Chapter 23 *Edited*
A/N: Edited 05/01/2023 or 01/05/2023
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This was an entirely different pain. It hurt so much you couldn't even make a sound as you fell backward. Your vision was blurry but, the first person you saw was Kane's crying face followed by others. He grabbed you and twisted around to protect your body as much as he could as the two of you hit the ground. You felt blood spew from your mouth but, you were more concerned for Kane. You weren't a lightweight and he wasn't prepared for a nose dive. You tried talking but between the pain and blood, you gurgled. So, this is what all of them felt before. Fight rings, being abused, this was just a taste. Holy shit, thank you, and whatever God was out there that they never have to go through that again.
"Y/N NEE-SAN ANSWER ME!!!" Your eyes met the frantic, teary eyes of Kane who giggled hysterically when your eyes met. "You're going to be okay! I'll protect you! Papa and the others are fighting and protecting us! They won't hurt you anymore! We heal! You're going to heal! My Nee-San is going to heal!" Your hearing zeroed in on the most horrific guttural snarls, growls, howls, and screams. You didn't even know they can make those sounds. You were morbidly impressed. You wanted to see, you needed to see to make sure your ears weren't deceiving you.
"See, grghg" You wanted Kane to let you see but, he was hesitant. The gurgling in your blood was not convincing at all.
"I don't think they want you to see, they look scary and don't want to scare you." You tried hitting him to get your point across, but you're pretty sure it was as hard as a kitten's paw. He got the gist and maneuvered a tiny bit for you to see. You were healing already but, now you got a view of what was happening and what was going on. You were flabbergasted. Demons. It was fucking demons. Not a human in sight and it was a blood bath. Your family was obviously winning but, your brother was not kidding when he said they looked scary. You didn't even know they can move that fast. Were they bigger? You didn't know they can be this vicious. You've never seen them so livid. You were oddly touched they were willing to go to such lengths but, you knew deep in your heart that they would.
"MAMA!!" You both turned at the shrill shrieks to see Daki and Rui crying and running towards you missing the demon coming towards them from the side. You didn't register what you were doing until you had Daki and Rui underneath you, using your body as a shield screaming at the feel of a claw in your side. As quick as it came it left as Kane threw himself at the demon. You didn't look, you knew it was Kane. You were focused on making sure Daki and Rui stayed hidden under you and safe. You stay hunched over them not moving a muscle even though your stomach and side were screaming in pain. You couldn't move. You needed to keep them safe. They weren't safe. "MAMA PLEASE, YOU'RE HURT! YOU'RE BLEEDING! I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE! DON'T DIE, DON'T DIE!" Now you were crying at the hysterical pitch of Daki's voice. She was clinging to you with all her might and Rui was no better. You were too scared to move but, they needed to be in a safe spot. You looked around with blurry, teary eyes seeing nothing but, carnage. How were you going to get them out of there safely?
"DIEEEEEE!" You shrieked adrenaline rushing through your legs as you moved just in time to miss a demon coming through with a kick. You were healed completely at least. You looked at them and you knew there was no hope of saving him. It hurt. He was delirious, frothing at the mouth, eyes slit. He was frenzied and reeked of blood lust. There was no saving and that hurt your heart knowing there are demons it's too late for. You moved the children, his eyes never leaving yours. It was you he wanted, not the children. Without moving your eyes from the hostile demon you gave Rui and Daki your torn-up sweater to huddle in. You moved your eyes for half a second to make sure they were fine before training them back on the hostile. Out your peripherals you saw the others trying to get to you but, demons from every which way stopped them. It was a horde and this one seemed to be one of their strong fighters. You were tired and achy, trying to find a way to get rid of them. You didn't want to kill but, this was self-defense.
"Why?" You would try to stall him to see what you can do. He was abnormally big, or maybe the right height? You don't know, he was over 8 feet almost as if pumped with hormones, and had an iron collar with a broken chain attached. Maybe you can grab that chain and yoke him out somehow.
"We've been watching you. You got a fucking savior complex, thinking you can save everyone. Let's see how your precious babies will cry over your corpse."
You jumped dodging his swings and hits. He wasn't coordinated but, he was fast and strong. You glanced over to see that Daki and Rui had run and hid in the bushes far away which is exactly what you wanted. Returning your attention back to the hostile you ducked and weaved glad that the wounds on you were healed. Maybe his blood can help you heal even more? Give you more demon traits? What a wild theory. You saw an opening and as quickly as you can, you grabbed the chain and held on for dear life. He roared and started thrashing trying to throw you off but, you held on strong needing him to at least go to sleep. He kept swinging you near a tree with a branch that was a foot thick. You don't know how you did it but, with a scream of your own, you got him hooked to the tree. He was standing on his tiptoes to keep the chain from choking him. Good.
"YOU FUCKING BITCH! YOU SLEW-FOOTED HARLOT! I'LL KILL YOU! YOU'LL DIE! YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!" You ignored him opting to see what else you can do to help. You were aching now, a deep consistent ache that all you wanted to do was sit down and sleep but, you couldn't. Everyone was still fighting. You turned to see Daki and Rui had run back into the castle shutting the doors. Perfect. You turned back only to get sent flying with a hit to the side of your head. If you weren't a demon that would have killed you but, now you're just concussed. Fuck it, fight dirty. Your head was bleeding, as you reached out to grab two rocks and swung around with all your might ignoring the crunch and the shrill shriek of the demon who attacked you. She was screaming and you crushed her hands and elbows as well leaving her to whimper by herself. You didn't want to kill but, you will incapacitate.
"SUMA!!" You almost broke your neck to see one of the hostiles on top of Suma with Makio and Hinatsuru trying in vain to get to her. You ran and using all your body weight threw yourself at them knocking both yourself and them away from Suma. You scrambled to stand up even though everything was spinning watching as Tengen finally got the two behemoths he was fighting off of him and rocked this one's shit.
