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[bgunphoenix]

𝕿𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 ⌞𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛⌝

This is a more relaxed chapter after all that chaos at the mugen train! 

While it is shorter than the last one I hope you all like it  (｡T ω T｡)

Wattpad Chapter

Last Chapter

TANJIRO’S POV

When the kakushi arrived, I could smell the fear reeking off of them, like they had never seen someone injured like that. Rengoku stayed by his side till the kakushi ran towards the butterfly manor at an incredible speed.

“Do not worry Kamado boy! Y/n is going to be fine, the kakushi will make sure of it!” Rengoku walked back to us but his hands were trembling, like he was almost saying it to himself and not us…

“Rengoku-san! He will be fine, I know it!” I hope so…

3rd PERSON POV

“TANJIRO!” Zenitsu ran to his friend and tackled him to the ground “I ALREADY HELPED NEZUKO BUT I WAS SO SCARED!”

“I WANT TO TACKLE MONJIRO TO THE GROUND” Inosuke joined the pile on the dirt while Tanjiro laid there, almost passed out

“How’s your injury doing, young Kamado?” Rengoku pulled Tanjiro out of the pile and checked on him “I believe you also need to leave for the butterfly manor, you should have it checked!”

“Oh, thank you Rengoku-san! I will!” Tanjiro nodded as he went to check on the box where his sister rested. “You must be tired Nezuko, you did a great job back there” He could smell the tiredness of his sister, she had done an excellent job along with Zenitsu back in the train.

Tanjiro tried to grab the box but the sharp pain on his side stopped him, he was still injured after all, Zenitsu and Kyojuro approached him from the back while the kakushi helped people all around them “Young Kamado, do not strain yourself, I will help to carry your sister’s box while Agatsuma helps you! He told me about her actions and how she helped the passengers!”

As Rengoku placed the box on his back, Zenitsu grabbed Tanjiro and carried him on his back. “I believe in your little sister, I accept her as a member of the demon slayer corps, while I was making my way towards the front of the train, I saw her bleeding as she protected the people inside of the train, Anyone who risks their lives to save humans from demons is a rightful member of the demon slayer corps, no other opinion matters!”

Tanjiro’s eyes drowned in tears as he hugged Zenitsu “Thank you Rengoku-san! I’m in debt with you!”, “Tanjiro! Stop choking me or I’ll drop you!” Zenitsu’s face was almost purple while saying that.

Inosuke ran up to them while holding what was left of a katana “HEY! YOU MASKED PEOPLE DROPPED THIS!” He stopped next to Kyojuro and extended his hand, on it was a Tsuba, a butterfly one reinforced with gold along the edges “It’s from the weapon of the fox! He seemed like he cared about it so I grabbed it when the masked people left it behind!”

Zenitsu approached while Tanjiro looked at the object, it was the tsuba of L/n’s katana, it looked like a butterfly. He had seen a similar one but he couldn’t remember where…

“Keep it with you till we reach the butterfly manor, then we can leave it by his bedside, well done boar boy!” Rengoku head patted Inosuke and kept walking while looking at the tsuba ‘I have seen a similar one, it was the pin that Kocho’s sister used to wear, I wonder if it’s a coincidence!’

Aoi was sitting on the engawa with Kanao, they were relaxing after saying goodbye to all the demon slayers who had gone back to their missions, Sumi, Kiyo and Naho were playing with a temari on the patio, Shinobu was in her office working on various medicines, it seemed like a peaceful day for them, not a single slayer needed tending nor any of them had any chores to do.

“MISS SHINOBU, WE BRING YOU A PATIENT, PLEASE HELP US!” At least three kakushi had shouted when Aoi and Kanao rushed to see what was happening, Shinobu catched up to them and told them to prepare the surgery room.

‘Did Tanjiro and his friends get injured while on mission?, this guys never lear-’ Aoi saw a body covered by a sheet, the kakushi were covered in blood while helping the man on the stretcher, Shinobu was already helping him while Kanao was stopping the bleeding on one of his legs.

“Aoi! I need you to bring me anaesthetic now! Bring new towels and gloves!” Aoi nodded and ran to get what Shinobu asked for, the kakushi were assisting the two slayers as they tried to save Y/n’s life.

KYOJURO’S POV

When we arrived to the butterfly manor, I was told to put Kamado Nezuko’s box on a room with no windows for the kakushi to take care of her, Agatsuma and Hashibira were put in a different room for a minor check up while Kamado and me were on the same room being attended by the kakushi 

“Pardon me, Goto-san but have you heard anything about a man that came before us? deeply wounded?” Tanjiro was talking to one of the kakushi that were attending him.

“Him? He’s still in surgery with Kocho-sama, her tsuguko and the rest of the medical staff, apparently he is in bad condition, the other kakushi that have seen him have told me that is a miracle that the man is alive, with so much blood loss” Goto looked at the bandages on Kamado’s abdomen and placed the tray with medical supplies on the nearby table.

He’s still in surgery 3 hours later, the uppermoon said something about broken bones and ribs, but he still fought as if it didn’t happen. Was it really that bad?

 ‘You have more than 10 ribs broken, the muscles on your left leg are torn to shreds, your left arm is sprained, you are bleeding internally, all of that is irreparable’

I still remember looking at him while he fought, it was like staring at a god surrounded by light, I was paralysed by how radiant he looked, I couldn’t even help him while he was coughing his own blood, what kind of Hashira am I?

“Rengoku-san? Is something on your mind?” Young Kamado was looking at me with a concerned expression, was he able to read me based on my face?

“No! Do not fret yourself Young Kamado” I had to quickly change the topic because it looked like he was about to ask again “You were talking about a dance that your father used to perform, perhaps it is mentioned on the Flame Hashira records! I still maintain my offer about becoming my apprentice, we can go to my state and train while we look for it!”

That seemed to work, Kamado rested on his bed while I looked at the roof of the room, I should have helped him while he fought that upper moon, I’m in debt for his help on the mission, that still leaves room for questioning, he’s not a demon slayer but he wields a nichirin weapon with ease, at the level of a hashira nonetheless.

3rd PERSON POV

It took Shinobu and her assistants 5 hours of surgery to stabilise Y/n, as soon as the surgery ended they moved him to a private room on the west wing of the state, and the kakushi on duty cleaned the operation room while everyone rested, The insect hashira told her assistants that Y/n probably wouldn’t wake up in the foreseeable future, the blood loss would have killed anyone else but that was what intrigued the hashira.

Shinobu looked at the blood sample under her microscope ‘This is most certainly interesting, the red cell count on all the samples I’ve analysed are off the charts, maybe it’s because of a disease or a disorder but I would need to ask him for information’

On the records of the demon slayers that she had there wasn’t a single mention of the man she just performed surgery on. He wasn’t a demon slayer yet the kakushi had told her he had held his ground against an upper moon.

‘I should call Tanjiro and his friends to hear what they know about him, Rengoku as well’ Shinobu placed the rest of the blood samples on a high shelf and went to walk to the young demon slayers.

With a swift movement, a raven snuck on the room to take the blood samples the hashira had taken, ‘Heika-sama had ordered to retrieve any possession of master L/n from this state’ 

Miroku grabbed the little bottles with his claws and snuck off to the general headquarters ‘Master L/n is going to need medicine if he wants to wake up soon, I will ask for it once I arrive to the headquarters’

The state became quieter by the minute, Kyojuro had gotten up from his bed and began to walk around in hope of finding Shinobu or her helpers, he needed to know what had happened to Y/n and he was going to find out about him sooner or later.

“Rengoku-san, you should be resting” Shinobu was at the end of the hallway, looking at him with a stern face, she was in her demon slayer uniform, maybe she was preparing for a mission. 

“Kocho-san! I was wondering where is the man who came before us? Is he here?” Kyojuro walked up to her and began to look around, he needed to know what had happened to him, maybe they had sent him to a local hospital, taking into account that he wasn't a demon slayer. 

“I was going to look for you, we have a meeting along with the other hashira, we need to discuss about this man, there is something that doesn’t feel right about this situation” Shinobu held a clipboard and switched the pages as she spoke.

