Kamado Nezuko... a kind soul and the second oldest of her caring family. She was out on a coal trip courtesy of her brother catching a cold.
Walking back up the mountain she wonders 'how does Big brother do this everyday?!' exhausted, but still trudging on she walks up the mountain to be stopped by a man in his Forty's and opens the window to his house to call out to Nezuko.
"Hey Nezuko! are you goin back to the mountain?" the man says sounding worried for the Kamado "you shouldn't it's dangerous during this time!" he says in a somewhat demanding tone
shifting her attention to the man she says "don't worry I can make it home!" wheezing between each word making the man more worried
"I'll let you stay the night!" he says "please come... turn back!"
"but-" not being able to finish her sentence she was interrupted by the man.
"enough of that!" he says in a Stern tone "the demons will come..."
Entering his household Nezuko takes comfort In a futon lended by him.
"since long ago, human eating demons have come out during the dead of night to hunt down humans." he says "because of that it has become dangerous to walk at night. it would be best if you slept here instead of being eaten."
innocently Nezuko asks "can the demon... not enter our houses?" she says slowly nodding off. "No." he says "they can enter" "then... everyone eaten... by demon" she says going to sleep very slowly
"the great demon spirit hunters have protected us and killed the Oni that roam here" he says "since long ago..."
'Saburouji-san must be lonely, ever since his family died' she thought closing her eyes to sleep 'next time I'll bring my brothers and sister along, it okay because demons don't exist..." she thinks as she finally falls to sleep
'I hope big brother and the others are doing well... they are probably really worried about me' 'hope I didn't worry them to much to the point where wondered at ni-' Nezuko's thoughts come to a stop as she sees her big brother and Rokuto out side laying lifeless.
'wha' she thinks "what happened!" she cries out running to check up on her brothers. kneeling next to them she looks at her home.
big mistake.
'mother, Hanako, Takeo, Shingeru...' she thinks as she looks at her families bloodied bodies. quickly she checks there temperature. only to find one that is still warm.
'don't worry big brother' she huffs 'I'll get you help, don't worry' she continues.
'what could have done this?' she thinks 'a bear that didn't hibernate?' she questions once more 'It's getting hard to breath... but I can't stop now I need to continue for big brother... I half to move fast if I want to save him... I'll definitely save him'
"GAHHHHH"
Startled by the sudden noise from her brother, she trips down a cliff that she hadn't noticed.
Thump
'i survived...' she thinks to herself 'The snow stopped my fall' lifting herself she notices someone standing up "Tanjirou!" she says running up to him "are you ok?! You don't half to walk I can carry you to the village!" she says running up to the still boy. "Rrrrrrr..." growling the boy lunges at Nezuko. having a adrenaline rush she looks around while being pushed down notices Tanjirou's axe. quickly grabbing it she pushes it into his mouth as he looks at her with his partially damaged demon eyes. 'A demon!' she thinks as Saburouji-san's words came to her mind. 'Tanjirou... a human eating demon?" she thinks 'No that can't be! Tanjirou couldn't have been a demon. If he was he would've eaten has us!.. He was laying as if to protect Rokuto' she says to herself 'His hands arent covered in blood he couldn't have done it!' she thinks. 'His strength is increasing!' as she is thinking this his body grows 'His body is also growing!' she says surprised by this.
'While i was sleeping comfortably in another house everyone was murdered!'
'They probably hurt and suffered a lot... I'm sorry I wasn't there to help you'
'at least I can do something to help Tanjirou'
'I can try and fight back with my own power!'
"Tanjirou!" she screams. causing the now demon to widen there eyes. "I know you can fight it! Try your best!" she continues with all her might "Somehow you turned into a demon, but pull it together!"
"I believe in you! I know you can do it!"
Hearing this the demon boy starts to cry as seconds later Nezuko does so too. as Nezuko was crying she and Tanjirou notice someone above them with a sword ready to swing. Quickly Tanjirou rolls them both out of the way and stands up in a protective stance, readying himself to lunge at the man Nezuko quickly grabs him.
