we are infinite as the universe we hold inside
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hold on (to these memories) by emilieee for arklie
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
22 Feb 2022
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The first time Akaza meets Rengoku Kyojuro, he flees (not from Kyojuro, but from the sun) with a sword in his neck, missing his arms from elbow to hand, feeling anger and annoyance and admiration all at once.
He survives. Against all odds, Rengoku Kyojuro, battered and bruised and human, eye punched out, ribs shattered and a gaping hole in his chest, survives.
(Or: Something about being around Kyojuro keeps on bringing back unwelcome memories, from a time long-locked in the deepest depths of Akaza’s mind.)
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where the sunrise starts by emilieee
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
05 Mar 2022
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“Kyojuro,” Akaza says again. Yellow eyes marred by harsh strokes of kanji meet his, gleaming in the dark. He’s not smiling like he usually is. “Fight me, Kyojuro.”
There is a moment in between, where nothing exists but Akaza’s soft exhale, and neither of them move.
Then Kyojuro draws his sword and slashes at Akaza.
(Or: Rengoku Kyojuro tries to save everyone, he really does. But there are still moments when he falls short.
In his own strange, unorthodox way, Akaza tries to comfort him.)
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close your eyes (open your palms) by emilieee
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
21 Apr 2022
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“I became a demon so I could become stronger,” Akaza tells Kyojuro with a scoff. “Humans are too weak.”
“But why?” Kyojuro asks. Akaza doesn’t understands why he won’t just give up. He doesn’t remember, so it might as well not have happened. “Why did you want to become stronger?”
The pressure shatters.
(Or: The process of remembering his past is painful, and Akaza wants nothing to do with it. Kyojuro believes otherwise.)
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the sound of home by emilieee
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
11 May 2022
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He exhales softly, a bit shakily. “The last thing I want to be to you is a burden.”
Kyojuro blinks. When he thinks of Akaza now, it’s quick spars under the night sky, all the past month of missions together, careful fingers and hands around stinging wounds. Not…
“The last thing you would be, Akaza,” Kyojuro replies, “is a burden.”
(Or: Akaza and Kyojuro hunt demons together, and navigate their strange not-really relationship.)
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from the ground up by emilieee
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
01 Mar 2023
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“Akaza?” he prompts. “Are you ready to take the human medicine now?”
Akaza blinks a couple of times, even if the action does nothing to save him from the tidal pull of growing doubt—which shouldn’t exist in the first place. Muzan is dead, as is every demon that is connected to him by the curse. Kamado Tanjiro’s sister has taken the medicine as well long ago, and it had worked. Akaza is effectively the only demon left. The only reason he had refused the medicine with Nezuko had been because he knew he was stronger and more useful as a demon, but now, there is no more war to fight.
He swallows. Opens his mouth. There is only one right answer to this question, and it’s—
“Maybe tomorrow, Kyojuro.”
—not that.
(Or: Akaza finally gets his chance to become human, but things aren't always as simple as they seem.)
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