Act 17: Nezuko A Demon Slayer

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: Hiii your LONG AWAITED FINALE *coughs* hey hey! visit tapas dot com to support my own manga titled 'Paradox Mansion' lolz do subscribe!

gasp* surprise am alive? The reason it took so long because I wanted this chapter to be special as possible also, I need the KNY SEASON 2 BADLY! WHY DELAAAY UFOTABLEEE huhuhu! (jk, I know why it's delay its the japanese parents starting to bash KNY due to red light district, how sad! Demon Slayer ain't for kids in the first place gee...)

As Said English sucks so do Not Except it to be written beautifully or whatever. I'm doing this out of pure fangirling and fantasy.

No Flames you are not a Breath Flame User xD

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"Nezuko!" Panic screamed by Tanjiro.

Seeing his little demon sister in mud mess.

"What have you done to yourself?!" Approaching the delicate baby like Nezuko. "Look at you!" Touching her face and wiping the dirt with his gentle thumb. "You are all muddy! We better bathe you!" With no sense of green mind, the big brother proceed to strip his little sister naked and splash her some water at the nearest river he found.

SPLASH!

"There, there."

Nezuko flips her hair from the water's temperature and cutely pouts and blinks in confusion. "Hey now! Brother is also getting wet!" Chuckled by Tanjiro, as if he was bathing a puppy. "Just stay still, were almost done!" Drying Nezuko and combing her hair, putting back her clothes that is already cleaned up first before the bath moment.

Tanjiro set up a fire and then they notice the stars above twinkles. "Look Nezuko! The stars are pretty!" Demon Nezuko stares above the starry sky. "But of course Nezuko is much more beautiful..." he says and cups her cheeks to feel them warm. Nezuko on the other hand rubs her face to his rough hands like a cat.

Tanjiro smiles in relief and then swore once more. "No matter how many billions of stars may pass...brother swear to you, I will not make you alone as a demon. If there is no way to bring you back then...I rather..." although he did not finish his sentence.

Nezuko stares at him like a mirror see through his soul.

Tanjiro shakes his ugly thoughts.

"No,no. I'm sure you will be cured."

The memory echoes...

(("After all there is no illness without a cure, Tamayo-san said."))

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Beneath the bright sun, the lord counts his fallen soldiers.

"Mitsuri..."

Sound of his slippers to the ground.

"...Iguro"

Tanjiro keep counting.

"Makomo..."

The grief of his voice.

"Muichiro..."

Till he stops walking.

"...Kyoujiro..."

Behind him, is the said mansion where he had been hiding with his remaining three demons, Gyomei, Sabito and Shinobu.

Tanjiro made a decision, when he ordered earlier Gyomei to come with him to end the charade out of his throne room.

Outside their mansion, Tanjiro will not stop now. Especially how Sabito went ahead to look for Sanemi when he escaped, its inevitable to cross paths.

"Time to change for my promises and dreams."

Says Tanjiro and cut his own long hair into short ones by making his tentacles turn into some kind of blade.

CUT!

Having his old hairstyle back.

The demon king smiles with a haunting of threat.

"Let us go to the demon slayer head quarters Gyomei~"

Leaving Kanao and Shinobu at the mansion, Tanjiro went to Ubuyashiki quarters in daylight!

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Nezuko orders the last mission for all as the leading protagonist.

"Let us go everyone...to Kibutsuji Muzan's mansion!"

Everyone is gathered outside. Shinjuro and Uzui chatting inside the shades of veranda.

Inosuke and Aoi arguing from behind, then Senjuro just smiling in between the boar and former nurse.

Zenitsu as usual glued to where Nezuko is standing.

They were preparing themselves to infiltrate's Tanjiro's hideout, especially when she and Sanemi escaped that place. Though Kanao is still there, more reasons to come back.

'This is it...' Nezuko look at her left hand and fist them. 'To approach Tanjiro oniichan front to front!' Meanwhile behind the observing background Giyuu and Sanemi looks at one another as the original adult pillar of water and wind. "Regarding the demon fox Tomioka, he is a dog who will look for me." Sanemi says.

Giyuu knows what he meant and is prepared for the second encounter of the person that pains him.

"Then let's lure the fox by using you Marechi."

The wind pillar smirks an evil plan. "Then we slay him off!"

Giyuu made a small smile, then he looks down at his fake hand. 'Sabito...I will be a man and fight you head on. ' Making a fist bum gesture, Giyuu is shock that Sanemi is asking him.

"Hurry freak."

"Ok."

Fist bump for the two they both agreed on one thing.

"Let's go, as demon slayers till the end."

The sun sure is bright today, Agatsuma Zenitsu looks really unconfident of this plan though, so he shared his thoughts.

"Nezuko-chan.." only to see a confident smile at the girl he was told to rethink twice before he confesses again and again that he really wants her to be his wife. "Yes Zenitsu-kun?" Zenitsu is a city boy, he won't waste time to say stuffs and jumped to the gun. "What if Tanjiro does not revert back to being a human? What will you do...? Will you..." his eyes were watchful, Nezuko stops smiling and plainly admitted her other plans if mission failed. "I may die with my brother if that is the case."

Snapping, "What!? No! I won't allow you to kill yourself Nezuko-chan! D-don't be like my grandpa...!" Zenitsu shakes and his frustrated tears were revealing in his eyelids. He did not want that sepukku bull-crap at all.

Nezuko sighs and made their distance a bit closer than usual to be able to make Zenitsu meet her again eye to eye. "I'm sorry if that is my conclusion. It is just...I wanted to go home with onii-chan. If the fate decides that we can't go home together...then I must take him down with me." It was a gentle smile just like Tanjiro. Zenitsu wipes his small tears and listened to Nezuko's opinion of things how will it end if it did not go well as wished for. "After all, if Tanjiro Oniichan goes to hell. That sounds lonely isn't...?"

"Nezuko-chan..."

In the corner of their eyes, suddenly a black haori flatters.

It was too sudden, before them is...

(( "...But then again...if Tanjiro had fallen so far from his demonification, even with the lingering Tamayo-sama's anti bodies with him...this added antidote I made will either revert your brother back to normal or he dies from the poison of moonlight rays..."))

(( "Nezuko, it is up to you and your friends to make a haste."))

Nezuko bit her lips, she was worried...

(('The next time...we encounter Tanjiro Oniichan...we has to make a choice.'))

"It can't be...!" Everyone gasps and said his name urgently with bearable confusion. Nezuko's world slows down as if time were counted when a familiar short red haired appeared at the entrance of the mansion.

With a demon guard of two.

Sabito and Gyomei...

And of course you know who.

"Tanjiro..!"

"Oniichan...?"

Kamado Tanjiro the demon king walks in the aisle way as if he was welcomed to just casually show up to the enemy head quarters. The fact that he is really immune to sun despite his Muzan like eyes and marks of the devil drawn at his face and his sharp claws. Noting his two demon guard also cannot burn in the sun is scary.

He passes in Nezuko's vision and the wind perfectly blows to make the human blink.

~"Hello, we met again Kamado Nezuko."~

That voice, how her name is called is very...

Nezuko glared with unseen frustration of loathe to what has become of her beloved brother.

"Why?!" Is her response, 'why are you here..!?' Is the complete question for him. Everyone who is dumb enough to stay still. They were very surprise that Tanjiro himself will visit them...as if he is copying what Muzan did when he suddenly tried to murder Kagaya in his bed.

"WHY!?" This time Nezuko asked louder with obvious point of breaking in her throat. Tanjiro never looked back though, he just walks away towards were Kiriya's meeting room would be.

"...To fulfill my duty as the heir of Kibutsuji Muzan." Is Tanjiro's cold answer. Nezuko grit her teeth.

Meanwhile Giyuu and Sanemi were alerted to the appearance of Sabito and Gyomei who did not burn in the sun and the fact that they are blocking the entrance just shows that they are possibly trapped here.

