Act 7: Giyuu Dislike's It

Rise of the Demon King Tanjiro VS Demon Slayer Nezuko

**Originally posted in Fanfiction and Archive**

Published: 04-24-20 - Finished: 07-16-22

Kanon58: I TYPE THIS CHAP IN ADVANCE (busy at work but worry not i will keep typing on my restday) Guys the Author planned to extend Kimetsu No Yaiba, but becuz of family reason she forced herseld to finish it HOW SAD. Gotoge sensei said she will never create manga ever again not until her family issues aint over. I knew it! It was suspicious ya know! It felt so rushed when Muzan pop out of nowhere to Ubuyashiki hideout!

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Sanemi brushes his hair, his teeth. He took a bath.

He began stretching his body once more. Swinging a sword, meditating his breath style, drinking medicine, praying for his love ones in heaven.

Sanemi doesn't want to admit it. But he is indeed depressed.

On what?

About the whole situation. How Tanjiro, according to their stories got fucked up by Muzan while he was asleep. Even though the commotion is very loud at that time,he had slept.

He even took advantage of it. He slept for 2 years...

Sanemi feel's useless. He is starting to understand why Genya dared to disobey him, in regards living a normal life. Seeing Nezuko become a Demon Slayer to save his brother, not to actually slay Tanjiro...

Laughable.

This got uno-verse card.

Sanemi looks at his missing finger's. 'Pathetic.' His thought's for himself were nothing but full of negativity.

Sanemi is...is bored. He did wish a normal life, but not like this. Things have not yet really ended. 'That...Tanjiro kid...'

He recalled how Tanjiro headbutt him and cursed him some insult's. Even though he was just doing his job as a Slayer to kill any demon's on spot, and yet the brat told him.

(("Just quit being A Pillar!"))

'Well congrats..' Sanemi being sarcastic to himself, he rubs the back of his head. 'I think I need to quit being a Pillar now, I'm not ok.'

Mentally, but Physically okay. He just need to rebuild his body. He had become rather thin, he used to be a bit bulky or chubby.

Uzui had visited him earlier and asks him to copy him. Retirement thing.

Sanemi had said yes to Uzui during the conversation they had, but deep inside, Sanemi did not want to quit. He wanted to help Nezuko.

To make up to her and Tanjiro, they are Genya's precious friend's.

'I had not apologize to Tanjiro huh...'

Sanemi is always busy inside his mind. Thinking about his poor life choices, how he could have properly told Genya not to follow his footsteps instead of using the harsh method. Harsh rejection made Genya stubbornly choose his belief's to aid him in battlefield.

'I'm so stupid...' It is too late, no one can change the past.

He cannot even mourn for Genya, as there is no corpse buried.

His whole family had become ashes. Then, what he heard from the crow, demons created by Tanjiro turns into blood after killed.

Sanemi couldn't help but bite his lips, 'Why...him?' Why the kindest Demon Slayer had to be the Devil himself? Sanemi looks above the sky questioning the heavens.

Lost in his thoughts, someone whispered in his ears.

"You okay Sanemi?"

"AHH?!"

*Bumps!*

Surprised, he jerk's up so suddenly making him hit his head in the tree branch he had been sitting for a whole. "OW! F*CK...?!" The tree branch were too low, that it reaches his height.

"Ah, did not mean to surprise you. Were you meditating?" Is the deadpan of Giyuu. It did not sound sincere. Sanemi massage's the possible lump in his head.

Clench Fist.

"Dammit Tomioka! Be more careful! I'm gonna f*ucking hit you!" Giyuu ignored the foul words and proceed to let him know his new mission.

"Sanemi. I'm about to go to Kumotori Mountains. I was ordered to investigate there."

Sanemi tap his available fingers, "...And so why are you telling me this?" Its not like he is allowed to help on fighting. This butterfly estate insist he walk-through therapy before resuming work.

'I'm not mentally ill! I'm just angry! EMOTIONALLY ANGRY.'

Giyuu stared in his eyes for couple of minutes. "W-what? Say something!" Giyuu sighs and share's him the information, what the meeting is about. "During our meeting. Nezuko told us, Tanjiro's taste of bud is only for Marechi...And you are A Marechi."

Sanemi scratch his cheeks , he doesn't get it why is it concerning. He is used to be the target of the hungry demon's since birth. His damn delicious blood. He tried to guess, "You think Tanjiro will come for me?"

Giyuu shakes his head. "That's guaranteed. But, I'm more worried if one of his Demon Guards...come's to take you instead." Giyuu's eyes turned cold blooded.

Sanemi kinda get it now. "Ahh...were like, facing off our comrades by faces, but not by soul." Sanemi fist bum's Giyuu's right shoulder where the Nichirin arm is placed. "I can defeat them, as long as it is not really them." They are just replica by Blood Demon Art. Not by actual flesh or dig up corpse to turn to his demon's. They are not like his Genya.

Giyuu lowered his head, "I Know..." Giyuu is actually afraid to see the faces of the dead Pillars. Giyuu is sensitive to see his love ones to re appear like some ghost from the past.

Giyuu hates that thing. Those moment's. He thought countless time's, if he sees the Spirit of his Big sister and Sabito,or perhaps Makomo too. It might break his mind.

It broke him before.

"Guess I was worried for nothing..." he pouted. Sanemi laughs, "This is why nobody likes you!" Though it was meant as a joke. Giyuu relaxed for a second as he realize Sanemi is joking. But when he looked up, he saw Sanemi's eyes hinted some serious resolve. "Tomioka...actually," Sanemi lifted his Nichirin sword that he had been practicing within the Butterfly Estate.

This is a brand new Nichirin sword. Since he did not quit as a Pillar, the sword smith assigned to him... decided to give him this as a recovery gift.

Giyuu tilt his head in wonder. "Yeah?:

Sanemi took out a handkerchief. Giyuu watched the handkerchief, until-

SLICE.

Sanemi used his Nichirin sword to cut his flesh and soak the clean white handkerchief turned crimson by his blood.

Giyuu react's, "What are you doing?!" What stupidity is this?

Sanemi whose ignoring the dumbfounded Giyuu, he wipe the blood stains from his sword by the handkerchief. Folded it, then he put's it to Giyuu's left hand. "You guys...Needed to find Tanjiro right?" Sanemi gripped to Giyuu's real hands.

"Use my blood to lure him. And..." Sanemi is trying to find the right words without becoming shy. "Bring him back..." Sanemi have heard it. The Demon kid Yushiro is trying to replicate the antidote that returned Nezuko back as a human. "If Tanjiro's menu is only Marechi's" grinning. "That's my line of job."

Patting Giyuu's shoulder's as an attempt to try and pull him out of shock. "I leave it to you...for now.." Sanemi narrowed his eyes. "Wait for me, I will re train myself and help you guys in the battle field once more..."

Remembering Nezuko's words.

(('I'm sure Genya wants to see his cool brother.'))

'To make it up for Kamado siblings...I will have get well soon.'

No need for further words.

Giyuu accepted the bloodied handkerchief and hiding it onto his chest pocket.

"Alright, I shall take my leave now."

With that Giyuu left for his mission...Sanemi kept his recovery training in here, The Butterfly Estate.

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Arriving Kumotori Moutains.

Tomioka Giyu is a tall young man with medium-length, messy black hair tied back into a low ponytail. He has thin eyebrows and sharp, dark blue eyes. Giyu always wears a serious expression on his face. He has a reserved personality and a strong sense of justice with no tolerance towards those who don't know their own limitations and throw away their lives. That changed when he encounter The Kamado Sibling's.

The Kamado sibling's taught him to feel something again, to the point he break rules.

