Pov giyuu

,, I guess you can leave tomorrow . "
Aoi , one of the assistances of shinobu, said . He didn't say anything and just looked straight in her eyes . The blue haired girl looked a little scared at him . Why is she affraid ? My face isn't that scary , am I right ? She soon looked away , avoiding eye contact . ,, Alright , better rest till you can go , tomioka-Sama. I have to look for the other patients , so bye . " And then she left .

Strange . He leaned back and looked at the ceiling. That means I can't train today .. damn it ! He closed his eyes .
Well,let's use this useless time in planning Doumas death . He opened his eyes again , looking quite thoughtful . So , the chance of me winning a fight against upper moon 2 are really low ... Maybe it is even impossible to do it without any help . That means I have to find a way to make it possible .

But there was one problem though . Giyuu tomioka wasn't someone who can use anything special , nor does he have the knowledge of anything that could help him , other than ... I have it ! Shinobu!

When he can't kill the demon with his physical abilities, then he should just use something different, and the best thing to use was of course ... Poison .
But then again , how would he be able to make shinobu help him . If he would ask her to make the strongest poison that exists she would totally ask what he wants to do with it . And what could he tell her ? There wasn't a good explanation, other than the truth , and he didn't want to tell shinobu his past . Giyuu always was careful to NOT let people know the real him , so why would he tell her , when the possibility is very big , that she wouldn't even help him ?

Shit , there must be another way... Another way to lie to her ... A good lied explanation... But it's not easy to tell someone like shinobu a lie . She's pretty clever and she will totally figure it out when I don't tell her the truth . So it's either me hoping that she would help me or me hoping my physical abilities would be enough , what totally isn't the case .
He sighed . Guess I have to wait till the right moment arrives .

Pov shinobu

Quiet sobs were heard , as shinobu kocho was crying streams of tears .
,, I'm sorry kanae ... " She whispered, more to herself than to the someone she was hoping to reach with her words . ,, I was to late ... I was to weak ... I was pathetic. There's nothing I can do to rewind what happened , all i can do is hoping to avenge you . "

She looked up on the ceiling. ,, Someone as pathetic as me shouldn't address herself as a hero . They say that we demon slayers are the ones to protect the humanity , and that they safe the people from demons , but how could I be called a hero if I couldn't even protect you ... If I couldn't even help you. "

She wanted to scream . She wanted to cry herself to her sleep , but she had something to do . ,, Kanae , I miss you so ... " Suddenly she heard that someone knocked on her door .
,, Shinobu-sama ? " She heard someone call .

Kanao !
,, Kanao , i ... " The door opened and she saw how her tsugoku walked in .
As her adopted little sister saw the condition she was in , she struggled to move. The butterfly girl searched for something in her pocket, and after she found it she looked on the coin in her hands .

I don't want her to worry about me !
,, Kanao I'm f... " The girl in front of her throwed the coin in the air and her eyes were fixated on the little flying object , as she caught it and looked at it . After that she sighed and put the coin back in her pocket , as she slowly approached her . ,, Shinobu-sama , i know that you miss her ... Well , i also miss her very much . But do you think she would like to see you in the condition you are in right now ? "

Shinobu looked suprised . ,, Kanao you... " ,, Don't interrupt me, please. Something is on your mind , ever since SHE died and now I want you to tell me what is happening to you . " Shinobu was thrown backwards by those words. Kanao was someone quiet , someone who isn't complaining about anything . Such words of her mouth were something so unexpected, that she lost the words she wanted to say .

,, Maybe you don't know but I'm also worried about you . And so are the others , so please tell me . " She begged her . Shinobu sighed and wiped the tears away . ,, Well ... You know the story of her death , right ? " She asked , looking angrier than she ever did towards kanao . Kanao looked thoughtful . ,, I know that she died of a demon . "

Great , now I have to explain the whole story . It's not as if I would want to relieve this , but here we go . ,, Your right . But as you know , kanae was the flower hashira , which means she was pretty strong and that not every demon could kill her easily ... She got killed by upper moon 2 , douma . " Kanao looked shocked . Guess she didn't expect this . Well , I never had the chance to tell her . She was to little back then . But now she's old enough .

,, I loved her so much ... I was someone who had the perfect opposite character than she had . She was always optimistic , happy and didn't look at the world in a bad view , even though she was the one that witnessed the deaths of our parents way more than I did . " She said with a sad tone in her voice .

,, She thought of the demons as sad creatures . She felt sympathy towards them ... And then she died . She died realising that she wasn't right . She was never right . And her death ... After I witnessed her death I wanted to kill every demon in my way with two goals : first , trying to safe the families to be ripped apart because I don't want them to feel the pain I felt and second , killing that one demon , douma . "

Kanao was speechless for quite some time . After she found her voice back she was confused and there was also a hint of anger in her voice . ,, Shinobu nee-san , i dont want you to fight that demon . It's dangerous and I really don't want to loose you too ! ".
The nee-san sounded so natural. Shinobu was pretty proud of her little sister . She was learning to express emotions and was starting to understand the relations between people .

,, It can't be helped , kanao . I'm sorry but this is something i have to do. "
Kanao just sighed . I guess she realized that she can't change my opinion . Well , it better stays like this .

The next day

,, You can leave now , tomioka-san. Your injuries are fine , but when something happens , like the wound get infected or something , then you should come here again. " Shinobu said . The dark haired man stood up and then looked down on her.
,, Thank you for taking care of my injuries, kocho . "

She didn't know why but her stomach felt pretty weird as he said that .
,, I-its okay , I guess. " That's not how im supposed to act , damnit !
,, Well then , see you . " He said , and then he turned around and left the room . ,, See you , tomioka-san ! " She called out to him . She sounded like she was looking forward to their next meeting ! That's totally unusual for her .