#Blood of Hinokami

[chaotickasugaicrows]

Have another fic for an AU I (Smol) haven't talked about here yet.

Summary:

The goddess Hinokami intended on blessing the latest sun breather in his fight against demons. When she realizes Tanjirō is her descendant, she awakens his latent abilities instead. Muzan Kibutsuji arrogantly claimed the gods never saw fit to punish him in all of one thousand years. If Yoriichi Tsugukuni wasn’t enough, one Tanjirō Kamado with the power of the sun flowing through his veins is more than willing to make the Demon King rethink that claim.

[squilfmybeloved]

the first time the hinokami kagura comes into play in season 1 is like my favorite demon slayer scene ever- the music, the animation, nezuko's blood demon art, the dance, the fire- its all so beautiful. i feel like the dance doesnt get much attention from what i've seen and its so underrated but i love it so much.

[luvbugs-blog]

getting saved by...

pairings: tanjiro x reader, inosuke x reader, zenitsu x reader

a/n: there will be a part two... but switched! you saving them!

warnings: POSSIBLE SPOILERS! also mentions of death in inosuke's (reader has to do what tanjiro did to wake up on the mugen train)

part two!

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tanjiro kamado

you try to brace yourself as you're thrown against a tree. it hurts, but you have to keep going. you think of the bright smile that always inspires you when you need it. the smile of your best friend. you take in a deep breath in, trying to control your total concentration, as you reflect on where you are at, and how you would rather be back at the butterfly mansion with your friends, who haven't finished healing yet.

you lift yourself up just in time to deflect the blood demon art of the spider sister, who almost captured you in her web ball. you fling yourself to the side, and when you jump up, prepared for the next attack, she's gone.

strange. you look around you at all of your surroundings, hoping that she won't pop out from behind the trees. your power, besides your breathing, is in your strength, so unfortunately, you lack any power of being able to sense where your opponent is by smell, audio, or some weird beasty sense thing that inosuke possesses.

you still and close your eyes, trying to focus on listening, when you hear something above you. something isn't right about this.

you are able to jump to the side just as the monster leaps where you were. this thing is massive, with a godawful spider face. not only is it creepy, but it scares you enough that you hide behind a tree, trying to think of a plan. that's when you remember tanjiro again.

last week, the two of you were eating breakfast at the butterfly mansion. you were sitting next to each other, chatting and occasionally laughing at inosuke devouring his onigiri. you turn to focus back on your conversation about tanjrio's "hinokami kagura", and how impressive it is.

"you truly are amazing, tanjiro! not even the hashira can perform two breathing techniques!" you gush, trying to imagine yourself doing the same. "you must feel so powerful!"

tanjiro scratches at his neck, trying to push down the raging blush that had formed on his face. "it's really not that impressive! I'm sure you could do the same if you really tried."

"oh, don't be ridiculous. i'm not near close enough to your level. and don't be modest either! just don't forget about me when you become a hashira," you say, with a little joke at the end.

tanjiro grabs your hands and stares at you a little too intensely. you feel a little startled. "don't say that about yourself! you are an incredible swordsman and i constantly want to be like you."

you blink, unsure what to make of the fervent compliments. you open your mouth, but before you can respond, he continues.

"you inspire me with your strength. you never give up and that is what's truly amazing!" you swear you can see little puffs of steam coming out of his ears.

"uh..."

"so don't underestimate yourself!"

you blink for a moment, trying to find your composure. and you don't know what else to do but laugh.

"well, alright then!" you give him a huge smile and hug him tight. "thank you, tanjiro," you whisper into his ear. he just hugged you tighter to his body. what you missed seeing was the very pointed look given to him by zenitsu.

you brace yourself and make a move from behind the tree, rushing at the creature who was looking for you in the opposite direction. activating your first breathing form, you aim at the giant's arm, hoping to buy some time while he is regenerating. but your sword doesn't cut through. instead, he flings you a couple meters back. you land harshly on the ground, and you wince when you feel your ribs crack. you take a deep breath in, desperately hoping for an idea to get you out of this mess.

the monster roars, destroying trees in his path as he searches for you. "LEAVE MY FAMILY ALONE."

some hell of a family, you think, as you roll out of the way to escape a tree from crushing you. you rush at the monster again, this time aiming for his neck with your sixth breathing form, but to no avail. your sword still doesn't go through.

you can see the monster's hand coming towards you. you're going to die. there's no way you can move out of the way without breaking your sword, and you won't be able to survive without it. think! you desperately rack your brain for ideas, but it's too late.

you close your eyes as the hand comes to you, but you never feel the impact. you quickly open your eyes to see a checkered haori blocking the monster's head.

"tanjiro!"

"y/n! i was so worried when we arrived and saw all of the bodies!" the hand shakes the two of you off, and tanjiro holds you close as you both fall to the ground. he's quick to jump to his feet, but you're still a little sore from your earlier exchanges with the tree. he gives you a charming smile as he helps you off the ground. "i'm so glad you are alright."

you jump up to give him a tight hug, trying to fight off the nerves of your near-death experience.

"gonpachiro! are you going to help me out or keep flirting?" you cough as he glances over at inosuke trying to saw his way through the monster's arm.

before you can react, he presses a quick kiss to your forehead before running to help. "stay alive, ok!" he yells, "i have to confess something after the battle!"

you allow yourself one bashful smile before lunging into the fight, helping your future bf and one weird boar.

inosuke hashibira

you gasp for air as you're being held down by the neck by the train's appendage. you try to break free, but your sword is just out of reach and the tentacle thing is just too slimy to really grab hold of it. with one hand, you try to free your neck, and with the other hand, you strain for your sword. the appendage lifts you a bit and slams you back down, making something in your arm snap. you try to scream, but nothing comes out. your vision starts getting a little blurry, and black starts creeping around the edges.

what should you do? before you can do anything, a big eye pops out and blinks at you.

when you open your eyes, you have to adjust, because it suddenly got very bright. you sit up off the ground, looking around for the train, but you don't see anything. you do recognize this dirt path you are on though.

you lift yourself up and start along the path until you come across... the butterfly mansion? something wasn't right. you were supposed to be helping tanjiro and inosuke with the train demon.

just then you heard a cackle coming from inside the building. how is inosuke here? you also heard a scream coming from the inside. you sprint to the sound, and throw the doors open to see your little sibling cowering behind your parents, who were in a protective stance and looking up at the ceiling. on the ceiling was inosuke, crawling around like a weirdo.

"mom? dad?" how were they here? their deaths were the reason you became a demon slayer in the first place. tears start pouring down your cheeks as you run towards your beloved family. you stay there, hugging them for what seems like hours. your parents were very confused, but accepted the affection nontheless. your sibling was giggling at how stupid you looked, but you could care less, because at least they were alive.

maybe this whole slayer thing was just a bad dream. BAM. you jerk your head to see inosuke had come down from the ceiling. how did you forget? so the slayer thing was not just a dream. so what the hell is happening?

inosuke walks up to you and grabs your hand. "come on, y/n! let's go train." he walks you outside and into the woods.

"inosuke, i think something is wrong. we were fighting a demon and then we ended up back here. do you know anything?" he steps back and lifts his mask up, letting it fall to the ground.

"what the hell are you talking about?" he starts towards you, backing you into a tree. you put your hands to his chest, looking into his eyes.

"this is not the time to fight right now! i'm being serious-" you are silenced when he puts his finger to your lips, cocks his head and looks at you.

"the fuck are you yappin' about? you know the training thing is just a ruse." he puts his hands on your side and squeezes, making you gasp. he lays his head into the crook of your neck and gives you a small little bite, in which you grab onto his shoulders in shock. "we do this all the time."

Y/N!

you push inosuke back and look around. you grab onto his shoulder and gently shake it.

"didn't you hear that?" he just snorts. "hear what?"

Y/N!

"there it is again! someone is calling my name!" inosuke shakes his head and pushes against you once more, arms circling your waist. he starts to leave kisses up your neck, which causes you to let out a little whine. this was a little dream of yours that you kept a secret so no one would find out about your little crush.

pause.

A DREAM! of course!

"i've got to get out of here." inosuke lifts his head up.

"what?"

"you don't understand. this is a dream! the real you needs me right now." you run around the woods, searching for the demon that put you to sleep. if you kill it, you might be able to get out. how else would you wake up?

you slow to a stop, realizing the demon isn't in the dream with you. dream inosuke pokes your back. "what are you doing?"

you turn to him, unsure of what you're about to do. you reach to his waist and grab one of his swords.

"i'm sorry." you whisper, terrified. you bring the sword up to your neck. what if you're wrong? what if there are repercussions from the dream in reality. what if you actually died?

you push your hand up again the blade, ready, when a hand grabs your wrist. you look up into his beautiful face, which looked miserable.

"don't you want to be with me?" you almost drop the sword from your neck. you raise your hand to dream inosuke's face.

"it's all i've ever wanted, since we met. that's why i have to do this. to be with the real you." you pull your wrist free and scream, and with a twist of the blade, everything goes dark.

you wake up and take a deep breath. you can feel the wind from the roof of the train, and you realize it worked. you look over to see the appendage that was holding you wither into dust on the ground.

"you done taking your little nap? we got a demon to kill!" you smile at the taunting voice coming from behind you. you turn and jump into his arms.

"h-hey!" you lift his mask to give him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"thank you for waking me up," you say, before running off to where tanjiro was calling your name. inosuke follows behind you, very glad the mask is covering the redness of his face.

zenitsu agatsuma

there is no way you are making it out of this one alive, unless you hear the drum again. there are two demons making their way to you in this moving house. you aren't skilled enough to taken on two demons by yourself. so you are holding out that the drum will beat again soon, so that the rooms will shift. the first demon crawls closer and lashes it's tongue at you. you swipe at it, and the tip falls off, spraying blood over your uniform. while the first demon sprawls backwards in pain, the second lunges at you, and just as you swing your sword at it's neck, the drum shifts the rooms around.

you fall through the air in this new room, but land on something solid. you look down to see zenitsu under you.

"oh my goodness!" you hug him tight, thankful to see his face instead of another demon. while you're too busy with your relief, he's focused on your legs on either side of his waist. pervert.

his euphoria ends quickly, however, when you hoist yourself up and introduce yourself to the kid he is with. shoichi, the little boy, is so relieved that another slayer joined them, so he didn't have to put up with zenitsu's tantrums by himself.

while he is introducing himself, zenitsu sits up and screams. you turn, shielding the boy behind you, when you spot the tongue demon making it's way toward the three of you.

you all run to the nearest room and while you hope for another drum, you know you won't be so lucky this time, so you focus your attention on the door, hoping to be able to ambush the demon when he enters the room.

"no, no, no, no, no. please wake up." you turn to see zenitsu passed out on the floor.

"shoichi, i need you to get him to the wall if you can." then you turn your attention to the approaching demon, whose tongue had already regenerated. the tongue lashes out at you once more, but faster this time. you knew you wouldn't have time to cut it off, so you settle for deflecting it.

but the force of his tongue was too strong, and you were thrown backwards, hitting the wall and roughly falling to the ground. you crawl back over to zenitsu and shoichi, praying the drum sounds again.

you go to stand up to face the demon again when a soft hand pushes you back. you look up to see zenitsu and are surprised. wasn't he just passed out?

you see him get into position and hear a faint, "thunder breathing, first form". you blink and the demon is dead.

zenitsu sways for a second before falling back to the ground. you rush over to make sure he's ok to discover he's... STILL ASLEEP?

he jerks awake and squeals when he see's the demon's body disintegrating. he latches onto your torso and shamelessly hides his face into your skin.

"y/n-chaaaaan, you saved me! thank you thank you thank you!"

you look over at shoichi who just shrugs. with a small laugh, you lean over and press a kiss to zenitsu's head.

"let's try to get out of here, yeah?"

"AHHH y/n-chaaaaaan! let's get married!"

a/n: SORRRRRY i am so tired and so i rushed zenitsu's, but i hope it's still good! i'll try to finish the part two tomorrow (with a special surprise drabble!)

[bgunphoenix]

𝕿𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 ⌞𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛⌝

Longest chapter ever, i'm tired (⸝⸝ᴗ﹏ᴗ⸝⸝) ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁

Wattpad chapter

Tanjiro spent his time talking to Kyojuro about the hinokami kagura while his friends sat on the nearby train seats talking to each other. 

