When Sanemi finally made it through the thick forest of strangely glowing trees, he saw a decently sized square entirely surrounded by these mysterious plants. Not many objects could have been found within its boundaries, a few primarily damaged pillars, nothing more. Yet, quite a few people gathered there – both girls and boys alike – deciding to risk their lives in trial to join the Demon Slayers Corp. Like each year, here on Mount Fujikasane, the final selection would take away and swallow the innocence. As most of them kept shifting positions, it was challenging for him to count how many participants gathered there. Yet, after a few minutes, he finally managed to do so. There were nineteen of them, four girls and fifteen boys. It was not like Sanemi cared about these nameless children, but if he were to fight some of them, it was beneficial to memorise some details beforehand.
"It is getting dark," the white-haired boy realised, forcing himself to stay in the back of the group. "I hope the opening ceremony should start soon."
As if he uttered some magical phrase, two additional children – that he did not recognise – stepped forward, climbing into a small pedestal. They wore matching kimonos made of undoubtedly expensive material, covered with floral patterns, and painted in a shade of purple. Considering the similarities between them, they must have been siblings. What differentiated them was the colour of their hair – one had white whilst the other had black. They held bright lanterns, casting off the falling night's growing shadows.
"Please, gather around," the creepy-looking children voice out in unity.
It took a couple of moments before all the gathered reacted, massing before the strange duo.
"Everyone … we thank you for coming here tonight to the Demon Slayers Corp's final selection," they both continued.
"There are demons imprisoned here on Mt. Fujikasane, captured alive by the Demon Slayers swordsmen, and unable to leave," the white-haired sibling said.
"That is because wisteria, which demons hate so much, blooms even out of season from the bottom to halfway up the mountain," the black-haired girl added.
"However, there is no wisteria from this point on, and so demons abound," the former took back the lead.
"You'll need to survive here for seven days to pass final selection," the latter girl continued.
"And now, be on your way," the siblings said, bowing respectfully.
After that, they simply turned around, hurriedly leaving the square.
Author's notes section:
[2023-10-12]: Hey, here is a preview of the story's next chapter. Please, bear in mind that it is, as mentioned, a preview. Some parts of it might not be included in the final release. I will try to finish this chapter as soon as possible. I would like to clean up some of the tasks in my schedule, and right now, there are many chapters queued there.
Don't forget to comment. I really appreciate your feedback.
Note that the dialogues written in italic are thoughts.
As always, I would like to thank you for everything. See you soon :)
Changelog:
[2023-10-12]: A preview has been released.
Info: I know I should not try to start new stories when I have my backlog full of the incompleted ones, but I failed to do so. The idea for this fic came to me when I was rewatching the anime, reading about the details, and simply watching videos on YouTube regarding the matter. I hope you find it interesting.
Info: I have included more stories in the schedule as I'm not 100% certain what I want to write next. Please, keep in mind that I might add or remove positions from the list. I might rewrite some of the older stories or extract some of the longer stories from `The story of one lost soul`.
Schedule:
- My home is where my heart lies (finish the WIP and adjust it)
- The shadows can be deceiving (finish the WIP)
- The war call (finish the WIP)
- The silence of the shackles (finish the WIP)
- Bury the light (finish the WIP)
- Hidden in the mountain's shadow (new chapter)
- The rise of the Blood Moons' servants (new chapter)
- Black Diamond (new chapter)
- When the clock is ticking (Warhammer 40k new story)
- Sometimes it's just better not to know (new chapter)
- My home is where my heart lies (rewrite chapter 4)
- The heart not so cold (rewrite chapter 2)
- The family tree (revisit the previous chapters and apply adjustments)
- Will you look past my mistakes? (new chapter)
- The Prisoner of Your Eyes (new chapter)
- Lifetime of war (new chapter)
- Hope is the last one to die (new story in SW universe)
- Sometimes it's just better not to know (finish rewriting the second chapter)
- Life is full of surprises (new chapter)
- Exiled you say? (new chapter)
- Until my last breath (new chapter)
- The family tree (new chapter)
- The story of one lost soul (new chapter)
- See the world through my eyes (new chapter)
- The broken heart (new chapter)
Bonuses' section:
A new story taking place in the Warhammer 40k universe.
Story of one lost soul: The war call: rewrite.
An entirely new story (possibly Akali x [Irelia, Syndra, Katarina]).
A new short story (Vi x Cait).
An entirely original story (possibly even two stories, one taking place in medieval times, the other in the far future)
Bleach story. (Byakuya x Yoruichi / ?)
Naruto story. (Neji x Hinata / Neji x TenTen / Nagato x Konan)
Fairy Tail story. (most likely Erza x Mira)
Maybe some Star Wars?
References:
- DMC - Bury the light
*bonuses will be worked on when I don't feel like writing the chapters pointed out in the schedule :D
End of the author's notes section.