So I rewrote my swapped au series to fit with the arrival of kiriko and her parents, it’s still just as painful, and maybe y’all will like my semi canon demon daddy Sojiro more than my original Headcanon demon daddy Sojiro, I renamed it to Mononoke Au ~Bambi
Hanzo: *barely 16yrs old, staring at his fathers grave, trying to keep a straight face while Genji cries softly beside him* …
Genji: i-I don’t understand a-Anija, he was okay a few days ago, he was healthy! Wh-why did he die so suddenly? W-was he sick and kept it from us?…
Hanzo: *gently hugs him* I don’t know Ototo… I don’t know…
Hanzos Uncle: Are you two still moping over that dead sod? Hurry up and get changed we got a meeting in an hour!
Hanzo: *tearfully places a flower on his fathers grave* yes uncle…
*Meanwhile beneath the castle*
Sojiro: *very much alive but very injured, laying on the cold damp floor of the dungeon, the smell of mold and rotting wood filling his bloodied nostrils doing nothing to distract from the pain of his broken legs* b-brother- please- please don’t hurt them- I’ll behave please- please
Sojiros Brother: *standing over him holding a bat, gently presses it into his neck lifting his chin to look up at him properly* Shhhhhhh, *smirks* Just keep behaving yourself and signing whatever we give you and I promise they’ll stay unharmed~ but you set one foot out of line and- *lifts the bat up suddenly bringing it down on Sojiros arm fracturing it*
Sojiro: *vision going white as his eyes roll back in agony, in too much pain to even scream* A-aghhhh-…
Sojiros brother: *pushes the bat into the damaged limb twisting it making his brother cry out and whimper* I’ll be doing that and much worse to them, starting with that brat, Genji. Got it?
Sojiro: *in a cold sweat from pure agony, sobbing quietly as he stares up at his brother in fear* g-got it…
Sojiros brother: good… *drops the bat narrowly missing his brothers mangled legs as he walks out closing the iron bars behind him*
Sojiro: *laying there sobbing quietly as he stares at the ceiling of his dark prison* Hanzo… Genji… please… stick together…
Sojiros brother: *walking down into the dungeon holding a bowl of barely edible food, muttering to himself as he walks* stupid guards, I pay out the ass for them to keep an eye on a decrepit old man and they’re too afraid of him to go near him, pfft, what a joke… *walks over to the bars only to see darkness in the cell* oi. Soji. Food.
Sojiros brother: oi! You deaf!? I said food!
Sojiros brother: *growls and moves to throw the bowl to the ground* OI-
*Rustling fabric against wet stone and dirt*
???: o-o-onii-san… I-is th-that you?…
Sojiros brother: *pauses and smirks thinking his brothers mind is so far gone he’s reverted back to when they were kids* yeah, it’s me Ototo, comere, I got food for you.
???: food?… I-I’m so hungry… nobodies f-fed me in days…
Sojiros brother: *suddenly feeling dread building in his stomach, mistaking it for guilt…* I know, I’ll fire those guards… come here and let me look at you Ototo…
???: m-my legs don’t work… it hurts… I can’t… my body… it hurts…
Sojiros brother: *sighs and opens the cell door stepping inside and immediately freezing as the door slams shut behind him* wh-what?… *looks back at it confused and nearly jumps out of his skin feeling something touch his shoe*
Sojiros brother: *looks down to see a frail hand with short chewed down nails grabbing his foot, caked in dirt and blood* Sojiro?… *pulls out his phone and turns on the flashlight immediately dropping it upon seeing the sight before him* Wh-what are you?
???: OnniI̷͖̓̊ḯ̵̥̌i̵͖̓̋ǐ̸͇̹͠i̸͔̞̐̏-̷̠̺̆S̴̺̭͊ä̵̹̥́͆a̴̩͗͝a̷͓͊̇ǎ̸͕á̴̢a̸̢̒a̴̢̿̃a̷͚̍͌a̴͈̠̽̈n̵̨̜̓ *Slowly rises up off the ground and steps into the light revealing themselves as the palled corpse of Sojiro. Clothes filthy, eyes white, hair down to his ankles and beard unkempt as he reaches out with bony, broken thin arms* Y̶̜̒ō̷̙ů̸̙̼ ̷̡̕̕B̵̟̾̐e̷̩͝ẗ̵͓̇ŗ̴͂ȧ̶̹̿ȳ̸͚e̶̫̔͠ͅd̷̫̊ ̵͈̯̈́̓M̶̝͐̀e̴̺͐̍.̴̛̺̠͑
Sojiros brother: *drops the food and staggers back in shock falling out of the now open cell door only to look back and see. Nothing, no body, no corpse, nothing…* I… *stands up shakily, cautiously looking around as he does so* s-Sojiro?… o-oi, y-you alive?… th-this isn’t funny you fucking asshole! I-ill kill you-I mean it! *looks down at his phone, still illuminating the centre of the seemingly empty cell, starts to nervously shuffle back in to get it* d-don’t try anything funny- I-I already got your brain dead son to kill his brother! I-ill kill him too if you think about trying any- *freezes in place feeling his soul turn to ice as a hot breath sends chills down his spine* … *looks back slowly to see a pair of red eyes staring back at him, red tattooed skin, and large, sharp tusks with a pair of horns to match* n-no-
Sojiro: …*standing in the middle of his cell, covered in blood, all four of his hands holding a part of his brother* … *sighs* that feels better…