One week later
"Come on Tanjiro. Kusho is waiting for us" Genya said grabbing his, Muichiro, and Yuichiro's broken blades. "Okay, I'm almost ready" Tanjiro said as Lilith tightened the thread around his broken wrist.
Ten minutes later
"Are you two ready? Remember the two remaining Lower Moons will be there. Lower One will split into other versions of himself, but they are just decoys his main body will be very small and fast. Lower Two will place multiple vases around that he can use to teleport, his toxins are very potent and deadly, though he talks too much. Make sure that Nezuko conqueror's the sun at the end of this" Kusho said "Alright, we're ready" the two said.
Kusho grabbed the two of them and phased them to Muichiro and Yuichiro. "Yuichiro, I never thought that you would be the one to take the easy way out of things. When did you start letting your man help you around with things?" Kusho asked "Gen wanted to. Also, thank you for getting us here" Yuichiro answered. "You're welcome. I'll be back in the morning. Also, a little heads up you and Muichiro should head to the forest far east from here in two hours. Lower Two would be there" Kusho said before phasing away. Is Kusho-San trying to speed things up for us? From what Giyu said Kusho-San never said anything about when and where one of the Kizuki would be. Kanroji thought.
"Gen, I can take our swords to the Swordsmiths" Yuichiro said "Okay, but where's Mui?" Genya asked. "He went to improve his swordsmanship against the Yoriichi Type Zero" Yuichiro answered "Heh, I bet you already did it too huh?" Genya said "Of course I did. Tanjiro you should give it a try" Yuichiro said. "I would rather wait for the initiative to start" Tanjiro replied.
Yuichiro grabbed Tanjiro's sword and left "Tanjiro, if you need me I'll be in the hot springs" Genya said while leaving. Tanjiro walked into one of the rooms to put Nezuko's box down, as Nezuko left her box the two left the room to make their way to the hot springs. "Tanjiro, wait" Kanroji said "What's the matter ms. Mitsuri?" Tanjiro asked "I wanted to know... if I could do Nezuko's hair" Kanroji asked. "Sure, I'm sure she'll love it" Tanjiro said.
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Meanwhile
"Why did the Lord have to send me with you two vermin?" the demon asked "If you don't want to be here then leave" Gyokko said. "No, I'll stay and ensure the mission is completed. I swear you Lower Moons can't do anything right" the demon replied.
"Then why don't you do it?" Hantengu asked "Because I have no obligation to complete a useless mission. Why take out the Swordsmiths the Demon Slayer Corps protects? When you could just find where the head of the Demon Slayer Corps is" the demon said.
"It sounds to me, that you have much more important things to do than come with us" Gyokko said "That is currently secondary. This is a direct order from the Lord, this has priority" the demon said. "With all due respect. How are you going to help us out with this Upper Six?" Hantengu asked "Simple, I'll let you two handle it. If you both die, I'll step in" Xuglath said. Why did I feel Karito's aura here? He's supposed to be in that stupid town... unless he is in cahoots with the Demon Slayer Corps. He has always been suspicious when it came to that group... and that would explain why he didn't save Xonnon or Kiyomi from the Hashiras. Let alone how he knew that two Hashira would be on the Mugen Train. Xuglath thought
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Hmm... this place has the strongest presence of demonic activity. Strange I wonder... why is there a presence I can't recognize here? the slayer walked through the shadows of the trees, waiting for his time to strike.
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One hour later with Tanjiro and Kanroji
"So, Tanjiro. What are you planning to do after we defeat Muzan?" Kanroji asked "Well, Inosuke and I are planning to run a dojo. Genya, Zenitsu, Yuichiro, and Muichiro agreed to help us with it" Tanjiro answered. "That's great. I'm sure Sanemi would love to help out with that as well" Kanroji said. "And how about you Ms. Mitsuri?" Tanjiro asked "Me, Obanai, Giyu, Kyojuro, and Tengen are going to start a restaurant" Kanroji said.
Nezuko made excited noises upon hearing the idea "It seems like Nezuko would also like to do that" Tanjiro said. Kanroji felt a demonic presence approaching them. "Tanjiro be careful. One of the Lower Moons is approaching" Kanroji said "Right" Tanjiro replied.
Kanroji got into a fighting stance waiting for the Lower Moon to walk through the door. "Tanjiro, I got your sword" Genya said. Genya looked at the two confused wondering why Kanroji was in a fighting stance until he felt something crawl past his leg. Genya kicked the thing and threw Tanjiro's sword at Tanjiro, pointing his double barrel at the neck of the thing. "Ow, that hurt. Why, did you do that" Hantengu cried "Because you're a demon!" Genya shouted "That may be true. But that thing is a far worse demon than I" Hantengu cried pointing toward the hall.
The four heard quiet crackles of lightning and the sound of metal scratching the wall. "Come out come out where ever you are? I just want to use that skull of yours to drink out of" the person called out. There's no demonic presence coming off of him. but he isn't afraid of... Tanjiro was broken out of thought from the sudden noise.
*Crash*
The person kicked the entire wall down and pulled his hood down "Found you" the person said. He grabbed Hantengu by the throat and began to dissect the demon via punching into the demon's body and eating his organs. "Breathless Mortal. Eat some, you're gonna need it. And which one of you has the dagger" the man said staring the three down. They noticed that the man had red demonic eyes and a terrifying aura, an aura stronger than Kusho's. The man walked over to the three and shoved Hantengu's heart down Genya's throat as he took three dagger-like syringes from Tanjiro's haori and stabbed it into Hantengu's red bone marrow. "That should be enough" the man said before consuming the demon.
"You mortals can go now. I'm sure someone is coming to collect you" the man said before kicking the wall behind them down and leaving. "What... what the hell just... happened?" Genya said as Kanroji, Nezuko, and Tanjiro looked at him confused.
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The flowing beauties of time(GiyuShino)
FanfictionAn interesting dilemma for a 17-year-old Giyu has approached the young man as he now has to think of the best course of action. After saving a little girl's life after her parents died to a demon, how do you take action in such a situation? Do you l...
