Michikatsu Tsugikuni in the Taisho Era

Chapter 11: Swordsmith Village

"It wrong for me to let our guest babysit our child."

"Sumiyoshi.. my name is as worthless as I am."

"what..? no.. don't say that.."

"I couldn't even protect anything dear to me.. I couldn't even stop him.."

"Please.. don't say that.."

"I am a failure and now more innocents are going to die at his hands."

"Stop.. don't say that ever again.. you're not worthless.. you're not.."

"Huh.." Tanjiro slowly opened his eyes. He looked to the left and saw Kanao.. who dropped a pot of flower. She was shocked to see Tanjiro finally waking up.

The kakushi who was passing by was on his way to server some food for Tanjiro. He thought Tanjiro's keen of smell smelling a delicious food nearby will wake him up. Once he finally made it to Tanjiro's room he found a broken glasses on the floor.. It the pot that Kanao dropped when she was shocked that Tanjiro finally woke up. The kakushi grew angry and started to clean up the mess. Once he finished he was going to place the plate next to Tanjiro but he realized.. Tanjiro woke up and was staring at him. The kakushi screamed in relief.

Then the three butterfly girls came. Relieved that Tanjiro made it and finally woke up. And all of a sudden a ghost person showed up scaring everyone.. that not a ghost.. it Aoi who was covered in a blanket while she was doing laundry! when she heard the news she rushed quickly to see Tanjiro. All of them started crying "Zenitsu managed to make it and Inosuke.. he was at the brink of death.. there was too much poison! and.." 

"Ah.. guess I'm just hallucinating that Inosuke is on the ceiling." - Tanjiro.

Everyone looked up and suprisingly.. they started screaming in fear never understanding how in the world is Inosuke doing this.. no.. WHAT IS HE EXACTLY?

Meanwhile

"Not bad Shinazugawa. You're getting stronger" Gyomei, the stone hashira training with the wind hashira, Sanemi. Michikatsu was only spectating, he was able to catch up Sanemi and Gyomei speed and he thought they were a little too slow.. gee.. what is he exactly now? x2

Michikatsu heard a blade shatter. "Oops! looks like the blade got too chipped after slaying so many demons.." The love hashira, Mitsuri. ended up breaking her sword while training. came to think of it.. Michikatsu took a look at his sword too and noticed it chipped as well. "Miss Kanroji. May I ask how you get more swords?" Michikatsu asked. Mitsuri smiled "Seems your sword will break soon if you keep using it. Aparently to get more swords we must ask the swordsmiths to forge them for us. If you want we can go together at the swordsmith village."

Obanai started to glare menacingly at Michikatsu. Michikatsu DID feel he was being watched and started sweating. "Well.. sure I need a new sword by the looks of it."

A week have passed.

Tanjiro did a quick work out until he was ready to head out and as he was eating breakfast with the butterfly girls. "Anyways.. did a new sword come while I was asleep?"

"It to replace the one that I chipped!" 

the butterfly girls stared nervously. "A sword you say? a sword.. There was no new sword... but you did get some letters from mister Haganezuka. Would you like to see them?" Tanjiro started to sweat knowing damn well that something's gonna haunt me all day. He opened up the letter and.. 

"I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU. I'LL CURSE YOU.. I HATE YOU."

"I have no sword for the likes of you!"

Tanjiro knew hes done for. "This is.. really bad!" feeling helpless he knows he can't fight demons without a sword. "Why don't you go to the swordsmith village and ask him to forge you one?" 

"Huh. Good idea! where can I go?" Tanjiro feeling ectastic knowing there is still hope. "Well we just have to ask and then a kakushi will come."

few minutes have passed by until a female kakushi arrived. "Hello. I will be the one who will carry you to the village. Now please, put on this blindfold and these on your nose. It for safety." Tanjiro hopped on the kakushi and was ready to go.

The head of the Demon Slayer is truly intelligent. The idea of changing kakushis each time and whatever it takes to keep the village hidden is a very genius move. He knew adding wisteria flowers to immobilize demons will make it suspicious that they might report to Muzan that they are hiding something behind the flowers.

"We are here! it was a long travel. Before you do anything, go say hello to the chief. It a good start before doing anything." the kakushi explained. Tanjiro nodded and bow down "Thank you!" and started running off to find the chief.

Meanwhile

"Mister Michikatsu yes? I will be you're new assigned swordsmith. May I see your sword?" The swordsmith examined Michikatsu's sword. "huh! a purple sword? Thats new.. no could it be a new rare sword?" The swordsmith felt suprised. Mitsuri was also watching. She never saw a purple sword before plus it was never discovered. The rarest sword they all knew was a black sword. Not purple..

"I appreciate your patience mister Tsugikuni. you can go while I work to make you a new sword." The swordsmith bow down and bid him farewell.

"Michikatsu I never seen a purple sword before.. you must be the first one!" Mitsuri really likes the color purple and the sword with this color looked so pretty. "To be honest.. I never quite knew swords with different colors was this important.." 

"Ah well. The ore they use to forge nichirin swords can absorb sunlight! mostly the colors changes by the user's breathing style. I guess purple means moon breathing."

Michikatsu already knows about the ores and all but not the colors.. he remembers that Yoriichi did have a black sword.. and Mitsuri said it the rarest.. Michikatsu started to get a little annoyed thinking about his brother. 

"I'm gonna go and take a quick bath. You're on your own Mitsuri" Michikatsu waved goodbye leaving Mitsuri by herself. Mitsuri thought that she too need to take a bath. A quick relaxing warm bath doesn't hurt to pass time.