Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other, but women fear nothing – @demcnsden
What a cruel and horrible twist. An unexpected outcome to such a turn of events, they truly had not expected for this outcome - how could they expect for such a thing, it was impossible. Upper moons did not stumble, they did not make mistakes, they did not fail, they did not die. Whatever this was, was a mistake and nothing more, humans had not become stronger.
That was truly laughable.
There was something else happening, that they were not aware about, but it would hardly matter, if anyone thought for a mere moment they would let an upper moon perish, without interference, they did not know them at all. It has never happened, for centuries no human has stood before an upper moon and walked away alive, it was not going to happen.
“Daki, my sweet, sweet Daki, what have they done to you.”
A small little movement, an image and nothing more, as they would kneel before them and place a gentle and soothing hand against the side of there face, to stop the flaking skin from moving up and blowing away in the night breeze, to delay it and nothing more, they could only do so much for this sweet maiden, who had served without question and done every single thing that they asked for, going further and more beyond with each request.
“I need you –”
The small whisper, a lean down for their nose to touch the top of white hair. She would reject any notion at all, that one so favored would be killed. The lower moons were to blame. For not doing their duty for their betters in cleansing the land of this filth and scum. As she gently touched the other side of her face with her hand and overturned the head to look at it.
“Command your body and it will obey, let this head fade away and push yourself Daki, to grow another.”
She was an upper moon!
No matter if the title was shared, she had earned it a hundred times over on her own merit and actions, she would not allow one who has worked and never failed once in any single request. They were a true oni, a real demon like themselves, they only had to dig deeper within themselves to unlock the final secret to perfect being a demon.
The will to live.
“I know you can do it, who is more beautiful than you, none.”
They needed these slayers killed, they were still here, of Daki could regrow her head, it would finally push her over that last hurdle and truly make her into a perfect demon that had overcome this one mere hurdle that has killed so many of their kind. If she could do it – why not the upper moons.
All of them spoiled, all of them gifted endless amounts of praise, affection, blood. Each one had lived a dozen lifetimes compared to humans, their power was upon a whole other level, upper moons did not fail, upper moons did not get defeated, upper moons did not die.
“Daki, I still need you, fight for me, one last time and kill them all.”


















