After around a day of walking, Nezuko arrived to the final selection. There were around twenty people. Most of them seemed older than her but there also were youger people. The majority was also made of boys. Of course, men were biologically made stronger than women, that explained a lot, honestly. She also noticed a young boy on a pedestal. He was wearing a white and blue kimono, his eyes were violent and his hair had a weird gradient from white to black passing by green. He had a serious look on his face like he was about to murder someone.

He took a piece of paper and started calling names. Nezuko wasn't really paying attention but she remembered one name Rengoku Senjuro. She was sure to have heard the name "Rengoku" before. Mister Tsugikuni told her about an old Hashira named like that. Maybe Senjuro was his son or grandson ?

The lavender eyed boy gave the young swordmen and women a metal sword, more useful to decapitate demons. After that everyone entered the area. It was beautiful, surrounded by wisteria flowers. From what Nezuko had heard, demons hated those flowers so she supposed they were there to keep the man eating monsters inside.

Three days passed and she had no troubles to kill the demons but then, on the fourth day, Nezuko heard some terrified screams. She ran to the source of the latter and was shocked to see what was there. Some young boys screaming in confusion. "What are you doing?! Why'd you kill Fumiko ?! Aren't you our ally ?!"

The boys kept on screaming those things and, indeed, there was a young girl lying on the floor, covered in blood. It wasn't the first Nezuko saw and it wouldn't be the last. But the most shocking thing was the thing they were talking to...

It was a young looking and short boy with long black hair with turquoise tips. His eyes had the same color and he was wearing a black and teal haori.... It... It was Yuichiro. No. It couldn't be him. Nezuko didn't see him when she arrived. And his eyes... His eyes looked so empty. Though, the girl couldn't calm down. She was panicking by the sight of this demon. She knew it was only a disguise but it seemed like her brain didn't want to understand.

Then, the demon saw her and smiled. An emotionless smile. He said "Looks like someone knew my last lunch...~"

Nezuko looked at him and took a deep breath to calm herself down, finally understanding the demon's powers. He could shapeshift into the last person he ate... Wait what ?! Then how was he looking like Yuichiro ?! Maybe it was Muichiro, his twin, then ??? Or was Yuichiro a ghost all along ?! Nezuko couldn't understand much again but tried to concentrate. If she didn't, she would die miserably like many others.

Nezuko jumped on the demon the latter was able to dodge quite easily. He was way quicker than the others she had killed. He must've eaten at least fifty humans. How long has he been in here ? Then, the demon made some weird mist appeared. Nezuko couldn't see anything but she guessed he would attack from behind so she used the first form of Moon Breathing : Dark Moon, Evening Palace. She luckily touched her enemy but his head was still holding with a little bit of skin.

With his head hanging upside down, the demon laughed, not even trying to put it back correctly. It seemed so disgusting to see Yuichiro in a state like to Nezuko. She almost wanted to vomit when the demon spoke "I should eat you too ! You seem quite powerful ! You almost decapitated me, the most powerful demon in here !"

Nezuko didn't listen and attacked again, with the same attack. The human eater wasn't paying attention and so, she could end him. First, he changed appearance to show a young boy with short white hair and light skin. One of his eyes was blue and the other one red. He looked shocked and cried while trying to put his head back even though he was fading to dust.

The girl looked at him and calmly asked "What's your name ?"

The demon looked confused and sobbed "Kumotaro..."

Nezuko smiled at the boy and at the last second said "Rest in peace, little one..."

~~~

Kumotaro was walking to hell. He knew why he was there. In his life as a demon, he had killed tons of humans to eat them and become stronger for his master, the one who turned him into this thing. Before his death, he had no memories on why he became like that. But now, it so felt clear.

He was a child, an orphan with two younger siblings. No one liked him because his sister was weird. The two brothers were too but the girl was the oddest of them, it was like she could be angry and then very happy in a short span.

One day, they got adopted but got threw away like trash several months later. It happened several times. Since they didn't have a good reputation due to that, they started to pretend to be other people. It wasn't enough. One winter, it was very cold outside and they had nowhere to go, the yougest of the three died. Kumotaro tried to protect his brother the best way he could, he gave him all his food and warm clothes.

In the end, he was the one becoming sick, he knew he would die soon so he helped his brother break inside a house while he stayed outside. He would've died that night, so long ago if the demon king didn't give him his blood to become a man eating monster himself...

Now, there was no way he'd meet his siblings in the afterlife and he regreted surviving that day. But it was too late, now. The past is the past and nothing can be changed.

~~~

Nezuko checked around but the boys who were there before left. The dead body of the girl called Fumiko was still there. With no hope, she came closer to see if she was alive. She wasn't breathing and her body was already cold. It was no use to try to help her. A demon would soonly come eat her.

Nezuko then left and survived for the next three days. When the week ended, she came back with the other survivors to the place they had met. They were only five. The strict looking boy was back and he called the names of the survivors and asked them who their masters were. At that moment, Nezuko remembered what Mister Tsugikuni and made sure to keep that in mind.

"Ayaki Rui ?"

It was a pale and small boy with messy black hair and deep blue eyes.

"My.. My master was Oyakumi Chura..."

Nezuko never had heard this name before.

"Kamado Nezuko ?"

Nezuko happily answered "Kokushibo Michikatsu !"

Then, next person.

"Rengoku Senjuro ?"

The boy had his yellow and red hair going up, making it look like fire. His red and yellow eyes also looked like an owl's.

"Formally Rengoku Kyojuro. Currently Rengoku Shinjuro..."

The girl wondered what happened to Kyojuro.

"Shinazugawa Genya ?"

The boy had an angry look with weird dark hair. His irises were very small to the point she couldn't see his eye color. A big scar went from his right hear to under his left eye.

"Otagawa Nakime..."

Nezuko also had heard of this name before. If she remembered well, it was a Hashira just like Mister Tsugikuni.

"Tsuyuri Kanao ?"

It was a girl with black hair tied in two ponytails with unmatched butterfly hair clips. One was green and pink while the other was purple and grey. Her eyes had a beautiful shade of purple to them.

"Kocho Kanae... Now leave me alone..."

Tsuyuri looked sad and angry at the same time. Even though she didn't know the reason, Nezuko couldn't help but feel empathy. She wanted to talk to her but maybe the "Leave me alone." wasn't just adressed to the boy.

Then, he had to take the measurements for their uniforms, which was clearly annoying the other girl of the group, and then, choose the metal for their future swords. When all of this was finished, Nezuko and the others left the mountain. She was very tired but she had to keep going. After, again, a day of walking, she was back at Mister Tsugikuni's place. When she saw him coming out, she smiled before falling on the floor, exhausted.

When she opened her eyes, she was on her futon. Tanjiro was watching over her. She cried while smiling. She was now one step closer to save him. Nezuko Kamado was now officially a member of the demon slayer corp. She was going to find the more informations possible about Yoriichi and a cure for her brother. But now, she was happy to be alive with her brother. They survived three years like that. She knew they could go further and change the world together.