It was a normal Friday morning and Muichiro was stuck in a tree. Why was Muichiro stuck in a tree? That's a good question but Muichiro forgot the answer. Then Mitsuri came by and asked, "why are you in a tree?" and Muichiro said "I forgot but I think I'm stuck".
"Fair enough, let me get you down!" the tree lifted up and fell down and Muichiro went flying across the forest "Muichiro, are you okay?!" Mitsuri screamed after him. While Muichiro was flying, he saw something very odd "is that a demon?" he thought. Sadly, he did not land safely. He crashed headfirst into a tree.
Muichiro was sure that was the end of him, but it didn't take him long to wake up, and the first thing he saw was (well after load of stars first) a meeting of people behind thick trees. He walked over with his sword, ready to slay any demons. He saw about six people and they looked a lot like demons "are you demons?" he asked "no, of course not, were out in sunlight" a girl, she was very pretty "but you've got umbrellas, would that protect you?" Muichiro asked noticing the black oversized umbrellas over their heads "no" said some man with rainbow eyes. At first Muichiro wasn't sure if he believed them, they did look a bit like demons especially the one with six eyes "then why do you all look like demons?" he asked, then one that he honestly could not tell the gender of for his life answered "we're all going to a costume party" that seemed believably, since Muichiro had never been to a costume party but he was told the Hashira all looked like one, and since Genya had said it he knew it must be true.
Muichiro had to think for a minute. If everyone could go dressing up with their friend, then it sounded like fun. He wanted to go. He wanted to invite the Hashira but God knows where they were "can I go with you?" he asked, some gave him confused looks, some didn't look happy about it but someone younger than all them, with red dots on his face and white hair said "of course, the more the better" and the weird rainbow eyed dude started jumping up and down going "yay, come on, we need to get there as fast as possible" and Muichiro followed them "are you sure were not lost" the definite girl said "don't worry Daki, I know where I'm going" rainbow eye man said. The stripy guy with stripes grabbed the map off him and screamed "THEN WHY IS THE MAP UPSIDE DOWN!" and everyone their staired at the map reader "Opps, oh well, I know my way anyway, I haven't needed to read that in ages" Muichiro had a feeling that was a complete lie. The whole group continued following rainbow eyes as he led them in possibly the wrong direction, and Muichiro was trying to stay positive here.
Eventually it started getting dark and Daki started whining "ugh, you always do this, you never get us anywhere on time!" she cried as rainbow eyes tried to defend himself "no, were going to get there, I'm taking a short cut". Nobody with common sense believe him. Muichiro blinked and before he knew it, he was standing in a cool looking house with the worlds highest celling "oh wow, this must be what Tengen means by a celling so high even Gyomei could fit in it, with a hat! Muichiro had some question though first, as a demon slayer he had to make sure this wasn't some crazy blood demon art "how did we get here?" he asked "my excellent navigation skills" rainbow eyes said, looking proud "no, it wasn't, we took hours to get here and he passed out halfway through so we brought him with us" Daki said and Muichiro thought for a second he saw her wink at the others, but why would she do that? Muichiro shrugged. he had already decided that they were his new friends since he had recently decided to take on the challenge that Tanjiro had set him of making new friends, and Muichiro was starting to think it wasn't such a bad idea after all.
A biwa strung somewhere. Everyone looked up and Muichiro almost collapsed, he couldn't breathe.
It was the best Michael J costume he had ever seen; he'd seen this all over the news, he was dead famous, more famous than Muzan. The costume was so good, he might have even been the real thing! Muichiro couldn't remember his face actually, but no wonder everyone was so excited for this party. There was even a band! Okay the band might only be one woman with a biwa, but she hadn't started yet and Muichiro had a feeling she knew how to play. Muichiro was so focused on the woman that he hadn't noticed that Micheal J had walked off the weird platform thing and was standing next to the six eyed guy. For a second Mui was worried they would fight, Michael did look like he was on the edge of punching everyone in the room, that must be how all celebrities are Muichiro thought, or he assumed, he'd never met any before, although Tengen did try to say he was world famous. He felt a tap on his shoulder, it was the younger red dot boy! "My names Rui, would you like to see my pet spiders?" Muichiro had never seen the pet spiders before so of course he said yes and followed him along the very odd halls of the large house, Muichiro could swear it was changing but maybe he was only remembering it wrong.
