Hi! Author here!

Sakura Blossom reached 1 million reads today! I'm so happy!

Honestly, I didn't even think this book would achieve so much- I remember that it basically came to exist because one day I thought "hey wouldn't it be funny if I made a y/n that could only say mochi lol"

Anyway, I'm really grateful! If you guys happen to have any ideas for what I could do for a special, I will be glad to hear it! Hope you guys have a good day/night!

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“Umm… and that- and that too-” Y/N was currently preparing to leave. “Oh! I suppose I should bring the pepper spray too, just in case! Zenitsu, can you come here for a sec?” she asked, Zenitsu confusedly walking over to her in response.

When he got close enough, she sprayed a bit in his face. “GYAAAH- WHAT THE HELL-”

“Yep, its working.” Y/N blankly commented while staring at the instructions in the bottle. “Do you feel like you're seeing hell?”

“WHY ARE YOU TESTING IT ON ME?! IT BURNS-”

“Well, that's what it's written in the effects-” Inosuke interrupted her when he suddenly grabbed the spray away from her hands.

“WHAT'S THAT THING?”

“I-Inosuke- Slowly put that down-” Y/N approached him in careful steps as Inosuke tried to figure out how the small bottle worked, only to accidentally spray it in his face. “GYAAAAAH- THIS THING IS DANGEROUS-”

“See?! I told you to put it down!” She exasperatedly said, running over to the boar in order to grab it away from him, but he ended up accidentally spraying it on her too when she got close enough. “AAAAAH- THIS SHIT HURTS-”

You could say that Tanjiro was quite surprised when he entered the room to say goodbye and saw the three squirming around in pain.

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“Does it feel better now?” Tanjiro asked with a worried frown.

“Sniff… yeah- Everything just looks a bit blurry-” Y/N said in response, rubbing her eyes.

“Jeez, why would you guys do that to her?” Tanjiro said, turning to the other two.

“She is the one who started it!” Zenitsu exclaimed, which Tanjiro only responded by smiling blankly and saying : “I'm sure that it was just an accident. Mistakes happen.”

“No, she did on purpo-”

“Right, Y/N?” Tanjiro said, interrupting Zenitsu.

“Yeah! It totally was an accident!"

“See? There was no need to be so mean to her!” Tanjiro turned to look at them while patting Y/N's head, the girl smirking with a dark expression.

'I KNEW IT, NEZUKO IS A BAD INFLUENCE TO HER-'

“Y/N! I heard you're going to leave in a mission!” Daki exclaimed, entering the room.

“Daki! Be careful, there are windows here!” Y/N said, exasperatedly putting a blanket over her.

“I'm going with you!”

“… No, it's better if you stay here.”

“But-”

'Daki and Gyutaro are technically still under Muzan's influence, I have no idea why he hasn't killed them through the blood connection yet, but it's better if they stay low profile until I can ask Tamayo to remove it.'

“I'm sorry, it's not that I don't want to go with you, but it's safer this way.”

“It will be safer if I go! I can protect you!” Daki responded.

“You definitely can, but I also can take care of myself pretty well, so the best you can do for me is to stay here, okay?”

“Ugh… fine, guess I will have to stay with the three little pigs then.”

“… Is she talking about us?” Tanjiro asked, sweat dropping.

“I will be going now, be careful with the sun when going back to your room, okay?”

“Yeah, I will be waiting.” You could tell that Daki was feeling bitter about being left behind, but Y/N smiled gently at the way she was listening to her anyway.

There was a very clear difference in treatment from the moment they first met to this point, such a big evolution happened in so little time.

“But Y/N, are you sure you want to go?”

As Y/N was walking on the corridors ready to go to the front entrance, Zenitsu interrupted her.

“Huh?”

“I mean, what kind of mission would require three hashiras? And why were you selected to go with them?”

“That…”

'it makes sense. Why was I chosen? And why would they need three hashiras? Unless… an up-'

“Y/N!” Shinobu's call snapped her away from her thoughts. “Are you ready to go?”

“Oh- Yeah! Let's go!”

