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Inosuke turned his head to look at me and scoffed, but grinned nonetheless at my praise. "What are you talking about? Duh, I'm the strongest of them all! I'm everlasting, GRAHAHAHA!" Tanjiro and I snorted before we bursted out into giggles, feeling rather optimistic for this mission. I know we'd be okay, because I got the power of both LOVE and ANIME on my side! Hell yeah!
"HE'S LATE! THE DAY'S ALREADY ENDED AND HE STILL HASN'T COME!" Inosuke barked angrily as we waited for Tanjiro's arrival as he said. "Mm," I nodded worriedly, growing anxious. Tanjiro...Is he in trouble right now?! I would hope the fuck not! But if he is...My gut is clenching at the thought that he could be on the brink of death and we haven't done anything, but...
I clenched my fists nervously as Inosuke grumbled impatiently. That if I leave right now? Would it be too soon? Would I ruin something that's supposed to happen? I couldn't take that risk every time, and I know he's going to be okay, but the overwhelming need to protect one of my loves is seriously tearing me apart.
"SOUICHIROU, YOU DUMB-BUTT!" Inosuke growled before springing up, not being able to wait any longer, and turned to me. "COME ON YANA, WE'RE GONNA MAKE OUR MOVE! AND PIG ASSULT THAT DAMN DEMON'S CHEST!"
I immediately nodded, ready to follow his lead. "Let's do it! I get the feeling Tanjiro's in trouble!" I told him before he nodded and suddenly crouched to the grown before launching himself up into the ceiling, leaving me wide-eyed and a bit concerned. "Er...Ouch, bruh," I winced, watching the wood debris fall to the mat.
Inosuke let out a yell, although his voice was muffled by the ceiling where his head was currently stuck in. "MICE! MY SWORDS!" I heard him yell. I let out a small eager gasp, THE LEETLE BUFF RATS! HELL YEAH! (I know they're mice but I like to call anything that resembles a rodent a rat, just for fun!)
"Can you come down now? I want them to give me my uniform too," I called up to him. He said something muffled before pushing himself out of the ceiling, landing on the floor with wood chips stuck in his hair. I clicked my tongue and brushed them off, picking at the pieces in his hair as the mice dropped Inosuke's fucked-up swords through the hole he made.
I let out a tiny squeal and looked up at them, waving excitedly. To my absolute pleasure, they waved their little ripped arms back, how cute!
After asking them to deliver our uniforms and my sword, Inosuke and I immediately stripped off our kimonos, which wasn't a big problem since; A, Inosuke has no concept of manners and privacy, and B, I'm desensitized to nudity, so I didn't really give a shit if he saw my tits. The main issue was just getting our clothes back on and being ready to get into some crazy shit. (Oh yeah, and if you're wondering where I put Yushiro's language tag since it wasn't visible on my chest, I put it on my stomach instead, lol.)
"You fuckin' ready, bro?" I asked Inosuke as he grabbed his swords and stood up. He turned to me, the dead boar's blue eyes staring into my soul as he nodded. "Hell yeah! Time to go kill some demons!" He huffed proudly.
I grinned and gave him a determined nod, clutching my blade's handle tighter in my grip. "Let's go!"
The two of us raced towards the shoji door, Inosuke yelling out, "PIG ASSAAUULLT!" as a scream was heard from next to us as we entered the hallway. I looked over to see a horrified maiko, terrified of Inosuke's appearance. I gave her an apologetic smile before rushing off down the hall by Inosuke's side, passing by numerous women who were about to turn in for the night.
Screams were heard throughout the house as Inosuke shoved his way passed another girl, turning the corner as he sensed we were growing near a nest. We stopped in front of a small, dead-ended hallway, which made me turn to Inosuke in confusion.
"I think it's here! We just gotta break through the floor and there should be a tunnel!" Inosuke exclaimed, getting his swords ready. "Kay! Let's do this!" I cheered, feeling adrenaline course through my body. He turned to me for a moment and gave me a quick boop! to the tip of my nose with the snout of his mask. "Stand back, Yana! I can't have my underling turned into scrambled mush from my swords!" He ordered, waiting for me to step back before attacked the floorboards violently, causing a ruckus.
As I watched him, I couldn't help but grin his brief display of affection. 'This man forreal just gave me an eskimo kiss. BRUHHH GIVE ME ONE REASON WHY I SHOULDN'T SMOOCH HIM RIGHT NOW. Actually- nevermind, about to go against an Upper Moon, might die. Wait, but that's all the more reason to give him a kiss-kiss, right!?'
