~Chapter 21~
Rui had a distant memory of him becoming a demon, as he felt responsible of murdering his own family.
"Mother, Father. I'm so sorry." Rui said, as his body came towards Nezuko and Tanjiro, who was still in the ground, as Nezuko seems to managed to get to her brother, as she never wanted to let him go again.
She sees the body as she gave it a small smile on her face, as she knew it was hard for Rui to feel guilt of what he has done to her, and the realization of murdering his own family long ago.
"Rui. It seems that the bearing of guilt is eating you away, isn't? I guess you didn't have anyone to rely on, haven't you. Please be at peace within yourself." She thought as she touches Rui's body, as it was fading away.
Rui was going into the afterlife all alone that is what he thought he was , but then he felt a familiar touch to see both of his parents , smiling at the boy and reassuring him with a gentle embrace.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to kill you both! I'm so sorry! " He cried to his parents, as he felt more human than a demon.
"It's all right, my son. We'll be together forever. " His mother said to her son, "Even in Hell."
Nezuko seems to be sighing of watching him die in front of her, as Giyu steps on the dead demon's body.
"Giyu? Big Brother Giyu, it's you, isn't it?" She asks him as he looks at her directly as if he didn't realize her at first.
She looks at him, "Big Brother Giyu, please step off the body. There are those who was a demon, they had guilt, guilt that I had seen with when I was battling them. They have a past, just like we have, and it depends of how you look at it, it doesn't mean that we shouldn't feel sorry for what purpose they had in life!"
Giyu took one look at the unconious demon boy, due to finally realizing who they were, he step off from the demon , as he wasn't suspecting of reuniting with the siblings so soon.
"Nezuko? Is that really you?" He asks, as she nods , confirming , as she said, "It's been a while since we last encounter each other, Big Brother Giyu. I'm glad of seeing you again after all this time, although, I kinda wish our reunion would've been in better situation ."
Giyu was amazed of how much Nezuko had changed since he last saw her, as if he really wanted to talk the girl properly.
But then , he senses danger approaching as he notices the butterflies coming towards the group, as he protects both siblings from Kocho.
"Oh, my." She said, as she notices how protective he was with the siblings.
She turns around as she asks, "Why you in my way, Giyu? You know it's our duty to slay the demons, not protecting them."
Meanwhile, the other Demon Slayers were putting the antidote on other Demon Slayers who were poisoned by the Spider Demon.
"It's truly incredible that Lady Kocho was able to have this antidote for the injuried Demon Slayers who were affected by the Spider Demon. " A girl nurse said.
"Yeah, well, she is the Insect Hashira. She is capable of anything that set her mind to. C'mon, we have some other paients that still need of care of. Once we're done, let's get out of this creepy place. It's starting to creep me out a lot by just staring at that house. "
Nezuko was truly amazed by Giyu's desire to protect her and Tanjiro. Even though she felt relieved by his actions, but it also makes her concerned about Tanjiro's safety.
"Big Bro Giyu." She said, as the girl looked at her.
"Hey, little girl?" She ask her as Nezuko quickly respond, "Yeah?"
"You know that boy you're protecting, is a demon, right? I'm here to slay that demon from hurting you."
Nezuko seems to be scared , but she knew that she had to be brave for her brother's sake.
"No, wait! You don't fully understand! This demon, is actually my older brother. "
Kocho said, "My . My. You poor thing. How about this, then? I'll use my gentle poison to kill him so he wouldn't feel any more pain than he already has. "
Giyu seems to be annoyed by her comment, as if he didn't want her to harm the siblings.
"Nezuko? Listen to me carefully. Can you still move? If you can't, force it . It would give you the boost you need to carry your brother to safety. I'll handle Kocho to give you both time to escape, all right?" He said to her.
She was amazed by Giyu and quickly understand the situation at hand. She nods as she said, "Please be careful, Big Brother Giyu. And thanks for saving us."
She makes her way to escape with Tanjiro.
Kocho was stunned by this sudden reaction of Giyu protecting the siblings as she said, "You would make the dangerous attempt by trying to disobey the Demon Crops rules? I have to kill you."
