Inei's POV. Butterfly Estate.
It's been days since I trained Tanjiro about the Total Concentration Breathing. With the help of Kiyo, Naho, and Sumi, it was a little bit easier for Tanjiro.
When we are taking a break, Tanjiro asked me.
Tanjiro: Inei-oniisan, when you first came to our house, you are already a demon slayer?
Inei: Yes. Sorry for hiding it to you and to everyone in your family.
Tanjiro: I see. It's fine, you were doing your mission, after all.
Tanjiro: I heard from Shinobu-san that you are the only one who survived in the Final Selection in your batch.
Inei: Yes. I was the only one.
Inei: I tried to save my comrades, but they all died even before I knew they were in danger.
Inei: Actually, I guess it was around the 4th or 5th day when I learned that all of my comrades are dead.
Inei: So, during the remaining days, I wiped out all of the demons in the mountain.
Inei: Although one managed to survive. I guess that would be the demon who killed Urokodaki-san's students.
Tanjiro: Yes.
Inei: I'm glad that you finally avenged them.
Inei: So did I when I finished the Final Selection. When I beheaded the last demon, I decided to wait at the peak, the finish line.
Tanjiro: I just noticed, Inei-oniisan. Your Nichirin Blade is crimson red.
I unsheathed my Crimson Nichirin Blade as I let Tanjiro hold it.
Tanjiro: Woah, this is kinda light and yet it's so durable.
Inei: I've been using that sword ever since I began as a Demon Slayer.
Tanjiro: Really? Also, I heard that your breathing style is Shadow Breathing.
Tanjiro: Wouldn't it be like, the color of your blade is gray or black.
Inei: Well, I don't know. When I first received it, it turned into Crimson Red. Which Haganezuka-san was even freaking out when the Crimson Red Color appeared.
Tanjiro: You know him?
Inei: Yes. It seems like he is the one who also made your sword.
Tanjiro: Yes.
Inei: Tanjiro, the color of your Nichirin Blade is black, right?
Tanjiro: Yes. They say that swordsmen who possessed Black Nichirin Blades wouldn't last long.
Inei: No. I guess it's black, because your fate is unknown.
Tanjiro: Really?
Inei: Hm, this is my theory.
Inei: Tanjiro, you use Water Breathing, right?
Tanjiro: Yes.
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The Butterfly and the Shadow (Shinobu x OC)
FanfictionThe Demon Slayer Corps, a military organization whose sole purpose is to battle demons led by the King of Demons, Muzan Kibutsuji. The battle between the Corps and the Demons have been running on and on for thousands of years. During the Golden Age...