☁︎︎ Third POV

Senjuro and Kiriya both laughed a bit with each other as they walked up the steps to a shrine. Ever since the war between demons and slayers everything went into a peaceful bliss. There was no more fighting to be done.

However, that didn't take the memories away from the people who risked their lives in the war. From a simple Kakushi, to the best pillars, they all had their own grave that Kiriya, with Senjuro, would visit.

And of course, Y/n had his own grave. In his will, Y/n had written for his grave to be remote from all the other slayers and in an area where wildlife thrived. He didn't want a lot of people, other than his loved ones, to know where his grave is. He also didn't want a huge grave of recognition, a simple tomb made him happy.

Senjuro and Kiriya stuck together through everything, they were with each other throughout the war, how could they not stick to each other? As they saw the tomb of Y/n, their chattering died down a bit and was replaced with soft smiles.

Around Y/n's tomb was small white wild flowers as moss was already growing on the back of the stone. The grave was decorated with items that the other slayers wanted Y/n to keep. It looked busy but it was just right.

Senjuro and Kiriya placed their offering on Y/n's grave and clapped their hands together and prayed. The small twittering of birds could only be heard, as the wind blew past softly.

'We hope you go into the afterlife peacefully, Y/n,' Both Senjuro and Kiriya thought, 'We hope that you are reborn into a life filled with happiness and wealth.'

☁︎︎ In Neither Heaven or Hell ☁︎

Y/n was startled awake. He looked around and noticed that something was around his eyes. He quickly took of the odd cloth on his eyes. He looked down at himself and noticed that he was in a white kimono with extra cloth on his forearms, side, and - once was - ripped ear.

"What the...?" Y/n muttered to himself as he looked at his arm and then at the cloth that was covering his eyes, "Where am I?"

As Y/n continued to look around he noticed that there was a pure white door in the middle of everything. Not knowing what else to do, he went through it. He covered his eyes before he realized he entered a different, odd room.

The 'room' was more like a void as it was split in the middle with two different colors. On one side it was white, on the other side it was black, both sides to have a never-ending wall to it. Y/n couldn't help but raise a brow in confusion.

"Wha- Y/n?!" A voice called out in shock.

Y/n quickly turned to the white side of the void. His eyes widened when he saw that Mitsuri was the one who called out to him. And Mitsuri wasn't the only there, Gyomei, Muichiro, Obanai, Shinobu, Rengoku, Amane, Ubuyashiki, Genya, and the eldest twin girls of Ubuyashiki were there.

"Guys...?" Y/n whispered out in shock as he ran over to the white side of the void.

Y/n placed his hand on an invisible wall that separated him from reaching his friends. On the other side of that wall, everyone was shocked to see Y/n. They were dead, they knew that, so if Y/n was here that meant he was dead too.

"Y/n, what are you doing here?!" Rengoku shouted with wide eyes.

Y/n could feel small tears prick his eyes when he noticed that everyone, he cared for during his journey was here, "I... I don't know..."

"You shouldn't be here," Muichiro said simply as a bit of sadness took over his eyes, "You shouldn't be dead, you were supposed to live and..."

Y/n's small laugh cut Muichiro off and caught everyone by surprise, "Who cares... I'm just happy that I am able to see you all again..."

Y/n gave a small smile as tears fell down his face. The slayers were shocked but said nothing. They too smiled as they felt tears prick their eyes after seeing Y/n finally be able to show emotions.

"You did wonderful, Y/n," Ubuyashiki said, no curse in sight as Amane held onto him, "All of us couldn't be prouder."

"Thank you..." Y/n said as he gave a closed eyed smile.

Suddenly the invisible wall started to fog up, making Y/n unable to see his friends anymore. His eyes widened when he noticed this, as his friends stared in a bit of confusion.

"Guys? Guys, where are you??" Y/n called out.

"We-We're here, Y/n!" Genya said.

