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(Tanjiro's POV)

'Shinazugawa, you can't do it in the sunlight. The demon won't come out unless you go in the shade.' Iguro said.

Sanemi replies, 'Forgive me Oyakata-sama. Forgive for my rudeness...' He immediately dashes inside the estate's engawa and place the box down. He drips more blood onto it. He raises his blade and stab the box harder than last time. He rips the box open roughly.

My anger rises to an unimaginable level, 'DON'T HURT MY SISTER! STOP! DO YOU HEAR ME! NEZUKO JUST HANG IN THERE!' The snake pillar quickly press down onto my chest and suddenly my whole body started to feel weak. I can't move! Nezuko! Nezuko!

The wind pillar shouts, 'Come over here demon! Here's some of your favourite human blood!' with a sadistic tone. Nezuko slowly rises from the box and stares at the man angrily.

Shinobu just stares at Iguro and warns him, 'Iguro-san, you are pushing him too hard. He have not recover from his injuries. You will worsen his injuries. Loosen up a bit.'

He looks back at her and says, 'If he tries to move, it would be hard for us to restrain him.'

She sighs and turns to me, 'Tanjiro-san, your lungs are being pressure so if you strain yourself too much, your blood vessels will explode.'

The shinobi guy gets excited when he heard that, 'Blood vessels exploding! That's gonna make a flamboyant sound! Okay, go explode!'

Gyoumei just says to me in pity, 'You poor thing... what a desperate child. Namu-amida-butsu...'

Sanemi yells at Nezuko, 'Come on demon! Don't you dare act all innocent! I know this is your favorite food! Come on! Just bite it! Show your ugliness to the world!'

I clench my teeth and veins starting to be visible from my skins when I heard him taunting my sister like she was a creature. She is innocent! She never eaten a single person! Why can't they just accept her? I am beyond mad. The maddest that I have been in my life. Why all these pillars are so arrogant! At least Giyu and Shinobu are nice to me...

Ah damn it, I gonna go all out this time even if it causes my body's well being. I concentrate all my blood flow in my body and make them flow faster and faster in my blood stream. My body's temperature starts to shoot up to an inhuman level. The veins around my whole body start to glow red. The red demon crest markings manifest replacing my forehead scar. It also starts to glow bright red. My whole eyes begin to turn red and bleed. Flame particles also start to surround me.

All the pillars look at me in horror. The form that I display is quite horrifying. Iguro quickly retracts his arm because my body's temperature is way too hot. The pillars that were still pinning me down endure the hotness of my body.

I quickly shout a technique that is unique to this form, 'Dance Of The Sun God! Final Style! Twentieth Forth Style Burning Thousands Sun!' I created a great amount of blue burning slashes with sun shaped blades in them all around my body and release them all at once around me in different directions. I unconsciously make sure the slashes are not lethal because I don't want to hurt humans. All the pillars quickly get push back by my slashes away from me very far and crash onto the ground.

I take this chance and quickly get up from my spot and rush toward Nezuko. Suddenly my whole body shut down immediately. My time limit is up! I fall down inside the engawa and I revert back to my normal state leaving blood on my eyes. I cough out a consider amount of blood. I try to get up but I can't! My body is beyond its limits.

I quickly shout at my sister, 'Nezuko! Please don't give in! Come back to me! Didn't I promise you to buy you a new kimono!'

She immediately turns toward me and flashes of mine and her's family images appear infront of her. Protect and serve humans. Don't hurt them. Never ever hurt them. Suddenly tou-san and kaa-san appear infront of her.

They reach their hands out touching her face, 'Nezuko, our precious daughter. Please resist the urge to eat humans. Do this for your brother. He is the only family you had, right? You don't want him to die, don't you? Please Nezuko... Just come back home and enjoy our last feast together. We love you no matter what...' Tears starting to drip from her eyes and immediately rushes toward me. She tackles me into a hug.

