Author's Note: First let me just say, I'm sorry. I've been reading other fanfics before right this, and just finished watching the last episode of Kimetsu No Yaiba, so halfway through the story it may not make sense, so just wanted to apologize and thank you for your support.
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Watching from a distance on a rooftop seeing the battle between demons and demon hunter go underway, a woman stood in the cold wind. Wanting to see the outcome may be a man appeared behind her.
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"Your orders, Lily?" the man asked.
"Leave them be. They're in good hands with the demon sisters." Lily responded, as she began to walk away, her kimono fluttering in the cold city air.
"Are you sure?" the man asked once more.
"I'm positive." Lily answered as she looked back. "If they continue to ask me for help, they won't ever become stronger. They must also learn to forge their own paths. That's what it means to shine like a Star."
"Understood." The man responded. "Then what would you have me do?"
"Continue searching for Upper Moon 1's descendant. Until then, nothing more." Lily answered as she jumped off the roof, without hesitation.
"That woman…She never truly rests, does she?" As the man looked at the ensuing battle, he continued to watch for a bit, until after seeing the group separate.
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In a deserted alley…
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As Lily continued to walk, she held onto the wall for balance. But as she did, a couple of men had walked down that same alley and took note of her. Seeing her prominent figure, her silky black hair, as well as her fine, pristine face, one of the men was overwhelmed with lust, he made a move on Lily.
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"Hey, missy. Looks like you could use a hand. How about hanging out with a man such as myself, I promise to make you feel better." The man said with confidence he could win Lily over.
"Stay out of my way." Lily replied as she continued to walk away.
"Tch. Get over here!" The man said as his short-temper took over and grabbed Lily's arm, only for him to be dragged forward. "Man, she's strong." The man thought to himself.
"Let…go." Lily said as she turned around to look at the man.
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As the man stared at her eyes, he saw how crimson red they looked. The intent behind them, was enough to send him into shock. As he ran out of the alley, screaming his head off, Lily continued to walk until the other man spoke up.
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"Are you alright?" He asked.
"Just leave me alone." Lily responded.
"Let me help you. Where do you want to go?" He asked again as he began to approach her. "I have an automotive. I can drive you wherever you want."
"There's no need." Lily answered still with the same voice of malice.
"Just let me help." The man said as he grabbed her arm without hesitation.
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In the next moment, he felt a gust of wind blow him back, but the man still held on. As he then blinked, he noticed how his feet were just hanging. As he looked down, he noticed himself hanging from Lily's hand just on top of the rooftop near the alley he was just in.
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"Didn't I tell you to leave me alone?" Lily repeated her question.
"I know. And I wish to repay you for what my friend did." The man said as he gripped Lily's arm. "So, let me just help."
"If you get involved with me, you're only asking for death." Lily answered as she threw him onto the roof. Then after several seconds of waiting, Lily spoke up again. "If you truly wish to help me, then…" Lily bit her right thumb and placed it in front of the man. "Become one of my Stars and do whatever it is I tell you to do. But just note, if you accept my proposal, you will no longer be human."
"No longer…" The man said with hesitation, but after another several seconds of silence, he cupped his hands and began to catch Lily's blood. "I have nothing else to lose. I lost everything I've ever cared about. If I am to die like this, then so be it."
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As Lily's blood began to fill, her wound closed and the man drank the blood that was in his hands, making sure that he did not drop a single drop of blood. As he drank it, he felt his body begin to warm up. He didn't feel any pain, he didn't feel any fear. He just felt…free. Looking up, he noticed Lily smiling sweetly. As she extended her hand out, she placed her right hand on the man's left cheek.
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"I've had my eyes on you for quite some time, young man." Lily said. "You're honest with what you do, you always do things for others without asking for anything in return. You are far more human, then those who call themselves humans."
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Hearing her words, the man began to tear up. Seeing this, Lily began to wipe the tears away before continuing.
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"Honestly, I half-expected you to just say, 'Let me plummet to my death' but instead you surprised someone like me." Lily said as she go up to her feet and extended her hand out for the man to grab. "I welcome you, my new Shining Star."
"Thank you, Lily." The man's eyes then widened as he said a name that was always on him mind. "Wait, why did I say that?"
"Anyone who drinks my blood, will only have the memory of my name in them. That is proof that I trust you more than anything in this world. Tell me your name."
"Naoki." The man said.
"Naoki…Naoki… From this point forward, Naoki is dead, and Minoru had taken his place. Understood?" Lily answered as she got a nod from the newly created demon.
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As the two demons began to walk down the filled street of the city, they began conversing on what to do next. As he looked back, Minoru sighed, before continuing on this new path he had been set on.
