Past and future

Chapter 2

The second marinette stepped foot in Japan, her fascination immediately went up. She had come to Japan to see heroes in action to remind her that her parents were heroes. But this, this was absolutely stunning.  It was much calmer than Queens. Marinette looked around for heroes but couldn't find any.

It was already dark when she stopped searching and decided to get to her hotel. Which she probably would have done if her phone didn't run out of juice at that very second. She looked around for a telephone box or any means of communication but couldn't find one. The air suddenly grew colder and she was now shivering, alone in a city that always seems to sleep.

A shuffling came from the patch of trees behind her. Run! Flee! Her instincts shouted, but Mari stood as still as a statue in front of where she heard the noise. 'It's probably an escaped cat or something' she thought. But what pounced towards her was definitely not a cat. It was a human! Well if human means four armed, pale skinned, three-eyed demon that howls like a dog with a big hammer, then yes! It's a human! She quickly dodged the beast and began running up a steep mountain in hopes of evading the creature. That was before she realised the mountain was full of traps.

Letting her spidergirl instincts take over, she ducked, rolled, jumped and and caught hundreds of weapons before reaching the top. Beads of sweat slid down her forehead as she panted, trying to breathe in the thinner air at the top. (Cue dog howl) 

"Dammit!" Marinette cried "It's getting closer! And I have nothing to defend myself with!" Then she her a snap behind her. The bluenette's head snapped towards the sound to find a 13 year old boy holding a sword. The kid was shaking from head to toe at the sight of an unfamilliar face in these mountains. Mari saw that and slowly and calmly walked over to the boy. she gave him a wide smile and asked him a question, "hey kid, can i borrow that sword of yours for a sec?" 

The small redhead gingerly gave her the sword just as he smelled the scent of some wet dog? The sixteen year old blue-haired girl immediately turned around and put a hand in front of him, as if to protect him. She got into a starting position. A loud howl rang from every direction that the thirteen year old had no idea how the other person would win. however, the second the silhouette of a demon was visible, she had run towards it and cut it up in a matter of seconds. Of course it didn't regenerate because of the type of blade.

Marinette then went to check if the boy was ok. She ran up to him and put a hand on his shoulder, "Hey kid, are you ok? And what are you doing here alone with a sword?" she asked. then the girl remembered, "I haven't told you who I am yet have I? Well I'm Marinette Parker pleased to meet you!" 

The boy quickly grew comfortable in her presence, "I'm Tanjiro Kamado! And I'm training to be a demon slayer! My mentor's home is down this hill and as training, I have to travel down it by dinner!" Mari was astonished by all of this but for some odd reason, it all made sense. The creatures, there must be more of them around this place and all the traps placed everywhere. 

"Well it's getting pretty late and nezuko probably finished eating already! I should be down by now! Do you wanna come with me?" Tanjiro asked. Marinette simply nodded, quiet exhausted after that night.

The next day tho, was something she absolutely did not expect...