The Nichirin blade returns.
'm no good at working hard…
And taiyo can't bear to do things slowly…
Maybe because the girls and tanjiro were so far ahead of us now, when they attempted to teach us, we didn't get better.
We realised we were total losers
"The technique Tanjiro and Hoshi mastered is called 'total concentration breathing'. By doing total concentration breathing every minute of the day...physical fitness drastically improves" shinobu popped out of nowhere.
The group turned around.
"It's a basic move. A beginners technique, so of course they could do it. But mastering it requires incredible effort!" she smiled
She turned to taiyo and inosuke.
"Anyways, of course you can do it...but if you can't, that's that. It'd be a shame though..."
"HUUUH?! IF IT'S POSSIBLE THEN OF COURSE WE'D DO IT! DON'T TALK DOWN TO ME! I'LL MESS YOU UP...GRAAAAAH!" Inosuke yelled.
Then shinobu grabbed zenitsu's hands
"Good luck, zenitsu! I'm cheering for you most of all!"
Then zenitsu turned into a tomato, and screamed
"I'LL DO IT!"
Kage and kuki sat in a corner
"Don't worry, we were gonna get roped into this anyways...you don't need to tell us anything" kuki said.
9 days later, the rest of the boys had mastered total concentration: constant.
Shnobu was skilled at teaching…
And tanjiro was truly awful at teaching people.
...
"Guys! I hear that my reforged nichirin blade arrives today!" tanjiro smiled
"ah,sweet! That means mine comes today too!" netsu said.
Soon, netsu,tanjiro,inosuke,shizen, taiyo and kage skipped outside to get their blades.
"MR.HAGANEZUKA!! HEY!! HEY! HEY! MR.HAGANEZUKA! IT'S BEEN SO LONG! HAVE YOU BEEN WELL?"
Haganezuka ran towards them, with a knife in hand
Netsu pulled tanjiro out of the way, just in time.
"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, DUDE?!" she yelled.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU BROKE MY SWORD! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT" he yelled
"IN OUR DEFENSE WE WERE ABOUT TO DIE! OUR OPPONENTS WERE SUPER STRONG!!"
"Was your opponent really that strong?" tsumugi asked kage.
"Yeah...we almost died...i lost my voice and so did those two" he pointed to inosuke and netsu.
"Your team is strange…"
"I know…"
Haganezuka continued bullying netsu for an hour straight.
After that hour, Tsukasa and atsushi (kuki and taiyo's swordsmith) tied him up.
"Well, haganezuka is a passionate artisan. His love for katanas...is twice as strong as anyone else's. Oh...I'm kanamori."
Everyone sat down.
"Since we are introducing ourselves, my name is tsumugi"
"Atsushi"
"The name's tsukasa"
"I forged new swords for you lord inosuke. If they serve you well in battle, i'll be happy!" kanamori said
"What a pretty color!" shizen said
"An elegant color that benefits a katana…" tsumugi responded
"Good...inosuke's blades were terribly chipped. Ow. ow. Ow" tanjiro said, as haganezuka poked him.
"How do they feel in your hands? It's my first time making blades for an ambidextrous fighter"
Inosuke stood up and started walking towards the pond.
"Lord inosuke?"
He started throwing rocks until he found one he liked.
Then…
KLANG
KWONG
Everyone gasped in a panic.
"That's better!" inosuke said.
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU, YOU THANKLESS BRAT!"
"HE'S SORRY! HE'S REALLY SORRY!!" shizen said as she and taiyo held kanamori back.
Soon, the swordsmiths left, and it turned into night.
…
What is this place?
A woman looked around.
She was a demon.
A woman playing a guitar sat on a pedestal
Is that her blood demon art?
Space seems to warp with her at the center.
Other people started to appear.
Only the lower ranks…
Hey…
Where's rui?
Pop
We teleported again!
In front of them stood a woman, in a regal gown.
"Lower your heads down, and bow!" the woman said.
Or, should i say, man.
They all bowed.
"M'lord! My apologies! Your appearance and aura are different, so-"
"Who said you could speak?" muzan said.
The demon who spoke started shaking.
She had white hair, with black at the bottom.
Her eyes were red and yellow, and she had horns sticking out of her forehead.
"Worms! You may not speak on your own! Only answer my questions!"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Rui was killed. He was lower 5. I want to ask only one thing. Why are you members of the lower rank so weak? Joining the twelve kizuki is not the end...merely the beginning. You must eat more people, get stronger, and become more useful to me. For more than a century, the members of the twelve kizuki have not changed. The ones who put the demon slaying hashira in their graves are always in the upper ranks. But for the lower ranks? How many times have those members changed? Only once."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"'What are we supposed to say to that? Who's the first anyways?' you can answer my question"
One of the demons started to shake in fear.
"What has you so worried? Tell me." Muzan said