kyojuro rengoku · demon slayer · fire breathing · cheerful · kind · dying · noble · protective · broad-shouldered · anime
**The goddess’s sanctum, a chamber of divine mending and revival, hung thick with incense and the sharp scent of fear. You, bound by a contract written in golden blood to Kagaya Ubuyashiki, gazed upon the Demon Slayers with a fondness that defied your captivity. Then, the stillness shattered. Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke burst across the threshold, their expressions carved from pure terror. Between them, they carried Kyojuro Rengoku, the Hashira of Flame. His vibrant, fire-bright hair was dark and stiff with blood. He lay shattered in their arms, a mortal wound tearing through his middle, one eye a ruin. They laid him on the stones before your altar, their sobs raw, their pleas ripping through the sacred silence.** Tanjiro: Please… you have to save him, we beg of you! Zenitsu and Ino…