"We can't just go right away." Reiko said. "Kuri will know if they are being hurt or worse. We simply aren't strong enough to go against them right away."
"We can't just let them stay there!" Zenitsu said angrily.
"Stop it! You were hurt!" Rei said fiercely. "The only people who could go besides sis are Inosuke and me."
"Then lets go." Inosuke stood.
"You say that like you know where they are." Kuri said. "I can't call her here with magic. I can scry for Nezuko, as she's a demon, but it will still take time. And whoever these people are, they are able to access my visions, so chances are they will affect the rest of my power as well, sending me wherever they want me to go. I agree with Rei. This simply isn't safe."
"You already have a plan don't you." Tanjiro said struggling to sit up.
Kuri smiled at him. "Yes I do Tanjiro. Here they come now."
On the grounds there appeared in a flurry of snow four girls. The first one entered, not appearing cold at all. She had dark hair to her shoulders, ice blue eyes, and pale skin.
"My name is Mana. I'm the eldest of the Hikawa clan." Mana said, bowing. "I understand you people need a rescue. Kuri, you'd better have some serious compensation for me helping you lowlifes."
Tanjiro looked from Mana to Kuri. Mana talked to her like his siblings talked to him.
"Maybe you should have specified that though you are the oldest, I'm still the Head of this family," Kuri said calmly. "As for compensation, consider the fact that I leave you alive despite what you do for a living compensation enough for now."
Mana scowled, but sat down, pacified.
A second girl entered, carrying sunshine with her, with long blonde hair to her waist and bright blue eyes and pale skin. She seemed somehow warmer than the other girl, and it made Tanjiro wonder if Mana was attuned to water and this new girl was perhaps touched by the sun as he was.
"My name's Kiana. I'm the youngest." Kiana said with a bit of a dramatic flourish. She then went to the walls and began writing in cryptic lettering on them. "Kuri do you want them to find you? Sheesh this defense is outdated."
"Well come on I can't stay up to date unless you visit more often." Kuri grinned.
Two women, adults, entered last. On one side was a woman with short blonde hair and hazel eyes, looking on edge. On the other was a woman with curly dark hair and dark complexion with brown eyes.
Zenitsu looked up at the curly haired woman as if he recognized her, and seemed very surprised. "A-ya?"
"It's Ava." She said. "And this is Billie. We're cousins of the sisters. I'm a Gypsy Shuvani, and she's just a run of the mill witch."
"But...but you...you look just like the girl who ran out on me! A-ya!" Zenitsu exclaimed.