"Everyone! Protect Kiriya-sama!" Ordered by Giyuu. Inosuke, Aoi, Zenitsu and Senjuro snaps in reality that the battle begun so soon.

Uzui and Shinjiru frozen in fear when Tanjiro simply passes in between them and greet them with a quick look and the fangs were smiling.

Especially to Uzui Tengen who escaped remember?

Gulping.

Tanjiro suddenly kneels in front of the closed sliding door and honors the new master.

"I wish to speak with you Ubuyashiki Kiriya-sama." The sliding door opens with Kiriya's remaining two sisters. In the center, far away from the sunlight...there he is. Kiriya glared to him and answered. "Tanjiro the demon king." The smile widens on Tanjiro's lips and raised his head to properly greet him and introduce his goals. "Yes, am here to declare ownership." He announces. "Surrender your swords and become part of my dreams." He stood up, throwing away the respect to keep his knees kneel down.

Kiriya fears the situation, he gulps and responded. "What dream are you even referring to in the first place Demon King Tanjiro?"

Tanjiro sweetly says, "The elimination of Demon Slayers. But in a nice way were nobody has to die unlike how Muzan originally planned. A peace treaty between demons and humans~" he looked around him, he was surrounded by the pillars already.

While he sees the Wind and Water pillar doing a staring contest with Gyomei and Sabito.

"Isn't a nice ring in ears to this proposal~?"

Kiriya eyed Tanjiro in the eyes very carefully, there were no lies in it however...

"We refuse to throw away all the sacrifices of the whole demon slayer generations. Day by day, my father would visit their graves." And then he turned angry but not scary enough to intermediates Tanjiro or anybody else in this moment.

"Don't you want to see your father again? I can make him-"

"Do not insult my father's death...!"

Tanjiro closes his eyes and mumbles.

"I guess that is the response, the one I expected." Tanjiro opened his demonic eyes, they lit a bright color. "It can't be helped then."

"PROTECT OYAKATA-SAMA FOOLS!" Sanemi broke a war command.

KABOOM!

The placed exploded.

Not because there are bombs unlike last time. It is because, Tanjiro summons his demon tentacles to kill Kiriya.

The impact is so strong that the place wrecked instantly in that short seconds.

But...

"I WONT LET YOU BECOME A MURDERER TANJIRO!" The Beast pillar sliced one of the tentacles, to be exact each of the new pillars took part of slicing his tentacles.

One tentacles for each one of them. "Tanjiro-san! I would never let you tell a lie that in your battle my name is there!" The Ice pillar says to him.

"You said you will support me in behalf of my brother! This time, I will make you proud if I stop you like a man should be, Tanjiro niichan!" The Flame pillar says with determination.

"You...you shared me your onigiri with the kindest heart beat Tanjiro..." The Lightning pillar swore. "To hear it again and to make Nezuko-chan the happiest girl in the universe, I will stop you from becoming more demonic! Not this time!"

Then...the grand entrance of his self proclaimed little sister.

Kamado Nezuko, the Fire pillar yells.

"I made a promise, we go home together. That is why, I will return you back to human! Tanjiro oniichan...!"

Tanjiro narrowed his eyes, he noticed Kiriya and his two twin sisters vanished along with Uzui and Shinjuro.

Ah, he knew it.

'Those two man took them to safety huh.'

Tanjiro leaps away.

"If you want me to return badly, catch me if you can!" Then disappeared to the sunlight.

"CHASE HIM TO THE MANSION!" Nezuko guessed.

Everyone wondered why she would say that, and then...they heard Giyuu screamed.

"SANEMI!"

Sanemi is abducted by Tanjiro in that instant.

"You won't get the Marechi!" Sabito charges an attacked to Giyuu who defended himself.

CLASH!

'S-Sabito...!'

Gyomei whose there left a message before he instantly disappeared too.

"Meet us in our mansion indeed, Pillars."

Inosuke makes the lead.

"You bet we will!"

Everyone run out their feet's to travel to Tanjiro's mansion, it did not matter if it is long.

"Hop in!" It was Urokudaki with a cabin to ride onto. "Urokudaki-san!" Nezuko and others rides on it to chase Tanjiro.

Surely they can reach it by night.

More like, Kibutsuji Muzan hideout will be their final stage.

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Meanwhile in the said mansion...

It was sunset already by this event...

"Oh wow you did not escape. Why is that?" Shinobu asks the young maiden. Tsuyuri Kanao gave her a silent look while still chained in her abdomen to bed. Shinobu realize it must have been Sabito putting back the chain to the captive. "..." Shinobu smiles and gently plays her hair. "You are free to go."

"Eh?"

Kanao got undressed by Shinobu.

Kanao was dressed up by Shinobu, she was surprise the new clothes was not a kimono or yukata...it was. 'My demon slayer uniform...!' Its a bit worn out but it was apparently been on laundry. 'It smells nice...reminds me of the old days.' Then she noticed her demon slayer blade is at the floor too. 'C-could this be...'

The memory Shinobu bathing her, dressing her and combing her hair.

Quietly Kanao allowed Shinobu to fix her clothes like old times. The long poisonous nails made its way to tie Kanao's hair up to a side ponytail. As if she knows her hairstyle even without remembering that they used to do this.

At the very least in Tanjiro's creation of her by blood art is what could be guessed easily.

Finishing to tie her hair, she surrender her the butterfly hairpin that they took from Kanao when she was abducted.

"I said you are free now Kanao. Escape before Tanjiro-sama returns."

Kanao who allowed the butterfly hairpin locked at her side pony tail and to the other side of her head without the ponytail.

Two butterfly in her head, her eyes began to shake. "Nee...san?"

The demon Shinobu confesses. "I don't know, even though it was an act I was happy to be your fake big sister. It was fun but it was wrong...so please go."

SHATTERS!

The chain that bind Kanao were destroyed by Shinobu. It was like how she set Kanao free.

The feeling of being set to freedom makes Kanao lost for words. "Go on." Pushing her off outside the Japanese room.

Kanao stumbles and then sets her bare foot to take control over the ground. "Master!" Like an instinct, Shinobu reacted to that calling. "...?" Kanao began showing tears and they fell, just like how she mourned when Douma is killed...the fact her two big sister had set off and leaving her behind.

Thats how The Flower pillar looks like now.

"You were my big sister you know...but that was in the past. However I-I'm glad I met you again. I can properly say goodbye...your death was sudden..."

Kanao smiles with reddish cheeks.

Shinobu softens her demon features, she thought its fine this way. "I see. It is the friends of the human Tanjiro-sama you speak of? I'm flattered. Thank you. To think a demon like me was level on a human...you and Tanjiro-sama are alike. You look good together but...his ideals are bound to Muzan. I will end this charade for you. Please take care Kanao."

Kanao took a step closer with shyness as she always wanted to do it.

She regretted not doing it by her own choice before. On the past the two big sis butterflies will hug her comfort, but now...she wanted to do it by her free will.

As a farewell satisfaction of not being able to retrieve the corpse of the insect pillar during that time. "C-can I hug you...?" Shinobu flaps her hands like those butterfly wings. "Fufu...sorry my body is poisonous, but I can do this instead. " she pats her head and whispered.

"I love you."

Kanao tried to touch her but...she takes her hand back to her own chest.

With the resolve she has.

"I love you too...neesan..!"

Kanao cries that but she spins around to leave while picking up her nichirin sword in the process.

Running away without turning back.

'Thank you...!'

As the hostage left the demonic insect Shinobu. "Ara~ara, to think that I would betray Tanjiro-sama for Kanao the flower pillar...I must punish myself before Tanjiro-sama finds out." Revealing a vile of medicine out of her pockets, she helds them above to make the sunset reflect to it.

"Kamado Nezuko-chan is soft heart she did not even notice I took this..." yes,she stole it from Nezuko's pockets when she approached her for help.

Licking her lips for feeling triumphant on it.

