In a house surrounded by greenery…

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As the sound of scissors began to clip at hair, a young girl about the age of 16, white hair, pearly white skin, and scarlet red eyes, who looked just like Kaguya, just sat with her back facing a woman with red hair.

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"Hey, come on. Stop moving, you're making it difficult for me to cut your hair." The woman said as she began to giggle.

"But your taking to long." The girl followed with a slight laugh, while closing one of her eyes while she turned her attention towards her mother.

"Come on now, face forward." The mother said as she grabbed her daughter's face and faced it forward. "Now don't move. You understand…" the girl's mother's voice went silent like static, and the young girl was unable to hear her name come from her mother's mouth.

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As the snipping continued, the young girl just sat there with her eyes closed for the duration of the haircut. Then after a few minutes, her mother spoke up.

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"Alright […] its' done." As the mother spoke up, the girl opened her eyes and ran towards the little pond they had in their yard.

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As the girl looked into the pond, she began to see the detail her mother put in into making as controlled as possible. Liking what she saw, the girl began to braid her hair when, the young girl froze after smelling the scent of blood. Completely scared she turned around, now an older version of herself, looking a lot more like Kaguya in a black kimono with pinkish-white cherry blossom branches. Now looking around in a panic, Kaguya ran around the house.

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"Mother! Father!" Kaguya yelled as she ran, then as she made her way to the living room, what she saw sent her into shock. Their laid her parents, covered in blood, dead. But the look in their eyes, the look of fear and pain, caused Kaguya to scream. But it only lasted for a short while when the horrid smell Kaguya smelled before came back.

"They didn't do what I wanted, so I take what is rightfully mine." A voice said. But as the voice spoke it sent fear running through every part of Kaguya's body. "Now will you listen to me, or should I have you join them?"

"What do you want?" Kaguya asked as her voice began to quiver.

"You seem incapable of defending for yourself. Become my wife and I can guarantee your safety. And I can also guarantee that if you do, you can rule by my side with my first present to you being immortality." Hearing his demand, caused Kaguya to lose her mind, and through a rage tried to kill him with the pocketknife she had in her sleeve only to get stabbed in her stomach. "Oh, and to be perfectly clear…you never had a choice to begin with."

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Looking down at her stomach, Kaguya noticed the man's entire hand in her stomach, as it did, she began to feel a pain far greater than she had ever experienced in her life. As Kaguya began to throw up blood, the man held her face and began to squeeze her cheeks.

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"Don't you dare die on me yet." The man said as Kaguya began to get a good look at his face. The man's face was pale as hers. His eyes were a brighter red that hers, and the only difference Kaguya noticed was the fact that this man had veins popping out of his forehead. After another good minute, the man let Kaguya fall to the ground. "That should do it. Now listen hear. If you don't do what I say, my cells will kill you. If you ever mention what happened here to anyone, you will die. And finally, if you ever say my name, you will die." Hoping that the threats will work, the man began to walk away, only to be stopped by something grabbing his ankle.

"If you think I'd ever do anything for you…. your mistaken. The… only…thing that… I'll ever do… is take you head." Kaguya spoke through the pain, causing the man to look with astonishment. "I'll never do anything for you, no matter how much you influence me. I'll… I'll always fight. No matter what may happen to me, I'll always…always find you… Muzan Kibutsuji." Kaguya said as she looked up to see anger running through the man now named Kibutsuji.

"You dare say…" But Kibutsuji noticed Kaguya still there struggling. "How are you still alive?" Then looking with surprise, Kibutsuji tried to grab Kaguya, only to see his entire world turn upside-down.

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To much of his surprise, he noticed Kaguya standing while he himself was on the ground. But without wasting a second, Kibutsuji stood up only to see that Kaguya was not there. Now running for her life, Kaguya did not once look back, she just kept running. Ran down the mountain that she lived on, ran away from the home that she knew, ran away from the man that wanted her only for his sake. Kaguya just ran, ran as fast as her feet could take her. Then hearing the sound of branches breaking, Kaguya looked back and noticed something moving, scared out of her mind, Lily jumped. But as she looked, she noticed how high she jumped. And for the first time, she felt free. Free from the restraints that was known as gravity. She saw as far as her eyes can see but knowing that she couldn't enjoy the view for much longer, she began to look down only to see the world just end. As she fell down a cliff, she accepted her fate, but someone wouldn't allow it. Feeling a pain in her arm, like something dug into it, Kaguya looked up to see Kibutsuji grabbing onto her with his nails.