Y/n continued to call out, unable to hear what Genya said, "Wh-What happened??"

"It seems like we can see and hear Y/n, but he can't," Gyomei said with a solemn  look, "Poor thing went through so much..."

Y/n's brows furrowed as he stepped away from the white side of the void. He carefully wiped his tears away and made his way to the center of the voided room again. He couldn't help but still feel a bit happy as he saw his friends again.

Y/n glanced over at the black side of the voided room. His eyes slightly widened when he noticed that the demons, he had met were all there. The demons were chatting calmly with one another, also wondering why they were here.

Y/n clutched the cloth that was over his eyes in his hand. He hesitantly walked over to the dark side of the room, walking up to the demons silently. However, he was noticed by Kokushibo who's eyes widened seeing the shorter male here.

"Y/n?" Kokushibo said.

All of the demons perked up at this. The quickly turned to where Kokushibo was looking and noticed that Y/n was standing on the other side of the invisible wall. Their eyes widened seeing Y/n with them.

"Y/n, what are you doing here? You shouldn't be here," Akaza pointed out.

"This is hell, you shouldn't be here," Enmu pointed out with a concern look on his face.

Rui looked over Y/n with a slightly sad expression, "You've done nothing wrong, why are you here, Y/n?" He asked.

Y/n opened his mouth to speak but shut it. He knew that he belonged to hell, but he wasn't sure if he wanted anyone else to know why he should be.

"Y/n?? Y/n!" Muzan's voice spoke up as he pushed through everyone else, "Y/n, I'm so sorry!"

The demons and Y/n were shocked by Muzan's sudden apology, especially the demons. Muzan had been completely silent when he came to hell and when he appeared in the dark void. Now suddenly he was apologizing to Y/n, but what for?

"Muzan..." Y/n said as his brows furrowed.

Muzan pressed his hands on the invisible wall as he was right in front of Y/n, "I'm sorry, Y/n... I didn't mean it, I didn't mean to turn you into a demon. I'm so so sorry, your death is entirely my fault. I'm sorry..."

All of the other demons' eyes turned wide with horror and shock of what Muzan had said. He turned Y/n into a demon? He made Y/n into a demon? A demon of all things!

"You what, Kibutsuji?" A deadly voice spoke up, "You turned my son into a demon?"

Muzan let out a choking noise as he was pulled away from the invisible wall and was thrown to the floor. Tamayo had her hands wrapped around Muzan's throat as if she could kill him for a second time.

"Oh, I wish I could kill you again, Kibutsuji," Tamayo said with a pointed smile, "You'll be double dead when we go back to hell."

Y/n couldn't help but chuckle a bit at Tamayo's reaction. The demons stared at Y/n for a bit, this was actually their first time ever hearing Y/n laugh or even see Y/n chuckle. Memories of what they had done wrong to Y/n flooded their minds. They couldn't but cry a bit.

"I'm glad to see you all again," Y/n said with a small smile, "I promise to meet you all in the future just like I said before."

The invisible wall between the demons and Y/n started to fog up just like the one in the white side. The demons' eyes widened at this as they watched Y/n's smile drop and his eyes furrowed slightly.

Y/n let out a small hum as he stepped away from the black side of the voided room. He walked over to the middle of the room as he looked around. He couldn't see his friends, he couldn't see the demons, what was he supposed to be doing here anyways?

"Heaven or hell," Y/n spoke to himself, "Where am I supposed to go?"

"Neither," A loud booming voice spoke over Y/n.

The loud voice shocked everyone. Y/n flinched slightly and looked up, only to see nothing and no one there. Slayers and demons turned to look up at the odd voice that they too have heard.

"W-Who are you?" Y/n asks hesitantly.

"Some people call me god, some people call me Budda," The voice answered, "But all that matters is that me and a few others control who goes to hell and who goes to heaven, that is my job."

Y/n clutched his fists out of nervousness, "Than where am I supposed to go? The room is split into two, heaven and hell, so which one do I rest in?"

