The trip to Mt. Sagiri takes a bit longer than they should've since they travel on foot. BoBoiBoy wondered why there were no types of transportation in this world. Tanjiro did mention a city called Tokyo. So maybe this world is a bit a Taishō Era to what he heard from Tanjiro himself. He and Tanjiro talked about various things whilst on their travel. The more they talked, the more information BoBoiBoy gained and learned some traditions as a bonus.

'This world is filled with demons, and there are these swordsmen called Demon Slayers. Maybe Mr. Tomioka is planning to make us visit Mr. Urokodaki for training to become Demon Slayers? It could be the case.'

BoBoiBoy also gave an advice to Tanjiro to create a basket for Nezuko in order for them to navigate around daytime. Tanjiro seems to like the idea and is contented with it.

They took a quick stop on a mountain with a mini cave placed in it. Tanjiro told BoBoiBoy to stay and keep an eye on Nezuko while he go grab some materials to create a basket for Nezuko.

"I trust you'll keep an eye on Nezuko for me while I'm going out to get some stuff?" Tanjiro said another time to make sure BoBoiBoy gets the picture.

"What do you think? My other eye is wounded." He pointed to his right eye, wrapped in some clean cloth.

Tanjiro stuttered his words and apologized.

"Heh. Don't worry. I can guarantee you that." BoBoiBoy flashed him a thumbs up. Tanjiro smiled and leaves the area in search for the materials.

"Okay Nezuko. You heard your brother. I'm your babysitter for today!" He put on act like he's a professional sitter or something by putting his arms on his hips. Nezuko, inside of the cave, just tilted her head in confusion, not knowing what he meant by that.

"Uhh.. Okay..." He sweatdropped. "Well, what else can you do, Nezuko? Besides... just standing there?"

Nezuko "hmphed" as a response. BoBoiBoy find it oddly cute of how Nezuko communicates like that. She's like a pet. Taking her time to look around, she strolled around the cave until she bump her foot into a mound of dirt.

"Is there something under there?" BoBoiBoy walked beside her and poked the dirt with his boot. "It doesn't look like anything is under there. What's important about that?"

He thought of something and he gleamed his eyes. "You found some treasure under there? Oh man, I can't wait if we dig this out right now, we can—"

Nezuko beat him to it by furiously digging the hole with her hands and plopped herself down like a mole.

"...or maybe not." He sweatdropped once again. "Nezuko may be a demon but she's acting all weird and not... acting like a human anymore."

"Even if she is a human both heart and soul, I wish I can hear her say something." BoBoiBoy walked back outside of the cave and took in some fresh air to calm himself. He leaned against the cave's interior walls and crossed his arms and going deep in his thoughts.

It's been roughly several hours since they set off from Tanjiro's home to their destination, namely Mt. Sagiri. He never knew that place considering he never been to Japan or any part of this continent before. Now that he thinks about it, is this even remotely Earth or an alternate version of it? He never got his answer when he asked Tanjiro that. The latter was confused to what he said but BoBoiBoy quickly shrugges it off as a joke and laughed it off awkwardly.

"Am I really stuck here forever? Am I never see my friends and family again...?" His throat began to act up. He's on the verge of crying as tears are almost breaking his barriers. Nezuko peeked her head up to see BoBoiBoy choked up in his own little despair. She wondered why he's crying based on her pink eyes. She never knew this boy before. She seen him hanging around with Tanjiro ever since after their encounter with Tomioka.

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a familiar voice yelling his name. It sounds distant but it's getting closer. Tanjiro came back with a basket full of holes, some bamboo, strings, and a big piece of cloth.

"Is Nezuko safe? Is she inside the cave? Did you keep an eye on her!?" Tanjiro bombarded him with questions. Paranoia is present on Tanjiro as he kept asking BoBoiBoy if Nezuko is safe.

"Yeah... she's safe." BoBoiBoy said in a low tone. It didn't take a moment's notice to see how red-eyed BoBoiBoy is right now judging from his left eye and stray tears left from it.

"Hey uhh... Are you all right?" Tanjiro asked, feeling genuinely concerned.

