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Based on my real family :3

I’m organizing my KnY self insert don’t mind me

1870s

Yukiabe Sara

The eldest daughter of the Yukiabe family, known for their pharmaceuticals

Became a professional shoka (calligraphy artist) at 7 years old

Started out by recording her parents’ medicinal research

Taught calligraphy lessons to the children of wealthy families to support the family and her parents’ research

Additionally, she would hold shodo (calligraphy) performances with her students

She had an ego with great skill to back it up, but mostly acted selflessly with her siblings

The second youngest, Jouhei, would bother her beyond compare, sometimes even ruining her expensive ink

She’d always berate Jouhei and take away his toys when he misbehaved

However, she’d feel bad for doing so, so she would gift him something made by a carpenter “friend” of hers and play with Jouhei just as he always wanted

One day she was yelling at Jouhei for ruining the prescriptions she wrote, causing him to run away

Feeling terrible, Sara ran out to look for him but ended up freezing in the forest outside the city

She woke up to Hirotake Chinatsu, the Blood Hashira, warming her up

When she came back home, she found her family slaughtered by what Chinatsu said was a demon searching for blue spider lily medicine

She begged Chinatsu to help her get revenge and find her brother if he was still alive

She joined the Demon Slayer Corps at 17

She became Chinatsu’s tsukugo and under her created Ink Breathing, a modified version of water and blood breathing

She worked very hard to fight off demons and would send the Ubuyashiki family beautiful calligraphy to show her gratitude for letting her into the corps

She would be recklessly argumentative with her seniors, but kind and tender hearted to her juniors, and she would never deny them a chance to train or play

One day, Sara and Chinatsu were in the mountains upon hearing of a demon named Jinakui who attacked several samurai families

Upon meeting Jinakui, Sara noticed how much he spoke like a little brother—her little brother—and she was almost reluctant to kill him

It tore her apart that the brother she always scolded and drove away had gotten himself turned into a demon, and it hurt her even more so that it was her fault, and that she had to kill him

Sara and Chinatsu were able to defeat Jinakui, but after cutting off his head, Sara held Jinakui’s head and body close to her until he fully disintegrated

Before her brother died in her arms, she called out to God asking for Jouhei to take her place in heaven so that he could play with in peace with their family again

After that encounter, she became a quieter person who mainly just smiled and spoke only when needed

Sara would only talk the most with Chinatsu, the head of the Ubuyashiki family, and the children of the demon slayer families

She had met the lower rank who turned her brother into a demon

Sara did not even flinch taking down the demon, for her forms lacked any mercy or kindness, what remained was pure malice, proficiency and precision

Shortly after, Sara became a Hashira, but she didn’t feel fulfilled

Sara decided to take on a tsukugo, but many had died under her care as Hashira

She vowed to never take on anymore tsukugo until one demon slayer was particularly persistent and reminded Sara of her brother

In an encounter with another lower rank, Sara did the best she could to protect her tsukugo and in killing the demon, she lost her dominant hand for making calligraphy

She retired soon after, ashamed she couldn’t keep training her tsukugo, until her tsukugo decided to leave the corps with her and become her apprentice in calligraphy

Sara’s heart was full and accepted him as a pupil, and with that, Ink Breathing was no more

Sara went back home to find her carpenter “friend” still waiting for her and married him

She lived to grow into a decently old age with children and grandchildren and vowed to never deny them a chance to play

Jinakui/Yukiabe Jouhei

The fourth child of the Yukiabe Family

He was a troublemaker who just wanted to play

He’d watch the Samurai walk through the streets and overhear their stories

No matter the time of day nor occasion, he always wanted to play

Many times his playing would mess with his oldest sister’s profession, denying he knew that his roughhousing would result in such “accidents”

He would get angry and tell Sara he hates her whenever Sara took away his toys

One day, Sara was yelling at him particularly harshly and ran away, following some samurai into the forest

When he finally caught up to them, they had all been killed by a demon

The demon smelled medicine on him and asked Jouhei if he could “play”