“Then we must be going! I will help you with whatever info I can provide you!” The two hashiras walked to a nearby part of the state, a different small building that served as a meeting place, the rest of the hashiras were supposed to be there already as Shinobu had told Kyojuro, they hadn’t tell anyone else about the meeting, wanting to resolve the issue before telling the master so they wouldn’t burden him.

“Rengoku! How is your injury doing?” Tengen stood up from his seat and walked up to Kyojuro, they began to talk to each other while Shinobu placed the clipboard on the table.

Sanemi sat next to Iguro and they were talking about sword forms. Muichiro was staring into a ginkgo leaf he had picked on his way here. Mitsuri was talking with Gyomei about cats.

And Giyuu sat alone not talking with anyone.

Shinobu sat down and began to talk, everyone fell silent and listened “Recently, a demon had appeared on the mugen train, several slayers were sent to that place and they died so Oyakata-sama sent Rengoku-san along with 3 other slayers, including Tanjiro-kun and his sister, The demon had a sleep related demon art and put everyone to sleep, after he woke up Kamado-san tried to fight the demon and was interrupted and saved by a man, who later slayer the demon and saved Tanjiro-kun and his friends, then a confrontation between an upper moon and the man, who almost dies and was saved by Rengoku-san, is this correct?” Everyone stared into the table as she spoke, an upper moon appeared out of nowhere and almost 200 people died were it not for a random man.

“Indeed! He saved both me and Young Kamado, were it not for him, I’m sure I would have died!” Rengoku stated as happily as he told what had happened with Y/n, but his smile faltered as he remembered how the man fought against the demon, how he, a hashira, felt paralysed and couldn’t do anything, he couldn’t move and fight the demon.

“It was surprising, the moment I first saw him he managed to sneak right behind me” Kyojuro stared at the table as he remembered it, “Someone managed to sneak behind you?” Tengen stared at his friend with wide open eyes “Yes! It was quite surprising! His footsteps didn’t even make a sound!”, “Well! Isn’t he a flashy man?”  Shinobu stared at the pair, they were straying away from the point, it was infuriating for her.

‘Why even bother about how “flashy” he is?, it isn’t what I needed to talk about with them, there is enough people risking their lives already, people who work in the corps; why should more people risk their lives OUTSIDE of it?, it’s already hard enough to cure injured slayers, now I would need to worry about outside “Hunters?” how many people would die while trying to become slayers or hunters, how many innocents would be left without parents or siblings?’

Mitsuri looked at her girlfriend and discreetly squeezed her hand, they had begun dating a few months ago and she knew when Shinobu was concealing her rage, the way her eye twitched and her hands contracted on her palms, white knuckles and empty eyes and sometimes she would rub the fabric of her haori between her fingers.

“Don't worry Shinobu-Chan” 

“That's what we need to talk about, someone who could match an upper moon 3 and we know nothing of? How would he know about the mission and the demon who was present on the train?” Obanai talked coldly, while it was nice that his friend had not died, the situation seemed highly suspicious. 

“Thank you Iguro-san, while I appreciate your comments Uzui-san, the biggest problem in the room is the “hunters” Rengoku-san spoke about, there are not records on the history of the corps about them, there would be come records of people climbing mount Yoko to get scarlet ore, but there are none” Shinobu grabbed a large object covered with cloth, she untied the cord and placed the object on the table, it was what remained of a katana, the part one would grip along with nichirin shards.

“Red? That is the colour of flame techniques, is it not?” Mitsuri tried to grab one of the shards before Sanemi stopped her.

“Do not touch it, those shards are sharp and something doesn’t seem right” Sanemi spoke bitterly at how Mitsuri was so careless about touching stuff. Every hashira stared at the stained cloth, deep red under every part that was placed on it.

“Yes, indeed! Thank you Shinazugawa-san!” Shinobu put gloves on and grabbed the tsuka along with a few shards “This is no regular flame breathing, Rengoku-san do you remember what breathing style that man used?” 

“Yes! I saw him use a breathing technique I never saw before! He called it blood breathing!”

“That coincides with what Kamado-kun and his friends said, this is no ordinary nichirin blade, the tsuka was modified to fit several compartments, one containing wisteria poison, heavily concentrated. The other two had demon blood and the same blood I was able to take from that man, While I don’t understand the purpose of it, I have called a swordsman to review it and tell us what he thinks about it” The insect hashira opened the tsuka to reveal what she was talking about, all empty but the wood was stained in deep crimson and deep purple.

“Blood and poison?, This guy for sure is flamboyant!” Tengen grabbed some of the shards and began to play with them, “Why would his Katana be broken this way? Normally it would break in big pieces, not in small shards! It seems like an explosion took place inside it!” The shards reminded him about his own nichirin fireworks.

“It did explode from what I recall! It was a form of this breathing, he wedged it on the demon’s head and it exploited, I’m not sure how!” Rengoku recalled the fight again as he tried to explain it to his fellow hashira.

“Kamado-kun wasn’t able to smell any gunpowder from it, therefore the explosion would be caused from another substance” Shinobu recollected the shards the other hashira had taken and placed them back on the cloth “I need everyone’s help to look for information about “demon hunters”, anything you can find is useful,  bring it to me by crow if possible”

The hashira nodded and they left the room, Mitsuri stayed back with her girlfriend “is everything OK Shinobu-chan?”

“I will treat you to sakura mochis to relax, let’s go!” Shinobu nodded and left the room along with her girlfriend, not noticing what was left of the katana being taken away by ravens and a crow.                        ✦•······················•✦•······················•✦✦•······················•✦•······················•✦

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[bgunphoenix]

𝕿𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 ⌞𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛⌝

Longest chapter ever, i'm tired (⸝⸝ᴗ﹏ᴗ⸝⸝) ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁

Wattpad chapter

Tanjiro spent his time talking to Kyojuro about the hinokami kagura while his friends sat on the nearby train seats talking to each other. 

Y/n POV

‘I’m definitely third wheeling right now Rengoku is talking to Kamado and his friends are talking to each other’, Agatsuma was sitting next to the box where the sister of the Kamado kid is resting, It would be interesting to analyse her, since our contacts affirmed that she has never eaten a single human, it’s not the first time that we have seen a demon refusing to harm humans and even die because of starvation, but the most intriguing part is that she has developed a blood demon art, something that would only happen in a demon has already consumed blood, her case is surely something I would like to look into.

But it’s not the time for that, I was sent to hunt down the demon and protect the people on the train. After all of this I could track Kamado down and ask him to let me run some tests on his sister. I doubt he would let me do it, considering he doesn’t know me and he doesn’t know that I know about her.

TANJIRO KAMADO’S POV

‘Something felt wrong about L/n-san, the smell of sadness and lies, maybe he lied to us about something he said?’

I don’t want to assume that he lied on purpose, maybe he’s nervous about us being demon slayers, with exposed weapons and talking about demons.

Something in his eyes didn't match with his smell. He looked relaxed and kind but they didn’t feel like that, they looked like they were analysing every inch of each one of us, even for Nezuko everytime he looked at her box, I never mentioned her and she was sleeping. How would he know she was there?

I shouldn’t assume anything about him! I barely know him and Rengoku-san seems to trust him so I should do as well!

3rd PERSON POV

Y/n got up from his seat and grabbed the case that he stored his katana in, all the slayers were relaxed and he couldn’t sense a demonic presence around the cart.

‘I better look around for the demon while they are distracted, as soon as it’s dead, I can leave this place’

“Pardon me for interrupting your conversation, Rengoku-san, I’ll be going now to find another seat, enjoy the ride” Y/n winked at the hashira and began to walk to the front carts, going to the back carts would be troublesome since the conductor would be checking the tickers by then and he would be forced to sit and wait.

Y/n walked quickly till he reached the part that connected two carts, the fresh air from the night was freezing. He jumped to the roof, it would be easier to set his katana there instead of a cart.

After getting his weapon out and throwing the case on the nearby rice field, he sat down on the roof and began to concentrate. A demon moon was on the train, hiding somewhere and killing people. To reach that level it should have at least eaten 50 humans or a marechi but would it attack knowing there’s a hashira on board?

‘Let’s see what you are made of, demon’. The sheath of his katana rested on the belt of the hakama while the blood red weapon rested on his right hand.

Meanwhile, with the demon slayers, the tickets had been punched and the conductor stared at the empty seat “There was a man sitting here, where is he?” his voice sounded tired and annoyed. 

