Months later, and things were slowly going on track. I spoke with the Hashira, and we all agreed on a game plan. We set up training for the five of us and me and Tanjiro worked together to practice the forms of Sun breathing. It was a lot easier for me than him, so I kept trying to encourage him and teach him to the best of my abilities while training myself in the process
Now, with a breathing style, I have been able to practice by swordsmanship with the other Hashira and compete in combat to improve. Training with the stone pillar has definitely taken its toll on me. I completely lose every fight but gain a lot of tips on how to fight. My speed and reactions have improved, and it feels great. I feel like having my breathing style put things into place. Like I finally belonged and had a place in the demon slayers
I was definitely rising in the ranks with the amount of missions I went on with the hashira. I am almost at a Kinoe but still lack a bit of training. Besides the training, I have managed to befriend every single one of the hashira. Even the least approachable ones like Giyuu and Obanai. They were surprisingly nice, but Giyuu was just a tad dry. After a while, I got him to talk a bit. He surprisingly told me that he enjoyed my company. I need to get his hair care though, his hair is really soft, and I normally have soft hair, but sometimes it can get a bit dry
With all the missions I went on, most of them weren't very difficult, thankfully. I usually had Gyuu or Rengoku. I'm very surprised that Sanemi and I haven't had many missions together though, i've had more missions with Rengoku than Sanemi. Then again, he is a higher ranked hashira, so when he gets called, it has to be bad or more dangerous
As for the relationship with Sanemi, I have definitely been watching how both of us act around each other. With each passing day the both of us become more comfortable with each other and more intimate. When one of us has a mission, the other just goes about their day but when night comes and the other is back, we just talk about the mission, eat dinner, cuddle up, and fall asleep next to each other
When both of us don't have a mission, I'm usually woken up with my housewife cooking breakfast for the both of us. I jump on his back, and we just enjoy each other's company until the food is done. After the food, we usually go somewhere. Usually somewhere quiet or modern, so we can enjoy and get to know each other. We hold hands almost the whole time. It's now quite obvious that he is courting me, but we never spoke about it. The both of us most likely nervous about it
Today, Sanemi was called for another mission, and I decided to do some catching up with the Hashira since most of them were able to stay. I went over to the main area where most of them were gathered and greeted them
"Good afternoon everyone" I said, getting their attention
"Oh y/n! How are you doing today?!" Rengoku said very energetically
"I'm doing all right, any plans for today?"
"I will visit my father and brother today in a few hours" He responded
"Do you think he may have more information on sunbreathing?"
"I don't know, come with me to find out!" He suggested
I agreed, and we all chatted for a long while. Eating small bites of food while discussing missions, our interests, and plans for the future. Eventually, the sun had reached it's peak and started to set. Me and Rengoku took this as our sign to head out before we ended up in the dark
Seeing the former Flame hashira's estate gave me a chill down my spine, I felt nervous. Rengoku though, was chatting and calm as ever
"Do you think he'll know anything? I'm hoping that someone else knows about how to use this for of breathing" I asked, trying to make conversation to ease my nerves
"I think he may have a book of some sort! I don't remember every single book, but I believe he will!" He mentioned
"I hope I don't trip over anything" I said as I knew I wasn't as good at navigating through new estates
"Don't worry, I will help you!" He said as he grabbed by hand, surprising me
He was usually very chipper, but right now, he seems more energetic yet quiet at the same time, I wonder why?
As he opened the doors to his estate, I saw a smaller life form, assuming it was his brother, I gave a light smile as I followed him through the estate as he looked for his father.
"Father? Are you here?" He said as a grunt followed, followed by footsteps as a slightly taller man appeared in front of me
"Why the hell are you here?" He said as I hid behind Rengoku, knowing this was a family matter
"I have come here to not only check in on you, father, but ask a question about a breathing style" He said lightly, squeezing my hand
"And who the hell is this?" He said most likely referring to me "And what is up with her blindfold"
"Good evening Rengoku-san" I said as I did a slight bow "I wanted to ask you about a question since I believe you would know more about it"
He just scoffed at me and started to berate Rengoku. It annoyed me as I felt his hand squeeze slightly with his body language becoming slightly more slumped. Saying he wasn't talented, calling him a fool for being a swordsman, and that he was not born with talent, so he could never be good at demon slaying
"And bringing a strange girl of all things-" He said, moving onto me "holding onto her hand like you're a child. It's enough that you bother me, but now you bring someone else? I deal with the two of you, and that should be enough burden"
Now my hand squeezed Rengoku's as I was pissed. What the hell? How can you say that to someone? And your own sons of all people?!
