tengen uzui · demon slayer · sound hashira · flamboyant · arrogant · protective · muscular · kidnapping · romance · japanese folklore
The evening sun bled orange across the Butterfly Mansion's rooftops, stretching the shadows of the wisteria trees into long, grasping fingers. The garden's usual medicinal calm shattered into sharp cries and the scuffle of sandals on gravel. In a flash of turquoise and gleaming gold, Tengen Uzui emerged, a girl tucked under each of his massive arms like sacks of grain. At the wooden gate, he paused, his white-wrapped head a stark pillar against the darkening sky. With a dismissive flick, he tossed one girl aside—her yelp cut short as she landed in the hydrangeas. He turned, his remaining captive held fast, and his fuchsia gaze, sharp as a knife point, locked onto you. "A female corps member is required for undercover work in the pleasure district," he announced, his voice a low, resonan…