“We don’t know, He left a moment ago, he said he would set his luggage on the right cart” Zenitsu spoke as the train conductor punched his ticket, maybe F/n-san went to take air or to get away from them, they were not someone a normal person would interact with if given the change after all, especially Inosuke and The Rengoku guy.

As the conductor walked out of the cart, the train shook violently

It was coming from the roofs of the carts, as if an earthquake had shaken the entire place at the same time.

“EHHHH, what was that sound???” Zenitsu grabbed onto Tanjiro’s haori as Inosuke got his head out of the window to look outside. “Inosuke, get back here you can fall!” Tanjiro raised his voice as he tried to free himself from Zenitsu’s hold

“SOMETHING IS ON THE TRA-” Kyojuro grabbed Inosuke by the pants and stopped him from falling out, the front of his mask was covered in blood, Zenitsu stopped for a moment while Tanjiro stared at his friend.

“Blood? Did someone get hurt?” Zenitsu looked at Inosuke and began to cry and shield himself behind Tanjiro while Kyojuro stayed silent analysing the blood that covered Inosuke before shouting “Young blonde, This is demon blood!! And it’s turning to dust, so someone or something must have killed it!” The flame hashira looked at the younger slayers “Did someone else come with you?” His smile never faded even when they could sense some form of surprise from his words.

The three looked at each other while saying no with their heads, they didn’t remember any slayer getting on the train with them,and they didn’t see anyone carrying a weapon. “I don’t remember anyone that got on the train with a weapon except us” Tanjiro tried to remember anyone suspicious while they ran to get on the train but he couldn’t recall anyone at all.

‘That guy, the one sitting with you surely looked suspicious, but he wasn’t carrying a weapon’ Zenitsu stared at Kyojuro while he sat down, trying to remember what L/n-san’s sound was like, it wasn’t like anything he had heard before.

Just as they were thinking, Y/n returned to the cart and sat and stared at them “May I ask why is Hashibira-kun covered in blood?, is he ok?” The slayers stared at Y/n, somehow he had changed his clothes, from head to toe in that little frame of time.

“He’s ok L/n-san! Are you ok?” Kyojuro took a look at Y/n as he placed his hand on the other man’s shoulder, “Yes Rengoku-san, I’m fine, I just needed to place my bags on the right cart, do not worry” 

Y/n placed his hand on top of Kyojuro’s as he grabbed it and squeezed on his “You are very caring Rengoku-san”

And with that small gesture, the flame hashira was being engulfed in flames (ironic, isn’t it?), his entire body felt hotter than normal and he felt his face getting redder by the second.

Interrupting the moment between the two men, Inosuke walked up to Y/n and began to shout “WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO ATTRACT WITH YOUR FUR? YOU FANCY FOX” he pointed his finger at the man as Y/n looked at the boar boy with a confused expression “Hashibira-san, I assure you I’m not a fox, nor am I trying to attract anybody on this train” He closed his eyes and laughed softly at the kid, Tanjiro smelled annoyance coming off the man, like Inosuke had said something one shouldn’t even think about, “Inosuke, didn’t you say that you wanted to look at the rice fields? Come here” Zenitsu grabbed Inosuke and got his attention to the nearby window. He looked back at Tanjiro ‘Zenitsu may be a coward but that look wasn’t good, it’s almost like he’s nervous, frightened even, was it because L/n-san?’

“I see you came back sir, let me see your ticket” Y/n looked at the man up and down and gave him the ticket he had gotten at the station.

Y/n’s POV

He either doesn’t get any sleep or he wants to kill himself, probably both.

He gave me back my ticket and I put it on one of the inner pockets of my kimono, the man left and I looked back at Rengoku, he had a serious look on his space while staring at the box where Kamado’s sister was, with a quick glance he turned around, he was throwing daggers at my soul “L/N-san!, did you happen to see or hear anything while you were away?”

‘Shit, does he suspect something?’

“Other than the slight tremble? I don’t think so Rengoku-san, did something happen while I was gone?” I said while looking concerned, I looked back at the boar boy and the kamado kid, more specifically at their weapons “Is there a demon here?” Faking your personality is one thing, managing it to make it believable is another.

They don’t suspect anything, and if they do, they don’t have any solid argument to confront me with, they cannot see my Katana, I don’t reek of blood either.

Evading the fact that I made the train almost derail because of a technique, everything else should still be covering me up. (Don’t blame me, reader. I wanted to be flashy.)

“No, nothing happened, you are not to worry, I would prefer if you stayed close to me right now, L/n-san!” Rengoku was quick to sit next to me and put his arm around my shoulders, clearly this guy hasn’t even kissed someone before…

“oh, I see, do not worry, I will stay close to you, Rengoku-san” If I had a coin for every lie I have told tonight, I would have enough to buy a house.

A while later my eyes felt heavy, I looked around and The slayer kids were deep in sleep, Rengoku was falling asleep on my shoulder, did I rest enough last night? 

I shouldn’t close my eyes…

My mission is to find the moon demon and kill it

 I cannot close my eyes…

3RD PERSON POV

Enmu stood on top of the train, he let out a shaky breath as he touched his face, “They are deep in sleep now, to be able to die while dying, how lucky they are, no matter if they are slayers or hunters, doesn’t matter how strong they are, a human’s driving force is the heart and their souls, now they just have to shatter it”

The sleep demon spun around and continued to talk “they are so weak, so fragile, just like dolls, thank you lord Muzan for this wonderful opportunity~”

The small children made their way to the slayers that were asleep, they had heard that there was a change of plans from the demon, who has now beside them walking slowly, “You see, I didn’t take into account the new one travelling with them, you don’t need to worry, I will destroy his core”

“Do not fail me, I will grant you sweet dreams if you follow my orders, remember what I told you~” Enmu helped each kid to tie the rope to their wrists and he took Y/n onto his arms and walked away

“Let’s see how you figured out about the decoy I sent~” He planted the hunter’s body down on one of the empty carts as he closed the entrance with his own flesh.

Y/n’s POV

Ok, maybe sleeping for a while isn’t that bad, and what’s better it’s that it’s a blank void all around, that’s a small benefit of not being able to dream at all, I can control anything that comes and goes into this place.

Let’s begin with a mountain, and a waterfall with some trees here and there, grass and flowers, moon high up in the sky, wisteria and jacaranda trees swaying with the wind.

balanced as everything should be.

But, something is walking around

Someone is trying to figure out why things are moving.

Where is that pesky demon hiding?

Enmu’s POV

Ehh~, Something is wrong with this place, it changes as soon as I move, as if the person was controlling everything, my blood demon art should have disabled it~

I’ll make my way to the edge of the dream and destroy the core, it won’t be difficult, I’ve done it so many times that it’s child’s play for me~

10 minutes of walking

Ok, this place is definitely weird, being concentrated in fusing my body with the train while working on finding the edge of this dream is a pain…

This is frustrating, even more than dealing with slayers in the real world, this place is non ending, and when I finally find a place close to the edge, it moves away just as quickly, it is as if someone is moving the dream all along.

Wait, why is the floor trembling?-

“Hey there my darling demon, how are you doing?~” someone got their hands on my shoulders, I tried to move away from them but I cannot, I cannot move.

I tried to get off the dream but something is preventing me from doing so, no

Not something, it’s-

“Why are you trying to run away from me? That hurts Enmu~” how does he know my name?.

I could hear heels moving, and then I saw him, a full on demon, a kitsune standing in front of me, slits for pupils, long nails, tail and ears, that wasn’t a human.

“Enmu~ I want to show you something, I’ll close your eyes for a minute~” He covered my eyes and I felt everything shifting, I felt sick.

3RD PERSON POV

When Y/n uncovered Enmu’s eyes, he could see thousands, if not millions of miles of blue spider lilies, just the flower lord Muzan was looking for, there, on this hunter’s dream “funny, isn’t it?, the flower is here, you will never reach it though, you can stare at it as much as you want” In a second, he felt his body getting strung, his limbs hurt and he was drowning, “You never try to mess with my missions, This place and what you saw will be our little secret, right Enmu?~” Y/n left a soft peck on the demon’s lips as blood continued to flood the whole dream.

And Y/n opened his eyes.