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"You're just like me, and you're going to end your life, just like that?!" He yelled.

"You murdered my parents to get what you want. If you had done things differently, I would've followed you to the ends of Hell, but not anymore." As Kaguya said that, she grabbed Kibutsuji's hand and tried to pry it open, but in the end his grip was stronger than hers, out of desperation, Kaguya grabbed onto his neck, and pulled herself up. Shocked by this, Kibutsuji eyes widened with Kaguya's next action. As their lips touched, Kibutsuji felt himself calming down, not knowing what to do, he just laid there with Kaguya still within his grasp. "That is all your getting from me." Kaguya said as tore her arm off her shoulder, losing it to Kibutsuji.

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As he looked dumbfounded at the woman who fell down the cliff and into the ocean, he never felt such a thrill in a long time. Then as Kaguya fell, she began to notice the ground coming closer and closer, then out of fear, she closed her eyes and…

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Present time…

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She felt a thud, as the box she was in was placed on the ground. As she looked around the box with curiosity, Kaguya placed her ear on one of the sides of the box to see if she could hear anything. Then the door leading into the box opened.

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"Kaguya, you can come out now." Tanjiro said as stood in front of the box.

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Slowly crawling out, Kaguya took note of her surroundings. She noticed Tanjiro and Nezuko, but she also took note of Suzuha who was standing behind Nezuko. Walking up to Suzuha, Kaguya placed her hands behind her back and smiled towards the young demon. Smiling back, Suzuha placed her hand on Kaguya's head and just remained silent.

As the group then began to walk through the city of Asakusa, Tanjiro placed the scarf he had above his neck and began to feel nausea. He then turned his attention towards Nezuko, only to see the same reaction appearing on her face. He then turned his attention towards Suzuha and Kaguya, only to see Kaguya not liking the bright lights.

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"Are you used to this sort of thing, Miss Suzuha?" Tanjiro asked while holding onto Kaguya's hand.

"I've traveled all over Japan. So, the first time really was a shock, but I'm a bit used to it." Suzuha said with a weak smile. "But I still can't handle all the bright lights. My sister, however,…well she's a different story."

"Your sister?" Nezuko responded. "Is she a demon, too?"

"Yes, even though we're not blood related, we love each other." Suzuha said as she began to look around. "I believe she said she was somewhere around this city."

"Wait, you two got separated?" Tanjiro asked, only to be pulled back by Kaguya as a small locomotive passed by. "Thank you, Kaguya." Tanjiro thanked Kaguya by patting her head.

"I was in the Northwest town you were in, but my sister received orders by Lily to look around for something." Suzuha answered. "Hey, lets' go this way. The lights are beginning to hurt my eyes."

"Yeah, we should." Tanjiro responded weakly.

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After another several minutes of walking, they ended up on some deserted alley away from all the bright lights. As Tanjiro then walked up to a soba cart, he weakly said:

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"Excuse me. Three bowls of udon with grated yam. Suzuha what do you want?" Tanjiro asked as he looked over to Suzuha who, at this point was standing just a bit ways away.

"Udon with tempura." Suzuha said with a blush appearing on her face.

"And a bowl of udon with tempura?" Tanjiro asked with a bit of hesitation.

"Alright, coming up." The udon master said as he began to cook all four bowls.

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After several minutes of cooking, the master of the shop pulled out the first three bowls, then a few minutes after pulled out the tempura. As the group then began to eat, Tanjiro suddenly reacted and dropped his bowl, scaring the girls.

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"Nii-chan, what's wrong?" Nezuko asked as she placed down her bowl, but without warning, Tanjiro ran off, katana in hand away from the group. "Nii-chan, wait up." Nezuko hollered as she began to run after Tanjiro.

