Chapter 12

—Half An Hour Ago—

"There's some things me and uncle Muzan need for an experiment around Tatsuki Village, so I'll be heading there. Muzan's going to Asakusa, so I guess there's something there we need." Kyoshi said as he grabbed his things.

He wore a navy blue kimono with a black haori along with a black obi around his waist. He grabbed a big straw hat, a brown bag that had some things he'd need inside and finally he grabbed his flesh sword.

He trained with Kokushibo so of course he learned how to use a sword. Although his sword didn't look anything like Kokushibo's it was still made entirely from Kyoshi's flesh. His right arm to be specific.

The sword itself gave off a menacing aura that even the demons noticed. They told him he can't tone down the aura of an object like he can with his body, even if it's made from his body.

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With the sword already made, they decided that instead of just trying to destroy it, they can make a sheath and have Keiko engrave a seal onto it to contain the aura when sheathed. Kinda like Kokushibo's sword.

"I see, then we'll be doing the usual. After getting something to eat we'll be on our way to the Natagumo mountain to check on that family of demons Rui had up there. Apparently Muzan wants to meet them." Habuki said.

Keiko walked out from the back room with what looked like a picnic basket, but it was full of meat and some organs.

"I almost completely forgot about those guys. Well tell them I said hi." Kyoshi said as he put on his sandals.

"Alright. Keep a low profile while around that village." Keiko said.

"Alright. I'm off." Kyoshi said as he went over to the teleportation room. He started it and after a flash he was gone.

"*Sigh*. Three years huh?" Habuki mumbled.

"You sound like an old man. Three years isn't THAT long. Especially because we're demons." Keiko said.

"I know, but remembering when he was a kid to him now just starts to show me how fast time has been moving for us."

"…Oh shut up and pack your stuff." Keiko said.

"Let me have this moment!!" Habuki yelled with a vein appearing on his forehead.

"Yeah yeah, get ready so we can go." Keiko retorted.

Habuki stomped off to his room to FINALLY start getting his stuff together. They were also getting ready to move. The scenery was nice, but the place was starting to get old to them plus the influx of demon slayers was bothersome.

Keiko walked back to her room and checked if she grabbed everything she needed before stopping by her dresser and grabbing a framed picture of her, Habuki and Kyoshi outside at night.

She was taking the picture like a selfie with Habui next to her and little 11 year old Kyoshi smiling brightly with the moonlight coming through the trees.

"Hmm, three years…"

"I HEARD THAT!!" Habuki yelled from his room.

"This guy…" Keiko sighed.

…

Kyoshi was already down the mountain after letting some random demon off for killing a woman since it went against what Akaza taught him when growing up. Well he ripped his arm off though as a warning.

Kyoshi already knew where the village he would be heading to was thanks to Nakime giving him directions beforehand which he memorized. As he sped over the land going faster than the eye could see he estimated it should take him about 30 minutes or so to get to the village.

It was relatively far, but not too far for him. He also ate already so he was fine for a while. At least till noon.

…

'I guess for now I need to find a place to hide during the day.' Kyoshi thought to himself as he walked around the town. It was already going to be dawn in about an hour or so and obviously he didn't want to die.

'People are most likely still asleep. Well, hopefully. Walls are very thin in towns like this so even the slightest scream would be heard and people might be close here like most towns. Everyone seems to know each other.' Kyoshi thought.

He picked a random house and slid the door open quietly and sighed when he saw the low entryway. It's used to keep robbers and people who're breaking in from running away fast or getting much.

He shrunk his body down and slid his bag and sword inside while he walked right in. He could smell the scent of about three people inside.

'Two parents and a kid maybe.' He thought as he went back to normal and sat his sword and bag down in a corner of the living room. He walked quietly down the halls and followed the scent of humans down to two rooms.

Both rooms write next to each other.

He entered the one with two people inside and saw it was a mother and a father sleeping soundlessly. He walked over the fathers side and with a quick tap to the temple there was a falter in the man's breathing before it began again. He did the same to the mother and did it again to the little boy in the room next to him before walking back to the living room.

He sat in the room leaning on a wall as he dug around in his bag for something to do. After some time he started to get bored and impatient.

'Man it's lame as hell sitting here all day with nothing to do. At least I usually have people to talk to and do stuff with.' Kyoshi thought to himself with a heavy irritated sigh.

"Hmm, now that I think about it, I'll die if my skin touches the sun, but with this big hat and baggy haori I should be covered right?" Kyoshi mumbled to himself.

'Well…yolo." He said as he stood up and grabbed his sword and bag. He shrunk down, went under the entryway and reverted back to normal. He put the roningasa on which covered him and his eyes from the sun nicely before sliding the door open and walking out.

He slid it shut again and walked around calmly, but on the inside he was jumping around like a kid.

'Let's fucking go, I can walk around during the day!!' Kyoshi thought with a smirk on his face.

