stolen time

Ch79 overheated dr

Two days have passed since then and because of the extreme heat of summer Senjuro caught heatstroke and is now currently bedridden, upon hearing his condition from kyojuro ayame immediately went to make something cold to help cool him down.

"How are you feeling Senjuro?"

Ayame asked sliding the shoji shut behind her with two bowls of kakigori in hand.

"Much better now"

He replied with kyojuro sitting besides him with ayame's fans, she knelt down beside him putting a palm to Senjuro's head to check his temperature.

"Nee-san it's so warm outside and yet your hand is still cold"

He said giggling,

"Really? I didn't realize. now here I made you some kakigori it'll help cool you down"

"Thank you..."

He replied taking the bowl s he began to eat.

"How are you doing kyojuro do you feel like you might get heatstroke?"

Ayame asked handing him a bowl of kakigori as well.

"Hmu, It's indeed really hot but I can take it, Senjuro is right you do seem to have a colder temperature most of the time, is there a reason for that?"

She tilted her chin up in the air pondering on a possible reason for it.

"Well... the demon I know also has a cold touch since his demon art is ice but since mine aren't related to ice the only possible explanation would be because I became a demon during winter I guess"

"During winter?"

Senjuro asked taking a bite of his shaved ice.

"Yes I was running away from a demon at the time and I collapsed in the snow due to my injuries, because muzan was also there at the time he took that chance to turn me into one, and since demons bodies don't change I assume my body just retained the temperature from that day, because of it I can take heat better while I get cold more easily"

"We're polar opposites then! I take the cold better"

Kyojuro replied making Ayame chuckle at his remark.

"You're right"

She said softly while looking down at her palms.

""Caww caaawww!! Flame pillar Rengoku kyojuro and akami Ayame caww! You are to join the insect pillar Kocho Shinobu on a mission! There has been a report of people disappearing in the shadows caww! Over 60 people have went missing! You are to depart this evening!"

They both looked towards the closed shoji where the crow called with a serious and grave expression.

"This seems to be quite a serious problem"

"Yes... the possibility of it being a upper moon is quite high so why would oyakata send me as well?"

"I don't know! But it's rumoured oyakata sama has clairvoyance so it must be the best course of action"

Ayame nodded before facing senjuro who was looking at them with worry.

"Senjuro I'm sure we'll be fine, I don't think oyakata would send us if he saw our deaths"

"Right! We should start preparing we only have a few hours before evening, we'll take you to the butterfly estate while we're away"

"Alright, promise to come back alive ok? Nee-san nii-san"

"Yes!"

They answered in unison, they left the room to get dressed in their uniforms and grab their katana. Ayame pulled her hair into a ponytail and slipped on her haori and gloves before stepping out to see kyojuro carrying Senjuro on his back.

"Ready?"

"Yes"

She opened her wagasa to cover Senjuro and herself from the boiling sun on their way to the butterfly estate where they will meet up with shinobu.

******

Once they arrived ayame took Senjuro to aoi to get him settled in while kyojuro went to visit tanjiro in the rehabilitation room while he waited.

"Ah rengoku san! Oh are you going on a mission? That's fast it hasn't been that long since you recovered"

"Yes but I'm in peak condition! Besides this mission is an important one and it's my duty to help"

"There you are, I had a feeling you would've been visiting tanjiro kun"

Ayame said appearing from behind after dropping off Senjuro.

"Ayame san!"

"How are you doing tanjiro kun? I'm sorry but we can't talk for too long"

She said walking up beside kyojuro as he stood with his arms folded.

"No it's ok I understand, are you also going on the mission as well?"

"Yes it's me kyojuro and shinobu san"

"Then it must be a dangerous mission if it needs three of you to go"

Ayame smiled patting tanjiro on the head as he looked up worried in response.

"No matter how dangerous it is We still have to go, after all we are demon hunters"

he waved them off as they went outside to join shinobu who was waiting outside with her tsugoko kanao.

"Ara ara hello"

"Hello kocho, it's a pleasure to work with you again"

"Yes having you on the team is reassuring, but ayame san would it be alright? There's a chance it's an upper moon"

"I thought so too but I'm sure I'll be alright, we'll just have to make sure we kill the demon, and even if I do get discovered it's bound to happen sooner or later"

She replied with a pained smile, she had expected something similar to happen after all it's impossible for her to live out the rest of her life completely free from him, and she didn't have the choice to simply hide away when she could use her power to help save lives and because of that she's betting on oyakata sama's clairvoyance for everything to turn out well.

"I see, then let's get going shall we?"

"Yes!"

Kyojuro answered and they started to make their way over towards their mission. Their surroundings were dark and eerie a fitting place for a demon to reside, they decided to pick up the pace in search for their opponent with their guards set up high.

"The moon is shining especially bright tonight"

Said shinobu with a smile.

"Indeed it is! I can see a lot of shadows around which makes this place quite creepy!"

Kyojuro exclaimed, a gap formed in between ayame's lips at the mention of shadows she scanned her eyes around realizing he was right there indeed was an abnormal amount of shadows around reminding her of a certain person. Just as she was about to say something their next footstep landed in some sort of trap shining a bright light from under them, covering their eyes with their arms they embraced themselves for impact.