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Chapter 8

Zenitsu pov

Silence

Awkward silence

That's how things have been for the past few hours. As Zenitsu, I was pretty close with Tanjiro but as Zera, I was nowhere near that. None of us took the initiative to talk. We have been walking for hours towards the village where those four demons have been terrorizing.

"Can I ask you something?" He asked, breaking the silence. I guess I was thankful for it. But I had a feeling that the question would most probably be about 'Zenitsu'. That's when I realized that I hadn't given him an answer. So I nod in response. I hear him release a sigh of relief. "Um... so how did you meet your master?" He asked awkwardly. I was glad that I had already prepared for a question like that. "I'm pretty sure Kagura Chan told you how they met" He nodded in answer. "Well after he came to the village, I was intrigued seeing his katana. So I asked him about it. He explained everything and eventually, he became my master." I finish.

I turned to him and found him standing still and looking into the open, his eyebrows furrowed. He looked like he was deep in thought. "Is everything alright, Kamado San?" I ask again. "It's just...Um, there is this smell and I think it may be a demon or something" He answers. I couldn't believe that I didn't hear it. That's when master's words came rushing back. Not only did it affect my speed but also my keen hearing.

"Why don't we take a small detour?" I asked him. He sent a bright smile to me and agreed, so he followed the smell deeper into the woods while I followed him. As we got closer to an abandoned house, I started hearing the awful sound of demons.

We quietly enter the house, our guards held high up. In contrast to the shabby outside, the inside looked luxurious. It also awfully resembled The Infinity Castle. I could hear demons all around me. Me and Tanjiro said back to back trying to scare away the demons with our katanas. (A/N: just think of this as the scene in the Hashira training arc, in which Sanemi and Iguro accidentally stumbled into the castle but with lesser demons, and these two idiots are swinging their katanas in front of them for defense.)

Suddenly the room and us changed. The room looked oddly familiar. That's when I heard a gap from Tanjiro. I turned towards where he was looking and found a pile of mutilated bodies. I felt my stomach churning at the sight. My lunch threatened to rise. I turned away, no longer having the heart to look but had to turn back when I heard Tanjiro's breath increase.

I saw that he was hyperventilating. Suddenly he was on his knees, trying to breathe. I crouch down and put one of my hand on his back, telling him to breathe in and out. A few minutes later he was normal. He closed his eyes for a second but immediately opened it and moved me aside.

Sun breathing, ninth form: Dragon sun halo head dance.

He immediately lunged forward, decapitating the demon in just seconds. That's when I realized that there was a demon behind me and I can't sensed it. Realization hit me like a train. If I continue this act anymore,I might end up dead easily. But right now that was a problem for another day and we had to think about escaping.

Suddenly there was another drum beat and both of us were separated.

Well guys, the next few chapters are gonna be kinda weird. Hope you don't mind and hope you guys will delete all kny logic and plot before reading. And also no hate. Byeeee