Good Evening,Rengoku
"This is that thing! It's the lord of the land! It slides across the earth! It's so long and overwhelming, it's gotta be! Looks like it's asleep right now, but be careful!!"
"No...this is a steam train. Don't you know that?" shizen asked
"Shh! Calm down!" inosuke said
"No, you calm down" kuki said
"I'll attack it first!" taiyo yelled
"You too?!" netsu yelled
"I'm surrounded by a bunch of idiots…" hoshi muttered
"Maybe it's the guardian deity of this place. So a surprise attack may not be the best plan…" tanjiro said
"Shizen literally just said its a steam train...do you understand the word 'train'? it's a vehicle for transporting people…" kuki said
"Huh? Train? Then is this what the crow meant?"
"Crow?"
"HEADLONG RUSH!!" inosuke yelled
He headbutted the train.
"INOSUKE YOU IDIOT, YOU'RE EMBARRASSING US!!" hoshi yelled
FWEEET
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" two policemen yelled.
'WE GOTTA GO! WE GOTTA GO, NOW!" Hoshi and zenitsu yelled.
They each grabbed half of the group and ran as fast as possible away from the policemen.
…
"We're the demon slayer corps. Our organization isn't recognized by the government. So we can't actually walk around carrying swords out in the open. If we tell them about demons, they won't believe us…" zenitsu said
"But we work so hard…" tanjiro sighed
"Well, that's just the way things are. For now let's hide our swords behind our backs…" hoshi said
"Wait so we baddies? According to the government?":
"No, they just don't know about us…" hoshi said
Then they looked at inosuke
"That's not gonna work…"
"Put some clothes on you idiot," kuki said.
"If we get on the infinity train, we might be able to catch up to my brother...you said you wanted to talk to him, right tanjiro?" netsu asked.
"You want to talk to him? Then lie low while i go buy tickets" zenitsu said
"Okay, thanks!" tanjiro smiled
…
"GRAAAH!! WE'RE IN IT'S STOMACH!! WE'RE IN ITS BELLY! GRAAAH!! LET'S TAKE IT DOWN!!"
"SHUT UP!" kage snapped
"Isn't rengoku a hashira? What does he look like?" zenitsu asked
"Well, his hair looks like fire...it's really wild...also, he's really really loud…" netsu said
"DELICIOUS!" someone said
"And there he is now" netsu said
"DELICIOUS! DELICIOUS! DELICIOUS!"
They continued walking towards him
"DELICIOUS! DELICIOUS! DELICIOUS!"
"That's your brother?" zenitsu asked netsu
"DELICIOUS!"
"Yep"
"DELICIOUS"
"You sure he's not just a glutton?"
"DELICIOUS!"
"No"
"DELICIOUS!"
"Um...excuse me?" tanjiro asked
"DELICIOUS"
"M-Mr.Rengoku?"
"DELICIOUS!"
"Uh...yes...i totally get that."
…
When rengoku was finally finished eating his many…
Many
Plates of food, he sat down and listened to tanjiro explain something about the hinokami kagura
"Oh! So that's it, huh? Well, I dunno! And this is the first time I've ever heard of the hinokami kagura! But it's great that your father was able to apply the kagura to fighting. And that's enough of that topic!"
"Huh?! You can't help a little more?!" Tanjiro yelled, baffled by the response he got.
"Well, our father does have a library full of the history of breathing techniques...but i doubt he'd even let us touch a book…" netsu said.
"Hey, you should be my other tsuguko, my disciple. I'll look after you!" rengoku beamed
"Not so fast! And what are you looking at?!"
"Flame breathing has a long history! In all ages, flame and water swordsmen have been among the hashira. Flame, water, wind, stone, and thunder are the basic types of breathing. The other types of breathing are branched out from those. Mist and Star is derived from wind."
Hoshi's ears perked up
"Mizoguchi, what color is your katana?"
"My name is Kamado! And it's black"
"A black sword?! That's rough" rengoku smiled
"Rough?"
"I've never seen a swordsman with a black sword become a hashira! And I hear they don't know which line to master!"
KCHNK
"Oh, we're moving…" hoshi muttered
"I'll train you at my place. So don't worry! Netsu will help too!"
"Huh?"
"You are my tsuguko after all!" rengoku beamed
"Right…"
…
"GRAAAH! WHOA! WOW! IT'S SO FAST!!" inosuke yelled, as he stuck his head out the train window
"INOSUKE BE CAREFUL BEFORE YOU LOSE YOUR HEAD"
"SHUSH EMO ALLOW ME TO BE FREE"
"We let you roam around wherever you want, shirtless, and with a pig mask...i think you're free enough"
"You should stop doing that! We have no idea when the demon's gonna appear!" rengoku said
Then zenitsu faced him
"No way! There's a demon on this train?!" he screeched
"Yep!"
"IT IS?! GYAAAH! WE'RE NOT TRAVELLING TO IT?! IT'S HERE?! GYAAAH! I'M GETTING OFF!"
" What the hell happened to staying on the down low?!" hoshi muttered
"Over 40 people have disappeared on this train! The corps sent a few swordsmen, but they all went silent! And that's why i'm here!" rengoku explained
"Ohhh! That makes sense!! BUT I'M STILL GETTING OFF!" Zenitsu cried.
Then someone walked in.
"Allow me to inspect...your tickets" he said
"Eh?" taiyo asked
"Sometimes i wonder who's the real older brother here…" kuki sighed
"He's gonna check our tickets!" shizen said
SNIFF
Hoshi and Tanjiro stood up.
"Enjoy your trip…" the man said
Hoshi turned to tanjiro
"You smell that right?"
He nodded
"You think it's a demon?"
Then rengoku stood up
"Look out! Get back! This is an urgent matter, so don't mind the sword!" rengoku smiled
The lights flickered on and off a few times before revealing
The demon
People started to scream.
"Blood demon art was hiding that thing! And it was hard to sense it! However...if you bare your fangs at innocent people… my bright red flame will burn you to the bone!"
"Your brother makes cool quips" hoshi said to netsu
"I know"
An aura of flames surrounded Rengoku before he pointed his blade towards the demon.
Then, he sped towards the demon, with a trail of flames leaving his katana.
The blade cut the demon's neck, spraying blood everywhere.
The demon fell.
Then it disintegrated.
"Wow!! Such awesome swordsmanship!! Please make me your apprentice!" tanjiro smiled
"Sure!! I'll make you a great swordsman!" rengoku said
"Us too!" shizen, hoshi, and taiyo smiled
"And us!" zenitsu,Kuki,Kage, and inosuke said
"I'll look after you all together"
"YEAH! RENGOKU-ANIKI!!" they all cheered
Thus, rengoku adopted 8 children.
…
Once the group finished cheering for their new big brother, rengoku, they all fell asleep.
Unknowing on what was waiting for them.