Y/n POV

‘I’m definitely third wheeling right now Rengoku is talking to Kamado and his friends are talking to each other’, Agatsuma was sitting next to the box where the sister of the Kamado kid is resting, It would be interesting to analyse her, since our contacts affirmed that she has never eaten a single human, it’s not the first time that we have seen a demon refusing to harm humans and even die because of starvation, but the most intriguing part is that she has developed a blood demon art, something that would only happen in a demon has already consumed blood, her case is surely something I would like to look into.

But it’s not the time for that, I was sent to hunt down the demon and protect the people on the train. After all of this I could track Kamado down and ask him to let me run some tests on his sister. I doubt he would let me do it, considering he doesn’t know me and he doesn’t know that I know about her.

TANJIRO KAMADO’S POV

‘Something felt wrong about L/n-san, the smell of sadness and lies, maybe he lied to us about something he said?’

I don’t want to assume that he lied on purpose, maybe he’s nervous about us being demon slayers, with exposed weapons and talking about demons.

Something in his eyes didn't match with his smell. He looked relaxed and kind but they didn’t feel like that, they looked like they were analysing every inch of each one of us, even for Nezuko everytime he looked at her box, I never mentioned her and she was sleeping. How would he know she was there?

I shouldn’t assume anything about him! I barely know him and Rengoku-san seems to trust him so I should do as well!

3rd PERSON POV

Y/n got up from his seat and grabbed the case that he stored his katana in, all the slayers were relaxed and he couldn’t sense a demonic presence around the cart.

‘I better look around for the demon while they are distracted, as soon as it’s dead, I can leave this place’

“Pardon me for interrupting your conversation, Rengoku-san, I’ll be going now to find another seat, enjoy the ride” Y/n winked at the hashira and began to walk to the front carts, going to the back carts would be troublesome since the conductor would be checking the tickers by then and he would be forced to sit and wait.

Y/n walked quickly till he reached the part that connected two carts, the fresh air from the night was freezing. He jumped to the roof, it would be easier to set his katana there instead of a cart.

After getting his weapon out and throwing the case on the nearby rice field, he sat down on the roof and began to concentrate. A demon moon was on the train, hiding somewhere and killing people. To reach that level it should have at least eaten 50 humans or a marechi but would it attack knowing there’s a hashira on board?

‘Let’s see what you are made of, demon’. The sheath of his katana rested on the belt of the hakama while the blood red weapon rested on his right hand.

Meanwhile, with the demon slayers, the tickets had been punched and the conductor stared at the empty seat “There was a man sitting here, where is he?” his voice sounded tired and annoyed. 

“We don’t know, He left a moment ago, he said he would set his luggage on the right cart” Zenitsu spoke as the train conductor punched his ticket, maybe F/n-san went to take air or to get away from them, they were not someone a normal person would interact with if given the change after all, especially Inosuke and The Rengoku guy.

As the conductor walked out of the cart, the train shook violently

It was coming from the roofs of the carts, as if an earthquake had shaken the entire place at the same time.

“EHHHH, what was that sound???” Zenitsu grabbed onto Tanjiro’s haori as Inosuke got his head out of the window to look outside. “Inosuke, get back here you can fall!” Tanjiro raised his voice as he tried to free himself from Zenitsu’s hold

“SOMETHING IS ON THE TRA-” Kyojuro grabbed Inosuke by the pants and stopped him from falling out, the front of his mask was covered in blood, Zenitsu stopped for a moment while Tanjiro stared at his friend.

“Blood? Did someone get hurt?” Zenitsu looked at Inosuke and began to cry and shield himself behind Tanjiro while Kyojuro stayed silent analysing the blood that covered Inosuke before shouting “Young blonde, This is demon blood!! And it’s turning to dust, so someone or something must have killed it!” The flame hashira looked at the younger slayers “Did someone else come with you?” His smile never faded even when they could sense some form of surprise from his words.

The three looked at each other while saying no with their heads, they didn’t remember any slayer getting on the train with them,and they didn’t see anyone carrying a weapon. “I don’t remember anyone that got on the train with a weapon except us” Tanjiro tried to remember anyone suspicious while they ran to get on the train but he couldn’t recall anyone at all.

‘That guy, the one sitting with you surely looked suspicious, but he wasn’t carrying a weapon’ Zenitsu stared at Kyojuro while he sat down, trying to remember what L/n-san’s sound was like, it wasn’t like anything he had heard before.

Just as they were thinking, Y/n returned to the cart and sat and stared at them “May I ask why is Hashibira-kun covered in blood?, is he ok?” The slayers stared at Y/n, somehow he had changed his clothes, from head to toe in that little frame of time.

“He’s ok L/n-san! Are you ok?” Kyojuro took a look at Y/n as he placed his hand on the other man’s shoulder, “Yes Rengoku-san, I’m fine, I just needed to place my bags on the right cart, do not worry” 

Y/n placed his hand on top of Kyojuro’s as he grabbed it and squeezed on his “You are very caring Rengoku-san”

And with that small gesture, the flame hashira was being engulfed in flames (ironic, isn’t it?), his entire body felt hotter than normal and he felt his face getting redder by the second.

Interrupting the moment between the two men, Inosuke walked up to Y/n and began to shout “WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO ATTRACT WITH YOUR FUR? YOU FANCY FOX” he pointed his finger at the man as Y/n looked at the boar boy with a confused expression “Hashibira-san, I assure you I’m not a fox, nor am I trying to attract anybody on this train” He closed his eyes and laughed softly at the kid, Tanjiro smelled annoyance coming off the man, like Inosuke had said something one shouldn’t even think about, “Inosuke, didn’t you say that you wanted to look at the rice fields? Come here” Zenitsu grabbed Inosuke and got his attention to the nearby window. He looked back at Tanjiro ‘Zenitsu may be a coward but that look wasn’t good, it’s almost like he’s nervous, frightened even, was it because L/n-san?’

“I see you came back sir, let me see your ticket” Y/n looked at the man up and down and gave him the ticket he had gotten at the station.

Y/n’s POV

He either doesn’t get any sleep or he wants to kill himself, probably both.

He gave me back my ticket and I put it on one of the inner pockets of my kimono, the man left and I looked back at Rengoku, he had a serious look on his space while staring at the box where Kamado’s sister was, with a quick glance he turned around, he was throwing daggers at my soul “L/N-san!, did you happen to see or hear anything while you were away?”

‘Shit, does he suspect something?’

“Other than the slight tremble? I don’t think so Rengoku-san, did something happen while I was gone?” I said while looking concerned, I looked back at the boar boy and the kamado kid, more specifically at their weapons “Is there a demon here?” Faking your personality is one thing, managing it to make it believable is another.

They don’t suspect anything, and if they do, they don’t have any solid argument to confront me with, they cannot see my Katana, I don’t reek of blood either.

Evading the fact that I made the train almost derail because of a technique, everything else should still be covering me up. (Don’t blame me, reader. I wanted to be flashy.)

“No, nothing happened, you are not to worry, I would prefer if you stayed close to me right now, L/n-san!” Rengoku was quick to sit next to me and put his arm around my shoulders, clearly this guy hasn’t even kissed someone before…

“oh, I see, do not worry, I will stay close to you, Rengoku-san” If I had a coin for every lie I have told tonight, I would have enough to buy a house.

A while later my eyes felt heavy, I looked around and The slayer kids were deep in sleep, Rengoku was falling asleep on my shoulder, did I rest enough last night? 

I shouldn’t close my eyes…

My mission is to find the moon demon and kill it

 I cannot close my eyes…

3RD PERSON POV

Enmu stood on top of the train, he let out a shaky breath as he touched his face, “They are deep in sleep now, to be able to die while dying, how lucky they are, no matter if they are slayers or hunters, doesn’t matter how strong they are, a human’s driving force is the heart and their souls, now they just have to shatter it”

The sleep demon spun around and continued to talk “they are so weak, so fragile, just like dolls, thank you lord Muzan for this wonderful opportunity~”

The small children made their way to the slayers that were asleep, they had heard that there was a change of plans from the demon, who has now beside them walking slowly, “You see, I didn’t take into account the new one travelling with them, you don’t need to worry, I will destroy his core”

“Do not fail me, I will grant you sweet dreams if you follow my orders, remember what I told you~” Enmu helped each kid to tie the rope to their wrists and he took Y/n onto his arms and walked away

“Let’s see how you figured out about the decoy I sent~” He planted the hunter’s body down on one of the empty carts as he closed the entrance with his own flesh.

Y/n’s POV

Ok, maybe sleeping for a while isn’t that bad, and what’s better it’s that it’s a blank void all around, that’s a small benefit of not being able to dream at all, I can control anything that comes and goes into this place.

Let’s begin with a mountain, and a waterfall with some trees here and there, grass and flowers, moon high up in the sky, wisteria and jacaranda trees swaying with the wind.

balanced as everything should be.

But, something is walking around

Someone is trying to figure out why things are moving.

Where is that pesky demon hiding?

Enmu’s POV

Ehh~, Something is wrong with this place, it changes as soon as I move, as if the person was controlling everything, my blood demon art should have disabled it~

I’ll make my way to the edge of the dream and destroy the core, it won’t be difficult, I’ve done it so many times that it’s child’s play for me~

10 minutes of walking

Ok, this place is definitely weird, being concentrated in fusing my body with the train while working on finding the edge of this dream is a pain…

This is frustrating, even more than dealing with slayers in the real world, this place is non ending, and when I finally find a place close to the edge, it moves away just as quickly, it is as if someone is moving the dream all along.

Wait, why is the floor trembling?-

“Hey there my darling demon, how are you doing?~” someone got their hands on my shoulders, I tried to move away from them but I cannot, I cannot move.

I tried to get off the dream but something is preventing me from doing so, no

Not something, it’s-

“Why are you trying to run away from me? That hurts Enmu~” how does he know my name?.

I could hear heels moving, and then I saw him, a full on demon, a kitsune standing in front of me, slits for pupils, long nails, tail and ears, that wasn’t a human.

“Enmu~ I want to show you something, I’ll close your eyes for a minute~” He covered my eyes and I felt everything shifting, I felt sick.

3RD PERSON POV

When Y/n uncovered Enmu’s eyes, he could see thousands, if not millions of miles of blue spider lilies, just the flower lord Muzan was looking for, there, on this hunter’s dream “funny, isn’t it?, the flower is here, you will never reach it though, you can stare at it as much as you want” In a second, he felt his body getting strung, his limbs hurt and he was drowning, “You never try to mess with my missions, This place and what you saw will be our little secret, right Enmu?~” Y/n left a soft peck on the demon’s lips as blood continued to flood the whole dream.

And Y/n opened his eyes.

“This is so absurd, a sleep demon captured in my dream and the slayers are sleeping, I better find the main body so I can go back home” Y/n shook his head as he looked for his katana, it was thrown off to the side, he picked up and began to walk back to the cart.

The whole train was filled with flesh tendons covering the passengers, whenever they tried to attract Y/n, he would attack back and free the people, maybe Enmu was still somewhat conscious and trying to stop him.

When Y/n arrived at the cart where the slayers were, he closed the door behind him and pointed his katana at the demon girl kneeling in front of the kamado kid, “Nezuko Kamado right?, I’m not gonna hurt you, have you seen the demon that caused all this mess?” She backed off and opened her arms to protect her brother, Y/n kneeled at her level and began to speak “I’m not gonna hurt any human here, I don’t have any intention of hurting you either, I just need to know if you have seen the demon”.

She shook her head as she pointed to the rope on her brother’s wrist, “You want me to help you brother right?” and she nodded, “I don’t think cutting the rope will help them, we have to be cautious with blood demon arts y’know?” Nezuko looked at her brother and tried to shake him to wake Tanjiro up.

“I’ll look for the demon, you stay here and take care of them, Nezuko” Y/n gave her a head pad and began to walk back to the front of the train, the back of the train had less people than the front, if a demon were to eat, they would begin eating, it would be were most people were.

At the union from cart to cart, Y/n jumped to the roof of the train and saw Enmu on the front. “How nice, you escaped my mind, how was it, Enmu?” the demon turned around and began to laugh, “Ahh~, you are not a common human, are you, Hunter? It was a clever idea to try and trap me in your dream, but going back to check on the slayers was a mistake, was it not?~” Enmu laughed as he began to rise his hand “You are going to have a not so pleasant dream for doing what you did~”

“Blood demon art: Whispers of forced unconscious hypnosis, now go back to sleep~” 

“Blood breathing: Second Form: Decadence Needle” Y/n dashed across the roofs of the carts and stabbed Enmu on the chest where his heart would be, then made a vertical cut to sever the arm where the mouth was, Enmu backed off while regenerating his arm, “Too slow, how did you become a lower moon with that speed?” The hunter scoffed at the demon.

