A demon or a slayer [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 1

Tanjiro woke up to the smell of blood, death, and an unbearable hunger. His body was twitching, his mind was blurry, and his mouth was gathering drool at a rapid pace.

When he sat up, and looked around, he quickly was able to remember what happened.

The moment when Tanjiro had smelled a new scent, he had been wary. It was a rotten smell, that of a bottle of soiled milk but worse. He had went outside, in search of that horrible smell, but only found a man clothed in far to expensive clothes to be of the village at the foot of the mountain.

He had guessed the man was a traveller, they were uncommon, but they still could be found once in a while.

He had been polite, and tried inviting the man inside.

He quickly learned his mistake. The moment he entered the house, everything went downhill.

He avoided a fatal blow to the head thanks to his mother, Kie, pushing him out of the way. The carnage didn't stop there though.

Takeo tried running away to call for help, but a disformed member shot out of the man, piercing his little brother through the chest. His body collapsed immediately after the memeber was removed, and the same thing happened to him when tackled Hanako out of the way.

He sadly was able to stay awake for the rest of the show. The screaming the little girl in his arms let was desvastating. Desperate, he begged her to go and get help.

Only to see her head explod in to millions of pieces. His voice faded, and he was forced to watch, eyes unable to close, as Nezuko took a hit from the man- the monster, Shigeru who was trying to sneak out with Rokuta both were killed impaled on the thing's arm.

When he was done, he finally noticed him, and his lips pulled upwards into a smile.

"I see, you managed to survive that much amount of blood? Consider me impressed."

He made his way to him, and Tanjiro tried to move. Even the slightest finger, but his body was lock in place."I still wonder, will you manage to turn in time? Or will you die before the transformation is over?"

"What...in the world...are you?"

The smile widen, and Tanjiro was able to make out fangs in the darkness of the night.

"I'm a demon, child. The strongest of them all, Muzan Kibutsuji."

The man leaned over, looming over him."And you will soon be one of them."

All he could remember from there on was a never ending amount of pain. 'I'm a demon. The stories grandma told me were true.'

Tears gathered in his eyes, the hunger suppressed because of the overwhelming grief. 'A man eating demon...everybody, i'm so sorry...'

"Nii-chan..."

The voice of his little sister snapped him out of his thoughts. He scrambled to his feet to rush to his only living. He found a pulse, and the same rotten smell as the man too, but she was still unconcious.

"It's not your fault Tanjiro..."

'Dad?'He looked around, confused as to where the voice could be coming from.

"Things will be harder from now on, but you will have to be strong."

"Protect nee-chan, she needs you onii-chan."

"You need to leave first. Somebody is coming towards you, and if they found the both of you in this state, you won't survive."

He knew his father too well to think of this as a joke. He hurried up, and scooped Nezuko in his arms. The smell of water coming closer got his attention, and he quickly started running.

He felt faster, as when he intended to run, he found he was probably half way down the mountain.

'Inhuman strenght. I need to find a place for us to hide. A place where nobody could find us.'

He looked around, unsure. If he remembered correctly, there was a small cave he could hide in around this area. You couldn't find it unless you were looking for it.

He headed in the direction he remembered the place was, and was rewarded with the cave empty and hidden behind a log. He squeezed in, laying Nezuko as comfortable as possible.

He warped his body around her, and followed the scent of water as close as possible. He was getting farther away from them, something good.

He had to tear his attention away from the smell when he heard a sound from Nezuko.

"Nii-chan...family...."

"It's okay Nezuko. It's okay. I will take care of everything, you rest ok?"

He felt her nod, and fall asleep again. 'I will protect you. I have to.'

He couldn't leave the cave yet, the sun was out, and something was screaming at him to npt get close to it.

A sudden wave of fatigue hit him, and he relucantly closed his eyes. Unaware of the journey they would face to re-take their humanity.

I'm re-writing the book. It will be more interesting this way. I promise.

Nezuko isn't like in canon she has abit more of a personality and has a little more self control

Tanjiro gave her one earing because he felt like it was a way of apologizing for letting her get hurt

Yes they will join the corps not now though, things still need to happen.

Thanks toForeverFireAnime for the awesome cover
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nd thanks to psych9rawr for linking me to such a wonderful human being herself included!

I will work on the next chapter as soon as possible

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