He still wears the standard black Demon Slayer's uniform along with a haori with two different patterns: one solid red and one geometrically patterned with green, orange, and yellow (which were based on the haoris worn by his late older sister and Sabito, respectively).

Then you would notice his right sleeve haori has another design. A black and green checkered haori. A grim reminder of loosing Tanjiro.

During his battle with Muzan Kibutsuji, he loses his right arm, which led to have a prosthetic Nichirin arms. The finger's were fixed to hold a sword in case he has too. Don't get it wrong. Giyuu can fight using his left hand ,thanks to the training he had in butterfly estate. It is just...he had stronger grip on his right. But since it's no longer a flesh of his...He just wanted to balance the weight within his arms.

"If I'm right...it is around here the old man said," Giyuu had been walking in this mountains. He is looking for a man named Saburo. The passerby he had ask for direction said, Saburo's house is the nearest to Kamado's house.

Looking around, the snowflakes is beginning to become many. "It has been 4years to be exact..."

2 years after sparing Nezuko.

2 years Tanjiro went into hiding.

Giyuu is still surprised, he is still alive. Giyuu breathed in his mouth. "It is starting to get cold." Giyuu is kinda lost. This is his usual problem, he get late on his mission's...Giyuu sucks at locating someone's place. Just like himself, he had no place anywhere.

Until Sabito and Tanjiro pinpointed his place is to live and protect others, until he grow's very old.

"I know Tanjiro's abandoned house is up there..." if he go up the hill, he will eventually arrive Tanjiro's empty house. What Giyuu needed to find is the Saburo's house. They should be neighbors..but he hasn't seen any other houses.

Till,

"Traveler?" Turning to see who said that, A man whose hair is curbed. He has an oblong forehead and sharp brown eyes with no distinct pupils. Giyuu almost went to touch his sword tip, but pretended to relax his shoulder's. Because Nezuko said the new breed of demon's had blank pupils and plastered smile. 'This man is not smirking though...' so maybe it is a human?

'Hmm...'

Though the man is observant, he did saw Giyuu's alerted stance for a short second before it became calm.

Calm like the ripple of water.

"Not quite." Is Giyuu's reply.

The mysterious old man stared at him, "You..." there was a pause. The snowflakes fall's silently. The green grass is starting to get covered bit by bit by the winter climate. "You shouldn't be walking around alone at this kind of time."

The man said. Giyuu can't help but find that weird. "And why is that...?" It is actually afternoon moment, but because of the cold weather, the red and orange shade are not much visible as it is should to be.

The elder narrowed his eyes. "Demon's will come out at night. If you do not have a place to stay, come with me." The old man turn his back in a gesture of leading Giyuu to his place.

Giyuu is alarmed and find it suspicious. "Why do you know about demons..?" It is rare that a person will talk about knowing Demon's existence. Especially demons were considered myths since 1000 years ago. Some victims makes themselves believe it is nothing but a horrible dream, after surviving a demon attack.

But this man, not this man. "Answer me."

Saburo sighed and confessed. "My Family were killed by demons 4 years ago."

And so Giyuu kindly took the offer to stay for a night, for investigation.

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"Eat, it's free." Saburo gave Giyuu a hotpot meal. Giyuu bowed politely, "Thank you for the hospitality..." but Giyuu won't eat it. 'This man is suspicious...' Giyuu's eyes scanned the room, without acting so obvious that he doesn't trust this man.

"Don't sweat it. Only I and you can eat human food anyway..." because of the remark, Giyuu dared him. "Who are you exactly?"

Giyuu kinda guessed who is this person, but he didn't want to think further like some fortune teller. He let the man introduce himself.

"My name is Saburo, Mister Demon Slayer."

Giyuu's eyes widen and he stood in defense without unsheathing his sword. "You...know from the start that am a Demon Slayer weren't you?"

Saburo laughs a bit before becoming serious again. "You are obviously wearing a samurai sword on your waist...you think I wouldn't notice?" Soft chuckle, "Were in Taisho era boy. Only police can carry those..."

Giyuu recalled Saburo lost his family because of demon's, and the part Saburo did told him earlier his family is indeed eaten by the demons...four years ago.

'According to the crow and Oyakata-sama's order's...Tanjiro went home, in here...He changed clothes. He could had eaten his nearest neighbor, this man named Saburo. Yet he is unharmed.' Before Giyuu went up to these mountain, he did a few research by asking the people below...

They said Sabiro is close with Kamado Family for all years. They were good neighbor's. When Sabiro spread the disturbing rumor that Kamado family mysteriously vanish, this Saburo guy would always go in the upper hill to check again and again if ever any of the Kamado's will go back home.

Since people is surprised, Tanjiro has not went back after selling lot's of charcoal during that fateful incident.

'If this man had been revisiting Tanjiro's home multiply times...there is a possibility Tanjiro may have meet him.' It seem to be impossible that this man-is too lucky that he had not encounter Demon Tanjiro grabbing some clothes. 'He seems to be hiding something...Does he know where Tanjiro is about?'

Perhap's indeed, Tanjiro still half and half concious of who is food and who is someone he once knew.

Nezuko said Tanjiro can converse. In short, Tanjiro can pretend like Muzan did.

So maybe during 2years of his absence he is still aware of his surroundings.

The man named Saburo cleared his throat, as if he can read Giyuu's mind. "What do you need in this province place? There are no demon's here anymore...It has been peaceful for 2 years." The night is approaching soon as they talk.

Giyuu raised an eyebrow, he decided to throw him back the question. "You seem to know so much about the situation..."

Saburo about to open again his mouth, behind him a weird sound of someone knocking stuffs.

BLAG...))

"What is that?" Giyuu looks behind Saburo, there is a mysterious door blocked with random stuffs. Saburo's face change when Giyuu asks him about the strange fall of an object.

Which whatever is behind those doors.

"It must be a cat..." playing cool, Saburo lied. "Lately a cat been barging in my home, the cat's likes to stay in our back-shed." Saburo's house is really small. There is no room. But there is a place for bathing and storage for random things.

The storage door is suspiciously had lock's...and object's like boxes blocking it. Like a camouflage that the door never existed.

Too suspicious.

'Is it a Demon...?' Giyuu can already tell this Saburo is lying. But the lies did not felt any malicious.

More like, worried and hesitant. Giyuu tried to push it, only way to complete his mission. "What is wrong Saburo-san?" Giyuu did not forget to pay respect to elder, despite he look rude or uncaring due to lack of facial reaction.

Saburo closed his eyes though. "Tell me...Are you..."

Giyuu never forget the detail's of report's. All Hashira's should be able to memorize stories, may they be real or fat lies.

Giyuu had the feeling the incident's of dead people, revived, become's a demon and proceed to live normal lives as if they were never been killed.

Giyuu had stepped closer. "Why are you not answering-"

He stops, Giyuu finally noticed. The box blocking the door shed, there were...blood-bags.

'What is the meaning of this..?'

Giyuu remembered, when he visited Yushiro to ask any updates for replicating the antidote. Yushiro had a box of blood bag as his meals for future.

If this Saburo has it, there's no other way explaining this. Giyuu had a light glare at the man. "Why are you keeping a demon and what more feeding it...?"

Saburo gave up. He bowed onto the floor making Giyuu almost stepped back.

"Please, please," Saburo is shaking and look's so pathetic. "I...I did waited for a Demon Slayer to free me from this painful life." Saburo sobs, Giyuu corrected the man though. "We don't kill human's...unless you are working with the demons, you had to perform Sepukku by letting demon's eat human's like a pet."

There is a threat.

Giyuu did disobey Demon Slayer Corps before, he kinda understand...But he won't tolerate it. Nobody should copy him. Since it is a very dangerous decision with a very huge responsibility.