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A few days later…
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"It's a shame we had to leave Koharu. I wish we could've brought her with us." Nezuko said as she walked by her brother's side.
"Yeah, but we could only carry one thing on our back." Tanjiro answered his sister, after which was interrupted by their crows telling them where to go next.
"Tanjiro Kamado." Tanjiro's crow spoke. "South, Southeast. Your next location is South-southeast."
"Nezuko Kamado." Nezuko's crow spoke. "South-Southeast."
"Alright, I hear you!" Nezuko said as she grabbed her crow and held it in her hands. "I hear you so please stop." Nezuko begged. "Please, I'm begging you!"
PLEASE! I BEGGING YOU!" A voice yelled so loudly that it literally caused Tanjiro and Nezuko to lean back in shock.
"Huh?" Tanjiro and Nezuko responded as they noticed a boy with short bright blonde hair.
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Several Minutes Later…
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Walking down a quiet path, Tanjiro and Nezuko met the crazed-out boy, Zenitsu Agatsuma. He wore the standard Demon Slayer uniform, as well as a white-triangle patterned yellow haori. After having him relax for a few short minutes, the trio then began their journey to their next location.
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"So, Zenitsu." Nezuko spoke not being able to handle the silence.
"Yes, Nezuko-chan?!" Zenitsu spoke up quickly after hearing the young demon slayer girl speak.
"Okay." Nezuko said in embarrassment. "So, what made you join the Demon Slayer Corps?"
"Ah, well…" After explaining his situation to the Kamado siblings, who were actually listening very intently just kept silent.
"I see." Nezuko said while her voice began to crack. "That's so sad."
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As Nezuko began to think on how to make the situation better, Zenitsu turned his attention towards the boxes that hung from the Kamado siblings' shoulders.
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After another several minutes…
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"I'm leaving this here with you." Tanjiro said as he removed the box that was hanging from his shoulders. "No matter what may happen, you two will be protected."
"Should I leave this as well?" Nezuko asked as she tugged on the straps of the box.
"No, we may need it later." Tanjiro answered before turning his attention back to the young, frightened kids. "Listen, no matter what happens, don't ever leave this box alone. You hear me?"
"Yes." The young boy named Shoichi, said as he held his baby sister, Teruko in his arms. "I promise not to leave it."
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Hearing those words come out of Shoichi's mouth, Tanjiro got up to his feet and began walking towards the house of the demons. As Nezuko followed her brother, with Zenitsu following just behind her, the trio entered the house leaving the two scared children behind.
After seeing the trio leave, Teruko turned her attention towards the box. Walking up to it, she placed her hand on it to see what it actually was.
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"Teruko, what are you doing?" Shoichi asked as he saw his sister placing her hand on the box.
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Worried for her sake, Shoichi moved closer to the box, but as he did, all the fear that he had on his mind, suddenly vanished. As it did, it was replaced with bravery and strength. Realizing this, he didn't know what to do except to stand there and listen to what sounded like the changing of seasons.
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Inside the demon's House…
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Walking into the house with Tanjiro in the front, Zenitsu in the middle and Nezuko behind the two boy. As the three entered, Zenitsu having his usual panic attack, began to speak.
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"Tanjiro, you'll protect me, right?" Zenitsu said while tears had begun to form in his eyes.
"Zenitsu, not to put a damper on your plead for help, but I actually have a few broken bones from my last battle, and they haven't fully healed just yet." Tanjiro answered Zenitsu.
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But just before could begin to panic, Tanjiro smelled something and turned his attention towards the entrance.
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"No. You guys shouldn't be here!" Tanjiro exclaimed, as the two children ran through the hall to reach the group.
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As Nezuko turned her attention, she noticed Shoichi carrying the box, which Kaguya was in, as he held onto his sister's hand.
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"You two should've stayed outside." Nezuko said as the two children caught up to her.
"But…" Just as Shoichi was about to speak, the house had begun to creak and shake, causing Zenitsu to panic, and hit Nezuko and the young girl into the room next to them.
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"Oh, sorry, my butt…" Zenitsu cut himself off due to seeing Nezuko and the young girl disappear in the blink of an eye. "Ah- where did they go?"
"I don't know." Tanjiro answered as he noticed his sister disappear.
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With Nezuko…
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Seeing the room, they've entered change completely, Nezuko continued to look around, when she felt tugging on her back. Standing still, Suzuha emerged from the box as she rolled onto the ground and stood up with such a force it completely scared the young girl.
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"It's alright." Nezuko said as she bent down towards the girl. "Can you tell me your name?"
"T-teru-Teruko." Teruko introduced herself, without taking her eyes off the person who had just emerged from the box.
"This must be Kyogai's Demon Art." Suzuha responded as she noticed the rooms stop changing.
