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It was a clear, sunny day at the Ubuyashiki estate.
Kyojuro finished his story and the awakening of the demon slayer mark with a drive fitting of the Flame Hashira.
"When we were brought to the brink, we ignited our passion and pushed past our limits!"
The hashira stared at him. Someone...
Muzan was furious.
He was mad, angry, wrathful, vengeful, upset, tilted, and every expression that described some form of rage.
Beneath all of it, however, was the growing and inescapable feeling of fear.
The first time Muzan suffered from true fear was when he killed his doctor. Once the...
Threadmarks: Chapter 30: Mugen Train - Akaza and Masako.
Akaza licked his lips, his eyes boring into the fighting spirit of the demon slayers.
Recognizing the hashira, he pointed at Kyojuro. "Your fighting spirit; it's powerful. No doubt you're a hashira."
His other hand gestured towards Murata. "You're a strange one, but you carry a similar spirit...
As Lower Moon One, Enmu was one of two survivors of Muzan's recent culling. He remembered it clearly. Not only was it recent, but it was the closest he's come to death since becoming a demon.
This time, it wasn't only the Lower Moons that Muzan summoned. Previous Lower Moons who fell from the...
Threadmarks: Chapter 28: Recuperation and Zenitsu's Awful, Terrible Recovery.
From a distance, Murata could hear Zenitsu's screaming, accompanied by the whack of something made of wood.
"Help me! I'm being tortured!"
Like all things Zenitsu, he was exaggerating for the sake of being dramatic. Even if it was actual torture, such lengths were necessary to become a better...
Goto, a member of the kakushi, shook Tanjiro and Takeo hurriedly, like he desperately wanted to leave.
"How long are you going to sleep? Get up! Get up!"
Groaning and opening his eyes, Tanjiro was greeted by the sun. It made him want to close his eyes again, but he kept them partly open to...
The next few weeks passed by like a gust of wind.
Kanae resumed her post as Flower Hashira, and Sanemi began recovering from his battle. They both began spending more time together; Sanemi was put on quarters while Kanae started intense physical training again.
Tengen retired due to the loss...
Threadmarks: Chapter 25: The Short-Lived Sound and Wind Duo.
Sanemi and Tengen were a duo that most people didn't expect.
Of course, as equals and peers, they were respectful to each other and willing to get the mission done. But beyond that, they had no deeper relationship.
The ironic thing in the Demon Slayer Corps was that despite the shared...
Threadmarks: Chapter 24: The Bad News, and the Bad News.
With urgency in his steps, Murata followed his crow to the borders of the city.
He did not anticipate this change. Focusing on his running, he stopped from overthinking. It did not do good to dwell on things that already happened.
Surrounded by the thick forest and trees, he made his way to...
Coming back from Final Selection, Tanjiro and Takeo were exhausted, tired, and happy.
Nearly two years of training, and they made the first step. It was humbling in a way. Despite all their hard work, their journey only began.
Seeing Urokodaki's home at the horizon, Takeo gained a burst of...
A/N: As several characters have aged/don't exist in the original Kimetsu Academy but do in this fic, some positions and roles have been adjusted.
Kibutsuji Muzan, a diet member of Japan's parliament, was an ambitious man and would not hesitate to be ruthless. 'Lawfully' and within reason, of...
I'll keep it in here for now; mostly because I don't plan on having explicit writing here, but also because those who don't have accounts can read in the SFW section.
Threadmarks: Chapter 23: Tamayo and Predetermination.
They sat on the floor, Yushiro maintaining a cordial distance away from Murata, but staying close to Tamayo.
Murata held himself in a relaxed position, allowing his breathing to steady his blood flow and allowing the sheathed sword rest on his lap.
"When we first saw you nearly a year ago, we...
The way to Tokyo proved to be a considerable distance, but they ran and ran. Tengen and Murata encountered little resistance, and since Tengen seemed eager to begin, they took few rests in between.
They rested for a day and a night in a home that Tengen bought. It felt cozy, with a couple of...
With Murata's help and Giyu's persistent eye, the Kamado brothers were doing slightly better.
But, Murata could not stay as long as he wanted. It would be remiss of him to neglect his other duties. The same was true for Giyu.
The boy would need to grow up on his own and achieve his own feats...
The kanji for 'hashira' has nine strokes, which has led many in the corps to assume the maximum number of hashira allowed was nine. However, the Ubuyashiki family has no rule or quota dictating the number of hashira.
Indeed, there have been many times in the history of the corps where there...
Threadmarks: Chapter 20: The Secret with Giyu and Urokodaki.
At the Ice Estate, Yuichiro sparred with Murata.
Yuichiro, by this point, had already surpassed Murata in terms of swordsmanship. However, Murata's strength and experience closed the distance between them. His own ability in Wind Breathing also served to disturb Yuichiro's rhythm.
Dodging a...
Threadmarks: Chapter 19: Another Threat, and a Congratulations to Obanai.
When it came to potential and talent, there were hard limits.
This was an irrefutable fact of the world. It also explained several things, like why the Upper Ranks weren't calamity causing disasters despite being hundreds of years old. They were more powerful than any individual human could...
As for Sabito's appearance, he adapted Water Breathing into a new art (mostly because he kept damaging his sword, so he had to adapt accordingly).
From chapter 10:
Threadmarks: Chapter 18: New Moon, Additional Twin.
The Flower Hashira, Kocho Kanae, and the Mist Hashira, Iguro Seiko, approached the village in silence.
Staring at each other with a shared understanding between them, they explored the village with haste.
A joint hashira mission was a rare thing. It meant only the worst.
The village remained...