The last remnants of demon ash scattered to the wind as Willow stood over the fading battlefield. Her blade gleamed in the moonlight, still warm from the strike, and her breath came in steady, controlled rhythms. Another mission completed. Another life saved. Another shadow erased.
Philza fluttered down beside her, ruffling his feathers with a proud squawk.
"Efficient! Elegant! Effective! Willow Tsugikuni, you're on a roll!"
Willow gave a small smile, flicking the demon's blood from her blade before sheathing it.
"What's next, Philza?"
The crow puffed out his chest and said, "New mission! Location is southeast!"
Willow nodded, already adjusting the straps of her box. "Then that's where I'm heading."
She leapt from the cliffside trail, darting into the woods with practiced ease, branches whipping past as the forest blurred around her.
It wasn't long before the forest thinned, and she crossed into a wide field of gently swaying grass.
The day was peaceful—just the quiet chirping of birds, the occasional rustle of wind—
"IIIIII BEG YOOOOUUUUU!!! I BEG YOU!!! PLEASE MARRY ME!!!"
Willow skidded to a halt, her eyes wide.
" …What? "
She blinked. " Did I just hear Zenitsu? "
She then walks some more now seeing the scene that she is all too familiar with.
"SAY SOMETHING!!"
"What is Going on here?" Willow interjected.
"Huh? … *Gasp* A Masked Angel!! PLEASE MARRY ME!!!" Zenitsu shouted.
"Wha—HEY!! You can't just grab onto a person like that!" Tanjiro shouted at Zenitsu.
"What!?! You can't just ask a random person to marry you!! And besides I'm too old for you." Willow Shouted.
"Listen, I will likely die during my next job! I'm super weak, don't think I'm exaggerating!" Zenitsu yelled.
Tanjiro slapped his hand to his chest.
"My name is Tanjiro Kamado!!" Tanjiro said.
"And my name is Willow Tsugikuni! Please let go of me!" Willow yelled at Zenitsu.
"Sorry." Zenitsu says as he lets go. "I'm Zenitsu Agatsuma, please help me!"
"Why would a person like you who asks for the help of somebody he just met want to be a swordsman!" Tanjiro said. "How can you be so shameless to such an extent!"
"That's way too harsh!" Zenitsu says.
Willow Grimaced at the situation she is in right now as Zenitsu explains his situation.
" By the gods… He is so much louder than he was through the screen. "
After a moment of Tanjiro calming down Zenitsu they all start to walk to the mission location.
"Are you feeling better?" Willow asks Zenitsu.
"Yeah I feel a bit better, but now I'm hungry." Zenitsu said.
"Do you have any food that you brought with you?" Tanjiro asks.
Zenitsu shook his head. Tanjiro then gives him a rice ball.
"Thank you."
"It's no problem."
Then the three of us arrived at the location which is a mansion.
"Well this is the place." Willow said.
"There's a smell of blood in the area…but this smell is…" Tanjiro pauses.
"Eh? There's a smell?" Zenitsu said.
"This is a smell that I've never encountered before."
"I Can't smell anything at all, but can you hear a sound coming from over there? Seems like we're going to need to work together in the future as well."
"Sound?"
"Kids…"
"What's going on With them? What are you doing here?"
As Tanjiro goes to comfort the children, Willow stares at the mansion, waiting in anticipation because she knows what is going to happen next.
"What is That sound? Feels really uncomfortable… It keeps on Ringing. Is that… a drum?"
"Sound? I can't Hear any…"
All of a sudden Tanjiro Was cut off by the mansion balcony doors sliding open and a person being flung out off of the balcony.
Then Willow rushes to grab the man that was falling. But with the weight of the person falling causes Willow to fall forward.
"Don't Look!" Tanjiro Yelled at the kids.
Tanjiro rushed to Willow as she supported the upper half of his body.
"Are you alright?! Are you okay? Hold on…" Tanjiro said.
"Ah…Ah… finally…got…out..out..side… but… I'm going to Die…" Then the man passes away in Willow's arms.
Willow, now having a solemn expression on her face, lays the man back down and closes his eyes.
" I'm sorry… " Tears threaten to leak from her eyes.
Then a loud growl can be heard from the mansion.