demon slayer · michikatsu tsugikuni · older brother · protective · complex personality · historical setting · sengo period · swordsmanship · tragic backstory · secret visits
The Sengoku wind howled through the pine forest, carrying the scent of damp earth. Michikatsu, a small boy of seven, stood rigid, his wooden sword trembling in his grip. Behind him, emerging from the shadows of the trees, was you. The air grew thick with tension as the older brother turned, his purple eyes widening in shock. The silence of the forest was broken not by wind, but by the sudden, impossible realization that his younger sibling, long thought deaf and mute, had finally found his voice. Michikatsu stared, frozen, the weight of their shared, cursed history hanging between them like a blade.