Found You (Uzui Tengen)

Chapter Six

Miko's Pov
It lingered for years to come, such a small time and space shift of words came and gone to me all inside my dreams. Some times it was even hard to dream because it was so vivid. I would suppose that after meeting Uzui Tengen it would leave an everlasting affect like it did for me. The first night was difficult, leaving me tossing and turning restless at night, it was then after each night it got easier to fall asleep.

After around a short year I would have thought it would have been easier to forget Tengen, he had came and gone and was left like he did in the middle of the night.

After around a few years give and take and after many birthdays I was 22 and still the highest oiran from where I lived, still being paid to do what I disliked she even was trying to turn me into the head mother to run the brothel, which I had declined many many times. I wasn't in a good place in my head, and I barely was able to keep up with my usual normal work.

There had been many rumors around about how the other brothels around the distract where getting more and more girls to train, and even one of the head girls, was a ruthless one at that. Though she never dared to speak to me an any ill mannered sort of way. The entertainment distract had gotten slightly even more corrupted and worse around here.

"Remember this yes little Mikyo." I watched as the round young girls eyes flipped to me, allowing me to brush through her long flowing black hair applying a clip to hold back some strands.

"Even though it may not seem like it, you are in control of what happens to your mind, body and soul." She blinked a few times scrunching her face up with a whine.

"But Miko.. If that's true what happened to you?" I blinked but sighed nibbling at my lower lip, she must be talking about the knife cut scar under my eye, how they lied saying it wouldn't taint my brown skin, so many faded scars across my body and skin I wish I could so desperately hide.

"I would say over the years I had grown unbearably weak but not anymore. If a male puts there hands on you, attack them back." She nodded her head firmly at me for a moment smiling at me gently.

"Don't tell anyone I taught you that, they'll think it's unlady like but who cares." I whispered that last part to her, getting soft giggles in return she then turned around to face me, pressing her soft little hands on my cheeks squishing them softly.

"Miko always will define beauty and that's what I love about you." I found myself smiling sweetly bowing my head gently at her, growing slightly flustered the length of my hair had grown tremendously, to the point each curl fell to my neck, and shook with movement. I always spent this time of the night with Mikyo but something was definitely off about tonight like every night had been.

"Mikyo stay close to me." I muttered under my breath quickly picking the young girl up I jumped back just in time, my eyes widen at the sight of how fast the building was crumbling in an instant. The roof was gonna collapse, lifting Mikyo up, I had jumped from the lower window quickly using my body to cover her up as the entire brothel started to crumble and collapse my heart was pounding so fast hearing Mikyo's soft whimpers.

I looked around in shock at the sight of all this blood.... All these sudden screams, buildings were falling so quickly. I was quite sure that not many had made it out of our own brothel.

"Miko..." I shushed her gently holding her legs around my waist wasting not a single to stumble through the streets away from the scene. "Shush it's okay Mikyo just don't lift your head for me." I muttered under my breath the feeling of warm blood splatting on my cheeks, had my body tensing up only slightly.

I remember that sound all too much.... Blades clashing with one another harshly, too many flashbacks rushed throughout mind remembering the fight with Tengen. He told me to hide away but I watched the clashes the sparks of each blade. That's a demon slayer.

He looks so young I thought gently blinking my eyes holding the back of Mikyo's head, I felt oddly weak in the physical sort of sense like I was gonna collapse harshly, coughing moving away from the dust that was forming I had slipped inside a building with Mikyo were a few others were injured and or lingering about.

I found myself sitting in the corner with her, rocking her making sure she wasn't injured or even worse. Muttering weak like prayers under my breath, it had been so long seeing a demon, it haunted my restless dreams. I squeaked in shock at the sight of the female demon bleeding, she was growling so much, and it was so fast like blurs as she moved before the boy from before had burst through placing a blade between her teeth yanking her back.

He was screaming a lot, leaving me in a state of shock my eyes wide with so much confusion, keeping Mikyo in my hold, the suddenly white blur had me so startled so much was happening but I know it has everything to do with both female demons one was attacking humans the other seemed like she was fighting her urge.

"Tanjiro get your sister under control, the battle isn't over yet! Do something unflashy like sing her lullabies or something." It felt like the breath had gotten knocked out of me from those simple words like an echo, staring at his back I spoke in a shaky whisper.

"Tengen." I watched how fast he had whipped around to stare at me, his own eyes growing in size with ease, his jaw slightly growing a slack for a soft moment his round eyes growing soft with odd sadness and softness all at the very same time.

"It so can't be... Miko... Is that you?"