Chapter 6: Nichirin Blade

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After Tanjiro arrived at the final stop, he was surprised that there were only a few of them that made it.

'Only four of us- w-where's Nii-san?' Tanjiro thought as he started to look around and find his brother leaning his back to one of the wisteria trees. Tanjiro sighs in relief before running to his brother and hugging him tight.

"Nii-san! I'm so glad you made it!" He said while hugging him. Yoriichi was a little surprised but then started to hug Tanjiro back.

"Yeah, I'm glad you made it too." Yoriichi said softly, but Tanjiro sensed some sadness within his brother. Tanjiro was confused at first then realized why he's sad.

'For seven days, you've been trying to save other slayers...Yet, in the end they are not here. I'm sorry Nii-san, I know you tried your best by killing the demons.. I can't even find any information about the cure...I'm very sorry' Tanjiro thought as he hugged his brother a little tighter. It was silent for a while.

"Are you okay Nii-san?" After the hug, Tanjiro worriedly asked Yoriichi.

"...I'm okay Tanjiro. What happened to your head?" Yoriichi asked while looking at Tanjiro's head that had a bandage on.

"O-oh, I was being thrown by one of the demons back there- I-I'm okay Nii-san! It's just a normal head bleeding and I've killed the demon!" Tanjiro said quickly and waved his hands as he looked at Yoriichi's face who started to get dark. They stood there before they heard someone calling.

"Welcome back." The girls from the days before welcoming them.

"Congratulations. We're pleased to see that you're safe." They said while congratulating them. Suddenly a guy beside Tanjiro started to speak.

"So? What am I supposed to do now? Where's my sword?" The guy asked. He's wearing a sleeveless purple yukata over a gakuen looking uniform. He also had a big scar from his right cheek straight to his nose.

"First, we shall issue you all uniforms. We will take your measurements, after which your rank will be engraved." The white hair girl answered the question.

"There are ten ranks in all... Kinoe, Kinoto, Hinoe, Hinoto, Tsuchinoe, Tsuchinoto, Kanoe, Kanoto, Mizunoe, and Mizunoto." They took turns talking.

"Currently, you are at the lowest rank, Mizunoto." The black hair girl said.

"And our swords?" The guy asked once again.

"Today, you will choose the ore for your swords. However, the swords will take ten to fifteen days to complete." The black hair girl answered him, but that's not what the guy wanted to hear.

"Are you kidding me?" The guy sighs and gets annoyed by them.

"But first..." The white girl said before she clapped her hand two times.

The sound of crows can be heard from above. They all looked up and found a bunch of crows starting to fall on them, then one by one the crow started to land on their shoulder. At first, everyone was scared of the crow except Yoriichi and the girl who wore a pink yukata in the back. Yoriichi looked at the crow in amazed curiosity.

"We will now assign each of you your own Kasugai Crow." The white hair girl says.

"Kasugai crow? What are they?" Yoriichi asked, tilting his head to the side while still looking at the crow. The crow followed him and after that the crow lay on his shoulder.

"These Kasugai Crows can be used primarily for communication." The girl answered Yoriichi question.

"Did you say 'crow'? Isn't this a sparrow though?" Then the guy that Yoriichi met before got scared at the sudden scream from the guy next to Tanjiro.

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