A few days had passed ever since their last mission at the tsuzumi mansion. The doctor visited the wisteria house once again and had them check up for their injuries. The results were positive and they're fully healed. Tanjiro and BoBoiBoy were ecstatic to hear that less than Zenitsu and Inosuke. The doctor soon left and the boys were doing their thing.

These few days were an accomplishment to BoBoiBoy's training of his elements. Even if he's not physically recovered from all the training, he still practiced his mental state. In some fighting mechanics, the only aspect of being strong is not just physical but the mentality of one's being. Having a strong emotion will yield many results, depending in a battle.

Zenitsu is seen holding flowers while kneeling down near Tanjiro's box where Nezuko is currently inside at the moment.

BoBoiBoy knelt beside him and whispered. "What are you doing?"

That startled Zenitsu slightly and composed himself. "I'm gonna confess my feelings towards Nezuko-chan."

He chuckled. "You know, you should wait for that when the sun is not on the sky. After all, she is a demon."

A squak from Tanjiro's Kasugai Crow gained their attention. The crow flew onto Tanjiro's hands before delivering their next mission.

"North-northeast! North-northeast! Your next mission is north-northeast! The four of you are to go to Mt. Natagumo! Head to Mt. Natagumo!" The crow said then flew away from Tanjiro and the group.

"Alright! I'm getting ready!" BoBoiBoy jumped then made his way out of the room for preparations to their mission.

"He's pretty enthusiastic about this. I wish I was the same." Zenitsu mumbled.

"He is BoBoiBoy after all. That guy sure loves adventuring." Tanjiro smiled to the direction BoBoiBoy went.

Later, they all dressed up in their uniforms and were ready to leave the wisteria household. They stopped to give their farewells to the old lady who was taking good care of them.

"We're heading out now. Thank you for everything." The boys, minus Inosuke, bowed slightly to the elder woman.

"Now then, for good luck." She then pulled out some kind of flint and steel.

'From what I read in a book before, this is what's known as Kiribi, a Japanese tradition. It said that they ignite sparks on a traveler's back to keep them safe from harm for going on a long journey. That's interesting.' BoBoiBoy thought after he observed the items on her hands.

"Thank you so much!" Tanjiro, BoBoiBoy, and Zenitsu turned around so that their backs are visible to her. Inosuke spectated with suspicion in his voice. She then struck the flint and steel thrice on their backs, but that action resulted Inosuke into reacting violently.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, OLD HAG?!" Inosuke raised his arm, about to attack the old lady.

"HUUUUH?! WHAT ARE YOU, A MORON?!" Zenitsu held his arms to protect her while Tanjiro and BoBoiBoy tried to hold Inosuke by his arms. "SHE'S STRIKING SPARKS FOR GOOD LUCK! IT'S A PURIFICATION CEREMONY! BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GO ON A DANGEROUS MISSION!"

"I would've thought you knew about this, but it seems like you need to be educated, Inosuke!" BoBoiBoy commented, keeping Inosuke in check.

"Always live your lives with great pride. I wish you luck in battle!" Hisa said her last farewell towards them. They all bowed once again, sans a certain boar.

"Thank you very much for taking of us. We'll look after ourselves now." BoBoiBoy gave her a grin, which she acknowledged.

"Farewell, my dear." She will miss them.

They now began to lightly jog their way to their next mission on the northeast. Inosuke looked back once more at the old lady while thinking about the phrases she said. His head didn't rack up any meaning to what she said so he asked them.

""Great pride"?"Luck in battle"? What does that mean?" Inosuke asked.

'Jeez, this guy is totally clueless.' Zenitsu thought when he glanced back at the boar.

"Well, yeah, now that you mention it, it's kind of difficult. "With great pride"..." Tanjiro repeated the old lady's words.

"From my standpoint, it just means that whatever you do is how you act in general. Pride defines you as a person, and how your personality towards anything should be acted on accordingly. I think she told us to always be careful in our battles and with pride, we'll triumph towards victory." BoBoiBoy gave his opinion regarding the meaning of pride. There were many instances BoBoiBoy had let his pride get in the way of his battles. The one time when he was in his Solar form, he is deluded into thinking he is the strongest among others, a mere perfection in one's eyes. He learned not to repeat the same again.