"Arara~ I'm no use." Shaking her head with mockery. "...I wonder why I think of her as my little sister? Living sure is difficult!" Acting cute for one last time.

Kochou Shinobu sat at the pillow, her way of sitting is like how a samurai performs a some sort of hara-kiri.

Except she opens the bottle and gulps it down.

"Sayonara."

Shinobu poison herself with the antidote and turns into blood puddle.

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'Hahh, hahh, hahh...!'

Kanao going in circles in the mansion garden unable to find the main.

'I must hurry and-'

BUMPS!

"Ah...!" Her head met a wall,no...it was someone's chest. Gasping, the owner has return.

"T-Tanjiro-kun!" At Tanjiro's tentacles were wrapped Shinazugawa Sanemi. "The wind pillar...!"

"Where do you think you are going my beautiful flower?" Kanao holds tight of her nichirin blade and warned. "Tanjiro...stop this."

Tanjiro is cold at her now. "I heard that many times. Why won't you become a demon for me Tsuyuri Kanao?" Kanao frowns and spats back. "I also heard that many times, my answer will be the same. I want to spend humanity with you...!" Tanjiro lift his other free hand, "LIES!" Then grabs Kanao's wrist. "Augh!"

Sanemi struggles in the tentacles holding him like a potato sack. "Fuck this Tanjiro! Let me go!" Kanao became one of the potato sack hostage too. "Sanemi-san and Kanao-san, I need both of you. Behave yourselves or else-"

When a beast arrives in such speed. "PASSING THROUGH!" He leaps above and cut off the tentacles that binds the two hostage.

SLICE! SLICE!

"I-Inosuke!"

Shouted by Kanao in shock. Then there is Nezuko and others. "Oniichan! Sanemi-san! Kanao-chan!" Behind are the following pillars. Like the Lightning Pillar Zenitsu "Tanjiro!" Then Smoke Pillar Senjuro, "Tanjiro niisan!" Alas, Ice Pillar Aoi."Tanjiro-san! Kanao-sama!"

Tanjiro leaps away for distance, "Ah you made it here? Perfect. Now I can eradicate all the pillars without disturbing the neighborhood. Once am done with you all, the rest of the demon slayer will be no match on me."

Suddenly Gyomei blocks his way.

"Gyomei...?"

His last demon guard that is stronger than Sabito declares to take responsibility of this moment. "Leave the battle to me Tanjiro-sama." His voice sound concern. "The more you use your power the more you get hungry." He meant about Tanjiro's metabolism is increasing high speed that he cannot handle himself to go feral soon.

Tanjiro actually knows he is trying his best not to be out of control.

After all, it looks unsightly.

"Please take care of yourself and rest inside the throne room." Demon Gyomei beg with tears running down his eyes while gesturing a prayer. Tanjiro felt bad so he obliged. "Fine..." he looks at the pillars though, he is worried a bit but he respected Gyomei's wish. "Take care!"

Then runs inside the mansion.

Kanao knows she got to finish her battler against the blind demon.

"Rock pillar..."

Gyomei goes full force.

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Meanwhile...In Ubuyashiki quarters, before Tanjiro has completely returned during sunset and Shinobu's suicide.

"Sabito..." Sabito and Giyuu facing each other.

It is suppose to be the popular and big deal reunion.

Yet...The wind sure is cold, nothing feels really special but ache and weirdness of seeing a demon Sabito.

And yes Sabito left himself out here.

For some reasons he wanted to face off with this human.

Tomioka Giyuu, the water pillar. "Hm...your face is of a man." Sabito says as he slowly picked up his bamboo sword as his tail and ears of fox grins in excite and alertness. "I will take this as a good opportunity of growth!" Giyuu's heart is broken to be true. 'However...'

He heard the ripples of water.

The memories of her sister and Sabito with Makomo together with Urokudaki...when he was poisoned by demon Shinobu.

'Am not that scared anymore...'

After all...

((Giyuu-san!))

If it is to get back that precious smile, that boy that gave him hope once more.

Nothing will bother his rage of sea.

'...It is time to move on.'

The ripple becomes three.

Giyuu chanted in his head, the moved he have used to Rui the demon spider.

"((Mizu no kokyuu...Ju ichi no kata, Nagi!)) Breath of water...11th form, Dead calm!"

SLICE.

THUD.

Quickly, demon Sabito's head fell off.

As if this sensation reminded Sabito of how the rock is sliced by a certain boy who wanted to become a demon slayer.

"No...way...?" Blood gushes out of his mouth as his head rolls to the floor along with his body. The blade of Giyuu revealed the antidote's influence. They shine, the liquid. Giyuu slowly walk towards his him and looks down. "This fast...?!" Sabito questions outloud, but what shock him the most is when- "Sabito."

Giyuu picked up his head into an embrace and kiss his forehead. "Rest in peace, thank you my bestfriend."

Even though nothing makes sense, for some reason that made Sabito's eyes wet.

Eventually tears fell down.

"Haha..." a mocking short laugh, The head of Sabito slowly turning into liquid. "A real man does not pity their enemy like this. Stupid Giyuu..."

Giyuu's eyes widen when his name is called with familiarity.

He was about to say more, "Sabi-" but then Sabito's body and head fully dissolves. "...to." He knew it was the moment he is actually going to spill water again in his eyes that lost its shine due to trauma of loosing love ones. Hugging his own self with his bloodied haori, Tomioka Giyuu cherished that moment of short reunion.

He muttered, "Were home."

Kiriya and his sisters watched the Water pillar mourn in the wrecked garden.

"With this, we will see who wins..." Kiriya stated, his two twin sisters looks up into the sky that is reaching the night.

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Back at Tanjiro's quarters...

"Everyone! Becareful!" Kanao for the first time shouts out a command. She uses to command people but not to the point of yelling.

But lately, she is very expressive.

Like a normal human being should be.

"The rock pillar's demon form can foresee future attacks! So do attack without thinking!" Inosuke laughs at that and happily claims victory. "That's my way of fighting! Not using head! Gyahaha!"

Zenitsu commented at it. "Stupid boar..." suddenly Senjuro shouts to grab their attention. "Everyone there he goes!" Gyomei reveals his replicated spike ball weapon.

This time it has eyes to see everything.

"Nobody shall hurt Tanjiro-sama anymore! I have you all die...!" With that Gyomei swings the ball spike, causing everyone jumps away.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

It hit the japanese fences.

Destroying the place just like how they destroyed Oyakatta mansion.

"Everyone! Circle him!" Nezuko says. Aoi, Inosuke, Senjuro, Zenitsu and Kanao unconsciously understood Nezuko's intention.

'If he can see everything...' everyone poise their blades to cut him off. 'Then attack him front and bold...!'

"Breath of beast...!"

"Breath of Ice...!"

"Breath of lightning!"

"Breath of flower!"

"Breath of smoke!"

"Breath of fire...!"

They all strike at once with their best breath of style sword art.

"Begone! Demon!"

To Gyomei's surprise, besides the sword that will slash over him...there was Yushiro from behind of them.

It is midnight so he can show up, and to point he is with Sanemi.

They threw him bottles with the familiar threatening liquid.

"THIS ENDS NOW!" Sanemi says with confidence.

SMASH!

It rained with poison to Gyomei.

"Wrgahaahhh!"

Same time his chains, his ball spike, his body with crystal balls eyes were sliced one by one making him blind.

SLASH! SLASH!

"Give us a break already...!" Nezuko kicks the last eye in Gyomei's forehead and then Kanao appears to slice off his head.

KACHIN...!

The Rock pillar is speechless.

He did not expect their movements.

"I have...belittle the kids...?" The strange feeling being surrounded by someone younger, Gyomei had his iconic Buddhist tears as he slowly evaporate. "...I want to see how nice they have become."

His last statement leave a nasty taste to everyone though.

"Rock pillar..." Zenitsu placed his hands together. "May you rest in peace." Everyone followed his gestured to pray for him.

