CHAPTER 10. The explanation.
Hello everyone! I'm officially back from my break. and I FINALLY overcame my writers block😭
please ignore the bad grammar or misspelled words-
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a quiet ambience filled a cozy apartment. A gentle breeze moved the silky white curtains ever so slightly. it was a peaceful night, really..
well, not for this group.
The slayers busted the apartment door open as they sluggishly walked into their shared living space. Zehira let go of the door handle and collapsed to the floor. "oh my God, I'm so tired." She said with an exhausted sigh.
Kiyatai and Inosuke crashed onto the couch and groaned. "these last few days have been tough, to say the least." Yamiki said as she leaned onto the kitchen counter.
Tanjiro and Iku walked to Zehiras side and patted her back. "It's alright, at least it's over now!" Tanjiro said with a weak smile.
Zehira didn't respond as she watched Zenitsu slowly walk into his room and close the door. "that boy is traumatized." Zehira exclaimed with a frown. "I hope he's okay. I'll go check on him." Iku whispered before walking to the blonde haired boys room.
Zehira weakly stood up and opened tanjiros box. Revealing nezuko and kurai, who were sound asleep. She smiled and grabbed the two gently and placed them onto the couch.
Tanjiro followed her as he sat next to the demons. they all laid down as uncomfortable silence filled the room. this went on for a few minutes before Kiyatai decided to speak up. "what the fuck do we do." she said with a frustrated look.
"what do you mean?" Asked Tanjiro. Kiyatai glared at him. "There are three other uppermoons here. not to mention the fucking demon king is here too." everyone's eyes widened at that. how could they forget?
As soon as Kiyatai said that, Tori flew into the room from the opened window. the crow perched onto the windowsill and looked at Kiyatai.
"Nayoushi-sama. Master has sent me to tell you all, that a few other hashira will be sent here as soon as possible." Tori said. Kiyatai raised from her seat.
"who is he sending?" She demanded. "Himejima gyomei, Shokyaku fukumoto, and shinazugawa sanemi." The crow Announced.
Kiyatais eyes widened at the mention of her lovers name. "It's good that we'll have backup." Zehira said with a stern look. "Yeah.." Tanjiro and Yamiki exclaimed.
Kiyatai groaned in frustration as she ran her fingers through her hair. "Whatever. just, leave us be." she said. Tori nodded and flew away.
Zehira sighed and messed with her sleeve. "We should get to bed, we have school tomorrow."
the others looked at her and nodded as they stood up and began walking to their rooms. "Goodnight, everyone." Yamiki whispered as she gripped onto the door handle. "goodnight." They responded. and with that, they went to bed. dreading the thought of school.
THE NEXT DAY.
"Hey, hey! Did you watch the news last night?" An invisible girl shouted to her classmates. "Mhm." The boy with a tail nodded. "Did you see how everyone in class was on screen for a second?? I didn't stand out at all.." she said with a frown..I think?
"That's true." the masked boy said plainly. Ojiro tensed up, but tried sugar coating the situation. "It's hard to stand out looking like that, huh?" He said with a nervous smile.
Kaminari leaned back into his seat with a huge grin. "But man, all the channels made a big deal out of it!" He exclaimed.
"It surprised me." Said kirishima. "Well, can you blame them? The hero course that keeps pumping out pro hero's was attacked." Jirou said without a care in the world.
"Who knows what would've happened if the teachers hadn't come when they did." The tape boy said as he leaned onto his desk.
"STOP IT SERO!! Just thinking about it makes me want to wet myself-!!" the perverted boy screamed. "SHUT UP!! BE QUIET, YOU SCUM!" Bakugo yelled.
The class continued to talk with each other. But they were interrupted by Iida, who came rushing into the room. "Everyone! Morning home room is about to start! Stop talking and take your seats!" He shouted.
His classmates deadpanned at him. "you're the only one who's standing up.." someone said. Iida aggressively sat in his chair, defeat covering him completely. "Shoot!" He said in frustration.
"Dont worry about it." Ochako said happily. "Tsu, who's-" Mina said, but cut herself off as she almost fell out of her seat.
Asui quickly caught her before she could get hurt. "-gonna teach home room today?" Mina finished her sentence.
"Well, Mr Aizawa is supposed to be in the hospital recovering from his injuries.." she said. But the sound of the door opening caught everyone's attention.
everyone looked into the doorway, and saw aizawa covered in bandages. "Good morning." he greeted plainly. "MR AIZAWA!" "YOU'RE BACK TOO SOON!" "YOU'RE TOO MUCH OF A PRO!" The students yelled.
