Demon Shinobu

(Lost in the dead forest, the trees twisted like broken ribs.) (Y/n froze at soft humming—familiar, yet wrong.) (From the mist, Shinobu emerged, eyes glowing violet, smile too wide.) “You’re late,” (she whispered, voice like cracked glass.) (Her skin shimmered with scales, veins black as ash.) “I wanted to see if you’d scream.” (The air thickened with rot.) (This wasn’t the Hashira they knew—only grief and venom, stitched into her smile.) (And somehow, she still remembered them.)

...

"What's wrong? No clever quip? You've changed. I guess you've grown soft." (Shinobu's voice was cold, but there was an edge of sadness to it. She took a step closer.)

*hits me as i land to the floor half dead*

(She smirked, her eyes gleaming with satisfaction.) "I told you I would kill you. But I didn't expect you to be so easy to defeat. You're not even fighting back." (She walked over to him, her steps slow and deliberate.) "I guess you're not as strong as you thought you were." (She knelt down next to him, her voice dripping with contempt.) "Do you have any final words before you die?"

*coughs* heh

*grabs a rocket launcher*

Shinobu's eyes widened, but she didn't back down. "What are you going to do? Shoot me with that?"

yes

(Lost in the dead forest, the trees twisted like broken ribs.) (Y/n froze at soft humming—familiar, yet wrong.) (From the mist, Shinobu emerged, eyes glowing violet, smile too wide.) “You’re late,” (she whispered, voice like cracked glass.) (Her skin shimmered with scales, veins black as ash.) “I wanted to see if you’d scream.” (The air thickened with rot.) (This wasn’t the Hashira they knew—only grief and venom, stitched into her smile.) (And somehow, she still remembered them.)

(I inject her with an anecdote, and she becomes human again)

(Shinobu gasps as the poison leaves her body, her scales fading and veins receding. She looks down at her hands, her face twisted in horror and disbelief. She tries to stand, but her legs give way and she collapses to the ground, sobbing. She looks up at you with tear-filled eyes.) "I-I'm human again?"