I didn't have another moment to internally debate the notion as he finally broke through, revealing a small dog-sized hole. I blanched at the size whilst Inosuke cheered. "GUAHAHAHAH! FOUND THE HOLE TO THE DEMON'S NEST! I'M FEELING THE TINGLES, THERE'S A DEMON HERE!"
I looked from the hole to Inosuke repeatedly, wondering how the hell we were gonna travel through there. Maybe he'd dig it bigger?
"PREPARE YOURSELF!" He cackled before diving into the hole head-first. A few women peeking around the corner screamed in surprise as they witnessed us. "Inosuke, you okay?" I called out, watching as only his head fit through the hole. He threw himself back up, seemingly undeterred. "So I can only get my head in there, huh," He chuckled, and something told me that he wouldn't give up just yet. He was Inosuke, after all.
"How naive! Nothing can withstand the Great Inosuke-sama!" He cackled, the light glinting on the boar's irises before he began dislodging his bones, the disturbing cracks making me flinch as I watched his wrist dangle limply.
"Omg, ew," I cringed, but also strangely fascinated. "I am the man who can dislodge every joint in my body, so basically, if I can get my head in there, I can go anywhere!" Inosuke exclaimed before jumping into the hole again, this time, his arms smushed against his body as he practically slid inside.
'This mufucka REALLY gonna leave me behind. Shiii, I CAN'T FUCKIN' DISLODGE MY JOINTS ON COMMAND BRUTHA!' I internally yelled. "Inosuke!" I called out into the dark hole. "I'll find you on the other side of the hole! Just yell for me!"
I hoped he heard me, since I heard the faint cackles of, "GUAHAHA! PIG ASSAULT! NOBODY CAN STOP MEEE!" within the hole.
"Now, how the fuck do I find him?" I muttered, wondering where was the other side of the tunnel.
Wait. Am I fucking DUMB?
"BrrrUUHHHHHH!" I groaned dramatically, slapping my hand to my face. "It's a fucking nest, the only way in IS the damn tunnel! Goddammit!" I looked down into the hole in distain, feeling stupid as hell and wondering just how I was gonna help out.
"I can't just stay here. And If I can't go through the tunnel...Then maybe I can go help-" I let out a loud gasp, my eyes almost shooting out of my sockets as I remembered- "BRUH, TANJIRO NEEDS MY FUCKIN' HELP! OHH SHIIIITTTT!"
I immediately ran off, passing a few of the horrified girls before slamming open the nearest shoji door and launching myself at the window, tearing through the paper and wood framing. I flew off into the night, landing on a roof and running off towards Tanjiro's building, hoping he was okay.
"Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit," I kept muttering under my breath in a slight panic, alone, and not knowing what to do. With only one thing on my mind, I grew closer to the area Tanjiro was stationed at before I heard the faint sounds of cloth rubbing together and tired grunts. It was a few ways away, and I wasted no time in shooting off to the direction of the sounds.
As I grew near, it went disturbingly silent. And I knew something was wrong. 'Tanjiro, please hold on!' I thought desperately, jumping onto another building. I froze as I saw Daki herself flash onto the roof of a building, which was two buildings away from where I was at. She didn't notice me, and I watched as she leaned her head back, her long, silky black hair fading into a snow-white color. Even though I was a bit farther, I could see the cracks along her skin, as if her body was porcelain cracking. She looked up at the sky and curled her lips into a sinister smile, holding her cheeks as she muttered something.
Not wanting to alarm her to my presence, I gently dropped from the roof onto the ground, making my way through a dark, narrow alley between the buildings to find Tanjiro. As I was about to walk out of the darkness and into the street, I stayed hidden as a man walked up behind Tanjiro and yelled at him, "Hey, what are you doing there?!" Alarmed, Tanjiro whipped around in a panic at the man's voice. I noticed some of the women in the buildings peek their head out to see the commotion, leaving them all vulnerable to Daki.
"Don't go arguing in front of other people's stores!" The man shouted, blind to the extreme danger just a few feet away.
Tanjiro's eyes widened in worry and he opened his mouth to warn the man. "NO, GET AWAY FROM HERE! DON'T LEAVE THE BUILDING!"
As he yelled this, my eyes widened as I spotted Daki lean over the roof, most likely about to attack. Right as Tanjiro finished his sentence, we both sensed the upcoming disaster that was about to reign on the street. Immediately, Tanjiro dashed to guard the man, standing in front of him with his sword at ready. Knowing that 'protect' would be his first instinct, I did the same.