“This is so absurd, a sleep demon captured in my dream and the slayers are sleeping, I better find the main body so I can go back home” Y/n shook his head as he looked for his katana, it was thrown off to the side, he picked up and began to walk back to the cart.

The whole train was filled with flesh tendons covering the passengers, whenever they tried to attract Y/n, he would attack back and free the people, maybe Enmu was still somewhat conscious and trying to stop him.

When Y/n arrived at the cart where the slayers were, he closed the door behind him and pointed his katana at the demon girl kneeling in front of the kamado kid, “Nezuko Kamado right?, I’m not gonna hurt you, have you seen the demon that caused all this mess?” She backed off and opened her arms to protect her brother, Y/n kneeled at her level and began to speak “I’m not gonna hurt any human here, I don’t have any intention of hurting you either, I just need to know if you have seen the demon”.

She shook her head as she pointed to the rope on her brother’s wrist, “You want me to help you brother right?” and she nodded, “I don’t think cutting the rope will help them, we have to be cautious with blood demon arts y’know?” Nezuko looked at her brother and tried to shake him to wake Tanjiro up.

“I’ll look for the demon, you stay here and take care of them, Nezuko” Y/n gave her a head pad and began to walk back to the front of the train, the back of the train had less people than the front, if a demon were to eat, they would begin eating, it would be were most people were.

At the union from cart to cart, Y/n jumped to the roof of the train and saw Enmu on the front. “How nice, you escaped my mind, how was it, Enmu?” the demon turned around and began to laugh, “Ahh~, you are not a common human, are you, Hunter? It was a clever idea to try and trap me in your dream, but going back to check on the slayers was a mistake, was it not?~” Enmu laughed as he began to rise his hand “You are going to have a not so pleasant dream for doing what you did~”

“Blood demon art: Whispers of forced unconscious hypnosis, now go back to sleep~” 

“Blood breathing: Second Form: Decadence Needle” Y/n dashed across the roofs of the carts and stabbed Enmu on the chest where his heart would be, then made a vertical cut to sever the arm where the mouth was, Enmu backed off while regenerating his arm, “Too slow, how did you become a lower moon with that speed?” The hunter scoffed at the demon.

Until a finger touched his shoulder “Behind you~” With a click, Y/n fell asleep and fell off of the roof, “It was fun while it lasted, little hunter~” Enmu turned around and went back to breathing deeply “The air of the night feels lighter, it’s a perfect night to die while peacefully dreaming~”

Enmu breathed deeply till he felt sick, like air had been pulled from out of his lungs, his face began to crack and fall apart “I see, I see~” the demon fell onto his knees and began to choke on the air, “Aren’t you full of tricks, little hunter?~”

Tanjiro stared at the demon who was on his knees while coughing, the stench that reeked of the ticket led him to the roofs to find it, Enmu turned around and began to talk while regenerating his jaw, “What? You’re awake as well, you caught me while regenerating, why don’t you go back to sleep?~”

“Why did you wake up? That little friend of yours had a good shot to behead me but he fell, were you not satisfied with the dream I showed you?” Enmu got up and began to stare at Tanjiro, his face looked like tiny cracks were forming from his neck, “Let’s see~ Next time I’ll show you a dream where your dad comes back to life, that would be nice, wouldn’t it?~” Tanjiro clenched his face and began to breathe slowly, he had seen the eyes of the demon, it was a lower moon, lower moon 1 nonetheless.

The fight was heated, Tanjiro killed himself over and over in order to escape the blood demon art while Enmu dodged his way out of every attack, ‘Even in the middle of a dream, it’s incredible, to take his own life with his own hands, that takes incredible will power, this brat is insane!’

While those two were fighting, Y/n climbed to the roofs once again, that cursed demon made him fall asleep in the middle of a fight, he readied his katana once more, “Blood breathing:Fifth Form: Annihilation Typhoon” With exploding force, Y/n dashed forward while holding his katana ready to cut the demon’s head, the body of the kid was about to fall and he needed to grab him and behead the demon at the same time.

With a single slash, Enmu’s head had fallen to the side while Y/n grabbed Tanjiro and covered him with his body. “Thank you for holding him off while I woke up, kid” Tanjiro was on his knees looking at Y/n, it was like the man was a different person, shielding him while being ready to fight the demon, “Let’s not talk about this, Let’s defeat this thing and go our separate ways” Tanjiro nodded and readied his sword, “This is not over yet”.

“I can totally see why he ordered me to kill you, the boy with the earrings, along with the hashira, but the hunter messed up my plans, you both couldn’t be more irritating, you know!~” From Enmu’s head, a thick mass of flesh formed around the cart, it was disgusting “How’s he alive?! You severed his head off!” Tanjiro was appalled by the side, a demon holding head back together after cutting it off? 

“Demon moons are powerful, never trust that they will die that easily, kid” Y/n  shielded Tanjiro while Enmu spoke “I fused my whole body with this train while everyone was sleeping, that body is nothing but a mere decoy, it’s the same with this head, in other words, I’m going to devour every single person on this train, they are both my meal and my hostages~” Y/n snickered and ran towards the head “Blood breathing:Third Form: Withering Blossom” When it was about to strike, Enmu’s head was gone, back to the train.

With a single scuff, Y/n began to walk back to Tanjiro, the kid was looking at the floor with a concerned expression “Go wake up your friends and the hashira, I’ll take care of the demon” The hunter jumped back to the carts while Tanjiro followed him “Thank you for saving me back there, are you sure you can handle the demon, F/n-san?!” Y/n just nodded and began to walk to the front of the train, leaving Tanjiro alone on the roofs, soon after Inosuke punched the roof and joined him “Follow me, damn minions alright!, Lord Inosuke’s comin’ through!” Inosuke jumped back to the cart “Beast breathing: Fifth Fang: Crazy cutting!”

While Tanjiro and Inosuke defended the middle carts, Zenitsu managed to wake up to defend Nezuko, Y/n was making his way towards the front of the train while defending the sleeping passengers “This demon is sure annoying, intelligent but annoying” The hunter stuck one of the needles on the flesh and retrieved it “He has a lot of that man’s blood, makes sense considering the situation”

Something shook the entire train, Tanjiro was on the floor holding himself “What was that?! A demon attack?”, “YOUNG KAMADO! I was pretty thorough while slashing my way here, it should the demon a while to regenerate, I’ll try to keep it short, The train has eight cars in total, I’ll protect the five on the back, the yellow kid and your sister will take care of the rest, you and the boar kid will look for the head and keep an eye on those three cars!” Tanjiro looked at Kyojuro with a shocked expression, “A head?, but-”, “Don’t forget that every demon has a head, it doesn’t matter which form they assume, I’ll look for the head as well, I want you to show me how great of a slayer you are!”, “WAIT, RENGOKU-SAN TH-” Tanjiro couldn’t finish the sentence because Kyojuro was long gone, that was some impressive speed, just like F/n-san!

Was F/n-san a hashira as well? The man looked way more experienced than him or his friends, the way he moved made him remember Tomioka-san, even the calmness while killing the demon was unfazed, they both were so impressive!

Y/n had found the front of the train, and the man who was guarding it, the demon’s head had to be there, otherwise it would be covered with meat like the rest of the train. “Move, I don’t intend to harm you but, if you don’t move, I’ll murder you right here” His words were cold while he stared at that man who refused to acknowledge him. “Blood breathing:First Form: Scarlet Slash” The attack uncovered the neck bone of Enmu, who was trying to regenerate and cover that spot “Blood breathing:Sixth Form: Crimson Waltz” every tendril was decaying as Y/n slashed them, the blood mixed with poison made the regeneration slower, making it easier to behead the demon, when he was about to perform another blood breathing technique, Inosuke and Tanjiro jumped in the cart and began to aid him “INOSUKE, DEFEND HIM WHILE HE CUTS THE NECK”, “WHO ARE YOU TO SAY ORDERS TO THE GREAT LORD INOSUKE, EHHH GOMPANCHIRO?!”.

While they defended the cart, The conductor made his way towards Inosuke and was about to stab him, Tanjiro ran as fast as he could, taking the hit for his friend while knocking out the man.

Both the demon slayers and the conductor were lifted on the air, they continued to fight while Y/n cut tendril after tendril to sever the neck bone, uncovering it while the poison made it hard for Enmu to regenerate.

