Kamado Tanjiro Vs Muzan Kibutsuji

Chapter 5 { Journal 2 }

Tanjiro's Journal, Part 2

I yell, 'Where'd you come from?!'

He replies, 'What are you doing.'

I say, 'Doing? I'm training.'

He asks, 'How long do you plan to have your butt stuck in the mud? Take a stance!' I quickly get up and hold my sword in a stance. He says, 'Now attack!'

I answer in concern, 'You have a wooden sword and I have a real one! But...'

He suddenly laughed, 'Ha Ha Ha Ha! Ha Ha! How sweet! Thanks for worrying me! You think you can hurt me?' his bokken and my sword clashes. He continue saying, 'Rest your poor soft heart. You can't hurt me! I'm stronger than you'll ever be! I've already spilt the boulder!'

I look at him, 'You spilt a boulder?!' I quickly blocked his attack and parry him.

He says, 'You've gained nothing. You haven't master anything. Certainly not using any of your own breathing technique. The total concentration breathing! That's what Urokodaki teaches you.' He continue swing his bokken at me. I block every attack.

He yell at me, 'Train harder until your flesh and bone are at it's limit! Harder you weakling!'

I yell back, 'I train! I train everyday as hard as I can! I just want to improve myself and turn my sister back into a human AGAIN! I just want to protect my only family that I had LEFT!' Suddenly my forehead scar at the corner of my forehead transforms into a demon crest marking. My eyes begin to bleed out blood. I also enter the see-through world at the same time. My vains around my body budge out. Everything around me become even slower than last time. He was shocked to see my vibe suddenly change. It was like he was facing a mysterious being. When he swings his bokken straight ahead at me. I quickly sidestep and do a side slash. The blade went through him but I see no blood on him. He suddenly disappear. I was confused of what happen to him. I look around the area and I can't find him. I reverted back to my normal state and suddenly I feel very exhausted. I collapse down onto the ground and pass out from tiredness.

When I passed out, I suddenly have a memory of a man. He is wearing hanafuda earrings on his ears and his hair was tied up in a pony tail. He is carrying a katana. Maybe he is a demon slayer? He was talking to a man that looked quite similar to me. The man says, 'I'm really, really sorry. You're the visitor but I made you watch over my kid.'

The man with the hanafuda earrings replied, 'Don't worry about it. She's probably tired. Birthing a child and raising them is hard work. After I've finish drinking this, I'll be on my way. I can't keep eating meals for free like this.'

The other man says, 'Oh, no! I own you my life. If you weren't around back then, then I much less my children wouldn't be here now.'The man look at him and did not say a thing.

He continue saying, 'Alright then. At least tell me your story for future generations.'

The man replied, 'No need.'

He says, 'But it must be hard since you have no successor at hand. It may be impossible for me since I am a humble coal burner, but one day someone will...'

The man answers, 'No need. Sumiyoshi. Masters of their crafts will always find their way to the same place. Even if the time have changed, even if they have taken different paths to that point, they will always go to the same place. You seem to see me as a special kind of human, but that's not true. I couldn't protect a single thing that was precious to me. I couldn't achieve what I was suppose to achieve in life. I am a man of no worth.' He begin to walk away from his house.'

I open my eyes a little and noticed that I was crying. I have just wake up from my dream. It was quite sad for the man to say something like that to himself. It must be very hard for him to let go of his past.

It has been a few hours I passed out and suddenly I heard a voice, 'Are you alright?' I jolted up and saw a girl. She also look almost the same age as the boy. I say, 'Who are you?' She says her name is Makomo and tells me the guy's name is Sabito. She point out the defect in my style. She correct my unnecessary movements and bad habits. Why is she doing this for me? Where did she come from? I ask, but she never tells me. She often says those word, 'We really like Urokodaki.' They aren't sibilings. They were both orphans. Urokodaki took them in and raised them. Makomo is abit of a strange girl. She says things in a weird way. She says, 'There are other children too. They're all around, watching you. You must train hard until you feel like you are gonna die. Try doing total concentration breathing while holding it for a full day. It will gradually accelerate your blood flow and heartbeat even faster than holding it fo a shorter time. Your temperature will shoot up. It will increase your base stamina and make you equally or stronger than a demon. I can't do it but I am sure you can. I don't think there's anything else you can do now. Just try training you lungs to be able to draw in a lot of air. It will be easier to hold your breath mote longer. ' After hearing her words, I give my thanks for her advice. I begin to train my lungs to be able to do total concentration breathing for a whole day. I feel like my lungs gonna burst and my heart gonna pop out from my ears when I hold it for 5 minutes. I feel very exhausted after that but it doesn't stop me. I continue training for the past 6 months and one day I meet Sabito once again. Now he is using a real katana now. The vibe he give out is more serious than last time.

He says, 'After half a year, you've finally got a face of a man.'

I reply, 'Today I will win. Sabito!' The contest was simple. The stronger, faster blade wins. The fight was over in an instant. I yell, 'Total concentration breathing! Sun breathing! Tenth Form God Sun Flash!' I charged toward him in a burst of inhuman speed and my katana was set ablaze brightly. I slash down my sword and cut his mask apart. When I won, Sabito smiled. It seemed like a sad smile to me or maybe proud and reassuring. He says, 'You surpassed Urokodaki in strength and speed already Tanjiro. Good job. Please keep working hard and surpass your own limits. Goodbye, Tanjiro.'

Makomo also says, 'Win Tanjiro. Against them too. Also, goodbye.' They suddenly vanished in the fog. I quickly look around for them but they leave no trace at all and after they dissapeared, I found my sword had not cut Sabito's mask. It had spilt the boulder.

End