"Wait you know the demon?"
"I do. Tried to bring him over to my side. Didn't work too well." Suzuha responded to Nezuko's question. "If he comes allow me to take care of it."
"Right, then I'll focus on Teruko." Nezuko answered.
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And after a few more seconds of silence, the three girls began to hear large footsteps coming from down the hall. As they all stood still they took in the massive demon appearance, they noticed his red scarlet eyes, three stripes on each side of his face. Sharp, and pointed teeth, with brown hair that curled just slightly upwards at the end. But what stood out the most, were the tsuzumis that stuck out of his body. Seeing the monster, Teruko was about to scream, but Nezuko stopped her by covering her mouth, but before any of the girls could make a move, the demon struck the tsuzumi on his stomach.
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"Watch out!" Suzuha yelled as she practically kicked Nezuko and sent her flying into the other room, while Teruko was still within Nezuko's grasp.
"Hey, what did you…" As Nezuko looked back at Suzuha, she noticed her right leg missing, but it grew back in an instant. "Suzuha, are you alright?!"
"I'll be fine." Suzuha answered. "Just get Teruko out of here. Things might get dicey."
"Right. I'll be back, okay?" Nezuko yelled as she rose to her feet and grabbed the young girl.
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Seeing the two girls run away into the depths of the house, Suzuha turned her attention towards the demon, who's smell caused the young demon to step back just a bit.
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"To think you'd be back to try and convince me again." The monster spoke, his eyes showing a terrifying red aura.
"Well, I never would've come back here. But I had a couple things to take care of, Kyogai." Suzuha said with sarcasm as she rushed up towards Kyogai with the intent to kill him.
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Watching the young demon rush towards him, the demon Kyogai readied himself to attack her.
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Back to Tanjiro…
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Walking around, smelling every time he walked, Tanjiro was looking around trying his best to find his sister, all the while Zenitsu was panicking. After a few more minutes, Tanjiro turned to the two boys.
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"Zenitsu, could you quit panicking for a minute? Because, all I'm smelling at this point is the fear rising from your body." Tanjiro asked in the politest way he could.
"How can I?!" Zenitsu yelled. "This is where I'm going to die! No doubt about it! No doubt, no doubt, no doubt!" Just seeing him panic was enough to keep Tanjiro focused on what really mattered.
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After another few minutes of walking, Shoichi stopped and placed the box he had on his shoulders down onto the ground.
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"Ah, I'm sorry Shoichi. I should've taken that from you from the start." Tanjiro said as he picked up the box and placed his on his shoulders.
"It's fine. It wasn't that heavy-" Shoichi's mouth was then covered by Tanjiro.
"Zenitsu, quiet down." Tanjiro whispered.
"What? Why?! Why should I?! I'm going to die because you can't protect me!" Zenitsu yelled louder and louder, causing Tanjiro to yell over him.
"You're strong, Zenitsu! You are strong! So, quiet down!" Realizing what he had done, Tanjiro turned his attention towards the location where the scent was the most horrid.
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Seeing a hand come out, the back of the hand was covered with a purple arrow pointing both ways. Then the demon's head came out and showed him having his pointed tongue out, another purple arrow on his nose pointing down, slitted green eyes, as wells as another pair above his opened ones that looked to have the expression of joy on them. The demon also had two small horns extending on top of his head. Seeing this demon as it laughed was enough to send Zenitsu into shock, that he just began pushing both Tanjiro and Shoichi as fast as his feet could take him.
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"Zenitsu, what are you doing? We have to fight that demon." Tanjiro said as he tried to push back, only to pushed forward faster by Zenitsu.
"No! You're injured, and I'm of no use! We can't fight!" Zenitsu yelled as he continued to push the two boys for a full minute.
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As he continued running while pushing Tanjiro and Shoichi forward, Zenitsu was pushed back slightly by Tanjiro, who at this point had just slightly managed to stop himself, only for it to be completely futile as, Zenitsu continued to push only to then fall to the ground, and grab Tanjiro, who just so happened to drop his sword, while trying to back up. Seeing the sword behind the demon, caused the two demon slayers to look at each other.
Rushing into another room, once again Zenitsu tripped, causing Tanjiro to go back and grab him.
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"Come on, Zenitsu!" Tanjiro said as he picked up Zenitsu from his arm.
"I can't. 80% of my fear are in my knees. Just leave me. I'm dead weight!" Zenitsu said in a panic.
"That's not happenings." Tanjiro answered quickly as he picked up the panicked slayer.
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As both boys looked back, the demon had crawled in, and looked at them with the look of hunger and curiosity.
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"I'm going to guzzle your brain matter through your ears." The demon said chuckling.
