The Demon and her Twin | KNY Fanfic

Episode 4: Final Selection Begins

*beginning instrumental*
Episode 4:
Final Selection begins
(These are not named after the official episodes simply because I can't remember the names of them and also because this is told from the perspective of Misaki and NOT tanjiro)

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"Say hi to Sabito and Makomo for us!" Tanjiro yells as we both wave goodbye to Urokodaki. Tanjiro and I turn around and begin our long journey to final selection.

"Sabito....Makomo.....Tanjiro and Misaki, how do you know the names of the dead."

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"Wow such beautiful trees." I say as I look around at all the beautiful purple-pink branches and flowers surrounding us. Is this the Wisteria Urokodaki mentioned? It's much prettier than I imagined.

"Wow, the wisteria is gorgeous." Tanjiro says voicing my exact thoughts.

I remember Urokodaki briefly mentioning Wisteria and how it's harmful to demons, so are these wisteria trees meant to keep the final selection demons in? This prevents them from leaving? But couldn't they leave the forest they're trapped in a different way?

Tanjiro and I walk up the steep slope that leads to a Torii with paper talisman and wisteria Garland decorating it. Up ahead stands roughly over 20 slayers waiting for final selection to start, a few stand out to me.

A shy and cowardly boy with choppy yellow hair and a white triangle patterned yellow haori and baggy pants, a sword at his side and he cries over something. "I'm gonna die...I'm gonna die...."

Another one with a black Mohawk, a large scar going from the side of his face to his nose, his eyes almost feline like as he seems angry at nothing.

Lastly a girl standing in the front quiet must be mute, her black hair is styled into a side ponytail with a butterfly hairpin, a pink-ish haori, a sword at her side and a permanent smile on her face. I notice a butterfly perched on her finger.

I look to my side and notice Tanjiro sniffing the air like crazy looking at his surroundings almost like a dog or cat searching for food. As we loiter around 2 little girls come out one with white hair and one with black, and frankly their appearances freak me out. They're like little porcelain dolls.

"Welcome to final selection" the white haired one says as we all gather infront

"We're gonna explain the rules about final selection and what it entails to prepare you all." The black haired one says

"Every demon present during final selection has been caught by existing demon slayers and trapped on this mountain, the wisteria surrounding the mountain keeps them in."

"All the demons present are relatively weak having only killed 2-3 people and are very hungry. There's 1 demon however who's stronger so beware."

"The rules are, each and every slayer must survive a week on the mountain using only the resources in your environment and the skills you learned and practiced, and without the assistance of others."

"After a week has passed and all the slayers who have survived make it back down the mountain are recognized as official demon slayer corps members."

The 2 girls clap and all of us split up on each side, Tanjiro runs up the left while I take the right. As much as I'd like to be with Tanjiro during this, I must follow the rules and do this on my own, it's only me now without Tanjiro's or Nezuko's Help, it's time for me to prove myself to be strong enough to not only protect myself but to protect others, that's what I grew up knowing.