"Yeah. Yeah... I'm okay." BoBoiBoy mentally kicked himself for not hiding his face from Tanjiro.

"Listen, you can talk to me if you're not feeling good and from the looks of it—"

"I said I'm fine, Tanjiro." BoBoiBoy said firmly. "It's just... I was thinking of things back home and I'm not in a mood to talk about it. So please, drop it."

He can tell that he is serious. Tanjiro didn't what he had gone through but know deep inside he probably had it worse than he did. Afterwards, he pursed his lips.

"Nezuko's inside the cave, safe and sound." BoBoiBoy forced himself a smile, hiding his insecurities welling up by the thought of never going home again.

He looked inside the cave to see if he's right and to his relief, Nezuko showed her head, which is a sign of comfort for Tanjiro.

"Thanks BoBoiBoy." He relieved a sigh and thanked BoBoiBoy. He soon got to work on making a basket for Nezuko. BoBoiBoy helped him out with that. He knew a thing or two of craftsmanship based on Solar's knowledge. The process of making the basket is finished and Tanjiro is satisfied with the outcome.

"It looks better than I expected. Thanks for helping me out." He flashed a grin at BoBoiBoy. Tanjiro brought the basket inside the cave and BoBoiBoy followed after him.

"Nezuko? Think you can fit in here?" He said. "I want to keep moving during daylight too."

The yellow haori boy checked the fabric of the cloth to see if it's thick to cover the sunlight.

"Hey Tanjiro, you sure you picked a really thick cloth right?" BoBoiBoy asked.

He nodded. "Yeah. As thick as sheep's wool. But I didn't ask if this is really thick or not so I just took it."

"Where'd you even find these materials anyway?" He wondered to where he got these stuff from.

"Good question, I got these from the farmers near here. I ask to borrow some and they handed over to me for free."

He smirked. "For free, huh?"

Tanjiro smile didn't falter. "But I insisted to pay for these because it's gonna be wasted soon and I don't want the farmers to feel like I'm using their resources as a waste. After all, they worked hard for these so I must pay them for caring their items."

BoBoiBoy stared at him for a few seconds.

"What? Is there something on my face?" Tanjiro checked to see if there's anything on his face but nothing is there.

"So you stubbornly handed them money when they asked you to take it for free? Quite an act, if you tell me." He laughed.

"Hahahaha! I know." Tanjiro chuckled. "But seriously, that's just who I am. I don't want stuff for free."

"But you gotta know that it is pretty rare to find anyone giving you your needs for free. You should accept it when it happens again." He advised the other Kamado sibling.

"I'll keep note to that." He said. "But for now, Nezuko."

He positioned the basket near her face. "I'll carry you, okay? Can you fit? Basket?" He pointed at the basket like trainer do to its dog. As instructed, Nezuko got out from her hole and went head in first in the basket with her legs still on the outside.

"Pppffttt!" Meanwhile, BoBoiBoy is trying so hard not to laugh in front of the scene in front of him but it didn't work as he bursts out laughing.

"She kinda protrudes, huh?" He muttered under his breath. "I can't believe she grew up! Seems like yesterday that she was tiny."

BoBoiBoy is now done laughing and getting back to business. "Hey Tanjiro, remember when she turned bigger like an adult earlier? Do you think she can do the opposite? Like getting smaller?"

His ears perked up with the idea BoBoiBoy gave out. "Let's try!"

"Smaller Nezuko! Get smaller!" Tanjiro patted Nezuko's back. Nezuko moved her by flipping the basket back to its standing position and her body shrunk down to meet the size of the basket. It's a perfect fit as she is now sitting in it completely.

Both boys awed.

"Good job! That's a good girl, Nezuko!" Tanjiro praised while rubbing Nezuko's head like a cute little puppy.

'They look so pure and happy despite what happened hours ago.' BoBoiBoy couldn't get rid of his smile off of his face. It stayed there until they set off again to their destination.

'But unlike me... I have nowhere I can go. If I'm forever stuck here, I might as well make the best I can for these siblings... and for myself.' He ended in a solemn note.


"Mt. Sagiri? If you want to go to Mt. Sagiri, you'll have to cross over that mountain but..." A random lady looked at Tanjiro's basket, not knowing inside was Nezuko. "The sun is about to set. Are you really heading there with all that luggage? It's dangerous you know."

"She's right Tanjiro. Maybe we should settle in for the night at her place if that's okay with her." BoBoiBoy suggested. It's better to be safe than sorry because he remembered what Saburo said that demons are lurking around at night time. Tanjiro seems to have forgotten this and declined.

"We'll be fine. Thank you very much." Tanjiro replied as he and BoBoiBoy are moving away from them.

"Tanjiro, I don't think—"

"People have gone missing lately! Try not to lose your way!" The lady yelled at them and Tanjiro only waved back to the random lady.

However, the other boy gulped at the sound of that. "People have gone missing...? Lately...? Tanjiro, maybe we should've stayed with her for at least one night."

Tanjiro looked optimistic. "We're going to be fine. Nothing can come to us if we stay on this path. We'll be okay."

There's a clear contradiction in those words but BoBoiBoy chose to believe him otherwise. "I guess so."

Night time has come. Tanjiro had let out Nezuko in his basket and her size regrew back to her original height. BoBoiBoy is still baffled at this revelation but he'd seen lots of surprising stuff lately in his whole life as a TAPOPS member.

They ventured into the dark forest until they stumbled upon a temple on their way to Mt. Sagiri.

"There's a temple over there. There's light leaking through so someone must be in there." Tanjiro said as he and Nezuko are making their way to the temple.

"I have a bad feeling about this..." BoBoiBoy stayed behind and went after them. What surprised him is that Tanjiro and Nezuko hurriedly went upstairs to the temple. BoBoiBoy soon followed their pace and is greeted with a disgusting sight.

More lifeless bodies were in sight and two demons are seen eating the fresh corpses of their victims. Tanjiro dropped the basket and to their horror, the demons heard the sound and turned around to lookat them with bloodlust in their eyes.

"This is our turf. If you break into our territory, we'll make you pay." The demon eating an arm warned to the humans—slash—demon at the entrance.

'They're demons! They're eating dead people!' BoBoiBoy almost wanted to puke when the putrid stench entered his nostrils.

The demon Kamado sibling had her sights set at the blood and the unfortunate dead people. Her stomach started to emit growling noises and her mouth started to water despite the bamboo covering it up.

"There's something off about you. Are you all humans?" The demon with a weird hairstyle asked. And before they knew it, the two demons lashed out on them but the two humans blocked their attacks with their hatchets in hand. BoBoiBoy sliced the demon's hand and Tanjiro slashes the other one.

"A hatchet, huh? Not bad. But a scratch like this... should heal in no time." TheThe injured part of the demon's body healed with no time's spare. "See that? The bleeding stopped."

"Hey, I'll take the other brat, you get the fresh meat. Sounds fair to you?" The other demon asked his acquaintance.

"Fine, I'm dying for another meal!"


The demon went after Tanjiro. He disappeared until he pounced on Tanjiro, making him fall into the ground the demon restrained him.

"Tanjiro! Huh!?" The other demon blocked their way.

"You're my next meal!" The demon ran towards BoBoiBoy. The latter quickly side step to avoid getting slashed by his claws. The demon went for another slash but BoBoiBoy narrowly avoided the slash. It sliced off his bandaged eye, revealing his right eye with a scar that ran over it.

"Damn! You have a wound!? Then you're tainted meat!" The demon violently lashed out on BoBoiBoy. He blocked every one of his attacks but they were just too powerful and fast to block.

'He's an out of control powerhouse! I can't see a way to hit him at this rate!'

He kicked the demon away as it was about to bite his head with his huge gaping mouth. He grew even angrier and rushed over to him with more speed.

'There has to be a way to beat this guy! Grr! I can't block any more of his attacks!'

With one mighty attack from demon, BoBoiBoy was then hurled over to behind the temple.

"Now you've gone and made me pissed off! I'll rip your insides one by one!" The demon isn't done yet.

The adrenaline kicked in and BoBoiBoy's mouth started to spew out smoke.

