It was winter, and as a charcoal man and his son were chopping down trees in the morning, as the sun beamed down on them, the boy enjoyed the sunlight as he stopped working to bathe in the sunlight that was coming from the sky and through the leaves, as his blue and green eyes would glow in the light, as his long blonde hair flew backwards from the cold winter wind, and as he would shiver a bit before hearing his father call out to him.
"Neo, come on, we're leaving. I got what we needed."
The father would pick up the logs and his axe and walk towards Neo, who was still bathing in the sunlight. He would stand behind for a few minutes, absorbing and enjoying the warmth of the sun as his blue eyes would glow in the light and his long hair would flow in the wind as he would then look down and repeat his words, but reverberated.
"Come, Neo, we have to leave; it's going to get dark soon. We don't want to make your mother worried now, do we?"
The father said while ruffling Neo's hair as Neo would smile and giggle and hug his leg.
"Of course, Dad. Mom would get mad at us if we don't hurry."
The boy said as he grabbed his father's hand as his father started walking with him back to there little cabin they made out of scratch with wooden floors pillars and brick walls everything was done by them and no outside help the only reason they go out of the house is to either harvest there crops or hunt for food or go fishing or selling charcoals to the town that was downhill since they lived uphill but on the middle part of the mountain since rumors has it there are a whole town of demon's living up the mountain as they would knock on the door the door opened and we're greeted by a warm smile from a beautiful lady with blonde hair and green eyes as she would pick up the boy and give him a little kiss on the cheek
"Awww, my baby's all grown up; he's starting to go with his father!"
The lady would giggle joyfully and put him down before hugging the father. "Welcome back, honey! I missed you, and so did the kids."
as the husband would hug her back and smile,
"It's good to see you again as well, Mary."
The husband would boop Mary's nose as Mary would giggle.
"Oh, come on, I told you to stop using my real name and just call me Sweetie Griffith."
She would pout as the husband's name was revealed to be Griffith, as the small child, roughly about 10 years old, would look up to his parents confused and say,
"Mama, who's Griffith? Papa, who's Mary?"
the child would say in confusion as both the parents smiled and said
"It's our name, sweetie, like how your name's Neo!"
as they would exclaim as Neo's expression changes into one of understanding as he would then run straight into an older boy's arms and hug him tightly.
"Brother!"
Neo would exclaim with joy but was pushed away and to the ground by the older sibling.
"Don't call me that, you freak."
The older brother had blue eyes like his father's and blonde hair like his mother's, so the parents would be worried as Griffith would approach the boys.
"Jason, that is not how you treat your younger brother. Apologize to him now."
Griffiths said in a serious tone as Jason chuckled and just said
"Sorry, Neo."
He had an annoyed look on his face. He hated Neo because he was stealing his father's and mother's attention from him. Even though he was 3 years older than him, he still had feelings as well and wanted affection from his parents as well. Griffith would sigh and walk away to the furnace and throw in a couple small logs into the fire to make it grow further as a girl about the age of 12 with green eyes and black hair would come out from the backyard covered in mud while having a sack of potatoes and carrots and other vegetables as she would smile and open her arms as Neo would notice her and would blitz past his brother in terrifying speed and would tackle-hug the girl as he would smile and close his eyes.
"Big sis Emilia!"
as the girl would hold the boy's head and say
"Welcome back, Neo and Dad."
The girl would close her eyes and gently pat the little boy's head as Jason would just tch and look away and go to his own room since when the Garcia children hit the age of 12, they get their own room. She would then stop patting the boy and would pick him up and put him aside and walk to her mother, handing her the sack of vegetables. She would then go to the bathing room, where they have hot water coming from a hot spring, and she would go and take a bath as the scene cuts.
back to. Neo was just on the side as he would yawn and go to his parents' room and would sleep in the middle of the bed as both the parents would smile as Mary would go to him and tuck him in before going back to the kitchen. As time passed by, it struck midnight as Neo woke up and rubbed his eyes and got up and walked to the kitchen for some food. As he did, he heard someone knocking. The mysterious person knocked again and said,
"Open the door, please; my friend is extremely injured!"