"BoBoiBoy's right. It just means what he means." Tanjiro agreed. "And plus, the old lady is also praying for our safety."

"So, what do you usually "act in general"? What does "pride defines you as a person"?"

"Huh?" BoBoiBoy tilts his head. "Well, it's..."

"What does my personality need to be "acted accordingly"? Why in the hell would that old hag pray for our safety anyway? She has nothing to do with us. Then, why?! She has no clue what her own place is, does she?"

BoBoiBoy sighed. This would be the last time he would try to explain things to the slow-witted, dense boar. In his frustration, he increased his running speed, not knowing that Tanjiro matched his.

'They sped up!' Zenitsu noticed.

"AAAAHHH! I WON'T GET BEAT!" Inosuke thought this was a competition and sped up trying to catch up to them.

"WAIT UUUUP!" Zenitsu is seen lagging behind due to them running ahead.


It was now night time when they arrived at Mount Natagumo. The sun had already set, giving the demons an opportunity to cast out of their shadows.

"This mountain... feels strange." BoBoiBoy felt little chills shivering on his back upon seeing the huge mountain in front of them.

"Hold up! Would you mind waiting a second?!" Zenitsu said firmly, making them stare at him in confusion.

"Zenitsu? What's wrong?" Tanjiro asked.

They all looked at the blond sitting down, circling his legs using his arms in the middle of the pathway.

"I'm scared, all right?! Now that we're nearing our destination, I'm so scared!" He cried.

"Why the hell is he sitting? How creepy is that?" Inosuke placed both hands on his hips.

"WHO ARE YOU TO TALK, PIG FACE?!" Zenitsu yelled at the boar. "Don't tell me you're not getting vibes from that mountain!"

Zenitsu pointed at the mountain and they happened to stare what he's pointing. The looks coming from the mountain is sinister and can give goosebumps to anyone's skin. Even the air felt heavy around them.

'He's kinda right. That mountain does give off an eerie vibe... I wonder what level it is deeper in?' BoBoiBoy gulped while staring at the mountain with an unsure expression.

"Still, what good will it do to just sit there?" Tanjiro asked to Zenitsu.

"I told you, he's creepy." Inosuke remarked.

"Inosuke, quit telling him he's creepy." BoBoiBoy held up a defence for his friend.

"I AM NOT IN ANY WAY CREEPY! I'M NORMAL! I'M THE NORMAL ONE! YOU GUYS ARE ABNORMAL!" He exclaimed and pointed fingers at them.

"On second thought, I take that back." BoBoiBoy blankly said and sweat dropped.

Suddenly, Tanjiro smells a strange scent wafting the air. He turned towards the front view of the mountain to see it's coming from that way.

"What? What's wrong? Hey..." Zenitsu asked from seeing Tanjiro acting like that.

"What is this smell?" Tanjiro said.

"Do you feel that?" BoBoiBoy asked to Tanjiro, also feeling himself the same with his enhanced senses. Tanjiro ran off instantly and both Inosuke and BoBoiBoy followed.

"Come on! Don't leave me here by myself! Don't leave me!" Zenitsu reluctantly stood up and gave chase to the running trio.

They ran to where Tanjiro found the source of the smell. And when they stopped nearly at the entrance of the forest, they see an unknown Demon Slayer sprawled on the ground. The guy raised his head up slowly to them while letting tears fall through his eyes.

"H-Help me..." He said.

"He's got our uniform on! He's a Demon Slayer! Something must've happened!" Tanjiro said before he, Inosuke, and BoBoiBoy approached the downed Demon Slayer.

"Hold up!" Zenitsu cried out.

"Are you all right?! What happened?!" Tanjiro asked to him.

"Wait, something's wrong." BoBoiBoy tapped in to his temporary enhanced sense of sight and saw spider threads connected to the Demon Slayer.

