When the group finally reached the headquarters of the demon slayer corporation and when the situation was explained the wind Hashira, Sanemi Shinazugawa, was the first one to get on Tanjiro for being so stupid.
"They could be acting as spies for those demons and you didn't think that through clearly! Do you even think before you do these types of things and now the enemy will know where our headquarters are" Sanemi said
The insect hashira, Shinobu Kocho, tried calm him down.
"Now now, we can't really blame him entirely besides they said they had abilities that were on a completely different level. If they're on our side then that will make this fight much easier "Shinobu said
The flame hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, backed up Shinobu's thought process as well.
"I agree with Shinobu, if they really do have abilities that can rival demons despite not being ones themselves then its best for us to cooperate with them. Besides both of us have the same goal. To rid this world of demons" Kyojuro said
Sanemi huffed and backed off.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki, the leader of the demon slayer corps made a proposition.
"Then lets test them to see if we can truly trust their abilities" Kagaya said
Naruto was the first to respond to this.
"What type of test?" Naruto asked
"You must go through the final selection test to be recognized as a part of us" Kagaya said
Mitsuri Kanroji, the love hashira, was shocked to hear this suggestion.
"But master to have them all go through that would be too much" Mitsuri said
"But if they truly do have unique abilities then it shouldn't be a problem" Kagaya said
"To send all of them at once would be a bad idea. I think only one of them should go through the final selection process" Shinobu said
Kagaya thought for a moment and then agreed. He explained the process of the final selection to them.
"Leave it to me then. I'll win this final selection no problem" Naruto said
Daphne stopped him from trying to volunteer himself.
"Hold it, Naruto, you'll end up destroying the whole forest if you go big" Daphne said
Naruto sweat dropped and realized that his sister was right.
"Alright then what about Kakashi-sensei? It would be no problem for him right?" Naruto asked
"True, but I'm in charge of this mission. Besides I recommend sending in someone who has a lot of chakra" Kakashi said
"Ok then Daphne will go?" Naruto asked
"It would be no problem for me at all" Daphne said
Bloom then raised her hand and volunteered herself.
"I'll go" Bloom said
"No way!" Naruto said
Bloom sweat dropped when her brother denied her without even giving it a thought.
"Hold on Naruto, if you think about it then she would be the best candidate. After all her abilities should allow her to survive a week without any problems at all" Kakashi said
"But Kakashi-sensei" Naruto said
"Don't you trust her?" Kakashi asked
"Of course I do" Naruto said
"Then leave it to her" Kakashi said
Naruto just sighed and gave in.
"But there's one thing you must do first" Shinobu said
"What's that?" Bloom asked
"Change into something more appropriate" Shinobu said
Bloom seemed confused because these were her ninja clothes that she always wore.
"I think what she means is that you need to change your attire in order to blend into the crowds in this world. Remember the way those citizens were staring at us when we entered that town back there" Kakashi said
Bloom now understood.
"Ah I see. I understand" Bloom said
Some clothes were arranged for her to change into, and Bloom soon came out wearing a light blue kimono with white clouds on them and a long darker blue dress along with some sandals. She also had her red hair tied up into two pigtails like she had them in when she was ten.
"Wow you look great" Naruto said
"Thank you, Naruto" Bloom said
Bloom then traveled to the place and the rules were explained to everyone and then everyone who was participating in the final selection went off.
Bloom traveled at her own pace. She's been traveling around the mountain for an hour and still hadn't come across any demons yet, which confused her.
The girl then heard some laughter and looked around to see where it was coming from.
"A human girl has delivered herself to us." The first voice said
There was a second voice that spoke up as well.
"She looks young too. She'll prove to be a very delicious meal" The second voice said
Two demons popped out in front of her and they came from the bushes. The first demon scythe blades sticking out of his elbows and the second one had long black hair and two horns coming out of her head.
They then noticed something about this girl and it was the fact that she wasn't carrying a sword with her.
"Heh…check this out sis. This young one isn't carrying a sword on her" The scythe demon said
The second demon looked and saw that her brother was right.
"You're right. This is the final selection for you so called demon slayers and you need blades in order to defeat us and yet you come here without one? How stupid can you be? You must have a death wish kid" The second demon said
The two of them looked at each other and then laughed and then looked back over to their prey, only to see her ignoring them entirely and was paying more attention to the trees with the wisteria flowers.
"These trees are so beautiful almost as beautiful as the cherry blossom trees we have at home" Bloom said to herself
The two demons remained silent.
"She's ignoring us" The scythe demon said
"Lets show her what she needs to be afraid of" The black haired demon said
The scythe demon charged at her first with his blades ready. The redhead looked over to see him coming. He then sliced her body in half.
