Traitor of the Demons

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2 Year Timeskip

'Damn where did she go?' Though Tanjiro dashing through the empty streets.

He sniffed the air but smelled nothing, almost as if all traces were gone.

Then all of a sudden he smelled her again...

He ran through alleys towards the smell, closing in fast on his target.

He vaulted over a fence into a closed off park, where he smelled his targets scent wafting through the air.

He drew his blade. He forged it with his own hands, it was a long sleek katana with a curved knife blade protruding from the bottom of the handle.

"You can come out now. I have my sword and I'm going to put it on the ground. I'm not going to hurt you. I'm not a feral"

"I don't believe you" said a little girl from up in the trees.

"I'm not one of them. I won't eat you I promi-"

"YOU THINGS ATE MY DAD! HE WORKED SO HARD TO SAVE ENOUGH TO GET US A PLACE TO STAY AND YOU ALL RUINED IT! AND MY SISTER IS OFF TRYING TO BECOME SOME STUPID DEMON SLAYER SO NOW I HAVE NOBODY! ITS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Screamed the girl.

"Shh the ferals will hear you" said Tanjiro trying to calm down the girl. "Oh shit. Stay up there. I'll deal with these animals"

Tanjiro picked his blade up off the ground, grasping it with both hands tightly. He shut his eyes and began to concentrate. He breathed at a steady pace and focus on his body. The way his blood flowed through each and every part of him.

He smelt a mixture of smells, from the girl in the tree, to his own, to an assortment of other demons closing in on the park.

As almost a dozen demons vaulted over the fences and tore through the gate Tanjiro opened his eyes and spoke in a forceful tone.

"Blood Style First Form: Circulation"

He grounded himself before dashing forward so fast the first demon only saw him disappear and then slice his head off.

Quick as the first strike Tanjiro weaved in between Demons left and right, through demons in every corner of the park, all around, just like the blood circulating throughout his body.

He dealt with it swiftly and ended up right back where he began his technique.

"Ohoho... your strong. Where'd you get that blade boy? You eat the demon slayer here and took it as a trophy?" Spoke a deep voice.

A demon, about 7'9, with massive legs which seemed to round off at the bottom not into feet but into what looked more log shaped with fleshlike roots squirming around it.

Tanjiro spoke powerfully, staring down the Demon. "I AM the Demon Slayer here, not officially of course. But I do have something to do here" the demon narrowed to eyes glaring at Tanjiro "I'm here to kill you"

"Then you will fall before my Blood Art little worm" the demon spat back at the boy. The tendrils of flesh on his feet dug into the ground and started pumping blood into the soil.

Tanjiro refused to be caught off guard, he kept and eye on the demon as well as everywhere something could attack him from.

The one problem was his feet. The one place he didn't think to look, right beneath him.

He smelled the blood right before the demon struck, jumping away as the dirt jabbed up into a spike.

The ground around him began to rumble as the dirt started to burst up, aiming for Tanjiro.

"Hah, this is the power I hold. With my legs I can infuse the ground with my blood and shift it at will, no matter where you stand within this park you will be in range"

"Wow..." Tanjiro said "Are all you demons that stupid?"

The demon froze and glared at him "What did you say?"

"You just explained to me exactly how your attacks work. Now I can think up a way to counter dummy" said Tanjiro laughing, as he jumped onto a tree branch

He heard a Yelp when he landed on the branch. He looked over to see the little girl he was trying to help.

"Hi" Tanjiro said with a smile "let me quickly deal with this nuance then I'll fix you right up"

Tanjiro waited for the attack and when it came fell off the branch out of its way, divebombing the demon.

He stuck out his hand and yelled "Blood Art Technique: Flesh Expansion" the demons eyes widened as Tanjiro's palm became a spike of flesh and dug into his shoulder.

"Blood Art Final Attack: Ballad of Blood"

Blood from Tanjiro's body rushed into the demons body, disrupting his bodily functions which caused the spot on his shoulder to explode, costing him an arm. The demon began to panic more and more as the wound didn't regenerate.

Tanjiro brushed himself off and walked away.

"Why is this happening?" yelled the demon ripping himself to shreds, tearing off pieces of flesh that were preparing to explode like his shoulder

"I have blood very similar to good old Muzan" the demon's eyes widened realizing what that meant.

Tears began to roll down his cheeks as he began to melt into a pile of flesh.

As Tanjiro walked back to the tree he looked back to the dying demon.

"Maybe in another life we could've been friends..."
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God I love demon slayer almost as much as Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, and MHA
-0khomie