Chapter 13: Infinite Train

A new mission has been delivered,

Tokan-san! Tokan-san! The infinite train has over 40 missing people! Head West Immediately! Meet up with Rengoku!

Troublesome.

Right when I thought I could get some rest, nevertheless I got ready.

Infinite Train, I arrived quite early. I walked through the train's aisles and spotted Rengoku,

"Hey Rengoku." I said.

"Delicious!"

"..."

"Delicious!"

"Hey Rengoku."

"Oh you're here Tokan!" said Rengoku.

I took a seat across from him and asked,

"Do you know where the demon is?"

"No! But I think they'll arrive sooner or later!" replied Rengoku.

"So now we just have to wait until the demons appear."

"Un!" said Rengoku before yelling delicious after every bite.

Does he have no embarrassment?

Shortly after, the conductor came to check our ticket and punch a hole in it.

The conductor had a strange aura around him but before I could take note of it,

my instincts said danger.

"It seems like they're here, seems like there's 2 of them. I'll take the one in the front."

"Alright! Mr. Conductor, please stay back. As is an emergency please overlook that I have a sword." said Rengoku.

Then the door bursted open, revealing a muscular demon with horns sticking out of him.

I stayed back and watched since I never got to see his swordsmanship skills,

as the demon roared and charged, Rengoku got in his stance.

[Flame Breathing, First Form! Unknowing Fire!]

as he flew past the demon and cutting it's neck off while in the air.

Such skill.

"You're incr-" before I could finish, a demon appeared again.

2 long arms, 2 long legs, and horns sticking out.

Seeing as it was doing damage,

[Frost Breathing, Fourth Form! Snow in the Blizzard!]

loosening my body, it looked like I teleported over slicing the demon's legs, arms, and head off before it could deal any more damage.

My training seems to have paid off seeing as my stance, swordsmanship, and breathing feels natural now.

"You're strong Tokan! I can see why you're a Hashira!" said Rengoku.

"You too, you're swordsmanship is truly commendable." I said.

(Author POV)

After defeating the demon, Tokan and Rengoku went back to their seats and fell asleep.

In the front of the train.

"I did as I was told, I punched their tickets and put them to sleep. Please! Put me to sleep now too. Please let me be reunited with my dead wife and daughter!" begged the conductor in a dogeza position.

"Sure thing, go to sleep. Have a nice meeting with your family." said the hand.

"Excuse me, what do you want us to do?" asked a girl in a green kimono.

"Wait a little longer, their slumber will go deeper in a while. Wait here until then, perceptive demon slayers pick up on the presence bloodthirsty demon slayers. Be careful not to touch their bodies when tying the ropes. I will be in the first car. I will be in the first care for a while. Hang on until everything is ready then you can have blissful dreams." said the hand.

"Yes." said the girl in a green kimono and the boy in a yellow kimono.

(A/N I removed the other 2 since it's only tokan and rengoku.)

(Author and Tokan POV)

Soon I was in a dream,

I stood there in front of the entrance to my home, looking at the door to my home.

"Tokan, what are you doing out here in the cold weather? You might get sick." said my mother.

"Sorry mother, I spaced out a little." I said.

"Alright, come inside and warm up. Your father is training." said my mother.

"Hai!" I said.

Mother? Father? They weren't killed?

In her soul.

There stood a girl with a green kimono, entering her spirit realm where her spiritual core is held.

Entering her spirit realm, the girl saw a endless amount of snow on the ground, in the air, and falling down. The closer she got, the colder she was. With every step she took, the temperature kept going down. First it snowed, then it started to rain hail, then fractures of ice started falling. She saw her spirit core, it was light blue, ice colored, and bright. Before reaching her spirit core. Ice started forming on her body making her immobile before she got out.

In Tokan's dream.

She was watching her father training before he turned around and said,

"Tokan, take our your blade. There is something you must cut." said her father before leaving.