Aizawa ignored them as he made his way to the podium. "So you're alright, mr aizawa?!" Iida yelled as he raised his hand. "My well being doesnt matter. More importantly, the fight is not over yet." he said sternly.
"Fight?" "Don't tell me.." "THE VILLAINS AGAIN?!?" three students asked. Aizawa narrowed his eyes. "The U.A sports festival is drawing near." it went silent for a second..
"THATS A SUPER NORMAL SCHOOL EVENT!!" The students all yelled. "Wait, wait!" Kaminari yelled as he pushed kirishima to the side. "Is it okay to have a sports festival so soon after the villains snuck inside?" Jirou questioned.
"What if they sneak in again?" Ojiro asked. Aizawa began explaining to the students why it shouldn't be cancelled, and how important it is for the festival to happen.
(I'm too lazy to write all of that)
"If you understand that, then don't slack off on your preparations!" He shouted. "Yes, sir!" The students shouted back. "hey, wait! Where are the other students?" Midoriya asked.
Aizawa narrowed his eyes.
"Come in."
he said. And with that, the slayers walked into the classroom with a stern look painted upon their faces.
Everyone raised their eyebrows at the group."Hey, why were you guys so late?" Mina asked with a confused look.
"QUIET." Kiyatai shouted at her. Everyone flinched in surprise as they looked at her in shock. Aizawa sighed tiredly as he got into his sleeping bag. "Nayoushi, you handle them. I'm taking a nap." The said girl ignored him and continued glaring at the students.
"I need you little shits to listen, and to listen carefully." she said in aggravation.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING LITTLE SHITS?!? YOU UGLY WHOR-" bakugo tried to argue with her. "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!" Kiyatai screamed in frustration. The students jaws dropped.
"WE ARE NOT HERE TO FUCK AROUND. SO SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN." She yelled at them all. "YOUR LIFES ARE IN FUCKING DANGER. AND WE ARE THE ONES PROTECTING YOU, SO GIVE US SOME DAMN RESPECT." She stated harshly.
The students gasped and looked at her in confusion. "What do you mean in danger?!?" Midoriya asked as he jumped up out of his seat. Kiyatai groaned and rubbed her head. "You're all giving me a damn headache. just shut up and let us explain." Midoriya hesitated, but eventually sat down in his chair again.
Zehira stepped in front of the demon slayers. "I'll explain it to them, nayoushi-San. You can rest if you'd like." She said, worry lacing her voice. Kiyatai looked at her and sighed. "Alright, Go ahead." Kiyatai said as she massaged her forehead. Zehira nodded and turned towards the students.
"We are not normal students." She started. Everyone paid close attention to her. "We aren't here to become hero's, and we don't even have quirks." She said. the teenagers gasped, but refused to say anything about it.
Zehira narrowed her eyes. "We are here for one reason, and that is to protect you from man eating demons." she stated. The students looked at her in pure terror. "The people we were fighting at USJ, were demons. And they were planning to slaughter and devour ALL of you." She said in a serious tone.
Denki raised his hand with a frightened expression. "Koizumi, what's a demon..?" he asked in fear. Zehira looked at him and sighed. "Demons are man eating creatures who feed on human flesh or blood. They have been around for over a thousand years, But so have demon slayers. Demons cannot be killed by quirks, so we advise you not to try. you will be devoured before you can even move a muscle." she said with a blank stare.
Midoriya raised his hand. "..if that's true, then..how did you kill them..?" He asked. "Demon slayers train for years at a time, and participate in the final selection for one week. If someone survives the final selection, they become a demon slayer and earn a nichirin blade. Nichirin blades are the only things that can kill a demon, other than the sun."
Bakugo laughed at Zehira. "You think were scared of some demons? I'm strong as fuck, I can defeat them without even trying." he mocked.
Kiyatais head snapped to Bakugos direction. "Alright, explosive bastard. Let me put it this way for you." she said as she walked to his desk.
"You are NOTHING compared to us. you are powerless against these demons, and you are powerless against demon slayers. if I really wanted, I could leave you to die. but you're lucky I won't. So have some fucking RESPECT." She said as she grabbed a fist full of his hair.
Bakugos eyes widened at her as She scoffed at his expression. "That's what I thought." she said with a smirk as she walked back to the podium. Zehira rolled her eyes playfully at Kiyatai.