“Blood breathing:First Form: Scarlet Slash” With a swift cut, he had severed the demon’s neck and it began to derail, Enmu tried his best to regenerate his neck and eat the passengers as fast as he could with minimal result ‘Fuck, this place is going to collapse…’ The hunter jumped to grab the slayers and braced himself to the train in order to not fly away “GRAB YOURSELVES LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT” Tanjiro hugged his chest while Inosuke grabbed onto Tanjiro “WAIT, WHO IS THIS MAN, GOMPANCHIRO?!”

The train had derailed and the carts were a mess, Y/n placed Tanjiro on the floor as he began to look for people that were injured near the front of the train.

“You’re still alive huh?, disintegrating slowly, dying slowly” Y/n stomped what remained of Enmu with this Sandal “You are worth nothing, go to hell and redeem yourself, say hi to Kibutsuji while you do.” Those eyes looked back at the man who had killed him, looking down like he was staring at the lowest trash one could imagine “THAT FLOWER, HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THA-” Y/N only stared back at Enmu as he disintegrated.

Meanwhile Tanjiro was resting on the floor while Kyojuro stared at him “IMPRESSIVE, impressive!”, “Constant is the first step to becoming a hashira! There are another 10000 steps to become one after that one!” Tanjiro stared right back at the man. “You have to concentrate harder and improve the precision of your breathing. There's a blood vessel, a torn one, concentrate harder and find it!, stanch it and stop the bleeding, Focus!”

Tanjiro was in pain, a lot of pain, while the hashira tended to him and explained to him about constant breathing and how it helped in every situation one could imagine.

They continued to talk about the people till the earth shook, Y/n felt a cold sweat form on his neck as he ran towards both the slayers, Kyojuro turned around when he felt the presence, a horrid and blood thirsty presence.

Y/n saw it, he saw his eyes, an upper moon was there, staring at the hashira, Kyojuro had his hand around the Tsuka of his sword, ready to unleash an attack. He murmured under his breath “Damn him, an upper moon now?...” Y/n readied his own sword and waited for any of the two to attack, the upper moon hadn’t seen him yet, so he had an advantage over it.

When the upper moon was about to strike Tanjiro, Rengoku readied his sword and prepared himself to strike back- 

“Blood breathing:Fifth Form: Annihilation Typhoon” Y/n had run in front of the hashira and stabbed the upper moon, driving him away from the two slayers, Kyojuro stared at the man while Y/n kept his eyes on the demon, ready to attack once again 

The attack had moved the upper moon a good distance “That’s a sharp Katana” He licked the blood that remained after Y/n managed to cut his entire arm off.

Kyojuro stared at the hunter “Who are you?” Tanjiro could see the shock on the hashira’s eyes, the speed was impressive, he didn’t even see when F/n-san had cut in front of them.

Y/n didn’t even look at Kyojuro, instead he stared daggers at the demon “If you want to harm anyone here, you will do so over my dead body.” His words were covered in ice “Why go for the injured one if you had a hashira in front of you?”

The upper moon giggled “I wasn’t aiming for you, yet you managed to protect both the hashira and that kid, you are quick, aren’t you?” 

Y/n continued to stare at the demon “Thank you for the compliment, but that doesn’t answer my question.” The hunter saw Kyojuro and the Kamado kid who he was protecting, battling an upper moon while protecting two people would be a challenge.

“You’re welcome, You see, I loathe weak humans, the sight of a weakling makes my skin crawl” The upper moon said with a smile, he had never stopped smiling

“And you wanted to dispose of the injured one I see, so he wouldn’t interrupt you while you fought someone you deemed strong?” The hunter's words were cold, without emotion as he kept his eyes on the demon, waiting for it to attack.

“You’re right, well you see, I have a brilliant proposal for you, why don’t you become a demon, just like me”

“No, thank you”

“I can tell your strength with only looking at you, my original plan was to offer it to the hashira you are protecting, but you are way more polished than he is, your fighting spirit has been honed to the hilt, it’s almost blinding to look at, perhaps you are a hashira as well?” His eyes were locked on Y/n body as he spoke back

“My name is L/n Y/n, I’m the Lord of blood, I’m not a hashira.” Y/n words were covered in poison as he said the word hashira. Kyojuro and Tanjiro stared at the man who had lied about his name, who was now talking to an upper moon in front of them.

If he had lied about something as precious as one’s name, what else was a lie?

“The name’s Akaza, Y/n. Let me tell you why you can’t enter the realm of the highest” The demon cracked his knuckles

“You are a human, you are going to age and then you are going to die, Become a demon Y/n” Akaza offered his hand to Y/n as he continued to spoke “Do that and you can train for a hundreds of years, you will become stronger that you are right now”

Rengoku interrupted him “You are wrong, Both growing old and dying are part of the beauty of being an ephemeral creature like humans, the fact that we age and die are what makes humans life so unbearably precious and noble, Strength isn’t a word just used to describe the body, the boy isn’t weak, don’t insult him!”

Y/n flashed a smile at Kyojuro and giggled while returning to look at Akaza “I couldn’t have said it better, thank you for the words Kyojuro but, This is between me and Akaza”

“I’ll have to reject your offer, I’m sorry!”

“I see”

“Technique Development: Destructive Death: Compass Needle!”

The earth shook as the three men looked at the demon, a huge snowflake began to appear under him. ‘This isn’t going to be easy…’

 “if you don’t want to become a demon,

Then die.”

Akaza ran towards Y/n as he looked at the upper moon and counter attacked every hit with his sword, their speed was impressive, Tanjiro and Kyojuro were in shock as they saw the flashes of blue and deep crimson, The young slayer couldn’t see even their forms while Rengoku found it difficult to see the details.

“There were never any Lords Among the people I’ve killed, Nor have I seen any blood breathing user until now, no one took me up on my offer, either!” Akaza was talking while Y/n focused on defending the slayers and trying not to die.

“Why do you think that is? Y/n?” The hunter didn’t say anything and continued to stare at the demon with a blank expression. “As a fellow martial artist, I don’t get it!!” Y/n’s sword was against Akaza’s arm, stopping him from harming him.

“Should I harm the hashira to make you accept my offer? You seem quite fond of him” Akaza’s arm was sliced off as Y/n kicked him to make space between them.

“I SAID IT, YOU ARE GOING TO HARM HIM OVER MY DEAD BODY” Y/n ran towards Akaza and dived under the demon to kick him on the air

“Destructive Death: Air type” With a punch on the air, Y/n had taken the hit on his ribs as he covered his face with the blade, every punch was aimed towards his ribs and head, trying to end him.

‘This guy surely is strong, damn’  Y/n readied his sword as he breathed in, “Blood breathing:Seventh Form: Blood Frenzy” With every punch, Y/n took impulse and dashed toward Akaza, covering the hits with his Katana.

‘I have to cover or to attack back, he’s really fast’  Y/n thought as he continued to dash from the attacks to try and get closer to Akaza ‘I have to get close or I won’t be able to get close to beheading him, and I have to protect the kid and Kyojuro as well’

“Blood breathing:Second Form: Decadence Needle” Y/n had managed to get close enough to stab Akaza on the neck from Below, making him jump and retreat.

‘They are so fast, I cannot keep up with them!’ Tanjiro was looking at the battle with wide open eyes, he looked back at Kyojuro, who was staring as well, looking at both the men fighting while keeping his hand ready on the tsuka of his katana ‘why isn’t Rengoku-san helping him?’

“That superb speed of yours sure is something! Those breathtaking sword forms will be lost too when you die Y/n!” Akaza was blocking every stab, every slash of the Katana while Y/n concentrated on trying to cut his head.

“Doesn’t that make you sad? Losing your own breathing style and strength due to ageing!”

 “Maybe in a few years, right now I’m grateful for being able to use it against you!”

Inosuke had arrived “WHY ISN’T THE OWL MAN HELPING THE FOX? WE SHOULD HELP THEM!” Tanjiro began to stand up and Kyojuro began to unsheathe his sword.

“STAY WHERE YOU ARE, DON’T EVEN THINK OF COMING HERE, YOU’LL ALL DIE IF YOU TRY TO BATTLE HIM!” Y/n shouted as he continued to stab and cut Akaza, getting hit in the process but not even flinching at the pain.

