Shard and the Crescent

'final selections?'

after 5 more months of training, I was able to beat Isamu easily. the day before final selections, i decided to go back to the waterfall .. I approached the waterfall, I saw a, maybe 7 Feet tall man sitting at the rock at the bottom. i approached him and he opened his eyes, i cowardly backed off a bit, he got up and smiled at me, he seemed like he was blind

"are you blind?" i asked , relaxing a bit

"yes, final selections are coming, shouldn't u be training?"

"I've trained enough, I want to take a stroll in the area to find out about where I'm gonna live"

he sat back down on the rock under the waterfall, i came to the river that led after the waterfall and sat there letting my feet drift in the river

"so, u must be a hashira right?"

"how did u know?"

I looked back at him being able to indulge the powerful waterfall falling on him

"i wonder how" i say sarcastically

the next day, I got woken up early again for final selections, I got into the 'demon slayer' uniform again. me and Asahi said goodbye to Isamu and went out of the way to the start of the final selections. as we approach, we saw all the hashira, all of them talking standing in a line, except two of them, one of them i saw yesterday, the other, Akari's brother?

the final selections started and me and Asahi stayed together until we were split apart by the barrier and forced to go our own way. i explored the forest and easily killed every demon that came my way. after the final selections ended, i returned unscathed and met Asahi, he had a few minor injuries.

i turned around and saw the hashiras congratulating everyone, one caught my eye, he was a student at our school, Akari's step-brother, he walked away ignoring everyone who passed.

"how ignorant!" i thought to myself, rolling my eyes as I helped Asahi back home.

we returned home safe and sound...