."
Her shoulders twitched at the name, and she could barely hear the squabble of the Pillars around her, looking down to the boy in the gravel. He came into contact with Muzan? She adjusted herself on her knees and inched just slightly forward to get a better look at him. He was young and small, just the slightest bit bigger than Yukiko herself. What was special about him? She longed to know.
When Oyakata put his finger to his mouth she settled back down, placing her hands to her thighs. She looked at the boy once more, averting her eyes from him once he glanced towards her.
"We can let humans live, but demons must die. I cannot consent."
When Sanemi stood and drew his sword she hesitated, itching to stand. She moved to do so, though she exchanged a small look with Kyojuro and stopped. She watched the blood drip from his arm and clutched onto the fabric of her uniform, her eyebrows furrowed. Why? she wondered, looking again at the boy. What would she do in this situation? I wouldn't be here, she objected instead, but perhaps she just didn't want to see what could be. She watched Sanemi jump with the box, and longed to do something, Obanai moving to restrain Tanjirou instead. She was not a Pillar, and knew that she was already toeing the line of her boundaries by just sitting on the sidelines here - at least this was here to distract Sanemi from her.
She heard the box creak open and turned to marvel at the demon that stood. She looked too human and too demon at the same time, and Yukiko felt something stir inside her. What was that?
Yukiko stood suddenly when Giyuu grabbed Obanai's arm, yanking him back as Tanjirou jolted up. Kyojuro looked at her, and she turned towards him, giving a too-victorious grin when the demon-girl turned away from Sanemi.
Whose side is she on? Kyojuro wondered again, while Yukiko's beam said Anyone but Sanemi's.
She felt like she was watching something begin as Tanjirou exclaimed he and his little sister would be the ones to defeat Muzan, turning her laughs back into her haori sleeve. She felt that same stir in her stomach, though it quickly faded when Oyakata said it was time to start the Pillar meeting. She watched as Tanjirou was dashed away, before she began shifting from foot to foot.
"Who invited her?" Sanemi began, as if suddenly seeing Yukiko, and she turned towards him with her brows furrowed.
"What a silly question! Of course I did. She wanted to see what all the fuss was about, that was all," Kyojuro said, waving Sanemi off. "She'll leave now, so that we can start."
She huffed at that, though she was expecting that. If nothing else, it meant she could follow the boy to the Butterfly Estate. She turned towards Oyakata, bowing her head.
"It was a pleasure to see you again, Oyakata-sama. I hope you're well," she said to him, and from behind her Kyojuro beamed and Sanemi rolled his eyes. Oyakata smiled at her, and she felt the familiar peaceful feeling.
"The same to you, Yukiko-chan. Please give your brother my regards," he told her, and she straightened with a smile, turning away to stick her tongue out at Sanemi before she went on her way to the Butterfly Estate. Her brother was already there to greet her at the doors, a smile on his face at seeing his sister.
"Are you following those boys? They're very cute, Yuki-chan. And loud," he taunted with a laugh, and she waved that off.
"Boys?" she questioned, shaking her head. "No, just one. With the earrings?" She pointed to her own, golden hoops tangled in her hair, and Yukiya clapped his hands together.
"Yes! One of the cute ones, he just came. I'm glad you think so too! So you can stop flirting with the Wind Pillar."
Yukiko retched, shaking her head. "Never!" she yelled, and Yukiya clapped his hands together again.
"Always!" he teased back, though he still led her to a room. She could hear yelling inside, and she remembered Yukiya's words of boys.
"Straighten up please! You're in the presence of a lady," Yukiya announced as he opened the door, and Yukiko rolled her eyes, though the boys did silence when the door opened and she stood there.
Tanjirou recognized her, sitting up some in his hospital bed. She'd been there with the Pillars, though she did not have the same smell as them, standing there in the doorway before her brother ushered her in. He remembered feeling her looking at him, though she'd turned away before he could glance at her.
He saw her now. Yukiko was short and stout, wearing a dark red haori that draped off her shoulders, showing pale skin that Zenitsu's eyes lingered on. Her hair was dark, dark, dark, wild and down past her shoulders; her bangs were tied back in an attempt to tame them with a bow, though a persistent strand fell down and brushed against her round nose.
"You were with the Pillars!" Tanjirou said, and finally had the chance to look into her eyes. They were crystalline blue, blinking at him when he sat up.