The room was covered in free crawling spiders. The room must have belonged to them because there were just so many spiders everywhere, half the room was made of webs "don't worry too much about damaging the webs, most spiders can make a web in less than 24 hours, and they always make plenty, except for tarantulas, they don't make webs because they are too heavy, and the string isn't strong enough to hold them". Muichiro had never met anyone so interested in spiders, it was so unusual, but Muichiro wasn't going to judge. Rui started talking all about spider facts and how brilliant they were, apparently, he could talk to them, and they were very friendly.
Sadly, Rui didn't get to finish his talk about his favourite spider because of a giant scream coming from outside the room. Muichiro ran to it automatically and Rui followed close behind. Luckily it didn't take long but Muichiro was sure the walls were moving to get him there quicker and they changed behind him and Rui, but he was going so quick he couldn't really see. Then he arrived right besides the biwa woman "what was all that screaming about?" he asked her, and she started playing again, nodding to the pile of fighting people over to the left "oh, cool" Muichiro said, he wasn't sure if this was normal at a party or not, since he had never been to one before. The band smiled at him and said "see you later Muichiro" so Muichiro went over to the clash (he didn't remember telling the biwa woman his name, but he couldn't remember a lot of things).
When he got there, it was even more chaotic than it looked from where the biwa woman was. It was pure chaos. Muichiro tried to figure out what was happening, but it everyone was too busy trying to kill each other. Seemed like a normal Hashira meeting. Currently Daki was having a real argument with someone he hadn't seen before, and he smelled him before he saw him if that's enough to saw about him, he looked a bit like a praying mantis. Oh, wow they really were trying to kill each other, Daki had just thrown a hairbrush at him. Clearly, they weren't in the mood for a friendly chat. Oh well, he went over to see what else was happening, the stripy dude was trying to punch the rainbow man right in his face and the weirdest thing about that was the rainbow eyed man was too busy dancing to notice. A black shoe went flying over all their heads and was followed by an "Opps! didn't mean to, I was aiming for Gyutaro" Daki cried as the shoe flew almost in slow motion and whacked six-eyed right in his face.
All arguments stopped right then and there. Even the striped man stopped to stare. The shoe bounced back onto the floor, and they waited in silence for something to happen or for someone to say something stupid. But the most surprising thing happened. Even Michael stopped dead in his tracks.
Six-eyes started crying. he even ran out the room in tears. And he left the awkward silence behind. Michael trailed right behind him screaming "NO, PLEASE, YOU CAN'T QUIT NOW, I NEED YOU, DON'T LEAVE ME ALL ALONE WITH THESE IDIOTS!" oh wow, they must be best friends but who were the idiots? Muichiro shrugged. that definitely hadn't happened at any meet up he'd gone to yet. It was eerily quiet after that "do you think he's really going to quit one day?" rainbow eyes asked "nah, what would he do with himself after?" Gyutaro said (at least Muichiro thought that must be his name, he was the intended victim of Dakis shoe) then stripy dude said, "he wouldn't be able to do anything with himself, it'd be the end of him". Muichiro noticed something "what's happened to the music?" the biwa woman had disappeared "are they actually still here?" pink haired said. Muichiro didn't realise they had thought he had left "I'm still here, where would I have gone?" pink haired walked off, clearly not very happy, Muichiro shrugged, this was such an odd party, why were so many people leaving, from what he knew about parties they had cake and people were leaving without even grabbing a slice! he smiled, that must mean more for him, what a win! Muichiro had to find the cake first though, and he had an idea of who would know where that was.
"So, you need me to ask Nakime where the food is?" Rui asked "yes, I don't know her well enough, and I don't want to interrupt her playing" Rui nodded "she has beaten up a few people with her biwa" he stood up "okay, lets get some snacks!" Muichiro cheered at that, and they started working on their brilliant plan, Muichiro was sure by the end of the night he'd leave with the best cake ever baked. Rui had a different idea of "snacks".
Unfortunately, the first step was already a difficult one. finding Nakime. Apparently, she the ultimate hide and seek winner because even Rui couldn't find her, and he should have known every inch of the house since he came so often, according to him it was Nakime's house, and she was brilliant and taking care of it. Even Muichiro was on the edge of giving up. Rui started crying and screaming "Nakime! Where are you?" and then that very odd note played and suddenly a door opened in front of them (Muichiro could swear it was a blank wall before) and inside it was the one they were looking for. Rui and Muichiro ran straight over. "What do you need?" the biwa woman said, not caring much. Rui was the first to speak "were hungry, we need snacks!" and Muichiro nodded along "Douma has all the food around here, he has more than everyone else combined" she said. Wow what a fatty. Wait who was that "who's Douma?" he asked "oh, he's the one with the rainbow eyes, the really gay one" Rui explained "oh, that guy that messed up reading the map, fair enough" Muichiro decided and then they had a new search to go on. They asked Nakime where Douma might be "he's eating, just go out and down the corridor on your left, he'll be in the first room you come across" sounded simple enough. Now to hope they could listen to directions better than the one they were looking for.
Luckily, they found the room within seconds. And inside it was the man with rainbow eyes, he was sitting in a chair next to a very injured woman, but the thing that worried Muichiro was the lack of food "where's the food Nakime said you had loads?" Muichiro almost cried. Douma jumped up "don't worry there plenty for you" panicking as both Muichiro and Rui got clearly upset. then Michael J came flying through the door and yelled midair "DOUMA I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!" wow this guy really likes screaming, it reminded Muichiro of Rengoku, he was just as loud. So Douma was dragged off without giving them any food "so where's the food?" Muichiro asked. Rui didn't answer "Rui?" Muichiro asked "here, sorry I didn't save any for you" he said, "don't worry you couldn't have known I was coming" Muichiro said, the injured woman was gone, Rui must have got an ambulance for her, how nice and what fast drivers as well, the house must be in a giant city. Muichiro was still hungry "I'm still hungry, where do we get food now?" Rui thought for a second "maybe Nakime has other suggestions?" that was the best idea so far, so Muichiro followed him back to Nakime.
Of course, she seemed calm, but she had to be a bit annoyed to see them again so soon. She played her biwa again "hmm, how about you go see who else has food, I have nothing, maybe Daki has some in her stash left, although I don't think she likes sharing". Muichiro shrugged, it was worth a try, he really wanted this cake, and if she didn't have cake, she must have some thing if she had a stash somewhere. Rui looked a bit scared though "she's a little scary but let's try" and so the third mission for food started. At this point Muichiro would take vegetable he was so hungry! But first to try get the cake.
They followed Nakime's clear directing and after a lot of bland halls they found the original party place. As soon as they stepped foot out into the open Muichiro was almost ended with a vase to the face "Opps, Gyutaro look what you made me do, I almost killed the new guy and Rui at the same time, we'd be in so much trouble" she whined. The stinky one didn't seem to care. Rui shyly went up to Daki and said, "were hungry do you have any spare food?" Muichiro would have called him brave if he didn't run under a table to hide immediately after. Daki didn't seem to notice "yeah, I've got some food but its too pretty for any of you" Muichiro had heard of Mitsuri talking about cake decorating, did this mean she had cakes, but they'd been decorated so nicely that she didn't want to give them to other people? How annoying, cakes were made to be eaten no matter how pretty or ugly if you asked him. Muichiro wasn't known for manipulating but he had to find a way to convince her "you just almost murdered us, the least you can do is give us a little to eat" Muichiro argued, he felt proud of himself. She didn't seem completely convinced until Rui added "yeah, or we'll tell on you!" then she finally gave in "okay but just a bit, and you owe me!" she pointed at Gyutaro "okay, ill find you some more" he said and walked off. Then she started screaming "stash, where are you?" and a ribbon went flying towards her with all sorts of drawing on it. what new level of room service was this? Muichiro couldn't even see properly what was on the silk, but he could tell it was covered in a nice pattern, it even had detailed drawings of people on it, they almost looked real. Daki looked at it for a minute "ugh, I don't know which to lose, hmm" she was clearly very carefully considering what to give them and seemed determined to make sure they got the worst of her lot. Muichiro got bored waiting for her to choose "are we actually going to get anything or are you planning on waiting until we fall asleep to run off and hope we forget about it?" he asked, it was actually a good plan, he would probably forget about it but she didn't need to know that "fine, here have this one" she said, stomping off and yelling for her brother. Muichiro guessed Gyutaro must be her brother, mostly because he didn't see why they'd put up with each other otherwise. She left behind a woman, who clearly looked like a shop owner. Brilliant! She must know where all the food is at! Muichiro ran right up to her. Rui too.
Muichiro screamed.
