It had been a week since then, and so far, things have been quite peaceful. You had just stepped out to go draw some water from the river.
You had taken a extra tool with you since you were aware that the river was most likely frozen right now.
However, as you approached the river. You noticed there was a fish frozen in it.
With its tail sticking out and head under the ice...
Honestly, it looked too pitiful to just ignore. The fish was still alive considering how violently it was swinging its tail.
You had to hold its tail while trying to break the over surrounding it with the tool because of how much it was swinging it around.
And it still managed to slap you in the face with its tail.
It continued swinging its tail causing you to consider leaving it there to die.
You eventually succeeded in doing so.
"Ara Ara~ What happened to you?" A familiar voice called out as you turned back to see who it was.
"Butterfly lady...?" You muttered still processing the sight of the three familiar demon slayers standing in front of you.
"Butterfly lady?!" Realization hit you as a exclamation of confusion and Shock fused together left your throat.
"What are you doing here?!" I ran up to the three after placing my bucket down as my brows furrowed together in confusion.
"Well, I doubt it's very safe for a kid your age to be living out at the very edge of the forest alone." The butterfly lady began explaining the reason behind her current appearance here.
"So I've decided to adopt you!" She added a moment later clapping her hand in a joyful manner as you once more froze.
Your brain attempting to process this new found information.
"WHAT?!"
•••••
"So, basically... I'm getting adopted. And I don't have a say in it?" You questioned with your arms crossed above your chest.
"Precisely!" The butterfly lady responded with her usual smile with the dango haired lady smiling just as widely behind her.
"I refuse." You immediately declared as you lifted your bucket back up and began proceeding to your house.
"Then let me ask again. Come with us or you die." You instantly froze as you felt the coolness of a sharp metal object against your neck followed by what the white haired male had just announced.
"Demon." He added a moment later causing your eyes to widen for a single second before instantly narrowing down as your body instinctively tensed up at that word but you took care to not allow it to show much.
'It's fine... They have no proof.'
You reassured yourself as you turned back to face the no brows who still held his cold icy gaze stronger than ever.
"First of all... Move this thing!" You slapped the older male's hand away seeming not in the least bit intimidated by the sharp blade.
"This is what I get for mixing with eyebrowless old men, should've thought about how they became eyebrowless first." You sighed massaging your temple in an irritated manner.
"What?!" No brows snapped as a vein popped up on his forehead clearly displaying his rage.
"Is your memory lacking already? Last time I checked, demons can't walk in the sun." You argued glaring up at no brows who gladly returned your glare with no hesitation.
"Exactly why we're taking you with us instead of killing you right here!" No brows declared as the butterfly lady whacked him on his back.
"Ara ara~ You make it sound like we're going to experiment on her Sanemi." The butterfly lady said in her usual sweet tone though it was quite obvious that she was pissed.
"Don't worry, dear. We'll only be keeping an eye on you that's all." The butterfly lady reassured you, she clearly wasn't going to take no for an answer.
"I'm not going." But you weren't going to back down so easily either.
"You are." The butterfly lady immediately declared firmly.
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"No! La! Aniyo! Ie! Noh! Nah! Nahi! Bu shi! Non! Nuovo!"
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"No."
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"I refuse!"
"That's a shame but it means nothing. You're coming along."
"No."
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"I'm not coming."
"You are."
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.....
"You do realize this is considered kidnapping, right?" You questioned in a final attempt to get them to let go of you knowing full well that it would probably fail.
"I'm aware." The butterfly lady responded with her usual smile holding you firmly so you couldn't get away.
You were currently cosplaying as a potato sack on the butterfly lady's shoulder. Who you just recently figured out was called "Shinobu".
You let out a defeated sigh hearing Shinobu's response knowing that it was useless to argue any farther.
You could always use your blood demon art to get away but that would only prove them right that you are a demon.
Well... They had no evidence proving that you were a demon at the moment but who's to say what they'll do to find out once you reach the demon slayers' corps?
'Maybe I should just make a run for it...'
"We've arrived." The butterfly lady informed which meant you couldn't run away anymore.
