Breath Of The Flower

**warning pretty gruesome**

Plus unedited

"*CAW CAW* Head West, a demon has been spotted!!", a crow landed on Enmei's shoulder and yelled.

His eyebrows furrowed in annoyance and stood up, quickly heading to the main office.

"Is this really necessary?", he asked his smiling brother, knowing that he was partly in charge of distributing the missions.

"Well I just wanted you to enjoy the same excitement as the other demon slayers when they start their first mission", Kagaya placed his brush down and explained.

"As I said-"

"Never mind.. I'll be off"

"Be careful!"

After those words Enmei quickly left, he got changed into the standard black uniform, removing his bell he placed it into the drawer, a white haori with purple patterns on the bottom was neatly folded sat next the uniform. He felt the fabric, a silky texture ran through his fingers, after finding the sleeves he slid the material on him, it fitted him perfectly. Picking up a piece of red string he tied his hair up in a neat pony tail. He picked up his katana which rested in a luxurious dark purple scabbard and closed the door to his room making his way to the front door.

He stood at the front for a bit and let out a small sigh, the guards straightened their backs and looked at their young master worriedly, 'did they do something wrong?', but contrary to their thoughts Enmei muttered quietly,

"Which way is west?"

—-

After Enmei left the room, Kagaya reached his hand out to the brush, but his vision blurred and he missed, knocking down the brush. His sight had been getting worst and worst every day and soon he won't be able to see anything. He squinted his black eyes and attempted to pick up the brush once more. After feeling the cold, smooth touch of wood he dipped it into the ink. Suddenly a jolt of pain came from his scalp, making him sigh and whisper,

"I need more time..."

**CAW CAW**

Enmei followed the occasional caws, the bird was kind enough to lead him. And after a day he heard a new sound, people chatting in the distance, yelling, whispering, laughing, he had finally reached a new town. The bird had flown off somewhere, allowing him to explore the place. A sweet smell entered his nose and his feet started walking towards that direction, an aged voice called out to him,

"Would you like to try one little boy?"

"Can I have one please"

"Sure can, here ya go, that'll be 500 yen!"

He reached into his inner pocket and pulled out the largest coin, exchanging it for a hot plate. His fingers touch a bit of wood, after pulling it he realised it was attached to a strange ball, after popping it into his mouth he immediately regretted it. The ball was extremely hot, burning his mouth, but after biting into the ball a delicious taste spread out along even more heat. After munching a few times he bit into what seemed like a bit of octopus. He hummed in happiness but his eyes were teary.

"Haha little boy, you've gotta be careful, these things are extremely hot!"

"It's delicious, what are these called?"

The man look at the boy and then at his sign, he assumed Enmei couldn't read it and so answered,

Enmei nodded and reached out to the next delicious treat but suddenly an unbearable stench overwhelmed his sense of smell. He placed the plate down and ran towards the smell. The man watched Enmei's departing figure in confusion, 'maybe he needed to go the restroom?'.

—-

Enmei paused in front of a wooden door, his breath halted and his hand touched the floor. He tapped it in a rhythm, his whole world paused and he could hear the sound changing at certain areas.

"1..2..3..", Three beings, he confirmed and one might be a demon. He readied his sword and started his breathing again. He had to stay calm, assess the situation then act. He circled the building and felt a small breeze at a corner. After checking for anymore openings he enter the small whole. His whole body crouched down, hiding behind whatever was in front of him. He paused his breath again, his back against the wall and his ears remained sharp, listening, he can hear their footsteps the shuffling sound of the feet against the sandy floor, he heard their breath, deep and hurried, he heard their laughs, croaky and unpleasant, the saliva dripped down their mouths and stained the dirty floor. Two were just standing there, watching. They looked at their leader excitingly and mouths watering. Their leader's figure seemed bigger, towering over a body. A small girl, clothes ripped and limps missing. Her eyes empty and her body was cold, laying on the cold floor motionless.

Enmei gritted his teeth, he was late. He had counted three beings, three living beings. The girl is dead, body as cold as ice. His emotions stirred but quickly died down, he can't let his emotions effect him. The leader started laughing, his blood soaked mouth grinned in p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e, his teeth sharp, human flesh hung between the yellow bones, his bout of laughter stopped when a cough replaced it, bits of flesh and blood flew out of the demon's mouth. He stood up and kicked the girl, Enmei's grip on his sword tightened.

"Ahhh the delicious taste of children, this one was perfect~", it's disgusting voice echoed.

"Did we do well?", the smaller demon asked.

"Perfect, this one was especially young, 4 or 5 I think?"

"Yes sir, 4 years old, found her wandering around the building"

"Please die".