Saburo shakes his head to re correct assumptions. "It's my wife and child behind the door." He specified, "They had not eaten any human flesh...What I did is feed them the blood bags I get from below the town." Saburo had a broken smile. "I was scared not to feed them, as they might eat me." He gulped. "...But I made sure they only drink one blood-bag within 1 month...therefore they are weakened!"

Giyuu can't say he had doubted that, I mean...Nezuko is a special case.

Is this Saburo trying to say the new demon's can behave as long as you feed them blood?

Like Yushiro?

"Let me see them." He ordered. Saburo nodded but when he stood he did not open the door.

"You are...gonna slay them right?"

"Yeah."

Silence...

The room is dark if not for the lamp Saburo had. One candle stand with fire on it.

"Ok..." Saburo took a deep breath. "Let me say my farewell to them..." by the look's of it, Saburo had accepted his parting for the second time, to his wife and child.

Removing the box below, heavy as it had blood bags. Unlocking the padlocks. The chains dismantling below.

Creak~

Opening the door shed, Giyuu saw it. Black eyes with plastered smiling faces. When the demon's saw him, "A slayer..~!?"they hissed. Their pupils transformed into Scarlet eyes.

Giyuu is already in the mood to slay them now, before a battle commence.

"Please, kill them off without pain." Saburo wipes his own tear's. "They may be fake, but having the face, the voice of my wife and child. Surely their death scream will hurt to my ears." Saburo made a peaceful smile. "I will move on now..."

Giyuu revealed his Nichirin sword. "If that is your last word's. I will respect it..."

"((Mizu No Kokyuu...)) Breath of Water" posing his blade. "Fifth form, Blessed- ((Go no kata, Kanten no-))" SLICED. "Rain...((...Jiu.))"

One of the Water Breath gentle kill. A "sword strike of kindness" that kills the target with little to no pain to a demon.

Thud..thud...

Their head's flew and rolled. Saburo did not avert his eyes. He instead prayed with his hand's. "Rest in peace..."

Giyuu then put's back his cold blade to the sheat. The bodies had dissolve into liquid of blood.

"Hmm..." Giyuu watched how Saburo took a map, now sweeping the floor. "Ahh~Ahh, I really shouldn't have fed Tanjiro back then..."

Shock. "You met Tanjiro!?" He said so loud,Giyuu forgot his polite manners. He was in hurry whenever Tanjiro comes up into topic.

Saburo looked back and arched an eyebrow. Then he tried to recall...Tanjiro mention he worked with Demon Slayer for 2 years...'Four years ago ..'

So he guessed. "Are you perhaps, Tanjiro's colleague during his Demon Slayer years?" Giyuu realize he is being too eager to draw out stories from Saburo.

He composed himself and nodded. "Yes, we had been...looking for Tanjiro, he is unfortunately been victimize by the creator of Demons. A man named Kibutsuji Muzan. He made Tanjiro to a demon. His successor." Giyuu thought there is no harm to share Saburo this truth, as he met with Tanjiro before. "He needed to be find."

Just in case Tanjiro had converse wtih Saburo and spout lies. It can save Saburo from getting too much involved, to share their side.

"Ahh...I see," Saburo kept cleaning,"So Tanjiro wasn't lying back then..."

Giyuu pestered, how curious. "What did Tanjito told you when he went home?"

Saburo changed the water and dip the map. Blood reflected. "Tanjiro is crying..."

"Eh?" Following the man by observant eyes. "He told me he run away from his job, to keep his friends safe. He said something like...his mind is ordered to kill Demon Slayers. I'm not really sure okay?" Saburo shake his head. "Tanjiro was in a mess. He look so pitiful that I...I end up offering him to consume blood. So that he doesn't have to consume human flesh."

Giyuu went silent.

Saburo added, "by the way, the idea to only consume blood came from Tanjiro himself. He mention some demon can stop their craving for human flesh as long as they drink human blood. I'm at fault, I insisted the idea..." his gaze went to the box of blood packs. "Please do not condemn Tanjiro just because he is a demon."

Giyuu's thinking deeply 'I see, Tanjiro left that day, to protect us from how his mind works differently...to eradicate us slayers. We have not replicated yet the antidote, Tanjiro...you even proposed to drink blood instead of human flesh.'

How...'How moving.'

Despite all the hardships Tanjiro had, he still think of others well being.

It makes you cry right?

'...He is such a good boy.'

"Are you going to kill Tanjiro...?" not knowing Giyuu's name, Giyuu answered for him before he asks. "Tomioka Giyuu is my name."

Saburo stopped cleaning and faced him straight. "Tomioka Giyuu-san, I shall ask again..." in Saburo's dread eyes, you can tell the concern he had for Tanjiro's being. "I ask again, are you guys...will kill Tanjiro?"

Giyuu lowered his head. "Depend's."

Saburo watched him.

Silence...

Giyuu turned his back and went back to the hotpot meal. He sat and said, "It is best if you do not get yourself too involved anymore, Saburo-san...I'm sure you can tell something is wrong with Tanjiro's kindness."

Giyuu took the spoon and paid respect, Saburo can see it. Giyuu will not kill Tanjiro as long as Tanjiro will not kill or eat any human being. "Can I still...eat this Nabe?"

A short innocent question passed by Giyuu's lip's. Making Saburo sighed. "After eating. It's light's out. Sleep..."

Giyuu slurped before responding to him. "That can't do, Demon's are active at night. I believe you know that."

Saburo scratched the back of his head. He watched Giyuu eat the hot pot until it's all gone. Saburo is actually hiding something more and he thought to tell it to Giyuu too.

"Since you do not wish to stay for a night, you have to know there are Five people mysteriously disappeared. I guess that is indeed a demon's doing."

Giyuu heard him but decided to go to the front door, he was about to leave but he looked back. "If those missing people are now demon's, I will eradicate them."

Saburo know's there will be no difference, but he kinda hope Giyuu will kill them off like how he slain his Demon Wife and Child. However this man Tomioka Giyuu won't bother to accept those tip's most likely.

Saburo decided to keep his opinion shut. He grinned. "Alright then, may you be successful to your mission!" With that Giyuu bowed and left.

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Sight seeing how far Giyuu had walk till he disappeared from the range of his vision. Saburo went back to his door and closed it.

"Ara~Ara~I thought I smelled A legit Marechi, but I was wrong~ Hm? How strange~ don't you think so~?"

A voice of a sweet yet poisonous sound was behind him.

Badump!

Saburo trembled and slowly turned to look who was it, who is it entered his house like that?!

There is Kochou Shinobu, elegant smile on her lips. "Have you been doing well~Saburo-san?"

Saburo frozed. 'A...demon! And she knows my name...?!'

Shinobu is somewhat an Esper and replied in a manner of playful hummed. "Eehh~It can't be helped if you do not know me." Teasing smirk, "But we know you Saburo-san~" then Shinobu quickly teleport's in front of Saburo's face and whispered. "You fed our Lord Tanjiro a delicious rare Marechi~" Saburo's teeth were making sound of fear. "How nice are you~hehe!"

Badump, badump.

Shinobu tried to convince him she won't do anything. "Worry not~ you made a kindness from our Lord, So because Tanjiro-sama treasures your act that day...We won't try to kill you or eat you!"

Giggling, Saburo still sweating so bad and his heart beating rapidly. Shinobu fix the side of her hair bang's to show her very long nails. It is a attempt to make Saburo behave. "Instead we need to ask you something~"

Saburo had been silent, but he though he should response this time, even if he is hella' scared. "W-What it could be for you to leave me be...?"

