The Flower and the Butterfly

Extra: Superior Moon - Part 1

1 day earlier...

I woke up in my room feeling a bit depressed, unsure how to comfort Mitsuri—though she seemed happier after receiving that tiara... Seriously, Mitsuri and Shinobu are such an obvious couple. Anyway, I still feel like I should do something; I feel useless in this house. Since I arrived, all I've done is waste Mitsuri's time with my training... I should repay her somehow... but I don't know how. Maybe leaving her alone might be good too; she's probably tired of my face. I got up from my futon while thinking about what to do today. Maybe I should go train? Well, that was the only idea I had, so I got ready and headed out. I was thinking of training in the same place where Tanjiro trains, so I put on my outfit and white haori, and ran through the Butterfly Mansion to the outside.

Nothing happened on the way. As far as I remember, the girls were outside dealing with their own things...

-"Let us go!" What?

-"AAAAAAHH!" I heard screams coming from outside the mansion. I thought it might be a thief or an attack, but at this hour... I ran to the entrance!

-"Let them go!"

-"Please stop!" I heard what sounded like Sumi and Kiyo shouting. When I arrived, I saw Kanao holding a man with a very... extravagant face, if you can call it that.

-"Say something!! You idiot!!" He yelled at Kanao, who was holding him. I quickly ran towards him.

-"Hey, what are you doing with them? Let them go!" Everyone looked at me, and I felt embarrassed...

-"He's a kidnapper! Save them!" Kiyo shouted, crying.

-"You stupid brat..." He shouted right after the man's comment. Without thinking, I rushed at him with my bare hands. I used Total Concentration Breathing daily, so even with my bare hands, my attacks were strong. The man, noticing my attack, dodged very quickly, more than I imagined, seeming like a ninja, disappearing from my view. Kiyo, whom he was holding, fell, but I caught her in my arms.

-"Are you okay?!"

-"Yes!" She said, crying a little as I set her down on the ground.

-"You idiot..." I heard the man's voice from above. I looked up and saw that he was on the roof of the mansion's entrance.

-"I am the 'former shinobi' Uzui Tengen, the man known as the most extravagant in the region. Did you think I'd take a punch from a snot-nosed kid like you?"

-"Return Aoi-san and Naho! What are you planning!?" I shouted at him. I admit I was a bit scared and stuttered, but I didn't stop speaking!

-"Yes, yes!" Kanao was speaking in the background for some reason.

-"Pervert! Pervert!" Kiyo and Sumi were cursing him... I ended up laughing a little.

-"Damn brats!! Who do you think you're insulting?!!"

-"A pervert!" I shouted, unable to hold back my laughter. His angry face was so funny and really seemed like he was a bit... at least to me.

-"AND YOU STILL REPEAT IT TO MY FACE!! I HAVE SUPERIORITY!! I AM A HASHIRA, YOU MORON!"

-"Wow, what a great Hashira!" I said, laughing a little.

-"YOU LITTLE BRAT!! DOES YOUR BRAIN NOT WORK?!!" -No :D-

-"And you?! Kidnapping a child!!"

-"I need a girl as a member for the mission! So I'm taking them!! I don't need Kocho-san's permission if they are 'successors'!" -Wow, and Shinobu forgot to mention this little detail to us, didn't she? -_-

-"Naho-san is not a Demon Slayer! She isn't wearing a uniform!" Kiyo shouted, and she was right. Tengen then threw Naho to the ground.

-"I don't need her then..." Naho was about to fall face-first onto the ground, but Tanjiro appeared, probably just back from a mission and seeing what was happening from afar.