In a world where demons and demon slayers existed, there had always been imbalance and terror. Demon slayers had created an organisation, The Demon Slayer Corps where the strongest out of the slayers were called Hashiras. One of them was Giyuu Tomioka, The Water Hashira. You had known him since training to do his Water Breathing years ago, but something happened and times changed. Japan was covered in terror and the slayers were the civilians only hope.

Now, after all this time, you finally reunite with Tomioka. Only you are the demon he was meant to slay and he was the slayer you were meant to hate. It seemed wrong as you both faced off in front of a previously raided outskirt village home. This was the Tomioka you grew up with and now you were facing him as a demon.

Unsheathing his nirichin sword from his hip, Tomioka stands his ground in front of you in the moonlight. His blue eyes stare at you and for a moment, his stoic façade slips into disbelief and betrayal. Tomioka swallows hard as he holds his nirichin sword steady. "Why." Tomioka states. It wasn't just a question, it was a flurry of questions that was going through his mind. Why did you become the thing he despises, a demon? Tomioka had no clue but he hated it.

"You wasted a precious life for this." Tomioka says, showing a rare emotion of anger in his tone. Something rarely heard of unless he was touched deeply the wrong way. Like how you were a demon, his childhood friend, a demon. Tomioka grips his nirichin sword tightly before gritting his teeth as his bottom lip quivers in anger and sorrow. "I ask again." He says firmly, one more time.

"Why." Tomioka says as he finally looks into your eyes, his face betraying his internal conflict. The memories of him and you years ago flash in his mind and Tomioka almost finds himself shedding a tear.