Until a finger touched his shoulder “Behind you~” With a click, Y/n fell asleep and fell off of the roof, “It was fun while it lasted, little hunter~” Enmu turned around and went back to breathing deeply “The air of the night feels lighter, it’s a perfect night to die while peacefully dreaming~”

Enmu breathed deeply till he felt sick, like air had been pulled from out of his lungs, his face began to crack and fall apart “I see, I see~” the demon fell onto his knees and began to choke on the air, “Aren’t you full of tricks, little hunter?~”

Tanjiro stared at the demon who was on his knees while coughing, the stench that reeked of the ticket led him to the roofs to find it, Enmu turned around and began to talk while regenerating his jaw, “What? You’re awake as well, you caught me while regenerating, why don’t you go back to sleep?~”

“Why did you wake up? That little friend of yours had a good shot to behead me but he fell, were you not satisfied with the dream I showed you?” Enmu got up and began to stare at Tanjiro, his face looked like tiny cracks were forming from his neck, “Let’s see~ Next time I’ll show you a dream where your dad comes back to life, that would be nice, wouldn’t it?~” Tanjiro clenched his face and began to breathe slowly, he had seen the eyes of the demon, it was a lower moon, lower moon 1 nonetheless.

The fight was heated, Tanjiro killed himself over and over in order to escape the blood demon art while Enmu dodged his way out of every attack, ‘Even in the middle of a dream, it’s incredible, to take his own life with his own hands, that takes incredible will power, this brat is insane!’

While those two were fighting, Y/n climbed to the roofs once again, that cursed demon made him fall asleep in the middle of a fight, he readied his katana once more, “Blood breathing:Fifth Form: Annihilation Typhoon” With exploding force, Y/n dashed forward while holding his katana ready to cut the demon’s head, the body of the kid was about to fall and he needed to grab him and behead the demon at the same time.

With a single slash, Enmu’s head had fallen to the side while Y/n grabbed Tanjiro and covered him with his body. “Thank you for holding him off while I woke up, kid” Tanjiro was on his knees looking at Y/n, it was like the man was a different person, shielding him while being ready to fight the demon, “Let’s not talk about this, Let’s defeat this thing and go our separate ways” Tanjiro nodded and readied his sword, “This is not over yet”.

“I can totally see why he ordered me to kill you, the boy with the earrings, along with the hashira, but the hunter messed up my plans, you both couldn’t be more irritating, you know!~” From Enmu’s head, a thick mass of flesh formed around the cart, it was disgusting “How’s he alive?! You severed his head off!” Tanjiro was appalled by the side, a demon holding head back together after cutting it off? 

“Demon moons are powerful, never trust that they will die that easily, kid” Y/n  shielded Tanjiro while Enmu spoke “I fused my whole body with this train while everyone was sleeping, that body is nothing but a mere decoy, it’s the same with this head, in other words, I’m going to devour every single person on this train, they are both my meal and my hostages~” Y/n snickered and ran towards the head “Blood breathing:Third Form: Withering Blossom” When it was about to strike, Enmu’s head was gone, back to the train.

With a single scuff, Y/n began to walk back to Tanjiro, the kid was looking at the floor with a concerned expression “Go wake up your friends and the hashira, I’ll take care of the demon” The hunter jumped back to the carts while Tanjiro followed him “Thank you for saving me back there, are you sure you can handle the demon, F/n-san?!” Y/n just nodded and began to walk to the front of the train, leaving Tanjiro alone on the roofs, soon after Inosuke punched the roof and joined him “Follow me, damn minions alright!, Lord Inosuke’s comin’ through!” Inosuke jumped back to the cart “Beast breathing: Fifth Fang: Crazy cutting!”

While Tanjiro and Inosuke defended the middle carts, Zenitsu managed to wake up to defend Nezuko, Y/n was making his way towards the front of the train while defending the sleeping passengers “This demon is sure annoying, intelligent but annoying” The hunter stuck one of the needles on the flesh and retrieved it “He has a lot of that man’s blood, makes sense considering the situation”

Something shook the entire train, Tanjiro was on the floor holding himself “What was that?! A demon attack?”, “YOUNG KAMADO! I was pretty thorough while slashing my way here, it should the demon a while to regenerate, I’ll try to keep it short, The train has eight cars in total, I’ll protect the five on the back, the yellow kid and your sister will take care of the rest, you and the boar kid will look for the head and keep an eye on those three cars!” Tanjiro looked at Kyojuro with a shocked expression, “A head?, but-”, “Don’t forget that every demon has a head, it doesn’t matter which form they assume, I’ll look for the head as well, I want you to show me how great of a slayer you are!”, “WAIT, RENGOKU-SAN TH-” Tanjiro couldn’t finish the sentence because Kyojuro was long gone, that was some impressive speed, just like F/n-san!

Was F/n-san a hashira as well? The man looked way more experienced than him or his friends, the way he moved made him remember Tomioka-san, even the calmness while killing the demon was unfazed, they both were so impressive!

Y/n had found the front of the train, and the man who was guarding it, the demon’s head had to be there, otherwise it would be covered with meat like the rest of the train. “Move, I don’t intend to harm you but, if you don’t move, I’ll murder you right here” His words were cold while he stared at that man who refused to acknowledge him. “Blood breathing:First Form: Scarlet Slash” The attack uncovered the neck bone of Enmu, who was trying to regenerate and cover that spot “Blood breathing:Sixth Form: Crimson Waltz” every tendril was decaying as Y/n slashed them, the blood mixed with poison made the regeneration slower, making it easier to behead the demon, when he was about to perform another blood breathing technique, Inosuke and Tanjiro jumped in the cart and began to aid him “INOSUKE, DEFEND HIM WHILE HE CUTS THE NECK”, “WHO ARE YOU TO SAY ORDERS TO THE GREAT LORD INOSUKE, EHHH GOMPANCHIRO?!”.

While they defended the cart, The conductor made his way towards Inosuke and was about to stab him, Tanjiro ran as fast as he could, taking the hit for his friend while knocking out the man.

Both the demon slayers and the conductor were lifted on the air, they continued to fight while Y/n cut tendril after tendril to sever the neck bone, uncovering it while the poison made it hard for Enmu to regenerate.

“Blood breathing:First Form: Scarlet Slash” With a swift cut, he had severed the demon’s neck and it began to derail, Enmu tried his best to regenerate his neck and eat the passengers as fast as he could with minimal result ‘Fuck, this place is going to collapse…’ The hunter jumped to grab the slayers and braced himself to the train in order to not fly away “GRAB YOURSELVES LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT” Tanjiro hugged his chest while Inosuke grabbed onto Tanjiro “WAIT, WHO IS THIS MAN, GOMPANCHIRO?!”

The train had derailed and the carts were a mess, Y/n placed Tanjiro on the floor as he began to look for people that were injured near the front of the train.

“You’re still alive huh?, disintegrating slowly, dying slowly” Y/n stomped what remained of Enmu with this Sandal “You are worth nothing, go to hell and redeem yourself, say hi to Kibutsuji while you do.” Those eyes looked back at the man who had killed him, looking down like he was staring at the lowest trash one could imagine “THAT FLOWER, HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THA-” Y/N only stared back at Enmu as he disintegrated.

Meanwhile Tanjiro was resting on the floor while Kyojuro stared at him “IMPRESSIVE, impressive!”, “Constant is the first step to becoming a hashira! There are another 10000 steps to become one after that one!” Tanjiro stared right back at the man. “You have to concentrate harder and improve the precision of your breathing. There's a blood vessel, a torn one, concentrate harder and find it!, stanch it and stop the bleeding, Focus!”

Tanjiro was in pain, a lot of pain, while the hashira tended to him and explained to him about constant breathing and how it helped in every situation one could imagine.

They continued to talk about the people till the earth shook, Y/n felt a cold sweat form on his neck as he ran towards both the slayers, Kyojuro turned around when he felt the presence, a horrid and blood thirsty presence.

Y/n saw it, he saw his eyes, an upper moon was there, staring at the hashira, Kyojuro had his hand around the Tsuka of his sword, ready to unleash an attack. He murmured under his breath “Damn him, an upper moon now?...” Y/n readied his own sword and waited for any of the two to attack, the upper moon hadn’t seen him yet, so he had an advantage over it.

When the upper moon was about to strike Tanjiro, Rengoku readied his sword and prepared himself to strike back- 

“Blood breathing:Fifth Form: Annihilation Typhoon” Y/n had run in front of the hashira and stabbed the upper moon, driving him away from the two slayers, Kyojuro stared at the man while Y/n kept his eyes on the demon, ready to attack once again 

The attack had moved the upper moon a good distance “That’s a sharp Katana” He licked the blood that remained after Y/n managed to cut his entire arm off.

Kyojuro stared at the hunter “Who are you?” Tanjiro could see the shock on the hashira’s eyes, the speed was impressive, he didn’t even see when F/n-san had cut in front of them.

Y/n didn’t even look at Kyojuro, instead he stared daggers at the demon “If you want to harm anyone here, you will do so over my dead body.” His words were covered in ice “Why go for the injured one if you had a hashira in front of you?”

The upper moon giggled “I wasn’t aiming for you, yet you managed to protect both the hashira and that kid, you are quick, aren’t you?” 

Y/n continued to stare at the demon “Thank you for the compliment, but that doesn’t answer my question.” The hunter saw Kyojuro and the Kamado kid who he was protecting, battling an upper moon while protecting two people would be a challenge.

“You’re welcome, You see, I loathe weak humans, the sight of a weakling makes my skin crawl” The upper moon said with a smile, he had never stopped smiling

“And you wanted to dispose of the injured one I see, so he wouldn’t interrupt you while you fought someone you deemed strong?” The hunter's words were cold, without emotion as he kept his eyes on the demon, waiting for it to attack.

“You’re right, well you see, I have a brilliant proposal for you, why don’t you become a demon, just like me”

“No, thank you”

“I can tell your strength with only looking at you, my original plan was to offer it to the hashira you are protecting, but you are way more polished than he is, your fighting spirit has been honed to the hilt, it’s almost blinding to look at, perhaps you are a hashira as well?” His eyes were locked on Y/n body as he spoke back

“My name is L/n Y/n, I’m the Lord of blood, I’m not a hashira.” Y/n words were covered in poison as he said the word hashira. Kyojuro and Tanjiro stared at the man who had lied about his name, who was now talking to an upper moon in front of them.

If he had lied about something as precious as one’s name, what else was a lie?

“The name’s Akaza, Y/n. Let me tell you why you can’t enter the realm of the highest” The demon cracked his knuckles

“You are a human, you are going to age and then you are going to die, Become a demon Y/n” Akaza offered his hand to Y/n as he continued to spoke “Do that and you can train for a hundreds of years, you will become stronger that you are right now”

Rengoku interrupted him “You are wrong, Both growing old and dying are part of the beauty of being an ephemeral creature like humans, the fact that we age and die are what makes humans life so unbearably precious and noble, Strength isn’t a word just used to describe the body, the boy isn’t weak, don’t insult him!”

Y/n flashed a smile at Kyojuro and giggled while returning to look at Akaza “I couldn’t have said it better, thank you for the words Kyojuro but, This is between me and Akaza”

“I’ll have to reject your offer, I’m sorry!”

“I see”

“Technique Development: Destructive Death: Compass Needle!”

The earth shook as the three men looked at the demon, a huge snowflake began to appear under him. ‘This isn’t going to be easy…’

 “if you don’t want to become a demon,

Then die.”

Akaza ran towards Y/n as he looked at the upper moon and counter attacked every hit with his sword, their speed was impressive, Tanjiro and Kyojuro were in shock as they saw the flashes of blue and deep crimson, The young slayer couldn’t see even their forms while Rengoku found it difficult to see the details.

“There were never any Lords Among the people I’ve killed, Nor have I seen any blood breathing user until now, no one took me up on my offer, either!” Akaza was talking while Y/n focused on defending the slayers and trying not to die.

