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Nezuko kamado deemed worthy and trained under Muichiro tokitou was preparing herself to go to the final selection, she wore her katana on her belt, since she didnt have one of her own Muichiro gave her one of his
Nezuko looks the way the final selection was being held in, she was told by many of the other slayers that it's easy to deafet the demons that were in there, sanemi only took 20 seconds killing each one of them, she was impressed.
Nezuko tries to boost up her confidence refusing to let the fear lower it down, she looks back at Muichiro in hopes maybe he sill give her word of reassurance or cheer her up
All the blue boy did was nod at her, Muichiro felt and saw Nezuko's fear but He was determined in his student, he knew she was too strong to fall in the hands of weak demons like those..and he have zero idea on how to comfort her anyways.
But yet there was this other tiny feeling of him worried. He coudnt feel it though.
Nezuko sighed of course he woudnt give words of reassurance..yet
'this is for my family...'
Nezuko took a deep breath and turns her back on Muichiro
Once she was out of his point of view Muichiro frowned "Good luck Nezuko" he muttered
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Nezuko's footsteps were soft, each step silent. She stared at the wisteria flowers she wowed at how majestic they looked nezuko reached out to one of them, werent they supposed to be out of season?.
Nezuko's soft eyes normally full of gentle warmth held an unsettling calm look, to remain her self she thought of her brother and siblings the fading warmth and protection she once had from her mother before all this started lingered in her mind
Her big brother wasnt here anymore to comfort her. She was, all alone comforting herself. something told her that her brother was alive, somewhere out there..wandering the forests.
nezuko finally reached. it sure was crowded here.
her eyes glanced at a young girl with her ponytail on the side of her head, her aura was calm and elegant and the butterfly clip she wore was pretty.
Nezuko then turns attention to a guy with a odd hairstyle, he had this scar coming from his cheek and reaching the bridge of his nose.
Another one had a rather weird and laughable hair, his hair was yellow and orange, it looks like a mop. his eyes was dark brown. He looks terrified
Finally 2 robotic like voice started "Ohayo everyone, thank you for attending the final selection in this fine evening" they both spoke
"Here on mt fujikasane.the demon slayers kept several captured demons alive, they can not leave this mountain" a white haired child informed with a smile on her face
"That is because wisteria, a flower that demons fear, blooms every year round on the mountains lower half"
"However there is no wisteria beyond this point so there will be demons waiting"
"To pass the final selection you must survive for seven days"
"And now, be on your way" they both bowed
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The sound of grass rustling aggressively were heard, Nezuko sprinted through the dark forest her rigth hand was placed on her katana ready to slash and get into action at any time.
All nezuko thougth of rigth now was survival, nezuko cant deny it but she is a little bit nervous, actually she was very nervous her breath was swallow. She pauses to calm herself down then looks at her surroundings
The kamado's calm self didnt last long when she heard a scream, thinking of danger and them wanting help, nezuko pulls her katana out and bolts to the source of the scream
Her eyes met with a demon holding a man chokehold. the creature prepared to eat it, it opened its mouth but unfortunately for it its meal was interrupted when a women surged forward and delivered a swift kick sending him at a tree, the slayer was free of the demons hold and gasped, nezuko stood protectively infront of them.
The demon hissed at her and took out their claws, they blasted at her with speed, Nezuko moved with Grace her body shifted enough to let the blade whistle, she dodges the attack and swings her blade at his neck, the demon panicked and backs away, his hand gets cut off but not his neck, the demon regenerates its hand and leaps at the slayer now full of anger
With a perception leap nezuko avoided the blow
"Second Form: Eight-Layered Mist" The user delivered eigth quick slashes with each one on top of the other, the demon screamed at the sigth. its body then was cut into 8 pieces
Nezuko quickly slashed at the demons neck before it could regenerate its body, causing him to slowly disintegrate, Nezuko stabbed the blade on his torso making sure its dead before placing it in her belt.