She crys while saying slowly, 'Onii-chan... Don't... go... away... I'm ... scared...' with a scared and sad tone.

All my anger vanished in an instant when I saw her like this. I immediately hug her tight and reassure her, 'Don't worry Nezuko. Your onii-chan would never abandon you. Don't... cry... Nezuko... Don't... cry... I will... be... by your side... no... matter what...' while tears of relieve and sadness starting to leak from my eyes. I keep hugging her in a protective manner.

Oyakata-sama just sit their while smiling, 'What happened, Hinaki?'

Her daughter replies, 'The demon girl hugged her brother while crying. Her brother is comforting her at the best of his abilities. She refused to bite Sanemi even though he provoked her and cut himself three times. She still held back and didn't bite him.'

Oyakata says, 'And that's proof that Nezuko will not attack humans right there.'

The pillars stand outside the engawa in surprised and shocked. A demon crying? That never happens before. She even seek comfort at his brother rather than biting Sanemi's arm. This is a very unusual sight.

Iguro just stand there frozen, 'This can't be real... A demon that still have emotions and humanity. It never attacks humans? I am dreaming? Is my whole concept of demons are wrong? This sight is so sad and warm at the same time...'

The leader of the demon hunters corp turns toward me and says in a soft tone, 'Tanjiro, despite this, there will still probably be other people who won't willingly agree about Nezuko. You have to just prove that from this point on, you and Nezuko can be useful enough to fight with the demon hunters. Defeat the Twelve Demon Moons. If you do that, then everyone will acknowledge you and the gravity of your words will change, Tanjiro.'

What is this feeling? It feels so soft... A voice? Is my head getting soft because of the person's voice? What a mysterious uplifting feeling...

I look up toward him and say in determination, 'Me and Nezuko will defeatKibutsuji Muzan! Definitely me and Nezuko will wield our swords and cut the chains of agony!'

The leader smiles again and replies, 'You still lack battle experiences but your strength surpasses a Hashira. Try and defeat the Twelve Demon Moons first then defeat him.'

I nodded and say, 'Yes I will defeat them!'

He continues saying, 'The demon hunter pillars have talents that rival yours. They can still grow their strength. Their battle experiences far surpass yours. They climb up their way up to the point they coughed blood and they survived being the verge of death. They may even defeat a Twelve Demon Moons. That is why the pillars are to be respected and treated well. Tanjiro, if you gain more experiences in the battlefield, you might join the pillars. The Sun Pillar is vacant now, you can become The Sun Pillar the same as your tou-san. It has been a long time the sit had been filled. And also Tanjiro, please don't release your anger on the pillars. They have bad pasts the same as you. Some of their bad pasts might be even worse thanyours.Please treat themwell withrespect and please don't destroy the beautiful garden again or else you will pay for the repairing fee.'

I look down in shame and nodded, 'I will, Oyakata-sama.'

'Sanemi, Obanai, don't bully the younger ones too much. One of them might defeat you two.' he said.

The two immediately kneel down and reply, 'As your command.'

I get up and walk infront of the estate's engawa and bow toward the pillars, 'I am sorry for what happened earlier. Please forgive for my rude little action.'

They all sweatdrop and think at the same time, 'This kid's sense of logic is really bad. He almost destroy the whole garden and almost slice us! How can he call this a rude little actions?!'

(Narrator's POV)

Head of the demon hunters, Ubuyashiki Kagaya. The tone of his voice and rhythm of his actions eases the emotions of his partner into speaking. Using morden words, one would call it pink noise. He has a charismatic personality and the power to move the masses. They are many situations when he brandishes his power.

By the way, it is time for a Taisho Secret! Did you know that Shinobu can't stands cats and dogs especially with any animals with fur although she denies it.

(Tanjiro's POV)

Oyakata-sama dismisses me, 'So we are ending our talk here, Tanjiro. You may step back now. It's about time to begin the pillars meeting.'

End