"Well, that sucks." You muttered under your breath before you caught sight of no brows who was still glaring at you even now as he had been doing the whole way here.
"Don't worry, we'll kill you soon enough." He then grumbled before walking past you and Shinobu and proceeding to enter into demon slayer corps.
"You do know that you have no proof I'm a demon, right?" You once again turned to Shinobu a moment later as she also passed through the gates of the corps behind no brows.
"We'll find proof for our claim soon enough." She replied with a smile causing you to raise a brow at her in confusion.
So she was just going to keep you here until they found the proof?
"So you're just going to keep me here until then?" You voiced your thoughts a moment later but were only responded with a smile from Shinobu.
Which was probably a yes.
'I should've just left them in the blizzard to freeze to death that night...'
You sighed in exhaustion propping yourself up on your elbows as you rested your head on your hand.
"You're back with the demon?" A sudden voice called out as you glanced towards the tree from which the voice came to see who it was.
There you saw a short male with choppy mid-length raven hair and heterochromia yellow and turquoise eyes with bandages wrapped around his mouth and a snake wrapped around his neck.
He was wearing the demon slayer uniform with a stripped haori.
'Well, of course, he's a demon slayer.'
You sighed turning away from the said slayer planted on top of the tree.
"Yeah, she's right there." No brows threw his thumb over his shoulder and pointed at you as if it wasn't already obvious enough who here wasn't a demon slayer.
"Did she admit to being a demon?" The snake scarfed dude questioned as Shinobu simply shook her head in response but her smile still didn't waver.
"Well, that just made this a lot harder for us." The snake scarfed dude sighed in irritation as his brows knitted into a frown while he glared at you.
"That's fine. We'll find out what she is soon enough whether she admits to it or not anyway." Shinobu responded in a cheery tone as she glanced toward you.
Which somehow sounded threatening in some sense.
"... Hey, kid." The snake-scarfed dude called out instantly seizing your attention towards him.
"What?" You raised a brow at him.
"... It'd be better for you to just admit to being a demon now, or you'll regret it later." The snake-scarfed male warned glaring down at you from his spot on his tree causing you to raise a brow at him.
"Well, it's a shame that I can't admit to being something I'm not." You replied turning away from him with a scoff while he only frowned at you in response.
"Well, let's see just how long you'll be able to keep that up after we give you the concoction." The snake-scarfed dude said.
But you could tell despite his mask that he was probably smirking right now.
"What-" "Obanai. Don't disclose unnecessary information." Shinobu sternly reminded cutting you off mid-sentence as she once again continued on her way before you could ask him what he meant.
"Wait, what did he-" "Shut it, you'll find out soon enough anyway." It was no brows who cut you off this time.
'Bitch, I thought you said I wasn't going to be experimented on. Stop making this sound so ominous and shit!'
But it was already obvious to you by now that they had no intention of telling you what this "concoction" was so you just left it at that.
And just as no brows had said, you did find out what it was soon enough. Though you wouldn't exactly call a three-hour wait "soon".
It took a while for all the hashiras to finish their tasks and gather at the chosen spot for the meeting.
And then you were forced to sit there in between Shinobu and this man with black unruly hair put in a low ponytail and deep blue eyes wearing a stoic expression on his face and a mismatched haori.
Definitely not soon enough, but this so called master did eventually come and while doing so, he brought this small vial with some liquid stored in it.
"Drink it." No brows demanded snatching the vial away from the hand of a small white bob-cut haired girl.
"What is this?" You questioned taking the vial from him.
"Proof of whether you're a demon or not." No brows simply answered with a short response followed by a glare.
"Any side effects?"
"None."
"What'll happen if a demon drinks it?"
"You won't have to worry about that if you're not a demon."
"Fine, let me restate that, what will happen if a human drinks it?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing? Are you sure about that?"
"Shut up and drink it already."
"Just answer the question, I have to know if what I'm about to consume is harmful to me."
"Nothing will happen if you're a human."
"... I don't believe that. But fine."
You were still hesitant about this since it could've he was lying right now to test you even more but there wasn't much you could do about it right now.
