Chapter 3: Chapter 03: Cruelty [03]

03: Cruelty [03]

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A boy was running across a snowy plane, weaving through different kinds of snow-wreathed trees as he huffed. His sister, Nezuko, was still warm, if he could get her to a doctor, she might even survive! Tanjirou gritted his teeth, running with more power, even when his head was practically splitting with how much pain he was feeling.

But Tanjirou didn't stop. He couldn't breathe, the air was so icy that it was hurting his lungs, but he still didn't stop, instead, he forced his feet to move. They still had a long way before reaching the town, and Tanjirou definitely wasn't going to let his sister, the only person left alive, die.

Nezuko's fingers twitched.

No, he'd never let anything happen to her!

"I wo-" Just as Tanjirou was about to say something, his breathing hitched, and his heart stopped. He fell, toppling over himself as Nezuko growled and her eyes opened. They fell down a cliff, skidding to a stop. Tanjirou landed on his back in the snow, but his eyes were shut close, and he was not breathing; his heart had stopped already.

"Ghrrrrr!" Nezuko growled, her white eyes locking onto Tanjirou's body as saliva dripped down her lips. She was drooling. She was hungry. So very hungry. So, she moved towards his body. Veins pop from her face, and her teeth sharpened. Her legs tensed as she lunged toward Tanjirou.

"Huaaaa!" That's precisely when 'Tanjirou' shot open his eyes, breathing in gulps of air.

'What happened?' he thought; hadn't he just died… wait, how did he die again? where was he? Tanjirou looked around and found himself in a snow-covered forest. What? How could he be here? Wasn't he… where was he again?

A body came crashing on 'Tanjirou', and he raised his hand instinctively and gripped the axe from his belt before putting the handle between the girl's teeth as she drooled in his face and let out feral growls.

"Nezuko?" Tanjirou, or more precisely the person who was inside Tanjirou's body, questioned with a confused look on his face, a thousand questions in his mind. Like, what was Nezuko doing here? Was he having a dream with Nezuko in it? Isn't Nezuko from that Anime he watched?

During his confusion, Nezuko's body trembled as she grew in size, and so did her strength. Tanjirou's face morphed into one of struggle as he kept her at bay. Whatever situation he was in, the new Tanjirou's mind didn't allow him to let her take a bite out of him. He remembered what could happen from the show.

Even though this situation was extremely strange and mind-numbing, Tanjirou wasn't really thinking straight. He needed a calm situation to do that, and this was anything but a 'calm' situation.

So, as he heard some footsteps In the distance, and his nose twitched to smell the upcoming person—who smelled really dangerous, by the way, even more than Nezuko here—Tanjirou tried to calm Nezuko down, just like he'd seen in the Anime.

"Nezuko!" he shouted. "Don't turn into a demon! You gotta stay strong! Hang in there! Hang in there!"

Tears welled up in her eyes before dropping on Tanjirou's face. Tanjirou cheered mentally; it seemed to be working!

Just then, he saw a man jumping up behind Nezuko to attack her, Nezuko seemed to have realized his presence, but before she could do anything, Tanjirou pushed her away, causing the man's sword to cut off some of Tanjirou's hair. Tanjirou and Nezuko were blown back into a tree.

Even though Tanjirou was frowning heavily in his mind—at the whole situation he was in—he tried to not think too deeply, and focus on the situation at hand before getting his thoughts straight. He could do that later, after all.

"Why are you protecting it?" The man, who Tanjirou recognized as Tomioka from Demon Slayer, asked.

"She's my sister!"

Nezuko growled and tried to get away from Tanjirou, her drool falling to the ground.

"You call that thing," Tomioka's face twisted into disgust. "Your sister?" saying so, Tomioka launched himself at Tanjirou and Nezuko, ready to strike. Tanjirou moved to protect his sister; his only family- is she really? Even though frowned thinking that, as his mind was a jumbled mess of Tanjirou's and another being's memories right now, Tanjirou still got down to protect his sister.

Though she was under his no more. When he looked up, he saw Tomioka holding onto her in the distance by the scruff of her clothes.

Something deep inside Tanjirou growled, lashed at him to move, and move he did.

"Nezuko!" Tanjirou shouted, picking up his axe as he made his way toward Tomioka. He realized just a moment later that this was a mistake, he remembered how strong Tomioka was, after all. But now that he'd moved, he couldn't stop.

He swung his axe, but Tomioka just stared at him as if he were a fool, and stuck the hilt of his sword on Tanjirou's forehead, sending him hurtling back into the snow. Nezuko growled, her veins popping further, while Tomioka just frowned.

