Nezumi To Inoshishi (ねずミ と いのしし) || InoNezu

15- The End

Ok so this is the last chapter! The pic above is mine. I drew it and it really sucks. There will be more announcement at the end of the chapter, now without any more distractions, on with the story!

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Tanjirou was sharing the news with Giyu while Shinobu and Tamayo gave Nezuko medicine to turn her back to human. She was in a spacious room in her futon with Shinjurou, Tengen and his wives, and Urokodaki guarding the room in case a demon were to attack Nezuko and bring her to Muzan.

Tanjirou was happily engaging in a seemingly one-sided conversation with Giyu when Tennouji, Tanjirou's crow, came screaming news of the Ubuyashiki Estate under attack. This had all of them feel terror and immediately, they rushed to the site.

They weren't able to reach it on time and the only thing they saw was the estate burning. Tanjirou was hit by the scent of blood and flesh burning. He covered his mouth and nose to reduce the smell and to prevent himself from vomitting. It was gonna be a long fight.

'I hope we all get out of this fight alive.'

When your backs are against a wall as the enemy approaches, sacrifices are meant to be made. Hoping for everyone to escape alive was equivalent to wishing for the cooked egg to become raw again.

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As the demon slayers were fighting Muzan, Nezuko was starting to change back into a human and she suddenly awoke. Feeling uneasy, she ran out of the estate with Urokodaki trying to get her back but failing because of her speed.

She ran and ran as her memories started to flow into her mind but for some reason, her memories from the time when she was finally able to walk under the sun and speak were disappearing including the time she confessed wnd proposed.

She was scared of losing those memories but the feeling of unease was stronger as she continued to run for her brother. To the city where the demons would cease to exist. The end to the cause of all their problems, worries, and sorrows.

She stopped when she saw the city where the battle was and as if on cue, the memories about her family kept flowing and half of her body had already changed back to that of a human. Her right eye was overflowing with tears as it fell freely down her cheeks.

'What was it again? My name.'

Remembering the truth that was to be revealed while forgetting the short past with the truth you once knew.

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Zenitsu, in one of the rooms in the dimensional fortress, encoutered his former senior under Jigoro or his gramps as he may call him.  He calmly faced his former senior and now upper moon number 6, Kaigaku. He knew from the sound that it was him.

They never had a good relationship adding the fact that he became a demon and Jigoro died because of it, things were bound to be ugly.

He can never get along with the blond. He hated him for being able to use the first form, for sharing the succession of the breathing technique with him. He hated his very existence!

"You seem thrilled to be at the bottom of the upper moon rankings. Tell me, how does it feel to be an uppermoon just to fill up the void in the rankings?" Zenitsu retorted and Kaigaku laughed.

"Seems you've grown the balls to be able to talk back to me now."

They argued with words like smart kids with sharp tongues and with swords like stubborn old men fighting for their beliefs. At the end of the fight, one of their heads must fall to the ground. The head that fell was Kaigaku's.