Blaze | KNY

01

Kagaya turns to her daughter "Now, the letter." the white-haired girl from Kagaya's right nodded and pulled out a neatly folded paper, she opened it and before she could speak out its written words, she explains "We received this letter from the former hashira, Urokodaki Sakonji-sama. I will read an extract from it." she then began,

"Please, forgive Tanjirou for being with a demon. Nezuko has a tenacious spirit and she retains some human reasoning, even when she's starving she doesn't eat humans, and she has stayed that way for more than two years. You may find this sudden and difficult to believe, but this is the unmistaken truth. If by any chance Nezuko ever attacks someone, Kamado Tanjirou, as well as Urokodaki Sakonji and Tomioka Giyuu, will cut their own stomachs open as an apology."

Silence fell through the headquarters, Tanjirou wide-eyed as he turned to the water hashira, tears began to flow out. "What should I say if they're gonna kill themselves if they want to die, they can just die and rot away. There is no guarantee in all this." The wind Hashira scowling as he protests. The blaze hashira was then next to object "I can't help but agree with Shinazugawa-san, Oyakata-sama. Their death is useless, the people who got killed because of this demon will never come back." The flame hashira next to him nodded with a loud hum "Shinazugawa and L/N are correct here!"

"That is very true. They can't guarantee or prove that she won't attack people. But, you can't prove she'll attack someone either." The three hashiras back down, "The truth is that Nezuko has been living without eating people for more than two years. And because of her, two people are putting their lives on the line." Kagaya proposed, but his sentence didn't end there, he then added "And to deny this the deniers have to present something more than what is here." Shinazugawa grit his teeth, L/N lowered his head, whilst Rengoku hums.

"Besides, Tanjirou has come into contact with Kibutsuji." All the hashiras grasped, turning their heads to Tanjirou and bombarded him with questions and before it can get anymore louder and chaotic, Kagaya rose his index finger to indicate to quiet down, and not before a second began everyone quickly shut themselves. "This is the second time that Kibutsuji has come after one of our demon slayers and shook his pursuer loose. The reason for this may simply be just to close some loose ends, but for the second time, I don't want to let go of the tail that Kibutsuji has shown us. And this probably goes for Nezuko as well. I believe something unexpected has happened for Kibutsuji again. Do you understand?" 

The masked Hashira turned to Tanjiro 'I wonder what about him scares Kibutsuji...' He then averted his attention. Sanemi growled, by the hard he grit his teeth it looked like they're about to break from all the anger he poured onto it "I do not understand, Oyakata-sama. We can let humans live, but demons must not. I cannot consent." Sanemi then unsheath his blade, cutting his arm's flesh 'Eh? Eh? What're you doing? What're you doing? You're gonna mess the garden up!' Sanemi then blurted "Oyakata-sama!! I will present to you the ugliness of what we call demons!!" 

"Sanemi..." Kagaya muttered as everyone watches as Sanemi's blood dropped onto the wooden box that conceals Nezuko from the sun, the sight caused Tanjirou to grit his teeth. Obanai turned to him and remarked "Shinazugawa, you can't do it in the sunlight. The demon won't come out unless you go to the shade." 

"Oyakata-sama, forgive my rudeness."

The wind hashira then left his spot and entered the shaded part of the engawa, throwing the box aside but not before stabbing it once more "Nezuko!! Stop--" Tanjirou yelled and was about to stand up when Iguro used his elbow to pin Tanjirou down, almost pressing down his chest, enabling him from breathing properly due to his lungs under pressure. Sanemi used his blade to open the box "Come over here, demon! Here's some of your favorite human blood!" He backed away with his wounded hand in front of the demon whose rising from the wooden box.