Suddenly, the Demon Slayer is now yanked off from their spot and is flying to where the threads are pulling him.

"They were attached to me, too! Help meeeeee!!" He said before disappearing into the tree, out of their sights.

Zenitsu covered his mouth with horror across his whole face. They watched a man getting yanked by spider threads. Tanjiro and BoBoiBoy stood still, paralyzed in fear of what they witnessed.

'He just disappeared like that...' Still frozen in his spot, his ears caught a vague sound resounding in the deep parts of the forest. His trembling hands kept shaking until he balled them into fists, sucking the fear in them and letting a confident face spread.

"We gotta go in there." BoBoiBoy told them. Inosuke roughly brushed him off and stepped forward.

"I'll go on ahead. You can follow me, shivering." Inosuke gripped his dual blades' handles. "This is making me hungry."

"Inosuke..." Tanjiro uttered.

"This is challenging enough for you, right?" Zenitsu resumed his position of sitting down on the ground while trembling in fear.

"HAAAHAAAAAAA! LET'S GO!" Inosuke declared before they went in the entrance of Mount Natagumo, leaving Zenitsu behind on his own.


In the depths of Mount Natagumo lays Demon Slayers caught up in spider webs and all hanging and swaying repeatedly on different trees. Either dead or alive, they were tortured enough to receive their imminent demise from these demons. A white long haired muscular man ran away from the creek, likely to have sensed someone coming. Another showed a demon lady with the same white long hair sitting on a top of a rock.

The boys marched up top to the mountain with little to no time spare. Inosuke paused for a bit as his hands caught some stray spider webs.

"What the hell is this?" Inosuke asked.

BoBoiBoy removed the webs from his hands and examined them closely and carefully. "Spider webs?"

They looked around them and realized the whole forest is partially being covered in spider webs.

"Well, it looks like we'll be dealing some nasty demons who can manage to make the forest look like this." BoBoiBoy wiped away the webs from his hands.

"Jeez, this place is full of spider webs! What a pain!" Inosuke complained.

"You're right." Tanjiro looked around for a bit then back at the boar. "Inosuke?"

"What do you want?" He asked while doing a strange gesture with his hands, like defending himself from anything.

"Thanks."

"Huh?" Inosuke dropped his guard, totally not expecting Tanjiro to thank him for something.

"You said you'd come with us and we felt encouraged. That twisted, ominous scent I was picking up from the mountain... It made me freeze a little. Thanks!" Tanjiro smiled for Inosuke's bravery into going in the mountain without any sense of fear.

"Never thought I'd say this but..." BoBoiBoy hesitated in saying his next words but he needed to let them out if he wants to get on Inosuke's good side. The better he connects with him, the less trouble Inosuke will create.

"Thanks for snapping me out my trance. I was so nervous for going in here until you made me realize there's people here in trouble. So for that, thank you." He rubbed the back of his head while facing sideways with an embarrassed face.

The confused Inosuke made noises compared to a tame pig and is in his happy state with cotton balls floating around his head. The words that they said were the same thing as what the old lady had said to him; back at the wisteria house and before they left for their current mission.

"Inosuke..." Tanjiro snapped him out of his state and held up his hand while looking at the direction he's facing. "Let's go. BoBoiBoy, with me."

"Yeah." BoBoiBoy nodded then followed Tanjiro and Inosuke. The three eventually stumbled upon another Demon Slayer, hiding behind a bush and frantically looking around for any danger or hiding from something.

Tanjiro placed a hand on top of the Demon Slayer's shoulder, making him jump slightly from the instant touch and turned around fearfully.

"We've come for backup. I'm Tanjiro Kamado, Rank Mizunoto." Tanjiro said more of a whisper.

"I'm BoBoiBoy, also Rank Mizunoto. We're here as reinforcements." BoBoiBoy introduced himself and whispered.

"Mizunoto... Mizunoto?" He couldn't believe what he just heard. "Why didn't they send a Hashira?"