Nezuko carries her brother as she continues running and grabs the box. She was in pain from the fight, but she knew she had to continue through.
"My whole body felt like a truck hit me. It pains so much! I felt like I want to scream! Nezuko, don't think about it!
Hold it in! Keep going!" She thought in her mind.
Tanjiro was able to recover as he saw what was happening, he seems to be amazed of his little sister to go through so much.
Nezuko thought, "Does this mean I have to quit being in the Demon Crops now? Because of Tanjiro being a demon?
Even though Tanjiro is my brother, they wouldn't allow a slayer being travelled with a demon! "
Another Demon Slayer was following them , by the branches as she was curious about them.
Meanwhile, Giyu and Kocho were still in their disagreement about Giyu's decision of protecting Nezuko and Tanjiro.
"Giyu, there is no doubt it. You're serious about this. I still can't believe you would actually protect a demon." She said.
Giyu said, "You really are a stubborn one, aren't you? You really like to do things your way. Kocho, these siblings are different than anyone I ever encounter with.
You have to give them a chance, I believe that they can change the way of the Demon Crops forever. "
She scoffs at the sight of a better future for the Demon Crops as if it was a total fantasy, as she races through the trees to try to catch the siblings.
Giyu knew she has to be stopped somehow, as he tries to catch to the Hashira.
"My. My. You're quite determined to catch up to me , huh? Well, let's see if you can try. Besides , have you forgotten about the other Demon Slayers who are up in this mountain as well?" Kocho asks as Giyu continues to chase after her, as he hopes that Nezuko is all right on her own.
Nezuko continues to run as she tries to get any attention to any Demon Slayers out there hunting her.
She runs until she felt a hard slap towards the ground, as she drops her brother as they collapse to the ground!
She thought, "This is not good! What the heck happen? All I can do now is to keep running."
She sees Tanjiro, as to her amazement of who stopped them in their tracks was Kanao.
Kanao was about to slash Tanjiro as he opens his eyes to see the sword, as Nezuko grabs her leg to flip her over to prevent her to attacking her demon brother.
She yells , "Tanjiro, run! Get out of here! Don't worry about me, get to safety and run!"
The demon boy runs as instructed as Nezuko suggested .
Kanao was annoyed by her as she uses her leg to struck the Demon Slayer hard to make her unconious.
She begins to chase after the boy, as she was swinging her sword as to her surprise, Tanjiro shrink down to avoid her attack.
Kanao thought, "No way. He shrunk and became a small child."
Tanjiro doges the attacks as he continues running leaving Kanao to be confused of the demon boy's actions.
"All he is doing is dodging and running away and not attacking me. Why would he do that?" She thought.
She makes a smile smile as she reassures herself, "Doesn't really matter. It's quite simple really. All I need to do is to slay him ."
Meanwhile, Giyu has finally caught up to her as he pants with total sweat from running as he was holding her by her waist.
"So, you know that what you are doing is voliding the rules? Helping the demons is strictly taboo you know?
You honestly think that those two really have what it takes to be Demon Slayers?" Kocho asks .
He sighs as she was trying to stab him with a knife shoe as he said, "Oh, c'mon , Kocho! Is that really that necessary?!?"
They stopped of seeing the black crow, "I have a message! I have a message! It's from headquarters!
Nezuko and Tanjiro has been called into custody and brought back to headquarters immediately!
Kocho stops as she hears the message as she was staring at the boy who was looking at her .
"Wait a sec. Was he referring to you? You're Tanjiro?" She asks.
The other Demon Slayers found Nezuko, as he said, "You know, if this is Nezuko, she must be a good fighter to keep this up for so long.
I felt kind of bad of tying her up . She also has a broken jaw and scars all over her. "
The other Demon Slayers also found Inosuke tied up to the tree where Giyu left him as they untied him and took him back to headquarters as well.
Nezuko was still asleep as a Demon slayer said, "Wake up! I said wake up!"
She was startled by him as he said, "You shouldn't be sleeping in front of the Hashiras of the Demon Crops!"
Nezuko gasps of the 12 Pillars standing in front of her, as she was amazed of meeting them for the first time.
"These guys... are the Demon Crops Hashiras?" She thought.
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