It sounded like a cry for help, as Neo would then panic and open the door only to get his left eye plucked clean off along with a huge gash on his forehead as he would stand there confused before the pain struck him as he would scream out in pain as his father would wake up immediately and would rush to the crying boy. As the creature was in the house and lying in front of Neo and his father was the dead body of an unfortunate slayer, his father would quickly throw Neo into the bedroom and would shout,
"LOCK THE DOOR, MARY. I'LL STALL IT WHILE YOU ESCAPE."
As Jason and Emilia would hear the noise as well, Jason stepped out of his room and ran out of the front door while the demon was staring at the eye of Neo. It was fascinating as the demon's bloodlust grew further, and it ate the eyeball as Emilia locked her door so the demon couldn't enter her room as Griffith charged towards the demon only to get his
His lower jaw was sliced off with a tiger-paw-like swipe, and he was then punched back into a tree. He noticed his axe on the tree and grabbed it, throwing it at the demon, but the demon just grabbed it and threw it back at him. Griffith didn't have enough time to dodge and got his head severed off. Mary covered Neo's mouth while hiding behind her room door, crying with him, as she feared for her and her children's lives. She then smiled while patting Neo's head and looked at Neo with fear in her eyes.
"It'll be ok, sweetie. Mama will keep you safe. Mama won't let the demons hurt you."
The child would be confused and scared of what's happening; his simple mind can't handle this pressure. As he would breathe heavily from the pain he was in, slowly his adrenaline would be kicking in as he would feel a tension build inside his body as his door would get a fist-sized hole in it with one punch as the demon would then grab the mother by the hair and would pull her head through the door as tiny wooden spikes would pierce through her neck as the demon would laugh and say
"This is a whole family of rare bloods! I shall consume every little drop of their blood and join the Kizuki!"
Little Neo would look up in horror as he would scream out before passing out, as in real time his body would start to burn hotter as he would then quiet down and open the locked door, as his eyes couldn't be seen. Neo would then take a breath and would disappear from his place and would grab a metal rod that he ripped out from the roof and would stab it through the demon's throat and would pin it down as he would then use his immense growth in power and speed to rip out the demon's head as he would grab the rod and stab the demon through the chest as the demon
would slowly grow its head back as Neo would then rag doll the demon and throw it outside as he would take a breath before disappearing and would reappear in front of the demon as the demon was still regenerating its head as Neo would then keep stabbing the demon's head over and over and over again before pinning it down to the ground by stabbing him through the chest as he would then proceed to grab another large metal rod and would stab it through the demon's brain as the scene would shift to a bright light as he would wake up and look around as it was morning and the demon was screaming out in agony as Neo would scream in fear as he wasn't aware that
The demon was next to him as he was still alive and only seeing through one eye as he would look around as the demon disintegrated in front of his eye as he would then look around before going in his house again and wrapping a bandage on his head as the gash was now covered from not getting infected as he would walk out again only to see a man with white hair and a white and dark green uniform with battle boots and a katana with a star-shaped hilt as he would get scared and would look around for a weapon but couldn't find any as he would back up a bit as the man would
Look at Neo, the sole survivor, as he would walk up towards him as Neo would close his eyes and would try and run but would bump into the stranger's leg and fall down as he would look up at the man as the man would look disturbed and angry as Neo would be terrified and try to run away but would get his arm grabbed and pulled back as the man would say
"How the hell are you still alive, kid? Are you some demon that's acting like a human?"
The man would then throw Neo into the sunlight; as he wasn't burning, Neo would be confused as hell as the man approached him, and Neo would back up slowly as the man sighed in annoyance.
"Listen, kid, don't be scared. I won't harm you, but you'll have to come with me to get those wounds treated, and you're just a kid as well, so you'll have to come with me no matter the choice. Oh, and I'm Sanemi Shinazugawa."
Sanemi would then pick him up and would carry him piggyback back to the demon slayer headquarters. As they both made conversation while heading to the headquarters, they both had the same interests in food and mindset. Sanemi would then go to the butterfly mansion and hand him to a lady as Neo would look up at her. The lady would feel pity for the boy as she would treat his injuries but couldn't do anything for his eye other than cover it up with an eye patch. The lady would introduce herself.