“Why do you think that is? Y/n?” The hunter didn’t say anything and continued to stare at the demon with a blank expression. “As a fellow martial artist, I don’t get it!!” Y/n’s sword was against Akaza’s arm, stopping him from harming him.

“Should I harm the hashira to make you accept my offer? You seem quite fond of him” Akaza’s arm was sliced off as Y/n kicked him to make space between them.

“I SAID IT, YOU ARE GOING TO HARM HIM OVER MY DEAD BODY” Y/n ran towards Akaza and dived under the demon to kick him on the air

“Destructive Death: Air type” With a punch on the air, Y/n had taken the hit on his ribs as he covered his face with the blade, every punch was aimed towards his ribs and head, trying to end him.

‘This guy surely is strong, damn’  Y/n readied his sword as he breathed in, “Blood breathing:Seventh Form: Blood Frenzy” With every punch, Y/n took impulse and dashed toward Akaza, covering the hits with his Katana.

‘I have to cover or to attack back, he’s really fast’  Y/n thought as he continued to dash from the attacks to try and get closer to Akaza ‘I have to get close or I won’t be able to get close to beheading him, and I have to protect the kid and Kyojuro as well’

“Blood breathing:Second Form: Decadence Needle” Y/n had managed to get close enough to stab Akaza on the neck from Below, making him jump and retreat.

‘They are so fast, I cannot keep up with them!’ Tanjiro was looking at the battle with wide open eyes, he looked back at Kyojuro, who was staring as well, looking at both the men fighting while keeping his hand ready on the tsuka of his katana ‘why isn’t Rengoku-san helping him?’

“That superb speed of yours sure is something! Those breathtaking sword forms will be lost too when you die Y/n!” Akaza was blocking every stab, every slash of the Katana while Y/n concentrated on trying to cut his head.

“Doesn’t that make you sad? Losing your own breathing style and strength due to ageing!”

 “Maybe in a few years, right now I’m grateful for being able to use it against you!”

Inosuke had arrived “WHY ISN’T THE OWL MAN HELPING THE FOX? WE SHOULD HELP THEM!” Tanjiro began to stand up and Kyojuro began to unsheathe his sword.

“STAY WHERE YOU ARE, DON’T EVEN THINK OF COMING HERE, YOU’LL ALL DIE IF YOU TRY TO BATTLE HIM!” Y/n shouted as he continued to stab and cut Akaza, getting hit in the process but not even flinching at the pain.

“COME ON Y/N, GIVE ME YOUR BEST SHOT!” Y/n kicked Akaza while supporting himself on his sword ‘shit, my broken ribs are not helping’ 

“Concentrate on me right now, or else I will kill that hashira and the rest of the slay-” “You won’t harm any of them while I’m alive, Akaza” 

 “Blood breathing:Fifth Form: Annihilation Typhoon” The sheer force of the attack propelled Akaza into the forest with great force.

Kyojuro looked back at Y/n, his face hadn’t changed, still cold and black while he waited for the demon to retur- ‘what’s that?’ on the hunter’s cheeks rested marks, resembling the ones a kitsune would have when turning into a human ‘that wasn’t there earlier…’

Y/n dashed into the forest and the slayers lost track of him, until a large crater formed onto the side of the rails “L/N-SAN!” Tanjiro shouted while he tried to go towards the hunter “Stay Gompanchiro, if you go there, the man with the stripes is sure to murder you!” Inosuke grabbed him, he had sensed something was wrong with both the demon and hunter, something was off about those two and he couldn’t even pinpoint what it was, it made the hairs on his neck stand up, they were scary.

Y/n stood up and breathed in while looking at the forest ‘shit, he hit me hard on the ribs…’ Akaza walked up to the hunter and stood his ground “Become a demon Y/n, we can fight and get stronger for all of eternity, you are perfect!”

“I already told you, I’ll pass the offer, I don’t plan to be a servant for Kibutsuji even if I get to live longer!” Y/n laughed at Akaza “Fighting with you is certainly fun! But fun things get boring if you do them too often!”

“Blood breathing:Third Form: Withering Blossom” Y/n ran towards the demon and jumped when Akaza tried to hit him on the chest, the hunter got his sword almost in Akaza’s neck when he was kicked away.

Y/n fell close to Kyojuro, his breathing becoming heavier, blood fell from his mouth.

Supporting himself with his katana Y/n stood up and made his way back to the demon.

“YOU ALMOST HAD IT THERE! BUT YOU STILL DON’T GET IT, YOU WILL GET MORE TIRED AFTER EVERY ATTACK, YOU WILL DIE BEFORE YOU CAN CUT MY NECK!”

Akaza punched Y/n on the face, cutting him right above the eye, while he tried to get close to attack again ‘The sunrise is close, I only have to hold him up till then!’ Y/n dove under Akaza’s fists.

“Blood breathing:Sixth Form: Crimson Waltz” He began to stab Akaza on various points, Including the back of his neck and legs, ‘that will make him slower for a bit, I need to cut his head off!’

“Too slow” Akaza had punched him in the abdomen again, making Y/n stumble back.

“You should defend your chest, your limbs are quick and you leave no opening to hit you in the head but, your ribs are exposed, I already broke 5!”

“Thank you for the advice! Blood breathing:First Form: Scarlet Slash!” Y/n managed to lodge his swords on Akaza’s neck and began to push it.

“Disorder!” Akaza backed off while the punches began to go towards Y/n “Blood breathing:Seventh Form: Blood Frenzy!” Every slash of the Katana began to destroy the technique and allowed Y/n to get close to Akaza, cutting both of his arms off.

“You look like a fox right now, those marks on your face weren’t there, were they?” Akaza looked at Y/n with fascination, the hunter had blood on his lips and chin, internal bleeding making it hard to breathe “Don’t die on me, little fox!”

“Every stab and slash that you have made on me is disappearing already, but what about you?” Y/n fell onto his knees.

Tanjiro was shocked ‘Even talented people like him have a difficult time battling an upper moon, will I ever reach that level?...’

Akaza turned his head while watching him “You have more than 10 ribs broken, the muscles on your left leg are torn to shreds, your left arm is sprained, you are bleeding internally, all of that is irreparable”

The slayers skipped a heartbeat, how was Y/n able to fight in those conditions? He was standing there, protecting them while battling an upper moon.

“Become a demon and you will heal in the blink of an eye, those injuries will be less than scratches, fight me all that you can, but you will never beat me, you will fail to protect the hashira and the kids.” His words were laced with venom.

The hunter used his sword as support to stand, “your offer is interesting but, I was sent here on a mission, this was fun, but I have to protect them”

“You don’t get it right? I promised to someone I care that I would protect them, I don’t even knew any of them before this night” Y/n coughed blood while he looked at the demon

“I’d rather commit seppuku than letting any of them die, Akaza” 

Y/n looked at the demon while pointing his sword at him, he smiled and shouted

“I WON’T BREAK MY OATH! NOT A SINGLE PERSON WILL DIE ON MY WATCH!”

‘Sunrise is close, I have to pin him so he can die or hurt him enough so he will retreat…’

Akaza saw how Y/n fighting spirited flared up, it looked like blood was floating from his body, an immense aura surrounded him, something about it felt familiar, an aura that told him to shut up and submit to someone, similar to him when he called his name.

“Let’s see what you have, Y/n!” Akaza stood his ground and prepared his next attack. “YOU ARE PERFECT FOR IT, BECOME A DEMON AND WE WILL FIGHT EACH OTHER FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY!”

‘If I manage to land this, I will most likely die but Kyojuro or the sun will be able to finish him’

“YOU WON’T HURT ANYONE HERE, I WILL KILL YOU BEFORE YOU DO!”

“DESTRUCTIVE DEATH: ANNIHILATION TYPE!”

“BLOOD BREATHING: EIGHT FORM: ABYSSAL OUTBURST!”

Y/n Dashed past the ground and ran towards Akaza, while the demon opened his palms to receive the attack.

Everything went white.

RENGOKU’S POV

They moved so fast, it was like thunder struck the earth and blinded me. The next moment I could see Y/n stab the demon on the head and release his sword, an explosion like nothing I had ever been engulfed both of them.

3rd PERSON POV

No one could hear anything, it was like earth had stopped moving for a second, dust began to dissipate as it uncovered the scene.

“Y/n-sa-” Tanjiro swallowed air and covered his mouth.

Y/n was being grabbed from the neck, not moving while Akaza was regenerating what was left of his head, it was gruesome to see, half a cranium regenerating while the body of Y/n was on his arm.

“YOU ARE A CHEATER, USING POISON TO ATTACK IS NOTHING BUT A LOW LIFE’S TECHNIQUE! YOU DON’T DESERVE TO BECOME A DEMON WITH THOSE COWARDLY TECHNIQUES!”

They could see how on Y/n’s hand was the broken piece of the tsuka, he was holding it tightly.

“ESOTERIC FORM: NINTH FORM: RENGOKU!”

Kyojuro dived in front of Akaza while he was still regenerating, with incredible force he stabbed him on the abdomen, just to adjust his katana and cut him upwards.

“WHAT HAPPENED?” Inosuke stared at the scene while Tanjiro tried to stand up

Rengoku had managed to make Akaza release Y/n while he kept pushing his katana to cut the demon’s neck, focusing on that

Akaza was about to punch him through the solar plexus when a hand grabbed him into place

“You won’t kill him.” Y/n was grabbing Akaza with all of his force, he had a broken arm, leg and most of his ribs, but still had the force to hold the demon into place.

“NOW GO, HELP US TO CUT HIS HEAD, SUNRISE IS NEAR!” Y/n looked at Tanjiro as he ran towards them, Inosuke grabbed both of his swords and began to sprint.

“GET OUT OF MY WAY, LET GO!” Akaza was trying to stop Kyojuro and Y/n at the same time, Y/n holding him in place and Kyojuro pushing his sword in his neck.

But it wasn’t enough, Akaza cut his arm off and tried to punch Kyojuro, Y/n dove in front of him and took the hit on his spine.

‘RUN AWAY, YOU HAVE TO RUN’ Akaza dove into the forest to escape sunlight while Tanjiro chased soon after, his feet were slow, his whole body was slow ‘THAT DAMN POISON, I HAVE TO FIND COVER’

Tanjiro threw his sword at him, it pierced him right through the heart “DON’T RUN, DON’T RUN AWAY YOU COWARD!”

‘What the hell is this kid talking about?I'm not running away from you, I’m running away from the sun. The battle is already over, that damned man will die from blood loss or the attack on his spine!’

Tanjiro continued to shout at the demon “WE FIGHT YOU WHERE YOU HAVE ADVANTAGE, OUR WOUNDS DON’T CLOSE UP EASILY, WE CANNOT REGENERATE A LIMB ONCE WE LOSE IT, DON’T RUN AWAY YOU BASTARD, COWARD! L/N IS WAY MORE AMAZING THAN YOU, SO IS RENGOKU!, THEY DIDN’T LOSE, L/N DIDN’T LET ANYONE DIE, HE FOUGHT TO THE END, HE PROTECTED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US, YOU LOST, L/N AND RENGOKU WON!”

Inosuke was staring at Tanjiro while he cried, Kyojuro stared at him while holding Y/n on his arms, the man was closing his eyes, blood was coming from his mouth, his clothes were covered in blood, a broken arm and leg and the blood was rushing out of his body.

There was too much blood.

“Listen Y/n, you cannot close your eyes! You heard what the young Kamado said, you won! Breathe while help arrives!” Kyojuro rested Y/n on the ground and looked at Tanjiro

“Stop yelling, You’ll reopen that wound, You’re badly injured too, remember?, if you die, it would mean that Y/n is the loser” Kyojuro began to rip his own uniform to stop the bleeding in the worst areas.

“Now come here and help me with him, we need to stop his bleeding and stabilise him while the kakushi arrive, you as well Boar boy”

Tanjiro rushed to the the hashira’s side while Inosuke looked for cloth to stop the bleeding, Rengoku was trying to see what was  damaged and alleviate the pain in those areas “Don’t die now, I still owe you that meal I promised”

Y/n’s POV

They are alive, none of them are badly injured.

Miroku is most likely watching somewhere,

he will tell Heika-sama about the upper moon

Did I succeed in my mission, Heika-sama?

[knightsbrig]

Swap AU Nezuko!!! Let’s gooooooo!!!!

Part two of my swap au!

I have the designs for Inosuke, Genya and Giyuu mostly finished, so you’re gonna be getting some healthy doses of art and LORE from me about them in the AU as well.