Sanemi didn't do it, but he lowered his head a little and whispers. "See you soon, everyone."

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Tanjiro saw Shinobu's puddle of blood and the vile of antidote.

"Shinobu-san..." he can tell if it was murder or suicide. He cannot phantom why the insect did this. "How could you...?" Avoiding to touch her blood puddle since it could be contaminated with the poison against demons.

Tanjiro went inside the mansion where the modern Victorian existed. Outside is an ancient Japanese setting, but hey...it is Taishou Era.

The materials were mix with such delicate.

Entering his throne room, Tanjiro sat at it.

"They are gone huh..." his eyes narrowed when he felt the life of Sabito and Gyomei cut off their thread of link to his. "I guess its just you and me again Muzan."

Kibutsuji Muzan glares at the big front of the throne room.

"And so there she is the nuisance."

Enters Kamado Nezuko...the Fire Pillar.

"You cannot escape anymore." Nezuko sounds scary, and glared back to the shadow that possessing's his brother's thoughts.

"The king of demons...!"

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When Giyuu is done protecting Kiriya upon killng Sabito. Uzui with Shinjuro hops him a ride to Tanjiro's castle where the crow leads them to...

Everything seems to be perfect...until...

"Ya~ I have been waiting." Tanjiro greets her casually like a friend would do to a visitor. "Welcome to my throne, Kamado Nezuko." Although his smile were fake. "Or I say, the Fire Pillar." As Tanjiro's friendly eyes turns cold as he looks below him..

The mere human.

A mere demon slayer.

"The demon king successor huh..." Nezuko ponders and her voice echoed to this empty castle. Tanjiro rested his chin to his free right hand that rest it's elbow at his throne like an elegant king should be. "Since you are able to reach my den, I shall propose one last courtesy for you Nezuko." Nezuko can already guess what it is but she played along while her face had no trace of smile. She was just serious, "And that would be...?"

Tanjiro smiles wide, revealing his undeveloped fangs. "Join me." Yep, he sure is persistent. He even tried to sweet talk this conversation. A attempt of brainwashing. "You said were siblings. If so you are suppose to support your big brother as your role of little sister." He thought he can manipulate her by taking advantage of her longing against her. "Otherwise you know...? What you call it? Ahh~ right, right." Tanjiro is basically being kind and cruel at the same time to point this out.

"Lets end this demons and humans controversy and become one!" He proudly says with open arms. "How about it? Isn't wonderful idea?" His sweet giggle makes Nezuko cringe. "Thats not gonna happen, Im sorry." She furrowed her eyebrows and grips her fist.

Tanjiro raised one of his eyebrows in return "Why not?" His mouth move on it's own. Thoughts he never had before spills out magically. "I mean, didn't you turn into a demon and became friends just fine with the demon slayers? So why do you judge so much about my dedicated plan of us to be in peace treaty?" Nezuko gasp. "Y-you!" She cannot believe it, " remember that am a demon before? Is that for real!?" She does not recall telling him in Asakuza that she became a demon. All she said they are siblings.

"Eh?" Tanjiro is surprised at himself as well. 'Strange...why do I know this?' Trying not to think too deep about it, "Who cares why I know? The point is, Kamado Nezuko...wont you become my Queen instead?"

This time Nezuko blinks, "Huh?" Did she misheard her brother?

"You know, demon king and a human king doesn't sound so bad. Or how about it? Want to convert back? I'll give you some of my blood, though I have never tested it. But am sure if its you! I bet you will be a wonderful woman of a demon!" Oh hell no, she did not.

Tanjiro does not see her as a sibling at all, this just makes Nezuko...

"...Disgusting."

"Hmm~?"

Nezuko turns angry, not towards Tanjiro but the culprit behind this behavior. "The way Kibutsuji Muzan's blood corrupted you makes my stomach tremble. This is unforgivable!" She stomps her feet. Tanjiro frowns at her harsh statement towards Muzan. He tried to read her. "And what do you think you would do?"

Nezuko press her lips hard before she shivers her quelling anger. "I will...!" However Tanjiro laughs at her now. "Hahaha~!" It sure is entertaining how this Nezuko so brave and confident. "...What? You will convert me instead?" Tanjiro leaves his sit, slowly he descends from his throne.

Tap, tap, tap...

Slowly small veins appearing to his face is a sign that he is irritated, the fact he is not smiling too gives it away.

Tanjiro finds her annoying.

Her hopes and stubbornness is awfully sickening.

"Try me...I dare you. Also you can stop pretending invisible now little demon boy. You think I cannot see you with my clear eyes from Muzan~?" His red eyes glow.

Nezuko did not thought someone is with her. "...!?" Looking left and right. Tanjiro pointed at Nezuko's right side. His sharp nails were threatening the said 'demon boy.' "Try better." Tanjiro says.

There undo his spell of invisibility.

It is...

"Yushiro-kun!?"

Yushiro huffs and is clearly ready to risk his identity expose to the new demon king that is much scarier and dangerous than Muzan ever was. "Hmp, as expected from the heir of demon king. There is no opening against you. Looks like we have to fight him face to face." He says without eyeing Nezuko's shock reaction of being stalked by him.

Tanjiro chuckles in mockery tune. Shaking his head, he just cannot believe this. "Isn' this hypocrisy? You guys don't want to join my utopia and yet you guys, a human and a demon joining forces to take me off my throne. Its very laughable!"

His ears twitch as it hears panting and running slippers.

(Hahh, hahh,hahh)

Smirking. "And perfect timing. Looks like your fellow pillars have arrived." The door way the whole cast where there.

"Nezuko-chan...!" Agatsuma Zenitsu in his long tied up pony tail. Nezuko greets them with relief and half worried, "Everyone...!"

Kanao observes with blurry vision as ever then realize whose at front. "Its Tanjiro-kun!" Followed by Aoi the twin-tailed girl.

"Tanjiro-san!" Then Kyoujiro's little brother.

"Tanjiro nii san..." and Inosuke in his demon slayer uniform but half naked on chest exposure as usual.

"..." only him did not call his name, instead he is intently staring at Tanjiro.

Sanemi behind everyone is already pissed off in his angry ass as ever. "Tsk, guess we gotta bring this idiot down."

Then Giyuu followed a little bit late on the scene but he arrived anyway.

Tanjiro evil grins and entertains them all with a huge spread of his arms in rejoice. He is half way down the staircase of his throne. "Hello there pillars~!" His eyes eyed them one by one for any fishy movement. Instead he found anxiety..."Its nice to see you all alive and well." Taking advantage again of their emotions and hesitations. "But you see not everyone of you can make it alive tonight if you wont accept my generous offer."

Everyone is silent though. "..."

Tanjiro continued to persuaded anyway. "Join my kingdom, I swear you and your families will be safe." Still they did not say anything. "..." making Tanjiro feel dumb. "What is your answer?"

Everyone looks at each other with a firm nod. The final nod was led to everyone eye-ing who nods back before she marched forward to declare.

"This is our answer, NEVER." It was so strong, "I repeat, we will never side your ideals with Muzan. Because am your little sister, Kamado Nezuko! We are going home together with everyone as promised! Tanjiro Oniichan!"

Tanjiro is mad now.

"That's it. If you guys want to die so badly...then DIE!"

SLASH!

An arm flew...it was.

"Yushiro-kun!?"

A tentacle just cut off Yushiro's right arm that has a pouch where the antidote is to be exact... Yushiro have left his guard down it seems. His heart panic with his eyes widen in horror. 'T-that is hella fast!' As his arm is reforming back to normal, Tanjiro looks down at them with a pathetic and piercing look.

He was not liking this situation, not even a bit. "Your hands, I find it filthy for some reason. I see, your name is Yushiro. I will remember that."

Proceeding for Tanjiro to devilishly smiles and they know he is about to do a massacre.

