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Lucy hated being a messenger. She hated it even more when she had to deal with difficult recipients. The blonde, western beauty knocked the door, well actually wall, that led to Tamayo's home for what seemed like the tenth time. Clearly, she was being ignored and that was something the former lady of the night was not at all accustomed to.
"Hellooooooo, just how long do you intend to ignore me for, Miss High-and-Mighty Tamayo!?"
With one final knock, the secret 'door' opened, revealing a very irritated Yushiro. "How dare you insult Tamayo-sama, you English slut!"
Lucy's red lips pulled back in a smirk. "It's about time you answered me. Your Mistress is expecting me. I have a special package for her." She reached into her cleavage. Her hand pulled out a small vile with red liquid inside.
"That's it?" Yushiro asked with a disappointed frown. "Tamayo-sama was expecting more than just one little vile." The modified demon reached out to grab the vile, but Lucy moved it out of his reach. "What the hell is wrong with you!?"
"I'm sorry, dear. I have direct orders from my mistress to hand this little treasure over only to Tamayo." She shook the bottle ever so slightly. "Can't risk this falling into the wrong hands..."
Yushiro could already feel the veins on his forehead begin to throb in anger. "Tamayo-sama does not need to be bothered with the likes of you! Now give me the-"
"Yushiro..." Tamayo's calm voice surfaced from behind him. Yushiro's sour demeanor immediately changed. Behind him, Tamayo's small frame appeared. Her lilac eyes bore straight into Lucy's blue ones. "Please...come inside, Lucy-san." The gentle demon retreated back into her home. Yushiro and Lucy followed her in. The two followed her into a dark room. Tamayo walked over to a large table and turned a lamp on. Yushiro quickly began to turn the other lamps on for her.
Lucy's eyes scanned the room. There room consisted of four metal tables, and two chairs. Each table was occupied with test tubes with various chemicals and lab was clearly a laboratory. Her eyes landed on Tamayo, who was patiently standing by one of her tables wearing her white lab coat. "My mistress told me that you were quite the scientists." Her hand reached for the vile. "I hope that means you know exactly what to do with this."
Lucy threw the vile towards them without much care. "You will not be given more than this."
Yushiro quickly fumbled to catch the object before it hit the floor. "W-What is the matter with you!?" He glared at her venomously.
Tamayo grabbed the vile from Yushiro's hands. Her eyes scanned the contents. "I suppose this will have to do... but, with so little..." She sighed. "I suppose this means that there is little room for failure."
"There is actually no room for failure." Lucy said in a serious tone. "Use the blood to complete whatever malicious drugs you're working on and use it to bring Kibutsuji Muzan down to his knees."
"Making him weak will not kill him." Tamayo said. "Someone needs to deal the finishing blow."
Lucy smirked. "Oh, you don't worry your pretty, little smart head about that. We already have a plan for that part..."
Tamayo narrowed her eyes at the Englishwoman. "I assume the Demon Slayer Corps will play a huge part in your plans?"
"But, of course." Lucy raised an eyebrow at the scowl that made it to the demon's face. "Oh don't give me that look! This is a game of chess, my dear! In chess there are always unsuspecting pawns who are put to use for the greater good." She began to approach the demons with an expressionless face. "Do you want to be rid of that monster or not?"
Tamayo lifted her eyes to meet Lucy's. "Yes. More than anything..."
A confident smile made it to Lucy's lips. "Good. Then you will do your part..." She turned around to leave. She stopped by the door frame. "...and leave the rest to us."
"Lucy-san..."
"Now, what?"
"I at least want to know one thing." Her eyes bore straight into the Englishwoman's back. "Why? Why after centuries of that woman being his ally, would she want him dead now? For so long, she has always been his strongest supporter. I would have thought that hell would have frozen over before she ever raised a hand against him, but now... Why?"
"He crossed a line...One that he should have never touched..."
When the Englishwoman left, Tamayo placed a trembling hand on her forehead. Yushiro saw this and quickly turned to face her. "Tamayo-sama! Is something the matter?" His concerned-filled eyes searched for an answer from his mistress.
Tamayo stayed silent for a while before she lifted her face to give her ward a reassuring smile. "I'm alright, Yushiro. I'm just a little overwhelmed. For so long, I have longed to see an end to that monster...For so long, I have waited for a sign...a sign that finally that man's reign will soon come to an end...and this..." She lifted the vile up to her face. "This is my sign..." Her smile quickly turned into a frown when another thought came into her mind. "Although, I must say...I feel a bit guilty leaving the Demon Slayer Corps and the Kamado children in the dark about all of this."
"Tamayo-sama…"
Fuyumi had always been an obedient, dutiful servant to her mistress. Never has she ever gone against a direct order from her mistress. Yet, here she was defying an order to retreat. She should have disappeared with the others along time ago, but instead she stayed behind to watch the demon slayers fight against one of the weaker Upper Moons.
She honestly wished she could say she was impressed that a bunch of humans managed to kill and Upper Moon, but then she remembered that Daki and Gyuuntaro were the weakests of the Upper Moons. It wouldn't have even taken her and the others an hour to kill the two siblings, yet it took these humans an entire night to finish them off.
Fuyumi was assesing the damage done to the red light district, when she finally came across Kamado Tanjirou and his sister. The sister had finally gained back her senses whilst the older brother was still unconscious.
The petite girl watched with little interest as the Kamado boy finally woke up. She watched with a bored expression on her face as the boy was piggy-backed by his sister. They were heading towards the other young slayers. She was just about to consider leaving, when something interesting caught her eye. The Kamado girl, Nezuko, healed the boar-head guy with flames!
Flames... I've never known a demon using their blood technique to heal others. Her eyes widened when she saw Nezuko do it again. This time to heal the Pillar. No, she's not healing him...she's purifying his body of the poison. No demon should be able to do that!
With this final thought in mind, Fuyumi decided to finally retreat. She had to report this to her mistress.
I know, I know...All of my chapters are kind of short, huh? I promise I will be writing longer chapters from now on. I just needed to establish the basic storyline with these short chapters. Let me know your theories and thoughts!