"Easy, easy. What's the problem?" BoBoiBoy tried to dismiss his panicked expression but he kept rambling.

"No matter how many Mizunoto they send, it won't help! It's pointless! *MMPHH*" After he finished, he was immediately punched in the face none other than Inosuke. The fist buried his face completely.

"INOSUKE!" The boys scolded the untamed boar.

"Shut up!" Inosuke grasped the Demon Slayer's hair and brought it closer to his mask. "As far as pointlessness goes, your existence itself has no point at all!"

"Stop grasping the guy's hair, you no-good boar!" BoBoiBoy exclaimed with plain white eyes and a tick mark on his head.

"Now, tell us what's going on, you spinless fool!" Inosuke demanded and snorted out smoke from his mask's nose.

"Who the hell is this guy?! Did you forget that I have seniority?! Th-The crow gave us the order! And ten of us Demon Slayers came here." He grabbed Inosuke's hand and tried to move it away from grasping his hair.

"What happened to the others?" BoBoiBoy got intrigued.

"Not long after we entered the mountain, the Slayers... The Slayers started killing each other! I... I..." He recalled as he remembered the rest of his squad murdering their own, without any knowledge on what instigated it.

"That doesn't sound right. What made them start killing each other?" BoBoiBoy said in a low tone. "Zenitsu, do you know what's—huh?"

Turning his head around, BoBoiBoy realized that Zenitsu wasn't with them the whole time. The reason is because he was stuck in his perpetual state of mixed emotions of entering the mountain and listening to the Demon Slayer's story.

"I thought Zenitsu was following us!" Tanjiro said, even looking for the blonde boy.

"Tch. That coward..." Inosuke added and clicked his tongue.

"Don't worry. I got it covered." BoBoiBoy stood up and goes to an open spot to use his Elemental Split once again.

"Elemental Breathing First Form, Triple Split!"

Symbols of earth, fire, and water were shown in the circle he casted and out came were three people in those mentioned symbols.

"Water, you'll volunteer to find Zenitsu. See if you can backtrack the way we came. Fire and I will be handling things here while you're off searching for him. Understood?" Earth commanded the water elemental and the latter nodded. He sprinted off the way they came earlier.

"What in the hell?! Is he a demon or something?!" The other Demon Slayer, still in his strong state of tension and fear, sweats immensely and backed away after seeing BoBoiBoy presenting his infamous ultimate ability.

"Hey, it's all right! It's one of his abilities!" Tanjiro attempted to calm the panicked boy.


Tanjiro's crow is seen panting for breath after a long way it flew from the wisteria house back to the Demon Slayer Corps. The crow is in the care of the master of the Demon Slayer Corps, hands gently carrying the crow with tender care.

"You did well to return." Kagaya Ubuyashiki, or also known as Oyakata-sama to the rest of the Slayers, said in a soothing deep voice. "So, most of my children have been slaughtered?

His daughters were there keeping an eye on their father tending to the crow.

"We might find the Twelve Kizuki there, then." Oyakata hypothesized. "It seems I'll have to send in some Hashiras."

Behind the master are two people kneeling in respect at the sight of the master in front of them. One is a familiar male and another is an unknown butterfly patterned haori-wearing female.

"Giyu... Shinobu..." Even with their names being called, they understood the message he's sending crystal clear.

"As you wish!" They both said simultaneously.

"If only humans and demons could get along." Shinobu said with a smile on her smooth face. "Don't you agree, Tomioka-san?"

"Impossible..." Giyu answered in a dull tone. "...as long as demons eat humans."

Returning from the entrance on Mount Natagumo, Zenitsu hung his head low, ashamed for not bringing himself to go in the depths of the forest to go after his team.

'I wonder if they hate me. Would you really leave your friend by the roadside? Wouldn't you talk to him through it if you were friends? If they tried to talk me into going, I would've gone, okay? Sure I would. But no, off they went on their merry way up that scary mountain. Poor me left alone... Also, BoBoiBoy is my friend, right? So why didn't he try to go back to me? I would definitely went there with him, but he chose to go after them. Is he really my friend at all?'

