That Time I Got Reincarnated to a Demon Slayer

Takeshi and Zenjiro find a place to rest and eat. They stay there until daybreak then as any person would do they head outside. However outside there was nothing to do unless you wanted to gaze at the clouds because everyone was still in fear of the suspected demon. No one moved, no one came out. There were still stalls left, with food but some were destroyed. Decorations were torn down. Billboards were still shining with people but they had no one to look at them.

Out in the streets, it was only Takeshi and Zenjiro roaming it.

"Everyone's terrified of the demon so we have the streets of Yoruichi to ourselves. How exciting!" Zenjiro jumped up, running while spinning like a little girl.

"Do they get this scared when a rumour of a demon is heard?" Takeshi asked, looking around at the tall buildings around them.

"Well, there's not usually any demon sightings since forever maybe that's why they're terrified. It's also the reason these dumb idiots don't have any demon slayer guards." Zenjiro said, his excitement dying down.

"We only have eight hours until dusk.

What should we do?" Takeshi asks, walking to wherever.

"I'm not sure, the last time I came here I was five. I came here with my family and that was a long time ago now." Zenjiro uttered.

"Hey, if you don't mind me asking? What happened to your family?" Takeshi asked, his voice going low and soft.

"They were eaten. By the demons. I went to get some wood for a fire. I came back to them all… eaten. I swore to myself that day that I would avenge them, but so far all I've done is cower up and be scared. But I want to change that." Zenjiro says, his face now lower than before.

"Takeshi freezes, he doesn't know what to say.

"Well, you said what are you back in the field when we were coming here. I mean, I don't come from here. Not this country, not this world. I was rei- WATCH OUT!" With that shout, Takeshi pushes Zenjiro out of the way. A shooting arrow skims past their heads, almost setting them on fire.

"What was that?!" Zenjiro asks grabbing his back, which had been impacted with the hard concrete.

"I don't know but i'm going to find out." Takeshi insisted, It might be a demon attacking from within the shadows. Takeshi though, his mind racing with ideas on what it could be.

"Hey Wait! Don't leave me here!" Zenjiro shouts, struggling to get back up.

Takeshi runs toward the direction of where the arrow came from and… Huh? I saw something move!

"COME OUT, DON'T BE SCARED. FIGHT IF YOU'RE DYING TO KILL US. COME OUT YOU BASTARD." Takeshi shouts grabbing his sword and pulling it out of his guard. "COME OUT." Takeshi starts to run further in and-

"TAKESHI IT'S NOT SAFE. HE MIGHT FIRE ANOTHER ARROW-"

It was as if Zenjiro knew the future, just saying that sentence another fire arrow flew out towards Takeshi at full speed. Just as it came closer Takeshi…

"Ahah! I caught it you imbecile, now I will behead you! Coward." Takeshi threw the fire arrow into a water fountain nearby and charged once again at the demon.

Huh, that taste. I'm going to be sick. It's a taste of blood and.. what's

that other taste?

Takeshi has a flashback to his previous life.

Wait that's me at a party? I'm having a drink in a red cup. My face, it was sour. Wait I can taste it. It alcohol. This demon is drinking alcohol. No, that's probably what he's using it to set fire to the arrows!

Takeshi gets closer to the trees, hiding the demon. The demon moves, moves farther away from the trees. As soon as Takeshi gets there, he shouts and looks at the trees.

"Where are you? Come out now- You're over there?" Takeshi runs after the demon but it disappears into thin air. "Where did it go? Huh?" Takeshi still runs to the place where the demon disappeared. There was nothing, no one. Not a single trace of a demon lurking beneath the trees. Takeshi stands in shock until a trembling voice calls out.

"TAKESHI! COME BACK! It's not safe to stay… beneath- the …. Trees…" Zenjiro calls out, his words barely escaping as he catches his breath.

"Look what I found." Zenjiro shouts pointing to the trees. Takeshi runs back to him, in a great state, he wasn't even lacking any breath. "Arrows? Alcohol. A matchstick. And a bow. I'm guessing these were the things the demon had left." Takeshi says, but as soon as he reached for it, the sun happened to move to the highest point in the sky. It burned the arrows, the match, alcohol and the bow. "They were made from demon blood." Zenjiro says. "That's why it's withering away into dust." He added.

"What were you going to do with it anyway Takeshi?" Zenjiro asks, clutching his chest.

"I don't know, I guess look closer at it?" Takeshi tells his, scratching his chin.

"Come on he's gone." Zenjiro said, pulling the confused Takeshi away and into the sunlight.

"We'll need all the energy because I think I have an idea of who we're facing." Takeshi sternly spoke. Zenjiro just looked at him.

"Right." He replied with.

*

The alcoholic demon returns to Akumu. He was out of breath and sweaty, clearly having been through something nerve-racking. "So did you locate them?" Akumu comes out from within the shadows.

"Yes si- I mean Lord Akumu. I tried to shoot them with my arrows but somehow the boy with the blue haori caught them." The alcoholic demon exclaimed.

"Idiot." Akumu mutters.

"Huh?"

"I said IDIOT. You weren't supposed to attack them yet you fool. You have to wait until night falls otherwise you could have died! I can't have you dying." Akumu shouts grabbing the alcoholic demon with full force.

"I-I'm sorry Lord Akumu, I thought you would have wanted me to kill them."

"You needed to follow them until dusk. And when it was dusk you were then supposed to attack. You make me think about who I choose to be demons." With that Akumu gets his finger and slices the demon's finger off.

"Hey! What are you-"

Then he took the demon's finger to his mouth and started to lick it.

*Licking sounds*

"Uhh?" The alcoholic demon tried to resist but the grip on Akumu's hand tightened.

Akumu then puts the finger in his mouth and sucks on it.

*Sucking noises*

At this point the alcoholic demon caught on to what Akumu was trying to do. He was trying to suck some of his blood out of the alcoholic demon.

"Hey get off! Lord Akumu! Why are you taking your blood from me?"

"Becarse you don deserbe et." Akumu tried to say with the demon's finger still in his mouth. He sucked more blood to the point it made the alcoholic demon weak. But to Zenjiro he was the strongest he would fight.

Akumu rips the finger from his mouth and yanks it back to the alcoholic demon. He spat the blood out onto the floor and wiped his mouth nonchalantly.

"Disgusting, tss." He said right after spitting it out.

"But why? Why would you spit you're blood out?" The alcoholic demon asked, his face had a frightened look.

Akumu grabbed him again but by the jaw. "Because it has your blood in it and I don't want some imprudent's blood inside me." He then pushed the demon away.

"In a few hours, you will locate them and make your attack, if you don't do it right you WILL regret it." Akumu's eyes were striking, intimidating making the demon fall onto his knees immediately.

After that Akumu sends the demon back to where it ran off from.

"He's so annoying. What if I don't follow his rules?"