"why are you protecting it?" the man says
"He's-" hesitantly she continues "He's my older brother!" Nezuko says
"RAHHHH!" Tanjirou screams
"That thing is your brother?" he says with a disgusted face, he proceeds to step close and in an instant he grabs Tanjirou from her grasp.
"GYAAAA"Tanjirou screams
"Tanjirou!"
"don't move" the man says. almost immediately Nezuko stops in her tracks as she abides by his words.
"my job is to kill demons, of course I am going to decapitate your brother" he says bluntly with no hesitation
"wait please! Tanjirou hasn't killed anyone!" she says in a pleading voice "Tanjirou is different! I don't why he's acting like that but-"
"simple if demon blood enters an open wound you become a demon" the man says interrupting Nezuko "this is how they increase there numbers"
"Tanjirou hasn't eaten anyone" she continues with this
"how can you say that? just now it looked like he was about to devour you" he says with a confused face
"that's wrong! you don't know that!" she says "I wouldn't let him injure anyone! I'll turn Tanjirou back into a human I'll find a cure!"
"there is no cure" the man says "there is no way to turn a demon back into a human"
"the I'll search for one! I'm sure I'll find a way!" she says "so please don't kill him!"
"I'll find the one who killed my family! I'll take of of it" as she is saying this the man rases his sword. "please stop!" she screams "everyone else was taken away from me" she says getting down into a bowing position "please" she says crying "please don't kill my brother... I beg of you" she says "I beg of you"
"You can't grasp the authority of someone's else's life and death!" the man screams catching Nezuko off guard "stop that miserable looking squat! If you try and pass off that kind of thing your family wouldn't be dead!" he continues "taken away? in the time that they were take away, you were weak and couldn't take the initiative!"
"cure you brother?" he questions "find the enemy? it's all highly ridiculous!" Nezuko continues to listen with utter shock "for the weak there are no rights or others choices. Entirely with force the stronger can make the others surrender!" he says "maybe the demons know of a way to cure, however I highly doubt that the demon lord's will be willing to corporate to your requests!"
"of course I don't respect them either, but that's reality!" he speaks "why just now, fallen upon your brother are you willing to protect him" he points his sword at Nezuko "why didn't you swing your axe!? why did you show me your back? while failing like that you plan to take your sister?!" he starts to points his sword at Tanjirou "is it okay if I skewer your brother right in front of you?!" a panting Nezuko is seen watching as she is still trying to digest
'don't cry, don't despair' he says in his mind 'now's is not the time for those 'i know you were knocked down. Your brother that killed you family became a demon' 'It's painful isn't it? you want to shout. only half a day maybe I could have saved your family, but that's the past you can't repair time. Be furious. say that it is unforgiving, a strong pure anger. make it an undrivable working for and act like you can't more your limbs. Frail revolutions will not save your sister, it will not kill your families enemy' a panting Nezuko watched as the man lifts his sword and swings his sword at her brother "sto-!" she tries and screams out,. it it was to late as the man stabs her brothers shoulder.
"GYAAAA!" Tanjirou lets out a pain of agony as the sword punctures his shoulder.
"STOOOP!" Nezuko screams as she picks up a rock and throws it at him quickly. Grabbing the ace off of the snow. The man deflects the rock as he watches Nezuko go behind a tree. throwing another rock she goes in for a swing. 'A attack based on emotion' the man thought 'You fool!' he uses the handle of his sword to knock out Nezuko as she falls to the floor. Tanjirou stops struggling as he realizes what is happening and slowly becomes more angry. Looking at her unconscious body the man Read's his sword to decapitate Tanjirou, but as he is doing so he hears crunching. looking back at the supposed unconscious girl he instead sees a girl swinging an axe strait towards him, quickly realizing what has happened he quickly chops at the neck before taking in what has happened. 'she used the axe as weight to bring herself to the ground to act like I actually knocked her out' he stands there a little shocked by the move 'this girl...' but before he could finish that thought due to his own carelessness Tanjirou escaped his grasp as he kicks him away from his sister 'shit... think he broke a rib or two' he says clutching his chest. Tanjirou slowly lowers to his sister as he touches her 'oh no! I can't make it in time' he thinks as he tries to stand up, looking back he notices something instead of seeing Tanjirou devour the poor young girl instead he sees him standing in front of her in a protective stance.