“COME ON Y/N, GIVE ME YOUR BEST SHOT!” Y/n kicked Akaza while supporting himself on his sword ‘shit, my broken ribs are not helping’ 

“Concentrate on me right now, or else I will kill that hashira and the rest of the slay-” “You won’t harm any of them while I’m alive, Akaza” 

 “Blood breathing:Fifth Form: Annihilation Typhoon” The sheer force of the attack propelled Akaza into the forest with great force.

Kyojuro looked back at Y/n, his face hadn’t changed, still cold and black while he waited for the demon to retur- ‘what’s that?’ on the hunter’s cheeks rested marks, resembling the ones a kitsune would have when turning into a human ‘that wasn’t there earlier…’

Y/n dashed into the forest and the slayers lost track of him, until a large crater formed onto the side of the rails “L/N-SAN!” Tanjiro shouted while he tried to go towards the hunter “Stay Gompanchiro, if you go there, the man with the stripes is sure to murder you!” Inosuke grabbed him, he had sensed something was wrong with both the demon and hunter, something was off about those two and he couldn’t even pinpoint what it was, it made the hairs on his neck stand up, they were scary.

Y/n stood up and breathed in while looking at the forest ‘shit, he hit me hard on the ribs…’ Akaza walked up to the hunter and stood his ground “Become a demon Y/n, we can fight and get stronger for all of eternity, you are perfect!”

“I already told you, I’ll pass the offer, I don’t plan to be a servant for Kibutsuji even if I get to live longer!” Y/n laughed at Akaza “Fighting with you is certainly fun! But fun things get boring if you do them too often!”

“Blood breathing:Third Form: Withering Blossom” Y/n ran towards the demon and jumped when Akaza tried to hit him on the chest, the hunter got his sword almost in Akaza’s neck when he was kicked away.

Y/n fell close to Kyojuro, his breathing becoming heavier, blood fell from his mouth.

Supporting himself with his katana Y/n stood up and made his way back to the demon.

“YOU ALMOST HAD IT THERE! BUT YOU STILL DON’T GET IT, YOU WILL GET MORE TIRED AFTER EVERY ATTACK, YOU WILL DIE BEFORE YOU CAN CUT MY NECK!”

Akaza punched Y/n on the face, cutting him right above the eye, while he tried to get close to attack again ‘The sunrise is close, I only have to hold him up till then!’ Y/n dove under Akaza’s fists.

“Blood breathing:Sixth Form: Crimson Waltz” He began to stab Akaza on various points, Including the back of his neck and legs, ‘that will make him slower for a bit, I need to cut his head off!’

“Too slow” Akaza had punched him in the abdomen again, making Y/n stumble back.

“You should defend your chest, your limbs are quick and you leave no opening to hit you in the head but, your ribs are exposed, I already broke 5!”

“Thank you for the advice! Blood breathing:First Form: Scarlet Slash!” Y/n managed to lodge his swords on Akaza’s neck and began to push it.

“Disorder!” Akaza backed off while the punches began to go towards Y/n “Blood breathing:Seventh Form: Blood Frenzy!” Every slash of the Katana began to destroy the technique and allowed Y/n to get close to Akaza, cutting both of his arms off.

“You look like a fox right now, those marks on your face weren’t there, were they?” Akaza looked at Y/n with fascination, the hunter had blood on his lips and chin, internal bleeding making it hard to breathe “Don’t die on me, little fox!”

“Every stab and slash that you have made on me is disappearing already, but what about you?” Y/n fell onto his knees.

Tanjiro was shocked ‘Even talented people like him have a difficult time battling an upper moon, will I ever reach that level?...’

Akaza turned his head while watching him “You have more than 10 ribs broken, the muscles on your left leg are torn to shreds, your left arm is sprained, you are bleeding internally, all of that is irreparable”

The slayers skipped a heartbeat, how was Y/n able to fight in those conditions? He was standing there, protecting them while battling an upper moon.

“Become a demon and you will heal in the blink of an eye, those injuries will be less than scratches, fight me all that you can, but you will never beat me, you will fail to protect the hashira and the kids.” His words were laced with venom.

The hunter used his sword as support to stand, “your offer is interesting but, I was sent here on a mission, this was fun, but I have to protect them”

“You don’t get it right? I promised to someone I care that I would protect them, I don’t even knew any of them before this night” Y/n coughed blood while he looked at the demon

“I’d rather commit seppuku than letting any of them die, Akaza” 

Y/n looked at the demon while pointing his sword at him, he smiled and shouted

“I WON’T BREAK MY OATH! NOT A SINGLE PERSON WILL DIE ON MY WATCH!”

‘Sunrise is close, I have to pin him so he can die or hurt him enough so he will retreat…’

Akaza saw how Y/n fighting spirited flared up, it looked like blood was floating from his body, an immense aura surrounded him, something about it felt familiar, an aura that told him to shut up and submit to someone, similar to him when he called his name.

“Let’s see what you have, Y/n!” Akaza stood his ground and prepared his next attack. “YOU ARE PERFECT FOR IT, BECOME A DEMON AND WE WILL FIGHT EACH OTHER FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY!”

‘If I manage to land this, I will most likely die but Kyojuro or the sun will be able to finish him’

“YOU WON’T HURT ANYONE HERE, I WILL KILL YOU BEFORE YOU DO!”

“DESTRUCTIVE DEATH: ANNIHILATION TYPE!”

“BLOOD BREATHING: EIGHT FORM: ABYSSAL OUTBURST!”

Y/n Dashed past the ground and ran towards Akaza, while the demon opened his palms to receive the attack.

Everything went white.

RENGOKU’S POV

They moved so fast, it was like thunder struck the earth and blinded me. The next moment I could see Y/n stab the demon on the head and release his sword, an explosion like nothing I had ever been engulfed both of them.

3rd PERSON POV

No one could hear anything, it was like earth had stopped moving for a second, dust began to dissipate as it uncovered the scene.

“Y/n-sa-” Tanjiro swallowed air and covered his mouth.

Y/n was being grabbed from the neck, not moving while Akaza was regenerating what was left of his head, it was gruesome to see, half a cranium regenerating while the body of Y/n was on his arm.

“YOU ARE A CHEATER, USING POISON TO ATTACK IS NOTHING BUT A LOW LIFE’S TECHNIQUE! YOU DON’T DESERVE TO BECOME A DEMON WITH THOSE COWARDLY TECHNIQUES!”

They could see how on Y/n’s hand was the broken piece of the tsuka, he was holding it tightly.

“ESOTERIC FORM: NINTH FORM: RENGOKU!”

Kyojuro dived in front of Akaza while he was still regenerating, with incredible force he stabbed him on the abdomen, just to adjust his katana and cut him upwards.

“WHAT HAPPENED?” Inosuke stared at the scene while Tanjiro tried to stand up

Rengoku had managed to make Akaza release Y/n while he kept pushing his katana to cut the demon’s neck, focusing on that

Akaza was about to punch him through the solar plexus when a hand grabbed him into place

“You won’t kill him.” Y/n was grabbing Akaza with all of his force, he had a broken arm, leg and most of his ribs, but still had the force to hold the demon into place.

“NOW GO, HELP US TO CUT HIS HEAD, SUNRISE IS NEAR!” Y/n looked at Tanjiro as he ran towards them, Inosuke grabbed both of his swords and began to sprint.

“GET OUT OF MY WAY, LET GO!” Akaza was trying to stop Kyojuro and Y/n at the same time, Y/n holding him in place and Kyojuro pushing his sword in his neck.

But it wasn’t enough, Akaza cut his arm off and tried to punch Kyojuro, Y/n dove in front of him and took the hit on his spine.

‘RUN AWAY, YOU HAVE TO RUN’ Akaza dove into the forest to escape sunlight while Tanjiro chased soon after, his feet were slow, his whole body was slow ‘THAT DAMN POISON, I HAVE TO FIND COVER’

Tanjiro threw his sword at him, it pierced him right through the heart “DON’T RUN, DON’T RUN AWAY YOU COWARD!”

‘What the hell is this kid talking about?I'm not running away from you, I’m running away from the sun. The battle is already over, that damned man will die from blood loss or the attack on his spine!’

