*Pant* *Pant* *Pant*

Panting could be heard, as footsteps rang throughout the silent street.

It was nighttime at the time, and many people have fallen asleep... not bothering anything else.

For the one who's asleep, it was a heavenly feel, for being able to sleep. Forgetting all of their burdens, works, and other things.

Being able to sleep, is of course a good thing...

But, for the one who's not being able to sleep and getting chased...

Is not a good experience, and it's definitely not something you experience in a daily life. As if not being able to sleep and chased something daily.

Except for murderers in run, or people on war. When they do, people tend to die from assassination when the victims are asleep.

*Step* *Step* *Step* *Step*

Running through the silent street, a boy let tears escapes from his eyes.

( I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I DON'T WANT TO DIE! )

The boy shouted in his mind, as he panted heavily. His leg feels tired, but he must keep on running.

Running alone, he looked back to find the one who's chasing him...

*Step* *Step* *Step.* *Step..* *Step...*

No one is chasing him..?

Panting, the boy tries to look around, trying to find that person.

Whatever that person is, it's scary, that bastard of a human..! No... that bastard is a demon...

The boy thought in his mind, as an image flashes inside his brain.

He remembered seeing that bastard's curvy hair. With his hand slashing through his mom's neck.

That bastard continue on his killing, killing his sister too...

The boy, didn't even know how in the hell did he escape from that man's massacre on his family.

Falling on his knees to the floor, he began tearing up more.

" Mom... sis..! "

A wail of a children boy could be heard, as the wail reverberates...

*Hiss*

A faint hiss could be heard, as the boy stopped crying...

Slowly looking up, the boy widened his eyes, as his black pupil shrinks and shakes. Sweat ran down from his whole body, as tears ran down from his eyes.

His whole body went stone cold, he can't move an inch. Stoned in fear, afraid of the creature in front of him.

It looks like a human, except for the fact that its pupil is like a cat. A straight line.

The body, is that of a small child, while the head is the size of a teenager, and bald.

The creature in front of him is naked, with pants to cover his lower part.

Worms sways inside the creature's body in front of him, stuck inside his body. With the colour being white.

A drool ran down from the creature's lips, as the edge of the lips is stretched out. With a stitch connected between each end.

Black holes fills the creature's arms, and legs.

The nails, are uncut with the nails being long. It looks like a knife, able to cut or dug in deep within its prey.

The creature's teeth, is like any other human, with the exception of the canine teeth being longer and sharper. The under part of teeth too, is longer by a bit.

The creature, crouched while smiling crazily and narrowing its eyes at the boy.

The boy, tried to move away, but he can't. He's stoned in fear, no he can't do anything to prevent him from being killed.

This is over...

The creature slowly leans its head towards the boy's shoulder. Ready to feast on the boy.

( MOVE PLEASE MOVE MOVE MOVE!!! )

Tears start to ran down more from the boy, as he began breathing in and out.

*Stab*

The creature bits on the boy's shoulder as the boy screamed in pain. Having bit on the shoulder, the creature yanks his teeth out, as a part of the boy's shoulder came off too.

Screaming in pain and letting tears escape from the boy's eyes. The boy quickly hits the creature away.

*DUK*

The creature, got sent flying away, as the boy widened his eyes.

But he didn't mind it, for now, he needs to escape. Or else he's going to be a food for the creature in front of him.

Slowly standing up, the boy ran away while holding onto the big hole on the boy's shoulder.

He don't know how he can move, but it's a welcomed surprise.

Running away, he panted while looking back and forth. Still not seeing any sign of the scary creature...

But suddenly, his visions went blurry as he felt his body weakening...

( W-What's happening?! )

The boy asked in his mind, as he trips to the ground.

*Thud*

( My body feels weak! )

The boy thought, as he then suddenly felt something lands onto his back.

( W-What?! )

The boy asked in his mind, as he wanted to look back.

But soon, a voice enters his ears.

" Stay still kid!~~~ and LET ME FEAST ON YOU! "

The voice shouted next to the boy's right ear.

The boy, closed his eyes, knowing that the same creature who takes off part of his shoulder came back. Ready to eat on the boy.

Tears ran down from the boy, as the creature leaned down its face to eat the whole of the boy's head.

The boy, in the end loses his consciousness, already accepting his fate...

Opening its mouth widely, the creature smiles mentally...

*Woosh*

*STAB*

...

*TAK*

The creature, now can't no longer be seen on top of the boy's back...

*Step* *Step* *Step*

Footsteps could be heard heading towards the boy's direction.

The source of the footsteps, reveals to be a man. In his twenties.

The man wears a black dark blue haori, with a white shirt inside the haori. The man, wears an open jacket like for covering his back and arms.

Wearing a scarf around his neck section, it's coloured dark orange.

For his lower part, the man wears a silver light hakama. One katana is hanged onto his waist, while there is another one too. But it seems to be empty, the man, wears black boots for his foots.

The man, has a black hair, tied to a ponytail with his bangs still falling down to his right eye. Covering it.

The man have dark coloured pupils.

Looking to a tree, there he saw a katana stabbed to a tree, with the creature's head too stuck.

...

Sighing, the man walks up to the creature and pulls out his from the tree.