"Tanjirou..." Nezuko a voice rings in his head "Tanjirou is different... he doesn't eat people!" Tanjirou continues to stand there as he waits for the demon slayer to move. Noticing that he hasn't made any movement whatsoever to attack or devour the girl he puts away his sword 'he could've easily devoured her becoming a demon takes a lot of energy as well as having a fatal wound like that's he thinks in his head "I mean no harm" the man says as he lifts up his arms to show he is not carrying any weapons seeing this Tanjirou calms down a bit. both standing there awkwardly the man thinks to himself 'what should I do in this situation?' thinking a little more he gets an idea and finds bamboo. ripping some cloth from his haori he ties both ends of the cloth to both sides of the bamboo. "here" he says to Tanjirou looking confused "this will be our agreement. I don't know how far your limit is you can go without eating, but if it does happen you'll be wearing this" Tanjirou getting somewhat of an idea of this he puts it on. While putting it on the man notices something about his eyes 'they're scratched' he says continuing to stare at them 'why hasn't the healing process begun?'
"Mmm" Tanjirou hums taking the man out of his thoughts. deciding to confirm his thought he questions "can you see?" He asks the demon. giving it thought Tanjirou shakes his head no. Getting confirmation from this he looks back at the unconscious girl. 'how long is she going to take before she wakes up.'
Standing there in silence waiting for the young girl to wake up the man feels a tug on his haori "hmm?" he looks back to Tanjirou who is pointing a finger to himself then to him "what?" he wonders trying to figure out what the demon is doing. Frustrated Tanjirou goes to the snow to right something. how to turn back human? He wrote, but very sloppy due to his blindness "how do I turn back into a human?" fixing the demons grammar
"mhm!" Tanjirou shakes his head yes.
"well as I said to your sister there is no cure and I am for certain that the demons will be willing to turn you back if they knew" The man says to Tanjirou who gives a sad hum. Giving more thought to the young demons question an idea suddenly pops in his head 'hmmm... Maybe she can? She specializes in poison, but also medical supplies maybe...' interrupting his thoughts Nezuko finally starts to wake up. Grabbing onto the Haori of the sitting Tanjirou next to her.
"Are you awake?" the man asks. hearing his voice Nezuko hugs onto Tanjirou while he head pats her. "don't worry me and your brother came to terms with each other" the man says to Nezuko. Nezuko not believing this looks up at Tanjirou to confirm. Nodding yes Nezuko also notices something
"what's with the muzzle?" she asks pointing at it
"that is for your brother whenever he won't be able to handle himself" the man say
"my brother won't hurt anyone" she says back
"I believe you, it's just for precaution if he can't hold himself back." Satisfied with the answer she calms down a bit.
"Do you want to become a demon slayer... ?" The man says to Nezuko
"Nezuko, Kamado Nezuko" she says to the man
"do you want to become a demon slayer Nezuko?" he says the sentence fully to Nezuko
"yes, if it means I can convert Tanjirou back to a human I would do anything"
"Well go to Mt. Sakonji and meet an elderly man who lives at the bottom of the misty mountain" The man says to Nezuko turning around and looking back at her "tell him that Tomioka Giyuu sent you" he says turning back around "it seems that the sun is far from rising, I suggest not to bring your brother under the sun" disappearing before Nezuko can ask more questions.
Back at her home Nezuko with the help of Tanjirou dogs up a hole for her family members as Tanjirou stands there aimlessly looking at nothing. Praying over them she stands up and says "lets go" before grabbing Tanjirou's hand and running away.
Author's notes:Alright everyone how was the first chapter? I'm planning to make each chapter very long because I usually really like long chapters because it usually means that the story is much longer.Reasons for the different seen where Nezuko starts throwing rocks and instead of throwing the axe she acts like she is unconscious is because since she had a somewhat hard time carrying the coal than her brother I connected that since she also fell down a cliff a moment ago that she probably doesn't have that much strength in her to throw the axe that high.Anyways have a good day!(:
