Kamado Tanjiro, Tokito Muichiro and Himari Yuki on their running on the street as they are making their way to the abandoned Village.
"I've already planned on sending the 2 in highly populated demon's area. May i hear your reasoning for recommending them?" Asked Kagaya With Kanae having an audience with the master with Kanae kneeling before him outside the garden, says "Kamado and Tokito are evenly matched, and their strength is a whole pillar level within that, and they are close, Already both have mastered many steps in being a pillar. Yuki on the other hand, she's one hard worker, and she has much to experience as she requests so, her accompanying them would be okay as long as she's safe." "Seems like it, Yuki is on good terms, Tanjiro and Muichiro on the other hand, those 2 are quite promising." Says Kagaya as Kanae says "Also, Tanjiro mentioned something about his sister as a human having a blood demon art, capable of burning demons. Any idea about that?" Kagaya smiling in an tone of amusement "that's something i may as well hear it from him." While Kanae replied "oh and one more thing, I overheard something about Tanjiro pointing out that Muichiro being a descendant of an upper moon from the sengoku era. Is that something we should worry about?" "Hmm? That sure sounds curious, Tanjiro has a whole track Record of the sengoku era, he probably knows more than me. Maybe he might explain everything once they both become pillars. Tanjiro is one mysterious Successor of the first breath user." Says Kagaya
A bunch of almost 27 slayers arrived at the village which looks all but damaged, broken windows, doors and walls. The streets looked untidy as well as the houses from the inside area, the Slayers with their swords in hands are getting in stance until a plant vine slithers out from the ground, made it's way and pulled someone's leg as it pulls and throws the slayer away, "what the? What was thaaaa...-" the other slayers got confused as until one slayer gets pulled down and gets dragged away "Wait! No! Help Meee..." they all saw how plant vines are growing out everywhere, "what the, tree branches?" as they all grabs every slayer as they gets pulled and tied up and separated from each other slayers, Until "mist breathing, 5th form..." Muichiro shows up as he sliced down every vines from restraining the slayers, "Sea of clouds and Haze." the slayers all fell off as plants are coming as sharp vines until "Ice breathing, 4th form." Himari Yuki dashing around slicing off the sharp vines from charging to the other slayers. "Frozen feather dance." Until an army of Demons appeared from the houses as they are all Infront of others and they all charged to them as a group of mobs, Muichiro rushes Infront of them and way ahead of them "I got this." them as he ends up standing still "Moon breathing, 5th form.." as every demon charged up ahead, they all ended up getting slashed into pieces with their head cut off in the process. "Moon spirit, Calamitous eddy." Until demons shows up from behind them all until "Hinokami Kagura!" A huge fire wave gets thrown into the load of demons as they all got disintegrated from one swing "Dance!" Tanjiro shows up Infront of the demons who where charging behind the slayers with his burning red blade on crimson fire. The slayers were stunned to see that blade as Tanjiro says "Hello, I'm Kamado Tanjiro, Rank Kinoto." "Kinoto? But us as Kanoto were sent here!" Says the slayer as Yuki says "it's probably a demonic moon going for the element of surprised." "Can you guys still fight?" Asked Muichiro as the slayers nodded and Tanjiro says "then don't let your guard down! Keep fighting!" As demons from every where comes in. The slayers jumps everywhere as they all got back into confidence as they began slaying demons, some using water breathing, some using wind, and some using mist breathing. "Muichiro, Yuki! I'll go after the demon controlling the vines, you protect the others from that!" Yelled Tanjiro as Yuki says "got it!" As Tanjiro runs off. Plant vines grew out of a roof on a house which the slayers on top were caught off guard until Yuki dashes around cutting every branch. 