Demon Slayer : The Silent Journey

[Seiji's POV]

(Morning)

"3...2....1,"

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"Ready or not, here I come!!" I yelled out before turning around sharply.

The yard which was once filled with the Kamado siblings was empty, every one of them had hidden during my countdown from 100.

Now there was only empty space, leaving one to wonder where the little children had gone. Where could they possibly hide?

In all seriousness, challenging me to a game of hide and seek was about the stupidest thing someone could ever do.

But they are kids, right? They don't know better, Surely i wouldn't completely obliterate them in this game just to teach them a lesson? Surely I'm not that petty.

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Wrong.

Those kids are going to learn the hard way.

I did a quick scan of the entire Kamado compound and even inside the house before I smiled a victorious smile.

They never stood a chance. It was like Goku vs Megumi (Potential man)

I brought my arms up and started pointing out everyone hiding in the yard. I called them one by one, pointing at different places each time as they moaned in annoyance.

"Nezuko, hiding behind the banyan tree. Your plan of not hiding in the same place and going around the giant tree depending on my position was great, but unfortunately, I am your opponent,"

"Takeo, you are not slick. We said not going inside the house and yes, that includes the balcony and under the house,"

"Hanako, you will never find a good hiding spot unless you get dirty. Come out from the flower bed,"

"Shigeru, come out of the charcoal storage before you turn completely black,"

Then I paused. i eyed the small bucket that was lying near the well and I walked up to it. If you looked closely, you would see a small kid who had his entire head inside the bucket and is trying his bed to hide inside it.

"Found you as well Rokuta," I said and tickled his side, causing him to giggle and wail his arms.

"You are a big boy now, you can't hide in that small bucket," I said to the baby barely three years old. He was still at the age where he believed as long as he could see someone, they couldn't see him either.

"And finally, Tanjiro," I said and turned around to look at the kid who was trying to take advantage of my deafness and stay behind me.

"Hiding in plain sight huh, I applause you for your creativity but you have to do better than that. You would have to stop sparing the good spots for your siblings if you want to give me a challenge," I said.

"I was sure I had you," he sighed.

"In your dreams," I said and stood up, tall and proud like the day Idefeated Gyomei.

"It's not fair Seiji-nii, you are older now so naturally you will be better," was the complaint made by Hanako.

"No, Seiji-nii is cheating. He was obviously peeking during the countdown or else its impossible to locate all of us that quickly without searching," Nezuko accused me with a pout.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, you don't know the limit of the sky child. I am just that good," I said.

"I believe him, he was not able to notice me when I ran past him," Tanjiro came to my defence.

"How do you find us so quickly then?"

"Well..." I said, "I have an incredibly good hearing. I could hear all the noise you made so it was rather easy." I said.

Everyone opened their eyes wide in realisation, except for Tanjiro who was the only one who knew I was deaf. I told him sometime last night, during our demon hunting.

But the rest believed me.

"Okay, you lose. It's time for punishment. Drink a cup of water, all of you," I said as the children reluctantly drank one cup of water each.

In total, they had drank around five cups now due to constantly losing. The sight of thier little kidneys working overtime brought joy to my sadistic side (I'm kidding)

"Let's play it again, but this time we cover your ears to make sure you can't hear anything," Nezuko proposed.

A wide smile crossed my inner face while I acted hesitant on the outside.

"But if I do that..." I said and to convince me, Nezuko said, "We will double the punishment if you still win,"

"Deal," I smirked and the game started again.

They covered my years with cotton so that I wouldn't hear them anymore. But still, I proceeded to absolutely destroy them once more.

It took me one second.

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(Afternoon)

"I can't thank you enough for everything you have done for us," Kie said while bringing me tea in a cup and serving it on the stool.

We were at the workplace at the back of the house. This was where Tanjiro would chop wood since he could swing an axe and those woods would later on be used to make charcoal.

'It was not a problem," I said and took another wood from the small pile and placed it to that I could cut it.

Kie blinked seeing the small pile. She clearly remembered there to be huge pile when came earlier.

"Where are the rest?" she asked..

"Oh, you mean those?" I said and pointed to the side. She followed my finger to see a huge pile of splintered wood that had already been cut at the perfect size.

Her eyes were wide.

"How did you manage to do all these!! It should've taken us the whole summer to split them all," she said with no small amount of surprise in her voice.

When the greatest living swordsman used his skill to chop wood, let's just say that the wood nearly split itself.

I just shrugged at her surprise.

Surprisingly, she did question me further than necessary. I think her husband in his prime would've shown more impressive feats. He was truly a hidden beast.

So she would just think, 'I guess they are family,' or something in her mind.

With all this work down, I hope Tanjiro will have more free time to train himself. I have given him a routine he had to follow every day to strengthen his body, nothing too serious.

And I was going to teach him Sun Breathing. It was his birthright.

"Please, do tell me if you feel thirsty," kie said with a bow and I gave a thumbs up.

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(Evening)

The sun was beginning to set on the western horizon. I stood in front of the Kamado house with all my equipment and full uniform.

"Thank you for your hospitality," I said with a respectful bow.

"No, please. We should be the ones thanking you for all that you have done for us. We don;t know how to repay you," Kie said.

"Seiji-nii, do you really have to leave? Can't you stay a few days more?" Rokuta asked me while Nezuku carried him in her arms.

"Sorry Rokuta, I said. I had to return tot he flower mansion and stay beside Kanae before she woke up. I also had to fully train in the way of using Sun Breathing.

"Are you going to come back?" Hanako, the girl asked.

"Of course. Now that I know where you live, I will visit often," i said.

"Please do, you are alway welcomed here," Kie added.

I took a final look at the family and stared a bit longer at Tanjiro. he simply nods at me.

I had given him him the task of strengthening his body before Ic same back to teach him sword technique and breathing style. He was a late bloomer, needing two yers of training to become a Demon Slayer but I was going to try to cut that down significantly.

He knew what to do.

i was not going to rely on my canon knowledge too much but the family was killed during the winter when there was snow. It was near the end fo summer so there was still plenty of time left.

"Okay then, goodby every," i said and turned around before walking away.

"Bye!!" they waved at me in unison.

Heh, what a lovely family.

It makes me want to start a family of my own.

And if I ever start one, i wanted to have a big family just like them.

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