"Phew....are you okay?" Nezuko turned towards the slayer, he nodded and thanked her for saving his life before heading to look for his friend.
Time skip 3 days
Killing those demons and surviving was rather easy for Nezuko at the moment, thanks to her trainer she survived atleast 3 days now
Her stomach growled loudly, oh yeah not to mention she also hasn't eaten in 3 days, the hungry girl thought they would give her food and water or maybe she will find trees full of fruits, unfortunately not she had to survive 7 days with no sunligth,no water, no food and no company, just her and her sword
Nezuko was peacefully walking till she was interrupted by a loud screech. Thinking the worst she turned a corner. her eyes saw a demon..a demon with many and many hands, she gasped when the demon rips apart a slayer alive and eats him, it was the slayer she saved 3 days ago.
Once he was finished he glanced at nezuko
"Well look what we have here, another heart full of fear meal just for me!! My favourite. " The demon of hands claps
"I cant wait to get a taste of you! Ehehhehehe."
Nezuko grinned her teath and puts on her stance. She was more then ready to figth that demon and make it regret for doing that to the poor slayer, nezuko would never spare a demon who laughs while killing a life this way. Especially if it was alive to experience it all.
Nezuko's terrifed face turns into anger, her smile was unsettling very unsettling it would send shivers down to someone's bones and obey her. the demon blinked at her sudden change in reaction
Nezuko scoffs out a laugh
"You must be joking if you think im scared of you. Bring it on. Punk."
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With the other slayer, Genya shinazugawa .
Sanemi and genya were at their usual spare in the midst of it they were having a conversation. Genya, Sanemi's little brother was told about a new slayer and a tsukago he was told about her apearence and personality he thought it was interesting for a girl of 13 years old to be a tsukago.
"So what your saying is ugh!, that she OW! met the demon king himself?" Genya questioned and dodges Sanemi's attack
"Yes idiot. I dont need to repeat myself" Sanemi glared, with the way genya got tired so easily there was no way for him to live if he bumped into a demon with blood demon art in the final selection.
Sanemi will kill whoever hurts his little brother, he doesnt admit it nor show it at all but all the slayers knew he became a demon slayer to protect his brother.
Genya on the other hand just thought his brother hates him, he was saddened by the way he treated him most of the time but he still loves sanemi even with the amount of hits, And he would try anything to make him proud
Even if that mean going against real demons. Wich is why the young guy was at this dark forest all alone with two guns
He cocked his gun and began wandering the forests with a confident smile
'I'll make you proud sanemi!'
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Back to nezuko and the demon.
When nezuko spoke those words the demons laugh immediately faded away, who does this brat think she's talking to?!
"You dare talk to me this way?! You have no chance against me! I killed and ate over 140+ slayers!! For over thousands of years i was stuck in this forsakened place! But atleast i get free food every week! Every one of them was weak all they did was beg and cry for their life."
The more the demon of hands spoke the more anger nezuko felt. She didnt allow the vivid monster to continue his rant and bolted at it
"First Form: Low Clouds, Distant Haze" With a elegant twist of her hand nezuko unleashes eigth sharp slashes every one of them untop eachother. The demon roared and ducked to avoid the slashes from hitting straight to the heart
Nezuko's eyes were fixed on the demons neck, where she couldn't seem to find..
"AHAHAHA! foolish slayer i dont have a neck!" Well if nezuko can't cut off his neck then she should pierce the katana rigth through his heart and cut it in place
"If a demon doesnt have a neck aim for its heart, thats where they're second weak point is."
Nezuko remembered Muichiro telling her those words. The demon emboldened all hands reaching and stretching towards her
The stretching part cathes nezuko off guard.
"Third Form: Scattering Mist Splash"
she unleashes a circular strike that can anh incoming projectiles away, great now she knows he can stretch them, all she needed to do now was confuse him.
"Fifth Form: Sea of Clouds and Haze" The demon squinted his eyes, he cant see a thing all he saw was fog scattering all around him. In a panic he stretched his arm in every single area hoping one of them will catch her. When nezuko apears beyond the fog she is seen moving as slow as the turtle but when she vanishes in them she moves in a blink of an eye.
