Humble beginnings

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     It was the week after I meet Giyuu. Giyuu took great care of me, he's really nice. I sometimes wonder what my parents and brother are doing right now. Are they worried about me? Even a little bit? I brush the thought off my mind, I really didn't want to think about them right now. I sat on the floor, waiting for Giyuu to serve me breakfast as usual. I looked up to the roof pondering about what I could do other than just sit all day. Then, I hear footsteps. It must've been Giyuu. I quickly look toward where he was.

    "Breakfast is served." He says, placing a tray with miso soup in front of me. I thank him as he turns around to leave. But, then he abruptly stops. He turns back around to face me.

    "I apologize, I should've asked this the first time we talked. What is your name?" He says in his usual calm voice. I didn't really want to tell him my name, I hated it, but there's really no harm to it. By now, he's like my family.

     "Yaku." I answer truthfully. He nods and faintly smiles, that was really the first time I saw him smile.

    "It is nice to meet you Yaku." He says, leaving the room. He must've been on another mission, it's like he has one almost everyday. I would always wonder what it's like to be a demon slayer, I mean, it is quite a dangerous job from the looks of it. The only thing I know is that there's breathing styles and a specific sword you need to use to slay demons, which Giyuu of course told me. Not that much. Maybe I could become a demon slayer, who knows? I need something to occupy my time after all. But would that be too dangerous? I mean, it would be, but if I learn how to become one it might be easier. I mean, take Giyuu for example, he literally was able to slay that demon's head of in short of a second. I should probably ask Giyuu about that later. I then look over to the side, where there was a window. Why does he even need to get out there at daylight? Don't demons only come out at night? Maybe it's another meeting or something, I don't know. I lay on the floor looking up to the roof once again. I really want to know how this demon slayer thing worked. One day I want to become one...

Author's note

𝐈 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠.

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