"Demon slayers are stronger than you think." Kiyatai stated as she stared at bakugo. "There are many ranks in the demon slayer corps. The lowest rank is Mizunoto. Then a demon slayer will progress to Mizunoe, then Kanoto, Kanoe, Tsuchinoto, Tsuchinoe, Hinoto, Hinoe, and Kinoto. The highest rank is Kinoe. But the strongest demon slayers are called Hashiras." Kiyatai explained.
Kirishima raised his hand. "Nayoushi! What rank are you?" He asked curiously. Kiyatai looked at him with a smirk. "I'm a hashira. 3rd strongest to be exact." The students gasped in shock. "WOAHH!" "HOW ARE YOU SO STRONG??" "THATS SO COOL!!" They shouted.
Kiyatai shook her head and continuing explaining. "I know, I'm pretty fucking cool. But that's not the point. Since you all know who we are, and what we do. You MUSTN'T tell ANYONE. If you do, us demon slayers will be locked up and demons will conquer the world. Do you understand?" She said sternly. "Yes, ma'am!" They yelled. "Good. Now, home room is dismissed." she said.
Zehira looked at Kiyatai with a smile. "Dont you think that was a little harsh?" Kiyatai raised her brow. "Nope." she said plainly.
Zenitsu sighed. "That's nayoushi-san for you." Tanjiro and Yamiki laughed at his words.
Iku looked at the slayers with a grin. "Let's head to the cafeteria before anyone else gets there!" Inosuke heard that and instantly started jumping and screaming. "HELL YEAH!! IM HUNGRY!!" He shouted.
Kiyatai rolled her eyes at Inosuke. "Whatever, just stop screaming. you're making my headache even worse." she said as she massaged her forehead. Inosuke ignored her and ran out of the classroom.
The demon slayers watched him in shock as he bolted through the halls. "OH MY GOD- INOSUKE WAIT FOR US!!" Iku yelled, trying to grab his attention. "YOU PSYCHOPATH!!" Zenitsu screamed as he ran after him.
The rest of the demon slayers shook their heads in disappointment before running after them, too.
TIME SKIP!
The slayers sat at the lunch table in the cafeteria. everyone ate their food and minded their own business, but they were still questioning one thing...
what is a sports festival?
Kiyatai groaned in annoyance. "alright, does ANYONE have any idea of what this 'sports festival' is?" She asked the other demon slayers. They looked at her and shrugged. "Nope, I've been trying to figure that out since earlier." Yamiki said with a bothered look.
Zehira laid her head on the table In defeat.
"It's so frustrating, I can't think of anything!"
She said with a groan. Tanjiro sighed. "Me neither, don't feel bad.." he stated with a frown.
Zenitsu shuttered in fear. "I hope I don't have to fight anyone..I DONT WANNA DIE!! THEY HAVE LITERAL SUPER POWERS!! THEYRE GONNA KILL MEEEEE!!" He screamed in terror as he held his head.
Kiyatai narrowed her eyes at the cowering boy. "You do know you don't have to participate, right?" she said as she laid her chin in her hand. Zenitsu visibly calmed down at this. "Thank God.." he sighed.
Kiyatai scoffed and rolled her eyes. "I bet those little shits are freaking out over this thing, it sounds boring as hell." She said. and as soon as she said that, class 1-A came walking to their table with trays of food in their hands.
Zehira groaned as she watched them walk towards their table. "speaking of the devil...ugh..I'm too tired for this." Iku smiled at her. "Dont worry, I'm sure they won't bother us too much!" She said, Trying to brighten the poor girls mood.
"HEY EVERYONEEE!!" a certain girls voice boomed throughout the cafeteria. "Oh God.." kiyatai said with a groan. "I don't want to talk to those losers." Inosuke said as he shoved tempura in his mouth.
"For once, I agree with you." Zenitsu said before drinking his water. Tanjiro sweat dropped at everyone "Oh come on guys, They're not bad at all!" He said with a nervous smile. everyone deadpanned at him. "..okay they might be a bit much, but that's nothing bad!" He said awkwardly.
Yamiki frowned a bit. "whatever you say, Tanjiro." she sighed. The students stopped right in front of them with huge smiles. "Hey everyone! We wanted to talk and eat with you, Is that alright?" Mina asked with a grin.
Zehira narrowed her eyes at them.
"Absolutely n-" she started, but Yamiki covered her mouth quickly. "Sure, we don't mind." She said with a forced smile. everyone began piling up in the seats, Once again.
Zehira groaned. "Really? Again???" she said before she let her head fall to the table again. "I give up." She sighed. Asui lifted her eyebrows at her. "Are we bothering you guys? We can leave if you want."