"Why do you call your son useless? Can't you see he is a hashira? He is a talented swordsman, and if you don't see that, then that's your loss. Rengoku is a kind, talented person who brightens up the mood of any demon slayer" I said as I stopped him from speaking again
He got quiet and I could see that he was drunk but he knew what he was saying. I saw his fists clench, so I knew he was pissed just like I was. But with all my debates with Sanemi, he was not going to win this one, not if I had anything to say about it
"And who are you to speak to me like that? A hashira? I doubt it" He said as I finally made my presence known
"I'm speaking to you like a person. I wanted to ask you about sun breathing" I said as I kept on going "I was hoping you knew something about sun breathing"
And his breath hitched. He got mad and got in my face "What are you a sun breather? I doubt it. Sun breathing is the strongest breathing style, and all other forms are derived from it. Someone who can perform it is born strong"
"Father please back away from Y/n, she doesn not appreciate her personal space being invaded" He said, pulling me away from his father's piercing eyes and closer to him
"SHut the hell up I'm talking to her!" He said as he pushed Rengoku to the floor, almost sending me with him if I hadn't let go of his hand
"How about you back up?!" I said as I pushed him back
"Fahter please!" His younger brother said as he held back his father's hand only for him to get knocked to the floor as well
He stomped closer to me and attempted to push my shoulder, but I surprised him as I grabbed his hand before he could even touch me
"I suggest respecting your sons and respecting me" I said as he jerked his hand away
"Miss he is a former Hashira. He is strong!" The younger son said, warning me
"And i'm one of the last sunbreathers alive" I said, making his father back up
"And you come here to mock me?!" He yelled
"I came for answers! I wanted to learn a bit more about it, but you were incredibly rude" I said "And another thing" I said as I took off the blindfold "I'm somewhat blind! So don't go thinking you're so high and mighty when you just got stopped by a blind almost-Hashira" I finished as he took a few steps back
I helped Rengoku and his brother, angry but glad they were not hurt. Rengoku looked at me, and I could sense a feeling of excitement and admiration towards me, but I think it was just him surprised I stood up to his father
"A blind demonslayer? Impossible!" He said
"I am the impossible. I'll find answers somewhere else then"
I stepped towards Rengoku and tugged at his Haori "I don't know how to get out of here" I said as he smiled at me and took my hand to help me
"Alright, goodbye father, Senjuro. Take care of yourselves" He said
Leading me through the forest to get to the estates, I went ahead and walked beside him as the night sky now took away the warm sun once present
"Sorry my father couldn't answer your questions" He said, speaking
"It's alright, I just couldn't stand how he spoke to you"
"It's sadly just him drunk on sake. He's been like that for a while"
"I hope you know nothing he said was true" I said as he turned to look at me "Everything I said was true, you are talented and really sweet"
"Y/n I really app-"
He got cut off when I went ahead and took out my sword and pointed it towards the direction we were heading
"What's wrong?" He asked as he got his sword out as well
"Multiple demon auras coming our way. I sense the faint scent of a lowermoon and many other demons" I said as he turned towards the direction I was facing
My senses never failed, and it stood when I saw around 20 demons coming our direction. We quickly went ahead and started to slash them quickly. I started to use my new breathing style and test out the combinations of different forms. They slashed through the demon's necks like butter as they all couldn' even fight back
Feeling vines wrap around me, I slashed it and turned to see lowemoon 3 as he stared into my eyes. He smiled at me and started to speak
"A hashira and a blind girl? Master will be pleased"
I looked disgusted and went after him quickly, avoiding his poisonous vines that went to kill me. Going at his neck, he went and spit all of his vines from multiple parts of his body causing me to jump back and go back to slash the vines with the breathing form blazing summer sun to create a spiral of fire that cut through all the vines and left me with a clear position to slash his neck
Without hesitation, I went and slashed his neck as he screamed in agony, trying to reattach it. To avoid it, I slashed his head into multiple pieces, causing him to start to turn into ash as he cussed me out. Finally sensing no more demonic presences, I turned back to Rengoku, who just smiled at me
"I believe master will be happy that you defeated an lowermoon" He said
"You think so?" I questioned
"You can become a hashira after defeating one of the 12 Kizuki y/n" He reminded me
"So that means-"
"Welcome to the hashira circle y/n, or should I say, the Sun Hashira"