Suddenly, the creature snaps open it's eyes and mouth. As it jumps towards the man's neck.

...

" Disgusting demon. "

Reverse gripping his katana, he brought it down towards the neck of the demon. Slicing through the neck...

The demon's head falls down to the ground, as it's head slowly disintegrates with the body following too...

The man, slashes his katana diagonally downwards, as he brought it inside his sheath.

*Click*

Hearing a click, the katana is fully sheathed.

Sighing, the man looks at the boy back at the ground. Sleeping...

" ... Not my business... "

The man said, as he goes away...

-----

💢

...

Now now...

I did say that it's not my business...

The same man from before thought, as he sat in front of a campfire.

The crunching noises of the woods getting incinerated to ash could be heard.

So why, in seven levels of hell, AM I HELPING THIS BOY, AND TAKING CARE OF HIM?!

The man screamed inside his head, as he looked at the sleeping boy.

Scratching his head, he groans in frustration, and stupidness.

" Kill... "

A faint word speaks out, as it enters the man's ears...

Raising his eyebrows, he looked at the kid, having a frown expression.

" ... This kid aspires to be a murderer or something? "

The man asked, as he then whistles.

" ... Well, time to kill a kid, don't want him to be a murderer. "

The man said, as he stood up and unsheath his katana.

" All demons..! "

...

Pardon?

The man asked in his mind, confused by the boy's words. First time, he says ' Kill ' now he suddenly said ' All demons..! '.

...

Dochi kayo gaki?!

The man asked in his mind, as he then sighed. But soon, the next few words seems to relaxed him a bit.

" Kill... all demons..! "

The boy shouted out of a sudden, as the man jolted backwards a bit.

" Damn you kid! Startling me like that! "

The man shouted in annoyance, but soon he sighed and calms down...

Silent fills the cave, no talking could be heard anymore. Only sounds of woods cracking from the fire. With sounds of cricket outside the cave.

It seems peaceful... some might prefer to hear this sound of noises rather than sound of humans chatting and talking loudly.

The sound of fire flaming, with wood sticks cracking...

Bright light, covers the darkness of the cave. With the shadow of the man being big and long, it can be seen on the walls of the cave.

...

*Snort*

The man's right edge of his lips stretches to the right. As he slowly began to laugh silently, but- unable to contain his...

Happiness?

From years of having lived his life, he hasn't felt a happiness like this. He don't know why, but some many have say this line too.

' Kill all demons..! '

But- with the exception of many being a Demon Slayer.

Many have said that, but it doesn't feel... something to him.

Sure, everyone are angry at the demons at the fact that they prey on the victims family. With some being able to survive, they say this while training hard.

Even though it seems like an oath, or a promise. It didn't feel anything to him, to him, those who says that line. Is just mere stupid people.

Kill all demons?

No, it's not possible to do so.

Some people might have already killed some, so it is not possible to kill all demons.

Killing all, means killing every single being of that species. But yet, some have already killed the demons. So no one can kill all demons.

If you want to gain the title, wait for all the demons up to thousands or billions or how much you even want!

But, if one is already killed by other humans.

That title is no longer a truth.

But...

Seeing this kid, it reminded him of himself somehow...

He don't know why, truly he don't know why.

Seeing this... weak boy, even while unconscious, in his sleep. Says that unconsciously, is incredible.

Laughing out loud, he accidentally wakes the young boy up...

The young boy, blinking his eyes a few times looked around...

Laughing enters his ears.

The boy, tries to search for the source of the laugh.

Slowly trying to sit on his futon..? He held his palm to his face.

The boy, looks at his shoulder and saw it plastered with bandages...

The laughter, died down, as the boy then looked to his left and saw the man...

" Who are you..? "

The boy asked, as the man lowers his head, with his bangs covering his right eye.

" That creature that attacks you... is a demon, and not in a figurative language, but a literal... "

The man replies bluntly, as the boy widened his eyes.

" That creature... was a demon..? "

" Yes boy, but that is not what matters. "

The man instantly replies, as he leaned closer to the boy.

" Tell me, do you want to kill those demons? "

...

There it is-

The man asked.

' Do you want to kill those demons? '

That question struck the boy's mind, as he lowers his head.

" Yes. "

At this point, the boy isn't thinking logically, no, he just want to see those demons. Especially that man...

He can see that those pupils that man have are the same as the demons. Which means he is a demon too...

" I will kill, no... I will eradicate all of those demons..! "

The boy spoke, in anger and frustration.

He wanted to see that sight, that sight of that man, underneath his feet. With his head stomped on the ground, by his own feet.

He wanted to make that man suffer, for all what he did. By robbing him of his family...

He will NOT forgive him.

If that man, no- demon have many like him, he WILL hunt and eradicate them all...

The man, watching the boy felt the edge of his lips stretched out more.

" Tell me boy, do you want to be trained by me? To eradicate all of those demons? "

The boy, looks up to the man and nod firmly.

" But first... who are you..? "

The boy asked, as the man smiles.

" I'm glad you asked... "

The man, straightened his body and stood firmly.

" My name, is Okada Izou... your new teacher..! "

" And I'm going to shape the hell out of you, and make you the best Demon Slayer ever to exist... Boy. "

-----