Bardo (a Kimetsu No Yaiba [Demon Slayer] Fanfiction)

Chapter 1: Red Haired Shinigami

3rd POV

The night was beautiful.

It was very calm. The moonlight was shine proudly with no cloud covering it. A soothing spring breeze fluttered sakura petals from its branch. Anyone who sees this will make their heart be at ease. 

Indeed, what a pleasant night.

Even for a demon.

A serpent-like demon cannot hide his joy - and hunger - when he felt a prey waiting for him in the woods. He slithered with a fast speed, stopping once and stick out his tongue. Thanks to his ability, he could pinpoint the position of his prey, even the number and the appearances of its prey.

He frowned. His prey is only one child, and not more than eight years old. There's no other person around that child. He was a little bit disappointed. He thought he could had a feast tonight. But it better one than nothing at all. So he continued.

When he reached his destination. He saw his prey, sat under a sakura tree, with her back facing him. It is very unusual seeing a mere child sat alone under a tree in the middle of the woods, however, the serpentine demon, did not bother to think about that.

His hunger and blood thirst took over the control of his body and mind. Without a second thought, the demon charged at the helpless child. His clawed hands gripped her shoulder, when suddenly...

"Nee...don't touch me with your filthy hands, you lowlife creature." 

His hands was gone, replaced by a fountain of fresh blood. The demon startled and jumped back for meters away. He glared at the girl who had stood up, but her back still facing him.

"You brat! How dare you cut my hands!" He growled. He wasn't angry because his hands were gone, since his hands could grew again. What made him angry that he didn't expect that attack - heck! He even didn't expect at all this little girl could harm him in any way.

The girl turned around, her icy violet eyes pierce through the demon's eyes.

And it was at this moment the serpent demon knew he f***** up. 

"Y-you! Th-the red haired shinigami!"

"Oh...you know me? Well, it save time for introduction then." 

The demon shrieked in fear, he definitely cannot fight her. A child or not, this person before his eyes is a nightmare for every demon. The only thing he must do now is run. The demon quickly turned around, moving his belly with all of his might to go into the woods. He hoped the trees could hide him from her. 

But, it was futile. No one can run from the God of Death.

"Shinigami no Kokyu, Third Form: Scythe of Death."

The demon's body had mutilated in a blink of eyes. While his body begin to dissipated, his remaining head landed right under the girl's feet. The demon shrieked once again but the girl had stomped his face with her feet.

"You're too noisy." 

"Kazue-sama!" a man appeared from nearby shadow. He was a twenty years old man, with a long black hair. He wore a white long sleeved shirt with a black haori and hakama. He saw the remain of the demon's body and its head on her feet.

"Are you alright, Kazue-sama?"

"Umu. What happened to your gakuran, Toramaru-kun?"

"It was destroyed by an acid poison. When I was coming here, I got attacked by two serpent demon. And one of them managed to land its acid poison on me."

"Ho? This demon had friends, I see. Well, I believe you had take care of it, right, Toramaru-kun?"

"Hai."

Kazue nodded, "Good work." the demon's head now had fully dissipated along with his body. The calmness night came back for once more. 

"I'm sorry for leaving you here, Kazue-sama."

"No need to apologize. I'm the one who ordered you to go. So, what have you got?"

"From the information that I gathered from a nearby village, there is a strong demon at the Natagumo Mountain northwest from here. I inspect that and, yes, I sensed a powerful presence in there."

"One of the twelve demon moons?"

"Probably. The Water hashira and The Insect hashira had been deployed to go there. Shouldn't we go too, Kazue-sama?"

True, that was probably a perfect time for Kazue to meet one of the twelve moon and gather information from them. But, if the water and insect hashira had been ordered to go there, it would be pointless. They would had been killed all of the demons even before she reached the place. 

Rather than wasting time doing that, Kazue prefer something else. She wanted Toramaru continue his scout in red light district. She believed there was another twelve moons in that place. And if that was true, she wanted to be the first person to go there and catch the demon.

She shook her head, "No need. Both of them will left nothing for us. Other than that - " when she wanted to give her next instruction to Toramaru, her kasugai crow cawed.

"Message from the headquarters! All the Pillars are requested to be back immediately! Caw!"

A message from the headquarters. Something that she can't ignore. Whether it was an emergency or not, she must go there. And the sole reason is because she can meet someone dear to her.

"Well, that's our call. We'll continue it later. Let's head back, Toramaru-kun."

"Hai, Kazue-sama." 

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Anyone here watching Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer)? Man...it was awesome!

So here's the picture of serpent demon who want to eat my Kazue
>:C