"You think another one went missing tonight?" Asked a random woman.

"Yeah, they've been going missing every night without fail." Answered another.

'Some people go missing every night? Must've been a hungry demon.' Kyoshi thought as he walked around town. He heard more and more people talking about this and as he went further into town he found out that it was all young women.

'Is the demon scared of men?' Kyoshi thought to himself. Most women's meat don't even have that great of a texture from what he remembered when he ate a woman.

'Yeah the skin is soft, but the meat isn't tough enough. It's like the veins. Just slimy.' He thought, shaking his head a little. As he walked around he stopped by some flower shops asking if they had any Blue Spider Lilies or some Golden Honey Flower.

It was the flower Muzan said he needed, but unfortunately it seemed like nobody had one. He could hear people remarking on his weird appearance and how he was probably just some wannabe samurai which would still be incorrect because he looked more like a wannabe ronin.

Anyways, night soon fell, Kyoshi snatched some random guy up for a quick snack and left his body in some bush that was found and stirred up some problems. People started going back into their homes as night settled in.

The body was given a proper burial and just like when he got here, it was silent. Nothing but the rustling of leaves as the wind swept by could be heard as Kyoshi calmly walked the streets of the empty town.

He happily and freely jumped on rooftops completely dismissing the fact that people were inside those houses sleeping. As he jumped up, he saw something strange. Some black mass moving across the ground.

"Is that the demon? I wonder what type of blood art it has. Maybe I should meet him." Kyoshi thought as he landed on the ground. Immediately he vanished from his spot as he dashed to the front part of the big town.

What he didn't catch was two boys walking the streets. One carrying a sword just like him and the other seemingly looked sad and had bruises all over his face. Tanjiro and Kazumi, whose girlfriend got taken by the demon, were on the lookout.

They had been searching from morning till night and Tanjiro was tracking Kyoshi's scent but was always far off since he kept moving around a lot. Finally he had caught onto both demons' scent and was ready to go into battle.

…

Kyoshi ran beside the black mass on the ground before both of them came to a sudden stop.

"You're the damn demon that's been on my territory!! Leave before I kill you bastard!!" A demon yelled. This one had three horns on its head which parted its long purple tinted black hair around them.

It also exposed his big ass forehead.

The demon had completely red eyes, and veins popping out everywhere. It only showed it's upper half from the black mass below and then yelled at Kyoshi.

"So that's your demon blood art? What does it do?" Kyoshi asked as he crouched down.

"Did you hear a word I said you thieving bastard?!?"

"Thieving?"

"You're here to the women here before I do huh!?!" It yelled.

"Alright, one, stop yelling. We're literally face to face plus there are people trying to sleep. Two, I don't even eat women. You disgusting little shit, your taste in food is absolutely repulsive." Kyoshi said.

"You bastard!!" The demon yelled as it revealed its full body.

"Young women have to be the world's best cuisine a demon could eat!! Even a brain dead gorilla like you should be able to understand that!!"

"Ohh no, I get it. Even as a demon you're so weak you're scared to go after men so you shitty little taste buds evolved to eat that slimy, soft, indigestible shit. Such a weak and useless demon, of course you taste in food would be absolutely atrocious." Kyoshi laughed.

The demon seemed to have had enough of Kyoshi's insults as he jumped at him. Kyoshi easily sidestepped and the demon caught himself and recovered quickly before dashing towards Kyoshi and throwing a straight punch.

Kyoshi pushed his fist back with his right hand and smashed his fist into the demon's jaw. The demon was sent flying to the right in a spiral before rolling on the ground.

"So my theory was true, you are a weakling. Hehehehohohohahaha." Kyoshi teasingly laughed with a smug expression while he pointed at the demon. It got up and healed it's neck and jaw before sinking back into the black mass.

"Ah he ran away. Raggedy bastard, I know somebody that might like him." Kyoshi muttered to himself as he sighed.

He then sighed in irritation and rolled his eyes as he turned around and looked up at the swordsman coming down on him with a waterfall trailing behind his sword.

"Water Breathing; Eighth Form: Waterfall Basin!!"

"You obnoxious little shit." Kyoshi said as he jumped up and grabbed Tanjiro's leg before slamming him into the ground.

A dust cloud was kicked up as Kyoshi jumped back. He could hear grunts from the cloud as it started clearing out. Tanjiro got up, and used his sword as a crutch as he tried to catch his breath.

Kyoshi slammed him on his back, but the box hit the ground first which basically put a halt in the momentum.

Unfortunately for Tanjiro all that force was transferred into his body which resulted in the wind being knocked out of him and pain in his spine.

*BOOM*

The door of the box was kicked open and the wind cleared away the dust. Coming out was Nezuko who looked furious. Veins bulged from her forehead to her eyes as she glared at Kyoshi.

"The hell."