"My name is Shinobu Kocho, but you may call me Kocho-san. What's your name, sweetie?"
Neo would then introduce himself.
"I'm Neo Garcia! Nice to meet you, Kocho-san!"
He would give her a bright smile as Shinobu would stare at him and smile and would pat his head gently as she would then get up and walk out of the mansion as Neo would follow her and hold her hand as Shinobu would look at him a bit surprised as Neo would just smile as Shinobu smiled back as they both went to the Ubayashiki mansion as he would stay with the Ubayashiki as a Hashira meeting was held as Neo would introduce himself to all the Hashiras as Mitsuri was put in charge.
for his fun and Shinobu would be put in charge for his education and his training was in charged to Sanemi and Gyomei was put in charge for his mannerism as 3 years pass by as Neo was now 13 as he would be going out in his own missions without a breathing style since Sanemi still had to teach him the breath styles but even without breath styles he would kill the demon's he meets without much difficulty as he would return to headquarters for his daily training and education with the Hashiras that we're assigned to him as Sanemi would try and teach him wind breathing but he would fail as Kyojuro would step in and smile and said that he's a chosen one so he will teach Neo flame breathing which he also failed as he would think to himself he would then combine both the breath styles together to create breath of dragon he was much more comfortable with this breath style than flame and wind as he would go on more dangerous missions as he would complete them with low difficulty as he would go back to headquarters to train by himself whenever the Hashiras are gone for there patrol as he would keep working hard to increase his breathing technique
[The investigation]
3 more years of the same thing passed by, and he was then asked by Sanemi if he wanted to be a Hashira since by the time Neo was 16, he was in the Kinoe rank in the slayers, as he proved to be much more talented than they expected, as he improved fast and learned fast. He would then be given a mission to kill a lower moon demon, as Sanemi was forbidden to go with him since Neo wanted to do this alone to see if he was truly worthy of the Hashira position. He would set out on the mission, and he would come to the location of the lower moon, and he would see the villagers in
their houses, as he would be confused if he was in the wrong village, as he would then feel a painful sensation on the nape of his neck as he would turn around and unsheathe his katana and would immediately block the attack by a sword-wielding demon as he stared at her in the eye as the kanji said "lower moon 1." As Neo would be shocked, he would chuckle and think if he was strong enough to kill the demon all by himself, but this was no time to think about those things, as the demon would strike again, but this time the demon would slice upwards, creating a huge iceberg.
That would destroy half of the village as snowflakes fell from the sky. Neo would be on high guard now as the demon would smile and giggle as it would say,
"Not bad, slayer~ You're quite strong, and your reaction time is also good~."
As the demon would giggle more, Neo would be shaking in terror as he barely dodged the attack, as there was a scratch on his cheek from her sword, and as the demon would then introduce itself.
"The name's Nala, and what's yours~?"
the demon would say as Neo would look at the demon with disgust before he would take in a breath as he turned his terror into power as he would use
"Breath of Dragon, second form, Dragon Rush"
as he would pull out both his katanas and charge at the demon in blinding speed, leaving a small crater where he stood, as Nala would smile and would slash in front of her as she used
"Blood demon art: Icey wind!"
as a cold gust of air would blow on Neo as 200 small snowflakes accompanied the wind as one scratched him on the cheek making it bleed as he would then use his own technique breath of dragon first form dragon pulse as he would slice away at every single snowflake that was Infront of him as they disappeared into thin air as Neo was breathing heavily as he stared at the demon Infront of him as she smiled and swung her sword down at him as he immediately shifted to the left to avoid the strike as she immediately changed course to follow him as Neo then clashed both his katanas against her as they both then began to attack each other in ferocious speed as Neo was fighting defensively trying to find a place to strike whereas Nala wouldn't give him the chance to use his breathing techniques while she attacked him and creating
200 snowflakes with every swing as he then chuckled as the snowflakes luckily didn't go for his eyes as he would parry each attack that she threw at him as Nala then jumped up and landed behind him as he took advantage of the situation and moved to his right while slicing at the snowflakes, destroying them as he took a deep breath as he was holding his breath from the barrage of attacks as he stared at the demon as she disappeared as he looked around everywhere as he feared for his life for the second time in his life as the demon dropped down from the sky and tried to stab him through the head with her
momentum and strength, but sadly for her, Neo already noticed her in the air as he jumped forward as Nala stabbed the ground, missing Neo as she tried to pull out her sword as Neo took advantage of the time and charged at her with
"Breath of dragon third form: raging slash!"