The voice let out a small hum, "Well you could go to hell," They started

Everyone tensed at what the voice said.

The voice continued, "You have committed the sin of lust, wrath, and greed before you turned into a demon. You have killed humans when you did turn into a demon, even eating them for your own personal benefits. These sins are the reason you could go to hell."

The slayers were shocked that Y/n was turned into a demon. Tamayo glared harshly at Muzan as he coward away from all the other demon's gazes. Y/n looked down slightly as if he was expecting this punishment.

"Y/n..." Obanai muttered in sorrow.

"Onii-san..." One of Ubuyashiki's daughters whispered as the other held tightly to her twin.

"However, you could go to heaven," The voice stated after a bit.

Everyone perked up in joy for Y/n. Y/n even looked up in slight shock that he could even have a chance to enter heaven.

The voice continued once again, "You were human far longer than you have been a demon. During this time, you have shown kindness, compassion, generosity, diligence, humility, and are self-sacrificial. These characteristic of yours are proof that you can enter heaven.

"But despite what I saw, your sins and your virtues balance you out, making you one of the very few who are a neutral soul. You do not belong in hell, nor do you belong in heaven, therefore you won't be going to either."

"But... Where would I go?" Y/n asks, "Am I going to be trapped here by myself forever, in this split room?"

"Of course not," The voice stated, "You will be going where all the other neutral humans go to; the In-Between. The In-Between is a combination of both hell and heaven, you get live in a peaceful enviromint, but you will forever have to fight for your life to stay there. Fortunately for you, you will only be fighting for a certain number of times, and you will always be revived if you die.

"This pattern will continue until you will be reborn, which already has it's dates and time set up for you and all of your friends in heaven."

Y/n's eyes were slightly widened but he blinked and nodded to the voice, "I accept going into the In-Between, I think I am better suited for it. However, I would like to ask a few favors from you."

The voice pondered for a bit, small whispering could be heard, "Well, that depends on what those favors are."

"I want to be able to meet both of my families," Y/n said, "I would also like to reunite with my spirits, I think you know what I mean."

"Of course I do, and all of that can be arrange," The voice said after some thought, "Is there anything else?"

"I want the demons to be reborn too..."

There was a stunned silence.

"Pardon me?" The voice asks.

Y/n tensed slightly, "I-I want the demons to be reborn too... The ones that I have met and bonded with. The ones I have promised that I will met again when they are human."

"What are you doing Y/n??" Gyutaro shouted, despite knowing that Y/n couldn't hear him as he banged on the one-sided wall, "We don't deserve to live again... After everything we have done..."

"I would like to know your reasonings," The voice said in a stern tone.

Y/n took a deep breath as he looked down, "I-I know what they have done for years in unforgivable, I know that, but they could've changed if they weren't ruled by the wrong person. When I was in the infinity castle, I was able to turn Kokushibo, an uppermoon, good, he didn't kill anyone after I had bonded with him.

"If I had just enough time and the right number of words to talk, I would've been able to turn all the demons away from evil and into the light... But I wasn't able to because I was selfish and in my own thoughts.

"The demons are not villains, they are just misunderstood and lied to. I'm sure if they knew what they were getting into, they would've never had gone down the path they did, and if I was a bit earlier, and in the right mind, I would've been able to change them back to good.

"I'm not saying whatever they did wasn't or was their fault. Give them the punishment they need, but please let them all be reborn again. I will even give up some of my years to be reborn so that they can reincarnate too. So please, give them a chance to be good again," Y/n begged.

There was silent whispering amongst the voice, they then spoke up, "What about the person behind it all, Muzan Kibutsuji? I want to know your defense for him."

"Muzan was blinded with power and love. He was not in the right head space when he was turned into a demon," Y/n claimed, "If he was a normal human, none of this, none of the demons and blood shed, would've happened. Muzan was only greedy and wrathful because he turned into a demon.

