Hinokami Kagura

[Seiji's POV]

"PLEASEEE!!! HELP MEEEEE!!!!!!" the demon shrieked in absolute agony. Even the damned in the deepest pits of hell wouldn't release a louder scream.

She was screaming as if I just lodged my blade through his liver or something. 

'Am I doing it too much?' I asked myself while turning to look at Tanjiro who was absolutely mortified at the scene he was witnessing.

I was trying to show him the hidden dangers of this world. My main goal was to show him the threat of demons so that he would have the determination to train himself and get stronger.

...but demons didn't really seem like a threat right now, did they? Not when it was grovelling on the ground like a helpless insect.

Maybe I approached this in the wrong way.

"Shut up," I said coldly to the half-demon, half-spider demon.

My long sword impaled her through her liver and pinned her down on the ground. All eight limbs thrashed around wildly, in a futile attempt to escape. She would sometimes try to slice me with her spider legs but I had cut off all the sharp ends.

At my command, she screamed louder., like a banshee.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

The demon wanted nothing more than to die. She hoped that if she went against my order, I would get angry and expediently kill her instead of torturing her further.

The fact that I used to torture demons or experiment with them was apparently a known knowledge amongst the demons. When facing the purple Hashira, its better to kill yourself.

"You're scaring the poor kid," I said and stepped on her throat. With a violent twist, I broke her vocal cords. The screams turned into a rush of air, too helpless to even make a sound.

The demon hiding behind the mask of a pretty girl opened her mouth and fountains of blood gushed out. Her eyes became big and perfectly round before they popped like a balloon. She cried streams of blood.

I immediately turned my head to look at Tanjiro again but he was already bending down while emptying his stomach. The gore was too much for him to handle.

"I swear, this one in particular is being dramatic. It's never this messy," I said helplessly before turning back to the demon.

Finally, I granted her the wish she so desired. I grabbed the handle of my sword and twisted it before I swung my blade right through her body. The ground was cut into two and so was her demonic body.

Not long after, she turned into ash.

I released a sigh, that didn't go down exactly as I planned. I was hoping to encounter some demon who was in the middle of killing a human or something to make a point to Tanjiro.

Instead, I found a spider demon who tried to use her charms to lure us into her webs Such a pain.

"Are you okay?" I asked Tanjiro as he breathed heavily with spit and tears on his face. I could see that he completely emptied the contents of his stomach.

Such a waste of meat.

You find reasons to hate demons more every day haha.

"No, actually I'm not okay," Tanjiro said and looked up at me. "What was even that?"

"Demons," I answered. "You must've heard about them in stories or folktales before. Hunt in the night, feast on the flesh of humans and all that. Except in reality, they are a hundred times worse."

"They...are real," Tanjiro said with a shaky breath.

"Exactly. And that is the reason why I am strong," I said and Tanjiro stayed silent, looking at the place where the demon used to be. But now there was nothing.

"Why are you showing me this?" he asked, biting his own teeth.

I stayed silent for some time before I said, "I am a demon slayer from the Demon Slayer corps. Our job is to protect the innocents from the demons and kill the Demon Lord Muzan,"

"Your father was special, Tanjiro. No, your family is special," I said. "Your ancestors are closely tied to the demons and demon slayers since the very beginning of the war. They will come for you, it is inevitable,"

"While your father was alive, he protected you from the demons even without your knowledge. But now it's time for you to replace him and fulfil your duty as the heir of the Kamado family," I said, mixing lies with truth so seamlessly that you couldn't tell the difference.

I was not ashamed because I knew I was doing it for thier own good.

Tanjiro was lost for words. He looked at me with these uncertain eyes. Too young to bear such responsibilities. He was but a child and he did not have trauma to push him to maturity.

"Your family, your brothers, your sisters, and your mother. If you want to keep them safe, you need to be strong like me too Tanjiro," I said.

"That's the real reason I came here,"

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After telling him that, we both returned. I allowed him to get his thoughts together through our journey and I no longer disturbed him.

There were other demons in the forest as well but I simply flashed my killing intent to drive them away quickly. I would deal with them at a later date.

When we finally returned, I could see determination slowly being etched on his juvenile face. He seemed a lot more cool-headed than before.

"I want to do it," Tanjiro said.

"Do what?" I asked.

"I want to get strong too. Please teach me so that I can protect my family from the demons,"

Almost too easy.

"Okay," I said with a smile. He smiled back too.

"But first, I need you to do something for me," I said.

"Yes! I'm willing to do anything!!" he responded like a soldier almost.

"A dance that your father used to perform, Hinokami Kagura," I said and paused.

"Show it to me," I said and my eyes glowed in excitement.

"Ahh, umm, I'm not sure if I know how to do it. I've only seen him do it a few times, and it was not like he taught it to me," he said but I cut him off.

"It doesn't matter, you know enough. Just show me anything you know, everything you remember," I said.

He looked unsure, but in the end, he nodded, "Okay, I'll try my best,"

My body stilled at that moment and I felt a lump in my throat. Finally, it was going to happen.

I was going to complete Sun Breathing.

"Okay..." I said and slowly stepped back from Tanjiro so that I could get a clear undisturbed look at his movement.

It was midnight, the moon shone in half in the starry night. We were in the Kamado compound, on the clearing that was lit by a dull lamp.

My eyes shone like jewels inside my skull as I gestured at Tanjiro to start his dance.

"Seiji-san, is this important to getting stronger?" he asked again before he started performing.

"More than you would believe. It is a secret technique, hidden in the form of a dance," I said.

"I see, then I'll begin,"

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And so Tanjiro started performing the Hnokami Kagura, otherwise known as the different forms of Sun Breathing.

My eyes saw everything.

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Auhtor : Double update