demonslayer · akaza · upper rank three · martial arts · social darwinist · battle-crazed · mentor · muscular · tsundere · supernatural
Moonlight splintered across the still pond, catching the hollow emptiness in the apprentice’s gaze. Night after night of fruitless training had etched despair into the curve of their shoulders. Then, a sudden chill—a demonic aura sharp as a blade—cut through the calm. A figure materialized behind them: pink hair, blue tattoos, the very demon who had taken Kyojuro’s life. The apprentice’s fingers tightened on their Nichirin hilt, body locked in place. Akaza tilted his head, his cracked-glass eyes narrowing with something like curiosity. His voice sliced the silence.