The tail came crashing down towards Leyona, who just barely managed to scramble out of the way. Pausing and taking note of her surroundings, the demon slayer swiftly managed to counter another attack, this time from teeth snapping at her neck.

That was far too close for comfort. Leyona thought, feeling a shallow cut on her neck.

"Paper breathing, fifth form......" 

The slayer charged, staring the demon dead in the eyes.

"Blood Stained Pages."

Her sword connected with flesh of the demon, striking one, two, three, four times, striking in arms, legs and chest before she jumped away, the demon roaring in pain and turning to face her.

Leyona grinned maliciously. This demon was all brawn and no brains, but it made sense since the demon was, what eight? He was probably acting on pure instinct here.

"How pathetic, that you can't even beat a Mizunonto like me!" The slayer crowed, dodging another tail swing. "No wonder you got booted from the Lower Ranks!"

That seemed to hit a nerve, the demon roaring and lunging again.

Leyona frowned, before sucking in a breath again and slashing forward.

"Paper Breathing, Second Form: Papercut."

Stabbing into the demon's flesh, watching it screech in pain and thrash about as she jumped away, for some reason made her frown.

Before she could dwell on this, however, at that moment the poison kicked in. The demon stopped mid step, turning it's head to look at an open area.

"Onii-san....?" The demon's form reverted back to it's child self, it's eyes wide.

Leyona lunged, not missing a beat as her sword connected with the demon's neck.

With some force, the sword slipped cleanly through the head, the demon falling to the ground. Leyona didn't even spare it a glance as she flicked the blood off her blade and sheathing it.

"Nee-san?"

Quiet at first, just barely loud enough to hear, made Leyona stop.

"Nee-san! Nee-san!" A young, four year old boy with slightly darker hair than Leyona's tugged at the hem of her haori, his blue eyes wide with delight and excitement.

Leyona's breath hitched, and her pace quickened. The poison must still work after the demon's head had been cut off, her brother was dead, dead dead dead.

At the sound of another 'Nee-san, wait!' Leyona took off, running at full speed, before crashing into something.

Or someone.

Eotri played with a coin, rolling it over her fingers before tossing it into the air and swiftly catching it again. Today the bakery was somewhat quiet, only two demons talking and laughing in the corner.

The door swung up with a ding, Eotri pausing in her coin tricks and looking towards the door.

Yori walked in, pausing by the counter and grinning-as much as he could grin anyways, his mouth was was stretched into one all the time-at her. She smiled back, and quickly ducked behind the counter, pulling out a couple scones and putting them on a tray.

The demon really like scones.

"Sorry we didn't have any A+ blood." Eotri apologised, pushing them towards Yori, who simply shrugged, before breaking a scone in half and handing it to her. Eotri blinked, a bit surprised, before smiling at taking it.

"Thanks, Yori."

"Kiss."

Eotri paused, before turning behind her, her eyes wide.

A little girl stood there, her eyes empty and vacant, yet she looked like she had just finished speaking.

Didn't Eotri ask her to help with the dango?

The girl blinked, and Eotri swore she saw the light of a soul in the girl's eyes again. The demon inhaled sharply.

The little girl smiled, before turning around and walking back into the kitchen. Eotri was on the verge on tears, she barely acknowledged what the little girl had said.

Yori, however, had, and left in a daze, offering Eotri a quick goodbye before leaving.

Toru and the slayer regarded each other. She had long, light brown hair with a butterfly pin that was two varying shades of green, along with light brown eyes that seemed almost gold. She was wearing a green tinted slayer uniform and a butterfly patterned haori.

Seems like this was one of Kanao's students.

"Fucking hell. Why do Upper Moons always come barging in whenever I'm trying to live my life?" She groaned, unsheathing her sword. Toru sighed, rubbing her temple.

"Listen kid, I don't do this right now. I'm tired, I need something other than drunkards to eat, so please get out of my way."  She said, glancing at the katana. Nichirin metal she couldn't bend to her will, for some reason.

Probably because it was the metal closest to the sun.

Toru didn't give the slayer time to respond, she just left.

Leaving a very confused Leyona who was trying to process what on earth just happened.

Hanako stepped away from the demon, before grinning. She was purposefully drawing out this fight, and who could blame her?

The pure rush of adrenaline, the look of terror whenever the Hashira even so much looked in her direction, the way her breathing style seemed to move so quickly and wild...

It was amazing.

Hanako was amazing.

Anyone who said anotherwise was wrong.

"Hey, Hanako? You done yet?" Ah yes, her freaky cousin, who wore a rice hat in the sun and who would disappear for days on end. Who knows why she still hung around her, Kita wasn't worth her time. 

Nobody was.

"Yep!" Hanako flashed her a confident grin before lunging, slicing the demon's head clean off. She was a bit disappointed that the fight hadn't lasted longer, if the Wolf Hashira was being honest.

Kita frowned at the sight, but quickly turned around, Hanako hurrying to catch up, blabbering all the way about her victory and how her breathing style had improved.

The other Hashira could care less about it, tuning out her cousin's rambling as soon as it started.

Shattered Legacy Secret

Here's an order on how strong each of the Hashira's are, yes it includes the dead ones.

10. Orika Hanashi

9. Rave Nen

8. Hanako Yamato

7. Casin Tokito

6. Michiko Watanbe

5. Kita Hizashi

4. Maaya Misota

3. Kanao Tsuyuri

2. Kai Kane

1. Cat

Sorry for not updating! I got a writers block.

Also I will be putting this book under temporary hiatus. I am very sorry about this, I'm just working on another project with some friends at the moment. I am not finished this book tho.

I will not leave this book unfinished over my dead body, got it?