4 slayers get killed from the demons after getting lost from balance, until 3 more managed to slay them. Muichiro dashing around and slaying demons, cutting the controlled branches, protecting the slayers, 2 more killed while some managed to slay them off. "There's too many of them!" Yelled the slayer. Tanjiro tracing the scent of the demon sharing the scent of the plants. The 4 large plant branches grew out "Hinokami Kagura.." Tanjiro swings his blade horizontally fast, causing a large fire ring rotating around him in between, getting launched in a fire wave, straight to the branches, crashing and burning them to ashes. "Lateral fire wheel." A demon in a tall tower, controlling the plants could feel pain. "Ouch, what the. What is this pain?" A demon with 2 horns on her forehead head, she saw how the slayer destroyed the vines "that Brat!" Tanjiro following her scent until countless demons shows up, surrounding Tanjiro along side many Large sharp plants as they all rushed to Tanjiro. "Hinokami Kagura..." Tanjiro's dark red fire mark appears on top of his dark red scar on his forehead as he spirals and slashes everywhere, causing a huge amount of fire to spread off everywhere from the slashes, Burning and disintegrating every demon and plants charging to him. "...Burning bones, Summer sun." Causing the attention of everyone in the village who witnessed the fire waves being thrown everywhere. 'How powerful is this blade? Is this how Pure Nichirin metal is?' thought Yuki who she saw how Tanjiro managed to pull that off.
Meanwhile with Muichiro he managed to slay demons down and saved the slayers as best as he could while he lead them to leave. Until a knife gets thrown at Muichiro as he deflects the knife, making it fly away. Muichiro saw that a demon with a beard, cracks around his face where the kanji in his eyes says Lower moon 2. "A demonic moon, how odd." "More like even if you ask me, my name is Rokuro." Says the Demon named Rokuro as Muichiro says "You all better leave, I'll take it from here." The slayers leave as Rokuro smirks and says "you aren't a Pillar yet you're acting like one? How stupid of you." "As if, You're not an Upper moon but you act like it. Sounds stupid, i guess we really are even then." Says Muichiro as Rokuro seems to be annoyed as he says "That's some cheap insults there brat. You seem to have a death wish, do you?" "Nah, you are going to get beheaded and die. I sure am a door to death for you." Says Muichiro as Rokuro then summons a bunch of knifes and throws at Muichiro as Until "Moon breathing, 2nd form.." 'Moon breathing?!' thought Rokuro as Muichiro performs three Crescent shape slashes, deflecting the up coming knives attack, Resulting the knives falling to the ground by stabbing it. "Pearl Flower, Moon Gazing." Rokuro wasn't sure as he yelled "Since when a brat like you is wielding This technique? That belongs to Upper moon 1!" Muichiro realised who he was referring to as he says "Oh, that's odd, is it? I thought i was the only one Wielding it." "Don't act Innocent you Brat!" Yelled Rokuro as he summoned a large metal hammer puzzled out of anvils magnetized together, and slammed the Ground in an attempt to snash him, but Muichiro dodged and jumped to avoid the attack, As he cuts the handle of the hammer off from Rokuro as he dashes to him, closing to his neck but he backs away. "No! I'm not going to die to a brat like you!" Yelled Rokuro but Muichiro replied without hesitation "that's what every Demon says." Rokuro yelled "Blood demon art, magnetic limb shifter" as a bunch of metal products magnetize towards Rokuro, Knifes, pans spoons hammers even other Nichirin blades dropped by dead slayers, Even Muichiro's sword was being pulled off, but he holds on to it. 