With a powerfu push from her feet the slayer launches herself downwards from a tree branch, she twisted her body to face the demon upfront, the demon widened its eyes quickly retreating all his arms to protect his weak point. Nezuko adjusted her weapon and aimed at the demons chest where his heart lies in
"First Form: Low Clouds, Distant Haze" nezuko perfoms a singular but powerful and fast frontal thrust, the demon of hands has never seen such a slayer move with such ethreal evasion with the fogs before. it was like as if she was the haze herself..
SLASH
And with that nezuko lands softly at the grass. The demon was cut into two, its upper half slowly slips away from the lower half and falls onto the grass,Its blood splattering everywhere. It starts to disintegrate into tiny pieces.
"NO!! THIS CANT BE! I CANT BE DEAFEATED BY A PUNY LITTLE-" Before he could continue he fully dintegrated. Nezuko spins her katana and places it in her belt
"Just like you deserve." She stared coldly at whats left of the demon before continuing on the goal to survive for another 4 days
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In the Shinobu's estate
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The elegant women pours tea for herself and sits at the table where she and kanao would exchange talks in, even though kanao doesnt speak much, as her big sister she understood her just by the tonz of her hums
Shinobu's grip on the cup handle tightened, she wished and prayed that kanao will make it out safely, she already lost a sister..kanae, she cant afford to lose another.
She promised kanae to take care of her.
"Miss shinobu are you Alrigth?" A voice asked peaking through the corners of the door. It was aoi her most trusted assistant
"Ara ara, what are you doing up this early? You may come in" Shinobu places her cup down the plate
Aoi walks in and sat at a small pillow that was placed on the other side of the table.
"I couldn't sleep" aoi answered truthfully
"Ara, are you also worried for kanao?" koucho asked, she received her answer through a nod
"No need to worry, i know kanao is strong enough.. the demons shouldn't stand a chance against her" Shinobu reassured more to herself then aoi
"Yeah i know..but what if she gets out severly injured?! Like..lost a limb or-"
"Please refrain from the negative thoughts dear aoi. We have to be confident for kanao, she's strong, stronger then me, i beleive in her and so should you"
"Yeah your rigth..im sorry" Aoi sighed and got hit with guilt
Shinobu only softly smiles and offers her tea, Aoi agreed
If kanao was having a hard time she would feel it deep in her but as of now shinobu feels at ease
She sighed in relief.
She wishes both Nezuko and kanao were alright.
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Meanwhile.
At a large, Big palace, where the demons call "the infinity castle".
its ligths glowed tints of red and orange, the air was thick in the area, the castle was rather confusing.
In a distance a pair of red eyes walks to the demon king, his earings swinging back and forward with each step
Muzan places his experiment down and stared at the whoever dared to interrupt him.
"Apologies, i just wanted to inform you that the mission was a success. I successfully got a sample of the marechi blood for you." A smile stretched on the figures face, his eyes had a writing on it.
"Good job." The demon king took the sample and poured it on the medicine he was working on, all that was left was that darn blue spider lily, he was close to getting it, he felt it when he attacked the kamado's family
He looked everywhere and found nothing, till a girl met him, she knew where it was but she refused to tell him..so he killed her, probably was a bad idea he shoudve tortured her for the answer instead but oh well the past is the past and it cant be undone.
Or so he thought. He slammed the table in frustration
"Be calm, master i told you ill look for the flower for you along with akaza. Hadn't i?"
Muzan glares at the boy before calming himself down
"Your rigth. I trust you, you always succeed in your missions. You better not fail me..
Kamado tanjiro."
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Taisho era secret pt 2!
Rengoku is very protective of mitsuri, he acts as a big brother to her. He once almost set sombodys house on fire when they insulted Mitsuri and made her sad
Mitsuri appreciates Rengoku! He was always so energetic and playful unless he was on a misson