Animeverse Slayer!

"Sir, that's our village."

The young boy pointed towards the distance and said with a smile. Leo finally saw the light, he couldn't wait to get out his dirty clothes and take a nice long bath.

Picking up the pace all three of them entered the village. Along the way the trio attracted curious gazes, mostly they were scrutinizing Leo.

In his entire life Leo never felt this embarrassed. Luckily they soon reached the boy's house. It wasn't big but looked neat and tidy.

"Mom, we are back."

Placing the basket of herbs down the young girl yelled excitedly. Hearing their voice a woman who seemed young for her age came out. She looked lovingly at her children for a second before focusing on Leo. A surprised expression crossed her face as she looked at him.

"Tetsu, who is this?"

The young boy named Tetsu said eagerly.

"Mom, this is brother Leo. He got lost in the forest and seemed to have been unfortunate enough to actually live there for some time."

"Oh my...

Leo didn't have a chance to talk as the siblings said everything for him. After listening to her children the lady said with a smile.

"There is a hot spring near the village, you can clean yourself there. Just place your clothes outside, I will prepare some spare clothes."

Leo immediately agreed. Tetsu guided him towards the hot spring and gave him a towel and some necessities. What made Leo twitch his mouth was that he actually pinched his noses while taking away his clothes.

Cleaning the dirt on him with some water, Leo immediately jumped into the pool of water layered with thick steam.

Haaaaa...

A satisfied m.o.a.n escaped his mouth as he settled down. He could feel his skin breathe as the heat permeated through his skin. His body could finally relax after a month of torture, he could feel his mind clear up as many distracting thoughts became clear.

Raising his palm he was lost as water poured out between his fingers.

Dragon - Tiger Breathing, Dragon - Tiger Forms... Dad, just what kind of heritage is it? One month... one month of constant fighting, depleting my stamina, regaining it and perfecting those forms actually made me twice stronger than those six months of training with old man Akira.

Not only that, my body seemed to have become even more tenacious. Be it my body's defense or my recuperative abilities, it's way beyond normal. If I met that demon now I could easily kill it.

Without him realising an hour went by. Leo could feel his body rejuvenated and hungry. He got dressed and went back to Tetsu's house. As he entered he saw a middle aged man sit across the table sorting out the herbs.

Hearing footsteps he looked at Leo and said mildly.

"You must be Leo. Come in, your clothes were way too dirty and torn, you won't get them until tomorrow."

An embarrassed expression crossed his face. The middle aged man showed a smile and said.

"You should be more careful, that forest is home to the demons. Even as a Slayer it's far too dangerous to waltz in there."

Leo wasn't surprised when the man called him a Slayer, though he wasn't an official one. He could hear genuine concern from the man's words, he nodded and sat down.

"Has there been any attacks lately?"

The middle aged man shook his head.

"No, it all stopped few days ago."

"Good."

Leo could truly see how happy this family was, as he looked at such a scene he couldn't help but remember his parents from this life and the last one. Eating among such a family his conviction to kill Demons only strengthened.

Having his meal Leo was guided to a small room used by Tetsu. Since they had a guest Tetsu would sleep in his sister's room while she would sleep with their parents.

The day was still young however Leo was off to dream land as soon as he hit the floor. He slept like a log until afternoon next day, waking up Leo felt as if last night was the best sleep he has ever had.

"Good afternoon."

"Good afternoon, brother Leo."

Leo just got out of his room when he saw Mei walking towards him. She gave him his clothes and grinned.

"Mom stitched your clothes. Don't worry big brother, you won't look like a beggar anymore.."

Leo's mouth twitched. He thanked her and got dressed. After having his fill he got up and thanked the family for taking care of him.

"Be careful and good luck."

"Such a pleasant young boy."

"That he is."

"Uwaah... Father! Look."

The middle aged man walked into Tetsu's room and found him holding some money. A note was beside it.

"Thank you for the meal."

A smile crept onto the middle aged man's face.

...

Walking along the path with both sides filled with rice fields Leo pondered his next destination.

"From the villagers, the next closest village would be about a day's travel."

While Leo was journeying through the lands searching for demons a meeting was held by within the Headquarters or Demon Slayer Corps.

"Lower Moon 6 was killed? Oyakata Sama, how did you know this?"

A man who had a large build with prayer beads around his neck and arms asked. Infront of him stood a man with a calm and serene aura. He held a crow in his arms and gently stroked it.

"It was sheer coincidence. There has been news about demon attacks near several villages, since the range of attacks were big it took some time to analyse the root cause and I came to a conclusion that it was one of the Twelve Moons."

"Then why didn't we sent any Slayers?"

A beautiful woman wearing a butterfly hairpin asked.

"We did, but before they reached the place Lower Moon was killed. If not for one of the crows wandering the region we wouldn't even know what happened."

"Who was it? To kill a Moon he must be strong. It's good that kids like this are within the Corps."

A man wearing blue clothes with clouds and wearing a mask said while nodding his head. However soon they were all surprised by what the serene young man said.

"He wasn't one of us. He is just a trainee, he would be taking part in the Final Selection next year. Also, he was trained by Akira."

"A trainee...

"Wait. Akira? Oyakata Sama, is it The Akira, the one called Blood Wolf Akira."

"Yes."

All of the people attending the meeting was surprised. Akira was a former Hashira and the strongest among them. He got the name Blood Wolf Akira for his cruel nature and unrelenting thirst to hunt Demons. For some reason Oyakata Sama asked him to leave the Demon Slayer Corps.

"Well, someone trained by is bound to be strong. But it's still a surprise that a kid his age could single handedly kill one of the twelve Moons."

The young man gently stroked the crow and looked up at the sky. A faint smile hung on his lips as he said to himself.

Looks like you found your peace, Akira.