'How ironic for you to try that.' thought Muichiro as Rokuro laughs "hahaha, what's wrong? struggling to hold on? Surely who won't survive without it." Until the pile of fire waves spread off from a certain place, causing the attention of everyone. Caused by Tanjiro using 'Burning bones, Summer sun' Rokuro saw it as he says "what was that?" While Muichiro who's holding on his blade, 'I can do this, if i die. It would be too late for me to help the slayers live, i can...i remember now what it means to help others...Tanjiro, you have the same eyes as my father.' thought Muichiro a Flashback plays of Muichiro's dad "Muichiro, you did well, after all. Helping others eventually becomes good for us, we don't need anything in return." Flashback paused of Muichiro holding on the blade being pulled away. 'I know father.' Flashback plays of Muichiro's mother hugging him as a 9 year old, at night "Muichiro, my Baby, look at you at night. You shine like a moon" Flashback paused again with Muichiro gasped 'Shining like a moon? And to think I'm a moon breathing descendant, No wonder i was able to wield Moon breathing. However, some forms of Moon breathing feels heavy.' Flashback plays with Tanjiro training by slicing tatami matts, until he heard and saw Muichiro practicing, saying "Moon breathing, 1st form..." He started swinging his blade horizontally to slice off a tatami matt. "Dark moon, eveni-arghhhh" until his heart starts beating in pain as Muichiro feels it, he dropped his blade and he falls to his knees "Muichiro!" Tanjiro runs to him as he put his sword down, trying to make sure he's Okay "it's okay, I'm getting you to Kanae-san." 'I managed to wield atleast 6 forms and got to create at least one improvement.' Until Flashback switches to Muichiro's crying to his Twin brother dying "Nii-chan..." "I'm sorry for being harsh on you, i love you...brother. The name Mui in Muichiro means infinity...i love you for Infinity...my little blue...shining...moon." Says the Twin brother as the Flashback ends as Muichiro's tears falling out as he held on to his blade being pulled away. 5 seconds after the certain fire waves, Rokuro got distracted a little as Muichiro turns himself away while the blade is being magnetized away with the blade in his right hand, he folds his right arm to his left upper left arm as he looked behind, "Moon breathing, 1st form..." Muichiro breaths as he swings his blade in a Horizontal crescent shape, in such speed and strength. Pulling Rokuro from the magnetic force and throwing him away, leaving him to lose control of his blood demon art as Muichiro's sword is no longer being the magnet's victim. "Shining moon, evening palace!" Muichiro's tears fall out as he was surprised at what happened, 'It's just as i Thought! it feels better than Dark moon! having a mind of a dark moon is not for me, my sword shines like a blue moon after all!' Rokuro fell as every metal product fell off, even 4 Nichirin blades nearly stabs him from it's fall, he ended up getting mad "Dang it, that explosion got me distracted!" "Seems like my friend there is something you won't stand a chance against with." Says Muichiro as Rokuro got frustrated as he used hovers every metal and made them fly to Muichiro "Moon breathing, 3rd form..." He dashes around in speed, everywhere as every metal gets slashed and deflected away while Muichiro quickly dashes to Rokuro going for his neck, but Rokuro backs away from the attack "Dark night, Moonlight haze" 'this brat is in pillar strength, No no, he's just a kid. How?' as his veins popped out in anger, "why you brat!" Yelling Rokuro as he jumps backwards constantly while hovering Nichirin blades around him and deflecting Muichiro's slashes, who he's charging and slashing at Rokuro "Moon breathing, 9th form..." Muichiro performs a multitude of slashes with the daggers and swords getting deflected away as Rokuro's head and limbs finally gets cut off. "Waning moonswaths." Rokuro got surprised of what just happened, His head is on the ground and his body starts disintegrating "what the, Nooooo! That can't be-" yelled Rokuro but Muichiro stabs his jaw off, "Just shut up and go to Hell."
