Omake Kanao Past

(Kanao's POV)

I was hungry. Every day back then was sad, empty, painful and lonely. But one day something snapped. And nothing hurt me anymore. Even when my parents sold me due to out povertous life style, I didn't feel sad. But on a fateful day, I meet two people that change my life forever.

"Uhm, do you have a minute? Why is that girl tied up there? Is she a criminal or something?" asked the girl with 2 butterfly ornaments on her hair.

The slave trader replies, ''You can see for yourself. She's dirty and filled with fleas. Besides, there's a chance that she might escape.''

She kneels down to my level and introduce herself, "Hello, nice to meet you. My name is Kochou Kanae. What is your name little girl?"

The slave trader walks toward her and says, ''The girl has no name. Her parents never gave her one. Enough get away.''

Suddenly another girl hits the man's hand away and warns him, ''Don't touch nee-san.''

He begins to get annoyed, ''What the hell is up with you? If you wanna talk to her, pay up.''

She just stares back at him and replies, ''Okay, we'll buy that girl then. Is this not enough?'' She take her money from her pocket and flings them up into the air making them scatter all around the ground. He was quite shocked by her action. Taking this chance of distraction, the two girl quickly grab me and run away from him.

He yells at the two girls, ''Hold it you brats!''

One of the girl just gives the man a sadistic smile and replies, ''You should pick those up quickly. There's a lot of people and the wind's blowing hard.'' while escaping from the man.

The other girl just sweatdrops and says, ''Ara ara, is this okay? I'm sorry~~'' Their hands are warm. They feel quite nice. The two girl brought me to a estate that is huge. They clean me up and provide new clothes.

A few days later...

''Nee-san, this girl's completely useless. She can't do anything without someone telling her to do it. Same goes for eating. You have to tell her to eat or she won't eat anything the whole time. Her stomach will just keep rumbling'' said the girl named Shinobu.

Kanae just smiles and replies, ''Hey hey, don't say that. I like your smiling face, Shinobu.''

Shinobu begins to feel irritated, ''Nee-san, a kid who can't think and act for themselves are useless. That's dangerous. They can't do anything on their own.''

Kanae just takes out a coin and says, ''Then when she's alone, she can decide on anything by flipping this coin. Okay, Kanao?''

Tick marks begin to appear on her sister face, ''Nee-san you are not being logical!''

She just smiles cheerfully, ''You don't have to think so hard about it! Kanao's so kawaii! It'll be fine. If you give someone a chance, their heart will blossom. If Kanao can find a guy that she likes, then even she can change on that day.''

I always wonder what Kanae nee-san meant by that. But now I slowly understand what she meant. Something inside me changed when I met Tanjiro. I was able to make my own decision for the first time and I become more social. I still don't understand what the feeling that I felt when I'm near him. My whole face will turn red and I feel warmness on my face. I also start to stutter when I talk to him. I don't know whether this feeling is bad or good for me but it feel quite nice. But I believe one day, I will understand this feeling and convey it to Tanjiro...

(Narrator's POV)

My my Kanao is still so innocent when it comes to romance. She is so badass when she fight demons but so adorable when she interacts with Tanjiro. I wonder what future will hold for her...

Chapter 60 Protecting 200 People

(Tanjiro's POV)

''Inosukeee! This train is no longer safe! Protect those who're sleeping! This whole train turned into a demon! Can you hear me! The entire train is a demon!'' I yelled with all my might.

Inosuke widens his eyes in shocked and replies, ''I knew it... it was just as I anticipated. So that means I was right and I'm the boss!'' The passengers in the train begin slowly get cover with demon flesh blobs.

He sucks in the air deeply and yell, [Breath Of The Beast Fifth Fang Mad Cleave !] He begins to slash everywhere crazyly while avoiding injuring the passengers. He mow through all the demon fleshes like it was nothing.

''I'm gonna save every single one of them! You oughta prostate yourselves before me! Worship me and adore me! Inosuke-sama's driving on through!'' yelled Inosuke while continue his continuous slashes.

(Narrator's POV)

The 'mad cleave' is a technique which slices everything in all directions. It's optimal when you're surrounded by enemies.

(Tanjiro's POV)

While Inosuke is busy slashing the flesh chunks, Nezuko sets her sharp nails on fire and claws the fleshes and burning them at the same time. She try her best to get rid of them as fast as possible but they keep regenerating back. Suddenly her two hands and legs were stuck in the chuck of fleshes. She panicked and try to burn the fleshes but they won't budge an inch. All of a sudden, a yellow figure appears infront her. Seems like Zenitsu had just arrived to assist her.

He breath in a large amount of air and say, [Breath Of Thunder First Style Thunder Clap And Flash Six Fold!] Lightning particles start to form around him. He bounces all over the carriage in a zig-zag formation six times cutting all the fleshes precisely.

He landed infront of Nezuko and reassure her, "I will protect you Nezuko. I'm will glady put my life on the line to protect you." She just look at him with warm eyes but he later snores ruining his cool image.

At the other carriage...

The sound of lightning falling... from the car behind me?! I don't know what's happening... Are Zenitsu and Rengoku-san awake!? It is quite challenging to protect 5 carriages at the same time. I have to keep switching between carriages to cut all the demon flesh chunks. This is bad, what now. I hope the other 3 carriage passengers are okay and alive. I keep swinging my blade at the fleshes but there are too many of them. I can't use sword techniques or else I will risk killing the passengers.

At the other carriage...

"Hmmm! It seems like things took a turn while I was having my nap. As a pillar, I'm ashamed of myself! If there's a hole, I wanna go into it!' said Rengoku in a optimistic tone. He pumps some air to his legs and dashes toward the train carriage where I am now.

Back to Tanjiro...

I trip a bit and I felt a tremor throughtout my train car. What the! Did a demon attack? I quickly look around and saw Rengoku standing before me.

He exclaims, "Kamado, my boy! I managed to land some very minor slashes before I came here! And I think a demon will take some time to regenerate. But there's no time! I'll speak to you quickly! This train is made up of eight cars. I'll help you to protect the back five! Yellow boy and your sister will protect the other three! Don't worry about me and focus on killing the demon! You and the boar will go to the demon's neck while watching out for the front three cars!"

I reply, "But the demon fused with the train and his neck is nowhere to be found."

He gets close to me and give me a reassuring smile, "It doesn't matter what he looks like! As long as he's a demon, he'll have a neck! I'm also looking for his weak spot while figthing him. Time to get fired up boy and show your power to the demon!" with a cheerful tone. He gives me a salute and disappears in flames only leaving a trail of fire. He's fast! So the tremor before was from Rengoku's movement! Such raw power! Okay, he's taking care 5 carriage for me. Just find the demon's scent where it is the strongest.

"Inosuke! Where are you!" I yelled in worry.

Suddenly a voice replies me above the train, "Shut up! I'll kill you! Googly eyes just had to but in! But somehow... somehow... Somehow he's so awesome! It pisses me off so much!"

"Inosuke! Watch out for the front three cars!"

"I knowww! And I'll find it soon! With my full focus seventh style! This 'guy' has a weak spot somewhere!"

"I see! I knew it... is it up front?"

"Yeah, up front! Anyways, the front part smells disgusting!"

It was hard to tell where the scent came from because of the strong wind, but if Inosuke says so, he must be right...

"It's where the coal is stockpiled isn't it! Right! Got it!"

We have to keep pushing to the front! There's not time to waste now!

End

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