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You might be thinking what I'm planning just staying out of Tanjiro's way when he's fighting demons. To be clear, i don't wanna be a burden - i can't even fight so there's nothing i could do but watch out for him, right?

And he warned me not to engage in a fight earlier....

As a demon was about to aim for Tanjiro's eyes, the box wherein Nezuko had been sleeping bursted wide open; her feet stretching forward towards the demon's head.

My eyes lightened up in excitement. It's Nezuko in the flesh! She's so much cuter now that I can see her in real life. I let out a quiet squeal, probably confusing Kazumi-san basing from how judging his stares are.

The fight went exactly how it is in the anime, except for the fact that I've become the victim for these demons.
Since i became quite bored of the fighting earlier i practically zoned out - thinking of the power that the said deity gave to me.

Should I try it now that Tanjiro's under the surface?

I took a deep breathe and started humming to one of my songs. A soft melody started coming out, although the sound's low - it seems to reach Nezuko and Tanjiro.

I couldn't believe my eyes when i saw Nezuko's body glowing in pink with what it looks like small musical notes forming at the glow and then fading out into the air.

"...what..." Kazumi-san muttered in astonishment at the scene infront of us. Turns out I'm not the only one who can see this phenomena; in the world of Demon Slayer, this type of power would be considered as Blood Demon Art, there would be a possibility that those Hashira's can mistake me as a demon depending on the situation.

I have to be careful.

But oh wow, my humming seems to strengthen Nezuko at some greater lengths - she was able to overpower the demon much more easier with her increased agility and force.

Tanjiro emerges out of the puddle and straight out slashed the demon's body.

"Tanjiro-kun!" I gleamed at his appearance; i know this is not the situation to get excited but seeing how he slayed that demon was too cool - i had to call out to him and relay how much he looked so cool!

He turned to me with a smile.

"You were so cool!" I happily waved my hand around.

Tanjiro let out a chuckle, i feel like he sweatdropped to my actions but decided it's fine. Wow, I could read him like a book...

I looked at Kazumi-san. How come this guy looked very distress this entire time? I'm not one to judge considering that his fiance was eaten by these swamp demons...

I could sympathize with him.

"Kazumi-san, i know it's a hard pill so swallow - but it's not your fault or at anyone's fault that your fiance's gone now. The only one at fault is the demon king himself. You have to move forward no matter how hard it is." I patted his shoulder and he just looked at me with emotions in his eyes full of mixtures of grief, sadness, guilt, anger, and confusion.

I decided to leave him alone; I don't know how to comfort someone - I'm no good with those kind of things; the only consolation i could give is being straightforward as much as possible but that would only make me look like a bitch, right?

I walked towards Nezuko, Tanjiro is still busy getting the words out of the demon so I decided i should pester Nezuko instead.

"Nezuko-chan!"

The moment her eyes landed on mine, i was sent on cloud nine.

'Oh my, she's so beautiful now that I get to see her face from up-close.' At this point, I'm having a monologue in my little head from being overjoyed that she's actually looking at me right now.

I gleefully pointed at myself with a smile, "I'm Momoi! Tanjiro-kun's friend!"

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The first ever fight with a demon with blood demon arts ended just fine but moved in a rather peculiar way - in addition of Momoi's presence, some of the supposed scenes in this episode changed; Tanjiro also noticed of her strange powers that appeared earlier while he was fighting the demons.

It was an unexplainable phenomena for him - it is after all, his first time witnessing such a strange thing occur.

Is Momoi really human?

It's no use doubting her real identity because he could tell by the smell that she is indeed human - although there's definitely something strange about her presence, that didn't gave him any possible ideas that might endanger Momoi.

He is after all in a world of man-eating demons, what else is even not possible at this point?

When his family was still alive he was so sure that they're definitely safe and that there's no such thing as demons, but here he was - travelling as a demon slayer with his sister that got turned into a demon, searching for a possible cure.

And ofcourse, Momoi's addition to the group.

A gentle smile slowly made its way to his face as he watch Momoi stare at nowhere and watch her face distort into various kinds of expressions.

He never really knows how her mind works, but he admits that she's a kind person.