For now though, here’s what Nezuko is up to:

Tanjirou gets sick and is unable to make the trip down the mountain, and Nezuko, being the adorable second-oldest, offers to go in his stead.

When she returns, she finds all of her family dead except Tanjirou, who is nowhere to be found.

She’s discovered by Tomioka Giyuu in an unresponsive state— she won’t talk, doesn’t react even when he carries her away to Shinobu to get checked out.

Nezuko is mute from this point forward, she can still communicate in other ways, like through writing (I could see her making her own form of sign language that those who are closest to her know as well)

Even if she can’t talk, after she learns that it was a demon who slaughtered her family, Nezuko makes one thing very clear. She wants to become a demon slayer. She is out for BLOOD.

She starts out as Giyuu’s Tsugiko

NOTE: I swapped out Giyuu and Shinobu, so while they both have kept their original sets of skills, Giyuu is still the Water Hashira, and Shinobu is still adept with poison and medicine, Tomioka is the one who hides an ocean of rage with a sweet smile and Shinobu has been plagued with an impostor syndrome so bad that she’s stepped back from the fighting side of the corps entirely (I don’t see this lasting forever, but for now she is not in any position to take up the sword again.)

This is where she meets Kanao, another one of Giyuu’s Tsugiko who I have made the bold choice of swapping with Inosuke! Which means that eventually all of you will get to see unhinged Kanao who wears a terrifying giant dragonfly mask and breaks into people’s homes.

But it turns out that Nezuko, while decent with water-breathing, isn’t actually all that compatible with it. Because she was never taught the Hinokami Kagura like Tanjirou, she has to look outwards to other breathing styles for other solutions to get stronger.

(eventual flame-breathing Nezuko eventual flame-breathing Nezuko)

That’s mostly it for this post, but if you want to follow the lore of this swap au, check out my last post on Tanjirou’s design! It also has LORE.

(I might even write a bit of a fic on this if enough people are interested?)

[demonslayedher]

Hi!

I love your blog, it such an interesting resource and a fun cache of information and fanwork!

So... for the ask proper, I was wondering how well do you think Nezuko would do with each the five classic breathing styles, (and possibly flower breathing, for fun) and why?

Thank you for your time!

"Cache of information and fanwork" is such an apt blog description, thank you. ( ´∀`)

Let's throw in Sun Breathing for fun:

Sun: She wouldn't have the advantage Tanjiro does since it seems only Tanjiro practiced Hinokami Kagura, but she's got the family history to give her this aptitude. I assume this is also what lead to her Exploding Blood.

Flame: In a post-canon AU, I really loved giving Nezuko this Breath because it was the closest she could get to applied her propensity for bursting into flames back in her demon days. Since Nezuko's probably always had a spark of that in her like how she stands up to injustice, I like this potential for purely human Nezuko too. (Bonus: In that AU, even though I didn't have her fully pick it up I had her pick up some Love Breath techniques too.)

Water: Nezuko adjusts to new situations and works flexibly with circumstances that are not ideal. She'd take to it well.

Stone: The quiz in the first fanbook implies that this is a Breath that requires a patient temperament. Nezuko might show promise but I'm betting she'd have limits. Plus, it probably requires more physical strength than she possess as a human.

Wind: Post-demon Nezuko might find some knack for it, but I think she doesn't quite have a natural ability for it. She has amazing willpower, but doesn't display the desire to blow others down with her will.

Thunder: I bet she'd attempt it out of idolizing Hisha-like Thunder Breath users, but she'd likely soon determine she's not cut out for it.

Flower: I theorize that a lot of Flower Breath is evasion, which Nezuko has never shown much concern for, whether as a demon who waltz into situations that get her limbs blown off or as a human child standing up an abusive adult. That said, her leg strength might help, and her asanoha motif (a plant known for rapid growth) does give her a little fitness for this, perhaps.

[taniavttv]

Happy Birthday to Tanjiro Kamado 🥳🎂💞🌸

July 14th

Here are some funfacts about Tanjiro

💙 His Zodiac sign is a Cancer

💙 His Favorite food is Kelp Riceballs

💙 Tanjiro has a strong Forehead

💙He activated his demon slayer mark in the battle against Gyutaro

💙 He has sympathy for demons and is known to be a sweet and kind hearted boy

💙He can use two breathing techniques such as water breathing and the Hinokami Kagura

💙 His Earrings He got it from his dad since the earrings have been passed down from Yorrichi

💙 He looks similar to his ancestor Sumiyoshi

💙His father taught him the Hinokami Kagura dance

💙He is the oldest brother and has 5 siblings

💙 His duty/ goal is to bring Nezuko back into Human since she is the only family he has left

💙 Tanjiro has a strong sense of smell

💙His Nichirin Sword color first started black but then changes into crimson red from Nezuko Blood art

💙 His Hobby is Hanging out with Nezuko and his friends and even cleaning

💙We can't wait to see how much Tanjiro grows in the Hashira training arc and also his battle in season 4 Can't wait😭🤗💞🌸

[silverynight]

I have another idea! :D It's a lil' Kyojuro-centric, but it's a KyoTan idea! Also, all the Kamados live, (even Tanjuro, because I just think he's neat!)

Anyway! It's a demon!Kitsune!Kyojuro AU! He was fighting another kitsune demon, (about 5-tails), and the butt-much thinks it would be hilarious to turn a morally-straight person like Kyojuro into a demon, so they do it, (somehow). And while they succeed in turning Kyojuro, they don't take in how much of a badass Kyojuro is, who fights through the painful transformation and beheads the demon! Cause Kyojuro wasn't gonna let a sadistic demon who turns others, for shits and giggles.

Kyojuro finds an abandoned shrine to hide/rest in, as the transformation wrecks havoc through his body and memories. He still remembers that his name is Kyojuro, but not his family name. He can't remember his family, but he knows children need to be protected, all humans actually, but children are especially important.

He knows he's hungry...he knows he needs something, but he needs humans to eat, but that doesn't make sense, since he protects humans??? No, no...no, his claws and 7 tails mean he's a kitsune...and he's in a shrine??? Doesn't he eat mainly 🍗, Inari-zushi and...sweet potato🍠! (Kyojuro doesn't realize he's done one of the impossible: able to eat human food).

Also, also! He does still know his breathing style still, but he doesn't know where he learned it? And his entire uniform changes into an elaborate kimono, with his haori still the same. He sleeps for a long time, (and feeling that connection to Muzan, going "what the hell is this? bye-bye" and breaks it, not knowing that he's freed himself from the demon king!), before he wakes up and stays lucid, and just...travels around.

He travels, helping people, be it fighting demons, stopping human troublemakers, or just healing people with his blood demon art, (not knowing it is that), before making it to the town the Kamados live in...also, he's pretty much conquered the sun at some point, because he wanted to help someone during the day. Anyway, he runs into Tanjiro, who can smell he's different, besides his obvious ears and tails, (Kyojuro doesn't know he can transform quite yet), and invites him to his home, thinking a Kitsune would feel more comfortable in a mountain forest. Kyojuro, who's already intrigued by Tanjiro, agrees!

Uhhhh, this is getting long, lol! Uh, Kyojuro kinda just...lives with the Kamado family from now on! He learns more demon powers, (that he thinks are Kitsune powers), helps with the chores with the Kamados, and heals Tanjuro, who can already see that Kyojuro and Tanjiro are falling for each other, and approves of them, even though he knows Kyojuro is a demon. :) He always could tell, but can also see Kyojuro is different. Kyojuro protects the mountains and the town, since he can move much faster, and needs less sleep than others. And earning the remaining two tails that he didn't have, being very powerful, even though he never has eaten human flesh!

He also starts gaining a few memories back. Not a lot, but enough. Like, he's sure he had a little brother? Has? Unsure, but he slightly remembers a little and meek version of him? Also, he may have had friends? He's remembering words associated with them: bug, no, butterfly!, stone, windy?, water, snake, love, and...noise? No, sound!

Anyway, around the time Muzan appears, said Demon king does not have a nice time! Kyojuro's flames become real, and honestly burns him! He nopes right outta there, he is not dealing with another Yoriichi, demon or otherwise! With him gone, Tanjiro hugs him, glad he's okay, (Kyo got a lil banged up, but he's already healing), and Kyojuro hugs him back! Tanjuro smiles, along with Kie, Nezuko and the rest of the children!

(Uh..., it's getting long again, lol, let's see if I can type the rest). During that New Year celebration, as Tanjuro dances the Hinokami Kagura, (since he's completely healthy, thanks to Kyojuro), Kyojuro whispers to Tanjiro to marry him? Tanjiro blushes, but nods happily! So, ya'know? They celebrate that engagement...then Giyu appears the next day! Well, that doesn't end well! One, he's shocked not only to see a demon in sunlight, but also that it's the missing Kyojuro! Two, he's surprised as the Kamado kids, Tanjiro and Nezuko start throwing coal or rocks, telling/yelling him to "leave Kyojuro-samma alone! He protects this mountain and town! He's not a demon!" And third, Tanjuro, calmly walking up to the water pillar, smiling, but with steel behind it, saying "I'm understanding you have a job to do as a slayer. However, if you plan to continue attacking my son-in-law, I will take your life, even though I wish not to..."

Though, everyone is now paying attention to Kyojuro, as the man yelps and grunts in pain, as all of his memories start coming back to him! Tanjiro, worryingly, places his hand on his finance's shoulders, asking what's wrong, but doesn't stop Kyojuro, who just hugs him tightly, and says he remembers who he is again. He remembers everything. With that, they travel to the Ubuyashiki estate, to decide what happens. That kinda goes half-great, and half-terrible. Great, because a good chunk of Hashira are happy to see Kyojuro alive, even Iguro, because he kinda grew up with the man! But, uh, bad, because Shinobu, Gyomei and Sanemi say he's a demon now, blah blah blah! But when Sanemi tries to attack Kyojuro, Tanjiro jumps in front of the man, and headbutts him, while yelling angrily, "Don't hurt my fiance!" ):<

Uhh...yeah, it got longer, lol! Yeah! Basically, Demon Slayer with a demon!Kitsune!Kyojuro, alive Kamado family, and Kyojuro may or may not being another, (and better), demon king. :3

Very interesting story. 😊

[rubylarkspur22]

Can we hear more about co-protagonists Tanjiro and Nezuko?

(i need to hear about the sass Nezuko will spill during the Hashira meeting)

Oh, of course!!

So! Nezuko wakes up from her coma, a little confused from her just waking(AKA the "I Just Woke Up After A Very Nice Sleep, And My Brain is Still Addled" Brain). So, she's a little confused as to why a chunk of bamboo is stuck in her mouth, and just... rips it off. And then promptly realizes her canines are significantly sharper than they're supposed to be. Noise gets her attention, and she meets the wooden eyes of Urokodaki's tengu mask.

This leads to a lot of questions while they wait for Tanjirou to come back. She definitely wasn't happy when she found out Tanjirou got sent to a mountain packed with feral and starved demons, and demands to know why her kind brother, who would never hurt a fly unless said fly swung first and hurt someone he cared for, is being sent to commit violence. Cue another long explanation about what she missed. After a minute, her brain catches up and, "Oh, yeah! I remember that dickwad! B****** just waltzed like he owned the place, too! Never caught his name, though." After those conversations, she notices Urokodaki praying for her brother's safety, and starts doing the same. She only hopes Hinokami is willing to protect her big brother now as he had when the monster attacked.

While they wait for Tanjirou, Urokodaki does also go about helping her relearn speech. And then she gives him a heart attack by walking outside midday. "How was I supposed to know I should expect a fiery death?!" "All demons instinctively fear the sun!" "Well, then, maybe I was meant to do this the whole damn time!"

Then Tanjirou comes back, and is very happy Nezuko is back to some form of her normal self. And hey, she's okay in sunlight! No need to panic about her becoming a pile of ashes! He still carries her in a box, though, sometimes. But Nezuko likes to be in the sun because it's her way of regaining her energy alongside sleep.

Asakusa rolls around, and Nezuko tries to keep Tanjirou from running off. She knows that look, she knows Tanjirou found him. But despite her protests, he still runs off. Nezuko gives chase, staying close to the shadows and other people, and watches Tanjirou confront the monster that cut down everyone else in their family like it was nothing. The siblings meet Tamayo and Yushiro, and Tamayo asks Nezuko if she's had any human flesh or blood. When Nezuko mentions she can walk in sunlight, Tamayo tells her to keep this new ability a secret unless absolutely necessary, lest Kibutsuji try to capture and devour her.

