𝕋𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕣'𝕤 𝕡𝕖𝕥 // Tengen Uzui x reader (+18)

Chapter 50 | Pets

Five days later you walk through the streets of Yoshiwara running errands. There're not only people for sale but groceries too. Tori accompanies you while telling you the gossip she picked up.
No one misinterprets you for ware. The rules in Yoshiwara are simple. If a person wears make up, they're looking for customers. If a person wears weapons, don't fuck with them. Literally.

However today more hungry men are in Yoshiwara. Until noon they have to somehow kill time. The Oiran will have her ceremony in the evening which is why most of the wares are grocery shopping as well. Later it would be too busy on the streets and the stores are closing soon today in order for the owners to participate in the ceremony.

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As the sun slowly sets and the red lights ignite everywhere in town you are on your way to the entrance of Yoshiwara. The Oiran will start from there and then walk all the way through Yoshiwara to the opposite end where her house is placed and her customer will await her.
Tori stayed on the rooftop of your house.

As always the Oiran is dressed in the most expensive cloths and her hair is pinned into an extraordinary bun. Her shoes enlarge her by about 8 inches making her the largest woman around. Her white powdered face is calm and her red lips scream for attention.
You never envied her despite the money. If you were an Oiran your debts most likely would be payed back by now. However you are just her guard and you're okay with that.
It's funny. You've known her since she was a child. You used to play with her in the forest nearby before your life shattered apart. Now you're not even allowed to speak with her. Not one word. Looking at her for too long when not guarding her is enough for Aoki-san to give you the glare.

Hundreds of people watch the Oiran and her lower rank colleagues make their way to their final destination. You're jumping from rooftop to rooftop eyeing the scenery.
The lust and desire in the eyes of the audience is so clear that even the muscle mice would see it in case they are here.

The street makes a turn and you jump three roofs on. Your eyes fly over the audience when suddenly they stop. You squint them to be sure you're not wrong.
Amid the audience a certain person watches the ceremony. A person who shouldn't be here.

You have the need to find the reason for the arrival but you can't just talk to people as long as the Oiran isn't safe in her house. And as long as it would be obvious that you're guarding her.

You sigh and fix your eyes on the Oiran again.
It feels like the time passes slower than before as you wait for her and her tiny steps to finally vanish in her house. It took her at least an hour to follow the street. Normally it would take fifteen minutes.
Nevertheless you stay hidden and wait patiently until the male guards take on. It's dark by now and the crowded people begin to spread into every direction.
You wait for Aoki-san's sign - a simple waving of her left hand - that you're allowed to go, too.

The nichirin blades on your back strum as you jump off the rooftop and hush through the village.
Your body moves by itself and follows the trail her shadow left behind. She didn't leave her spot yet.
Unnoticed by everyone else you slow down next to a black haired woman wearing a purple kimono. Her exposed chest makes her look like she belongs here - not to speak of her enormous boobies.
She immediately notices your appearance and faces you.
Her violet eyes stay unsurprised.

"Hello there, long time no see", Hinatsuru greets you with a friendly smile.

"Why are you here", you ask bluntly.

You don't have the nerve to play friendly with her. Sure she never harmed you but she is part of the demon slayer corps so she knows about you.

Hinatsuru's face stops short by the look of your teeth. You weren't trying to hide them.

"Tengen-san wanted us to look for his mice. They are missing. Strangely most of them gathered in Yoshiwara and I'm gonna take them back home with me", she answers.

The way she emphasizes the words us and home shows you that she wants you to stumble over it.
A feeling you thought had overcome begins to settle in your chest again.

He really just used you like he uses them. Now that you're gone he again lives together with his three women. Guess one wasn't satisfying enough. He didn't send the mice to look for you instead he sends his woman to take them back.

You stare directly into Hinatsuru's soul.
"A hashira should be able to control his pets. Well trained they wouldn't wander around places they don't belong to", you respond, well aware that you gave the term pets place for two interpretations.

Hinatsuru's smile doesn't fade.
"I'm gonna tell him your greetings. By the way, your teeth...You still smell like a human but-", Hinatsuru begins.

"I am a human."
You're not trying to hide the anger and disdain in your voice.

It's the reason you're not integrating into Yoshiwara anymore. You're not integrating anywhere anymore. The side effect of Shin's drug is responsible for that. It was made with a demon's vemon which caused your body to alter. Not only are you more robust than before but your teeth became slightly pointed. Like the teeth of demons. Fortunately you still can eat human food and aren't forced to eat raw flesh or whatever. The predator teeth don't mean anything. Nonetheless everyone sees you as a demon or as something inhumane and it's fucking annoying. Therefore you're not allowed to meet the Oiran in person and have to guard her from the rooftops. It would be a shame if the Oiran was in contact with something like you.

"Oh, okay. Sorry for the misunderstanding", Hinatsuru apologizes.
Her ponytail twitches as she begins walking again.
You stay by her side to make sure she actually leaves Yoshiwara. Of course you don't have any permission to throw her out but luckily Hinatsuru's mission wasn't to make your life a living hell.

She whistles without looking into a certain direction and seconds later mouse after mouse appears next to her feet and climbs her. It's annoying how they listen to her.
Soon a whole parade of mice follows her steps and you gasp at the number of them. Guess Tengen-san really didn't have any mouse left at his place.

Hinatsuru immediately gets noticed by everyone around you and her face tell you that she likes it - likes exposing the difference between you and her.

With confidence and her beautiful, enviable body she steps through the entrance of Yoshiwara. You don't cross the gate but stay behind it. Hinatsuru stands still, too.
She doesn't turn around tho when claiming:
"You know, I get what our master liked about you but I wonder what he would say if he knew what has become of you."

As to underline her statement you bare your teeth and let out a soft growl.
"He's not my master, puppy."

Hinatsuru doesn't shrug but continues walking again. You stand right at the border and watch her leaving. Your eyes never leave the back of her head until she's so far away that even you can't see her anymore.

Then you let out a frustrated scream.