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Hearing this was enough to send Zenitsu unconscious, which really surprised Tanjiro and Shoichi. But without wasting time, Tanjiro picked Zenitsu up and backed up to the end of the room, all while trying to pull out the blade that sat in its sheath on Zenitsu waist.
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"Come on. A blades a blade. If I can use this…" But Tanjiro's thoughts were cut short due to seeing a fast rapid tongue fly his way.
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As he saw this, Shoichi held onto Tanjiro, only for the both of them to see the tongue bleed. With a quick motion, the unconscious Zenitsu stood and held his left hand back, indicating that they should not move. In the next moment, Zenitsu extended his left leg back and held his blade with his right hand on the handle. As he did, he began to breath outwards, which caused Tanjiro to smell an entirely different scent coming off of Zenitsu.
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"Zenitsu…" Tanjiro said only to hear Zenitsu speak.
"Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash!" In the next moment, Zenitsu disappeared from sight and reappeared near the entrance from where the group of boys came. Then hearing the sound of a sword being placed back into its sheath, the head of the demon fell with a thump that it woke Zenitsu up. "Ahhhhh! It's dead! How is it dead?!" He then turned his attention towards Tanjiro. "Thank you, Tanjiro! You saved my life! How did you do that?" Zenitsu said as he rushed to embrace Tanjiro.
"Zenitsu, you did that yourself. As you can see I don't have my blade." Tanjiro said with a face of astonishment.
"What did you say?" But before Tanjiro could answer Zenitsu, the door behind the two opened and practically ran into both boys.
"Ow, that hurt." A female voice spoke.
"Ow. Nezuko?!" Tanjiro said as he looked to see his sister laying above Zenitsu.
"Ah, Nii-chan. I knew I was following the right color." Nezuko said as she looked at her brother with glee.
"Where did you come from?" Tanjiro asked as he picked his sister up.
"Well, after we go separated, Teruko and I met the master of the house, some demon named Kyogai. Suzuha told me to leave it to her, but we've been teleporting here and there for quite some time, then…ended up here." Nezuko said as shortly as she possibly could.
"Umu." Tanjiro answered as they began walking back through the hallway to grab his sword.
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As they walked, Nezuko began walking down the same path she was on, where she saw a beautiful mix of blue, yellow, and gold flowing. After seeing the color again, she opened to see a frightened boy, who began to ease up when he saw his younger siblings. After taking care of his wound and explaining what happened the night prior. But as he did, like in most comedic battles, something or someone flew right past them, and crashed into the room behind the large group.
Turning to see who it was, they noticed Suzuha emerging, vein-like structures appearing on her face, as her eyes turned into a crimson red color as she began to smell the air around her. Then, turning her attention towards Kiyoshi, and began to grit her teeth. Seeing her try her best to resists, the siblings remembered what she had said several days prior.
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"Zenitsu, stay with the children, we'll deal with demon." Tanjiro said as he gave Zenitsu the box he was holding before rushing forward.
"And also, try to find a way out by using the drum, alright?" Nezuko said as she rushed up towards Suzuha and placed cloth on her mouth, before grabbing her hand and rushing off to meet her brother.
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Grabbing the drum from Kiyoshi, Zenitsu waited for the trio to enter the other room before banging on the drum. As he did, he noticed the entire room change, one room after another, Zenitsu continued to look and through the closed doors, before banging on the tsuzumi again.
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"How many time do I have to do this in order to find an exit…." But his thoughts were cut short, when the entire room was flipped by 90 degrees.
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As the entire group looked down, they all had the same expression on their face. Then as gravity kicked in, they all began to fall. As they did, door after door had begun to open.
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"We're dead. We are so dead!" Zenitsu yelled. But as he did, he felt a tug on his back and noticed a small girl on top of the box. Without wasting a second, Kaguya grabbed a piece of Zenitsu's hair and swallowed it. "She ate my hair…Why?"
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And like a light, Kaguya disappeared, and had begun to reappear every second, all while grabbing one of the children and then returning to grab another. This process continued on for a good while, until Zenitsu closed his eyes to see himself outside the house, with a shaking Kaguya in the shadows. As he approached her slowly, he noticed how severely burnt she was. Shaking without showing any signs of stopping.
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"Wait…she did all that to save us?" Zenitsu thought to himself as he stared at the demon child. "She risked herself by catching each and every one of us?" As Zenitsu got closer, Kaguya huddled more and more into the shadows, trying her best to stay within the shade. "And now she's scared, far more than me. If I was stronger, I've could've done that."
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As Zenitsu then took the open box off his shoulders, he placed it down in front of Kaguya who immediately rushed in and closed the small door behind her, hiding within the dark shadows of the box, once again.