"That was so easy" The scythe demon said
Bloom's body then poofed and a log was in its place.
"HUH?!" Scythe demon screamed in confusion
"What just happened?" The black haired demon asked
They looked around and then noticed her a few more feet away from them. She was still observing the trees and some flowers.
"I'll get her this time" The black haired demon said
The second demon charged at her with her claws extended and was about to slice her but she received a punch in the gut from Bloom and was sent flying backwards. The scythe demon was shocked to see that his sister was sent flying with a single punch and the redhead didn't even look at her opponent but somehow still knew she was coming.
The black haired demon came back at her again with her claws ready to attack her. She zipped past her but her arms suddenly came off and she screamed in pain.
"What the hell?! She didn't even move!" Scythe said
The demon grew her arms back and was now beyond pissed off.
The demon then grew black wings and a demonic tail.
"I'm done playing nice!" The black demon said
The demon then used her special attack.
"Blood demon art: Flames of hell"
Red flames came out of her mouth and it was a wide ranged attack.
The scythe demon smirked because no one has been able to survive his younger sister's blood demon art before. He then noticed that the red head was doing some hand gestures.
"Water style: Water shockwave"
Bloom released a large amount of water from her mouth and the wave crashed against the fire and extinguished the flames and crashed against the black demon and it slammed her against a tree.
The scythe demon was shocked again. Who was this girl and where did she come from?
The demon then flew up and dove down at her with great speed. The redhead then swiped with her arm when the demon zipped past her again. This time the female demon's head was came straight off and fell on the floor.
The scythe demon shook in fear.
"What…WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?!" The scythe demon screamed
Bloom looked back at him and answered him.
"A human" Bloom said
The scythe demon didn't believe her at all and screamed back at her.
"DON'T LIE TO ME! NO HUMAN COULD DO WHAT YOU JUST DID!" The scythe demon shouted
"I'm not a demon if that's what your thinking. I really am a human" Bloom said
The scythe screamed and charged at her with his elbows ready to strike. Bloom performed a fast uppercut and the demon's head came off instantly and both of them were now dead.
"I didn't even use that much chakra to begin with. This might be easier than I thought it would be" Bloom said
Meanwhile back at the butterfly mansion everyone was on standby until the next mission would approach.
"I wonder how Bloom's doing" Naruto said
Daphne giggled.
"Well knowing her she might be paying more attention to the scenery then the opponents that are far weaker than her" Daphne said
Tanjiro was about to approach them until he heard the next line.
"You know, Naruto, you're younger sister might be strong enough to become the next hokage" Kakashi said
"I just need to surpass her that's all" Naruto said
Tanjiro then confronted them.
"Oh hi Tanjiro" Kakashi said
"Bloom's your younger sister?" Tanjiro asked
Naruto seemed confused but nodded.
"Why would you let her go off to such a dangerous place. She could be killed!" Tanjiro said
Naruto saw that he was angry for some reason.
"What are you so mad about?" Naruto asked
"I'm mad because you didn't try to stop her" Tanjiro said
Kakashi then got in front of the young boy.
"Relax, she'll be just fine" Kakashi said
"How can you be so sure?" Tanjiro asked
"Bloom is a jonin of the hidden leaf so she'll be fine" Kakashi said
"Jonin? What's a jonin?" Tanjiro asked
"A jonin is the highest rank that a ninja can earn. Daphne and myself are also jonin" Kakashi said
"Not only that but my sister is tougher than you think" Daphne said
"Sister?" Tanjiro asked
"Daphne is my older sister and Bloom is my younger sister" Naruto explained
Tanjiro seemed to have calmed down.
"There's also the fact that Bloom is one of the strongest ninja in our village so you don't need to worry about her" Kakashi said
A week had passed by and there were fewer survivors than the last test. The surviving members had bruises and cuts all over them. They looked over and saw that Bloom didn't even have a single scratch on her, which shocked them.
Bloom had finally returned to the butterfly mansion and Tanjiro saw that the girl didn't even have a scratch on her.
Everyone else was shocked too because they were prepared to give her first aid but it looked like that wasn't needed after all.
"So how was it?" Naruto asked
"A little boring but the scenery was nice" Bloom said
Tanjiro was shocked to hear this girl call the final selection boring. How strong was she?
Later Tanjiro was trying to make more improvements on his total concentration breathing techniques.
The other ninja were on standby and waited until their next assignment. They were recognized as official demon slayers.
Bloom was watching him train. He kept taking deep breaths and wondered what it was.
"What type of training is this that requires you to take deep breaths all the time? Bloom asked herself
Shinobu had appeared and answered her question.