Tanjiro continued to shout at the demon “WE FIGHT YOU WHERE YOU HAVE ADVANTAGE, OUR WOUNDS DON’T CLOSE UP EASILY, WE CANNOT REGENERATE A LIMB ONCE WE LOSE IT, DON’T RUN AWAY YOU BASTARD, COWARD! L/N IS WAY MORE AMAZING THAN YOU, SO IS RENGOKU!, THEY DIDN’T LOSE, L/N DIDN’T LET ANYONE DIE, HE FOUGHT TO THE END, HE PROTECTED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US, YOU LOST, L/N AND RENGOKU WON!”

Inosuke was staring at Tanjiro while he cried, Kyojuro stared at him while holding Y/n on his arms, the man was closing his eyes, blood was coming from his mouth, his clothes were covered in blood, a broken arm and leg and the blood was rushing out of his body.

There was too much blood.

“Listen Y/n, you cannot close your eyes! You heard what the young Kamado said, you won! Breathe while help arrives!” Kyojuro rested Y/n on the ground and looked at Tanjiro

“Stop yelling, You’ll reopen that wound, You’re badly injured too, remember?, if you die, it would mean that Y/n is the loser” Kyojuro began to rip his own uniform to stop the bleeding in the worst areas.

“Now come here and help me with him, we need to stop his bleeding and stabilise him while the kakushi arrive, you as well Boar boy”

Tanjiro rushed to the the hashira’s side while Inosuke looked for cloth to stop the bleeding, Rengoku was trying to see what was  damaged and alleviate the pain in those areas “Don’t die now, I still owe you that meal I promised”

Y/n’s POV

They are alive, none of them are badly injured.

Miroku is most likely watching somewhere,

he will tell Heika-sama about the upper moon

Did I succeed in my mission, Heika-sama?

[bgunphoenix]

𝕿𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 ⌞𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛⌝

Breathing Style for the protagonist

Thank you for following this series! the third chapter will be published in less than a week, keep on reading for the fight with Akaza and Enmu next chapter!

[bgunphoenix]

𝕿𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 ⌞𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛⌝

Wattpad Book

Chapter 1

As soon as Y/n arrived in his room, he made sure that everything he needed was there already, his custom uniform of red and black colours, money to cover the train ticket, blood collecting needles and his sheathed katana.

He got ready and left the room, it was around 10 pm when he made his way to the back garden of the tea house, a small prick on the needle was all he needed for it to fill to the brim with his blood, taking short steps with his geta as the something on the tree began to move.

“LORD L/n! I missed you so much!” the demoness jumped at the sight of her favourite demon hunter. Her name was Aoyama Kazue, a girl who was turned to a demon at the age of 14, and had been working for the demon hunters since then, she had been welcomed in when a Lord (the equivalent of a hashira) had seen that her blood demon art allowed her to create a subspace where you could cut distances, for that, the demon hunter draws their own blood with a needle and stabs it onto a special kind of tree that acts as a portal. “I need you to take me near tokyo, close to a train station, but not that close” Y/n spoke as he handed her his blood for her to drink and use her blood demon art. “Yes Lord L/n! I'll take you there, do you need me to take you back as well?” She walked up to the tree as it began to uncurl to reveal a forest behind it, it was nighttime there “I’ll call you if I need your help, let’s go Kazue” He patted her on the head and began walking.

Meanwhile, Rengoku Kyojuro was waiting on the train station for the mugen train to be ready, the demon he had slayed the last night was but a mere distraction for the real danger that lurked on that place, it was around 8am, the sun shined on the horizon and the place was calm, he was eating one of the bentos he had bought from the lady and granddaughter. 

“UMAI” Kyojuro said which each bite he took, the rice and beef were a good combination for a bento, and he still had around 20 to eat later so it would be a feast for him!. 

RENGOKU’S POV

“That’s a nice bento, isn’t it?” a voice said behind me, wait, behind me?? I turned around to find a male on a expensive looking hakama pants and a hakamashita with a untied kimono, H/c and radiant E/c. “Yes! It is a nice bento! Who may you be?” looking down I could see high geta sandals, he shouldn’t be able to get behind me even with my dense hearing, I didn’t get alerted by his presence at all.

“My name is L/n F/n (Fake name) nice to meet you, what’s your name?” L/n sat on the other side of the bench while he placed his bag in front of his legs. He wasn’t a demon because he was in full contact with sunlight and he didn’t look like a demon at all.

“Nice to meet you as well L/n-San, my name is Rengoku Kyojuro!” I shook his hand as he offered it to me and gave him a smile. On his hand he had a boarding ticket that said “mugen train” with red letters. “Are you boarding on the mugen train tonight? Where are you heading?” He looked down at his ticket and looked up again “Yes, I assume you are boarding as well Rengoku-san? I'm going to visit a friend of mine” His voice was calm and relaxed, like the ocean waves. “Yes! I am boarding to slay a demon that has been killing people on the train! I was sent by the demon slayer corps!”

Y/n POV

He’s the Hashira I’m looking for, I doubt Ubuyashiki would sent two hashira on a mission, maybe a kinoe but not two hashira, as soon as he said his name I realised he was one, Rengoku is not a surname that you hear everyday, they are flame wielders, a respected family inside the demon slayer corps and not counting that fact, he has golden buttons on the gakuran, he’s 100% the hashira I was sent to protect. “You are a demon slayer, am I right? That uniform seemed familiar to me” I want him to lower his guard around me so he can trust me better when the time comes. I don’t want to knock him out, that would be a waste of my time.

“Yes! Do you happen to know the demon slayer corps? I’ll protect the train and each one of the passengers on it!” He’s loud. Charming appearance but loud. Maybe he’s hard of hearing so I won’t say anything to him yet. “I do know the demon slayer corps” and now it’s the time for charming. Lady Kichijoten please help me and forgive me for what I’m about to do. 

“Is that so? Thank you so much Rengoku-san” I placed my hand atop of his and gave him the kindest smile I could, an unorthodox but working method. His face had a faint blush on it as I moved one of my fingers to make small circles on the palm of his hand. “DO NOT WORRY, I’LL PROTECT YO- I MEAN i’LL PROTECT EVERYONE ON THE TRAIN” The stutter of his voice was a clear sign that my plan was working, he got up faster than a thunder and began to talk loudly “I’LL FULFIL MY DUTY AS A HASHIRA AND PROTECT THE PEOPLE, DO NOT WORRY L/N-SAN!” he was clearly embarrassed as he said those words.

“Fufu~, how about I treat you to breakfast after the train arrives? That way I can thank you for protecting me and everyone on the train, Rengoku-san~” Man, not even 30 minutes in and this guy is already blushing? Has he ever had a lover? Maybe not.

“THAT WOULD BE DELIGHTFUL L/N-SAN! I’LL LOOK FORWARD TO IT” He was somewhat attractive, his flashy hair and eyes were beautiful, he looked like an owl.

3rd PERSON POV

The conversation between the two men got interrupted when the train tracks began to clack signalling the arrival of the train to the station, “Rengoku-san, it’s time to part away but when the train stops, I’ll wait for you” Y/n gave him a smile and began to walk to the open door in front of him ignoring Kyojuro and making his way to his seat.

To Y/n’s misfortune, it turns out Kyojuro had followed him and now they were sitting in front of each other, the hashira was eating a new bento every 2 minutes while Y/n kept all his attention on all the people passing by to other carts. 

“Rengoku-san, do you happen to enjoy my company? I don’t see why following me would help your mission” The demon hunter spoke with a flirty tone as he looked at the hashira, “I wanted to talk with you! After all, we are to have breakfast after this! You said it yourself!” his tone of voice and cheeriness never faded, that got a smile on Y/n’s face. Thanks to his eating speed, Kyojuro had some rice grains near his lips that he was planning to clean

“Let’s hope I don’t distract you too much on your mission then” Y/n licked his thumb and cleaned the rice stuck on Kyojuro’s face. “I may go poor for how much you’re eating, not that I mind, Men with an appetite are quite cute if I say so myself” with a slight chuckle from Y/n’s lips, the hashira was blushing once again.

After some time waiting for the train to depart, 3 voices from another cart were getting louder, no doubt the slayers that were to accompany Kyojuro on this mission, Y/n thought.