'My body suddenly felt lighter! What is this?'

The demon prepared his demon like claws to graze BoBoiBoy. However, BoBoiBoy disappeared in a blink of an eye, much to the surprise of the demon.

"What the!? Where did he go!?" His eyes scanned across the area of where the yellow haori boy went to. He felt pain as his arm got sliced off by something.

"Take this!" BoBoiBoy used his hatchet to slice off the demon's limbs one by one until it's body is longer attached to his head.

Unfortunately, BoBoiBoy made a mistake and stopped to grasp for air. His eyes are almost about to burst. He clutched his chest so hard, he almost ripped out his own robe off.

'What's... going on? I... can't... breathe...!'

"You bastard, I'll get you for this!" The demon's head somehow regrow his arms and went over to BoBoiBoy and beginning to choke his neck.

"I'll break your neck so hard, it'll turn into a twig!"

'Ughh.. I... can't... get... him... off... me...!' BoBoiBoy thought as his eyes rolled at the back of his head.

Suddenly, a really hard kick sent the demon's head flying to the woods that leads to a deep cliff. Nezuko swooped in to save BoBoiBoy from suffocating. The headless body ran after its head but it got lost and fell off the cliff, thus killing it instantly.

"Thanks... *cough* Nezuko..." He coughed up some saliva from having his windpipe almost crushed from the demon's death grip. "Where's... *gasp*... Tanjiro?"

Nezuko directed her head to the side of the temple, where Tanjiro is seen near the demon's head. He drew a knife and was ready to kill the demon.

"BoBoiBoy, you're okay!" Tanjiro is relieved to see his friend alright. "Thanks Nezuko, for helping him."

Nezuko closed her eyes and "hmphed" like saying 'you're welcome!'

Tanjiro's smile turned into a frown, however, and turned his attention back to the demon's head with arms growing out of it.

"I wonder if there are tons of demons out there."

BoBoiBoy replied. "If you're asking me, I'd say a lot. We just ran into these guys." Clearly, there are still more out there."

"This demon... This isn't the scent that was lingering in my house. That was a different demon..." Tanjiro said.

"But... I gotta finish him off or he'll attack more people!" He said as he prepared his knife and stab it through his head

'Tanjiro is hesitating. He's really nervous to kill someone even to afraid to kill a demon.' BoBoiBoy thought as he watched Tanjiro breathing rapidly. Nezuko only watched her brother neutrally.

Tanjiro is shaking with fear. His grip on the knife's handle loosened. He never thought he would try to kill a living being. Before he could do it, somebody's hand tapped his right shoulder and made him stop completely. He gasped as he turned around to meet a person with a red goblin mask.

'Wh-Who is this guy!? I didn't hear him coming!' BoBoiBoy widened his eyes. How can anyone went up to Tanjiro as silently as a cat like that?

"You can't finish him off with that." A raspy old voice of the mysterious person said to the knife wielder.

"H-How can I finish him off?" Tanjiro asked.

"Don't ask me! Can't you use your own head to figure that out?" He coldly said. "And you, don't even try to help him. Let him figure it out on his own."

BoBoiBoy was about to argue back but he kept his mouth shut because of how serious he sounded. He had no choice but to stay out of it and let Tanjiro decide on what to do with the demon.

'If stabbing's no good...' He looked at his side to find a rock placed on the solid ground. '...I'll have to crush his head!

He watched as Tanjiro went over to the rock and picked up the heavy rock. He's standing in front of the demon's head but still hesitated to kill him.

'Tanjiro... you're scared, aren't you? Scared because this is your first time killing a person, isn't it?'

He watched him with worried eyes. BoBoiBoy sees Tanjiro as a pacifist. He can never kill a living person, even if it's a demon.

'This kid isn't going to cut it.' The masked man said as he smell Tanjiro's scent while thinking.

'He's too kind and can't make any decisions. He's facing a demon, yet the scent of kindness remains. He has empathy for even a demon.'

He swerved his head and smell BoBoiBoy's scent.

'This kid, however, exudes a scent that I never picked up before. He faced many people such as this one before but his kindness still remained. He's more than meets the eye. Although, he's weak and can't decide well enough like this boy here.'

'Giyu... They're never going to make it.'


The demon's head suddenly jolts awake. 'I blacked out. Is my body dead, then?'

He feels his head as he can't think well. 'I feel sick!' He brought his eyes forward and met Tanjiro's

"You bastard, I'll kill you! I swear I'll devour you! Get over here! Dammit! I can't go to you, so you come to me!"

Tanjiro faltered for too long and the sun is coming on the horizon. While the demon was talking in the background, the sun's rays covered the demon and slowly burnt into ashes. His pain of agony were gone as he is now evaporated into nothing but ash.

Tanjiro dropped the rock and looked with a terrified face. BoBoiBoy is also in the same state.

'He's gone with that much sunlight?! No wonder Nezuko shrinks from it!'

He gasped and realized BoBoiBoy and Nezuko aren't anywhere with him. "Nezuko? Nezuko!? BoBoiBoy!?"

He shouted out for their names. BoBoiBoy came out from the temple and called out to Tanjiro. He hurriedly rush over to the temple. He looked inside and to his sweet relief, Nezuko is inside the basket with a big piece of cloth on her head.

"Hhhhhmmmm..." Nezuko mumbled as she tried to be comfortable and be less exposed to the sunlight as much as possible.

"Nezuko..." He looked at her with happiness.

"I brought her here after I remembered that she can't be exposed to the sun. Good thing she did just that." BoBoiBoy let out a breath and was tackled by hug courtesy by Tanjiro.

"Thank you BoBoiBoy... Thank you..." He said it many times. BoBoiBoy patted him on the back.

"Hey, you're welcome." Tanjiro let him go from the hug. "Hey, is he still here? The masked guy?"

"O-Oh, that's right. Where is that man?" The boys walked to the side of the temple to find the man kneeling and praying on the gravestones.

"He buried the people who got killed." BoBoiBoy whispered. Tanjiro approached the praying man.

"Um..." He tries to start a conversation. The man got up after he's done praying for the unfortunate souls.

"I'm Sakonji Urokodaki." The man had introduced his name to the boys.

"It's... It's him! We found him, Tanjiro!" BoBoiBoy cheered slightly.

"I'm assuming you two were the ones Giyu Tomioka sent my way."

"Yes! My name is Tanjiro Kamado. My sister's name is Nezuko!" Tanjiro said his name.

"And my name is BoBoiBoy! I'm Tanjiro's friend!" BoBoiBoy followed.

"Tanjiro, BoBoiBoy..." He turned around. "What will you two do when she devours a human?"

Tanjiro and BoBoiBoy gasped at the sudden question. They took too long to answer because of it. Urokodaki stepped forward in front of them and slapped them across their faces.

"W-What...?" BoBoiBoy held his cheek and felt the burn of the slap.

"Too slow!" He sounded disappointed. "You two are too slow at making decisions! You failed to finish off that demon before daybreak! Do you both know why both of you couldn't answer my question right away?"

"W-Why?" It was a mistake to ask the question when Urokodaki slapped BoBoiBoy on the face a second time.

"It's because your resolve is too weak!" BoBoiBoy can't see it but he can feel the glare of Urokodaki piercing through his goblin mask.

He faced Tanjiro. "There are two things to do if your sister devours a human: Kill your sister and slit your own belly and die!"

They both looked on terrified faces after they heard of what Urokodaki said.

"That's what it means to travel with your sister who became a demon! But that must never happen no matter what. And you'd best not forget. Your sister, taking the life of an innocent person... That's the one thing that must never happen. Ever!"

He looked to the side. "Do you both understand what I'm saying?"

"Yes!" They responded quickly.

"All right, now I'm going to test you both to see if both of you are fit to become a member of the Demon Slayer Corps."

Urokodaki casted one look on Tanjiro. "Carry your sister on your back and follow me!"


The scene changes showing Tanjiro, with the basket behind his back, and BoBoiBoy keeping up with Tanjiro's pace. Urokodaki ran in front of them despite he's age and form.