"That's called total concentration breathing" Shinobu said
The other ninja were now curious about this and listened in.
"Total concentration breathing?" Bloom asked
"It's a type of training that us demon slayers learn to use. You can't slay strong demons without breathing techniques. The more concentration and focus you have on your breathing then the stronger your techniques are" Shinobu said
Kakashi made a comparison to a similar type of training that they go through in their world.
"It's kind of like the chakra control training we do back in our world" Kakashi said
"That's a bit of a stretch isn't it?" Daphne asked
"I actually kind of see it that way too" Bloom said
"But they can't exactly use the same techniques that we can use though" Naruto pointed out
"That's because they don't possess chakra" Kakashi said
"I've been listening to this for a while now and I'm curious about this chakra you keep talking about" Shinobu said
"Well to put it simply, chakra is our spirit energy" Kakashi said
"Spirit energy?" Shinobu asked
"Right, everyone has a spiritual type of energy however we have learned how to focus our spirit energy and weaponize them into attacks. We can turn our chakra into physical weapons" Kakashi said
Shinobu was honestly shocked that there were people that could do that.
"So you all must have a lot of it" Shinobu said
"Well that's not entirely true" Naruto said
"What do you mean?" Shinobu asked
"Everyone has a different level of chakra. Kakashi's chakra level for example is considered to be average at best" Daphne said
"So there are people in your world that have different levels of chakra. What about you other three then?" Shinobu asked
"Our chakra levels are above average" Daphne said
"The amount of chakra that three have are around four times greater than mine" Kakashi said
"But what does that mean exactly?" Shinobu asked
"Well to be more precise, the more chakra someone has then the more stamina they have. It's a bit complicated to understand without going into full detail" Bloom said
"You can also run out of this chakra right?" Shinobu asked
"Yes and in order to get more chakra we need to rest and recover our strength. In our bodies is a chakra pathway system so we can always gain access to it" Kakashi said
"And what happens if you run out of it?" Shinobu asked
"Well that would mean that we would be completely exhausted" Kakashi said
"But what happens if you completely run out and have no more chakra left?" Shinobu asked
Kakashi looked at her before replying.
"To put it simply if one were to completely run out of chakra, then that person would die" Kakashi said
Shinobu was shocked to hear this.
"Die? How?" Shinobu asked
"Chakra is more than just our spiritual energy, its our lifeforce as well. If someone runs out of chakra completely then they die" Daphne said
Tanjiro was listening in and realized that this chakra was how these ninjas fought against enemies.
"I would like to see this chakra for myself" Tanjiro said
"Well we could arrange a sparring match" Shinobu said
"However which one of us do you want to face in battle?" Kakashi asked
Tanjiro wanted to face Bloom in battle because he wanted to see what strength that she had used during the final selection process.
The other hashira wanted to see this too and decided to watch this match.
Kakashi decided to be the ref for this match.
"Alright Bloom vs Tanjiro, begin!" Kakashi said
Tanjiro then charged at Bloom first. He started with some water breathing and used the second form.
"Water wheel"
Water was leaking out of the blade like it was before with the fight with Daphne.
The redheaded jonin jumped up to dodge it.
Kakashi then told the jonin to remember to hold back.
"Remember to hold back!" Kakashi said
"I know!" Bloom responded
Bloom lifted her left leg and started to come down towards Tanjiro, but the young swordsman managed to dodge in time.
"She not using her strength" Naruto commented
"She's being careful because she doesn't want to hurt him badly" Daphne said
Tanjiro was breathing heavily but he managed to keep his breathing focused. He was looking at Bloom and noticed that she didn't look tired at all.
"She's doing quite well for someone who's unarmed" Kyojuro said
"She's only using taijutsu" Daphne said
Tengen, the sound hashira, seemed to get what it was since he was a shinobi himself.
"I see, so this taijutsu, is unarmed combat" Tengen said
"We actually do have swords in our world and there are samurai in our world too" Kakashi said
Tanjiro was keeping up with her quite easily because he noticed that she was moving slow.
"She's focusing more on power then speed. I can counterattack her easily when I avoid the next blow" Tanjiro thought
Bloom noticed that he was getting better as the match dragged on.
"Seems like you adapt in situations quite well so I hope your ready for the next difficulty" Bloom said
The redheaded girl then charged at him and the swordsman was shocked because her speed had suddenly increased and he tried to dodge her blows but it was proving to be extremely difficult. The redhead finally managed to land the first blow by kicking him in the side and Tanjiro was sent backwards by a few inches.
The scarred boy managed to get up and realized that his opponent had suddenly gotten more difficult to deal with.
