The sky was engulfed in dark blue with a faint shade of purple as the sun set.

The four demon slayers that had woken up just a while ago, now trekked their way down the mountain.

"Do you feel any presence besides us?" Tanjirou asked Inosuke who was scanning the area using his breath technique.

"Wild animals returning to their caves and holes. The birds are returning to their nests, nothing other than that" he declared as he got up.

Tanjirou looked at Zenitsu with the unspoken question who shook his head. "I hear noises of animals and birds going to sleep"

He himself couldn't find any smell of blood in the air either.

"The sun isn't completely down yet, it still has a very faint light. I suppose the demons won't come out till the light is completely gone" Tanjirou theorized.

The others nodded and kept walking.

In a while, the sun sets down completely and darkness takes over except the calming light of the half moon which rose that night. The only reason why they could see it clearly was because the four of them ended up in one of the forest areas where the trees weren't trying to reach the sky and cover the ground completely.

"Something is off…" Giyuu thought to himself, however he wasn't the only one.

"We should have reached the village by now…" Tanjirou said in a concerned voice.

Inosuke soon notices a weird shift in the air and immediately stops to scan through his surroundings. Zenitsu visibly flinched almost immediately and started looking around frantically.

And almost immediately, Tanjirou picks up on something.

From a distance; a figure fades into visibility. It appears to be like a three-four year old child standing on one of the tallest's tree's branch, observing the group silently. It held a small wooden cube of sort in its hand. A smirk appearing on it's face as he notices the green checkered haori wearer and the others.

"The scent of blood…." Tanjirou thinks to himself, his facial expressions intensifying.

"...coming from...there!!" As he sharply turns to the side where the smell seems to come and spots a figure watching them in the shadows. It was in the side where the rest were facing their back to, except Tanjirou who was facing them. He immediately starts to unsheath his sword, preparing to strike.

At the same time, Giyuu feels a presence of an evil aura from right behind him and without wasting time, immediately draws out his sword and jumps to the direction where the demon stood still, to behead it.

The demon noticing it's presence has been discovered, didn't waste anymore time and loosens one piece from the box like toy and takes a slot out slowly as it says in a loud voice,

Tanjirou instinctively yells out, "Zenitsu, Inosuke!!! Brace-"

"Blood demon Art: Dimensional Loop and Disesemble"

And the next moments were a complete blur and then complete darkness.

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"Where….am.. I? Why does my body hurt so much…? What happened?" These were the first thoughts as Tanjirou slowly opens his eyes and pushes his body to get up. He felt light headed and a bit nauseated.

He quickly returned to his senses as soon as he recalled what happened right before he fell unconscious.

He immediately looks around his surroundings and notices his friends were nowhere to be seen and he was in a completely different location. This place was dark, shadowy from the shades of huge trees which allowed no sight of the moon, whatsoever. He still has his blade which was a relief.

He instantly remembered about his sister.

Instinctively, he turned back to see the box containing his sister, gone.

Panic filled his entire being as he frantically searched for it everywhere.

However realization hit him hard as he realized he was being watched all this time.

Three figures appear to be sitting on different tree branches. They all seem like…. children.

They looked almost identical except the heights.

"Could they be the ones who murdered the villagers?!" Tanjirou thought.

"I need to calm down. Panicking would only worsen my situation."

He then controlled his breathing, trying to calm down as much as possible. As he did, laughing could be heard.

The demons were laughing.

"Is this the one Muzan-sama asked for, oni-san?"

Oni-san? They are siblings?

"Apparently so, sister. I don't understand though, why is he so interested in this weakling?!" He said in a mocking tone.

With a bit observation, Tanjirou could somewhat make out their appearances.

The "brother" wore a brown kimono with no designs. The "sister" wore a faint yellow kimono with a blue dotted design all over it. The demon wearing the brown kimono held a crystal ball in his hands while the sister had a rope in her left hand.

The boy had his face covered completely by his black hair, save his mouth and nose and the girl had a deathly white skin with crimson red eyes.

"Perhaps because he defeated an Upper Moon, hmm? Quite a feat to accomplish, really. Maybe he wants to kill him personally! Ooooo that would simply be a show worth watching!" She said as her eyes gleamed.

Tanjirou eventually broke the silence.

"Where are my friends?! What did you do to them!?" He demanded angrily.

"Oh? It talks. I was beginning to think you were mute" the brother stated, mockery evident in his tone.

"As for your question, it is better that you forget about them. Sire, asked us to bring you to him alive." He added as a notorious grin forms on his face.

"Oh! He also said to make you suffer to your absolute limits " the sister then took over and continued as she laughed maniacally soon joined by her brother. Soon one more figure becomes visible. It was silent but had a small visible grin on it's face. "Why don't we play a little? It's bound to be fun, well, at least for us!"

