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By the time she had awoken, it was already evening, realizing she was in a deep sleep for pretty much the whole day from noon. At the morning, she had travelled to the Butterfly Mansion and was made to explain to the kakushis and Aoi her symptoms, if she had any at all, though she was just mostly tired. She was given her first, officially nice meal to start of the day, was asked to sleep, wake up again for lunch, where she met Tanjiro, Haganezuka, Ryo, Inosuke and Zenitsu, until she slept for the whole day, until now. She wasn't hungry at all, considering how much contents Aoi had given her of Tempura, and would probably skip dinner and probably wait for breakfast tomorrow morning.

She headed to the yard she passed earlier today, for a small breather of fresh air, since it had been a while since she was out. To smell the scent of flowers growing around the compound, and watching the birds' nest right beside their loved ones by the tree she had stared at when she was talking to Genya, which was right around, here!

Miyako made her way towards the sakura tree, prominently not known in the area, but it was nighttime, so of course no one would spot it during this time! Well, maybe at the day, but everyone mostly hanged around inside, or by Lady* Kochou's room, or at that big area over there where the ground looked goof enough to practice sword fighting, all the gathered information from what haganezuka was holding, swords. Were swords used to fight these 'demons'? How would you tell if someone was a demon? Are their ranks of how good. Demon Slayer could be? Everything was quite a mystery, but still, it was just her first day here!

She sat under the cherry blossom tree, watching its petals fall slightly ahead of her, while some fell on her hair, which was now adorned with multiple pink and white spots.

It was her first time to experience nighttime to it's fullest, adoring the full moon and the stars that covered the blanket sky. It was jer first time observing stars in such a long time, as well as the light breeze that swirled around her, it was breathtaking. \

"Nakashima-san? What are you doing here??"

Tanjiro was right behind her, he placed a large box to the side, just on the wooden platformed raised from the ground.

"Just - admiring the moon tonight!"

"Mhm! The moon looks amazing today! We were lucky were out on a full moon! I'll head back now, I wanna check on Inosuke and Zenitsu."

"Alright Tanjiro-san!"

Right where she was, adoring the full moon, that was where she was. Bye bye Tanjiro, I would love to say, I hope they awake soon, or maybe they are - but who knows, I'm not in the room. He left in a small hurry, picking up the box he left on the porch and bringing it on his back like a backpack, and went back inside. Did he have to bring that everywhere? I mean way he softy placed it on the ground, making sure to check all of its side, the box did seem important.

"The breeze does seem nice today."

EEP! She better get used to hearing a lot more voices than usual, calling her name, or at least conversing with her without her knowing.

"Oh, hello!" She turned back again, finding the face of Ryo, who was standing on the same position as Tanjiro earlier.

"Hey."

Ah - he's not much of a talker? Great! More silence for me I hope!

"What are you doing here? Aren't you on bedrest?"

"No actually, not, but I came here for a bit of fresh air, since I stayed inside the whole day- "

"Oh, okay. Mind if I sit with you?"

"S-sure thing!!"

There, he sat, just a few inches away from the girl, as he also stared at the moon tonight, just as Miyako did the same. It was peaceful, a serene type of night, where the birds were sleeping so silently, and it was just a distraction of murmur that somewhat shifted the atmosphere, but they didn't mind.

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Ryo's POV:

He only came here because he was tired, and because his friends begged him to follow behind them, even if they had a sickly state. Tanjiro was the most persistence, telling him that Zenitsu and Insouke needed his support after fighting the spider demons when recovering, and that his 'humour' (though he thought he barely had any) would help them awake, if it was funny enough. Soon enough, he was on the same road of them, following the kakushi and the rest of the Demon Slayers to the Butterfly Mansion. He wasn't hurt at all, since he was particularly interested in just seeing how each family member of the SPider family would get killed, watching their heads get cut of, it amused him so much, it was his favourite.

The only reason he joined the Demon Slayer Corps was to fulfil his injustice heart, filled with pure happiness when someone was in pain, dying or suffering. He was a sadist. He was originally a son born to the swordsmiths that worked with the Demon Slayers, and would supply swords to their Slayers. As soon as he found about their job, killing demons, piercing, stricking them, sticking their sharp swords into them, it made his heart fill to the top, and applied to be a Slayer through a visiting Slayer, since they were getting their sword fixed.

He was ten years old when he picked up his first sword and was trained by that fellow slayer in water breathing. Though his mentor wasn't great at it, he also though him another technique, Mist breathing. He said he was particularly fond if it, as you were able to wear baggy clothing and look mysterious, but Ryo wasn't interested in that, he just wanted to become a Demon Slayer for the sole purpose of watching one get killed, though it would surely be a shame if it was a Demon Slayer getting killed. Through many months and years of training, and making swords, he'd finally master two breathing styles. Water, and Mist. Mostly Mist, as I've said before, his mentor liked it better than Water, and eventually applied him for the final selection. Through the last few weeks, preparing for the final test, he'd learn that mist breathing wasn't for him, and wasn't as good as masking his moves with the mist around him. (Yes, I know it's only for visual representation, but it's supposed to mean he isn't great at disguising his moves.) He knew he was especially fast in the battlefield, and made a variation of mist breathing, known as Illusion breathing.

With the addition of masking your moves, Ryo used his speed to reflect the illusions he creates, with a pattern of random movements on the field that confused those around you, as well as feint attacks. Ryo often visualizes himself in a cloud of purple haze, similar to the mist. 

He was now 16 years old when he entered the final selection. It was then he met the three friends that and also passed the same final selection as him, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke, though he wasn't sure where the boar head was when he passed.

He met Zenitsu first, and was in utter shock to see him wake up after using a breathing technique. How was he able to do that?? He decided to reveal himself to the boy, and after many attempts to get him off his leg, and regretting his decision in meeting the other finalists, he made it back to the start, where all the wisteria grew, with Zenitsu following close behind. It was quite tiring to do most of the fighting for the yellow haired boy, but it was a miracle for him to make it out alive in one single piece, as he watched Genya and Tanjiro ague when receiving their chosen rocks for their Nichirin. After picking out a rock, he got his crow, quite small, chubby looking, but he didn't really care, and named it Katsura, the tree near his family home all the way back at the swordsmith village.

He went on a few other missions after becoming a fully-fledged Demon Slayer, and in awe watched each demon die in the hands of a young boy, him. He was laughing, smiling, when their heads would get chopped of, or when the sun came to beat the crap out of it, it was amazing. He couldn't stop himself. Every single mission he went to, he made taht extra step in beathing the living hell out of them, just for the sake if himself.

He was then invited to the mission to Mount Natagumo, and happened to find other Demon Slayers on site too, but why were they fighting themselves?

"Hey!" He called, where they brought swords up to each other's faces, blood dripping down their foreheads. He wanted to join in the action, and ran towards them, but his body came into a halt, and he was no longer able to control it. His body felt slightly itchy, but he was unable to contain that itch, and his body was forced to fight the other Demon Slayers. Lucky for him, his body was doing all the work he needed to do, since he didn't know what was going on. (Yes, he was planning on joining the fight between Slayers and Slayers, he just wanted to see some blood drip, and a few dead bodies here and there, all for his satisfaction. ) It was then the 'strings' making his body move were cut off by some familiar people, one he saw at the final selection.

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A/N:

Hello! Thank you for reading this far! Another completed chapter: FINISHED!!!

Yo! Finally Ryo! Yes, he will get a few POVs every few chapters, maybe even have a few himself! He is my second main oc for KNY, so yea :D

- Polaroid ♡