The Twin Mists

I finally found you

Present time

Muichiro and I got separated on a mission in the mountains and have been apart for years. After what seemed like an eternity searching, I had just discovered where he was. I was walking around the small village I was staying at for the night. A girl walked up to me and said, "Hi Mari, Lila, Adrien, Nino, and I wanted to wish you good luck on your mission." I was confused, so I asked, "Who are you again?" She looked like I was just joking around and said, "Silly Mari, anyway Adrien wanted to wish you good luck as well. Unfortunately, you will have to watch after yourself as we will have to protect Lila. The poor thing broke her ankle right before her mission, so we will be helping her." A couple more people came up to me and started wishing me luck. I was incredibly perplexed, but okay. My crow Tikki came and said, "Marichiro Tokito, go to the Lampha Forest. Rumors say a twelve kisuki dwells there." Everyone besides me gasped. A blond boy in black said, "A twelve kisuki! There's no way you'll stand a chance by yourself!" Tikki responded by saying, "Marichiro has already killed 49 demons and has mastered all forms of mist." Everyone else looked completely floored and shocked. I had just forgotten what they said and left the group.

I went to the inn I was staying at and packed up my food pouch, sword, and wisteria pouches. Half of my nichirin blade was turquoise while the other half was pure white, and I wore a white-faded-sea-blue haori(patterned cloak) over my uniform. Then I set off. It didn't take long to journey to the Lampha Forest. I ate some of my food and rested for the day. Then when night fell, my work began.

I stalked through the forest with my blade at the ready when I came across a strange man. He had a red face paint pattern around his right eye and had an alarming amount of gold and jewelry on him. He said, "Ah another demon slayer here! Hopefully you will be able to witness a flamboyant battle if the rumours are true!" I was confused but before I could say something back, I felt a disturbance in the air. I dashed off as quickly as possible and found myself face-to-face with lowermoon 3. The moment it saw me, it said, "Blood demon art: Burning Blood Darts." and millions of flaming red darts came flying towards me. Calmly and firmly, I said, " Mist Breathing Third Form: Scattering Mist Splash" and all of the darts were blown away by my slash . Then I said, "Mist Breathing Second Form: Eight-Layered Mist." I quickly unleashed eight forward slashes in quick succession, shredding the lowermoon to pieces and effectively killing it.

I took a deep breath and sheathed my blade, while keeping a passive expression. I realized that someone was watching me from a few yards away. I turned around and saw a man with red face paint and a lot of gold and jewelry on him. Did I see him before? I probably forgot. He said, "That was incredibly flamboyant! Taking on an lowermoon and defeating it so quickly! I am Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui! One of the 9 leaders of the demon slayers and one of the 9 strongest demon slayers. Who might you be?" I was a bit confused by the man but okay. "I am Marinette Tokito. I am looking for my brother Muichiro Tokito. We got separated on a mission a few years ago." Tengen said, "Ahh! Muichiro-san has a brother! How flamboyant! Very well I will take you to him." So together more or less, we set off.

When I arrived there, I was facing 8 other people who I find safe to assume are the other hashiras. But I recognized my brother in an instant. I could see that he did too. I hesitated for a moment unsure what to do. Then I tentatively said, "Mui?" His eyes widened and he responded just as tentatively, "Mari..." We both enveloped each other in the biggest bear hugs ever. I felt many things but I was just happy to be in my brother's arms again. We broke apart and when we looked at each other, we realized that we were both crying. We blinked our tears away and stepped to the side in unison, both of our facial expressions completely passive once more.