Nezuko Slayer

Chapter 1: The Attack

In a world infested with demons. The Kamado family live in the mountains in prosperity. Tanjiro Kamado is the main support of his family as his father recently passed away. Yet Tanjiro also has limitations so his younger sister Nezuko helps him when he can't complete tasks by himself. They live with their mother and four other siblings: Takeo, Hanako, Shigeru, and Rokuta.

One day, Tanjiro was set to head into the forest to gather firewood and coal to get ready for the winter. However, Tanjiro was tired and fatigued from hunting the previous day.

Nezuko: Let me go Tanjiro, I can get the firewood and coal by sundown.

Tanjiro: No I can go I'll be fine 

Tanjiro got up looking pale and he almost collapsed as Nezuko and Hanako caught him.

Nezuko: You are not well brother. Let me go and you can rest. I will be fine, I can take care of                            myself. You look after Mother and the children. Let me help you.

Tanjiro: Ok fine but go to the west, and watch out for demons!

Nezuko: Don't worry Tanjiro I'm taking the axe with me, take care brother.

And she took off, wandering through the forest picking up wood as she chopped off branches and roots. After she got enough wood she started scavenging for coal on the mountain side. She was sweating and had blisters since it was her first time performing such a task, but she had to do it for her family. They were the most important people in her life.

She was almost done and the day was almost over. She collected the final wooden branch and sighed with relief as she turned back. She had to get back before sundown because demons come out at night. She never encountered a demon before so facing one now would be tough. 

As Nezuko was walking back some thing seemed off. There was a lingering feeling... and a smell.

The smell of blood...

Nezuko ran. She ran as fast as her legs can take her.

Nezuko: Mama! Tanjiro! Takeo! Hanako!

The smell got stronger. The feeling got heavier. Tears were welling up in her eyes.

Finally, she arrived. The door was broken, the smell of blood was so strong she could see it. She went through the door and fell to her knees. There, lying in front of her was her mother, her throat slashed and face covered in blood. Her brothers and sisters were in the other room there bodies lifeless and pools of blood surrounded them. Their eyes were empty and full of lost hope as if to say... Where were you Nezuko? why didn't you help us?

Nezuko stood there, staring at her siblings bodies with one thought in her head... Demons. A demon had entered her home and killed her family. A demon in this cursed world had taken everything from her. She wanted to curl up into a ball and just cry, cry till there was no more tears. But one thought stopped her from doing that...

Where is Tanjiro?

That thought kept her from falling into the abyss. The thought that her brother could have escaped!

But Tanjiro wouldn't leave his family to die... Tanjiro would fight till he died. Does that mean he killed the demon? But if he did then where is he?

All these thoughts, all these questions...

Nezuko was full of sorrow and confusion when she heard a shuffle. It came from the backyard. Nezuko dashed to the backyard where she saw a sight that would haunt her...

Her brother was there slumped over something. He was eating something. He turned around and Nezuko saw something that wasn't Tanjiro. He had fangs and blood dripping down his face as his empty eyes looked at Nezuko as if he had never seen her before...