Abnormal Being [Kimetsu no Yaiba]

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Yokina ran up to the bed. "Yuu-nee!"

Her twin didn't change much from what she remembered. She has her red eyes and black hair with blood red color on the tips. "Yo.." her sister voiced out.

Hearing that Yokina quickly hugged Yuutsuna tightly while crying, "I've missed you, Yuu-nee!"

Yuutsuna's hand reached Yokina's back, "I missed you too, Yo.." Her voice is hoarse but it didn't sound weak. "Listen, Yo. I saw Muzan's future the other day." She pulls back from the hug.

Yokina's eyes widen, "r-really?"

"Yes, he will die in this fight." Yuutsuna whispers out as tears streaming out from both twins.

"Thank God,,"

"But..-"

Yokina flinched, of course there's a but. "But.. what?"

"It appears that your friend., Tanjiro will be the one to succeed him."

The younger twin felt her world stop. That Tanjiro, the Tanjiro that protects Nezuko will succeed Muzan..!? "N-No way, Tanjiro won't,.!"

"Listen, Yokina!" Yuutsuna hisses, raising her voice. "It's Muzan one-sided thought. It's not like Tanjiro wants to succeed him." She grip her twin's hand. "But we have to prevent this. You have to!"

Yokina, still shaking nodded, 'I need to get a hold of myself. That's right, why did my trist waver?' She took a deep breath. 'Now think, you have to stop Tanjiro from becoming a demon, what can you do?'

"The simplest way is to prevent Tanjiro from coming close to Muzan.. but it'll be impossible since he's fighting him." Yuutsuna bit her nails.

Their conversation was halted when the entire surface starts to shake. "W-What's going on?"

"No worries. The dimension infinity fortress is collapsing. Your friend is confronting Nakime right? The biwa player." Yokina nodded, "she's in charge of this entire space."

"I see, which mean Yushiro is trying to get Muzan out to the surface.. so that he can be burnt when dawn came!" Yokina voice out her theory.

"Yes, Muzan will die from the sun."

Yokina then remembers something, "burnt.. demon.. Right! I have two medicines that will change us to humans!" She exclaim, reaching for it in her pocket when the whole building collapse.

"..shit!" Yokina covers her sister who's still cuffed to the bed since she had little time, and ended up being crushed from all of the collapsed building. She passed out from the weight.

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"..I think I know that person." Yoriichi exclaims making the girl look up to him. "Muzan Kibutsuji., yes. I know him."

"R-Really?"

"I had a feeling that I exist to defeat him, but I failed." Yoriichi voiced out. "I once encounter him and attacked him but he got away. He left a young woman, Tamayo who I let go because she seems to hate Muzan and wants to kill him too," He starts to explain. "It appears that the curse she got weaken because of my attack thus she didn't die."

"It was a little before my brother turned into a demon and I was banished from the demon hunters' corps."

Yokina looked at her lap as she bit her lip, "Yoriichi, can you please.. teach me?!" She asked. Yoriichi seems surprised at the sudden request. "I want to get stronger.. to kill Muzan! So please, teach me anything to get stronger!!" She bows her down as far as she could.

"..alright."

Yokina beamed as her request got accepted. "Thank you very much! I'll do my best."

After a few days from that day, Yoriichi and Yokina left for a journey. A journey to make herself stronger for Yokina. She received trainings that's not as harsh as when Kokushibo trained her. It's similiar though to Kokushibo's training, but Yoriichi's nicer.

She gains a lot of knowledge by going around with Yoriichi. She also made acquintance with the demon slayer corps' Master, who deemed her as the demon slayers' ally.

From then on Yokina became more expressive and aware of the world.

After a few years, the two decided to visit Sumiyoshi. Perhaps because Yoriichi is aware that people with the demon slayer's mark couldn't live beyond the age of 25. Yokina who's aware of it respected Yoriichi's wish.

At that time, Yokina spent time with Suyako and her children to let Yoriichi have some time together with Sumiyoshi. After some time passes, Suyako asked Yoriichi to show her the sword forms which Yoriichi complied to.

Sumiyoshi and Yokina watched it carefully and burn them into their mind. It was so breathtakingly fascinating as Yoriichi seems like a spirit. Suyako and the children overflowed with excitement which make Yoriichi a bit embarrased.

Afterward before Yoriichi and Sumiyoshi parted, Yoriichi gave his ear ornaments to Sumiyoshi. Knowing the intention, Sumiyoshi cried as he yelled out that Yoriichi's life has a value and he promised to pass down the ear ornaments along with the sun breathing.

Yoriichi felt happy and smiled to Sumiyoshi. Before he and Yokina started another journey.

Although at the age of 25, Yoriichi tried to kick Yokina out to leave him and start her own journey, which is denied by the girl. She couldn't dare to leave Yoriichi alone and stayed with him.

When Yoriichi doesn't die of the age of 25, deep down Yokina felt relieved that she won't be alone. But it's just a matter of time too. Their journey continued on until Yoriichi became old.

But then, at the age of a little after 80, Yoriichi left Yokina alone, leaving a piece of paper telling her to go on without him.

Yokina tried her best to sniff him out, but when she found him, Yoriichi was already dead in a standing stance. Along with some leftover smell of his former tutor, Kokushibo.

That day Yokina bawled her eyes out, realising she's now on her own, again.

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7 April 2020

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