He then steadies his grip on his sword and grips it tightly; ready to attack.

It's going to be a long night.


Giyuu jerks himself up to a sitting position with his eyes wide.

And then the memories come crashing down back at him.

He looks around him frantically. His mind bracing itself for the worse case scenario he might end up witnessing.

He then notices a certain blond and a certain boar head stirring and slowly waking up.

A wave of relief passes through him but he soon notices someone was missing.

Tanjirou.

He stands up on his own along with the other two who were helping each other stand up. They seemed to have noticed the absence of a green checkered haori boy as well.

However it doesn't take long to spot the familiar wooden box, they are used to see being always carried around, thrown recklessly and carelessly into a nearby bush.

As much as that made Zenitsu's blood boil, there are much more important things he needs to give priority right now. Especially when Muzan has targeted Tanjirou specifically and he is nowhere to be seen as of now which is more concerning since they still haven't grasped about how the last blood demon worked.

The three of them rush to pick the box up.

Giyuu straightens it and straight away, the demon girl comes crawling out of it. She let out a few muffled noises of discomfort, obvious that she didn't like being thrown like that but then she starts looking for something or rather someone.

It was no surprise who she was looking for as she turned her head from side to side. Her noises showing more and more worry and concern.

"It's alright, Nezuko-chan! He must be here somewhere" Zenitsu tried to console.

These words however fell on deaf ears as she regrew in size. All determined to find her older brother.

"Nezuko-chan! Please don't separate from the grou-" Zenitsu said, frantically as he heard a giggle coming from the back.

Everyone's attention turned towards it as it got louder and louder till it eventually transformed into a full blown maniac like laugh.

Every person drew out their swords, especially Zenitsu who took a defensive stand in front of Nezuko who had her claws stretched out as well and tried to pin down the location where the sound is originating from from but to no avail.

"Damn it! The sound is echoing"

Zenitsu thought to himself as his ears pained from it's intensity.

The sound of the demonic laughter suddenly stopped.

"So you are the, oh so , feared demon slayers huh? Well, well, well, I suppose these are your final moments. Why not start saying your last wishes? Hahahaha you are going to be one heck of a tasty meal-" it said out loud as it voice echoed. It was a male voice sounding almost like a 16 year old but with a deeper tone.

It then seemed to notice Nezuko and said, "You guys have a demon on the team?! That's hilarious! Aren't you….demon slayers?" It said mockingly.

No one responded.

"Very well, I will capture this traitor and give it to him. He will know what to do with this" it added.

The others took a more defensive stand and stayed high on guard incase of any attack on Nezuko or themselves.

"Why you- no one calls Nezuko chan so disrespectfully and lives….!" Zenitsu hissed as his anger was bubbling under the surface.

"Wait where's Tomioka-san? Did he leave me and Nezuko-chan in this situation alone?!" Zenitsu thought, visibly getting more worried and angry.

"YOU COWARD! SHOW YOURSELF IN BATTLE! ONLY A LOSER HIDES HIMSELF AND TALKS BIG" Inosuke yelled.

"Tsk you are in no position to talk" another voice voice scoffed. It was a smaller demon, roughly having the same height of a three or four year old human child as it sat on top of a high branch.

"Blood Demon Art: Dimensional Loop and Dise-"

However this time Giyuu was ready. Using the other two ( three if Nezuko is counted) he went undetected and eventually found himself in the same tree branch the seemingly quieter demon resided. Due to his experiences over the years, he could track down demons innately even when they were hiding. This demon gave off it's essence during it's last demon art usage which was enough for him to track it's whereabouts by.

He gave it a surprise attack which caught it off guard momentarily, giving him more than enough time to take it down.

"Total Concentration. Water Breathing. First Form- Water Surface Slash!"

Giyuu whispered to himself as he swiftly beheaded the demon as it's body turned into ashes quickly as it head rolled down on the ground.

He then quickly positioned himself in front others in a battle stance.

I won't fail at protecting them.

"Amazing!!! That move was really clever! Shouldn't have doubted a hashira-" Zenitsu thought to himself, a bit embarrassed at his previous negative thoughts.

"IT IS OUR AREA NOW! HOW DARE YOU KILL MY FAMILY?!" The other demon screamed loudly, realizing what the hashira did.

His voice still echoed and giving Zenitsu a pretty bad time. He felt dizzy from all the loud noises and frustrated because he couldn't even pin point its source.

"I WILL MAKE SURE YOU BEG FOR YOUR DEATH" As it screamed even louder. This made everyone wince because of the intensity of loudness in the voice while Zenitsu was on the verge of collapsing.

This is torture.

Soon a slender but moderately tall figure became visible in front of them.

"Blood Demon Art: Brutal Echo Scream and Piercing needles"

I am a dead man now-


A/N: I believe we have entered the main part of the story

This story would probably be a few more chapters long before the ending.

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