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As the two demon girls sat there, Kaguya placed the bowl down, looked over at Suzuha, and pointed her finger down on the bench they were sitting on, indicating that she can't move from that spot. Nodding her head, Kaguya ran after the two Kamado siblings.

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Back in the main part of the city…

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"STOP!" Tanjiro yelled as he removed his scarf and ran past a man he believed to be Muzan Kibutsuji.

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As Tanjiro did so, he rolled his scarf into a ball and shoved it down the mouth of a newly formed demon. Without much delay, Nezuko ran toward the woman who was bitten by the demon, and grabbing a sash, she quickly tied it around the wound to try and minimize the bleeding. Then as the whole event unfolded, the man had begun to leave, only to smell a scent he had all but nearly forgotten. Stopping in his tracks, his body had begun to shake, and the little girl in his arms had noticed it.

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"Papa, is something wrong?" She asked worried for her father's health.

"Everything is fine." Kibutsuji said with a forced smile.

"Hey, Tsukihiko? Do you know who this child is?" The lady next to him asked as she looked behind Kibutsuji.

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Hearing the woman say that, caused Kibutsuji to shake even more. Then placing the girl down, Kibutsuji spoke.

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"You two head on without me. I just realized I dropped something back there. So, I'm going to go retrieve it." Kibutsuji said with a tender smile.

"Is that so?" The woman spoke. "We'll the car isn't that far, so we could manage on our own. Let's go." The woman then spoke to her daughter, who then said goodbye to her 'father.'

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After they were out of sight, Kibutsuji, using his inhuman speed grabbed the young girl behind him and ran towards an alley. Slamming the young girl into the wall, the girl didn't even flinch, just remained emotionless.

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"You dare get near me when I'm next to my family." Kibutsuji said, his eyes shaking with anger and madness.

"You came near Lily. I'm just returning the favor." Kaguya thought, scaring Kibutsuji as he noticed her mouth not moving an inch.

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Then without wasting a second, Kaguya chomped down on Kibutsuji's neck. And just as Kibutsuji reacted to it, Kaguya was already out of the area and out of sight. Looking around, Kibutsuji tried his best to find her, only for it to be futile. And just before he left, he snapped his fingers, and two people appeared behind him, kneeling on one knee.

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"Find the boy with the hanafuda-like earrings and bring me his head. And if you so happen to find a child with white hair and a black haori, bring her to me, alive." Kibutsuji said with malice in his voice, without turning around.

"Understood." Both demons answered in unison as they disappeared from sight.

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As Kibutsuji placed his hand on the right side of his neck, where Kaguya had bitten just moments prior, he began to feel weak, but still trekked forward. Then in the shadows, Kaguya sat there holding her breath, trying her best to keep her heartrate at a still, and quiet tempo. Then after Kibutsuji left, Kaguya began to breath out, and mist began to rise from her body, only to show that it wasn't Kaguya, but another woman. A woman with white hair, and randomly placed black strands. She wore a black kimono with flower-like patterns that started on the right shoulder, and wrapped itself around the left waist, until it slithered down to the right foot. It also had short sleeve that reached just below the elbows. Breathing roughly, the girl began to calm down just a bit until another set of footsteps began to approach. Tensing up from the situation, a soft feminine voice spoke.

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"Koharu." the woman spoke, but hearing no response, she spoke again. "The stars will always shine on the path of truth."

"Miss Tamayo." Koharu answered as she walked out of the shadows, all weak-like. "I got something for you."

"I've got you." The woman named Tamayo spoke, as she grabbed Koharu before she fell. "I understand Lily asked you to grab his blood, but was it really necessary to do something like that?"

"It was the only way for him to take me." Koharu answered. "Besides, I'm a demon. I'll heal. But mentally, it'll probably take a little while longer." Koharu answered with a frightened giggle.

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Back near the soba cart…

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Tanjiro received an earful from the cart owner for not only dropping his food, but also for not finishing it. Then the owner turned his attention to Nezuko and stated that it was unruly of her to just leave the bowl on the bench, and not finish. Both the Kamado siblings apologized and the udon cart owner cooked four more bowls and the siblings each took two bowls each and finished it in record speed, bringing a smile to the owner. Then as the group began to leave, Kaguya stopped, nearly causing Tanjiro to fall backwards.

