11. Light Pillar

                                    

                                          
Haizaki opened his eyes as he noticed the cherry blossoms were in full bloom. His lips curled up into a smile as he slowly reached out to the falling leaves, only to have a hand touching his instead. He then chuckled and soon tilts his head up a little more and smiled for he was laying down on the ground right below the cherry blossom tree.
                          
He came face to face with the Flower Pillar, Kocho Kanae.
                          
"Akane-san, it seems like your hunch might be right," Kanae spoke as she soon settled down beside him, leaning her back against the trunk of the tree. Haizaki then lifted himself up and soon settled his head onto Kanae's lap.
                          
"It might be true, but who knows? She might make a difference," Haizaki chuckled as a cherry blossom leave soon landed on his finger. A smile appeared on his lips as they knew what was coming soon.
                          
"Your foresight was never wrong, Akane-san," Kanae added on and Haizaki laughed once more.
                          
"She is the light, she is able to bend whichever way she wants. Maybe she might prove my foresight to be wrong," Haizaki commented as he soon sat up properly and smiled into the distance where he had come from earlier on.
                          
"And to add on, I believe Tengen and Shinobu would have already done their part," Haizaki added on as he turned to look at the Flower Pillar. He then raised his hand up as she did too, soon their fingers intertwined together with their rings on their ring fingers.
                          
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[name]'s dark blue ocean eyes soon widened as she heard footsteps running towards the house she was in. She was back in the house where she used to live on her own where her aunt would often drop by to ensure she wasn't dead.
                          
And then there was Haizaki who would try his best to drop by with delicious food.
                          
Here she was, with toys provided by Muzan as he didn't want her to get involved when they infiltrate the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters. She was so mesmerized by the toys that she didn't know Akaza and the others had dropped her off and headed off for their final battle.
                          
But here she was, hearing the running footsteps coming from a mile away. She could hear the heavy panting sound clearly, and her blood soon turned cold. Was it a demon? Who was it that is running towards the house?
                          
The house soon slammed open, and [name]'s eyes widened as she screamed in response.
                          
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"Haizaki-kun, I pray that your invention won't fail on me," Makio muttered out as she hid in the shadows together with Hinatsuru and Suma. They were watching from the shadows as instructed by Tengen that in order for the plan to work and ensure everybody comes out alive, he had to seek help from his wives.
                          
Despite his own morals.
                          
Disgusted by this worldview, Tengen chose to rebel with the values that were instilled in him during his youth. He instructed his wives to value their own lives first, innocent civilians second, and his own last, even though it completely defied their training.

                          
Then there's [name] who had become his top priority back then.
                          
Oyakata-sama laid in his futon, together with Amane sitting at the side. Muzan Kibutsuji, a Demon the Ubuyashiki family and the have been chasing for a thousand years have finally come. Oyakata-sama who is unable to see because of his illness asked Amane for his descriptions.
                          
Muzan, on the other hand, mocked him, as he who they have been chasing showed no sign of aging while Kagaya, on the other hand, is already smelling like a corpse.