Zenitsu's portion of things go a little differently. He definitely tries to flirt with Nezuko, and she promptly threatens to use Tanjirou as a battering ram on the blond boy's skull. Nezuko and Tanjirou get separated in the Tsuzumi Mansion, which causes the former to panic because her selfless idiot of a brother has broke bones and is somewhere in this godforsaken death house, And-- CRAP, THERE'S A BOAR TRYING TO CUT HER HEAD OFF!! Yeah, Inosuke just chases Nezuko throughout the mansion until they get outside. Nezuko inevitably ends(or greatly reduces) his bloodline, which is what Zenitsu wakes up to. A guy in a boar head wheezing in pain whilst clutching the Hashibira Family Jewels, and Nezuko glaring at said boar guy with her leg raised suspiciously like she caused the damage.

And Nezuko is definitely calling Rui every insult she knows, including the ones with language she had been heavily scolded for using when her parents were alive. Kie and Tanjurou are gaping at Nezuko's language while desperately trying to cover their dead kids' ears. Yoriichi and Sumiyoshi are helping, and silently wondering how Nezuko picked up such... colourful language(spoilers, it was Saburou... By accident).

And now for the main event, the Hashira trial. Nezuko's just chilling in her box, waiting for Tanjirou to handle things, when some guy with a sword just up and STABS HER before trying to coax her out with blood. When another dude says she won't come out in daylight, she goes "Try me, b****" and pops right out. And then promptly slaps Shinazugawa, hurls at least one insult per Hashira(she isn't quite past Giyuu stabbing her for no clear reason), and picks up Tanjirou like "Don't ever talk to me or my big brother again." while glaring daggers at them. She's standing in the sun, she knows their blades must have lost their effectiveness.

While at the Butterfly Mansion, Nezuko easily bonds with the girls there. She acts so human, they practically forget she's a demon most of the time. She's also present for the talk with Shinobu about Kanae and her dream, and the two later have a girl to girl conversation about what their respective late families would want of them. And after the coin flip scene, Nezuko can't help but giggle. She recognizes a crush a mile away, having been the focus of a few back home(y'know, being the town beauty and all that). When Tanjirou asks her what's so funny, she brushes it off and insists he'll find out another time.

Mugen Train, she gets smuggled onto the train in her box. No ticket, no spell, no problem. Once the conductor leaves, she hops out and immediately goes about observing the situation. She still headbutts Tanjirou in the head, fully anticipating she'll start bleeding and be able to use that. After the train derailment, she is fully ready to fight Akaza, his personal code be damned. "Oh, you don't fight women? All the easier for me to gouge your eyes out, mf!" Akaza has never seen a girl so angry. He had nightmares for weeks, especially because of the blood arson. Does this save Rengoku? I don't know, I'll leave that up to your imagination!

Then Entertainment District comes around. Nezuko still goes Full Form, but manages to reign herself in. Luckily, being photosynthetic makes restraining her hunger much easier! This means she's conscious for the fight with Gyutaro, which makes it go in their favour with a much more instantaneous solution for that poison! Plus, that might reveal the secret of the red blades sooner!

Swordsmith's Village goes about the same. Genya probably gives Nezuko the idea to chow on demons, but I don't know how well that's going. At the end, however, as Hantengu burns in the sun, Nezuko just smirks at him before leaning down and telling Muzan(through Hantengu) that he can suck a dick, and that he'd better start praying because karma is coming for him.

During Hashira training, Nezuko takes up some sword training. Not sure what Breath she uses. Either way, she trains. When the antidote gets manufactured, Nezuko asks if she can wait to take it. Tamayo doesn't think it's a good idea, but Nezuko insists with the promise she'll be careful.

Infinity Castle, most of the fights go pretty much the same. Except the Kokushibou fight. Nezuko get sent there because the one brain cell Muzan's five brains share managed to clink in the right brain to think "Hey, the logical step to capture the super important demon is the throw her at my most powerful subordinate!" Unfortunately, he didn't account for the three Hashira and that demon-eating kid also showing up, or for Kokushibou to want to bond with his descendant. Or Nezuko being a feral gremlin who's 100% down for arson and has the power to commit it as she pleases. She definitely manages to save Genya, I am undecided on Muichirou. But Nezuko saving Genya earns her Sanemi's respect and gratitude.

Sunrise Countdown goes a little easier. No one's actively dying from poison, even if Tanjirou's still half-blind. Nezuko and Tanjirou tag team Muzan, with Nezuko striking from a range while Tanjirou goes for close quarters. As the sun rises, Nezuko jabs herself with the antidote to get her transformation back into a human started before Muzan dies. Muzan, seeing the rising sun and noticing Nezuko injected herself with something, makes one last desperate attempt to devour her, but all the Demon Slayers fight to protect her as Tanjirou pins Muzan to keep him from escaping.

Does Demon King Tanjirou still happen? Debatable. If he does, Muzan used his blood while trying to dislodge Tanjirou's grip, and eventually settled on just transferring all his blood to Tanjirou. But it doesn't last nearly as long as canon because Nezuko will have just taken the antidote. As such, she'll still have access to her Blood Demon Art. The way I see, she notices something off with Tanjirou and charge tackles him before lighting him up with several loud and tearful apologies. Because she knows it's gonna be painful but she has to burn out Kibutsuji's cells before they transform Tanjirou. The fire extinguishes as Nezuko's use of Exploding Blood actually speeds up her transformation since she's using her demonic cells to ignite the fire, but it's enough that it'll at least delay Tanjirou's transformation long enough for someone to restrain him if they need to. Kanao shows up, gives Tanjirou to booster dose to finish off the last cells, and both the siblings collapse from exhaustion. They're both unconscious for at least a couple months.

Afterwards, life goes on as normal. The lives lost are mourned, the Corps disbands(possibly with some more ex-Hashira to celebrate the end of the demons), and everyone lives happily ever after. Nezuko laments losing her demonic strength, but is also happy to be back to normal.

[chaotickasugaicrows]

Links and AU Master List

Will be updated as things are added

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AU Master List below (manga spoilers abound, also some of these have very little compared to the rest)

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Bird and Slayer Swap | The Kasugai Crows are now demon slayers and vice versa (ie. Tanjirō is a crow and Matsuemon is his slayer). Three Heroes AU | No one understands this AU. It has caused several headaches. It is a monster. Best summarized as a combo Danny Phantom, Max Steel, and Slugterra AU.

Training Dragons AU | Based on How To Train Your Dragon. Mostly just adding dragons to the Demon Slayer world. Sort of.

Charm Warriors | Tanjirō, Zenitsu, Inosuke, Genya, and Muichiro make deals with the fae. Pros: Magical boy transformations and powers. Cons: enemies that want them dead. Nogitsune | After 400 years, the few demons that survived Muzan's defeat no longer have to worry about the Demon Slayer Corps. Unfortunately for them, Sumihiko Kamado has access to his ancestor's katana and no qualms about being a vigilante. Friendship is Magic | Aoi came to Ponyville to finish her Magic Thesis. She did not sign up for making friends, defending Equestria from Nightmare Moon, and rescuing Prince Yoriichi. Yes, this is a My Little Pony AU. Demon Zenitsu AU | Canon adjacent. As Zenitsu and Kaigaku start to fall into a somewhat comfortable brotherly dynamic, an unfortunate run in with Upper Moon 1 upends their lives. Now, with one brother a demon and the other a demon slayer, they search for a way to cure Zenitsu without alerting the corps.

Void Born, Sun Bound | Demon Slayer characters in a world and story based on the video game Hollow Knight.

What is Righteous? | Maybe a fic, maybe a comic, or maybe a mix of both. Kny AU based on Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (MDZS) and its live action drama The Untamed.

Welcome to Demon School! Zenitsu-kun | An AU based on the animanga Marimashita! Iruma-kun. Zenitsu’s parents sell him to a demon in exchange for wealth. Somehow, instead of dying, he ends up adopted by the demon Jigoro who was looking for a grandson. Unfortunately, most demons consider humans a delicacy so Zenitsu must do his best to pretend he’s a demon like everyone else and survive his new school (he can’t escape school, even in hell.) Good Intentions | Muzan Kibutsuji lost his entire family except for his little brother Kagaya who was turned into a demon. Now he's on a mission to cure his brother and kill the Demon King, Tanjirō Kamado. Sunforged Sword | Years before, a war was fought against the Lord of Demons, Muzan. He was defeated and sealed away by the goddess Hylia. That seal is now breaking but as evil rises so too shall a hero emerge. The stage is set. The players, willing or unwilling, have their part in this tale. Pick up your blade, Tanjirō, for the Legend of Zenitsu is about to unfold and your destiny is tied to it. (An AU based on Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.)

Sticks and Stones | An Avatar: The Last Airbender AU featuring Kokushibo adopting Tanjirō and Nezuko, Fire Lord Muzan being an evil dictator, and Avatar Zenitsu on a roadtrip with Genya, Aoi, and Inosuke.

Blood of Hinokami | The goddess Hinokami intended on blessing the latest sun breather in his fight against demons. When she realizes Tanjirō is her descendant, she awakens his latent abilities instead.

[anotheruseronthissite]

Demon Slayer Role Swap - Yoriichi And Michikatsu

Yoriichi and Kokushibo swapped roles with Tajiro and Nezuko.

Plot Points:

Yoriichi and Kokushibo have the same backstory as they do in canon.

Eventually, Yoriichi decided to go back and visit his brother, who was now in charage of the household.

Turns out that Muzan attacked the night before Yoriichi arrived.

Yoriichi arrvies to discover the scene, but finds that Michikatsu was still alive.

Yoriichi ends up getting pinned by Michikatsu, like how Tajiro was in canon, but instead of an axe it's a wooden sword

Gyutaro ends up finding them and hesitates to killed Michikatsu, since Yoriichi protecting Michikatsu reminds him of how he used to protect Ume.

Consequently, Gyutaro gets knocked out by Yoriichi in the same way Yoriichi knocked out that one subordinate.

Yoriichi apologises to Gyutaro for knocking him out, then Yoriichi begins his journy to become a demon slayer and find a way to turn Michikatsu back into a human.

Character Info - Yoriichi

Age - 16 yrs old at beginning, 20 at the end.

Appearacne - Long red and black hair that's tied into a ponytail and short bangs with maroon colored eyes. Wears a red haori over his demon slayer uniform along with a pair of hanafuda earings gifted to him by his mother. Is expressionless with most, unless the person is someone who he is close to. A flame-like mark peaks out from a corner of his forehead.

Weapon - Black Nichiren Sword

Breathing Style(s) - Sun Breathing + Almost all the Other Breathing Styles (Certain breathing styles are not used due to requiring the user to have a specific thing. Example - Ribbon Breathing, which requires the use of ribbons instead of a sword)

Slayer Mark? - Yes

Species - Human

Additional Information -

Like in canon, Yoriichi is married to Uta and has a child on the way. However, Uta does not travel with Yoriichi on his journey, because baby, and instead, she stays with Sumiyoshi, Suyaka, and Sumire for most of the plot. She still communicates with Yoriichi via letters.

Yoriichi does not invent Sun Breathing. Instead, he learned the Hinokami Kagura dance from the Kamado family, who are decendants of Tajiro Kamado, who invented Sun Breathing in this AU.

Yoriichi later becomes a Pillar, since there are only 8 pillars by the time he meets them.

Yoriichi doesn't encounter Muzan at Asakusa, instead missing him and instead meeting Kanae and Shinobu. Yoriichi does encounter Muzan during the Final Battle.

Character Info - Michikatsu/Kokushibo

Age - 16 yrs old at beginning, 20 yrs old by the end.

Appearance - Red and black hair tied in a ponytail along with 3 pairs of eyes, all of which have red sclera and yellow irises. He wears a purple and black hexagonal nagagi kimono and a black umanori-styled hakama.

Weapon - Nichiren Sword

Breathing Style - Moon Breathing

Demon Art - Cresent Moon Blades (these blades can pass though humans and only hit demons + demon made objects. He can also absorb demon blood/blood arts/demon related things to create these blades. The thing absord affects what effects these blades have.

Slayer Mark - No

Species - Demon

Additional Information -

In this AU, Michikatsu fights alongside his brother, growing the 4 additional eyes to be able to keep up with Yoriichi. He is, however, not an offical member of the Demon Slayer Corps, never having acutally taken the Final Selection.