He would slash in a circular motion with one blade as the blade would almost land on the neck before a huge ice spike erupted from the ground. As Neo would react immediately, letting go of the katana, an ice spike the size of a large house would erupt and throw his katana somewhere in the air as he would chuckle and back up a little. Nala would then stop smiling and would say,
"This is it, slayer. I'm done playing games with you. I'm going to end you right here and now just so you won't be a problem for that man."
Nala would then freeze the entire ground they we're standing on as Neo feet we're also stuck into the ground as he panicked and stared at Nala who then gripped onto the hilt of the blade tightly as the ice floor started to turn black as Neo would then immediately began smashing the ice floor to free himself but would be to weak to do so as his life flashed before his eyes as the poison would almost reach his legs before a huge scythe would break the ice surrounding Neo as the poison that was being injected stopped in its tracks as a silver haired girl with bright red eyes would fall down on the ground before taking a breath as she would chuckle and swing around her scythe as she stared at the demon before looking back at Neo
"Good thing Master was worried about your stupid ass, so he sent us to accompany you."
Neo looked grateful but confused by the word us as the moon was covered by dark clouds as they could hear someone running as a blonde hair male with blue eyes with a Haori with 2 dragon's swirling around each other on his sleeves and the drawing of Raijin the thunder god of the Japanese myth on the back of his Haori as the male was extremely fast as the male would unsheathe his blade and would strike Nala aiming for her neck as he decapitated her in a instant as the ice would then begin to melt away as Nalas head would fall down from her shoulders and onto the cold Icey floor as she would be confused as she didn't have enough time to react too the strike it was too sudden as she started to tear up and would scream out
"NOOOOOOO IT CAN'T BE I DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT COMING. HOW? WHY? DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU!"
The girl would also curse out the slayer who just beheaded her as she cried and would sob.
"Forgive me, Oiran-sama... forgive me, Big Brother..."
The girl's life flashed before her eyes as the scene shifted into her backstory. As she was just a normal girl in the red-light district, she was working under Daki as she lived a happy life and saved up money to buy clothes and donate some to the poor part of the red-light district. As one day she was cleaning Daki's room, a slayer came into the room thinking she was the demon as he attacked her viciously. The slayer sliced off her arms and legs, sliced her throat, and stomped on her head as she was in a lot of pain and almost died from blood loss. Then she saw
Daki entered the room and sliced the slayers into bits and rushed over to a dying Nala, who stared at her as her vision was going blurry as the last words she uttered were
"Forgive me, Oiran-sama...."
Daki was attached to Nala; she thought of her as her little sister as she yelled out before realizing she could turn her into a demon, and she did just that. As Nala became a demon, she would serve Daki forever, even when she became a lower moon and trained with Gyutaro to get stronger. As the scene shifts to her head disintegrating, she would close her eyes and accept her death as Neo and the 2 other slayers stared at the fading corpse, and the other male slayer would kick the corpse to Neo as he stabbed the corpse without mercy in anger. As he looked up and saw the other male, he was in shock as he stuttered and said,
"J J Jason, is that you, brother?"
Jason nodded and spat on Neo's face as Jason began to say
"I did not know you were this pathetic, Neo. You couldn't even kill that demon."
As Neo stared at him in anger, the grey-haired girl spoke out.
"It's great to see you 2 alive, Jason and Neo. I'm Emilia."
They sighed as Neo was now free to move as he walked back to the headquarters with his siblings.