Giyuu warned as everyone proceed to jump away further when the demonic tentacles spread to shield Tanjiro's range itself!

"BECAREFUL HIS TENTACLES ARE FAST AND SHARP! DODGE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!" Everyone knew that moment they are screwed.

WHOOSH!

Many tentacles from Tanjiro's back begins to chase them.

Everyone jumps away in right timing.

Giyuu shouts the instructions. "FOLLOW THE PLAN! SOMEONE HAS TO GET CLOSE ATLEAST ONE PERSON! STAB HIM THE ANTIDOTE!"

Tanjiro went on rampage. "GRRAAAHH! DIE PILLARS! I WILL ELIMINATE YOU ALL! EVERY SINGLE ONE DEMON SLAYER WILL BE ERADICATE!" But he was specifically against his little sister's arrogant behavior from earlier. "...AND IT SHALL BE YOUR LEADER'S FAULT...ITS YOUR FAULT FIRE PILLAR, YOUR FAULT NEZUKO!"

It triggered Nezuko to fight back against his words. "IT WILL NEVER BE MY FAULT!" Nezuko says as she dodge and shouts back. "MY FRIENDS...OUR NEW FAMILIES, THEY HAVE SAME WISH,THAT IS TO GET YOU BACK TO NORMAL ONIICHAN!" Her pink haori is beginning to gain some cuts, that's how this situation getting a little bit bad.

'Ow...!'

A blade cut almost her flesh and cheeks, but Nezuko kept going forward anyway. The goal is to have at least one person close to Tanjiro. It does not matter who stabs him the cure. "YOU ARE NOT MUZAN NOR MUZAN'S SON! YOU SELL CHARCOALS EVERYDAY UP IN KUMOTORI MOUNTAIN FOR SHIGERU, TAKEO, HANAKO AND ROKUTA...ESPECIALLY FOR MOM! I'M SURE DAD IS CRYING FOR YOU AS WELL...!"

Tanjiro's ears hurts, that was rubbish for him. "WHAT NONSENSE AND INVENTED STORY ARE YOU BLABBING ABOUT? SHUT UP!"

One of the tentacle manage to whoop Nezuko far away to the ground.

"Kyah!"

Making Zenitsu yells at him, he is of course angry to see his future wife hurt. More like...the big brother who claim Nezuko is much more important than his life suddenly gives pain against her. "ITS NOT INVENTED TANJIRO! NEZUKO IS TRULY YOUR FAMILY! AND SO US...! WERE FRIENDS! WE SHARE THE ONIGIRI REMEMBER?" Up and down, Zenitsu is fast than the rest to dodge.

He is no longer a coward it seems.

"THATS RIGHT TANJIRO-NII SAN," Senjuro from behind jumps above Tanjiro, creating a small space of opening to get near. His head is not shielded much unlike his sides. "YOU COMFORTED ME WHEN MY BIG BROTHER KYOUJIRO DIED."

That made him twitch and perks interest. 'Flame pillar...?' That rings a bell to him.

Senjuro draws his sword to deflect all the sharp blades trying to cut him off balance.

CLING! CLANG! CLANG!

Senjuro breaths out. "YOU ARE THE REASON FOR THE FLAME I HAVE TO BECOME A DEMON SLAYER! SO PLEASE GET BACK TO THE WAY YOU USED TO!" Tanjiro roared. "LIES!" Sharp tentacle stabs Senjuro's chest!?

"Agh-!"

Everyone gasp out loud, same with Senjuro himself. Senjuro is sure he was stab.

Wait, no... 'Kyoujiro...? As in Kyoujiro's little brother!?' Somehow, Tanjiro's tentacle just stab a hole in Senjuro's cape instead of really making a donut hole to his body.

As if he is afraid...

A certain memory of the flame pillar murdered by Akaza might resurface.

'I-if he did not hesitate, I would have died...!'

That was damn scary.

Then, "STOP YAPPING AND KNEEL ALREADY DEMON KING!"

CLANG!

The beast pillar is able to come a little bit close to Tanjiro's range. "Inosuke!" Everyone had hopes to him now. "LISTEN UP! I WILL CREATE AM OPENING! BY THEN...STAB HIM THE STUPID MEDICINE!" As he moves his hands to work to slice and slice the monster hands from Tanjiro,making Tanjiro had little left space for protection. He was being cornered like Muzan...

Nezuko gains back her footing. "WE UNDERSTOOD! LETS GO EVERYONE!" And dashes forward again to help everyone to break Tanjiro's infinite shielding to himself.

CLANG! SLASH! WHOOSH! WAASH! SHAAZZ!

'Tche...! Its so fast!' I'm is being pushed back?!' It's pressuring Tanjiro now... "Grr..." Tanjiro is not liking the boar mask at all. "Beast Pillar was it...? You are going to die you know. You are suppose to know better that you are just a mere animal! Obey me already!" He threatens him in a work for space but Inosuke is an idiot so...that won't work to him.

Logics, "No freaking way! You obey me instead! Am Inosuke-sama and am gonna whoop your ass and drag you home! After that you will spoil me and fight me! You will smile again warmly with hotpot! The four of us...! We'll have one tub of bath!" Tanjiro is able to cut his mask in half.

"Ghh!?" But Inosuke ignores it and keeps slicing him up. Tanjiro watch how Inosuke's forehead bleeds, it is getting really insulting. "Your dreams are stupid! My home is this castle! Am owned by my father! My beloved! Muzan is my only-" Inosuke attempts to headbutt him but Tanjiro moves a little bit of inch to make another tentacle barrier. Inosuke is fired up, "MUZAN IS A DEMON WHO TOOK YOUR EVERYTHING YOU HARD HEADED STUPID MONJIRO! YOUR MUZAN IS CRAP!" And thats it, Tanjiro is very offended in behalf of his master.

"DONT YOU DARE INSULT MUZAN!"

STAB!

And manage to stab two tentacles on Inosuke's both shoulders. "ARGH!" He lifts him up with a sadistic relief of smile. "Hehe..."

Everyone find it horrifying. "INOSUKE...!"

The blood is dripping, Inosuke trembling in pain but he kept his fierce look below him the demon face form of Tanjiro. "Dammit." He grit his teeth as he is being lifted more and more to make the stab deeper on his left and right shoulders. "HAHA, Does it hurt? I miss your vitals on purpose because I felt like toying on you. Beast Pillar." He thought he won but Inosuke lowered his head and mumbles. "Tanjiro..."

"Eh?"

He couldn't break Inosuke. "Tanjiro," Inosuke says it with pain and yearning. "Tanjiro, Tanjiro, Tanjiro, Tanjiro...!" As if it was a prayer. Tanjiro is freaked out. "Why are you repeating my name, stop it. Its disturbing me-" Inosuke spits out his emotional pain rather than his wounds. "I FINALLY KNOW HOW TO SAY YOUR NAME! I REMEMBER IT! SO WHY WONT YOU...WHY WONT YOU SAY MINE? TANJIRO!"

For a moment, Tanjiro forgot to react. There is a few seconds of delay before he freaks out more and more to Inosuke's sudden affection. "Y-YOUR CALLING DISGUSTS ME! SHUT THE HELL UP!" Then proceeds to throw Inosuke away, slamming at the wall.

CRASH!

Nezuko runs towards him.

"Inosuke...!"

Tanjiro glares at the sight of Inosuke and Nezuko. Inosuke's crying face projected to him. 'What was that? Why does his tears makes my heart hurts?' He clutches his right eye in attempt to 'pretend' he can erase the image of what he just saw. 'What on earth is this..? What the hell is this mushy feeling!?' Then he felt a stung at his back. He was hit but not that deep.

