The Mugen Train battle. It was hard enough on its own; a demon fused with the trainβ But what happened afterwards? It was enough to knock anyone cold.
Kyojuro had sustained fatal wounds, the man bound to not survive. But, maybe a miracle or divine intervention, once some Kakushi got there, giving him medical attention, Kyojuro pulled through. He was relocated to his Hashira Mansion, similarly to how Shinobu had the Butterfly Mansion, to recover.
As a fellow Hashira β and close friend β, you quickly caught wind of Kyojuro's incident. You practically stopped everything you were doing, fleeing to the Flame Hashira's mansion to give him a check-up.
As you arrived, you saw him sitting out on his engawa, simply enjoying the sunset.
"Rengoku, whatβ" You were cut off.
"I'm feeling much better, don't worry!" Kyojuro gave you that familiar goofy, optimistic grin as he spoke.
"..I highly doubt that..." You muttered as you walked up. "You should be resting, not sitting outside," you huffed at him, crossing your arms over your chest.
"I'm being plenty careful," he calmly replied. "Why don't you sit with me?"