Tanjiro's P.O.V.

Walking through the infinity fortress,

following nezuko's scent with his amazing

sense of smell, he finally found her in a

random room, playing with a doll half the

size of her that was made out of real human

flesh and hair. It had been given to her by

muzan, Tanjiro recalled. "Nezuko, do you

want to go human hunting with me? I feel

like torturing today, is that ok?" The only

thing Tanjiro could care more about than

nezuko could probably be muzan, but muzan

was also most likely to stay in second place on

tanjiro's 'people I care about' list.

"Sure! It's been an hour since I last ate

anyways." Nezuko smiled at Tanjiro, her

white fangs glinting in the light. "Alright

then. Let's go!" Willing for an exit, the next

door he opened lead to bright sunlight and

the fresh smell of morning. As Tanjiro and

nezuko were sunwalkers, you'd first think

it was strange muzan hadn't absorbed

them yet. Luckily, there was something of

a mother-child bond between the siblings

and muzan, causing muzans adult parent

hormones to stimulate and have an urge to

care and protect for them instead. Nezuko's

favorite pink kimono adjusted around her

legs as she stopped to inhale the air.

"Cmon nezuko!" Tanjiro's checkered Haori

and black kimono didn't get in his way

of running about, to the nearest village.

Hopping over roots and hearing nezuko do

the same behind him, he smiled widely. Only

when a strange scent caught his nose once

they got to the outskirts of the village did he

stop. He shrank and motioned for nezuko to

to the same. Unlike nezuko, when he shrank,

his clothes shrank with him, so he moved

slowly so nezuko's kimono wouldn't make

noise against the twigs on the grass below

them. They peeked out from behind a house

to look at what the strange scent was- three

humans.

Three humans? New humans? With swords

on their waists...wearing the same uniform...I

already thought it was strange that there

were new humans here because this is a big

but isolated village, but those uniforms- they

must be those demon slayers muzan warned

us about! In his twenty years of demon life,

Tanjiro had never been that far from the

infinity fortress, so he had never met one of

these demon slayers muzan had told them

about.

Muzan said we should only worry about

coming across one of those elites called

hashiras...and from what he described, it looks

like those three are some of the hashiras! He

excitedly whispered this to nezuko and she

whispered back, "let's kill some humans

and then get out of here to warn muzan,

onii-chan" nezuko whispered back, and he

nodded. They walked through the village,

pretending to be innocent little children

walking around. When they decided on a

target- a fat man shaped like a capital P, they

followed him until he got to his house. They

pulled on his pant leg just as he was about to

enter.

"Eh?" He said in a grouchy voice as he looked

down at them. Quickly growing taller, nezuko

tore out his heart...but it took at least five

seconds for them to grow to their normal

size, a five seconds in Wich he screamed in

bewilderment. "Nezuko, we have to take the

human and go, right now." Tanjiro rapidly

told her as he smelled the three hashiras

getting closer rapidly. As nezuko picked up

the body, Tanjiro realized that the hashiras

were going to get here before they could

escape.

"Nezuko quickly, take the heart and the

human inside!" Tanjiro ordered desperately.

Nezuko nodded, understanding the situation.

She took the humans heart and body inside

and dropped it while Tanjiro closed the door.

Tanjiro rushed her into the mans bedroom

Wich stank of food, and hid in the darkest

corner. "Nezuko, we must pretend that we

are afraid of the light okay? Take your Haori

and hold it over your head like some of those

funny humans do when it's raining, and run

out as fast as you can. They can't outrun you.

Leave me here and don't worry about me."

She looked over at him and shook her head.

(:

"No! I can't leave you here!" "You have to-

muzan will save me, don't worry. Now go!"

The last line was said as the door got bashed

down. Nezuko was a blur as she did what

he said, escaping out a back door. Footsteps

came closer to the bedroom and was opened

by one of the hashiras. Tanjiro hissed like a

cat. He could see the mans face- Wich was

attractive, actually. The man had black hair

that was tied into a low ponytail- his hair was

long enough that it went a little above the

middle of his back. He was wearing a Haori

that was plain red on the right side but had

golden and green diamond shaped designs on

the left side.

"I found it, in here." He yelled at his other

companions, but then Tanjiro attacked. The

man was surprised at his speed and strength

as Tanjiro gave him a deep gash on his

a

right arm with his claws. The man reacted

quickly, however, and unsheathed his sword,

slicing at Tanjiro. Surprised at the speed of

the unknown man's reaction, Tanjiro didn't

Dodge it fully, and therefore his kimono got a

cut on the bottom left side.

"Move aside, Tomioka-san! Don't hog it to

yourself!" A female voice said it sounded

like the person who said that sentence was

smiling but didn't want to be. A woman with

her hair in a ponytail came out from behind

him, pushing him aside. The end of her high

ponytail reached her neck. Speaking of the

end of her ponytail, it was purple. As well

as the ends of the hair around around her

face. She was wearing a kimono with designs

that reminded him of a monarch butterfly's.

Similar to her kimono, a purple butterfly

headpiece also sat on top of her ponytail.

"EH?! YOUR GOING TO KILL IT?! AS IF! ILL

KILL YOU!" an angry voice shouted behind

them and shoved them both aside- a man

with white hair and scars on his face came

out, wearing a short white Haori with his

uniform jacket unbuttoned, showing his

chest. he already had his sword unsheathed.

"Sanemi!" The woman said, elbowing his side.

He jumped around and said "OI! YOU WANNA

FIGHT?" "Sanemi! Not now! We're fighting a

demon if you haven't noticed!".....

"EH?! YOUR GOING TO KILL IT?! AS IF! ILL

As she said that Tanjiro Pranced forward,

slashing her stomach. "Ack!" She jumped out

of the room while the other two-Tomioka

and sanemi- rushed at him. It was a long

fight. Until. Of course, tanjiro's wounds

healed in less than a second, so eventually

a

he was just playing with them. Tanjiro

didn't notice the woman sneak behind him

and slash his elbow joint, where veins were

visible. He turned around and cackled,

not worried about the severely wounded

hashiras behind him.

"Well well well! We're you trying to wound

me? Or get my attention? So you could be the

honorable sacrifice and I would let your little

friends go? How nice of you! Well, maybe if

you-" suddenly, Tanjiro fell to the ground on

his knees. He was choking. How? What was

choking him? His vision blurry, he looked

up at the smirking woman. He saw her thin

sword was not like the others...it had a ridged

end. Poison. "M-muzan will-" he choked out,

but then he was out cold.