find solace (belong) [KNY/BNHA]

[16] hesitation will ruin you (as it did me)

Note:

Okay, so, since the start of this fanfic, I used "Mr" when writing how Charlotte talks to or about Gin, so it's like "Mr Gin...", same goes for Mr Floofington. But for Urokodaki, I've decided to write him as "Urokodaki-san" instead of "Mr Urokodaki" (which both mean the same thing), because honestly, I can't picture Tanjirou saying "Mr", he'd definitely say "-san". Both Tanjirou and Giyuu in the anime don't call Urokodaki "Urokodaki-sensei", so I'm just gonna use "-san" from now on for Charlotte, when she's addressing someone older than her other than Gin. "Mr" is kinda western I guess, but in Japanese, when you say Mr and "-san" I'm pretty sure the intention is the same.

To sum it up: Charlotte refers to people without "-san" if they're the same age or younger than her, such as Tanjirou and Nezuko. But with hashiras and people who are older than her, or with more status/position than her in the demon slayer corps, she'll use "-san", such as "Rengoku-san", "Shinobu-san" or "Muichirou-san" (Muichirou is a hashira so she adds "-san" even though he is younger than her. (however, in the BNHA timeline, I'll probably just have Charlotte be like "All Might" or "Present Mic", only using "-san" when it's their civilian name)

Sakonji trusted his student, Giyuu.

Even if his student had his doubts, Sakonji firmly believed that the stoic yet innocent boy that he had taught was stronger than anyone would imagine.

Imagine his surprise when he received a letter from said student, claiming that he had met a human boy and girl, as well as a demon girl, and that now, he wanted Sakonji to teach them the way to become a demon slayer.

Forgive my abruptness, Urokodaki Sakonji, sir.

I've sent a boy your way that wishes to become a demon slaying swordsman.

That's what the letter that Giyuu had sent with his crow carried. It was a notification of sorts. A favour of sorts.

Straightforward and concise. Sakonji wouldn't expect anything less of that from Giyuu.

He was courageous and brazen enough to challenge me unarmed. His family was brutally killed by demons, and his surviving sister had become one. However, I believe that she will not harm humans.

A demon that didn't consume humans was unheard of. It was impossible, as all the years that the corps have existed to combat the monsters in the night, and all the years that they have existed, not one demon has failed to kill a human.

Giyuu said that he sensed something different from the siblings that sets them apart from others, and Sakonji could only read the letter. No, he wasn't sceptical. It was Giyuu they were talking about. If it were to be any other person, Sakonji would insist on seeing with his own eyes whether or not a statement rang with truth.

But with Giyuu, especially Giyuu, Sakonji trusted his judgement when it came to demons.

Like yourself, the young man seems to have a keen sense of smell. Though I can't say for certain, he may be capable of breaking through and becoming your heir apparent.

Sakonji wouldn't say until he saw the boy, but an heir? That was high praise, coming from Giyuu.

Please train him.

Since it was a request from Giyuu, Sakonji couldn't refuse. Despite how he acted, he loved his students like his own children. And Giyuu was one of his children who had made it back alive, so Sakonji couldn't really deny him of anything.

There was a girl too, probably. She was skilled and capable enough to hold her ground against me, and she was strange. Though she seems to have experience under her belt, it doesn't seem to be from fighting people, but rather, from fighting demons.