'I'll just have to hide more of my demon blood behind my human blood and see how my body reacts to it.'
"Wait. Is there a way I'm supposed to drink it or do I just drink it?" You halted in your actions mid-way as you were raising the vial to your mouth.
"Just drink it."
"The whole thi-" "Yes, the whole thing. It's not that much."
"Maybe not for you..." You grumbled under your breath as you reluctantly drank the liquid in the vail as you felt a slight dizziness but nothing too serious.
Guess he was telling the truth. Though it tasted horrible.
"Okay, that tasted disgusting. Do you have your proof now?" You wiped the corner of your mouth turning back to no brows who seemed shocked beyond words.
"You didn't die?!" No brows exclaimed stomping toward you.
"Was I supposed to?" You stepped behind the mismatched haori man, basically using him as a human shield.
"Yes! No demon should be able to handle wisteria!" No brows once more accused you of being a demon.
Though it was halfway true.
"Sanemi. That's enough." The "master" called out as no brows instantly fell silent.
"She has already been proved innocent." The master declared as Sanemi snapped his head towards him in surprise.
"But master, she's a demon! We have to kill her!" Sanemi remained stubborn on his opinion of you being a demon, though he wasn't wrong.
"Had she been a demon the concoction Shinobu made would've killed her. Yet she is still standing in good health." The master reasoned a logical argument in your defense.
"She could've made a mistake in making the concoction!" Sanemi argued back as you noticed the corner of Shinobu's lips twitch.
"I would appreciate it if you didn't question my abilities, Sanemi." Shinobu responded with a smile though it was pretty obvious that she was annoyed.
"I agree with Sanemi, master. We should try prepare another test for this brat." Snake scarf joined into the conversation, sharing his unwanted opinion.
"I agree, this isn't any small matter and shouldn't be simply dismissed with a single test." A man with long hair fading from deep red to bright yellow and a bright smile also decided to share his opinion.
Which no one asked for.
"Well, it wasn't 'a single test'." Mismatched haori decided to also join in, but he spoke up in your defense unlike the others.
"What?!" Sanemi snapped at him, looks like you weren't the only on disliked by Sanemi.
"There was wisteria hanging from the gate of the corps, did you think I wouldn't notice?" You questioned Sanemi as he glared at you.
"And you can clearly see me walking in the sun right now." You returned the glare Sanemi was sending you as the tension in the air only grew thicker.
"That counts as three tests." Mismatched Haori pointed out.
"Why are you always so obsessed with defending demons?!" Sanemi pointed an accusing finger mismatched Haori, so this wasn't the first time huh?
"Okay, everyone calm down!" Dango lady exclaimed jolting up to her feet as she attempted to stop you all from getting violent.
"Master has already announced that the girl's innocent!" Dango lady reminded placing her hands on her hips as you nodded your head in agreement.
"If you're all so worried just keep her in the corps and keep an eye on her!" Dango lady suggested mindlessly a moment after as you instantly froze.
"Huh? Say what now?" Was your immediate response upon hearing her words, but she wasn't listening.
"She's living alone anyway, so it'll probably be better for her to stay here anyway." Dango lady kept rambling on oblivious of your concerns.
"Hey- Wait, I never agreed to this!" You once again tried to refuse but the others seemed to already be considering her suggestion.
"Yes, let's do that. It'll be safer for her too." Shinobu nodded agreeing to the suggestion as you violently shook your head at her.
"It'll be easier to kill her if she turns out to be a demon as well." Snake scarf also agreed to keep you hostage at the corps.
"Then it's settled. She'll be staying at the Butterfly Mansion with Shinobu where there's plenty of wisteria." A huge man with prayer beads declared.
The rest nodded in agreement.
They were basically saying that it'll be easier to kill me in a place filled with wisteria and poison and demon slayers if it turned out that I was a demon.
Sick demon slayers are still demon slayers after all. And with so many injuries being involved with killing demons, I'll always be outnumbered.
"Wait! I never agreed to this!" But your cries fell on deaf ears as Shinobu dragged you away to the Butterfly Mansion.
To be continued...
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