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"Kaguya, what's wrong?" Tanjiro asked as he looked at Kaguya before turning his attention to what she was looking at. "Oh, it's you." Tanjiro answered as he began to walk up to the boy who seemed to have emerged from the tree.

"Seems like it's a habit for you to be everywhere, huh Suzuha?" the boy turned his attention away from Tanjiro and turned it to Suzuha.

"Oh, come on, Yushiro. Don't make it sound like I'm some type of coquette." Suzuha answered causing the boy Yushiro to be caught off guard. "Anyways, let's go." Suzuha spoke as she walked past Yushiro.

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In a quiet street…

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As the group just stood in front of all, both Tanjiro and Nezuko looked at each other in confusion, Yushiro walked through the wall. Shocking both the Kamado siblings, they had no time to react since Suzuha pushed them both in. Looking back, Tanjiro noticed that it was just an illusion. A few minutes after, Suzuha entered and began to walk towards the house, just before Yushiro could give Nezuko and Tanjiro an earful.

Inside, the woman Tanjiro and Nezuko met just before they returned to Kaguya, was checking the condition of the woman that was bitten by her husband. Then as Nezuko saw another color of gray fly in front of her, she turned her attention to her right to see a young girl with whitish-black hair sleeping in the corner of the room with her legs to her chest, with her arms wrapped around her legs. Seeing this, Nezuko walked up and extended her hand out, only for the girl to grab with quick reflexes.

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"You know, it's rude to wake someone up when they're sleeping." The girl spoke as she opened her eyes. "Hello."

"Hi." Nezuko answered as she began to see the gray around her dance peacefully. "And you are…" Nezuko was cut off by Suzuha.

"Seems like you were busy, Koharu." Suzuha spoke before Nezuko could speak.

"Nee-chan." Koharu answered as she got up and embraced her sister. "It's great to see you. I'm sorry I left you so suddenly." Koharu apologized as she left her sister's embrace.

"It's fine. I was told that later that you left due to Lily asking." Suzuha replied with sincerity.

"So, this is your sister?" Tanjiro spoke up after seeing a gap in their conversation.

"Yes. This is Koharu. We both came from Mt. Natagumo." After saying such a name, Tanjiro began to smell the smell of fear rising off the two demon siblings.

"Your…" But before Tanjiro could speak, the lady from before spoke up.

"Would you three be quiet. There is a patient here." She said.

"Forgive me, Miss Tamayo." Koharu apologize for the noise, and then took Kaguya's hand and led her to the other room.

"I haven't had the time to introduce myself, but…" the lady turned her attention toward Tanjiro and Nezuko. "My name is Tamayo, and that boy there is Yushiro. I hope the two of you could be his friend."

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Hearing Tamayo say that, both Tanjiro and Nezuko turned their attention to a now angry Yushiro.

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"Yeah, there is no way that is happening." The Kamado siblings thought in unison.

"Please come this way. We'll continue the conversation in this room." Tamayo said as she removed the white robe she had over her kimono.

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Entering the other room, Tanjiro and Nezuko noticed Kaguya laying on the tatami mat with her legs in the air, moving them back and forth. Seeing the sight, Tamayo smiled sweetly. Then sitting down, she faced the siblings.

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"Now, judging by your looks, you both are probably wondering if it's difficult for me to look at injuries as the one the lady had?" Shocked at her question, both Tanjiro and Nezuko couldn't hide their astonishment fast enough, as Koharu began to stifle her giggles.

"I'm sorry. But those faces are seriously funny." Koharu spoke.

"Koharu…" Tamayo spoke, causing Koharu to stiffen.

"Yes, ma'am." Koharu replied with a focused demeanor.

"Serve you right." Yushiro whispered only to get smacked in the back of the head. "Ow, what…" He stopped mid-sentence when he noticed Suzuha standing behind him.

"Oh, you're back already?" Tamayo asked before continuing. "So, did it work?"

"He began to calm down but won't know the results until the sun rises." Suzuha answered.

"Wait, what's going on?" Nezuko asked as she began to look all the demon's present in the room.

