Chapter 5: Entering the fray II
Still seated within the dojo, the young demon slayer and the two demons continued their conversation, unaware of the terrible and life changing danger headed towards them.
"Are you saying that there's a way to cure my sister?! And that you'll only need the blood of demons?!!"
Tanjiro Kamado, the young demon slayer couldn't believe the words coming out of the mouth of lady Tamayo, the demon healer.
"Exactly, Tanjiro, however this won't be an easy task, otherwise, I would've made the cure myself. The demons from which you extract blood from need to be those who share immensely close relations with Muzan himself, in other words, the twelve Kisuki…"
She spoke in an ominous tone as the face of the young boy hardened.
"The twelve Kisuki are the demons who share the closest relations with Muzan. They were demonised from his own blood, and are the strongest demons currently."
She explained further, seeing the confused expression on his face.
"They might be the strongest, but I will not give up!! Even if I have to train 10 times harder than I normally do, I will, and I'll become stronger!"
He raised his voice in determination, and his grip on his katana tightened.
"That's a good mindset, Tanjiro. You'll go far in your journey.."
Lady Tamayo smiled and nodded in encouragement.
Meanwhile, Jushiro, who stood there in jealousy was about to intervene, seeing the reaction between the both of them suddenly felt his danger sense tingle.
"Watch out!!!" He immediately roared out and grabbed Lady Tamayo out of the way, while Tanjiro reacted and shielded his sister, Nezuko with his body.
*BANG!*
An incoming projectile suddenly ripped through the building at immense speeds nearly taking down the whole thing.
"Hahahaha! Come out everyone! We're here to play…."
Outside of the dojo two figures stood amidst a blazing storm of energy with bloody grins etched onto their faces.
One of them, a female looking demon held onto an orange Tamari in her hand while bouncing it around like a basketball, with a crazed smile etched on her face.
The other was a male demon dressed in green robes with a large Buddhist beads around his neck. His eyes were closed and in his palms were two grotesque eyeballs that squirmed about in the sockets.
"This is amazing! I can feel the immense power flowing through my veins! It's exhilarating!!"
Letting out a shrill laughter, the female demon, Susamaru took a step forward and ripped off her outer robes, leaving only a black tank top on her upper body, while two more pairs of arms grew out of her thoracic cage. The tamari in her hand quadrupled and soon each of her hands held a Tamari, as she bounced them about.
Sensing the aura of his enemies, and their overwhelming presence, Tanjiro fearlessly grabbed his katana, as he and Nezuko walked out of the dojo ready for battle.
"Be careful Tanjiro…"
Looking right at him, Lady Tamayo let out a small assuring smile as he walked out with an unsheathed blade.
"There's the demon slayer with the hanafuta earrings!! Who knew we'd be able to accomplish two things at once!! It's like killing two birds with one stone!!"
Susamaru spoke while bouncing her tamari, with each bounce causing the floor to crack due to the overwhelming force accompanying them.
"This is a good thing for us, Suasamaru! Now not only would Lord Muzan be pleased with us!! He'd even share more of his power with us!!!"
Hanabi, the monk looking demon roared out in laughter, while the eyeballs in his palm murderously glared at Tanjiro and Nezuko.
"Lady Tamayo, will the blood of these guys suffice for now?"
Tanjiro took a step forward and took in feel concentrated breaths, that filled his lungs and organs with intense concentration of energy.
"Yes, Tanjiro.."
She whispered and without warning, the two siblings blasted out at full speed, heading towards their enemies with only one purpose in mind; kill.
Watching the enemies moving towards them at impressive speeds, Susamaru and Hanabi reacted instantly, with Susamaru choosing to take on Tanjiro, while Hanabi took on Nezuko.
Without hesitation, she hurled her tamari at Tanjiro with unparalleled strength which caused whooshing sounds in the air, as it blasted towards the young demon slayer at immense speeds.
Quickly jumping out of the way, Tanjiro was nearly caught in the attack, as he manoeuvred himself on the ground, dodging the multiple tamari that occasionally smashed towards him.
"My attacks can't reach if I'm too far away!! I need to get up close!!"