Meanwhile back with Tanjiro and The Demon who was stunned by what she saw, Tanjiro deflected not only an army of demons, but her powerful blood demon art. "That Brat, He's a clear threat! I have to get rid of him!" until she sees that Tanjiro vanished, until 'Wait, where did he?' "Hinokami Kagura!" She heard it from above, as she saw Tanjiro from the sky, falling towards her. As he slashes downward, towards her, but she dodges the attack "Fire wheel!" The top of the tower collapse in half as Both the demon and Tanjiro lands to the ground. "You have the guts to show up like that." Says the demon as Tanjiro says "well, it is what it is." Says Tanjiro as the demon starts to shake after seeing the blade 'Wait, why am I shaking? No, it's Lord Muzan's cells?' "say, let me ask you a question." Asked Tanjiro and The demon asked "what is it brat?" "Why do I smell fear in you?" The demon got annoyed to think he can smell emotions as she yells "why don't you just shut up?! Don't think you'll beat me this easy, since i am a Demon moon, known as Makugo" Says the demon names Maguko as Tanjiro saw her eyes as Lower moom 4 "Well, if it's no easy task? Lets get into it." Says Tanjiro "Hinokami Kagura.." as he dashes to Maguko in speed, as he slashes at her while fire spreads out on her face "..Dance." Maguko backs and jumps back as she felt the burn "AAAHHH what the!-????!!!" Yelled Maguko's face got burned until she saw Yoriichi's Image glitching through Tanjiro, 'What the? Who's that?' Makugo summoning large plants, growing and charging towards him as Tanjiro slashes the vines off while charging to her constantly. Maguko backs away and she kept throwing the plants over and over. But it was no use, no matter how strong plants she makes, it's still no use 'What is this? I'm even using the thickest vine to chip the blade in 2, why isn't it working?' thought Maguko as Tanjiro slashing the vines while he's closing into her. 'I could smell fear in her, i might have an idea.' "I Had Enough of this Nonsense!" Maguko summoning One largest vine as she is using whip slap at Tanjiro real fast "Hinokami Kagura..." The Whipping Vine goes through Tanjiro, but he suddenly vanished as it turned out to be an after image. 'What the? An after Image?' "Fake Rainbow.." until suddenly a whole fire flies to Maguko from behind, she tried to dodge but suddenly gets striked towards where she was running to for a dodging intent. She gets beheaded in such a painful and unexpected strike. "What the!?" As she saw Tanjiro appeared from the fire. "...Solar heat Haze." Her head rolls away as her body was disintegrating as Tanjiro sheathing his sword in, he quickly pulls out a knife bottle, and stabs her body as blood gets collected from her body, as it's filled in the knife. Tanjiro takes out a knife. "Not bad Yushiro, now what?" "Meow" Tanjiro saw a cat with Yushiro's talisman and wearing a backpack, Tanjiro places the blood sample in the bag as The cat leaves "Safe journeys" says Tanjiro as the cat vanished.
Meanwhile with Yuki protecting the slayers from the plants, as the slayers who are slaying demons, some are injured, some are dying, until the plants vanished to ash. While the last of the other demons gets beheaded successfully. Yuki realises that it's over, "I sense no other demon here." As Sun started rising up. While the Kakushis arrived in time, as they all started giving them bandages and more. While Shinobu shows up, "Yuki! Are you okay?" "I'm okay Sensei, I'm okay.." says Yuki, while Tanjiro watching the body disintegrate completely as Muichiro shows up and he asked "what kind of demon was it?" "Lower moon 4." Replied Tanjiro as Muichiro says "Well, i fought Lower 2." Tanjiro faces him saying "Really? 2 lower moons in the same place, let alone a whole army of demons here." "Probably because this village was abandoned for so long that they used it as their hiding place." Says Muichiro as Tanjiro thinks as he says "or they showed up to the village, destroyed and devoured many who lived here, and used it as their hideout." Tanjiro stands up while Muichiro says "well, we have a long way to go." As they both made their way. "Caw! Kamado Tanjiro, Tokito Muichiro, Make your Way to the Headquarters, Caw!" Yelled Matsuemon as Tanjiro and Muichiro faced each other. "Hello there!" Both saw it was 2 Kakushis as "you both are Tokito and Kamado? You'll have to wear these." Says a Female Kakushi who she shows a Blind fold and ear plugs and nose plugs for Tanjiro specifically. Both Kakushis carry them both from their back as they run off.
End of chapter.