!Manga spoilers¡ Sakura Tanaka, is the oldest of seven siblings, and the oldest daughter of the former lighting Hashira, Souza Tanaka, who was killed in action when Sakura and Yuuto were 12. One day while she was giving out fire wood to prepare to snowy night, she stays the night at an old woman's cabin being warned about demons as she had been her whole life. When she came home. She a strong feeling of danger she ran until she found her brother Yuuto Tanaka laying in the snow covered in blood with his arms wrapped around their youngest sister Mei like he was protecting her from something, when she found the rest of her family dead, Yuuto being the only one who still had a heartbeat. When she tries to take him to the village she falls and runs into Sakonji Orakodaki (this is two days before giyuu's encounter with Tanjiro). After he see's that Yuuto never made any move to hurt Sakura while she was unconscious and the Sakura used the lighting breathing technique without knowing he decided to send her to Jigoro Kawajima (the person who trained Zenitsu look him up) to see if she was really serious about becoming a demon slayer. When she got there she was told that if she wanted to be a demon slayer she would have to train hard, so she trained to become the best demon slayer she can be so that one day she can become a demon slayer and turn her brother back into a human. When they come home from final selection they get their swords and they go on there way. When they become demon slayers, Sakura goes off on her own, and meets Genya Shinagawa, and Kanao Tsuyuri. They start to travel together, and after much struggle, he doesn't kill Yuuto. Lets find out what happens when Genya catches feelings for Sakura. P.S in this story Akaza had kids thats gonna come into play until later in the story, in this story Kanae and Kotoha are still alive, and the Tanaka siblings mother's name is Akemi and she died 6 months after the youngest Mei was born so Sakura and Yuuto were 6.