Chapter 17: Temptation
Even after coming in contact with the lord, Shin and Makomo continued to have their night out. It's not like they'd always have the chance to do this.
Once Makomo had finished trying every sweet she saw, the two decided to explore a part of the town they hadn't yet.
They went around the area like they did the main place. As the two demons were about to pass a wall Shin abruptly stopped. "Hey Makomo, do you hear that?"
Makomo looked slightly confused but tried listening in to her surroundings. Still, she couldn't hear anything. "I don't hear anything master."
"It's coming from here." Shin turned towards the wall next to them. "It sounded like an explosion."
"Do you think there's something behind the wall by any chance?" Makomo walked back and stared at the wall with him.
If anyone was to pass by they would have thought the two were crazy.
Shin shook his head. "No, when we were walking by there were nothing but small houses.."
He walked towards the wall and disappeared into it.
Makomo started to panic seeing this but it didn't last long as Shin had come back out.
"Calm down, there's a battle going on over here, come on." Shin grabbed the girl and walked back into the wall.
The surroundings had changed. A house appeared ahead of them with 6 people standing outside, two were familiar faces.
He could tell that all of them were demons except the one who seemed to be a slayer.
The slayer was a boy with ruffled, black to red hair. It was combed back exposing a scar on the top left of his forehead. He had red eyes and wore the demon slayer uniform with a green and black checkered haori over it.
The girl next to him had black to flame orange hair and pale pink eyes with a bamboo muzzle in her mouth. She had on a light pink kimono with a hemp leaf pattern, it had a red and white checkered orange threaded hanhaba obi. There was a long brown haori over it that reached over her knees.
Behind them was a beautiful woman with brown hair and lavender eyes. Next to her was a demon who had pale green to black hair.
Across from the four were two demons. One had very short black hair and eyes on his hands while the other had black to orange hair that reached her shoulders.
"Isn't that Tanjiro and Nezuko?" Shin asked, looking towards the slayer and demon duo. Tanjiro had a black nichirin in hand and a determined look on his face.
"Do you know them master?" Makomo asked.
"Mn, I lived with them before I joined the final selection. Their father was one of the main reasons I was able to join." He answered.
"I see, that girl with the bamboo muzzle looks to be a demon.."
While the two were talking the fight had already begun. The demon with the black to orange hair kept yelling about being a twelve kizuki, but the two could tell that wasn't true due to no number or kanji being in her eye.
The other demon acted more maturely than his partner and kept complaining about dust. From what they could see the two were very loyal to that man from before.
"Master, his blood demon art seems useful, yes?" Makomo asked, looking at the arrow demon sending Tanjiro flying.
"I was thinking the same, though It would be useless to try to convince him to join us if that's what you're suggesting. He wouldn't listen to us but his partner probably would." Shin replied, looking towards the demon throwing temari.
He and Makomo jumped onto a tree to watch the fight from there. It didn't take long for the battle to come to a conclusion.
The woman with brown hair started speaking towards the temari demon about how cowardly a man named Kibutsuji was, who Shin and Makomo assumed to be the lord's name.
After thinking, Shin decided he'd try and get the temari demon before she could die. "Alright, I've decided, I'll take her."
Makomo slightly winced at his words and looked up at Shin apprehensively. "Am I not good enough, master?" She asked nervously.
Shin placed his hand on her head then ruffled her hair like always. "Don't worry, no one can take your place."
Makomo smiled and nodded her head. "Mn!"
Shin hopped down from the tree with his mask on then walked towards the group. The woman with brown hair had cut her arm making a sweet fragrance enter the air.
"Lord K-"
"It's best if you stop right there." Shin interrupted her, the demon quickly covered her mouth causing the woman who cut her arm to look at him with a visible frown, but she didn't say anything.
The demon who was about to yell 'his' name looked at Shin with appreciation and removed her hands from her mouth. "Thank you for stopping me, one of the twelve kizuki!"
Shin slightly frowned hearing her. "You are not one of the kizuki."
"What do you mean?!"
"Do you really think you are a kizuki? A demon close to the lord wouldn't have been so weak." Shin said bluntly.
"You don't know what you're talking about, I am one of the chosen twelve!" The demon summoned her temari and began throwing them towards Shin with full force.
They were fast but Shin was still able to move around them quite easily. He noticed during the fight how the arrow demon would change the temari's trajectory.
Since that demon had died during the battle they couldn't guide themselves back towards him.
"You are not, even if you wanted to join the kizuki do you think the lord would ever look at you again after this? you failed him."
"He gave up on you."
The demon froze hearing what he had said. His words resounded through her head and her eyes glazed over as tears ran down her face.
'That's enough.' The look in her eye said it all, she gave up. He knew he could take advantage of the moment but didn't think it would be that easy.
"Don't worry, I'll give you a chance..I won't abandon you. Serve under me, I'll take care of you." He reached his hand out to her.
'He'll take care of me? He won't abandon me?..' The demon looked at Shin, his expressionless look seemed to have become gentler in her eyes.
"M-master.." The word left her mouth on its own as she grabbed his hand.
"Your name is Susamaru, yes?" He asked.
"Yes." She answered.
Shin made a small sound of understanding and looked at Makomo. She was next to the hole Susamaru had put in the house. "Makomo, let's get back to what we were doing."
Makomo nodded then walked to his side, Susamaru was standing behind. "Yes master."
"W-what you're just going to leave?" Shin heard a familiar voice below. He looked down to see Tanjiro crawling towards the group.
"That's the plan." He took one last look at Nezuko before walking away with Susamaru and Makomo. 'Looks like he didn't do it'
Nezuko's eyes slightly widened when she felt his eyes land on her. They felt familiar for some reason yet she couldn't remember.
She tried reaching out to him but he was already too far away.
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"Nezuko.." Tanjiro looked at his sister worriedly.
Ever since the three demons left she had been staring at that wall. The demon with black to red hair that showed up had a stronger scent than the two that attacked them.
He slightly shivered remembering how that demon won without fighting back. The girl with blue and pink hair wasn't falling behind either.
"Lady Tamayo, were those two close to Muzan?" Tanjiro turned towards the woman with brown hair.
Tamayo looked back towards the wall and shook her head. "I'm afraid not, they were all too weak to be close to that man.."
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