It's like a thunder shot him. "Guhh!" Turning around it's the blonde one. "Lightning Pillar..." a deep growl, Zenitsu's long ponytail follows his fast movements as he make a speech. "I promised Nezuko-chan I will bring you home...that is why I will give my all to make you surrender Tanjiro!" Sure he is fast but Tanjiro can see him just fine. It's really an interesting joke these slayers. "Surrender? Ahahaha! What a very funny thing to say...and same time, VERY INSULTING!" Tanjiro becomes more monstrous. "AM THE DEMON KING! YOU PUNY AND PITIFUL, VERY FRAGILE HUMANS ARE THE ONES WHO WILL SURRENDER TO MY POWER!" It was then Zenitsu closes his eyes and-

ZAAAPP...!

'He disappeared!?'

Like a lightning, Zenitsu begins his secret movement. To move like deadly lightning strike going up and down to the ground. He trained for this moment. Tanjiro focus his vision in his surroundings. 'He is fast...But its not like I cannot see him still.' Tanjiro smirks. 'Its not like I can trip him~' his red eyes glows wider. "There you are noisy pillar!" Then grabs his neck, causing Zenitsu to awake himself for the air blocked at his throat. "Ah!?" Quickly a somewhat ice spike went through Tanjiro's side vision. "Don't ignore me!"

SWISH!

It's the twin tailed girl. "Hmm~ Ice Pillar." Kanzaki Aoi is able to scar Tanjiro's cheeks but not enough. "Come on now, everyone knows you are the weakest out of the pillars. Don't waste your short life with this farce." Tanjiro looks down at her abilities. Aoi snaps, "Am not weak!"

Taken a bit of this bravery.

"...?"

"Tanjiro-san...you said in every battle you would think of me. That is why, even though am very scared...even though I might die so soon. I wanted to take you out of the battle field! So that...I can properly treat your wounds and patch you up. So that you'd tell me I did great!" Tanjiro heard enough. "Annoying." Aoi seeing her sword. "DONT GET COCKY, AM GONNA SPANK YOU HARD YOU SEE!" It hits Tanjiro's abdomen. "Ouch!" It unusually hurt!

Then he look down when the blade is pulled out. 'W-what was her blade?' His wound doesn't heal!

Fear rose up to his body, his wound did not heal and that is because...there is a liquid. 'This woman, he put the antidote!'

Aoi smirks to him, "Am not your nurse for no reason! Now! Behave yourself demon king!" Tanjiro like a cat ducks down in a hissing position like a cat would do whenever threaten. "DON'T COME NEAR ME...!"

His tentacles went rampage again.

SWOOSH!

Aoi got smacked hard in process hitting the ground.

But it is not over, another stab on Tanjiro. Instead in his back shoulder. "Ack!?" There is the culprit.. The familiar side ponytail with butterfly hairpins. 'The flower pillar...!' Kanao om the contrary looks sorry, and so she did apologize.

"Tanjiro, forgive me."

"Kanao-"

In attempt to face her, Kanao gives the goal signal. "YUSHIRO NOW!"

STAB!

Something stabs Tanjiro's neck.

A serum...!

"Ghhh...!"

It was Yushiro, he was close to Tanjiro by the help of Aoi's and Kanao's effort. He daringly pushes more the antidote to insert deeper into Tanjiro's angry neck. "THIS IS FOR TAMAYO-SAMA! I WILL ERASE KIBUTSUJI MUZAN'S CREATION! EVEN IF IT BRINGS ME TO HELL...! TAMAYO-SAMA'S WISH AND WILL SHALL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!"

Kanao also stabs him another antidote. "COME BACK TANJIRO-KUN! FOR NEZUKO!"

"S-stop..." Tanjiro's eye went white, he is panicking. "ARGHH...! GET OFF ME!" With Tanjiro's struggle, his fist went ahead and smacked Yushiro's head with such strenght.

SMASH!

His head exploded, result of be-headening.

"YUSHIRO!"

Yushiro's body is still attached to Tanjiro though. In rage, "GET AWAY! GET AWAY, GET AWAY, GET AWAY, GET AWAY FROM ME!" Tanjiro could have remove the body of Yushiro clinging to him, instead he just move left and right and focus on the weird feeling he is receiving.

The side effect is there.

'Hahh, hahh,hahhh...!'

His heart feels like exploding...

Everything went dark.

(("Tanjiro."))

In the realm of darkness, Albino Muzan and him are facing each other. "M-Muzan! There you are! Help me! The demon slayers, the pillars...they are all ganging up on me!" He pleaded to his majesty. Muzan is disappointed. "I did not make you my heir to be this pathetic." Then slaps him.

SLAP!

To gather himself. "The reason why they can gang up on you because you are letting them! Didn't I told you before?! Eliminate all the demon slayers and yet you are holding back your strength!" Tanjiro is shaken and begins to touch Muzan's body as if it is his wall of comfort. He was scared of him hating him just because he is a failure. "T-that's not true! Also, I just wanted to make you happy...! I swear-"

Only then..

Kring...)))

A voice echoed and it was his own voice but a bit younger.

"Make him happy? That's wrong." In the darkness, there emerges a younger Tanjiro. The one in blue scarf and high pony tail who sells charcoals. "Eh...?"

The Tanjiro who lived in Kumotori mountains gave him a sad look. "The one who you should make happy is your family. After all he murdered them."

Confusion.

"Who...?"

On the other hand Muzan is alarmed by this but he hasn't vocally expressed yet his shock. "...!" And then another voice echoed, much more mature and gentle. "Even if it hurts, even if you loose. You must stand up again..." it is the Tanjiro with demon slayer uniform, his battered hands he offers them in gesture to go home with his sub consciousness. "That is the song of your life. Am Kamado Tanjiro, Kie and Tanjuro's eldest son."

There he is, the Tanjiro we have known. The marking of breath of fire in it's forehead with the most gentle face ever as if he has no tragic past. Demon Tanjiro shaking-ly breaths out his understanding of these duplicates of him.

"Is that...me...?" The most gentle demon slayer smiles at his demon form. He was accepting him with forgiveness. "Come on, this isn't what you promised Aniki. Lets go back to where the flowers of wisteria blooms." Muzan immediately can tell the antidote is taking effect. "No! Tanjiro! You must not go with those shadows! They are fake memories!" Grabbing Tanjiro's clothes. "You must not ever leave me be...!"

Outside...

"Uaaaghhhh!" Tanjiro screams in agony. Zenitsu assumes. "Its effective right!? Tanjiro is going to be human again right-" because of Tanjiro going berserk, one of his tentacles sliced off Zenitsu's pony tail, gaining back his iconic short hair features. "Ekkk..!?"

Inosuke coughs blood. "Urghh..." Nezuko wipes them by her haori and had his head into her pillow lap. "Inosuke!" Worried, Inosuke tries to talk against his body pain. "N-Nezuko...chan...? Tanjiro...is Tanjiro back already?" Trying to smile to Inosuke. "Not yet! But...soon!"

Inosuke and Nezuko's head watches to their side, the feral Tanjiro. "Arghhhh...! Hahhh...aaahhh..! Nnn...!" His eyes were white, his claws and fangs sharpens.

He pants, he was whimpering and...technically just going crazy.

In process, Yushiro's body lumps down. Eventually he returns back in shape then goes faraway, siding with Kanao and Aoi.

"Is it working?" Senjuro asks, Sanemi dis not say a thing he just watched.

Speaking of which his mouth is open, something inside glows. Then they remembered, that must be what Uzui said about Tanjiro can make fire ball by his mouth.

Giyuu called for a run. "Take cover everyone! Were not yet sure if the antidote Yushiro had stab is really effective!"

Tanjiro feverishly monologue his thoughts. 'S-so...c-cold...!' It was contrast, his body is getting hot to be exact. 'I can't...' he keeps struggling to stay sane after the dose of medicine. 'Muzan...!'

Tanjiro closes his mouth and snaps back his demon pupils. Nezuko placed Inosuke's head to the ground. Inosuke is resting from lost od blood.

Nezuko runs back to the battlefield. "Is everyone alright?!" Looking at her friends. Senjuro responded. "So far only Inosuke is hurt." Then Sanemi scolds them. "Don't relax yet kids! This is battlefield. Even if its Tanjiro we must stay-"

Pluck...pluck.