Y/n POV

3 men stood behind Rengoku as he continued to eat, with each bite he took he repeated the word “Umai” loudly, after a while it didn’t bother me anymore, though I couldn’t say the same about the other passengers of the cart.

They were not older than 17, maybe 16 to 15, The first to approach Rengoku was a kid with burgundy hair and a scar on his face, green chequered haori and a box that reaked of a demon, I suppose that was Tanjiro Kamado, the kid who carries his demon sister on his back. “Um, excuse me, Rengoku-san?” With every word he said, Rengoky paid no mind while he continued to eat. “We get that part already” He sounded more tired than anything, while the two other kids behind him were silent.

While Rengoku and Kamado talked I looked at the other two, a blond scared looking kid with a yellow haori and a kid with a boar mask?? Isn’t that a flashy sight to look at, and he was naked on his upper torso. “WHAT YOU LOOKIN’ AT FANCY MAN?” I guess he caught me staring because the next moment he was pointing one of his fingers at me. 

In a moment, all the attention of the 4 slayers was on me, yipee. What mess did I get myself into?

“I’m sorry for my friend over there beautiful lady, he doesn’t have any manners” the blond kid said while trying to push his friend aside. “What’s your name, beautiful lady?” and now he thinks I’m a girl, awesome.

“My name is L/n Y/n, I may be beautiful but I’m not a lady, young man” I got to admit that it was funny seeing his face contort at my revelation.

“Oh, I see” with a defeated look he went to sit down on a nearby chair with the boar kid following him close after. Kamado looked back at me and bowed his head “I’m so sorry for my friends, they don’t mean any harm but they can be quite annoying, my name is Kamado Tanjiro, it’s nice to meet you” I bowed a bit and he continued to talk “Their names are Agatsuma Zenitsu and Hashibira Inosuke, i’m so sorry if they were a bother” at least Kamado has manners.

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The echoes of voices roared through the walls of the house, customers chatting with the girls trying to get their attention, the smell of alcohol wrecked out of every attendant in the facility and it was nauseating. The moon atop of the sky signified that the night was still young and full of life, the lights of yoshiwara made it seem like the day reigned over the district.

The smell of sin and lust was like a perfume to everyone who visited the house, looking to spend time with the girls that lived inside, to talk with them and having the slightest opportunity to bed them for the night. The way that man looked at them made Y/n sick to his stomach, they were workers of course but the men saw them as mere products, just like when predators saw prey while hunting in the wild.

He was yet to receive instructions from the master of the house, maybe it would be a peaceful night of attending customers, chatting and playing the koto or taking part in tea ceremonies. While being a kagema was a safe cover for what the business was, it also came with dangers, people trying to see under his robes, men realising that he was indeed not a woman and yelling at the top of their lungs, rival houses trying to discredit him and the house you worked in and many more but, in the 200 hundred years of existence of the Nishimura teahouse not a single person or demon had been aware of its presence.

As an alternative for the demon slayer corps the teahouse took care of demons and other tasks assigned to them by their so called Heika-sama, men and women from a certain family branch that had special abilities, in various ranges from the age of 8 to 20, who commanded their workers in order to reduce demon numbers in various areas or take care of specific people who paid for their services; while the tea house was a mere cover up to not raise eyes at them, since it was a way to explain the loads of money that entered the state and the loads of people who got out.

All the girls and boys raised in the teahouse excelled at swordsmanship, welding weapons and exterminating demons. But the main difference between the 2 was the ways they operated, while both organisations were not recognized by the government, demon slayers were like a rumour spreading throughout the country, legends of swordsmen hunting demons and protecting people (they even had wisteria houses at their services!) Meanwhile the Nishimura swordsmen (or Demon hunters) were like the wind, roaming all of Japan but never leaving any trace of their existence, some people even called them demon slayers if they happened to see one while killing demons.

The way you enter the demon hunters and the demon slayer corps were wildly different, while in the later you pass a "final selection" and get assigned the lowest of the 10 ranks and you climb your way up, in the demon hunters you get recruited in by specialised people who see your talent at a young age, you get taken away from your family and began your training, they send you on missions with experienced demon hunter who test you and they decided if you pass, if you don't you get back with your family; that's why the numbers of the two organisations are so wildly different. There were more demon slayers than petals in a cherry blossom tree during its blooming, but there were less than 30 demon hunters in all of Japan, men and women dedicated solely in carrying tasks and protecting humanity from demons while also keeping appearances in Yoshiwara.

As the croaks of the raven on the window sill told Y/n that the master required his presence he began to chuckle slightly. "seems like it's not a lovely night to chatter away".

The work uniform for demon hunters consisted on a basic hakamashita with the colour of choice with hakama pants, simple tabi socks and geta sandals, some hunters were more bold and made customised uniforms for themselves, the only requirement the hunters obligated for anyone was to use the specialised cloth that prevented accidents while fighting demons (it was similar to the cloth that demon slayers use for their uniforms!). Y/n's uniform was a twist on the basic uniform,it consisted of a hakamashita of red seigaiha cloth, black hakama pants and a untied kimono with flowy sleeves, all in scales of reds, black and golds, with similar colours of his kagema attire; since if he was battling demons he needed to look cool and feel extravagant while doing so!. (to be honest with you, dear reader, it wasn't the smartest choice, but the most FLAMBOYANT one!).

The inners of the teahouse hosted clients on the front and "sponsors" on the back, while the front is a cover up with the appearance of a normal brothel, the back served as a way to get request from clients or requests from people, most of them offering money to kill a specific demon killing in an area or demons scattered in places the demon slayer corps couldn't reach for some reason. At the back of it all there was a grand room decorated to look like an emperor's room, grand decors, weapons of fallen demon hunters decorating the walls as a way to remember them, names of recognized demon hunters (there were less than 10 on the wall, was it that hard to get on there? Yes, it was). And on an elevated platform sat a female, with black hair and the most beautiful magenta eyes, thought her appearance was covered up with a veil, thanks to the curse that ate her away each day.

"You needed me? Heika-sama" Y/n sat in front of the woman, bowing deeply to her while talking and waiting for a response.

"Indeed, Y/n, you see, last night while I prepared myself to sleep for the night, a grand revelation came upon my person, in around a week a train known as the Mugen Train will part from a station near of Tokyo and will have a 6 hour travel time, while the vision was blurry I was able to see some of the events that will take place on the train and later that night" The woman known as Nishimura Masako spoke.

"Heika-sama, you require my presence on this train for a mission, is that right?" Y/n's voice lowered in respect of his master, the woman who had taken care of him when his parents left him to die years ago.

"Yes, your mission will consist on protecting the passenger of the train, by information we recompiled on it, there are about 200 people on board on a normal train ride" that part wasn't that hard, if the train had moved in the past, it meant that there were less demons on it, maybe that's why the client had seeked them and not the demon slayer co-, Y/n got interrupted "The second part of your mission is to protect the hashira that will be boarding the train, along with the slayers that accompany them, you are to devote yourself to this mission, lay your life to protect all humans on that place and maintain the honour of the demon hunters" and there was the catch, there's always a catch with her.

Y/n's face scrunched up with a frown, protecting a hashira? Those with that title are incredible swordsmen and women, why would they need protection? As he began to twist his head around that second part of the mission, Masako resumed her talk.

"The hashira that will board that train is destined to die by the hands of a demon, and this demon is most likely a member of the twelve kizuki, an upper moon at that" she took a small breath and continued.

"The third part of your mission is to get information about the demon or demons, such as appearance and blood demon art, the more information we have, the better we can prepare to move the pieces on the chess board" her voice was calm but rigid, she has always been like that for as long as he can remember, that didn't falter the faith he had in her. "You are to depart tomorrow night, you will most likely meet the hashira there, do not reveal your identity to anyone, the equipment you will need is being prepared on your room"

She stood up from the platform as Y/n kept his head kneeled to her "Do not die on this mission Y/n, the hunters would miss you a lot" she paused and took a breath "I would miss you a lot, little nephew" a soft hand rested on his head and went away soon after.

"I will not let you down Heika-sama" As she left, Y/n got up and made his way to his room, chuckling as he thought of the mission and the hashira that awaited there "Let's see what you are made of, Hashira"

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