Shinobu made another giggle."Hehe~ how nice, how kind~!" She steps back, to give Saburo the space to be brave from this situation "That Demon Slayer earlier...who is he? Is he...perhaps~" making a deep eye contact to the older, Saburo knew he must not lie at all. This demon seems friendly but you can feel her anger as well.

Saburo mentally thought, 'Please forgive me Tomioka-san, You are a Demon Slayer...so you should be fine if a Demon comes to your way.'

Gulps.

"He is Tomioka Giyuu-san...looking for Tanjiro." Trying to make his voice audible, he think's his voice is wavy. "They are friend's it seems, That's all I know."

Shinobu eyes were contemplating,"Hmm~" Shinobu put's her hand's together in a glee. "Ah! Alright! So that stalker Demon Slayer is named Tomioka-san~" laughing sarcastically. "Ahaha~I do not know. But I think, nobody likes him~!"

Making a cute remark, Shinobu left Saburo.

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In Uphill Side...

"Tanjiro-sama~"

Tanjiro looked back and there is Shinobu. "Shinobu-san, Why are you here?!"

Shinobu giggles then showed a sadistic smile. "You wouldn't want to know how I forced Tokito-kun~" she joked.

Tanjiro made a nervous laugh in response. "Ehehe...heh, I-I see, Don't pick a fight with him okay?" Shinobu laughs.

Then Shinobu noticed that their lord has once again watching the flowers in the flower bed. There is no certain day or months, Tanjiro will visit this place in a whim and it was never been explained why. Out of curiosity, she dared to ask him and knows that it won't make their master mad. "Um,Tanjiro-sama...Why do you keep visiting this abandoned house?" She wondered. "There is nothing here to see~"

Tanjiro did not response yet, he first glance at the house that...he did not know was his home. Then he stared back to the flowerbed with a sad smile. "I really don't have any idea...but, This specific flower bed makes my heart squeeze. Something...something so lonely."

The flower bed Tanjiro pointing was the graves of Kamado Family.

But of course, he does not remember that anymore.

Just a bit of lingering feelings.

Whooosh~

The wind blows. Shinobu then remembered something important. "Ah! That is right Tanjiro-sama!" A bit startled, Tanjiro blushed. "Y-yeah?"

Shinobu holds his hand's. "There is this Demon Slayer named Tomioka Giyuu whose looking for you~! He is still here! Please be careful!" Nodding at her own warning. Tanjiro made a hesitant nod..."S-sure."

Whoosh~

The wind blows again.

Tanjiro had let go of Shinobu's hand's and said, "Ah! I also remembered, I need to clean up Muichiro-kun's mess! So if you may Shinobu-san...Go back to our hideout. I promise I'll be ok." He is obviously wanting her to go and leave him for space.

Shinobu made a stoic expression before trying to smile again. "I cannot do that Tanjiro-sama~"

Tanjiro smelled Shinobu's real reaction. She is against his order. Tanjiro's passive smile changed into serious once. He sounded commanding this time. "Ok, then I want you to not disturb me going there... if you want to come with me." Without actually disregarding his Demon Guard feelings.

Shinobu's hidden anger faded. "Sounds better! Let us go~"

As Shinobu and Tanjiro going down the hill, Tanjiro's mind is occupied by something else.

I meant, Someone else.

Inside the Mind Realm

"Hey...Muzan," for the first time the boy initiated to start a conversation, making Muzan surprised yet amused. "Oh~Feeling it? To talk to me~?" Tanjiro grumbled. "I'm talking to you, don't tease me!"

Muzan nonchalantly laughs and tried to not annoy Tanjiro further. "Ok~ So what is it?"

Tanjiro is hesitant to share it, but he did anyway. He was bothered when Shinobu shared him that Tomioka Giyuu, whoever is that guy but definitely a Demon Slayer...who is searching for him like the previous Demon Slayer girl he encountered in Asakuza Tokyo.

"Demon Slayers...another one knows my name." Suspicious look, "Why is that?"

Muzan did not response, Tanjiro continued..."I know am your heir, that's why your memories are with me. B-but..." Tanjiro covers his left eye, as if he is having a small headache. "Kamado Tanjiro...is that me? Like the Nezuko girl said? Am her brother? Is that why they are chasing me...?" Tanjiro's voice hinted the point of breaking due to too much confusion.

"If am not Tanjiro they speak of, why am named Tanjiro? You named me Tanjiro...right?" Eyes were begging for the truth.

Muzan's smug from earlier disappeared to unreadable expression, Tanjiro tilt his head. "Hmm~" He pat's Tanjiro's head and made a caring smile. It is fake but for Tanjiro they look genuine.

"Muzan..." a sad puppy face, Muzan kept patting his head to calm him down from too much thinking. "I told you thinking will just exhaust you...but,"

At all cost, twist the beliefs of Kamado Tanjiro so that he never gain control of his real memories. Muzan decided to brainwash him again. "You see...you were nobody. I found you by chance." Proceeding to put a thumb in Tanjiro's signature scar, "I named you Tanjiro, because the way I found you...you were in a mess. You looked like a Charcoal~" intending to tease the boy.

Tanjiro furrowed his eyebrows and tried to focus on his memories. "Am...nobody...And...I look uhh charcoal...?" By closing his eyes, He saw a vision of himself having a charcoal in his face on a snowy day. Gentle hand's rubbed his cheeks to remove the charcoal dirt, but there was no face to recognize if that is Muzan.

"Ohh..." a little bit convince. Muzan pushed further of his lies. "Only you and I shared this blood," referring to the demon king blood, "We are the only allies...You shouldn't doubt me like this Tanjiro~"

Tanjiro still dubious, "You...I guess you are right." Making a small smile, "You were always here to help me whenever am uncertain..." he made a apologetic look to the older man. "I'm sorry Muzan. I hope you are not offended..."

Muzan displayed a victorious smile as usual, "Good. Promise me to never listen to Demon Slayers~ They are just tricking you to surrender~"

"I understand."

Meanwhile Butterfly Estate

"Light's off! Sleep now everyone!" The Trio Butterflies chanted to all the present patient in their rooms.

Still recovering from the sword slash she received, brand new bandages.

Aoi laid down her bed and covered half of her body with the comfy sheet. "I have to get well soon..." closing her eyes.

She heard someone breaths, as if...someone's nose is breathing in and out.

"Huh?" Glancing at her side bed, A boar mask staring at her soul. It was dark so she can't help but scream in fear. "KYAAAAH?! A DEMON P-PIG!?"

Inosuke vein pops and yelled back, ignoring how it is night time...shouldn't be disturbing the neighbor's. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING PIG?!" Not even angry at how he was called demon, he was insulted to be lump with a different species."ITS A BOAR! YOU...YOU WEAKLING!"

Aoi paused, she finally see this person is Inosuke. The moon light shined giving some proper better vision. "Inosuke?! Why are you here...?!"

Inosuke puts his hand's on his hips, proud posing. "Am looking after weaklings~!"

Aoi slapped her own face, 'why is he so...so stupid?'

Inosuke is busy on his own achievement, which does not make sense to the other. "Gyahaha, GYAHAHAHA!"

"YOU!" Aoi pulled his mask to reveal his face, pinching his cheeks hard like a Mother scolding a brat. "Were you not taught to behaveeee!"

"Ow! Ow!" Releasing Inosuke who now has red cheeks. Inosuke mentally feared this shocking pain, nobody is able to do this to him!

'I-Is she actually strong...?!' Rubbing his pained cheeks. Aoi crosses her arms. "Now go back to your room, let me rest-"

Inosuke pulled out his Brand New Nichirin sword's. "Fight me!"

Aoi smacked him in tsukkomi, "WHY DO YOU HAVE SWORDS!?" Trying to calm down as she did not want to be so loud."...Doesn't take 15days...?!"

Inosuke looks away, acting like a kid, "Hmp! My sword smith made them in advance...he said something he had a horrble dream where I broke my sword's again! What a weirdo!"

Aoi knowingly nod, 'ahh...poor sword smith, traumatize after witnessing Inosuke trimming his sword with rock's...'

Inosuke swing his sword like a child. "So come on now! Fight me!" There were sparkling, Inosuke's eyes. 'This...person, Could it be he is worried about my condition? Is he cheering me up? I admit I did felt like a looser when...Kyoujiro-sama's demon had hit me like that. Yet Inosuke saved me.' Aoi ended up smiling. Inosuke felt shivers in his skin. "E-ew! What are you grinning at me?! Are you mocking me?!"

Aoi shakes her head and kept the somewhat motherly smile, "You are not honest aren't you? But... thank you, Inosuke."

The appreciation of Aoi made Inosuke felt the butterfly in his stomach. Like how he reacted when Tanjiro praises him, how he doesn't get denied for what he did.

"Glad you understand!" Acting bossy, He poked Aoi's bandage. "Hurry up and heal...! You burden!"

But Aoi clench her fist. Inosuke is clueless why. "Oi,"

Because...poking Aoi's wound meant poking her chest. Aoi gain many vein pops on her face. "Ino..Su...Keee!"

Inosuke saw the imaginary Ice spikes behind Aoi. "Oi,oi,oi! What are you-"

"JUST SLEEP..!"

PUNCH!

Upper cut...Inosuke collapsed at the floor, "Hmp!" The usually frowning Aoi went back and tuck herself in bed. "Goodnight!"

Inosuke twitching at the floor mentally confuse. 'W-why did she got angry...? H-how ungrateful...urgh~'

And fell to sleep.

Back to the Mountains...

Giyuu had run in circles to try and spot any demons, he found none. So now he made his way back in the forest skirts. Going down the hill to go back to the small town. He remembered how he interviewed people there.

There was a Uwasa Banashi in Taisho lately. Rumor's that if you are ill and if you want to live, the Sun God will visit you. Sun God will make a Miracle,like reviving their love ones once more.

No matter how you think of it, that is obviously Tanjiro. Must be crazy people to worship and allow demons...

Reaching a abandon house that happens to have no neighbor's. Giyuu felt an urge to stop. Something eerie on how it is silent. Of course it is light's off time...but Giyuu noticed something strange. "This is...?"

The door was ajar. Giyuu quietly made his way to open it. The scent finally tingling his nose.

Going inside, despite the lack of light, it is crimson red.

There were five people massacred. Eaten.

"A demon Attack...!" Checking the corpse to see if anyone survived. "They are all dead..."

Giyuu then recalled another information,people who were eaten, they should be replicated before someone discover the corpses.

Yet, "Seems like Tanjiro has not went here to replicate them..."

Creak,

Someone entered the house and shuts the door. Giyuu heard it but decided not to spun, for he did not felt any malice to the unknown presence. Except he did feel bothered why he is sweating in his forehead, even though it did not feel any flag of death. But of course he unsheathe his sword.

"Giyuu-san~right?"

Badump..!

Behind him, is speak of the devil. Brunette long hair with Hanafuda earrings.

Wearing the kindest smile.

How warm, yet...so distant.

"Tanjiro..." Giyuu turned slowly, careful not to intimidate the boy. Afraid he might run away again. He had been waiting for this chance after all! To see Tanjiro once more!

"Ah, so you do know me...I see. Hm~?" Tanjiro meanwhile acting passive, despite the fact Giyuu's Nichirin blade is pointing at him. Giyuu already speculated the sword won't kill Tanjiro even if he attempt's to behead him. Noting how Tanjiro shut the door to avoid any passerby to accidentally see this bloodied occupant's. 'He is being careful on someone not to discover the dead bodies huh...' Giyuu decided to try the other method.

Converse with Tanjiro.

"You do not remember who you are anymore do you?" Tanjiro hummed and placed a thinking finger under his chin. "Well, yeah..." then smiling back to Giyuu. "But does that matter~?" Tanjiro giggled.

Giyuu felt so irritated how Tanjiro no longer recalls himself. 'I can't really blame him...Human's becoming Demon's , they suffer's some amnesia after all...' The demon Genes had screwed his mind...

"Nezuko...What about Nezuko? Are you just, going to abandon your little sister after all your hard work on returning her as a human?!" Giyuu forgot to breath on explaining to Tanjiro who they are to him.

Tanjiro's friendly face changed into a serious yet blank expression. Looks like Tanjiro is confused.

"Nezuko...that Demon Slayer girl, she told me the same thing. That am her brother..." eyes scanning Giyuu up and down, Giyuu tried to push his luck.

"Because you are indeed her brother. She want's you to come home."

Tanjiro's eyes were startled before he began to laugh."Home...? Ahahaha, you say some funny things Giyuu-san~Do you want my attention so badly~?" Tanjiro clearly think's this Demon Slayer is making a huge joke.

"You see..." Tanjiro's eyes glow red. "If I don't remember~then I do not have to believe it...Muzan told me, you guys are just tricking me...To destroy our dream. My dream." There was a hint of threat when Tanjiro mentioned the name of Muzan.

"You guys perhaps wanted to kill me. How sad, I want to be in peace with you Demon Slayers..." Tanjiro suddenly made a sad face, Giyuu wanted to blink and slap himself. Tanjiro is...being Tanjiro, but it feels off.

"Were not planning to kill you Tanjiro. We are planning to revert you back as a human." Giyuu said. Hoping Tanjiro will buy the story, it was not a lie...But if Tanjiro had stray further in his demonification, eventually they had to kill him. To save him from everlasting life as a demon lord.

"Really? Then why are you pointing your sword at me if that is true~? Come on...drop your weapon." Tanjiro started to walk toward's him, ignoring the Nichirin blade still pointed at him. "Let's talk, try hard to convince me. You are upsetting me and Muzan~" fake smile, it's fake like Shinobu's.

Giyuu is surprised. "Muzan...? Isn't he gone?"

He thought Tanjiro would hide it, but Tanjiro doesn't know how to lie. Not even in his demon form.

"Yes, he is gone. But his memories are with me~" He delightfully shared with Giyuu. "He is...Inside me."

Giyuu narrowed his eyes, 'I see, So Muzan is really dead but not his fragment. He is brainwashing Tanjiro...that devil.' Giyuu wanted to keep talking with Tanjiro, till he convince him to come with him. To be treated. "You said you are not Kamado Tanjiro, then why is your name Tanjiro? You are not Muzan, that's visible...your personality is different."

He tried to play the reverse psychology.

However Tanjiro seem's not even taking at heart. Tanjiro had that strong belief that he is OK. Tanjiro had given up thinking remember?

"Muzan called me Tanjiro. That is why, I think that is my name...But why does it matter?" He chuckled, "Whether am Kamado Tanjiro a Demon Slayer or simply Tanjiro, Muzan's heir...None of it is important. Let's stop talking about me, let's start talking about you Giyuu-san~!"

Tanjiro's chest reach the tip of the Nichirin sword. He is trying to show off Giyuu that he is not an enemy at all. But of course Giyuu won't take chances!

"If you are not Kamado Tanjiro whose Nezuko's big brother...then why is Muzan calling you Tanjiro? Isn't weird? Think about it!" Annoyed.

Suddenly Giyuu couldn't react properly. Giyuu actually swung his sword to cut off something. His body moved on it's own when he sense someone's attack.

Like how he sense Shinobu dashing straight toward the Kamado's siblings, to kill.

SLICE!

That something was...a tentacle.

Bone tentacles. A familiar spine like protrusions from Tanjiro's back that extend into bladed, whip-like tentacles.

'This is...Tanjiro's ability when he was first turned...!'

Giyuu now see, Tanjiro's backbone had extracted into tentacles.

He shouldn't have blink. Giyuu became stiff. Not because he is afraid to slice again the tentacles. But because...Tanjiro is now behind him, holding him at his waist. "Hey...Giyuu-san~" Tanjiro's right hand index finger touches the Nichirin's tip. Showing off that his Nichirin blade is not even threatening to Tanjiro.

'He...was this fast?! Faster than Muzan, no, Muzan is slow because of the drugs injected to him. If so, It should not be surprising how fast Tanjiro is...!'

Giyuu had looked at the handle of his sword. He found tentacles holding his wrist and blade.

'I'm...completely trapped by him! I made a mistake!'

Well of course, If Tanjiro can converse. He can now control his demon abilities.

What do you expect.

"You have ask a lot of question's already~Tomioka Giyuu-san," Tanjiro's left hand from Giyuu's waist, went up to his chest. Specifically to his chest pocket. Tanjiro sniffed in an act of smelling something so good. Tanjiro purred, "Hhmm~" Giyuu can hear how Tanjiro's nose is acting like a dog's sense of smell. "It is now my turn to ask you question~" Giyuu turned his head a bit, just to see what expression is Tanjiro making.

A cool smile.

'Tanjiro...he is...smiling.' The smile were like a teasing devil, toying their pray. 'This isn't...Tanjiro...!'

Tanjiro is clearly displaying the sweet, innocent yet closet Sadist.

Sweat-drops.

Tanjiro took out the bloodied handkerchief from Giyuu's left chest pocket. Tanjiro held it in-front of their vision as he kept Giyuu trapped movement's to his tentacles ,and his right hand's tapping the Nichirin blade's tip.

"Say~" Tanjiro whispered in his ears, "Why is a none Marechi blood type like Giyuu-san..." Tanjiro's cat pupils narrowed, they went a bit dark, making Giyuu nervous about his life now. "...had a blood of Marechi here? Hmm~?"

Tanjiro's smile disappeared into a stoic expression. He is trying to read Giyuu."Are you...trying to lure me~? If not who own this blood stain...?" Giyuu can tell, Tanjiro is interrogating him, to convince him on pointing where and who owns this Marechi blood!

'I see...Sanemi you are right, your blood lured the demon king's menu.'

Giyuu wanted to try again his luck. He made a fat lie. "I picked it up on my way here...It led me to you."

Tanjiro shrugs, Tanjiro's right finger's had left the Nichirin sharp edge to proceed on lifting Giyuu's chin. Exposing his neck a bit more. "Giyuu-san~Giyuu-san, you really are making like you by your lies..."

Tanjiro's lips twitch into a friendly smirk. "Alright, If you do not want me to trace the owner of the Marechi bloodstain..." Tanjiro's other free tentacle's un-button's Giyuu's demon slayer uniform!

The collar part.

"Tanjiro!" Giyuu panicked. He start to pull his sword hard, trying to break free. 'Oh no! I can't break free..! I'm a goner!'

Giyuu's heart beating so fast, Tanjiro made a small giggle again. He is acting cute, but do not be fooled. Tanjiro zoomed in his face nearer to Giyuu's exposed neck.

Giyuu knew Tanjiro is planning to devour him.

"Please do not struggle Giyuu-san~I kinda like you." The tentacles binding him become tighter. Giyuu can read the message of the binding's.

'He can easily break my bone's now...but he is holding back...!'

Like when Nezuko mention, Tanjiro chokes her but not strong enough to break her neck.

"~Don't make me kill you by accident...I'm not here to take your life...I just wanted to taste your blood if it's delicious...Otherwise I will have to track down whoever owns this Marechi stains you had with you..."

Giyuu couldn't reply. He was busy thinking how to escape. But Tanjiro continued his mellow drama. "It breaks my heart you know...Whenever my demon guards trying their best to look for a Marechi." In an expression of a sorry ass child is there. Giyuu find that sickening. Tanjiro's face is so kind but so fake. "~Knowing they are so rare and hard to find. So I thought I should change." Tanjiro cheered himself.

Smiling like a sunshine. Tanjiro's fang's grew. "That is why~I need to get used to other blood types...otherwise, more dead bodies need's to be replicated. I do not want to make more demon's as it is...tiring."

The small pause Tanjiro made, there is the chiauau expression.

Giyuu is angry. The Chihuahua face remind's him of the day Tanjiro beg for him to spare Nezuko's life.

'Muzan...how dare you corrupt Tanjiro...!'

It's all Kibutsuji Muzan's fault.

"Ghh..!" It felt ticklish when he felt Tanjiro's tongue rolled onto his neck. "Okay~?" Tanjiro is being polite on his food. "Stay still~"

BITE.

"S-Stop it Tanjiro...!" His yell fainted to a strong grunt. The fangs bit his neck. Tanjiro is sucking his blood..!

As he was struggling, he remembered his Nichirin Arms. 'Wait, These are detachable! With...A blade inside...!'

SLASH!

When Giyuu separated with his fake right arm, revealed a dagger attached to the end of the arm case. Along with this act occurring, Tanjiro made a disgusted sound on his throat, accidentally letting Giyuu go from his tentacles. Tanjiro walk backwards until his back reach a dead end.

The wall.

"Urghhh...!" Tanjiro curled in his stomach.

What it looks like,Tanjiro is...trying not to puke Giyuu's blood. The man watched and ponder. 'Is he allergic to any blood except Marechi?'

"Taste...awful..." hearing what Tanjiro comment about his blood being dislike, it kinda stung his heart, same time glad about it."...I haven't even gulped it down, in my tongue...it did not match...!" shakily Tanjiro pressed his lips to the bloodied handkerchief he took from Giyuu. "I need...Marechi, just Marechi..." talking to himself. Giyuu's face distorted upon seeing Tanjiro sniffing and licking the bloodstain of Marechi.

Sanemi's blood. Tanjiro is craving for it.

"I'm sorry...making you experience this Tanjiro."

Tanjiro started to panic, sniffing the Marechi blood, in process his head aches with his hungry stomach. "M-Muzan...I...I.." Tanjiro act up crazy. "Ghh..! My head hurt's!"

As if...Something triggered Tanjiro's memory.

Tanjiro is busy with his thoughts. 'W-When my tongue contacted with his blood...I see...see something I haven't seen before! What is it...?!' Inside Tanjiro's iris, an image of fair-skinned young man with a large scar running from the right corner of his mouth to his right ear, and kind, cat-like eyes of a grayish lavender color, a horizontal bar of much paler purple visible across them near the bottom. He had thick, spiked, peach-colored hair of varying lengths, the longest reaching his shoulders, that he wore messily down with side micro bangs over the left of his forehead.

This person wore a green yukata, patterned with a geometric hexagon design of yellow and a darker green, tied off at the waist with a piece of black fabric, below which he sported a pair of hakama pants and over which a plain white haori. Around his calves, he wore two pieces of cloth, that bore the same design as his yukata, which his pants were tucked into, as well as black socks and a pair of Japanese sandals on his feet.

'...W-Who...?'

The way how Tanjiro's red eyes producing scarlet light's, Giyuu notice it. Tanjiro is not seeing the real world right now.

While Tanjiro is busy staring into nothing like a crazy weird cat, Giyuu wipes the blood on his bitten neck. It felt creepy how Tanjiro licked him before the fangs had sunk in his skin. Giyuu really thought he will be killed. Giyuu also re attached his fake right arm. Hearing the clicking sound, it won't detached again. Giyuu grip his sword and pointed toward's Tanjiro.

He is not sure if he should actually try and test to wound Tanjiro by this Nichirin Blade. Studying the boy, Tanjiro is making a irregular breathing pattern's, as if trying to be in control of something Giyuu cannot see.

"Hahh...hahh..."

Not knowing that Tanjiro's eyes keep seeing memories. This time he saw a young girl of a short stature with pale skin, who possessed gentle eyes of a deep cyan color, their pupils rectangular and white, that were a notably paler turquoise near the bottom. She had black hair that came down to her shoulders, spiking outwards at the ends, and short micro bangs over her forehead.

This little girl wore a red yukata with a pink and white flower dot pattern, over which she sported a dark-purple sleeveless haori and a paler brown piece of fabric tied around her waist. On her feet, she wore a pair of sandals of a similar design to the ones worn by Mitsuri Kanroji, tied around her ankle from her heel and closed at the toe.

Next thing he sees were Warding Mask. Image of white fox face, decorated by two blue flowers painted on its left-hand side. The other is also a fox's face mask, decorated by a large scar in the same place as the one on his face. The mask's eyes and nose were of a dark green while the ears were more of a gray-red, and it was secured around his face by a thick piece of red rope around his head, the ends of which hung down from behind each of it's ears.

'Fox...? Masks...?'

Still the lingering taste of Giyuu's blood in his tongue before he spits them out.

Tanjiro saw a Memory where the Orange haired is with A black haired kid. The kid was not a girl...instead, he looked like Giyuu. The two were smiling like brother's.

He finally realizes it. 'This memories...is not mine,' looking up to see Giyuu's face. 'This is Giyuu-san's memory...!'

Giyuu had been thinking. 'Should I...attack Tanjiro? Or should I let him be...?' Giyuu did not want to risk to make Tanjiro go berserk. By the look's of it, Tanjiro still had humanity in him like Nezuko and Yushiro were.

But...Giyuu almost lost the idea of hope. 'Is it going to work...?'

Before he visited Sanemi, He had a conversation with Yushiro. Yushiro instructed him to extract some blood from Tanjiro if he ever encounter's him. Giyuu promised he would, problem is if Tanjiro will let him live.

'Gamble is a gamble...'

Tomioka Giyuu launched forward to slice Tanjiro's neck, 'Let us test if Nichirin really had no effect to Tanjiro!' During the day Tanjiro became a demon, nobody really landed their blades to him, to see if Nichirin is harmful to Tanjiro like Muzan and every other demon was.

It was not proven yet.

They automatically assume Nichirin Blade does not work because Tanjirou conquered the sun.

If new demon breed's can still be killed by these blade's. Then it should work to Tanjiro too.

"((Mizu no Kokyuu Ichi no Kata, Minamo Giri!)) Breath of Water first form, Water's Surface Slash!" This movement where the swordsman generates enough momentum to create a powerful single concentrated slash.

Tanjiro's tentacles made an automatic defense.

SLASH! SLICE! WOOSH!

Able to cut the monster tentacles that attempted to be it's shield. "Ah!" Giyuu failed to cut Tanjiro's neck, but he made some small cut's to his demon body. He was not really trying to kill Tanjiro, he wanted to test the pontential and possibilities of Tanjiro's regeneration ability, as well to learn his hidden powers. It can serve as huge information to be shared with Oyakata Sama.

'Not enough! I need blood from him...!'

Giyuu changed his stance, "((Mizu No Kokyuu! Shi no Kata, Uchishio~!)) Breath of Water Fourth Form: Striking Tide!" Giyuu makes multiple consecutive slashes while twisting their body in a flowing fashion similar to a harsh tide.

Slicing more tentacles, Giyuu found an opening. Pretending to cut Tanjiro's arm, he instead threw the injection Yushiro gave him.

STAB!

It extract's blood once you stab it to a demon's flesh. Tanjiro felt the sudden sting and roared. "Arrghh!? What are you-!" Giyuu snatched the injection, Tanjiro's ant bite feeling have gone, but he hit Giyuu by his tentacles, "Grr!" Giyuu is sent flying to the corpses side.

"Gah!" Giyuu was catch by the hoard of corpse, it lessen his body pain damage. "Tan...jiro," he coughed some blood though, he accidentally bit his tongue from the sudden tentacle whip.

Giyuu already had the blood sample, he hid it right away in his pocket's. Tanjiro have ignored that, he was a bit piss off now. Tanjiro chuckled before they turned into laughter. "Pff...fufu," Giyuu trying to focus his breath ,as he had to readied himself if Tanjiro go for kill.

However, "fufu...Hahahahaha!"

Giyuu arched an eyebrow in confusion. '...Tanjiro is, laughing...?' Who? Why? What's up? That was Giyuu's number one question.

"Hahahahaha! Hee-hheee-" Tanjiro is dying on his own laughter, whatever it is he find funny. Seeing Tanjiro's tentacles had hid themselves again back to his spine flesh.

'Is he...' Giyuu had the feeling maybe Tanjiro is laughing because he failed to kill him? 'Is he actually making fun of me...?'

Giyuu's questions were immediately answered when Tanjiro finally wiped the tears in his eyes due to too much laughing. "Sorry,sorry~!" Tanjiro apologizes to him. "I...I didn't mean to laugh at you!"

Giyuu is more confuse now, what could it be? What did he do to make Tanjiro mock him?

Tanjiro read Giyuu's puzzled face and decided to enlighten him why. "You see, when I taste your blood. Your memories flashed before me...What a cute and honest kid you were back then..." Tanjiro made a empathetic face, but it felt like he was insulting the older man. "I see, I see...Giyuu-san lost some of his love ones...Maybe that is why your blood does not taste good...how pitiful."

Giyuu wipes the blood from his mouth. Meanwhile Tanjiro lifted his index finger and bites them. "If I give you this, maybe you will learn not to be so grumpy!" Tanjiro is acting so merry. "You should smile more! It is good in muscles...!"

'Huh...? What rubbish is he saying now?'

Giyuu quickly stood in defense as he ignored the blood in his tongue, throbbing. 'He is planning something...' carefully watching Tanjiro's bitten finger bleed's and it's blood dropping to the ground.

Giyuu's eyes widen. Tanjiro said it, "~Blood Demon Art~Replication~"

The blood is mixing itself. Giyuu prepared himself for a demon to appear!

'I see, so this is how Tanjiro...makes demons!'

Giyuu swore to slay whoever demon image is Tanjiro trying to replicate from his memories. 'Fake people, you will never make me waver...!' Gritting his teeth, gripping tighter to his sword handle. '...Tanjiro!'

Giyuu dashes forward, he was a little bit impatient. Breaths, "((Mizu no kokyuu, Shichi no kata!)) Breath of Water Seventh form!" One inch more, he will reach Tanjiro's finger's. 'Do not let him replicate anymore!'

"~((Shizuku wa Mon-)) Drop Ripple-"

The blood replication was finish. Giyuu lost his balance as his heart stopped.

"Sa..." his wake eyes became more visible, it reflected terror.

In front of him is no other than his friend Sabito.

Sabito in a demon form. His appearance is the same except he had real fox ears, fox tail, whiskers. Fox irises but crimson red.

"Sabito...?" What made Giyuu hesitant to complete his attack, was because...Sabito's smile is displayed.

Plastered smile yet it look gentle in Giyuu's pupils.

He was not seeing the right Sabito smile.

Behind Sabito is a sadistic yet friendly greeting's from Tanjiro. "You do not have to be sad now Giyuu-san~! Sabito will be with you! You won't be seperated again hehe~!"

Giyuu in response stumbles to the ground flat, "argh!" He got off guard, He knew he just twist his ankle. He is so screwed.