"I think its about time I show you what my chakra can do" Bloom said
The redhead then jumped in the air and lifted her left leg. Tanjiro knew that this was the same move from earlier and jumped to the side. But the moment Bloom's leg hit the ground a shockwave was created and Tanjiro was thrown backwards by several feet.
The boy got up and was shocked when he saw that Bloom was standing in a crater.
The other demon slayers were shocked to see this as well.
"Incredible" Giyu said
"This is what my chakra can do" Bloom said
Tanjiro was shocked beyond belief and to think that his opponent wasn't a demon at all.
Tanjiro tried another water breathing move and this time he tried the first form.
The hashira then noticed that the redhead did some hand signals but what she did next surprised them greatly.
"Wind style: Vacuum beam"
A beam of wind came from her mouth and pushed Tanjiro back and it stopped him from going any further.
Sanemi was the first one to speak up.
"That was wind breathing" Sanemi said
"No that was a wind style jutsu that my sister used" Naruto said
Tanjiro was frustrated because he hadn't even landed single hit on her.
"Don't stay down or else the enemy will take this time to attack you again" Bloom said
The boy looked up and saw that she was already using her next move.
"Fire style: Flame bomb"
Bloom released fire from her mouth and Tanjiro managed to jump out of the way in time.
Bloom was in front of him before he could react, and Tanjiro received a punch that sent him flying and landed towards the fence.
Obanai, the serpent Hashira, let a comment slip out.
"She's already at a hashira level" Obanai said
Tanjiro managed to get up slowly and looked at his opponent.
"You're breathing control is still weak you need to focus more on it if you want to stand up against me" Bloom said
Tanjiro's swords was now on fire and he charged at her with greater speed than before. The redhead dodged it in time.
Bloom then performed another jutsu.
"Earth style: Earth pillars"
Pillars of rock erupted from the ground and this forced Tanjiro to jump back.
"That's like stone breathing" Mitsuri said
The redhead's assault didn't end there and performed another jutsu.
"Water style: Water dragon missile"
A dragon mad out of water came from her mouth and slammed into the scarred boy and now his back was against the wall. Tanjiro managed to recover and noticed that Bloom was using another jutsu.
"Lightning style: Lightning ball barrage"
Balls of electricity were formed and were headed towards the young boy but he managed to dodge them in time.
Tanjiro was breathing heavily. What type of training did this girl have to go through to get this strong?
"You want to stop?" Bloom asked
Tanjiro looked at her with a look of determination.
"I won't give up" Tanjiro said
Tanjiro came at her with his flaming sword again and Bloom proved to be faster since she kept dodging his attacks with ease
"Wow This guy is pretty good" Naruto said
"It seems like even Bloom is having fun" Daphne said
Bloom then did some more signs and Tanjiro charged at her and tried to attack her before she could finish her move.
Tanjiro then noticed he was fire and screamed in pain. He then noticed that he was melting like ice and the process was slow.
The other Hashira didn't know what was going on with the young demon slayer because all of sudden he stopped moving and started to scream in pain.
"What's going with him?" Shinobu asked
"She probably used genjutsu on him" Kakashi said
"Genjutsu?" Obanai asked
"Genjutsu is a type jutsu that the opponent's mind. In other words, Tanjiro thinks he's in pain but in reality he's not" Kakashi said
Bloom then charged at him and punched and he was sent flying through the fence.
Kakashi decided that it was enough.
"Alright that's enough. Bloom is the winner of this match" Kakashi said
Tanjiro tried to get up and only managed to sit up and grunted because his sides were in great pain.
"She must've broken some of my ribs" Tanjiro said
Bloom went over towards him and noticed that his sides her in pain and felt guilty.
"I'm sorry Tanjiro" Bloom said
Tanjiro looked up at her with a confused face.
"I often get carried away in battle. I managed to hold back but I increased the difficulty for you and it was too much for you" Bloom said with guilt
Tanjiro smiled and forgave her.
"There's no need to feel sorry because this was all a part of my training" Tanjiro said
Bloom then forced him to lay down. She then started some medical ninjutsu on him.
"What are you doing?" Tanjiro asked
The other Hashira came over to see if their fellow demon slayer was ok and saw that Bloom had her hands on him for some reason.
"What is she doing?" Shinobu asked
"She using medical ninjutsu" Daphne said
"Medical ninjutsu?" Tengen asked
"It's a type of ninjutsu that requires an extreme amount of chakra control. Medical ninjutsu is used to heal others" Daphne said
Tanjiro's sides were not hurting anymore and noticed that he was in tip top shape. It was like he was never in a battle at all.
"I feel completely fine now" Tanjiro said
The group of ninja would soon encounter an extremely tough demon for the first time.