"Sorry, allow me to explain." Suzuha spoke up as she sat to Tamayo's left and began to explain the situation. "Tamayo and Yushiro are the only demons who have successfully adjusted their bodies to survive on small amount of human blood."

"Blood?" Tanjiro repeated.

"While you may find it distasteful, it's what we do to survive instead of consuming human." Tamayo answered Tanjiro's question.

"Then, what about…" Tanjiro turned his attention to the two demon siblings.

"We require no blood to survive. Just as you saw me eat that bowl of udon, my sister, as well as myself can go without consuming either humans or their blood." Suzuha answered.

"And why's that?" Nezuko spoke up after turning her attention away from Kaguya.

"Because…I assume Kaguya was asleep until just recently?" Suzuha asked, getting a nod from both Tanjiro and Nezuko. "Well, just like her, both my sister and I have been asleep, so our bodies had undergone a significant change."

"A change we really don't know about, but we no longer feel the presence of Kibutsuji." Koharu spoke up, causing the two siblings to look at her with shocked faces, and causing Koharu to laugh. "What's with those faces?"

"I believe you said Kibutsuji's name, Koharu." Suzuha answered as she looked at her sister.

"Oh, did I?" Koharu said nonchalantly.

"Wait, did you two get your bodies adjusted, just like Tamayo?" Nezuko asked.

"No, we didn't." Suzuha answered Nezuko's question. "I believe you've met a woman named Lily, correct?"

"Yes, we have, why?" Tanjiro asked.

"Well, some time ago, I believe it was 8-9 years ago, Lily gave us a concoction that completely removed Kibutsuji's cells from out bodies. Due to that, we've no longer had any sort of appetite for humans as much. But that is not to say we don't feel attracted."

"As of right now, the only thing that'll get out blood boiling is people with marechi. Since marechis' are practically a feast for demons." Koharu followed her sister's comment.

"Have you guys ever ran into people with marechi?" Tanjiro asked.

"Luckily, no. But that doesn't me we can rest easy. We always have to be on edge." Suzuha answered.

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As the bombardment of questions continued, the group hadn't noticed that Kaguya had gone missing. Noticing this after several minutes, Suzuha disappeared before anyone can noticed her leave. Outside looking up at the moon, Kaguya held in her hand, what looked to be a piece of folded cloth. As she then turned her attention towards the cloth, she opened to reveal what was in between the folded cloth. Inside were tens of hairpins all perfectly aligned with each other, like prizes. Gritting her teeth, Kaguya tried her best to hold back her tears. Then hearing footsteps, Kaguya wiped what tears had formed in her eyes and looked behind her.

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"Sorry, I know you tend to want to be alone when it comes to mourning, but I thought it be best to stay by your side just this once, Lily." Suzuha answered as Kaguya turned her way.

"It's fine." Kaguya answered. "Kaguya. Name: Kaguya."

"My mistake, Kaguya." Suzuha corrected herself, then sitting next to her, Suzuha began to speak. "Does it always hurt when you find something that once belonged to a human?"

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Kaguya nodded her head in agreement.

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"I see. What are you going to do then?" Suzuha asked.

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Then without wasting a second, Kaguya began to put the hairpins in her hair. Moving her bangs to the right of her head, she placed one to hold the hair in place. This one had small flower patterns on their ends. Kaguya then began to tie her hair back and then placed a semi-circle comb just below where she tied her hair. Grabbing another with two small sticks, with also a flower patter at its end. Then grabbing one last one, which had a purple clear ball with a stick piercing it, Kaguya placed it where she tied her hair. Seeing this, Suzuha was still trying to comprehend why Kaguya would do such a thing, but her thought process was cut short due to the young demon kicking her back with such a force.

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"What the…" As Suzuha looked at Kaguya, she noticed her leg missing, and the house full of holes. "What's going on?" Looking towards where the entrance was, Suzuha saw something that nearly shook her to her core.

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Hearing the sound of girl giggling with joy, then a male's voice spoke up.

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"Did you decide how to kill them?" The man asked.

"Vindictively, of course." The woman said as threw what looked to be Temari balls.