"What...?"

The wind pillar disappear, but there is blood dropping from the ceiling.

In the ceiling is...

"SANEMI!"

Tanjiro took Sanemi and is drinking in his neck. Sanemi went stiff in horror that he was taken again and not only that being feast on. "W-what the fuck?" Tanjiro moans his throat in a pleasured smile as he pulls out his fangs away from Sanemi's thick skin. "Mmmh~ Sanemi-san, your Marechi blood sure is so tasty." He licks his collar bone like a quick peck, Sanemi is disgusted.

"H-how...?" tremble in fear by Senjuro.

"Noway..." Aoi covers her mouth.

"The antidote did not take effect...?" Zenitsu shakes.

"What more he was weakened but then by drinking Marechi he will gain strength...!" Kanao shares them how bad the situation is.

Sanemi's vision went dizzy, we was blood bag again. "Damn the fuck...Tanjiro...!" feeling so anemic, Tanjiro licks his cheeks. "Hehehe, this time I will take you properly Sanemi-san. Am gonna tie you to bed for the rest of your life. With that you wont be able to escape nor defy me anymore. My tasty Marechi~" proceeds to laugh maniacally. "Kyahahaha!"

Everyone felt despair, they are loosing hope. "Let's end this." Tanjiro says as he opens his mouth wide, there is it! The fire ball!

Nezuko yells.

"Everyone! The second wave is coming! Spread out!"

Tanjiro is in control this time, he was not feral to make this attack.

"DISAPPEAR!"

KABOOM!

The ceiling exploded, revealing the big full moon.

"Uaghwaaa!"

"Ahh!"

"Ouch!"

"Oooww!"

"Kyaugh!"

"No! Everyone!"

They got hit.

Senjuro, Aoi, Zenitsu, Giyuu, Inosuke, Kanao, Nezuko and Sanemi was dump below after the explosion. Tanjiro safe-ly made it back to the ground, he is serious this time. "That's it. This is the last straw...no more mister nice demon." Tanjiro proceeds to lift Kanao in the air by just grabbing her hair, specifically her head.

"...Tan...jiro...kun. O-ow, t-that hurts. Stop-"

"Kanao-san, you will become a demon. I will force you by all means to be my wife. You and I will conquer and manage everyone under our reign." Tanjiro is not joking, "I will put my seed on you." Kanao's spine shivers. It's just terrifying invitation, what a threat. "D-don't Tanjiro...not...lik...ee..this..!" her jaws were squish, forcing them to open. Tanjiro bites his finger tips then slowly lifting them to approach to Kanao's lips.

"Here, take my blood."

Kanao can only close her eyes and pray.

"Hnn!"

Tears emerges.

'No...!'

SMACK!

A plastic arm hit him, oh it's the nichirin hand of..."Water pillar..." Slowly Tanjiro turn his head, keeping Kanao's fate safe from drinking his blood. Giyuu is in rage, it reminds him how he raised his voice in Kumotori mountains to scold Tanjiro. "You will regret that action, and I wont let you Tanjiro! Only I has to bare all regrets in this world...! You must never convert your love ones to a demon! To condemn them to hell is not permitted!"

Tanjiro spits at the floor.

"I truly dislike you Giyuu-san."

"...!"

Even so that statement stings against Giyuu.

"I really hate you!"

And he knew just fine how to hurt him verbally.

However Giyuu understands...this isn't the real Tanjiro. Tanjiro is kind, forgiving and gentle. He clench his teeth as his one hand holds his blade to point at the demonic Tanjiro who had hurt his friends.

"You can't shatter me by that Tanjiro! After all I defeated the ghost of Sabito my old friend! Nothing can break me anymore...!"

"Tsk!" Tanjiro throws Kanao to the ground, at least she is free now. But Tanjiro goes another monster mode and attacks Giyuu.

"I hate all of you...!"

Hearing sounds of clashing, slowly Kamado Nezuko opens her eyes. She got hit by the explosion and so is everyone else remained weak at the floor.

'Is it truly pointless and meaningless...?' negative thoughts beckons to her out of the sudden. Seeing Tanjiro still in shape to kill Giyuu, her aching body began to move. 'If...of Tanjiro oniichan won't ever become human again unlike me. Then, then might as well...' her finger tips claws the debris at the floor. The cracks were like the reflection of her soul.

It is breaking her to hope that this ends well.

'No, it is my job to take him down.'

She saw Yushiro is trying to hide from Tanjiro, even though he had recover he was weakened. Nezuko cannot help but to take it all from here. 'And I will bring him with me...! Oniichan cannot go to hell alone by himself! We must go home together! If not home...then I will take responsibility for all his sins. I will be the one to slay him...!'

Walking slowly but surely, her unconscious friends have perfectly 'timed' to see her approaching Tanjiro.

"Ne..zuko...?" but they are unable to move.

Nezuko calls him. "ONICHAN!"

Giyuu is about to get smash but then the world stops. Tanjiro decided to turn his head to look at her with puzzled face. "...?" there Nezuko breaths, opens her legs, tightens the grip to her own sword and declares one final bravery. "It's a showdown between you and me, look only at me. Your little sister!" Nezuko is no longer crying, not even smiling, she was fired up with her wounds. "If you want me to become a demon again, then I will show you...the remaining demonic genetics I has in this body! I will cut you down even if I also get slain in purpose!"

Tanjiro is no longer smiling, he was just simply pissed at her in response. "W-what are you...crazy?!" somehow he was afraid too.

BADUMP...))

"((Hii no Kokyuu...Juu san no kata...)) Breath of Fire, the 13th form..."

Nezuko breaths in and out as she focus only to her goal, to her one last special move to take down her beloved brother.

"((Kami no sabaki)) God's judgement!"

The big moon shines towards Nezuko's fire of judgement. She is exhausting her life in exchange to stop Tanjiro's rampage.

And that death before him, Tanjiro stretches his hand and say the unthinkable. "STOP IT NEZUKO! YOU'LL DIE...!"

(gasp)

'Why did I say that...?"

Everything is slow motion now.

Slowly...the antidote is taking more effect than earlier.

'Nezuko...that's right, Nezuko is my...my precious-'

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"Tanjiro! Listen to me! Love me only! Your family is dead! There is nothing for you to return!" Muzan hugs him. This is the truth, Tanjiro saw plenty of his dead friend's hands reaching out. Then his old self and his demon slayer self is offering their hands to him. Demon Tanjiro begins to cry and realizes everything had been a lie up until now. He scrambles to the ground while Muzan still sticking like a glue koala on his body. "No...no! That is not true! Am!"

Tap...))

"Your hanafuda earrings...you kept them." Both Muzan and Tanjiro froze. It was like ancient times, yes...it was...a familiar red.

Tanjiro's eyes flickers, he was silent but his mouth is jaw dropping.

Slowly his demon image is reverting back to his supposed to be missing left arm and blind right eye.

The man in front of him is Yoriichi, the man looked identical to Kokushibo when he was Michikatsu Tsugikuni, although there were notable differences. He was slightly more slender and had shorter bangs and wavier hair than his brother, colored black with red tips similar to his. His Demon Slayer Mark was at the same place at the top of his forehead as Tanjiro, albeit lighter in color. Yoriichi wore a red haori over an orange nagagi with black hakama and a katana carried at the right side of his waist, conventional to most Demon Slayers. He sported the same hanafuda earrings created by his mother, passed down to Tanjiro Kamado from Tanjuro Kamado.

Finally Tanjiro gathers himself as the wisteria spreads more, it indicates the fluid in his body is accepting the medicine bit by bit. "You are...the first Fire Pillar isn't?" Muzan shrieks in fear. "Tsugikuni Yorichii!?" he cannot believe his eyes. "Why are you here?! You are long dead! Get out of here!"