Zehira lifted her head and stared straight at her. "please d-" she started. "No! It's fine, really!" Tanjiro cut her off before she could finish her sentence. Zehiras jaw dropped. "OH MY- ARE YOU SERIOUS??" She argued.
Iku just sighed and held her head in her hand. "I feel sorry for you, Zehira." She said with a frown. Zehira just responded with another groan.
"Sooo..about the things you said in the classroom, was it all..true?" Ochako asked with a tint of fear in her voice. Kiyatai glared daggers at her. "why the hell would we lie about that?" she said sternly. Ochakos eyes widened. "N-No! That's not what I meant! It's just that, thinking about something that scary makes me want to believe it isn't real.." She said with a frown.
Kiyatai rolled her eyes and looked away. "I don't give two shits if you believe us or not. You can either believe us and live, or doubt us and die. it's your choice." she stated, venom coating her words.
the girl stayed silent as she nervously looked back at her food. "If I may ask, why did you all become demon slayers?" Iida asked as he raised his hand. The slayers went stiff at his words. Iida noticed this and lowered his hand. "If you feel uncomfortable explaining, then you don't have to. I was just curious, I'm sorry." He said with a frown.
Zehira shook her head. "It's alright, I can tell you why I became a demon slayer." Everyone perked up at this and paid attention to her.
Zehira sighed. "Well, a really long time ago, My ancestor created fall breathing, which is the breathing technique I use now. He was the very first fall hashira to exist, and he's still the only one. But, one day, he found a flower called the blue spider lily. The blue spider lily is a very special but dangerous flower." Jirou lifted her eyebrow at her. "Why is it dangerous?" She asked innocently.
Zehira looked at her and narrowed her eyes. "The demon king has been searching for it for over a thousand years. It's rumored that it can give any demon immunity to sunlight."
The students eyes widened. "WHAT?!?" They all yelled. "I know, it's terrifying. But my ancestor found it before muzan could. They say he had nowhere to dispose of it, so it led to him having to consume the flower." Everyone's jaws dropped.
"That's kinda nasty..." Denki said before Jirou punched his arm. "Shut up! Ahem. Continue, please." Jirou said with a smile. Zehira nodded.
"Since he consumed the flower, it ran throughout his blood. And it was rumored for one special descendant of his to be born, who also has the spider lily flowing through their veins." She said with a blank stare.
A few people gasped at her words. "Do you know who the special descendant is, koizumi?" Hagakure asked. Zehira sweatdropped. "Eh..you're kinda looking at her right now..-" She said nervously.
It went silent for a second..
"WHAT?!? NO WAY!! THATS INSANE!!" Some of them yelled. Zehira visibly panicked.
"Shh! You're being too loud!" She said as she placed her finger over her lips.
Everyone quickly shut up. "Sorry, sorry..but that's so cool! You're so lucky!!" Sato said with a grin. Zehira frowned. "Actually, I'm not." she said quietly. Kirishima lifted his eyebrow. "What do you mean? You're a special demon slayer! I wish I was as manly as you!" He said with a wide smile.
Zehiras frown deepened. "Well. since I have the spider lily running through my veins, muzan has been searching for me, too. He wants to kill and devour me for my blood." she said. Everyone went silent again..
"I'm so sorry about that, koizumi.." Mina said with a frown. "Yeah..that must be terrifying." Ojiro said. Zehira smiled at them. "Its alright. It's kind of a good thing, actually. I've been told my whole life that I'm the key to defeating muzan!" She said brightly. Everyone smiled with her. "We know you can do it, Koizumi!" They shouted.
Zehira giggled. "Thanks, guys!" She said with a wide smile. Suddenly, the bell rung. Signaling that lunchtime was over. "Oh man! We were just starting to have fun!" Mina whined as she threw a small tantrum.
Kiyatai rolled her eyes and stood up from her seat. "Alright, kids. Story time is over. Go back to class." she said with a bored expression. Bakugo (who listened to their conversation the entire time) looked at Kiyatai with a frustrated expression. "KIDS?!? ARENT YOU THE SAME AGE AS US?!?" He yelled at her. Kiyatai looked at him with a raised brow. "No? I'm 19, idiot." She casually said. and with that, she walked off.
The students jaws dropped.
"SHES WHAT?!?"
The slayers laughed at them before standing up and following Kiyatai without a word.
Denki watched in shock as they walked away.
"..she's fine for her age-"
"DENKI SHUT UP!!"
BYE I HAD TO ADD THAT😭 it was funny imo..
Anyway, thank you for reading!
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