Reincarnated as Nezuko

Chapter 9

Nezuko's P.O.V.

These past two years have been great. I loved my training and learning new things. I was even able to make my own clothing. I now have clothes that I can move around in much better. Does it match the era of clothing this world has, not really. But I don't care. I wear what I want to wear. I try to get it to match the era as much as I can but in my own style. Might as well start a new style trend early.

I kept my word to Kagaya and I have been keeping him updated on my progress. However, I haven't told him the whole truth when it comes to my healing capabilities I want to surprise him with that when I see him once again. He and his family have been so kind to me these past few years, and I couldn't be more grateful. Family has always been a big part of my life, so it feels good to have that feeling of having a family again. Tanjiro is my family too, I know that. But I'm so used to having a big family, in my past life I was the youngest of three and I had many cousins and nieces and nephews. When I died, I had another big family. But then Muzan took them away from me and Tanjiro leaving a void in my heart, Kagaya's family filled that void which has helped me cope with everything that has happened. I don't want anything to happen to them. That's why I am determined to end Muzan's reign of terror, for everyone who has family that has been taken from them by demons. I don't want anyone living in fear of a demon taking away their family. No one should have to suffer what my brother and I and so many others have gone through.

Tanjiro has been trying to cut the boulder for the past few months. In a few weeks, he should be able to cut it, with some help of course. I've been watching him in the shadows during the night when I take a break from training. I can see Sabito and Makomo helping him. Around the beginning of Tanjiro's second week of trying to cut the boulder, Sabito approached me.

"You've been watching us for the past week, yet you haven't attacked," he said

"That's because I don't plan on attacking. I'm just here to watch." I told him

"You're a demon, but you haven't made a move to attack a human. Why is that?" he asked

"That's because I made a vow to never harm a human unless absolutely necessary. Besides I would never attack my brother." I told him

"So you are the sister he speaks of. The one who turned into a demon," he stated

"I am. My name is Nezuko and yours is Sabito. Your companion is Makomo, correct?" I asked. He looked at me shocked.

"How do you know that?" he asked me with wide eyes

"I've heard my brother say your names for the past week. I may be hidden so my brother doesn't see me but that doesn't mean I can't hear your conversations." I told him with an amused tone

"I see. Why are you hiding from your brother?" he asked

"He thinks I'm back at the house sleeping. If he knew I was out here and I didn't tell him he would freak. He knows I'm a demon and can therefore handle myself but he still acts like an overprotective brother. I don't mind much. But it can be annoying at times." I told him

"I understand. I had someone who was like that with me. We weren't brothers but we trained together and he was always protective of me. So I understand where you're coming from. I do have a question though why are you watching your brother?" he asked

"I like to check on him every once in a while. Also, I like watching others train, it helps me to study their movements in case I ever fight alongside them so I know when and where I need to cover while in a fight. It's quite a useful habit to get into. It also helps to see if there is anything that they need to improve on. Some things you can see better from a distance than up close." I told him and he watched as Makomo was training Tanjiro and he could see what I meant. Tanjiro's form was slightly off but you couldn't tell as much from close up as you could from up in the trees where we were.

"I see. Thank you for that insight. It will help Makomo and I train him better if we can see what needs to be fixed." he said sincerely.

"It's no problem. Any help I can give my brother I will happily give. I should be heading back. It was nice to meet you." I said with a slight bow and I jumped away to go back to my training area.

As the weeks progressed I continued watching Makomo and Sabito train Tanjiro. I officially met Makomo a few days after I met Sabito. We hit it off pretty well. I continued to help them if I saw anything that I thought could help them train my brother. And they appreciated that I did. I told them how much Urokodaki missed all his pupils and they gave me messages from them and others to pass on to him so he could be put more at ease.

When I gave Urokodaki the messages they gave me he broke down. He thanked me profusely for what I did. I told him it was the least I could do since he was training both my brother and me. I know he is worried about when we both go to final selection. He has lost so many pupils if I could help him by taking away some of his guilt by giving him messages from his pupils I would gladly do it. I've come to love Urokodaki as not only my mentor but as a grandfather as well. Was he stern, yes, but he has to be. We could be killed at any given moment so he has to be hard on us to prepare us for what lies ahead.

A few weeks after I met Makomo and Sabito I finally told my brother that I too was training to become a Demon Slayer. I didn't tell him anything about my past as I wanted to tell him when we met the Hashiras. He was upset that I didn't tell him sooner but I was able to calm him down and told him that I didn't want him to worry. I'm a demon and I'm capable of taking care of myself. He started asking question after question, like how I was supposed to handle a nichirin sword and how are people going to react when they found out a demon was a Demon Slayer and all that jazz. I told him about how I got permission from the Demon Slayer Corps to train to become a Demon Slayer and how I figured out a way to neutralize the effect of the nichirin sword so that it wouldn't hurt me.

Weeks turned into months and it was finally the day when Tanjiro would be cutting the boulder. Urokodaki told me a few days ago that he believes I'm ready for the Final Selection. The day he told me he sent off a letter to Kagaya telling him that he believed I was ready for the final selection. We got word back today with Kagayas' reply.

Dear Sakonji and Nezuko,

I'm delighted to hear that Nezuko has passed her training. I'm very proud of how far you have come Nezuko and how much you have achieved over the last few years.

When I got your letter Sakonji, I started thinking of dates that Nezuko could take the Final Selection. I figured she could take the Final Selection the week after Tanjiro's Final Selection. Tanjiro will have to recover after his Final Selection. So having Nezuko have her Final Selection the week after gives Tanjiro plenty of time to rest. Seeing as Tanjiro will be unavailable to bring Nezuko to the Final Selection destination. I thought Tomioka could bring her to the Final Selection location. Since it takes a few days to get there Tomioka will come and get Nezuko on the 4th day of Tanjiro's Final Selection and then she could start the same day he leaves. Don't worry about the people who passed noticing you. They should be off the mountain by noon and the Final Selection starts at night.

I hope everything goes well for you Nezuko. My family and I wish you luck.

Sincerely,

            Kagaya Ubuyashiki

After we read the letter, I started thinking about how many days left I had before I had to go to the Final Selection. Tanjiro cuts the boulder today and then starts his journey to Mount Fujikasane in about a day or two. That gives me about a week and a half before Tomioka comes to get me.

A week and a half before I start heading to the Final Selection.

This is going to be torture. I'm not a patient person!