"Ne, Tanjiro-kun." She calls out to him which made him snap back to his consciousness.

"Yes?"

She stopped walking all of a sudden which made Tanjiro stop as well, she turned to face him with the most serious expression he had ever seen in her face.

"Did you felt something strange when you were fighting those swamp demons earlier?" She curiously asked, eager to know the effects of her so-called powers that was given to her by a deity.

That led Tanjiro to thinking back to before, while he was under the surface he indeed felt something strange - however, in a more interesting and good way. He didn't felt pain or discomfort; rather, he felt so strong and focused that he actually thought that his body became fluid.

And yes, he indeed noticed the strange pink light emitting out of his body - as well as a distant singing voice.

"Strange...you say? Were you perhaps the one who did those things?" Tanjiro answered Momoi's question with another question - he is after all, curious about it.

With that, Momoi had no choice but to tell him that she's indeed the owner of that power.

She sighed. "Yes, that was me."

At Momoi's confirmation, Tanjiro's eyes widened in excitement and in curiosity he immediately asked of how is it even possible.

"H-How do you do that, Kuroyuri-san?!"

"Was it something that you can learn by practice?"

"Is it a type of breathe?"

"How were you able to do something like that!? It's amazing!"

He bombarded her with too many questions that Momoi didn't have enough time to process and think about what he asked, he was so excited to hear her answers but doesn't even give her time to answer.

'What a cutie...'

Nonetheless, Momoi is internally fangirling towards Tanjiro's enthusiasm.

Momoi held up her hands to press on Tanjiro's cheeks; successfully silencing him. A bell like chuckle escaped her lips, a light airy kind that would make anyone appreciate the soft sound. It's like a fresh cool breeze in a summer season.

"You're so silly, i won't be able to keep up with how fast you're talking..."

At the realization, a light pink blush coated Tanjiro's pressed cheeks between Momoi's hands.

"Ah, i didn't realize...I'm sorry"

"Why don't we rest and have a seat before i answer your questions? You need a little rest, after all." and you're going to face Muzan soon.

He needs a little rest.

Tanjiro looked up to his crow; he's currently just staying on a tree's branch. Watching the two of them.

He supposed it's fine to rest.

"Then, let's go to that lake over there."

They arrived in what seems like a lake, but it looks like a sea. The sun is beginning to rise at this time and the horizon feels magical at the moment, there goes the mixtures of purple, blue, pink, orange, and yellow.

'I should take a picture!'

Momoi immediately fished out her phone in her bag and took a picture of the sunrise happening before her eyes - she was so engrossed at the picturesque view that she failed to notice Tanjiro's curious eyes looking over her.

As usual, something strange is within her hands - she's the embodiment of strange by now.

Momoi smiled and turned to Tanjiro.

"So, now that we're here feel free to ask me any questions." She sat on the big stone just beside the wooden wall that is separating them from the trees.

Following after Momoi, Tanjiro sat down as well.

"Why are you able to do those things?" He started.

Now, we can't go and say the whole truth now isn't it.

"I know it's going to sound like an absurd thing, but hear me out. This ability of mine is blessed to me by a god." Well, technically he blessed me with this ability so i could actually do something in this survival world.

She's weak as a twig who couldn't lift a gallon of water and is considered a baggage in this world; no way she's gonna accept that kind of thing - although she is a coward by nature, her perseverance and dedication is something to be scared of.

Whether she is unsure of her future and her safety, she made a vow to save this world and the characters she loves so much. That is why she wished for the gods to send her into this place.

Tanjiro couldn't tell if she was joking or not by the way her expression shows, but he could definitely tell by her smell that she's telling the truth.

His eyes glistened; is it even possible for a human to be blessed by something so powerful?

Momoi sweatdropped by how Tanjiro is looking at her right now. Scratching her left cheek bashfully, she continued.

"Well, that blessing comes with a price though." That caught Tanjiro's attention.

"How so?"

Momoi is not so sure if she should tell this to Tanjiro knowing how heavy this is; instead of telling him the whole story, she decided to shorten and just tell him the most important thing about this world, and not about the fate of those people he is going to meet.

Here i go...

𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