Michikatsu was jealous of Yoriichi as a human, but that jealousy is forgotten when he becomes a demon.

Yes, Michikatsu is carted around in a box during the day and yes, he does turn into a child to fit.

Michikatsu learned Moon Breathing after reading a journal given to him by Kanae that belonging to Nezuko . He is able to mostly master it by the time of the final fight.

Michikatsu's children and wife are dead. Straight up dead.

[tanjirou-no-au]

AgeSwap AU.

Tomoko (Tsutako) Squad

Tsutako Tomioka (18) - Water Breathing

Spared by Muichirou, who brought her to Urokodaki, who he’d thought would be sympathetic.

Invents Lull by watching Tanjiro’s Selfless State.

Giyuu Tomioka (16) - Demon

BDA: Purifying Shrine: Blood becomes a water that can purify/heal Demon effects.

Shows affection by 'trading’ parts of his Haori for others

Kanae Kochou (15) - Flower Breathing

Kanao’s Tsuguko, ends up working with Tamayo.

Makes the connection between Vermillion Eye & the Transparent World.

Shinobu Kochou (18) - Demon

BDA: Stinger Swarm: Injects poison that transmogrifies demon flesh into venomous and crawling insects.

More aware than Giyuu or Nezuko, mad about her inability to talk.

Kyojuro Rengoku (15) - Flame Breathing

Regards Tanjiro & Mitsuri as his other older siblings, and Mitsuri’s Tsuguko.

Stays at the Sun Manor alongside Senjurou, but still has crippling (hidden” insecurity from Shinjurou

Sanemi Shinazugawa (16) - Wind Breathing

Imagine Genya and Inosuke’s rage stuffed into one character.

Blames himself and his Marechi blood for attracting their mother to their house.

Sabito Urokudaki (15) - Ice Breathing

Tsutako’s costudent under Urokodaki, they take turns being older siblings.

Insecure about his Water Breathing ability, invents Ice Breathing with influence from Sanemi & Zenitsu.

Hashira

Tanjirou Kamado (23) - Sun Hashira

I’ve concocted a long, involved journey for him that starts with him coming home to a Demonic Kie, fights her until morning with a hatchet and the Hinokami Kagura.

First Hashira in over a century to kill an Upper Moon, and survive fights with others. Doesn’t help him when Kokushibou returns on a mission with the Tomioka siblings.

Muichiro Tokito (24) - Mist Hashira

The longest serving Hashira, and part of the ‘Triumvirate’ with Tanjirou and Kanao, capable of using Sun Breathing techniques.

Lost a hand fighting against Kokuoshibou, had it replaced by a special prosthetic by the Swordsmiths.

Kanao Kanzaki (23) - Flower Hashira

Taken in by the Butterfly Girls and raised alongside Aoi.

More emotional, and kinda had a thing going on with Muichiro and Tanjirou.

Genya Shinazugawa (26) - Demon Hashira

Blames himself for killing his mother. Recruited by Masechika.

Semi-demonized and sensitive to the sun following a fight with Kokushibou.

Zenitsu Agatsuma (24) - Rumble Hashira

Bitter following Kaigaku’s betrayal, which has claimed both his Gramps and his Tsuguko.

Retires after finally killing him, at the cost of a hand and a chronic leg pain.

Inosuke Hashibira (23) - Beast Hashira

Kanao’s unofficial brother, swore to kill Douma after he killed them.

Stays at the Butterfly mansion most of the time, and close to the Kochous.

Tengen Uzui (18) - Sound Hashira

Recruited by Zenitsu, but he didn’t want to train him.

Has a ‘thing’ with Hinatsuru, Makio & Suma, all Butterfly nurses.

Mitsuri Kanroji (18) - Love Hashira

Tanjirou’s ex-Tsuguko, unofficial sister of her and the Rengokus.

Incorporated Hinokami Kagura techniques into Love Breathing.

Gyomei Himejima (15) - Stone Hashira

Youngest Hashira, became one at 14. Still absolutely massive.

Has a problem with authority after Kaigaku left him to the mercy of Demons, and he had to kill it himself.

Iguro Obanai (18) - Serpent Breathing

Saved by Inosuke, was his Tsuguko.

The newest Hashira, initiated following Tanjirou’s death.

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Aoi Kanzaki (24) - Mistress of the Butterfly Mansion.

In a relationship with Zenitsu. Is judged for it.

Senjuro Rengoku (22) - Head of the Kakushi, sword style expert.

Lives at the Sun Manour, the foremost expert on Sword Styles in the Corp.

Rokuta Kamado (15) - Nurse at the Butterfly Mansion.

Only Kamado sibling to survive Kie’s demonization, but lost a hand.

Kinda distant from Tanjirou due to the latter’s feelings of failure, gets along with Sanemi because of it.

Hinatsuru (19), Makio (18), Suma (17)- Nurses at the Butterfly Mansion, from Tengen’s village.

Re-hospitalize those who try and flirt with them (except Tengen)

The Fallen

Sumi, Kiyo, Naho - The previous Flower Hashira and heads of the Butterfly Mansion, slain by Douma.

Makomo Urokudaki - The previous Water Hashira, slain by Kokushibou.

Tanjirou’s co-student under Urokodaki, slew the Hand Demon with him.

One of Tanjirou’s friends among the Hashira.

Kumeno Masachika - The previous Wind Hashira, slain by Kokushibou.

One of Tanjirou’s earlier friends amongst the corps.

Recruited Genya, and took in Sanemi, despite Genya not wanting to.

Shoichi - Zenitsu’s Tsugoku, slain by Kuroushirou

Saved by Tanjirou, Zenitsu & Inosuke alongside his siblings.

Died defending them against Kuroushirou, and held out long enough for Zenitsu to arrive.

Kizuki

Gyokko, Hantengu, Gyutaro, Daki & the canon LM (probably) killed in the years prior.

Kokushibou - Upper 1

Tried to wipe out the Hashira after recruiting Kaigaku, killing Masachika, Makomo, and the previous Stone Hashira, semi-demonizing Genya and disarming Muichiro.

His second meeting ends with him killing Tanjirou, but suffering lingering wounds of a Demon Slayer Marked and Red Blade wielding Tanjirou.

Douma - Upper 2

The Kizuki who killed the Kochou’s parents, and turned Shinbou into a Demon on a lark.

Ends up testing his authority more than in canon.

Akaza - Upper 3

Has fought Tanjirou on multiple occasions, sustaining a scar from a Red Blade in the process.

Nakime - Upper 4

Disembodied eyes how capable of puppeteering corpses.

Enmu - Upper 5

Survives longer than canon.

Kuroshirou/Kaigaku Inadama - Upper 6

Acquiantance of a Pre-Hashira Tanjirou.

Lost leg to Akaza, approached by Kokushibou in the aftermath.

Mukago - Lower 1

Survives farther in canon.

Can ‘steal’ other BDAs. Opportunistic and a rank chaser.

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What I would do for you

“LET GO OF HIM!!!” Milo yelled, running to the demon that held her beloved captive.

Tanjiro thrashed around in the demon’s grip.

“Don’t come any closer if you know what’s good for you, girl!!!” The demon yelled, maniacally laughing as he tightened his grip on Tanjiro.

Milo froze at the sound of Tanjiro’s screams. “MILO PLEASE!!! Don’t come over here!!!” He yelled desperately.

Tanjiro could feel his energy being sucked out of him by the demons blood art. ‘Angel please.. stay away..’ He thought before blacking out.

The demon chopped at Milo’s neck when she charged at him, causing her to black out. ‘I’m sorry Tanji… I failed to protect you, again..’ She thought before fully losing consciousness.

~A few hours later in the infinity castle~

Tanjiro woke up and the first thing he noticed was the foul stench that filled his senses. ‘Muzan…’

He looked up and sure enough, there he was. Muzan Kibutsuji.

He shot up and stared at Muzan menacingly. “Muzan Kibutsuji. What do you want from me??!!” He asked, then the demon king smiled evilly.

“What you should be asking is, where is the girl?” He said and Tanjiro’s eyes went wide.

“What did you do to Milo??!!” He yelled, launching towards Muzan.

Milo appeared in Muzan’s grasp. Her face, void of any emotion and life. “T-Tanji…” She whispered before disappearing once more.

Tanjiro glared up at Muzan, tears brimming his eyes. “Give her BACK!!!” Tanjiro yelled, attempting to cut off the head of his greatest enemy.

Tanjiro’s demon slayer mark started to form on his face. The blade pierced into Muzan’s neck. (don’t mind the inaccuracies)

“I will be the one to slice through your neck, and chop off your head!!!”

Tanjiro managed to chop off Muzan’s head but to no avail as this didn’t kill him.

‘What.?’ He thought, a fearful expression adorning his features.

Muzan smirked, his head regenerating immediately. He backed Tanjiro into a corner and started attacking him.

Tanjiro hears a voice in his head. “He has 6 hearts and brains, they have to be destroyed..” The voice says. ‘Milo..’

Tanjiro stands up and breathes. He uses one of the Hinokami Kagura forms and all of Muzan’s organs explode.

Muzan starts to disintegrate.

Milo appears, tears brimming her bright blue eyes.

A portal opens up, sucking the young couple through. They appear where they were before.

Tears fell down both of their faces. They engulfed each other in a warm embrace.

Milo buried her face in Tanjiro’s chest as she cried. “We did it, angel. We won.” Tanjiro spoke through his tears and Milo nodded. “Yep, I love you Tanji. I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you..” Milo spoke guiltily.

“I love you too, angel. I’m just glad that we’re both ok, you still managed to help me though, my love.” He spoke lovingly and Milo smiled. “I’m glad that I could help you.”

They kissed and Tanjiro ordered for his kasugai crow to deliver the news that Muzan Kibutsuji has been slain.

~The end~

[imboringasfuck]

The Dance of the Fire God

P.S. This is from my AO3 account by the name Hamilfan_538

"Onii-san, its time."

But even without Nezuko's reminder, Tanjiro knew that the sun was about to set.  He can already feel the sun's dying rays on his skin, and the warmth it brings is more than welcome from the freezing temperature of his surroundings. But he knows that it won't last throughout the dead of the night, so with one last prayer, he stood up from his family's grave. 

He can fool himself and say that he's ready for this, he thinks. Yet he knows that months of preparation will never be enough to prepare himself for this almost-impossible task. 

Yet Tanjiro must do so, in order to honor his past.

He then looked at Nezuko, who is now wearing a beautiful red kimono with sakura blossoms embroidered in its sleeves and at the ends of the kimono, secured with a white obi. Her hair was now tied in a simple bun with a red bow and she wore red paint on her lips. 

If he had never learned Total Concentration Breathing: Constant, he could've said that she took his breath away.

But her pink eyes had an apprehensive look on it. She was worried. Which he doesn't want her to be.

"I'm gonna be fine, Nezuko," says Tanjiro. "I've been practicing it for months. I'm sure that my body could endure it all throughout the night." 

(But if he's being honest, he's not sure that he would last the night either.)

Yet that doesn't take that worried look from her eyes, and he can't help but frown. But when he thought that he was going to get another scolding, her sister only said,

"Turn around."

He was surprised yet he complied. A few seconds later, a long white blindfold covering his face was tied around his head, with the kanji flames written on it. 

Ah, it was father's Kagura blindfold, he thought. 

After the blindfold was tied his eyes widened as a pair of warm arms hugged him from behind. 

"Good luck," whispered Nezuko. 

He can still smell the worry from her, yet it was not as strong as before. He smiled.

Nezuko then broke the hug. He then gave her a pat in the head before heading towards the circle of torches ahead. 

It's time

He can feel the snow beneath his feet, yet he feels no cold. The blindfold obscured his sight, yet he can still find his way forward. He can hear Zenitsu and Inosuke cheering for him from behind, yet he ignored them. It was just him and him alone.

Not long after, he felt that his feet no longer touched snow, which means this is the ritual grounds. From the sides of his blindfold, he can see the torches were already lit up, probably by Zenitsu and Inosuke before he came here. 

They both have offered to celebrate the New Year with him, and though he refused, saying that him and Nezuko could only afford a simple celebration, they still insisted, saying that they don't mind (though he's certain that Zenitsu has other things in mind).