Tanjiro encouraged himself and dodged the barrage of Tamari that shot towards him like blasts from canons.
Grasping a flaw, he took the opportunity and leaned in for an attack, cocking his sword back, tightening the muscles in his arms and thighs and concentrating on his breathing pattern to be able to unleash maximum energy output.
"Water Breathing, Third form…"
Moving with the elegance of a master swordsman, his body seemed to embrace the very concept of a flowing waterfall, as a stream of an ever twisting and flowing river materialised around his body.
"Flowing Dance!!"
Ready to unleash full strength, he roared out and concentrated all of his energy into his sword.
'Shit! There's a Tamari headed towards me?!! How was it able to manuever in the air?!'
However, right in the moment when he was about to unleash the attack, he suddenly paused and concentrated his energy back into his body, using it to hurl himself backwards while narrowly dodging a Tamari that almost ripped his head apart.
Meanwhile, Nezuko with her impressive combat instincts was proving to be no challenge for Hanabi who was simply using his technique to disorient her and keep her far away from him as far as he could.
Waving his hand, the eyeballs suddenly squirmed, before a red arrow materialised in a split second, latched onto Nezuko's figure and sent her flying as she crashed through multiple trees.
"My blood demon art, allows me to manipulate directions using my demon arrows telekinetically. How do you want to battle me when you don't know where you're going?!"
Letting out a small laugh, Hanabi who stood on a large tree simply waved his hand, materialised multiple arrows which latched onto Nezuko's figure and hurled her flying into the sky.
*BANG!*
Getting hurled through a wall, Tanjiro stood back up and gnashed his teeth, wiping the blood that flowed from his nose in pain and coughed out blood, while rubbing his side in pain, feeling the protrusion of a rib bone out of his skin.
'I need to be able to find a way to dodge the Tamari, or I might lose!!'
He thought to himself and jumped back, dodging another Tamari, before he crossed his blade before his chest and dodged another, and right in that instant, another Tamari appeared almost out of nowhere underneath him and smashed into his chin and hurled him flying while spitting blood.
"Awww! Little demon slayer can't play anymore?!!"
Susamaru taunted and summoned back her Tamari's about to unleash another attack when a frightening chill suddenly enveloped the entire area.
"Oh?"
The two devils exclaimed in surprise, sensing an aura that bore slight resemblance to Muzan himself, and although lower in quantity, it quality far outclassed his.
Even Lady Tamayao and Yushiro shivered as they felt the ominous aura drawing nearer and nearer.
"Humph!!"
Susamaru angrily harrumphed, before she grabbed one Tamari and hurled it towards the incoming aura with almost all of her strength, allowing it to whip through the air at immense speeds.
*BANG!*
*Tap* *Tap*
A resounding bang exploded forth, along with a shockwave however the only thing that remained from the seeming collision was the ringing sound of footsteps.
'Who?'
Even Tanjiro who was currently injured looked on with fear sensing the energy that approached them, something that was unlike anything he had ever felt before.
*Tap!* *Tap*
A lsnthe footsteps rang out louder and louder, a silver haired figure with tattoos on his body walked out of the shadows with a bloody smile, while he playfully tossed the Tamari in his hands.
"Oi. Does this belong to you?…"
Turning towards a completely stunned Susamaru, Sukuna simply raised a brow and tossed the Tamari in his hand towards her.
*BANG!*
The Tamari whipped through the air, reaching speeds it had never reached before and almost lit up in flames, backed by the overwhelming force.
Stretching out her three pairs of arms to grab the incoming Tamari, her face suddenly contorted at the point of collision, as the Tamari ripped through her arms before continuing through her torso and shot into the horizon like a rocket.
Blood spilled out, as everyone looked on in shock, especially Susamaru herself, seeing her powerful and outright abnormal defence getting destroyed by one attack.
"Oi. Brat. Even with all that potential locked up in you, you're still losing to this piece of trash? You're the most pathetic loser I've ever met.."
Turning towards Tanjiro who was even struggling to get up to his feet at this moment, Sukuna began walking towards him, while a crazed smile adorned his face.
A/N: Sorry for the late update. I'll throw in an extra chapter today.
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