Zenitsu had mixed doubts and sadness in his line of thoughts. The times he and BoBoiBoy got along back at the wisteria house, the times he trained with him to get even stronger. Were they all just lies and he did those to make Zenitsu feel better about himself? He hoped not. His hearing senses told him otherwise. BoBoiBoy is no stranger to him. No, he thought of him more as a good friend because he told him he believed in him.

And as a miracle came to him, he heard the sounds of footsteps approaching his spot. Not from behind Zenitsu, but forward.

"There you are!" A slightly familiar deep voice resounded and he came closer. "You're still here in your spot?"

Zenitsu glanced up and took a good look at who called him. His eyes widen and revealed to be Water coming back for him.

"You came back... for me?" Zenitsu softly said, stray tears in his eyes. "BoBoiBoy...?"

"First of all, I'm the water elemental version of BoBoiBoy. You can call me Water in short. My other selves are in there with Tanjiro and Inosuke." He clarified. "And second of all, listen, I'm sorry for leaving you behind like that. I just didn't think straight and head into danger without realizing it. So... I'm sorry."

His heart felt like it's going to shatter to a million pieces by how much Water thinks he still cared for him. Unable to resist himself, he leapt forward and bear hugged Water tightly.

"YOU CAME BACK FOR ME! YOU REALLY DID CAME BACK FOR ME! YOU'RE THE BESTEST FRIEND EVER!!!" Zenitsu couldn't contain his joy.

"H... Help... Help me... Can't... Breathe..." Water's face turned blue from the lack of oxygen and almost passed out because of it. Zenitsu opened his arms widely to release him from almost fainting.

"Sorry about that." Zenitsu giggled.

Water panted for air then got up. "Now, let's go."

Water tried to take Zenitsu's hand and dragged him but Zenitsu couldn't budge for even a moment like a statue.

"What's wrong?" Water asked wondering why he can't move. Somehow, he found the answer already by Zenitsu shivering from fear.

"I-I-I ain't go-going in th-th-there...!" Zenitsu clicks his teeth repeatedly. "I-It's sc-scary!"

Water sighed, even Ukogi sighed as well and flew and sat on top of Zenitsu's head. Suzume happened to appear and landed on top of Water's head.

"Chu chu chu." Suzume recommended Water something.

"You think that would work?" Water asked in an unsure tone.

"Chu!" Suzume bounced.

"Right, let's try." Water lets go of Zenitsu's hand, making him confused to why he let it go. "Hey, uhh..."

"Hm? What's the matter?" Zenitsu asked.

"You know, being scared isn't gonna help us in our situation right now. You need to face your fears if you want to prove yourself that you can be helpful to us." Water didn't think of what he said is going to help him from any sorts.

"But sometimes we let fear control us. It helps us protect from danger when we're alert. Fear is natural, and it's a great deal of using a fight and flight method to keep us safe and alive. Don't be afraid of being terrified, Zenitsu, if that makes sense at all."

Despite the meanings said, it just all come natural when there is a looming threat coming and it's alright to feel fear, depending on some situations required possible. How else would Zenitsu survived long enough to have this constant state of being scared at demons and not just standing around and do nothing about it? Running away is good, but not the best solution to every scenario.

Zenitsu had given this a better thought to himself. And decided it's best to go along with Water.

"Okay. I'll go with you." There was a slight reluctance in his voice tone but does mean he was willing to go. It's just now he has somebody along with him for company and not feel lonely.

"Great, Zenitsu." Water smiled. "I'm sure Tanjiro and hopefully Inosuke would be so proud of you."

"It's not just you, I had somebody who said that to me many times, but I won't talk about it for now." Zenitsu said in a low tone. He remembered an event that is so saddening, it would make him bawl for hours.

"But thankfully, I have you guys now; you, Tanjiro, Inosuke, Nezuko-chan, Chuntaro—AAAAAAAHHH!!!"

His sudden scream threw Water off guard. "Now what?!"

