A Shadow's Will.

LIFE

Even if it seems like a fleeting dream, I will save you from the today riddled with scars. 

The two eventually make it back to Urokodaki's residence. As the two of them just get over the hill, the door of his house is kicked down. A fully awake Nezuko walks out from the house and into the moonlight. Tanjiro gasps in surprise.

"Hey! Nezuko! You... You've woken up?!" Tanjiro's voice cracks. Nezuko turns to him and starts running towards him. Tanjiro begins to run towards her too and they embrace each other. Urokodaki also comes out of his house, upon noticing the two, he drops his firewood. He nods at Akito and hugs both Nezuko and Tanjiro. 

Urokodaki starts crying beneath his mask. "You've done well to come back to us alive." Tanjiro also begins crying as they stay like that for a few minutes. 

Urokodaki brings them back into his house and sits Tanjiro and Akito down for a talk. Tanjiro tells Urokodaki about the story of how he defeated the hand demon. 

"I see... So you defeated that deformed demon. At last... I am truly impressed that you made it back..." Urokodaki continues after a pause. "There are several kinds of demons. There are demons that use special techniques called 'Blood Demon Arts', which grants them supernatural abilities. You may have to fight those kinds of demons as well from now on. Battling them will be far more difficult than anything you have faced until now. But even so, I'm sure two will be fine." Urokodaki says. 

"So... My sister is not like the other demons. Is there any chance that her abnormality could be the work of something like that?" Tanjiro asks. 

"No, that is not something I would classify as a Blood Demon Art. It could be that Nezuko's recovering her strength through sleep rather than consuming flesh." Urokodaki makes an assumption that piques Akito's interest, though he says nothing of it. 

We quickly jump to the next morning. Tanjiro and Akito stand outside as a man wearing a large straw hat with something wrapped in cloth on his back. Chimes hang from the ends of his hat, jingling with each step he takes. He walks up to the two of them, he wears a Hyottoko mask that hides his face. 

"My name is Haganezuka. I have forged Takahashi Akito's and Kamado Tanjiro's swords and am here to deliver them." He looks at the two. 

"Oh, yes. I'm Kamado Tanjiro, this is Takahashi Akito. Please, come in." Tanjiro tries to welcome the man into Urokodaki's home. 

"This is the Nichirin blade. I'm the one that forged it." Haganezuka sits down on the ground outside of the home, patting the cloth as he speaks. "The materials for a Nichirin blade can be obtained from the mountain closest to the sun. This one is made from Scarlet Crimson Iron Sand and Scarlet Crimson Ore. This other one... is made from Abyssal Iron Sand and Luminite ore... It is a special one, as nobody has ever chosen this ore before. They're used to produce steel that absorbs sunlight. Mt. Youkou is bathed in sunlight all day long, you see." Haganezuka finally stops talking and looks at Tanjiro. "Ah, you're a Child of Light, aren't you? What a stroke of luck, look at your red hair and eyes. I bet that there's a good chance his sword will turn red." Haganezuka enters Urokodaki's home and sits down. 

They are both given their swords, sitting down in front of Haganezuka and Urokodaki. "Come on, hurry up and draw your swords. Nichirin blades are also known as Color-Changing Swords. They change color depending on the wielder." Haganezuka says impatiently. He's excited to see what color the swords will change to. 

Tanjiro excitedly draws his sword. They all watch as it starts changing colors from its base.

"Black?!" Haganezuka yells. "Yeah, it's black." Urokodaki agrees.