"He's really quick! How can he run so fast!?" BoBoiBoy said in between breaths. He noticed that when Urokodaki is running, no footsteps can be heard.

'Is there a secret in making his footsteps quiet? '

Tanjiro tries his best to run despite Urokodaki's speed. His breaths are loud and his movements are beginning to grow sluggish.

His thoughts ran over to Nezuko, a flashback between him and Nezuko fixing up her kimono.

'Nezuko... all of your life, you're fixing your kimono again? I guess we'll have to buy you a new one.'

'No, no, it's all right! This kimono's my favorite! I've rather the younger kids got more food to fill them up.' Human Nezuko said with a pure smile on her face.

'I swear I'll turn you back into a human! I swear I'll buy you a beautiful kimono someday! Everything that I can't do to others, I'll do it all for you!'

Hours have passed and they all arrived in Mt. Sagiri, where Urokodaki lived in. Tanjiro and BoBoiBoy stopped to gather their breath after a long run.

"N-Now, have we... passed the test?" Tanjiro said as he inhaled and exhaled a whole bunch.

"Please... tell me... did... we do... it?" BoBoiBoy followed up while slumped down on the ground after running up the mountain. To him, it's like going on a marathon across the entire country. His legs feel like jelly.

Urokodaki opened the sliding door and removed his hood that covered his hair. "The test starts now. We're going to climb a mountain."

Tanjiro did a dramatic gasped while BoBoiBoy almost fainted after hearing that.

"I'll make sure to take care of your sister for you."

Tanjiro put Nezuko down on the floorboards. "I'm counting on you, sir."

"But still, w-we're g-going to cl-climb up t-that mountain?" BoBoiBoy shakily pointed his finger up that mountain behind Urokodaki's home.

"Of course. That is where the test begins. Now, prepare yourselves and come outside when you're done."

The sun had gone down as they hiked up on the mountain. Urokodaki had led them into a dense forest.

"So... tired..." BoBoiBoy said without having to think. "Need... water..."

"I'm so exhausted... My legs are starting to buckle. I'm starting to feel dizzy, too..." Tanjiro muttered as they continued to follow Urokodaki.

Later, they stopped when Urokodaki stopped walking and turned to them. "Now, from here, go back down to the house at the foot of the mountain. This time, I'm not going to wait until daybreak!"

He finished as Urokodaki suddenly vanished in their line of sights. This leaves them alone on the mountain.

"Is that all?" BoBoiBoy asked. "I see. He thinks we might get lost in this thick fog."

Tanjiro nodded. "I've been thinking the same too. We just have to get back by daybreak, right?"

BoBoiBoy grinned. "Yeah! This is gonna be easy! Plus, you said you have a great sense of smell, right? Did you happen to get Mr. Urokodaki's scent?"

"That's right! I've already memorized Mr. Urokodaki's scent! Just follow me and we'll get back before morning!"

Tanjiro takes the lead by running down on the mountain followed by BoBoiBoy. But when Tanjiro kept on running, he tripped on a rope and stopped. BoBoiBoy didn't see the rope and stumbled on it as well.

"What happened? Why'd you stop?" He didn't have time to register something that are coming his way. Without any warning, small rocks were hurled at them.

"Rocks!?" Tanjiro lost his balance and tripped on a pitfall. The impact made all the crows in the forest fly away from the startled noise.

'A pitfall?'

BoBoiBoy stared down at the pitfall and extended his hand. "Grab on!"

Tanjiro gladly took his hand and he pulled him out of the pitfall.

"Be careful, Tanjiro. There are traps in this forest!" He didn't notice that he stepped on another rope and a log came out of nowhere and struck him down on the pitfall.

"BoBoiBoy!" Tanjiro helped him up and out of the pitfall. He wobbled a bit but was able to regain his balance.

'Crap, crap, crap! If we keep walking into traps like this, we won't make it back down the mountain by morning!'

'And besides, this mountain... This mountain is...'

They both found themselves breathing at a fast rate. "The air... is so... thin here...!"

BoBoiBoy feels like he's head is about to explode from the lack of oxygen not entering his head. 'This is not good! With no air around here, it's making us feel dizzy!'

