Kamado Tanjiro Vs Muzan Kibutsuji

Chapter 43 { Hell }

(Rui's POV)

When I was a human, I had a weak body. I was born with it. I never ran before and it was even hard to walk not untilMuzan-samashowed up.

He looked at me with his bright red eyes and said, 'How pitiful... I will save you.' He injected some to his blood to me. Suddenly my whole body changed. My parents were glad. I obtained a strong body but I had to eat humans without the rays of the burning sun shining down on me. One day when I was eating human, my father saw me.

He said in fear, 'Rui! What have you done...' My mother kneel on the ground and cried in fright. Long ago, I heard a wonderful story about family. There were parents who died to save their child who was drowning in the river. I was moved. Such parental love, what bonds. Those parents who died by the river had achieved their roles as a parent and yet why were my parents trying to kill me? Mother kept crying. She wouldn't protect me when I was about to get killed. They were probably fake. Without a doubt, our bonds were fake. They weren't real.

Before my mother died, she said something to me, 'I'm so sorry... Rui... I couldn't give you a healthy body...' I widen my eyes when she said that.

I also remembered what father said before he stab himself to death, 'It's okay Rui. We'll die together.' with tear dripping from his eyes. They were words that I couldn't understand in my anger from the murder attempt but father was troubled by the sins of me killing people and was prepare to die. At that moment, I suddenly understood. I had cut down my real bonds with my hands.

Muzan-sama encouraged me, 'Everything wouldn't accept you. This is your parent's fault. Be proud of your strength.' I couldn't think of anything better. I couldn't live with he fact that I killed my family with my bare hands. Even if I understood that I am wrong, I couldn't bare the fact that I loved my father and mother every single day. The sadness inside of me wouldn't disappear eventhough I created a fake family. In the end I was the strongest one in my fake family. Nobody could protect me nor shield me. My memories from when I was a human slowly vanished as I got stronger. I didn't understand what I wanted to do. What did I want to do... Did I want family love? I wanted bonds that were inseparable no matter what. No matter how hard I try to create a bond. It break easily...

(Tanjiro's POV)

I saw the demon's chopped off head starting to cry. I put hands on his head and comfort him. He looks at me and smiles. His face slowly crumble away into nothing.

I say, 'You can meet your parents now... please rest in peace for now...'

(Rui's POV)

Warm... His gentle hand is like a ray of sunlight. I clearly remember... I wanted to apologize. I'm sorry for everything that I had done, father, mother. It was all my fault. I want you guys to forgive me somehow...

I look at the boy and say, 'But... I killed mountains of people... I am going to hell... I can't go to the place same as kaa-san and tou-san...' My body and head crumble away completely. When I died, all my surroundings become white. Suddenly a pair of hands touch my back. I look to the left and to the right noticing two figure. They were my mom and dad.

They say, 'We're going together even of it's hell. Your kaa-san and tou-san are going together with you, Rui. You are not suffering alone.' My demon's features slowly disappear replace them with my human features.

I quickly hugged the two of them and starts to cry, 'I'm sorry! Everything is my fault! Sorry, sorry, sorry... Please forgive me...' The whole place slowly starts to burn sending me and my family to hell...

(Tanjiro's POV)

He left behind his robe when he crumble away. Suddenly a figure appear infront of me stepping on the demon's robe. It was Giyu.

He stares at me with his emotionless blue eyes, 'Don't feel sorry for the demon who ate people. It doesn't matter whether or not he had the form of a child. He's a monster who lived for ten, hundreds, thousands of years.'

I am furious by his uncaring attitude, 'To dispel the regrets of those killed, to stop anymore victims from appearing... I will relentlessly wield my blade against the demons and that is a fact. I will not trample on the pains of being a demon nor on those who regret their decisions or their own actions because demons were once humans. They were humans just like me. Please take your feet off his robe. He isn't an unsightly monster. He gained his human memories back and cried for his own action. Demon have emotion too when they die... They suffer a lot as we humans. Giyu please take your feet off now.' I stared at him with my serious crimson red eyes.

He looks at me and widen his eyes in realisation, 'You're the kid from last time...' Suddenly there is a sound. Giyu quickly look up and draw his sword. He parry a demon hunter blade.

The demon hunter that zooms past him landed and take a stance, 'Giyu-kun, what are you doing? Why did you block my blade? Why are you getting in my way?' Giyu ignores her and stand infront of me put his sword out.

The girl says, 'You said we can't get along with demon but what is this all about. Why do you protect the demon behind you? If you do this everyone will hate you.' with a sarcastic tone.

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