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Darkness.
All I can see is Darkness. I don’t know what happened. Last I saw was my brother calling my name from across the street. I took a step then nothing. It’s all gone black. Did I die? I’m not ready to die. We’ll know one’s ready but I’m only 17!
Is that grass? Why can I feel grass? And it’s cold, is there snow? I was walking around London because it’s my vacation so why can I feel grass when I was on the pavement? I slowly open my eyes. There’s trees everywhere, tall eerie looking trees looming over me, snowflakes falling gently in the wind.
“Where am I?” I quietly whisper to myself. This is freaking me out. How did I go from London to a forest? I look down and my white crop top is stained with dirt and my black leggings have been torn by what I’m guessing were twigs. Did I fall from the sky? The branches above me have been snapped, the snow balancing on them falling around me. I take a good look at myself. Why do I look smaller? My h/c hair is shorter, almost imperceptible to another person but definitely noticeable to me. It was longer before. And my clothes almost seem slightly to big for me. Have I regressed in age? Why?!
“Is someone there?” I shout but hear nothing but the leaves rustling. I get up slowly, every bone in my body feels like it’s screaming at me to stop moving. I lean on the branches for support as I limp my way through the forest. I need to find shelter. I’m wearing summer clothes, not a winter kit. I feel like I’m going to get frostbite at this rate. How on earth was I meant to be prepared for this? I freeze. I can hear voices, indistinguishable but voices nonetheless. I walk faster, it hurts but if I can get my hands on a phone I’ll be fine.
I race forward through the trees and bushes. But this is not the sight I was expecting. Straight ahead I see a small house with a beautiful woman and her children going about their day. You might be thinking what’s so weird about that? But there’s one face that I know very well. One that’s plastered on my walls at home. I recognise that reddish hair and gorgeous red hued eyes and large forehead scar anywhere. I’m staring at Tanjiro Kamado. The protagonist of Demon Slayer. I don’t know how this is even remotely possible but one thing is clear. I am in a different universe and this is definitely not London.
I can’t take my eyes off him. He’s literally standing a few feet in front of me. But if that’s his family that means this is before the first episode is even set. I know I’ve always wished and prayed to get Isekaied into my favourite animes but I never thought it would happen! He’s noticed me! He’s staring straight at me and so are his siblings.
“Are you lost miss?” He’s speaking to me. The Tanjiro is speaking to me. Wait, can I understand Japanese? How? I’ve never learnt it and I always watch everything dubbed. I should probably respond instead of thinking about it too much.
“Yes, I’m lost. I have nowhere else to go.” I respond, I’m hoping if I can get them to take pity on me they’ll let me stay. This has always been my dream and I refuse to mess it up. Tanjiro looks at me, he feels bad for me I can tell but also his younger siblings are looking at me like I’m some kind of alien. Which in all honesty I might as well be because I look like a crazy person right now.
“My name is y/n. I’ve lost my family and have nowhere else to go. Can you please help me?” I stare at him with my best puppy dog eyes. I’m really laying on the damsel in distress act on thick so that I don’t get shunned. Am I think it’s best to play confused and helpless girl rather than go straight in the ‘hey I’m from another universe and you’re a fictional character’ cause I think that would just freak them all out. Kie, Tanjiro’s mom, seems to pity me enough because she walks over to me and takes my hands, her hands are so soft and delicate.
“It’s okay dear, you can stay with us until you find your family. My name is Kie Kamado.” Her voice is soft and sweet, she’s so nice. I never really focused much on her before but her eyes are such a beautiful and deep lilac. She really knows how to make me feel comforted. I really don’t want her to die, I don’t want any of this precious family to die. Just thinking about it is making me tear up, I never thought about them much because they were animated but now it’s really depressing. God, I’m already crying, this is all overwhelming, first I died and now I’m in the demon slayer universe and seeing them in person is just making me so sad. Kie wraps her arms around me, it feels so nice, how can such nice people be fated to die. I haven’t cried so much in years. It feels nice being comforted.
I cry for what feels like hours until finally pulling away. It must be weird for them how easily I just broke down in tears in a stranger’s arms even though she’s not really a stranger to me. I murmur out a quick “Thank you” and wipe my eyes, composing myself. I’m mortified on the inside because I’ve just balled my eyes out seemingly out of nowhere in front of one of my absolute favourite characters of all time. Now that I’m no longer crying, Tanjiro walks over to introduce himself.
“My name is Tanjiro Kamado. Do you want to come inside because it’s cold?” I nod my head and follow him into their house. It’s surprisingly spacious considering how small it looks from the outside. I’m secretly fan girling inside as I follow him. It’s just like him to be kind and not judge based on looks. Which works in my favour because otherwise I’d probably still be freezing outside. It’s honestly a breath of fresh air compared to the judgemental stares of modern day teenagers. As I follow him inside I can’t help but wonder what kind of adventure this will be and how everything will play out with me here. I just know that now I’m here I’m going to try and ease Tanjiro’s burden on this journey and maybe I’ll also become a demon slayer.