"BoBoiBoy!" He snapped his head around as he hears his name. "We gotta make it! Take control of your breathing, and follow me!"

'Take control... of my breathing?'

"Let's go!" Tanjiro takes the initiative and ran down. He tries to follow after him.

'I'm not sure what he meant by taking control of my breathing. Is it because he knows something about this?'

He witnessed Tanjiro pause on his running and concentrated on his sense of smell.

'Is he trying to sense where the traps may be by indicating their scent?' He looked on with wonder and interest.

'I wonder... if I can do that.'

BoBoiBoy took a deep breathe and closed his eyes. He then tried to focus by balancing his breathing. He didn't feel anything at first, but he can definitely feel some movements shaking on his right side, identified the sound of the moving log located on his left, as soon as he opened his eyes, he experienced not only temporary tunnel vision but he can see some odd objects placed in the dark forest.

'I can feel them!'

Both of them ran down the mountain with no intention of stopping. Tanjiro narrowly avoided some of the traps but still gets hit by several bamboo traps laid by Urokodaki. BoBoiBoy, somehow, managed to avoid every last one of them with his heightened sense being controlled by his breathing. Although, he didn't avoid everything as some of his senses left him and was left with his hearing senses active. He paid attention to the sounds of the traps being activated in any direction and shifted his body so that he can evade them with his athletics.

'I almost got caught with some of them, but my sense of hearing didn't fail me! Thanks to that, I can pinpoint the trap's sounds and can predict where they will strike at any opportune time!'

'As for Tanjiro, he has his great sense of smell. But as for me, I somehow got good sense of hearing! Is this what happens when I get my breathing right? Maybe that's the technique!'

The scene changes with Nezuko, still sleeping inside Urokodaki's house along with Urokodaki himself, who are waiting for the duo's return from the test. He looked out his window to see it is almost daybreak and heard footsteps as he finally tucked in Nezuko.

He was quite surprised to Tanjiro, battered up, bruised, and blood on his forehead, survived the test. Behind him is the other yellow haori wearing boy, also in the same state as him.

"I... have... returned." Tanjiro breathed harshly and passed out from exhaustion on the door frame.

"That... was... awesome..." BoBoiBoy did his signature catchphrase and passed out beside Tanjiro.

Urokodaki stared them. He never expected them to miraculously survive his traps on the mountain with thin air. He recalled to what Tomioka had said via letter given by his crow.

'Forgive my abruptness, Mr. Sakonji Urokodaki. I'm sending two boys your way who wanted to become Demon Slayer swordsmen. They were brazen enough to attack me unarmed. Tanjiro's family was slaughtered by a demon and the surviving younger sister has become one but I have determined that she will not attack humans. As for the boy in a yellow haori, I am unable to identify his background but he is suppose to be Tanjiro's friend he met not long ago.'

'I can sense something different about these three. Like yourself, Tanjiro seems to have a keen sense of smell. And the other boy definitely has a breathing technique even he doesn't know he had one. Perhaps Tanjiro will find a way to break through and become your heir apparent. I am asking you to train them both.'

'I realize that this is a self-serving request but please forgive me. I hope that you will take good care of yourself in your endeavors.'

'Yours truly, Giyu Tomioka.'

As the letter lingered in Urokodaki's mind, his thoughts went back to the boys at the door. If he decides to train them, they'll become a greater asset in taking care of themselves and helping other people in need. When Tomioka mentioned a boy with a breathing technique, he knew he referred that boy as BoBoiBoy. If he wants to know what breathing he has, he'll need to show it to him and prove it if he has what it takes to master it. Tanjiro seems to be the only person with no known breathing technique. But with Urokodaki here, he'll help him shape into a better Demon Slayer.

"I accept you both as my students."


Chapter 2 done. *leans back into chair* This took me nearly a day but I'm glad it's done. I might have some ideas to what breathing BoBoiBoy will get and the heightened sense ability will be explained in the later chapters but it's gonna be a while to get there.

Hope you fellow readers enjoyed. I'll see you guys in the next chapter. :)

~ s a y o n a r a