“Wait! Underling! Take this with you!” Inosuke ran to her, dropping an acorn in her palm. “It's for protection!”

“Protection?”

“Yeah! From the acorn god!”

“The what?”

“Zenitsu told me about him!”

Y/N leaned to the side to look at Zenitsu trying to muffle away his laughter while standing behind Inosuke.

“Zenitsu, we will talk about this when I come back.” He immediately stopped laughing with this affirmation. “Thanks for the… protection acorn, Inosuke, I will take care of it.”

“Humph! You better!”

'…you sound so proud for someone who believed in something like the acorn god-' She sweat dropped, but managed to keep a straight face as she silently waved goodbye to the three. “Then, I will be going- EUGH-”

“Y/NNN DON'T GOOOO”

“WAAAAAH”

“WE WANT YOU TO STAAAY-”

Naho, Kiyo and Sumi suddenly tackled her into a hug.

“I- I need to go, it's my job-”

“NOOOOO-”

They got quite attached to her after all of these months together, so leaving for missions was starting to get harder and harder.

“C'mon guys, I love you too, but I need to go-” Y/N said as the three only cried louder while hugging her legs.

“Oh my…” Shinobu tilted her head, a fond smile in her face as she looked at the scene. “We will be late this way though…” she whispered to herself.

“….” Giyuu, who happened to hear the comment when he went there to see why they were taking so long, just silently walked over to Y/N.

“I really need to- ACK!” He grabbed her from under her arms, lifting her up with ease and away from the kid's grasp.

'…. I'm grateful for the help, but why is he carrying me like that?' Y/N sweat dropped as he silently took her over to Shinobu and dropped her beside the woman.

“…there you go.”

“T-thanks…” Y/N responded, her cheeks flushed in pink.

“…Y/N-san, is the pepper spray with you?” Shinobu asked.

“Yeah!”

“You heard that, right, Giyuu?”

“… I guess(?)” He confusedly responded, Giyuu didn't get the hint.

“Let's leave them! Bye everyone!” Shinobu excitedly said goodbye to them, grabbing Y/N's hand and pulling her along, Giyuu following them right behind.

“Bye Y/N! Come back soon!”

“Don't get hurt!”

“YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL, UNDERLING!”

“Waaaaaah! We don't Y/N to leave!”

Every time Y/N leaves on a mission, it feels like a dramatic farewell on the end of an action movie.

“Quick! Caw! Quick!” Shiro flied in circles above them.

“Your crow is quite energetic, huh? Just like you.” Shinobu commented as the four walked down the road.

“Honestly, she usually isn't this energetic, it makes me a bit scared…” Y/N commented, scratching her cheek with an awkward smile.

“No need to worry, little one! If something happens, I will protect you with my life!” Kyojuro said.

“L-little one?! (Don't call me that! / I'm literally taller than you! / We are the same height! )”

“Hahaha!”

“Did you hear me?!”

“Y/N, Kyojuro is right, we are your superiors, so we will obviously take responsibility for your life.” Shinobu said with a gentle smile.

“Y-yeah-”

'If any of you guys die, all of my hard work up to this point would be for nothing though.'

Giyuu was silent during the whole way to the place where the mission was supposed to be.

It was already sunset when they finally arrived, a what seemed like a poor village with no people walking around was what was in front of them.

“Is it because it's almost night?” Y/N asked, curiously looking around the almost ghostly place.

“I don't think so.” Shinobu responded, slight shaking her head. “The atmosphere here is a bit… Heavy?”

“Hmm… Oh! There's someone there! Maybe we can ask them?” Y/N said, pointing to a kid walking around with a blank expression.

“I guess, but… be careful…”

She gently approached the kid. “Excuse me-” the kid started to cough loudly, droplets of blood falling in the dirt ground.

Shinobu quickly ran to aid the kid, but was interrupted by a scream. “Haru! I told you to stay inside!”

An older woman who seemed to be the mother appeared, quickly hugging the kid with a worried expression, only after some minutes she noticed the quite big group of people staring at them.

“Vi…visitors?" By her expression, its almost like she was seeing ghosts instead.

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