My feet land roughly on the ground, and I can feel the pressure in my ankle. Silence soon follows after our surroundings.

I had finally killed Siu. I look back at him, at his head. His expression is shock and sad. His aura is full of sadness and regret.

What did he regret doing? What did he do that made him feel this much regret? Is he reminiscing about his life before turning into a demon?

He looked at me with such shock and regret that it almost made me pity him. "I'm.. sorry." I whispered and bowed at him, silently praying that maybe in his next life or in the afterlife, he'd be better. With his older triplet brothers. Rui and Jui.

Before, his body could fully turn into ash and disappear. I turn around and run towards Tanjiro's presence. I felt it earlier but I didn't go to him because I was busy with Siu.

I sprint towards the direction of Tanjiro, ignoring the aching pain my ankles had.

After running for a few minutes, I saw Tanjiro with a boy with a pig's head..? Maybe it's a boar. They were fighting with a very big demon, and shockingly, he's.. HEADLESS??!

The boar boy jumps on Tanjiro's back and manages to cut the demons forearm. I look closely at the demon. He's being controlled with.. threads?

But, the other demon child, Siu, has threads from his blood demon arts. How come someone else has this power? Is it that he isn't dead? I was sure I killed him.

Suddenly, Tanjiro rolls on the ground, standing on his head. "YOU CAN DO THAT?!" I mentally scream." My eyes widen at his posing. He's young, though.

"Do a kesagiri!" He instructs, and the boar boy did as told, with Tanjiro also using a breathing technique to slice off the demon's knees.

The body falls and drops to the ground, as well as Tanjiro's body, and the boar boy lands a bit far from them after performing a kesagiri.

The movements they did, the orders he made. Everything was just so.. Woah, like water. It was almost as magical as ever. I probably had stars in my eyes and voice.

"Tanjiro!!" I yell happily and jump out of the tree I hid myself in. I landed on the ground with one foot and hugged Tanjiro.

"F-Fujimura-san!" He stutters in surprised, "I see that you were also sent on this mission." I could feel a smile that formed on his face. "Did you not expect me here, too?" I pull myself away from the hug and look at him.

"I hope it doesn't make you feel disturbed. It can seem creepy and displeasing to others. Tsukori told me about the demons on Southeast Mountain, so I came." I happily explain.

"Anyways, we still have a demon to kill. I can feel her aura.." I turn around to the direction, "there!" I point my finger.

I unsheath my sword and tilt my head to the head, waiting for Tanjiro's go signal. "Oh, you're right. You see, Inosuke managed to sense her, too." He playfully wink at me. (Y'all chill. Yashimi and Tanjiro ain't like that istfg.)

"Ha'i!" He firmly smiles at me with a furrow eyebrows. He peeks behind me, looking at the boar boy. "Good job, Inosuke!" Tanjiro says.

Inosuke stands up from his where he was standing. He throws his swords aside and runs to Tanjiro, screaming, "If you can do it, so can I. You idiot!!" He wraps his arms around Tanjiro's waist and throws him in the air, diagonally.

He is still in the air when he screams, "I see what you mean, Inosuke! Arigatō!" I pat Inosuke on the head, "Arigatō, Inosuke!"

I then ran to where the spider demon was. I already knew where she was. Good thing Inosuke threw Tanjiro in the air. That was really impressive.

☆• Mother spider POV •☆

"I.. I'm defeated.." The voice in my mind trembles under the feeling of extreme fear. "But.. but I never lose. I never lose! I won't let it happen!" I repeat in my head. T-that was my strongest, fastest puppet."

I let my legs pull closer to my shaking body. I breathe heavily and fast. Panick clogs my mind, and words seem to be stuck in my throat. "If it weren't for Rui and Jui threatening me, I wouldn't have been so anxious and jittery..!" I thought.

I look down at my sweaty, shaky palms, threading sticking out of them. Anger rises in me, and so did fear. I gasp.