That woman had run off, clearly with candy in her pockets, and she hadn't given them a single one! How greedy can these people get! Muichiro was fuming. He had to use mist breathing ta catch up to her, luckily, she wasn't too fast, and he managed to snatch her coat off her, and the pockets were stuffed with sweets. How fortunate. Rui continued chasing her while Muichiro munched on the desserts, Rui must be really trying to get as much as that lady could give. Muichiro shrugged and ate the lot, he was too hungry to think of his friend. It didn't take long for Rui to come back smiling and practically skipping over to him "did you get any food from her?" Muichiro asked "yep, she had plenty, what about you?" Rui smiled "oh, I'm stuffed now, there was so much" they both laughed "I don't think you eat as much as me" Rui commented while they both strolled back to where they had first arrived, hoping to see the rest of the party. Thankfully, it looked like everyone had sorted some their current problems out and had decided to have a good time. They wee all gathered around and were talking, Muichiro couldn't tell what they were talking about, they actually almost seemed like they were changing the subject whenever he was near, that usually happens in Hashira meetings, apparently the language used between the emo and butterfly nurse (he forgot their names again) was something he "wasn't supposed to hear" maybe because he was still confused about what butterfly meant by "tie a block of cement to your neck and jump into the that lake over their" he didn't know why he'd need a necklace made of cement for swimming but he hadn't gone swimming for a long time.
The person Muichiro couldn't tell the gender of walked up to them "Rui, I've missed you, have you seen any nice trains lately?" Muichiro forgot what a train looked like, the only thing he could think about was the person in front of him was quite possibly the ultimate gay. Rui seemed happy to see him though "hi Enmu, no, I've not seen any trains lately, I can't find them no matter how hard I look, they must be very rare, I've not seen any since I visited yours" Enmu looked confused at that "I see plenty every day, it must be a local thing" Muichiro agreed, where was this guy living, he must have come from some foreign land with a million different types of hair dye, no genders and trains replaced houses. Muichiro wanted to visit it one day. Sadly, he would probably forget about it before he managed to find a map to get there and judging by the map skills, he'd seen so far, he wasn't letting anyone else lead him. He wouldn't like to get stuck in that land for too long or else he might end up like the guy in front of him. The guy was still going on and on about trains and after a long time of this weirdo not leaving them alone he finally had something else to do and Muichiro left the conversation with a million facts about the entire history of trains and how to make and drive them, he had a feeling this knowledge would be useless as a demon slayer, unless he suddenly decided to quit his job and start a new life as a train historian which wasn't likely. "I think he likes trains" Muichiro said after the guy had left "maybe" Rui agreed. Watching Enmu terrorise more people with useless train facts. Muichiro remembered something, which doesn't happen often so he knew it must be important.
They went over to check on the poor dude who'd burst out crying earlier, he was seemingly alright now, but you never know. Muichiro went right up to him "are you okay, does your face still hurt from earlier?" the six eyed guy looked at him, Muichiro couldn't figure out which eyes to look at, it was making him dizzy "it does not hurt my face" the guy said, Muichiro still was confused over the eyes, they looked so realistic "I'm going to need sunglasses if this keeps up" six eyes said depressingly. Muichiro was so puzzled by the eyes that he fell over backwards, trying to look at all those eyes had made him dizzier than he'd anticipated. the six eyed guy covered his face and said something about "why is my grandson so easy to kill, how's he related to me and my brother?" Muichiro had no idea what he was going on about. His head was still spinning on circles, his head must hate him after the damage it had taken today. First being whacked against a tree then getting passing out then getting dizzy and fainting, butterfly nurse is going to go mad. Muichiro was worried. That reminded him, he'd have to get home soon, what time was it, he had demons to hunt and there clearly wasn't any here. He'd have to ask someone to take him home. He was sure he only closed his eyes for a second but when he opened them, he was in a completely different room. He must have passed out. Outside the room he heard people whispering, "I think he's human" "no way, I saw him ask to eat humans earlier".
"I can tell, I'm sure".
"No way! I'd know I've been with him all day".
"Okay fine"
Muichiro didn't hear much of the conversation, but he was confused, he must still be dreaming. He tried to wake up. Whatever he did it must have worked, because he was sure he'd woken up. The door opened and Rui ran in with the six eyed man right outside, looking in. Muichiro sat up and smiled "Rui, what happened?" Rui sat down next to him "you got dead sick so we put you to bed so you could sleep it off" Rui said, clearly wanting a medical degree right then and there. Muichiro nodded "thank you, Rui, I feel much better now" Rui seemed very pleased with that. He smiled over to six eyes, and he entered the room, he must have thought Muichiro had the plague because he kept his distance "hello Muichiro, my names Kokushibo" Muichiro had a feeling he wouldn't be able to pronounce that name if his life depended on it. he could continue being called six eyes. Muichiro waved over to him "do you want water?" hard to pronounce named guy asked, "no thank you" Muichiro said. He decided he was going to take better care of his head. But still Muichiro got up and stretched "lets get going, I'm better now" he said, and Rui went along with him, they had things to do. They didn't know what things they wanted to do but they knew that sitting around wasn't one of them. And it wouldn't be for a while. Not while Muichiro was in the mood to enjoy a good party.