'Something I must cut? Realizing she was in a dream, she felt a bit sad but all good things must come to end. She unsheathed her katana and pressed it against her neck.' This is only a dream, she'll wake up to reality she reassured herself.

Thud. Her body fell onto the wooden floor.

She woke up and saw a rope tied to her, cutting the rope she saw Rengoku holding up the boy by his neck. It seems like he'll wake up soon.

Then her instincts screamed danger, she dodged the girl who tried to inject her with something.

"Why did you have to wake up? Let me be drea-" before she could finish, I knocked her out.

It seems that the tickets had demon blood on it that put us to sleep. I didn't notice the aura since there were barely many. Now then, where is the mastermind.

On top of the train.

"It seems that they're having a bit of trouble." said Enmu, the demon with dream manipulation powers.

"So you were up here." said Tokan.

"You're awake? You could've stayed asleep." said Enmu.

"I could've but no thanks. You're a lower rank one? What is a demon as weak as you here?" Tokan asked.

"Me? Weak? With Kitbutsuji's blood, I'll challenge the upper demon's places replacing them making me the strongest. Now then, go to sleep!" said Enmu.

Tokan found herself in a dream again, she sliced her neck again.

"So you put me to sleep by targeting my senses? Not bad, but let's see who's faster. Me putting you to sleep or you putting me to sleep." said Tokan

[Frost Breathing, Tenth Form! Frozen Love!]

, Tokan disappeared from her spot and appeared behind Enmu, before he could react. His head was cut.

'So fast.'

"Who are you? Why are you so quick?" said Enmu.

"Why am I so quick? After all, I'm a Hashira. The strongest one." said Tokan.

Enmu's eyes widened in fear then started laughing.

Tokan realizing that it wasn't it's real body, quickly stood back as a longer neck replaced Enmu's body.

"Haha! Every inch of this has become my blood, my flesh, and my bones. The 200 passengers will be my food." said Enmu.

Widening my eyes, I quickly made my way to Rengoku who seemed to be awake and aware of the situation when I explained it to him.

"Alright, I'll protect the 8 carts and you find it's real body." said Rengoku as he started cutting off the organs that was about to kill the passengers.

Making my way to the front, I was cutting the organs as I was sprinting. Where is the real body? Where is the real body of a train? I was thinking for a bit before realizing it.

The engine!

Jumping on top of the roof, I made my way towards the engine. Slicing the roof that covered the engine. I jumped down.

"What are you doing here?" said the chief engineer.

"Stand back."

[Frost Breathing, Seventh Form! Frozen Hatred!]

, making the engine, and the area within 20 feet freeze as the train started coming to a stop.

'What's happening? Why did my regeneration start freezing and slowing down?' thought Enmu.

[Frost Breathing, First Form! Fractured Snow!]

, cutting the floor open, I saw it's bone that protected it's neck. Then it's organs started forming around as eyes were on it.

Looking at it, it put me to sleep.

'So it puts me to sleep if I look at it.'

Utilizing my sense of hearing that I learned from Tengen, I heard it's heartbeat, up 5 inches and 3 inches to the left. Okay,

[Frost Breathing, First Form! Fractured Snow!]

, slashing through the flesh, bone, and it's neck.

I opened my eyes and it seemed like the train has gone to normal and Rengoku seems fine.

Jumping off the train, we were in the middle of a forest. Rengoku met up with me and started leading the passengers off.

"Rengoku, it seems like-" before I could finish. My instincts screamed danger as 2 demons stood in front of us.

"Ara~it's been a while."

"I'm Akaza, seeing as you're strong. Why not become a demon?"

Standing in front of us,

Chiaki, upper demon 2.

Akaza, upper demon 3.

This just got more dangerous.

"Kasugai crow, send a request for back up." I told the crow.

"Rengoku, it seems like the mission just took another level." I said.

"Un." said Rengoku.

Now then, I wonder how this will play out.