Creation- Demon slayer fanfic

Chapter 21

No. I don't want to go with Shinobu. Thinking back on all that has happened, I realize thar Tanjiro has rubbed off on me too much. I don't need her approval. I don't have to be nice because that's not who I am, nor was it ever who I was. I'm not Tanjiro, so why pretend to be? Why act nice, similar to what Shinobu is doing? Being nice has gotten me no where.

" Aku?"

" Shut up."

" That's not very nice," Tanjiro pouts.

I didn't know it was him I was talking to.

" Please don't leave just yet," he says softly.

" Shinobu was acting like a witch, yet you want me to stay?"

" Find it in your heart to stay, but you don't have to forgive her."

" I didn't stay with my father," I snort, " I killed him."

I grin.

" Maybe I should kill her too."

" Aku, a few days ago you were trying to figure out how to get her to like you, what happened?"

" Yeah that was a mistake," I laugh, " I realized I was becoming too much like you. I'm not nice, nor do I need her approval."

" You are nice, you just don't realize it."

" For an entire week I tried befriending this dimwit. I was nice, I gave her stuff, I helped around her mansion yet all she did was hate me! Being nice got me nowhere! I'm not like you Tanjiro! I killed hundreds of people, who did deserve it, but still! I'm not a nice being. I was made to destroy people's hopes and dreams!"

He takes a step back.

" You...killed...humans?"

" YES! Is that so hard to believe? You saw me at that ridiculous meeting! I'm a monster!"

" Looks are deceiving," Shinobu pipes up.

" Oh you would know so much on that, wouldn't you?"

She stares at me in shock.

" Why would you kill people?!" Tanjiro shouts, pissed off.

" Because they tortured me! They killed my sister and blamed it on me! They hated me because I was human! They worshiped a demon! WHAT OTHER REASON DID I NEED TANJIRO?! MAYBE IF SOMEONE HAD OF BEEN THERE I WOULDN'T HAVE KILLED THEM!"

Neither of them has anything to say to this.

" Give me another solution. Tell me what I could have done Tanjiro."

" I..." he trails off.

" You have nothing," I scoff, voice breaking.

I wanted, needed, someone back then. I needed someone to tell me everything would be okay.

" I thought karma would get them eventually, but it never did. My hand was forced. I needed to be Karma. They needed to die."

I didn't want to kill them, I didn't want to be a monster. I was just being what they wanted, but they still hated me for it.

" I'm sorry to do this to you Aku...but you can't leave just yet," Tanjiro whispers.

Suddenly, a sharp needle pierces my neck. The last thing I see is Shinobu's fake smile as I crash to the ground.

" Is he awake?" I hear Zenitsu's voice.

I open my eyes. My eyelids feel numb and heavy, as if I'd been asleep for weeks.