What happens when one day, you nearly escape death. You run into somebody who helps you. You find out your sister survived the demon attack. You meet kind people who are willing to help you. But....things start changing....for the worst....can you p...
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POV~Tanjiro
"Tanjiro, breakfast is ready..!" My mother called to me softly while gently shaking me awake. " 'm don' wanna get up," I said sleepily. I barely got sleep yesterday, I had this bad feeling that I wanted to bury deep inside my brain, and never think about it again. "Dear, you have to eat, to get strong." " 'm already strong enough...." "I'm making stir fry!" She said to try and convince me. After a few minutes of precise thinking I came to a decision. "...I'm getting up..." I was probably over exaggerating when I rolled off my bed and crawled all the way to the kitchen. I need my mom to understand that I'm tired though. Maybe instead of chopping down trees I can sell charcoal! After me and my family quickly ate breakfast I ran down the porch steps and yelled over my shoulder. "I'm going to the village to sell charcoal!" "Okay! Be safe," Nezuko called out to me. By the time I got to the village, it was already midday. I walked around town offering charcoal to people. Some rejected and some said yes. When I ran out of charcoal, it was sundown.
I was walking back to my home after I finished selling charcoal, when suddenly I smelt a strong metallic scent. I don't know where it's coming from, but I swear it smells familiar. 'Maybe I'm just hallucinating' I thought. So, I continued my walk down the slope of the mountain. Every step I took, the stronger the scent got. When all of a sudden, realization dawned on me, 'I smell my siblings blood.' I started running. Even if my lungs burned with every step I took. I had to save my family, or die trying too. The snow made it hard to run. The ground felt so heavy. I remembered a short cut I took once, I never took it again because I had to pass a crazy old man's house, but that's besides the point. No matter how crazy he is, family is always first, actually...maybe he died, so I don't have to worry about seeing him. I decide to go the short route home. I see the roof of my house in the distance. And as I get closer....this overwhelming scent washes over me. Death...with a hint of sandalwood...and amber...? I wonder what my family is doing around such a mysterious person...I turn around a rock and there it is. Home sweet home. More of a....home bloody home. I looked around and saw their bloody bodies. Their....lifeless...bloody bodies. 'Please- this can't be happening this must be a nightmare,' but I knew it wasn't, I couldn't trick myself into believing it was. Tears started falling out of my eyes, wondering, who could have done this. I put my hand on my little brothers cheek, his eyes, lifeless, like pools of darkness, that could drown you. I let go, and get up. I started searching for my sister. When suddenly, I heard a crunching noise behind me. I turned around in enough time to see a man step out from behind the bushes. White hat, white and black suit, black hair, red eyes. Those...red eyes....having that mischievous glint. Almost like they're laughing in your face. At your pain. "Ahhhh, you must be Kamado Tanjiro, pleasure to meet you," the mysterious man said. 'How does he know my name...' I thought. I want to run. I want to flee. But, I know this man is stronger than me, I can just smell it. The man began talking again, "I forgot my manners, I'm Kibutsuji Muzan, and I want you to join me." "....Why," I replied. "Because, you're perfect." "Bad reason." The Muzan man chuckled. "You're very stubborn." Silence filled the air. I didn't know what to say. This man is giving me bad vibes. I need to leave. Now. "So I've been told," I said, " I need to go, my family might have a chance of surviving...I hope." He glared at me for a minute. Then spoke emotionless, "Oh, what a shame, I forgot to say. I killed your family." "...w-what...?" I couldn't believe it. He's making small talk with me right after he killed my family? I lost control of myself. I grabbed the nearest object, which happened to be an axe, and I swung with all my strength.....He caught it easily. "This can go two ways, Tanjiro, you come with me and I can protect you until you become a demon, or I make you a demon right now." Muzan said with a grin. I froze, not knowing what to do. So, I ran. I ran fast. No matter what I wasn't gonna look back. I couldn't. Images flashed before my eyes, what would happen? Would I survive? Would I be eaten? I kept running. Until I slammed into someone. I immediately screamed. Turning on self defense mode, I started running again. What I didn't know though, was that the person was quick. Before I even took two steps, they were in front of me again. I finally had the courage to look up, and I met blue eyes. I breathed a sigh of relief. Until, I saw his sword. Me being me, I screamed and ran again. Which didn't get me far. I prepared for my death, 'at least I would be with my family,' I thought. "Just kill me already," I said, I was confident I was about to die. "...I won't kill you, I'm a demon slayer," he spoke gentle words but his face was emotionless, like he's been through a lot. "Thank god," I breathed a sigh of relief. I have to stay alive if I want to kill the man that hurt my family. "Why were you running." "This man, he killed my family." "Do you know what he looked like." "Blood red eyes, Michael Jackson style." He visibly tensed at that description. 'Am I missing out on something?' I thought. "Come with me," He said. I was about to start following him when I jumped, realizing something, "wait! I have to give my family a proper burial," I could feel the tears forming in my eyes, but I have to be strong. He gave me a look. An emotionless one, like he didn't care. "Be quick." That was a good enough answer for me. But, I was scared, I mean who wouldn't be? Muzan man could come back, and I don't plan on turning into a demon anytime soon. "...Can you come with me? In case Muzan comes back..?" "We have to be quick." "Okay, and if you don't mind me asking...what's your name?" ____________________________________ "No matter how many people you may lose, you have no choice but to go on living -- no matter how devastating the blows, may be." -Tanjiro
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