"Giyuu-san!" Is Tanjiro's concern voice. Tanjiro knelt down, "Are you okay?"

Giyuu is...he was in the depression zone.

The zone of his tragic past resurfacing. "Will you..." he mumbles. Tanjiro lend his ears, "Y-yes?" Waiting for Giyuu's word's.

Giyuu grabbed Tanjiro's collar in pure rage, "WILL YOU STOP ACTING SO FOOLISH!?" Tanjiro was...was surprised and looked innocent. As if he does not understand why Giyuu is angry when he revived his dead friend.

That Giyuu awfully misses the most.

"Giyuu-san..." Giyuu is huffing from stress he felt just by seeing Sabito! His dead friend, but he is mustering the strength to scold Tanjiro. Tanjiro is playing with his feeling's. "Are you not happy, your friend Sabito is alive again?"

Such a dumb question.

'Annoying.'

Because of what Tanjiro said, Giyuu's vision darkened. He unknowingly draw his blade to stab Tanjiro.

However, "Tanjiro-sama, please forgive me for intruding~" Giyuu felt a strong kick from his jaw and he got blown again in this bloodied room.

KICKS!

BLAG!

Slump!

"Auugh!?"

Giyuu landed again in the nasty pile of corpses. Giyuu tried to sit up, his jaw seems to be broken from a surprised kick.

His eyes who had been struck with overwhelming shock, keep's on widening more and more.

His vision shakes with frustration.

There is the beautiful former Insect Pillar. "Kochou...Shinobu...!"

Shinobu cover's her mouth with a ohh-so-shock acting, but obviously does not care about Giyuu. "Eeehh~! You also know my name~?! This got to be a lie~ hm, hm~! A lie indeed!"

Her voice were exactly the same as how Giyuu known Shinobu. The movement's, mannerism...even honorifics.

"Tomioka-san! You must be a nasty~ naaasty stalker! Maybe I should stalk you back! Tehee~!" Shinobu placed her fist in her head, to knock them in a cute manner. Like how she did this to the Spider Lady.

Giyuu find's everything so sickening that he grabbed his Nichirin blade, ignoring his sprained ankle. But it was hard to stand, all he can do is sit up.

"Ara~Ara~" she smiles, yet her atmosphere is very angry. Tanjiro smells it so he warned Shinobu in advance.

This attitude of Tanjiro acting superior is another shocking scene to Giyuu's dizzy head. "Shinobu, Don't you kill Giyuu-san."

Tanjiro is sitting at the floor, his one leg is in bend, so that his left arm can rest on it. He looked like a gangsta.

Giyuu can't help but twitch his eyes from these unpredictable sights. About Tanjiro's face were bored from sunshine, now look brute but same time looked expressionless.

Tanjiro is weird. Sadistic, Empathetic, Sweet and Innocent.

Shinobu shrugs into a soft laughter. "Hoho~ Then I will do my best not to." Now facing Giyuu, her eyes, her body, they all look poisonous.

Giyuu is now sweating how disadvantage his situation is.

The Demon Lord and a Demon Guard. Wow.

Shinobu decided to walk toward's him. "Tomioka-san~" she called, "You know what...I do not like you~" Shinobu knelt and grabbed his broken jaw. "But for Tanjiro-sama~ Our kind Demon Lord, I will let you live!"

Giyuu wanted to stab Shinobu's demon replica, but seeing her again is also painful. 'They are fake..! They are fake!' He tried to convince himself. 'Kill...her!'

Swinging his sword to cut.

Giyuu's blade connected to Shinobu's neck. But the blade edges melted!

"W-what the?!" Shinobu explained for him. "Ahh~ If you want to cut off my neck, you better do that as a surprise attack!" Lifting her other free pointy finger from left. "Otherwise I would have enough time to make my neck like an acid! I will destroy my own neck before you cut it!" She praised herself, "Fufu~Aren't I amazing?!" before she seductively traveled her finger's from Giyuu's jaw then to his chin. Lifting them up.

"My~My~ I bet nobody likes you at all Tomioka-san," upon hearing how he should kill Shinobu's demon, Giyuu glance at his Nichirin blade, it already melted.

'I'm gonna die, do I...?' Taking a peek behind Shinobu, there is gangsta Tanjiro and Sabito a fox demon. The smile is still there.

Shinobu pulled Giyuu's thoughts into hers as she tried to converse further. "Tomioka-san, We will use you as an example for Demon Slayer's to stop going for our gentle lord~"

"You-"

Shinobu kisses Giyuu.

This surprising act made Giyuu froze. 'S-She kissed me?!'

Badump..))

Turns out, it is a poisonous kiss.

Gasp.

"Arggh?!" The rush of throbbing pain had sent thunder's and pricks of needle's! His whole body ached. His mouth began to drool some bubbles. Giyuu's eyes were going up, his world became frenzy and feverish. His heart squeaking like hell.

"P-poi...son!" He rasp out. He tried to fight, 'She said she won't kill me...! Then what is this?!'

Shinobu had the satisfied smile, she likes how Giyuu had those questionable dying eyes from her poison!

"I have many kind's of poison to produce within me~" she licked her lips before a Cheshire grin."~The first poison is to paralyze you. The second poison to kill the opponent. The third poison, the one I gave you is...to make you see sweet dreams till you kill yourself out of despair~Fufu, isn't wonderful~? Tomioka-san~!?"

How joyful.

Tomioka Giyuu's world were filled with butterflies fluttering in his head.

Until he fainted. "Goodnight Tomioka-san~Tonight the moon is very beautiful!"

The last thing he saw were Shinobu turning her back to pull Tanjiro up from sitting position. Sabito moved when Tanjiro's lips were somewhat speaking.

(('I can't...I cannot stay wake...'))

Words he couldn't understand.

'Shinobu...san! What about Sabito! Giyuu-san did not like him!'

'Then let Sabito-kun join our trope. Come now Tanjiro-sama, let us go back home...You might reach your limit again...'

'But...Giyuu-san-'

'He will be fine~ as long as he wanted to wake up from a sweet dream~'

"((Aahh...dream? What dream? Do I even have such thing...?"))

Giyuu black outs. "Please tell me...Nee-san."

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"CAW! CAW! BACK UP! MEDIC! TOMIOKA GIYUU IS POISONED! HE FACED OFF WITH TANJIIIROOO AND A DEMON GUAAARD! THEY LEFT HIM IN ONE PIECE THOUGH! HURRY MEDIC!"

Oyakata-sama quickly sent some Kakushi and Mizunoto Slayers to pick Giyuu up.

What kind of nightmare will Giyuu face?

To be Continued

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Kanon58: i cannot promise to finish this fanfic, but as long as my heart is fascinated on KNY fandom I will keep writing it, hoping you also feel the same and keep reading and keep reviewing! I initially planned this 1-10 but by the looks of it...it might reach till 20, ohhh i just hope were both still inlove with Kimetsu No Yaiba fandom!

I MADE SOME SABITO AND MAKOMO DEMON FORM ILLUSTRATION in deviantart or tumblr go check!

What is your favorite part?! Aoi and Inosuke moment? Shinobu kisses Giyuu? Or Tanjiro licking Giyuu's neck ?! XDD poor Giyuu! Two sadist hit on him. Nyahahaha!

Next: Yushiro check's the blood sample Giyuu got from Tanjiro. Nezuko and the other's met Giyuu in Butterfly estate. He had a serious bad fever,Inside Giyuu's dreams...unfolds his trauma. Sanemi is worried. Kanao is shock that her sister had been replicated, Nezuko comfort's her. Meanwhile All Ex-Pillar's and their King had a Meeting for their plans.