Hello everyone. This is a brand new, totally original fanfiction that I definitely did not steal from other sources.

Jk.

This is my very first fanfiction EVER, so if anyone has some thoughts on it, please add a review. Oh, and if someone here wants to beta this single update, no draft story, please hit me up.

Without further ado, let's get into it.

The sounds of the leaves brushing around me was nothing to be concerned about. There was a relative tranquil in the beaten forest path as I walked along, the withering orange leaves below my feet crackling as I took another step. With my sword in hand, I stared towards my target, a lone wolf-like monster.

No.

A demon.

I gripped my blade tightly as it began to sniff the air around it. Keeping my hand level to my eyes, I took a deep breath and began to feel my blood pressure skyrocket. Suddenly, my skin felt as if thousands of rivers of molten rock coursed beneath it, the heat radiating out of my body and leaving a biting chill in it's wake.

The moment the monster reared its pitifully sad expression towards my direction was the second I stilled my ever beating heart. I stared as the coat of the beast before me changed from a soft white to a shade of bloody crimson, it's sorrowful visage morphing into that of a snarl. It reared its legs back and I heard the sound of breaking dirt.

As it leaped towards my path, the world stilled as blood rushed towards my eyes, filling it with the ichor of life and death. With a breath hot as molten steel, I whispered to the air, a raspy tinge similar to that of a blade striking blade combined with the music in my throat, and my heart and soul became one with the world around me.

"Mushoku Kagura, Keisei Suru-"

The demon was in front of me. Any normal person would most likely be death in such an event, but a slayer such as I? No way in whatever hell burn below will I ever fall to such a lowly monster. I stared at its open mouth, filled to the brim with sharp fangs as it closed in on me.

"Susumu Washi!"

The air rippled with the force of a flying eagle, and I lowered from my standing position before walking around the still form of the demon. I walked on, taking in the sounds of the forest as the body of the monster behind me evaporated to the wind. There was once a time when dealing with Demons were a distant nightmare for me, although it is one that I would never forget.

- 5 years ago

I woke up as the the sunlight beamed down inbetween the cracks that littered my wooden room. Taking a glance at the shadow, I calculated the possible time of day that I have woken up on and decided to get ready. It's definitely time of me to work if the sunlight hit my face directly. Opening the door, I picked up the hanging axe by the side of the wall before heading outside, greeting my mother as I did.

"Enji! You're up earlier than we thought!" My mother happily stated as she continued to hand the clothes outside to dry. I took a gander at the amount of laundry and picked out my clothes in the pile.

"Good morning too, mother. Where is father, exactly?" I questioned as I headed over to the shed beside our house, opening the door as I leaned the axe against the wooden walls.

"Your father is currently out selling ores! He told me to remind you that a coagulation of trees northeast of here needed to be taken care of!" She shouted out towards me as I grabbed all my necessary equipment, before taking back my axe and closing the door behind me.

"There are a lot of trees growing lately, huh? Be careful out there, mother!" I absentmindedly noted before giving out my farewell to mother as I jogged towards the northeast. It wasn't far, so I was able to pinpoint the exact location of the coagulation way in the distance.

"I should be the one telling you that!" She mirthfully returned, which made me smile as I made my way towards the woods, my wrapped axe in hand. It took me quite some time to reach the other end of the plain, probably around 2 minutes minimum. With that in mind, I unwrapped my sheathed axe and got to work felling the great trees that littered the area.

Taking in a deep breath, I hefted the tool at the level of my hips and swung with great force, digging the axe a few feet deep into the wood. With a strong pull, I nicked it out of it's confines and hefted it up again, this time, I angled the blade before striking away at the now chipped trench.

This continued for about three more hours. At that point, I already felled at least 12 trees, and my axe was beginning to dull from all the work. Sighing, I went back to the shed and found mother arranging all the clothes inside the house. Smiling to myself, I swung the door open and placed my axe on a grinding wheel, before turning on the steam engine to the side of the workbench.

After a little more than 5 minutes of careful grinding, I stared at the shining steel at my hand and tested it against a log piece. With a deep breath, I slammed the axe onto the sacrificial material and it cut straight through. I wrapped it up again and grabbed a bunch of thick harnesses and made my way back to the felled logs.

I put the rolls of harnesses on the dirt beside me and began chopping away at the upper portions of the logs. It took me quite sometime, but it was somewhat easier than felling them. After 2 hours, I had already arranged the logs and tied the harnesses to them. It was there that I heard the sound of our cart rolling in.

"Enji! Seems like you did a lot of work!" He shouted towards me, lowering the massive 10 meter cart down on the ground and walking over to my pile of logs. He grunted appreciatively and stretched his arms before taking a deep and solid breath, the veins in his face filling up his visage as he hefted a massive log. I followed suit and hefted another log of my own, although it wasn't as good as father's.

We took turns putting the logs on the cart before the sun reached its zenith. I looked at the pile carefully harnessed to the sides of the cart to keep it from falling off before I walked over to the front of it, holding onto two support beams that were at my side.

"Make sure that you won't get late! Our last lesson ends today!" Father shouted out towards me as I began heading the the mountain, the weight of the cart straining at my arms. I focused hard and performed the breathing technique that father taught me before looking out towards the village at the horizon.

And that is the first chapter of Kiguze no Yaiba! I promise that I will deliver updates very quickly. This story will take certain elements from the original story, as well as from the game Sakura Blade (you should go check it out)

This story is also on the Kimetsu no Yaiba Amino! My username there is Mushoku Kagura, and I will update the first drafts there before finishing them here.

Thank you all for reading, and I will see you all next time!