[The return to the headquarters]
He then returned to the headquarters, where he got no more missions, as he kept training his breathing with Kanao and his swordsmanshipwith Sanemi and Iguro, respectively. Then he attended a Hashira meeting, and he would then get promoted to the Hashira position, as Jason had lied about killing the demon and gave the credit to Neo. After the meeting, he approached Mitsuri and stared at her as she stared back at him before she felt him hug her tightly. She was confused, but she comforted the boy by gently patting his head as some words slipped out of his mouth.
"Thanks, Mom."
He then realized after a few minutes of hugging her that he called her "Mom" as he bowed to her as Mitsuri just laughed it off as Iguro was now staring daggers at him.
[Training again]
He came to train with Iguro, who was not holding back on him; he was going way tougher than usual. When asked, he refused to answer as Neo then took a stance and dodged Iguro's attack by sliding to the right and managed to hit off his haori as Iguro was pissed and sent him off back to Sanemi as
Sanemi was confused about why he was back so early. When told, Sanemi started laughing and then continued Neo's training with Shinobu, and after some time, Neo was doing his reflex training as Shinobu tried to stab him quickly. He had to dodge all her attacks, or he risked getting injured badly. He was wearing a blindfold and dodged her attacks as Shinobu patted his shoulder and said,
"My, my, Shinazugawa-san, your Tsugokou is really a prodigy."
[The fight with the strongest Hashira]
Gyomei then came into the picture and said
"Sanemi-san, may I test your tsugokou?"
Sanemi agreed, but Neo was hesitant since he didn't want to fight a blind man and, at the same time, the strongest hashira of the time. He agreed eventually, and he then began fighting with Gyomei with their actual weapons as Gyomei swung his flail around as he took a breath in as Neo stared at him and said,
"What the hell? Why am I shaking so much?"
He wasn't sure if it was excitement or fear as he sighed and ignored it as he charged at Gyomei and started fighting him. Every time he tried to go for his neck, Gyomei would block with his chains and land heavy blows with his axe, cutting off a lock of his long black hair. He got pissed and was on the aggression and started attacking him continuously, not giving him time to even take a breath to use a technique, as Gyomei then kicked him away as Neo almost lost balance. As he then looked in front of him, Gyomei's flail was right in front of him as he stared in fear.
[The fall]
They then hear a bang; it hit, but it wasn't flesh—it was a wall? Gyomei was confused as he then felt the tip of a blade on the nape of his neck as Neo was behind him and said,
"It's over. I refuse to cut a man who's blind and has this much talent and injure him in combat."
he said, as he wasn't hit once by Gyomei, as Gyomei smiled as every single Hashira applauded him except Muichiro, who was lost in his own world as Sanemi patted his back and said,
"Congrats, dude. You even managed to beat Himejima-san. I'm impressed; you're worthy of hashira status."
He stared at Sanemi and smiled as he then bowed his head to all of the Hashiras.
"Thank you for the training you've done with me; without you all, I wouldn't even be here."
he said with a bright smile, as he was now promoted as the dragon hashira
He was then sent on many missions and slew many demons. After some time, he heard of the news of Kyojuro Rengoku's death. He was traumatized and heartbroken, as he shared many meals with Rengoku and Mitsuri as they had an eating competition and arm wrestling competition. He was ranked 3rd and could not be switched in pure strength. In swordsmanship, he was placed first. In travel speed he was at third, but in attack speed he and Sanemi were on equal terms. Tengen was still a hashira since he never found the upper moon 6 in the entertainment district in this timeline, and his 3 wives were not harmed at all, as they couldn't figure out if there was a demon or not.
[The end?]
After some time, Neo was sent on a mission in a forest. He was patrolling around before he felt a chill run down his spine as he stared into the forest as he unsheathed his blades and growled as he then said,
"COME OUT, DEMON! I KNOW YOU'RE HIDING THERE!"
he said in anger and fear as the demon stepped out and said
"Impressive you sensed my presence before I even got the chance to strike."
the demon said as Neo stared at it in the eyes as the kanji said
"Upper Moon 1"