Then Kamado Tanjuro appears too. "Tanjiro..." he called his son. "F-Father?!"

The cold and dark place, other than the wisteria spreading, other than the hands of his dead friends calling him, other than his replicas, the heat of Nezuko...he smells it.

"Just breath and feel...the fire." Tanjuro says.

Tanjiro snaps from the outside world and saw Nezuko going to kick him.

"YAAAA!"

The fire attack engulfed them both.

KABOOM!

...

Tanjiro's consciousness went back to the realm of dreams. His face darkens as he remembers everything now. "Muzan, you made a fool of me." Muzan gulps and is desperate as ever. "NO!" he clings deeper to Tanjiro's body that he had scarred. Tanjiro struggles, "Let me go! I hate you!"

But Muzan burried his face to his. "Please! Please, please...! Tanjiro, I'm sorry. Just don't leave me alone...I'm scared! I beg! You got it all wrong...!"

Tanjiro cannot believe this bull...shit.

"If time will go back and I beg for my family's safety will you...or would you have spare them and respect me?" he tried to test Muzan, but Muzan couldn't answer except let out an- "Eh..?"

Tanjiro sighs, "Of course you won't. After all you are just selfish Muzan. I understood your past, it is unfair however you are not God." then kicks him off his legs. "Tanjiro don't!" Tanjiro is lifted by his friends, then his demon slayer replica gains the ability to use a nichirin sword to perform a fire attack.

Slicing Muzan's clingly hands. "UaaArghh!"

Tanjiro look down at him with pitiy and same time dread. "I cannot be with you. I will go home to where Nezuko is. Goodbye pitiful Monster."

Muzan screams in despair. "Noooo!"

Before he was erased by the fire of demon slayer blade.

SLASH!

"ARGHHH!"

Muzan begins to disintegrate. Horror, it was horror and agony. "This cant be! You think I will disappear because of the antidote?! I won't, I won't...! Because we have become one already...!" some small particles of Muzan is able to manage on leaping to Tanjiro's legs again.

Tanjiro had enough. "Leave me alone! Its disgusting okay?!" he yells at the little Muzan turning into particles. "Rest in peace already!"

Kibutsuji Muzan becomes angry. "I will curse you...! I swear Tanjiro, I will come back! I will become human, I will see the sun...not now but I will in your future generation! I will stay with you! Because you are my-"

But Tanjiro rejects him hard by headbutt.

BONK!

"I rebuke you!"

With that, Muzan cracks and he dissipate.

"Gaaahhh!"

His final words echoed in Tanjiro's working ears as he is slowly falling asleep from the nice smell of wisteria flowers.

"I will be with you forever...Mark my words...!"

Seeing one last glance to Muzan and Yorichii's ghost.

"I'm..."

Tanjiro's vision went blank.

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A music plays, it was his own song of life.

Onichan...!)))

'I heard a gentle voice, calling me softly...'

Tanjiro...!)))

'I hear it crying out softly as well...'

Tanjiro-kun...!))

'It is such a familiar sound...'

Tanjiro-san!)))

'As if all the despair I have experience...'

Tanjiro-nii!))

'No matter how battered and beaten am...'

Wake up already Tanjiro! What about Nezuko-chan? You cannot leave her be...!))

'It is telling me to stand...'

Wake up already brat! Don't become like Genya!))

'I need to stand up...for...'

Three shots of antidote...huh.

Tanjiro slowly opened his eyes.

Above him is the clear blue sky, the sun and the most treasure beauty he had.

Slwoly Tanjiro speaks up. "Nezu...ko?" Nezuko's blurry eyes gain clearness. She gasps and tries to confirm if this is true. "Onichan...?" Tanjiro whose lying down at the floor with his torn up clothes and so is everyone else looks messed up with various different wounds. "Did it hurt? I'm so sorry...Nezuko and everyone."

Senjuro is the first to cheer the victory. "GUYS, HE MADE IT!" Tanjiro did not realize that some kakushi is also in the Muzan's mansion. Apparently he woke up where the part of 'back up' and 'clean up' moment is on-going when he was defeated.

"WAAAH! TANJIRO!" Inosuke cries ang hugs him followed by Zenitsu whose hugging Nezuko and Nezuko of course hugging down the head of her big brother. Tanjiro sobs in a huge relief. "I-Inosuke...! Zenitsu! Everyone! I-I'm back...!"

Aoi and Senjuro sobs as they behave themselves not to join the group hug like adults.

"Tanjiro-san, thank goodness!"

"Yeah! Kyoujiro my big brother...Tanjiro is back now. May you rest in peace!

Beside him lying was Kanao herself, she smiles and whispers.

"Tanjiro-kun...I'm glad..." hearing this, Tanjiro looks at her.

Both had a cheesy smile at each-other.

"Kanao..."

Tanjiro knew the last antidote stabbed to him was done by Kanao when Yushiro stabs him the first vile then she comes next. "Hey..." he specifically calls Kanao's attention who had an innocent look. "Yes?"

Tanjiro blushes and smiles wider. "Thank you Kanao." Kanao blushes back and nods. "It's natural."

Then he heard Giyuu softly sobs. "I'm glad...I'm just really glad you made it back...Tanjiro." Moving his head to find a crying old Giyuu, it was funny and heart warming. "Giyuu-san, thank you once again!"

All kakushi's whose about to treat their wounds makes happy noises.

"ALRIGHT GUYS! WITH THIS DEMONS ARE COMPLETELY GONE! NO MORE DEMON KING! TANJIRO IS BACK!" they all celebrated. "HOORAY!"

As for Sanemi whose being treated at the other floor with broken bones, he stares at the moving clouds before he felt stupid and smirks. "Genya..." covering his eyes by his hands, he was glad. "Your friend is back." he meant about Tanjiro of course.

Yushiro hiding at where the sun does not hit him he smiles too. "Tamayo-sama...we won." and cries by himself, no...with the hairpin.

Kamado Nezuko rubs her cheeks to Tanjiro's as she cries in happy tears.

"Oniichan! Oniichan! Thank you for all your hard work...! We can now finally live peacefully with everyone else as a family...!"

Tanjiro cries too and sniffs her scent, how it smell home.

"Yeah, we'll always be together from now."

And thus the battle against the demon king, where Kibutsuji Muzan no longer exists closes it's curtain for epilogue.

To be Continued

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Kanon58: It's fine if Gyomei and Sabito's fight scene is simple and fast, why? Well, that is the purpose of their badass fight from early chapters. Remember the Inosuke vs Sabito and Kanao vs Gyomei? I don't think I need to explain more of their powers. Also please be reminded how Giyuu can easily kill a lower moon, look at Rui. That was friggin fast! One slice?! Come on now! Haha! For Gyomei's death, you can only defeat him if you guys work together. Or basically gang up on him. As for Tanjiro...well of course, I'm not Gotoge. There is no reason for me to serve a limb right? I CAN'T DO THAT TO MY FAV MAIN CHARACTERS! Yes, Tanjiro is holding baaaack it's not his full power, because if he does everyone is basically dead,dead,dead!

Rather than one antidote, it's logical for 3 does isn't?

Hell yeah ending will have more content than Gotoge (since Gotoge fast forward everyone, I will do the slow version lel)

PLease choose an ending?

Bakery Kamado (future end like gakuen kimetsu)

or the Original Gotoge ending descendants?

I need your opinion for that cuz I kinda wanna not follow the ending of Gotoge made cuz I felt lonely, I need reincarnation for everyone lol.

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Next: It's the ending of Demon Slayer corps, all can Nezuko says she is thankful of her new family and friends. But is it really over...? Recovering from all the tiring battle they have done, each of them starts to think for the future. Whatever future lies ahead, there is no choice but to move forward. Tanjiro needed a fine a concrete proof that Kibutsuji Muzan's blood has vanish from his body...is it really truly gone that fast...? The epilogues start's to role down each of their own pillar's.