Jouhei, none the wiser, agreed to play along with the demon

When Jouhei showed the demon where his home was, the demon told him to wait outside because he “sensed something was wrong”

Jouhei waited for five minutes outside until he opened the door to see his family slaughtered on the ground

The demon told Jouhei that the Samurai he followed on the mountain had murdered his family for not respecting their “play”

The demon manipulated Jouhei into wanting revenge on all Samurai by turning into a demon

However, when becoming a demon, Jouhei’s physique completely changed and he forgot all his memories, and earned the name Jinakui, a demon who just wants to play and have fun

From then on, Jinakui had his fun slaughtering samurai and using their corpses as toys to play make believe with

Sometimes, if he was feeling generous, Jinakui would turn some samurai into his minions to play around with

Six years after becoming a demon, he encountered two demon slayers for the first time

The slayer with an ink-stained haori took him head on while the slayer with a pink and red haori defeated all his minions

Fighting the ink-stained haori girl reminded him of how he’d fight with his sister in his years as a human, which felt forever ago but was only six years prior

He felt the contempt he had for his sister always yelling and berating him and taking away his things—everyone took away his things, even the trusted samurai and his oldest sister

However, Jinakui also felt exhilarated by the way the girl fought, almost as if they were playing a game

Fight after fight he enjoyed himself and he couldn’t figure out why

When the ink-stained haori girl would yell Jouhei, Jinakui would be confused in battle, wondering why it rang in his ears

The hesitation costed him his life as the ink-stained haori girl cut off his head

In his final moments, he remembered his past and decided that he was a shitty brother to everyone

He then realized that it wasn’t the samurai who killed his family, it was the demon he led straight to them—their death was his fault

He thought he deserved to die alone and away from his family who were probably playing together in heaven by now

Suddenly, he felt the warmed of a familiar embrace—the hug of his oldest sister

He remembered how she’d hold him and tell him stories of brave samurai, drawing the characters and playing pretend with him when he was small

He remembered how she’d inspire him to have such a wild and big imagination

He remembered how said he was when she gave all her attention to her practice when he just wanted to play with her again—nothing was more fun than playing with Sara

He heard the ink-stained haori girl’s cries about how she was the worst big sister ever and that she wished they could have played more

He finally recognized her and used his very last moment to tell her he had the most fun time playing with her in years

In death he met his family again, crying over his recklessness as his family accepted him in

He now waits to play with his oldest sister again

Hirotake Chinatsu

The Blood Pillar Hashira

Scarily the most talented Hashira of her time, and feared for her breathing forms to be too akin to blood demon art

In reality, it’s a modified version of water breathing, but with blood-related characteristics

It isn’t a beautiful form, but it’s incredibly powerful, and no one can do it like Chinatsu

Chinatsu found Sara almost freezing to death in the snow when a demon almost ate Sara

Chinatsu, after learning Sara’s family was killed by an upper rank, trained Sara to become a demon slayer, having had her own siblings killed by demons

She was impressed by Sara’s speed when learning her forms and took her on as her tsukugo

Chinatsu took Sara out on a mission to defeat a demon in the mountains, not knowing that the demon was Sara’s brother

She vowed to comfort and support Sara whenever she needed after watching her hold her dying brother in her arms before fading away

Chinatsu noticed how less bold Sara became, but also noticed how skilled she had become

Once Sara became a Hashira, Chinatsu did not remain in the corps for much longer in an active position

When she retired, she trained new and upcoming demon slayers both in water and blood breathing

Chinatsu attended Sara’s wedding as the one of only family she had left

Tsunekawa Istuki

Sara’s carpenter “friend”/lover

Would attend Sara’s public calligraphy performances and gift her something

Slowly fell in love over time

Asked Sara to marry him and was surprised when she refused, but understood what she had to focus on first

Istuki always offered to support her but she’d refused in case a demon would kill him because of her

He waited 12 years until Sara came back with her non-dominant arm

Sara didn’t think he’d want to marry her because she can’t do calligraphy anymore, but she couldn’t be more wrong

Istuki welcomed her back with open arms and proposed to her again, sobbing when she said yes

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