The Hunter With Change: Rebirth.

The aftermath.

{Demon mine raid}

"They killed a lower moon?!."

Token stares up at a crow standing on a tree branch..

"Six and four... I'm falling behind I guess."

Token looks down the hill he's standing on and sees a lively town setting up a festival.

"And I'm stuck here with these stupidly weak demons.!"

Token punches a nearby tree.

"Dammit!"

THE HUNTER WITH CHANGE.

REBIRTH.

Book one: Shadows.

The aftermath..

March 21st

The large arrows the Yumijin fired into the sky break apart from Sumire's blood demon art. The massive swarm of arrows that Yumijin released at the end also dies down to about half its size. "Sumire..." Haruto holds Sumire's barely conscious body tightly.

"Still not enough to push you to your limits? You've proven yourself to be better than I thought."

Haruto panics, looking all around him. Who was that?! I've heard that voice before! Why does it sound like the voice is all around me? Who is this?

Within Sumire's mind, she stands in an empty space. The floor is reflecting the sky, the sky is a perfect blue and has clouds over it. "What is this?" A giant dark cloud forms all around Sumire.

"This is your mind... Your inner consciousness which is withholding the finalization of your conversion."

"Conversion?" A cut appears on Sumire's arm. Her blood drips down into the shallow reflecting water below her, slowly turning the water red.

"You currently can only partially become a demon, and only for a limited amount of time... However, you used a blood demon art. This has started to speed up your conversion into a complete demon."

The bloodied water below Sumire freezes, stopping the spread of the blood.

"I will grant you this favor, freezing the progress of your conversion. Remember this though, blood is warm. The more your blood demon art is used and progresses, the more my ice will melt. You will become more and more demon until you are entirely a demon. MY demon."

Sumire snaps back into the real world. Haruto holding onto her tightly. An arrow soars through the air, aiming for Haurto's back. "Sumire get ou-" Haruto can barely move, and neither can Sumire. I'll stand in the way for her! I'll take this hit this time! Protect her no matter what!

Bottom of the mine.

"The arrows have stopped. We got all the demons!" Multiple demon slayers shout in excitement. Suddenly multiple arrows come flying at the demon slayers. Right before they pierce them a sword deflects each arrow. "All of you are getting overwhelmed by this? This next generation of demon slayers really are too weak.

Serpent hashira. Iguro Obanai.

"You're late! What kind of hashira are you?!" Iguro stares back at the demon slayer with a cold piercing gaze. "What kind of demon slayer are you? This is nothing. Train more and more. Maybe then will we have hope for you guys.