"HE TOOK NEZUKO-CHAN WITH HIM!" Zenitsu shouted then charged into the forest, leaving Ukogi, Suzume, and Water comedically watching him go.

"WHY DID HE HAVE TO TAKE MY PRECIOUS NEZUKO-CHAN WITH HIM?! DAMN TANJIRO! DON'T TAKE A YOUNG GIRL INTO DANGER! IDIOT! IDIOT! IDIOT! IDIOT! IDIOT! NEZUKO-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!"

This leaves them completely speechless to his declaration of going into the forest. The trigger was mentioning Nezuko's name and he went in there instantly.

"That's it. I give up." Water feels like his soul is leaving him. He then immediately proceeded to follow him, along with Ukogi and Suzume flying beside Water.

After sending Water off, Earth bares on his surroundings until he hears various clicky-like noises spreading across the forest.

"Do you guys hear that?" He whispered loudly enough for them to hear.

"Yeah. What is this sound?" Tanjiro asked as he too heard it.

"There it is again." The Demon Slayer recognized it. "It's this sound again! I heard this sound, and the next thing I knew, everyone started killing each other!"

Fire listened then peers his head everywhere to the location of where the sound is located.

"Hey, what's your name?" He asks for the guy's name.

"It's Murata." Murata introduced himself.

"The sound came from that way!" Fire already pinpointed the source of the sound and pointed at Murata's left side and found more Demon Slayers approaching them like mindless zombies.

"There's a lot of them!" Fire exclaimed the obvious. All of a sudden, they started swinging their swords towards the ones who are alive. They maneuvered away from their spot and kept dodging their linear attacks.

'Their moves... it doesn't feel natural at all...!' Earth squinted his eyes further and caught something attached to them. 'Wait a second... Are those threads? Spider threads?'

"AHAHAAA! These guys are all morons!" Inosuke said as he handspringed away from being slashed. "They don't know that it's taboo for us Demon Slayers to fight each other!"

"Oh, look who's talking now!" Fire rebuked and evaded a sword jab by countering it with his own.

"No, that's not it!" Tanjiro declined Inosuke's assumption. "They're not moving normally! They're being manipulated by something!"

Earth added in. "It's the threads! If you look closely at them, you'll notice it attached to them!"

"Really?" Tanjiro focused his sights on the victims and Earth was right. Spider threads were attached to them individually. "You're right! It's the threads!"

"All right. I'm gonna slash them to ribbons!" Inosuke said as he unwrapped his swords.

"No, don't you ever do such a thing! Besides, some of them are still alive! And we can't just do more harm to their corpses! That's just cruel!" Fire remarked.

"Dammit! Stop denying me at every turn!" Inosuke gets irritated then bashed his head on Fire in the gut.

"AAGHH! WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?!" Fire yelled and is ready to tear the guy's head off.

"Enough! Murata is in trouble!" Earth dismissed their little quarrel and went to help Murata.

The latter is overwhelmed by his deceased squad's abnormal strength and was about to be killed but Earth and Fire intercepted in time to stop their movements. Tanjiro and Inosuke removed their attacks from clashing down on Murata and slammed them down on the ground. Using this opportunity, Earth immediately slashed the threads connected to them and they land on the ground with a loud thump. Fire and Inosuke made sure to slash any stray threads away from the squad and they all landed in the same fashion.

"That takes care of that." Earth polished his sword by removing the webs on it.

"Question is, who is the one controlling them?" Fire wondered. "How do we find them?"

Maybe—ughh..." Tanjiro was interrupted when he detected a foul stench spreading in the area. Not for long, spiders are crawling on his arm and threads immediately spawned out of nowhere. The threads yanked his arm before he sliced the threads off.

"Crap! We're getting attached too!" Fire exclaimed and slashed the threads connecting his arm.

"So, the spiders are the ones responsible for attaching these people to be used as puppets?" Earth said. "Then this means..."

The previous controlled squad suddenly motioned back up after the threads that were sliced off were now reattached to their bodies. Unbeknownst to them, a silver haired lady sitting on top of the rock somewhere giggled to her own amusement.