"No, I am not blaming anyone, not even the person who turned Muzan into a demon, or Muzan himself that everything was their fault, because this was never meant to happen."

The voice was silent for a second, "You are right, this wasn't supposed to happen."

Everyone was shocked by what the voice said.

"An intruder on our side of making fate had turned Muzan into a demon just so that they could have their own personal enjoyment. We didn't think it would get this bad until Muzan had already collected his uppermoons here," The voice stated, "So in a way, no one here, who have died, is to blame.

"Y/n L/n, your request to see both of your families and for the demons to be reincarnated after their punishment has been granted. However, this all I can do, I can only pull a few strings for a single soul. Usual I would be able to let you see your living friends, but your favors have taken up that chance. I apologize."

Y/n sighed in a content manner as he smiled, "There is no need to apologize, I'm just happy that my favors have been fulfilled, thank you."

The voice let out a small chuckle, "Of course, young soul. Here," The white door from earlier opened again, "You may go see your first family, unfortunately you have a time limit with all of your meetings, please take this into consideration with your reunions."

"I will, thank you once again," Y/n said with a closed eyed smile as he waved to wherever the voice was, "Please tell my friends and the demon that I love them and that I will miss them."

"I think that they already know that," The voice said in a soft manner.

Y/n was confused by what the voice meant but shrugged it off. He turned with a wave to the voice as he went through the white door. When he walked through it, the door immediately closed leaving the slayers and the demons in their silent shock.

Y/n walked through the white halls until he came up to another white door. He walked through it and his eyes widened when he noticed who was on the other side. Kai, his birth mother and father were all there chatting with one another.

Y/n's family had a white kimono on as they all have an extra white cloth where their wounds would be when they have died. Kai was jumping around his parents as he still had his huge smile on his face.

"Mama, papa, Kai?" Y/n called out as small tears pricked his eyes.

Yuki's, Kai's and Mio's eyes widened when they heard the familiar voice. Kai stopped jumping around as he and his parents turned to look at Y/n. Mio gasped a bit as he covered her mouth in shock, Yuki held onto her should as tears started to form.

"N-Nii-San?" Kai stuttered.

Y/n sniffed as he smiled warmly, "Ototo... I missed you..."

Kai could feel his tears fall down his face quickly, "NII-SAAAN!!"

Kai ran to Y/n at full speed. Y/n bent down to his knees as he opened his arms. Kai rammed himself into Y/n as he wrapped his little legs around his older brother's waist. He sobbed loudly, like how a child should be, into Y/n's shoulder.

Y/n cried too, holding onto Kai tighter as he laughed a bit to himself seeing how active Kai still was despite being in the afterlife. He looked up and saw his parent running over to him too. He couldn't help but smile more.

"Y/N! Y/N, MY SWEET BABY!!" Mio cried as she hugged both of her sons.

"We're so sorry, Y/n, we missed you so much," Yuki sobbed a bit and stuttered as he hugged his whole family close to him.

Y/n couldn't help but laugh a bit, "You have no idea how much I missed all three of you. Damnit, I love you all so much, mama, papa, Kai."

The fact that Y/n was finally showing emotion just made his own family cry more. There were a lot of tears and a lot of small laughter. But over all, they were all just really happy to be reunited after so long apart.

After they were done crying, Y/n's family started to fawn over him. Complementing on how his hair grew a bit, how he grew in height and how he grew more muscle over the years. The small void was filled with happy chatter and laughter, and this time, Y/n was able to join in.

But their time together had to be cut short since Y/n was on a time limit, and couldn't go to heaven with the rest of his family. He promised that he would visit them as much as he could during his punishment, as he waved goodbye.

Kai couldn't help but yell out Y/n's name enthusiastically as he waved franticly a goodbye. Mio and Yuki held onto each other as they waved softly to Y/n as he had to walk through the white door again.

