The silent demon hunter: Kiyotaka Ayanokoji

The forest of demons

A/N: this starts during the final selection specifically tanjiros final selection. Also like in the cote cannon ayanokojis narration isn't reliable so just keep that in mind.

Kiyos pov:

I stood in the middle of the dark and damp forest. It was littered with demons. And I had to survive in said hellhole for a week. I guess I couldn't complain i had been built for this. Maybe by the age of twenty five I could become a hashira but that may just be wishful thinking.

I looked out of the corner of my eyes to see a lunging demon. I barely managed to dodge its attacks. "Wind  breathing fifth form: dust storm" my voice was a whisper among the wind. I ducked it's next swipe and swung my blade in a circular formation slicing it into about five peices. Luckily that demon was fairly week.

As it dissipated I continued to walk through the forest. These were going to be a rigorous seven days.

It had been three days. There were a surprising number of demons. I thought the core were here to kill them but I may be wrong. At this point I was considering finding someone to create an alliance with as I had heard many people say two heads were better than one which was within its self confusing to me.

I looked down at my stained kimono. Due to its length it partially got in my way. It's usual bright red had been darkened. But it was probably for the best,I stuck out and was an easy beckon for the demons.

I heard a ear piercing scream that shook the forest. I sprinted in the direction. I knew it was pointless though. If that had been a persons scream they would be dead already. I got to the scene to find the ash of a demon and a girl calmly standing over it. Well... I guess it was the demon that spent its last moments in terror.

She had dark black hair, beautiful purple eyes and a pink battle kimono. I sore she had little to no injury's to speak of. I waved at her. She only looked at me. Did she want me to say something or leave her alone? "Hello how are you doing" I asked despite it being a very usually asked and old question. But most tend to start everlasting friends with a line like this so it shouldnt be to bad.

Peculiarly she took out a coin. She then proceeded to spin it in the air. I believed this was a common game people played to make descions. Did people use it to decide wether to speak or not? If so then conversation may become difficult. The coin perfectly landed on her hand. She looked thoughtfully at the result then nodded. She turned to me.

"I'm doing fine despite the exam thanks for asking" she said politely. She seemed nice enough atleast. So I tried to continue the conversation.

"Would you like to partner up so we have more protection"? She repeated the process then nodded again I noticed that the winning result was heads whilst on the opposite tails had to be the losing result.

"Yes that would be nice". She walked over to me and we began to walk again.

Over the course of four  more days I got more used to her. I tried not to pry into her past as I wouldn't want her to do the same to me. After asking a few questions I had determind this wasn't regular human behaviour. Conversation got awkward when she rolled tails.  But for the most part her company was enjoyable despite the circumstances. I didn't really sleep during these seven days. It seemed she did though about every two days. I guess other couldn't stay awake as long as I could.

She didn't start conversations off to many times except for a select few instances which drained me. But I guess it was improving my mediocre social skills. We had racked up a number of twenty demon kills between us and had saved more than a few lives. Honestly though I didn't understand why half of these people were here. From what they had told me demon slayers were the peak of humanity's strength but most of these people would die as canon fodder if they didn't level up quick in that sense we were just prolonging the inevitable but I guess I shouldn't think this way.

"So why do you use that coin to make  descions" I asked softly.

"Because it's the only way I know" she said. I wasn't sure but something was telling me she was disconnected from her emotions. If she wanted to reach her full potential she would have to overcome this. But for now prying further would be useless.

We had reached the end of the forest. We had successfully passed the exam without any injury. I parted the wisteria infront and walked through. The light was almost blinding. A sense of relief passed over me and no doubt Kanao aswell. There were about ten people there. We had saved five of them.

The twins from before stood. There eyes a strange spiral pattern. Upon seeing us they spoke. "It seems many have passed fortunately, you have all become official demon slayer and will start at the lowest rank from which you can go higher ( insert rank explanations). We will measure your body to make your outfits then you will select an ore so we can craft your swords and then you will receive your kosagai crow. After two weeks you will get your forged sword and uniform"she concluded her speech. It was interesting but nothing to note.

From the corner of my eye I sore a one of the new slayers stomp towards the announcers. I began to slowly walk as well just in case. He visciously grabbed one of there heads. "All I came here for was my sword now hand it over NOW" he screamed at the white haired one. I grabbed his arm seeing this impending danger. Someone else had also done the same thing. He wore a blue battle kimono with clouds engraved in it. He had blood across his head and Dark red hair which also could be considered light brown but none the less his contribution was appreciated.

"Let go of her" he demanded. Staring into the eyes of the over boy.

"Or what"? He retorted. We both heavily tightened our grip which forced him to let go of her. He grunted and stormed away waiting for his chance to pick his ore out. I nodded at the other boy as we retook our places. From there we had our measurements took along with picking our ore. Then we got our kasugai crows. Unlike everyone else mine hovered around me but refused to land. Eventually it was over.

A/N: I hope that was enjoyable. There's a lot of backstory for this kiyo so I won't spoil it. I picked wind breathing because of ayanokojis nature of wanting freedom. To give a quick but unnecessary comparison of ayanokoji from cannon and this version:
Strength:ds Ayanokoji
Speed: ds Ayanokoji
Durability: ds Ayanokoji
All forms of stamina and endurance: ds Ayanokoji
IQ: cote Ayonakoji
BIQ: DS Ayanokoji
Every area of non battle tactics: Cote Ayanokoji
Every area of battle tactics: DS Ayanokoji

So this versions of stronger and a more skilled fighter but less intelligent.