Crossed Katanas (KNY)

🌊🗡Chapter 22: He is ready🗡🌊

The next whole lot of chapters will be focusing on Kaitsuki. Why? Because I love my OC that's why.

In a normal village during the taisho era, a man with a katana strapped to his waist was walking through. The man was Tomioka Giyuu, who had traveled to another part of Japan to slay demons there. The one month long mission was almost at its end with less than a week left.

But then something caught his attention. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a young boy tied by a rope to a man's arm. The boy had bruises and blood stains on every limb, along foul and disgusting smell which caused bystanders to pinch their nose, as they hurriedly walked away from him.

Out of curiosity, Giyuu walked over to the boy. He bent down and started a conversation with him, but it was very awkward since he wasn't experienced at starting or even continuing a conversation. He soon found himself stuck with nothing to day to the boy, which made him stare at him confused.

Giyuu: "Em... so? What's your name?"

Kaitsuki: "My name is Kaitsuki Takasu. You're stuck in a situation where you don't have anything else to say to carry on this conversation, aren't you?"

Giyuu: "Yes, I am."

Kaitsuki: "You can ask me whatever you want, if you want to."

Giyuu: "Well then... where are your parents?"

Kaitsuki: "In their graves."

Giyuu: "I see. May I ask how they died?"

Kaitsuki: "I... don't know. They just disappeared one night when I went out. But when I got back, I saw blood stains all over the house."

Giyuu: "Hmm... just as I thought. That creature you saw was probably a demon, and it feeds on humans to survive. Demons are beings that are stronger than humans in physical ability. They don't sleep, rest, and they can regenerate their bodies. But they can't walk under the sun, otherwise they'll burn to death."

Kaitsuki: "That's... a pretty stupid being. So basically, a heatstroke to a human is a volcano to the demons."

Giyuu: "You actually believed me? I thought you would say that I'm lying."

Kaitsuki: "No. I believe you. It's not that surprising. And I'm pretty sure that you couldn't just come up with that "demon" so quickly."

Giyuu: "Well, I so happen to be a demon slayer. Basically someone who kills demons by using a special weapon to cut their heads off. Would you like to learn how to kill demons and avenge your parents?"

Kaitsuki: "Hmm.... sure why not?"

Man: "Hey! If you want to talk to him, pay up!"

Giyuu: "Alright. Come with me. And bring the boy. It's not appropriate to do such business out in the open."

Man: A customer!

The three walked to an eerie alley. Then, Giyuu started beating up the human trafficker.

*PUNCH WHAM KRCH*

Man: "OW! What the hell!"

The man's face was covered with bruises and blood stains. Kaitsuki joked that he looked like a panda.

Giyuu: "Here. I'll be taking the boy with me."

Giyuu threw a bunch of notes and coins at him. He carried Kaitsuki on his back and left the scene.

Kaitsuki: "Thanks."

Giyuu: "You're welcome. I didn't even think that you would agree to become my student."