"I can't remember why I came here," she said, and from behind her Yukiya laughed and placed his hand to her back, preventing her from leaving. They looked identical, the only differences Yukiya's dark blue eyes that blinked and looked like a beetle's shell, and the butterfly earrings that dangled with his movements.
"You were curious! It's normal to be interested in cute boys," he leaned down to her ear, brushing aside her hair to speak into it. "The pig hasn't been speaking much, but he's also very cute underneath that mask, believe it or not!"
She straightened, her cheeks a slight pink, before she went to Tanjirou's bed. Zenitsu wanted to protest and tell her to come to him instead, but she walked with purpose and he found his mouth clamping shut.
"I came to tell you what Sanemi was doing wasn't right," she began, sitting down on his bed. This close Tanjirou could see the abnormal freckles across her cheeks, little triangles underneath her eyes. She smelled like the Pillars, sitting down beside him, her hand dangerously close to his leg. "I hope you kick his ass one day, okay?"
Tanjirou hesitated. This is why she came? From behind her, Yukiya laughed. "Oh, you're already trying to start a love triangle? You should at least tell them your name first."
Yukiko paused, before she suddenly stood up robotically, her face a bright red. "Right! Of course. My bad," she said, taking a step back away from their beds. "My name is Yukiko Hazuki. I'm the Flame Pillar's Tsuguko."
Tanjirou adjusted in his bed, remembering the girl outside that the kakushi spoke about. She was another? She smelled slightly like firewood, her lips the same burgundy of her haori, turning upwards as he looked her over.
"I'm Zenitsu Agatsuma!" Zenitsu suddenly said, his voice too loud too fast.
Tanjirou smiled at her from his bed. "I'm Tanjirou, and this is Inosuke," he told her, motioning towards the boy beside her, who only turned his boar head to the side.
"Kyojuro-sama would be so proud if he saw you talking to someone that isn't me or him," Yukiya tittered behind her, and her ears went red, turning towards him and shoving his arm as he giggled. "These three have been through plenty. Maybe we should leave them to rest, Yuki-chan?"
Tanjirou did not want her to leave - he felt like there was almost something she was not telling him, something she was keeping to herself.
"Oh, no, Yuki-chan, you don't have to leave! We're fine," Zenitsu assured, and Tanjirou was glad he was there to say that.
"That's funny, considering you were just crying about taking your medicine," Yukiya said with a grin, and Zenitsu choked.
Yukiko wondered why she'd even came here - this wasn't like her, and she was only chasing that same fleeting feeling she'd felt in her stomach earlier. Tanjirou smiled at her, and she straightened suddenly as the feeling came back in full force - what was that? What was that? She wanted to stay and find out, she wanted-
"It was nice to meet you, Hazuki-sama," Tanjirou told her. Her smile faltered, and Tanjirou wanted to stand up immediately. What was that? There was something to her that felt like she had a secret she was itching to tell, he could smell it on the tip of her blood colored lips. What was it, what was she dancing around-
"Ew, don't call me that," she told him, sticking her tongue out, and the two were left feeling like they'd just shared something and were still left with nothing. "Please. I don't work as hard as a Pillar."
Tanjirou laughed at that, shaking his head. "I can tell you work hard!" he said, and she faltered again, biting her tongue. "But okay, Yukiko-chan." He turned towards the other bed, lowering his voice. "Inosuke, say goodbye!"
Inosuke tipped his snout forward with a grunt, his fake eyes looking into hers, and she straightened.
"Bye-bye!" she said suddenly, just like Zenitsu, too loud too fast. She turned quickly, pulling her brother with her.
"She's weird," Inosuke muttered roughly, while Zenitsu yelled.
"She is adorable! Tanjirou, how dare you not tell us you met a cute girl!"
"She's not weird, don't be mean, Inosuke!" Tanjirou scolded, shaking his head at Zenitsu. "I didn't meet her, she didn't talk at the meeting! I don't know why she came here."
From the other side of the door, Yukiko leaned against the wall, her face red. Why did she come here? She should have just went back to the Estate and brought that cat inside, what was she thinking-
"They're cute, right?" Yukiya asked her, clapping his hands, and his sister jumped to attention, shaking her head jerkily.
"No!" she yelled, gripping onto the end of her haori, and Yukiya stuck his tongue out at her.
"Still hung up on the Wind Pillar, then?" he asked, and she gagged towards the floor.
okay! This was just the first chapter to sorta establish everyone, idk! This is my first fic in, what, two years? I think? Please give me some kinda feedback, thank you!