"Suma blue, are you okay?" You checked her over feeling hands on your body and face as well looking up to see it was...Kyojuro? Where did he come from? Damn, he moved fast or you were just slow to catch up on everything.
"I saw and was trying but, they wouldn't fucking move. There's so many!" He was going to say more but, had to move because a bloodied hostile was running full throttle. They all were frothing at the mouth, swinging, biting, punching, and screeching. It was horrifying. You tried to think and maybe you can make them go deaf by screaming in their ears? Can that work? You were a little desperate.
"Y/N babe, what are you thinking about? You shouldn't even be here you're hurt. So fucking hurt-" You cut off Makio forcing her to look at you.
"Scary, make them go deaf, scream." Your words were a little slow and slurred but, they got the gist. They smelled frightened but, put on a brave face. You tried smiling watching as they looked around and went for the women's hostiles. You looked around and saw Gyutaro with sickles? Doma was using fans as well as his mouth and everyone else was throwing straight hands. When was it going to end? You watched the hostiles and, they all acted the same almost as drones, and the giant ones were protectors. Did they have a Queen? Were they hive-minded? That seemed just too far-fetched. Maybe not, now that you think a little bit.
"FOUND YOU!" You barely breathed having to duck, roll and leap in a weird way to avoid the slam of a body. You looked to see the biggest demon you've ever seen in your life. You were fucking joking about them having a Queen. She was at least 12 feet tall and ugly. She had muscles all over, grotesque, strong and my God, the bitch looked ready to kill you. "May the best Queen win" A BATTLE?? THIS DELUSIONAL ASS BITCH THOUGHT YOU WERE ANYTHING LIKE HER??
"THE DELUSION IS ON AN ALL-TIME HIGH!" When you're scared you shit talk since usually it flusters and angers the opponent making them make rash decisions and usually you can get the upper hand. You were ducking and dodging throwing rocks at her which angered her. She was throwing profanities talking about what she was going to do to your precious babies which made you livid but, you weren't going to take the bait. When she saw it wasn't working she threw her head back getting tired of you and screamed at the top of her lungs. You used this momentary distraction to get behind her, jump on her back and hold on to her protruding scales. You could have gotten larger but, that would take too much time and you wanted to get rid of her asap. Plus, you were way too exhausted to allow your full demon to take over this time. She took notice of your absence her face twisting into a nasty snarl.
"KILL HER! KILL HER NOW! I WILL FINISH THE OTHERS! FIND HER AND KILL HER!" You watched in awe as her drones did as instructed and followed her orders disappearing as fast as they had appeared. She turned her attention back to your very tired, very exhausted, hoard of demons, your family who looked ready to keel over. She smirked nastily. "You're MINE!" That was your cue. You sunk your right hand into a soft part of her back watching her eyes widen and a scream tear from her throat as she thrashed around trying to get you off of her. She almost had you but, you managed to latch onto her neck with your mouth sinking your teeth and yanking back blood squirting all over your face and neck. She gurgled trying weakly to get you off but, it was already too late. Adrenaline and love really are beautiful things. Once you knew she was dead, you slowly removed yourself from her hearing in the distance the thuds of bodies hitting the floor. They really did have a hive mentality.
"I guess I am the better Queen." Your breathing was ragged, even though you healed outwardly, inward was a whole different story. You did get skewered. The adrenaline was dying off as your vision had spots before knowing nothing.
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When you came to it was to something soft and warm all around you. Your mind was fuzzy and your body achy so you allowed yourself to fall back to sleep snuggling into the warmth and softness that moved. Going back to the land of dreams you were unaware of the conversation happening.
"That's the third time she did that." Kotoha, Shinobu, and Kanae were watching her, changing her rags and having to stretch over the bodies surrounding her on the bed. Daki and Rui were plastered against her chest with Gyutaro right next to them. Behind Gyutaro was Kokushibo and Yorichi. On the other side Kyojuro, Sanemi, Obanai, and Giyu were piled on top of one another. At the foot of the bed were Muzan, Doma, and Akaza just watching for any more movement. No one had major injuries besides Y/N. Everyone had scratches and shallow bites that had healed already.
"She will be able to stay awake soon. Her body took on a lot." Her siblings and parents were on the couches in the room waiting for her to wake up. Just about everyone was in the room and those who weren't were in the hallways waiting. Today was scary. It was too much for them to handle. Today made them realize how much Y/N means to them. How much they love her and how much she loves them. They have never known fear like today.
"Today was the first time I've felt such raw fear." Doma was talking while staring at Y/N, the first person to teach him real human emotions, the first person who taught him how to truly love and how to receive it. "When I saw her face contort into pain and fear my heart was hurting. I didn't like it. I wanted to take all of her pain away. I want to take it away now but, I can't. None of us can no matter how badly we want to." He has come to terms with his feelings and doesn't care how many people he has to share her with as long as he gets his time with her.
"Fear is something we always felt for ourselves, never someone else... It's a horrible feeling that makes you do things you thought you couldn't do." Muzan had said that. He was selfish at one point in his life, thriving off of the killing of other demons and even a couple of people before but, now? You changed him. He was not the same King of the underworld he once was.
"Love and adoration would do that too. Not only negative feelings but, positive ones will motivate even the most headstrong of us to act without thinking. No matter how much the brain fights, the heart can't help what or who they want." Surprisingly Sanemi announced that and the whole room went silent. There was no need to say anything or even refute what he said. Today proved there was nothing in this world that would stop them from getting to Y/N. They all loved Y/N in more ways than one. They also knew, truly knew that she loved them just as much.
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