"Don't you dare!" Tanjirou growled, throwing his axe at Tomioka, who just scoffed and dodged. He didn't notice that it wasn't the axe, but just a stick that Tanjirou had hurled his way, the real axe was under Tanjirou, well hidden. Tanjirou was spotting for any type of mistake Tomioka would make, and that's exactly when he'd strike, catch Nezuko, and run off to somewhere safe before sorting his mind out.

"My job is to slay demons," Tomioka stated. "Needless to say, I'm going to decapitate your sister."

"No! she hasn't killed anyone!" Tanjirou hissed. "Back at my house, there was another scent that I'd never smelled before! That's probably the one who killed my family! It wasn't Nezuko! I don't know why she turned into something like that, but… but still…!" Tanjirou knew, actually, but he couldn't just say.

Tomioka would suspect him for no reason at all, and he might even kill Nezuko.

So, Tanjirou decided to act like how he saw in the Anime for now.       

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"It's quite simple," Tomioka spoke up. "Because her wounds were exposed to demon blood, she turned into a demon. That's how man-eating demons multiply."

"Nezuko would never eat humans!" Tanjirou growled out, frustrated. He didn't know how he could get out of this situation, so he was just speaking whatever came to his mind. His mind was, kind of, still Tanjirou, and was adjusting to the new host of the body.

"You gotta be kidding," Tomioka wasn't buying it. He wouldn't buy it. That was just absurd. "Just now, you were about to be devoured."

"You're wrong! I'm sure she knows who I am! I won't let her hurt anyone! I'm going to turn Nezuko back into a human! I swear I'll heal her!"

"She can't be healed."

"YOU DON'T KNOW THAT!" Tanjirou growled, throwing snow at Tomioka before he got up and ran, throwing the stones he'd grabbed. Tomioka deflected them easily, of course, but it was quite effective when Tanjirou ran up to him, feigning that he was charging driven by pure emotions like a fool while he'd already thrown the axe as he remembered in the Anime.

Tomioka frowned, clicked his tongue, and slammed the handle of his sword on Tanjirou's head, sending him back. Tanjirou skidded back on the snow, unconscious.

The ax came flying towards Tomioka, passing by his ear before getting stuck in a tree, leaving him surprised at what Tanjirou had done.

"Uaarghh!" Nezuko growled and broke free from Tomioka's grasp and she kicked him away before running up to Tanjirou.

"Damn! She'll devour him!" Tomioka ground his teeth but was left surprised when Nezuko shielded Tanjirou's body instead of eating him. Tomioka was surprised, though he didn't show it on his face. He just stared at the growling demon, salivating as it glared at him with its white eyes.

Many thoughts passed through Tomioka's mind.

Demons… they would attack anyone when hungry.

But this girl…

'I wonder if…' Tomioka thought, sheathing his sword as the demon—Nezuko, if he remembered correctly—lunged at him again.

"Grrrr!"

'I wonder if they're different from others…'

Tomioka's thoughts were exactly that as he struck Nezuko at the side of her neck, knocking her out cold.

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Tanjirou's eyes creaked open, a stinging pain in his head as he blinked, grabbing onto the nearest thing he could. He stared beside him, at Nezuko, and she had a bamboo gag in her mouth, attached by a length of fabric tied around her head.

Tanjirou blinked again.

'…So, it wasn't a dream,' he thought, his head heavy. 'I've really transmigrated inside Tanjirou Kamado's body with no memories but an attachment to his sister. wait... I have my memories from the past too, not all; most seem to be missing.'

"You're awake?" Tomioka's voice sounded, and Tanjirou got up instinctively, moving to protect Nezuko.

Tanjirou wasn't sure why, probably due to the memories he had, he really cared for Nezuko. And he wasn't willing to see her hurt, even though he knew how this scene would turn out. He remembered the Anime quite well, after all.

Tomioka wasn't in the mood for a lot of chatter, so he just briefed him of the situation really quick.

"Go see an old man named Sakonji Urokodaki who lives at the foot of Mt. Sagiri. Tell him that Giyuu Tomioka sent you. She seems to be alright since it's cloudy now, but never let her be exposed to the sunlight, okay?" saying so, he disappeared.

Tanjirou just stared at the place before going towards Nezuko and hugging her tightly.

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Lord_Kismet: Whew! Done with the intro! MC is in Tanjirou's body and is adjusting, as I mentioned before. So, he'll be sorting his mind out in the next chapter; the system will be introduced; some stuff will happen; you will finally say goodbye to Tanjirou's personality as MC will fully take over.

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