"Now then, my sweet little dolls... Dance until your arms and legs fall off." The Mother Spider Demon smirked and controls her threads using her fingers.

"It's not good enough to just cut the threads! The spiders are just gonna stick more puppet strings onto them! So..." Tanjiro stopped when he smell the same scent again. 'That acrid smell again! What is it anyway? It's being carried here by the wind!'

"So, all we gotta do is kill those damn spiders, huh?" Inosuke asked.

"No, it's impossible! No matter how many times you try to kill them, they'll just keep reappearing!" Earth said as he stabbed the spiders nearing his feet. "Our best bet is to find the demon controlling this!"

Inosuke stabbed more spiders on the ground, but it's a futile attempt.

"That won't work! What did I even say?!" Earth scolded at the boar for once again not listening to him.

"Inosuke, if you have some kind of power that can pinpoint the demon's location, then help us out!" Tanjiro recommended. "This weird smell has been flowing in, and my nose isn't working great!"

"Yeah, my hearing senses are kinda useless at the moment because these guys are making such a racket!" Fire yelled before he slashed more threads at the deceased Slayer. "Hey Murata!"

"Yeah?!" Murata heard him and defended himself from the sword's swings.

"You'll lend us a hand on how we can deal with these people being controlled!" Fire ordered. "And Earth, I definitely—"

From this whole onslaught, he caught Earth staring at something above. turning the same direction as he is doing right now, he sees another demon, standing on top of some threads hanging and him staring down at them.

"Don't disturb my family's peaceful life." The boy with unkempt hair and pale skin warned them in a sinister tone.

'Who is he? Is he floating? No, more like he's standing on those threads. What does he mean by family?' Earth thought while looking at the demon boy.

"Mother will kill you all right away." He said.

"Mother?" Fire repeats it.

"AAAAAHHHH!" Inosuke ran towards a Demon Slayer and used his back as a spring and jumped towards the demon boy. Although he did reached him, it's not enough reach for Inosuke to deliver his strike towards the boy. The boy was unfazed and walks away.

"Damn you! Where the hell do you think you're going? Fight me! Fight—" Inosuke fell but was caught by Earth's arms.

"You alright?" Earth asked, but received a harsh shove from Inosuke himself.

"Why did he show up anyway?" Inosuke wondered.

"No idea. But I don't think he's the demon we're looking for. We should keep trying until we find them!" Earth provided support for Tanjiro defending themselves against the Slayers. "Inosuke! Now's the time to..."

"Okay, okay, okay! I hear you all right?" Inosuke dodged an attack and sliced off the threads. "You want me to find where that demon's at, right? Shut up already, you punks!"

Inosuke planted his blades directly on the ground then begins his technique on locating the demon. He starts by going into a trance and gathering enough air to activate his technique.

"Beast Breathing Seventh Form, Spatial Awareness!"

Inosuke remained still and releases his technique, which created an invisible detector to scatter around. With his great sense of touch, he expanded it greatly to maximize his reach of detecting any enemies located anywhere around the mountain. His Spatial Awareness technique has already located the demon they're looking for, which is at Inosuke's left side and only a few miles away from their location.

'That technique... So awesome!' Fire is astonished to see him using a breathing technique so incredible in locating demons from miles away. Fire smirked at the boar. 'Not too shabby, Inosuke.'

"Found it! There you are!" Inosuke succeeded and told them he found the demoness.

"Great job man!" Fire fist pumped in the air.

From somewhere beyond their current location, the demon boy from earlier appeared to be standing on the threads while overlooking the forest.

"I won't let anyone get in our way." He said while doing a Cat's Cradle impression of using his webs. "The five of us are going to live in bliss as a family. No one can break our bond."


Sorry that took too long. It's just me being lazy and and unable to get a chapter done because I get distracted easily by certain stuff in my life xP.

More chapters releasing soon! I have nothing more to say but maybe hype up for the next one 'cause it's gonna be a hell of a time of me writing some cool scenes, if I can, anyway hehe.

~ Ciao, peeps