Y/n let out a small chuckle as he walked through the white hallway again. He wiped the remaining tears away from his cheek as he walked through another white door. He couldn't help but smile as he saw Ubuyashiki, Amane, Tamayo, Hinaki, and Nichika all waiting for him.

"Okaasan, Otosan," Y/n breathed out as the tears started to come in again.

Y/n was the one who ran into the arms of his second family this time. He hugged Ubuyashiki tightly as Amane and Tamayo were by his side. Hinaki and Nichika cried seeing Y/n again as they hugged his waist.

"I missed you... All of you..." Y/n stated as he bent down and kissed Hinaki and Nichika on the head making them giggle to themselves.

"My son..." Tamayo whispered as she hugged Y/n tightly and kissed his forehead.

Y/n couldn't help but smile, "Okaasan..."

Y/n turned around and hugged Ubuyashiki and Amane by their necks, making them bend down a bit but they didn't mind. They smiled and chuckled a bit as they hugged Y/n back. Tamayo smiled at how happy Y/n was as she petted the two twins on their heads.

The family who welcomed Y/n into their lives chatted with him for a bit, laughing and telling small short stories. Amane was able to hug her eldest son closely after wanting to be able to do it for so long. Hinaki and Nichika even got to play with Y/n for a bit before he had to go.

With a final hug and kisses on the head from the parents to Y/n and Y/n to the twins, they had to wave goodbye to the (h/c) haired boy. Y/n waved goodbye with a smile as he walked through the white door once again.

Instead of walking through the white hallways again, Y/n found himself in a valley that was filled with green grass and a single green tree. He smiled knowing that this was the spirit world that Sabito and Yoriichi would go to when they were in his mind-place.

Speaking of Sabito and Yoriichi, the two spirits turned around once they heard Y/n's footsteps behind them. Their eyes widened when they saw Y/n and tears even filled up their eyes as they noticed that Y/n was smiling to them.

"Y/n..." Sabito muttered.

"Sabito, Yoriichi, you two have no idea how much I missed you both," Y/n said as he gave a closed eyed smile.

Immediately, Sabito and Yoriichi went to push each other out of the way to reach Y/n first. Y/n couldn't help but laugh at both of the spirits fell before him groaning and cursing each other out jokingly.

Y/n crouched down to where Yoriichi and Sabito fell and placed his hands on both of their heads. He patted them in a caring manner as he smiled. The two spirit's eyes slightly widened seeing and feeling Y/n's affection as tears softly dripped down their cheeks.

"I have so much to tell you," Y/n stated calmly as he smiled down at the two males.

Sabito and Yoriichi made a silent agreement to not argue when Y/n spent time with them. So, they put up with each other as Y/n chatted with them about... well... everything. The trio talked and talked, until it was Y/n's time to go.

Before Y/n left, Yoriichi and Sabito both complemented Y/n about his appearance and his smile. They may or may not have said it at the same time making them glare at each other. Y/n could only laugh.

Y/n gave a small kiss on both Yoriichi's and Sabito's head before he waved to them. He turned and left the stunned spirits to themselves. The spirits' faces both turned red as they started to fluster out after a few seconds of realization.

Y/n sighed, content with how all the visits turned out. He stopped in front of the last white door he had to go through before his time in the In-Between started. He took in a deep breath and put his hand over his heart and smiled.

Stepping through the final white door, Y/n had to squint his eyes before opening them fully again. He smiled seeing a valley filled with flowers as the sky above him had clouds that stayed unmoving.

In the middle of all the flowers there was a cherry tree that created a huge shade for a small house to reside under. Between the house and the huge cherry tree was a small bird feeder that was filled with unlimited water that was clear as glass.

Y/n walked over to the house and softly touched the trunk of the cherry tree. He smiled as he looked up at the still clouds in the soft blue sky. A small wind played with his hair and rippled the water.

"I'll be okay," Y/n said in a content manner as he closed his eyes, relaxing.

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