So they also helped him prepare the house for the New Year, as well as help him prepare for the Hinokami Kagura. They help him build new torches, since the old ones went brittle due to lack of care, while Nezuko stitched up any tear or hole in the ritual clothes he now wore.

But the clothes still hang loosely from his frame, so she offered to sew it up to fit him. Yet he refused. He didn't want his father's ritual clothes be tampered, not even by a skilled seamstress like Nezuko. He'll grow into it, he says. So instead, he wore pieces of fabrics as belts so that the clothes stay in place.

And even though Tanjiro doesn't feel worthy in these clothes, he still wore it with pride. 

He then started pacing his breath, drawing out his Shinchishitō as he got into position. From the corner of his eye he counts the seconds before the sun touches the horizon. 

Ichi.

He still remembers the child, who despite shivering due to the cold, watched his father dance in a circle of flames all night long, and how he wished that he could do that too. 

Ni.

He can still remember the smell of blood, as his bedridden father uses his last remaining strength to remove the hanafuda earrings from his ears and attached them to Tanjiro's own, before saying his last words.

San.

He can still remember the ghost of a voice that was his father, guiding him as the elegant, water-like movements of his blade turned into the powerful and deadly slashes of the scorching sun as he slashed Rui's neck. 

Yon.

He can still remember his father guiding him in exiting the dream world, the world he had already lost and will never gain back.

Go.

He can remember his father, dressed in the very same clothes he's now wearing, standing barefoot in the same ground he's on, and holding the same Shinchishitō he's holding. 

He still remembers every New Year, and how his father performed every segment of the dance flawlessly from sunset to sunrise, not once stopping to rest.

And the only attempt of the dance which he himself had only done in his fight with Muzan. And it left him extremely battered and damaged, while his father did this every year without fail.

Can he do it?

Yes you can, my son.

Now, dance!

And as the sun touched the horizon, he slashed his Shinchishitō through the air, filling the silence with the chiming of the bells.

As Tanjiro continued to dance throughout the sunset, he didn't feel that his movements were of his own.

Rather, it was the movement of his ancestors is what he felt. 

Yoriichi, Sumiyoshi, his father.

The same movements that they have passed down, from generation to generation. The one that he is doing now. 

The same slashes, same turns of his body, the same strikes. The same paced breath, the same footsteps and the same body shifts. All of these, he's doing right now.

Something that he has only ever dreamed of accomplishing, he's reaching for right now.

And so as he danced through the night, his movements still as precise as ever.  Yet still he prayed and prayed in his mind:

Father, guide my sword.

[demonslayedher]

Things that went through my mind while watching this episode:

--I think this was the episode that converted a lot of people who were on the fence about Uzui, that scene with Hinatsuru is just so tender that people cannot help but feel for him. The way they animate his fingers moving as Hinatsuru talks because their resting on her chin is such a nice detail. And then we get him pumped back up by the good news that he's found one of his wives alive, and we get that skid and change in direction the roof. So good!! So cool!!

--On that note, I'm just going to jump to the end of the episode because this episode was a very flashy Uzui sandwich. I think that given that we see Makio & Suma more often interacting with each other and Hinatsuru steals the spotlight for drama gives people the impression that she's the favorite or something like that, which makes me a bit sad because I read him as loving and cherishing all of them in different but egalitarian ways. All three are his most important treasures, and unfortunately we see Makio & Suma's immature sides come out most around him, and he seems to baby them in a way different from how he treats Hinatsuru like more of an equal (even though we see in this opening scene that she still speaks like someone subservient to him--that ninja training runs deep). Makio, though, I like that we get her flashback, as it brings out a very different, contemplative, sometimes anxious side of her character which keeps her from just being the hot-blooded one or something like tat. It's not a side she can show to just anyone, but someone as mature as Hinatsuru can draw it out. Suma, though? Let her be a simple bimbo. I love her. She's my favorite. She's adorable and I never get tired of seeing her crying as she tears a kunai through the obi.

--Right! That end of the episode! Uzui's grand entrance and twirling the swords around just to show off (he and Shinobu may relate to each other more than they think), and the perfect placement of a catchphrase. Fine!! Yes!!! I like the catchphrase now!!! I hated it more than anything at the Pillar Meeting, but yes, YES, GIVE ME UZUI TENGEN-SAMA!!!!

--Back to Tanjiro!! I forgot how long this one-on-one fight with Daki took and accidentally queued up my Nezuko reblogs too early. Nezuko is still just hanging out in her box as Tanjiro turns off the Water Breath and turns on the Hinokami Kagura and flashbacks enough to the last four months to show us that he's been working at using it better--and that he's realized his limits to Water Breath. In general, I find these flashbacks to totally unbeforeseen content in the mist of battle distracted and generally not good writing advice for how it cuts into the flow of a scene, but I have also totally come to accept this as a signature piece of KnY's storytelling style. And we aren't even done yet with Tanjiro's flashbacks for this solo battle against Daki! With all these reflections, though, it's really nice to get that foreshadowing for more Haganezuka content, especially Daki's accusation that Haganezuka isn't much of a swordsmith (and he faces criticism too), and Tanjiro's insistence that it's him abusing the sword. He has always fully believed that everything that happened to his swords is his own fault for using them roughly. (And gosh, that context and comparison against someone who uses Water Breath damn near perfectly makes it all the more startleing how Akaza will later very easily break Giyuu's sword in two.) Speaking of swords, BOYS WITH SWORDS!!! BOYS PLAYING WITH SWORDS!!! Zenitsu handling his sword in a context other than the brief moments he's using Thunderclap and Flash, placing it on the ground the way you're supposed to, so unlike Inosuke who doesn't care for proper sword use whatsoever. Thank you, Ufotable!! Thank you for this filler!!

--Speaking of foreshadowing, if Tanjiro's already been maintaining fever over days at a time this whole time, this gives us lots of juicy stuff to analyze about his mark. Perhaps can interpret the damage done to the human body (and the reason all those Sengoku demon hunters died by the age of 25) as being due to the sudden increase in temperature and heart rate, but with Hinokami Kagura techniques, Tanjiro's been able to find a more sustainable way of doing it so his body is more prepared to draw on that power. I wonder, then, did he subconsciously start to do this during the Final Selection, and that's why the scar changed? Also, I believe that Tanjuro's general weakness is do to long-term sustained damage of performing Hinokami Kagura imperfectly, in a way that put stress on his body before he mastered the proper Breathing technique. Which is all to say, it makes me ponder that Tanjiro may have more years than he's assumed to, but he probably will decline in a similar way as his father.

--BUT HEY ALSO, there's imperfect knowledge and hearsay passed down from the Sengoku era about how, like, "swordsmen with black swords can't advance (because they got kicked out)" so maybe that "dead by 25" thing was a matter of looking at patterns and also counting all the guys who happened to get killed in battle? And sure, maybe enough of them dropped dead to lead to conclusions??? I'm looking for whatever hope we can for Giyuu and Sanemi, let me dig with a tiny spoon as I like.

--Anyway! We also get this beautiful, "moyase… moyase… kokoro o moyase!!!" line from Tanjiro. Yes, please.

--And all this reflection from Tanjiro about how he won't allow anyone else to go through the pain that he and other members of the Demon Slayer Corps have with losing people to the violence of demons. That's great, Tanjiro, but you're about to witness a huge failure to do so.

--Ok… so… Inosuke's scene going Homer Simpson through that tunnel is… not one of my favorites. I appreciate that he and the obi found each other mutually gross. Go ahead, keep calling her the Worm Woman, Inosuke. You're the worm, though.

--THAT MOMENT INOSUKE KICKS HIS SWORDS TO HAVE THEM BOOMERANG BACK INTO HIS HANDS, IT'S SO FLASHY, I CANNOT

--This scene down in the food cellar reminds me of the Chinese idiom, "The Eight Immortals Cross The Sea," meaning everyone shows up their individual talents and strengths. Here we've got Inosuke doing it, Makio & Suma doing it, Zenitsu doing it, and then The God of Festivities himself. So much flamboyant fun! That Zenitsu's upside-down twirl, my gosh, he's totally writing that into the Legend of Zenitsu.

--I love it when Inosuke realizes he's in over his head in battle, though. Recognizing he's in a tight spot because he can't fight the obi while also protecting the humans, and that if this isn't the actual body, then there will be no end to fighting there. It makes it so gratifying when Makio & Suma step in to help.

--Okay, but also to sandwich this post… Uzui is totally back in his proper flamboyant mode after being so happy to see Makio & Suma are alive and kicking--especially kicking butt. Relief seems to be a big part of it, but his wives truly are a source of strength and joy for him. Having reunited with all three of them, everything is once again right in his world and it's time to do the butt-kicking in his own flashy way!!

[kenjiro-kun]

Lost Eye

Character: Kanao (Demon Slayer)

Theme: Hurt/Comfort

Reader: Gender Neutral (Tumblr Ver: On other platform reader is female)

POV: Second

Words: 691

Summary: Reader gets injured and Kanao worries in her own way.

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"Tanjiro!" You shouted, exhausted.

His clenched his teeth, his eyes harden with focused. "Hinokami Kogura," He sliced through the blood red threads.

"Dance!"

"The threads. . ." The demon mumbled, wipping out more. Flying them at you and Tanjiro as the both of you dashed through the threads with ease.

It sliced his body, blood flying through the air, but you got the worst of the attack. The thread sliced against your eye, making you fall, and roll around the ground.

"Y/N!" He shouted.

You grasped the gushing red from falling from your socket, you grin at him - reassuring that you were alive and well.

He continued his charge against the moon demon. "Don't stop. Keep moving." He dodged. "If you stop now, it'll bring the repercussions of forcibly switching from Water Breathing to Hinokami Dance Breathing! It'll be immobile for a while! That's why I gotta do it now! Run! You gotta protect Nezuko, and bring Y/N back to the Butterfly State! Ahhhhhhhh-!"

He sliced, and sliced through the threads, his momentum sky-rocketing. His distance between the demon closing in fast.

"This guy..." The demon pounced backwards. Tanjiro chasing after him, no sign of stopping. "I see the opening thread! You gotta take him down now!" His sword closing in of the body of the demon. "Even if it means getting slashed by him at the same time!"

You noticed Nezuko awakening.

"Blood Demon Art!"

The blood on the thread start to shine a lighter red. "Exploding Blood!" The blood explode causing a rift between the Tanjiro and the demon. Giving Tanjiro an opening chance to strike. The sword strucked at demon's neck, igniting an explosive reaction through.

"No way, the thread burned and snapped!"

"The bond between Nezuko and me can't be severed by anyone! Especially with Y/N by my side!"

He sliced the demon's head clean off.

"Augh!" He looked over at you. "Y/N?"

He ran to you. "Too much blood," He held you close. "We'll get you back."

***

"Lady Shinobu!" Tanjiro sprinted towards her side with you barely conscious in his arms. "Y/N's hurt!" He ran into the room. "It's their eye, it's been injured."

"Set them down." She rolled her way over to you. "You have to be more careful, they aren't as strong-willed as you are."

"They'll be okay, right?!" Tanjiro exclaimed. "They're not going to die?"

"Of course not." She stroked your cheek. "My sister wouldn't take it so lightly."

"Ah, Kanao?" He looked down. "I'm so-"

"Don't apologize. There is no need." She cleaned around the dried blood. "Now, I'll need some time to take care of their injury, as I may ask you to leave."

"Uh, sure." He knew you were in good hands, but it doesn't stop him from worrying about other possible outcomes.

***

You woke up to a half seen room. You sat up, and your memory regained the injured you endured. "You're wake."

"Tanjiro - Kanao?" You rambled.

"Perfectly fine other than Tanjiro's minor wounds." She smiled, reassuringly. "Your recovery will be short, but for now take a walk to get some fresh air - to get use to controlling your body with one eye gone." She helped you up. "Go now."

"Uh, yes Shinobu."

***

You wouldn't had thought your injury would be a needed part of your important senses, but this may just make you more powerful than before. The weather was beautiful, and nice with a cold breeze flew to tie it all up.

You felt something bump into you, and you noticed it was Kanao. Her face was shadowed from the sun, but you soon saw something you thought you wouldn't see during your time with her.

A single tear fell from her eye down to her mouth, and her arms wrapped around your waist. The feeling of her close was when you were hit with realization that you could had lost her if your injury was more server than one lost eye.

"Kanao?" You smiled, small tears fall from your eyes in this precious moment. "I'm fine, no need to worry about my well-being."