"Up there!" My inner voice warns me. I look up. "A demon slayer! And there's another one a little away from where I am." I glance at the direction in front of me.

A half-white and half-black kitsune mask! It just stares at me. Why? Why is it staring and not running? Shouldn't it be running to me? Why does it look so calm yet mysterious?

My hands.. they can't seem to stop shaking. It's fine.. right? I'll be fine, right?

"No! Stop being stupid. Come on, think of something! Quick!" My voice scolds me. I ramble my thoughts, thinking of a way to escape from his attack. "He's after your head. Quick!"

"But.. if I die. Then I'll be free. I'll be released from my suffering."

Something touches my soul. My hands and body stopped shaking. My gaze meets his eyes. Red eyes. There was something in it that made me feel so calm

For the first time, I felt calm. My threads let go of my fingers, falling to the ground. With tears of happiness filling my eyes, I willingly reached my hand out.

"I can untie myself from all of this."

I blink my eyes. I didn't feel his sword slicing my neck. This is so calm. It feels as if I'm being blessed with a gentle rain. I never thought my death would be this tranquil.

☆• Yashimi POV •☆

The shades made by the trees cover me from the moon's illuminating light, but I think the demon had seen me. Tanjiro slices her head and lands swiftly on the ground.

I walk to him. "Why'd you change your form?" I question as I near my body to him, facing the demon.

"Oh, you noticed?"

"Yeah. So, why'd you change it midway?"

"Because.. the fifth form is for those demons who voluntarily want to be killed.." He glances at me. I can't see it clearly, but he has a gentle look painting his face.

Something in my stomach turns but not in a romantic way. This child is so kind. And his aura is so calm and gentle. Like water.

"The Twelve Demon Kizuki is here." She weakly says. Her voice is so filled with gratitude, and her aura is full of sufferings and fear.

Something is tugging in my heart. Is this.. sadness?

"Twelve Demon Kizuki.." Her words left my throat. Tanjiro shifts his body in shock. "You must be careful.." Her voice lingers. He runs to her, shouting, "Wait!" But it was too late.

She has now burned away. "I hope you found the happiness you deserve." I bow to her motionless cloth on the rock.

"Right, Inosuke!" Tanjiro and I run back to where Inosuke had been.

We see him waiting for him. Blood drips from his biceps. He has serious injuries. "Inosuke is strong, no?" My voice backs from my throat and into my mind. "He is." I reply.

"Did you defeat her?" Inosuke asked when Tanjiro and I had arrived to where he was standing. His voice is pretty raspy, like when your throat is hurting.

I look at my sword before putting it back in my sheath. "Are you okay, Inosuke?" Tanjiro's face turns into a worried expression.

"I'm asking you if you defeated her or not!" Inosuke asks again, a little anger boiling up. "Don't worry about her, Inosuke. She's taken care of." My voice slips in his ear soft and smooth.

"A-ah.. that doesn't matter, but I did. Please let me help you." Tanjiro gets a white cloth, wrapping it around inosuke.

I feel a little vibration, distracting me from Inosuke's commotion. I look to my left direction, trying to locate the vibration.

I soon open my eyes and see that Inosuke is still trying to get tanjiro away, claiming that he is fine. And whatever Tanjiro can do, he also can. To which I chuckled as I found the scene funny.

We continue walking down the river and try to spot for demons.

My senses perks up when I sensed.. thunder?

"Thunder! Thunder!" I repeat, looking everywhere that I can. "Is there also another alive demon slayer here?!" My voice replaces the calm tone to a panicked one, and my breathing quicken.

I turn to Tanjiro as his face molds into a shock expression mix with a hint of fear. He and Inosuke turn to each other.

I could feel their fear and surprise rising. "Is there another alive demon slayer here? Tanjiro? Inosuke?" I fully face my body to them.

Then a word whispers into my ears.

"Zenitsu.."