I barely felt my legs move as I flashed in front of him, sword poised to defend as the ground shook. It happened so fast, I couldn't even process the feeling of my chest being slashed, blood spewing out of my body and staining the dirt below me red.
There was silence, and a ringing in my ears before moans and cries of pain rang around me, buildings crumbling in front of me and crashing onto the ground. Screams and wails of agony filled my ears, men and women alike screaming in pain.
I let out a weak cough before collapsing onto the ground, pain filling my senses and a pinch of dirt on the tip of my tongue. A head-pounding ringing faded in and out of my ears, Tanjiro's choked voice calling my name faintly reached my ears.
"Lana! LANA!" Tanjiro's grief-filled voice screamed, falling to his knees as he turned me over. I weakly blinked, pain blurring my vision. I still managed to make out his teary red eyes looking down at me. "You'll be...-kay! Y-you...-tta be! D...-'t move!" He cried, his voice fading in and out with the ringing.
'The ffuckinngg demonn,' my thoughts slurred as I blacked out, Tanjiro's sobs being the last thing I heard.
...A few seconds ago...
Tanjiro's eyes widened as a lilac-and-white patterned haori flashed in front of him, knowing that only two people could wear that pattern. And one, being his mother, was dead.
'Lana!?' His thoughts screamed in horror, feeling a warm fluid splash on his cheek, a copper smell hitting his nose, one that he was very familiar with.
Blood.
His pupils dilated as he realized it wasn't his own, and looking at Lana's shoulder, he realized the blood came from the slash at it. He watched in slow motion as the girl's body fell forward, the agonized cries of the man behind him losing his hand not reaching his ears as his surroundings suddenly became blurred.
No. No!
He threw himself onto his knees, panicking as he turned her body over. His eyes filled with tears as his gaze raked over the large, deep gash across her chest. Where it could've, should've, been on his instead.
"Lana, Lana! LANA!" he choked out, cradling her face blearily looking up at him. She seemed out of it, but he hoped she could at least hear him. "You'll be okay! You- you gotta be! Don't move, ple-" He cried out before realizing her eyes were struggling to stay open. Growing desperate, he started sobbing, tears and sweat running down his face. "Please, please don't fall asleep! Lana!"
To no avail, her eyes slid shut and she became slack in his hold. His mouth gaped in shock and grief, feeling the large bubble of sorrow clog his throat. He struggled to swallow, feeling more tears drip down his face before his eyes became cold, feeling the weight of sadness slip away, but allowing an overwhelming sense of rage to fill his body.
As much as he wanted to get Lana far away from here, there was still a demon on the loose.
Tanjiro's body shook with unbridled fury as he gently laid Lana's unconscious body on the ground before taking a stand. His gaze didn't move from her serene face as he finally tuned in to the man's whimpers of pain.
"Calm down. You'll be okay. Bind your arm with a cord." He said, his voice empty and almost robotic. It sent a shiver down the man's back, wondering if he should be wary of the boy as well.
Tanjiro's gaze suddenly shot up to Daki up on the roof, walking away as if she didn't do a thing. His heart pounded in his chest as he called out to her.
"Wait. Unforgivable...How dare you do this." Tanjiro hissed between gritted teeth, his sword clenched tightly in his hand.
The Upper Moon paused, debating whether or not to humor him before turning back to look down at him. Daki glared at him, irritated. "Huh? You're still talking? I've had enough of your plain existence. The lives of grotesque humans have no value whatsoever. You can all have fun rotting in hell."
Her gaze drifted down to the girl in front of him, a snarl forming on the demoness' lips.
"That one was asking for it. Her and that other pretty boy. Tch, shouldn't have ever thought of getting in my way, and now look at where she is. Going on the road straight to hell like everyone else." She scoffed at him one last time before whipping around and continuing to walk away.
Tanjiro's eyes hardened, his anger reaching new heights at her scornful words. 'Lana...would never be near the gates of hell!'
Feeling the control over his emotions slipping, furious veins popped from his forehead, along with the feeling of a tingle on his eyes.
For a moment, Tanjiro thought back to Shinjuro's letter that he received a few months ago. The older man wrote of his experiences, his suffering after his wife died. But most importantly, he wrote of the Sun Breath, sure that Tanjiro was one from the signature birthmark on his forehead.
'No, Shinjuro-san. This isn't a birthmark.' Tanjiro thought to himself. 'This is a burn scar I got when I shielded by brother after he knocked down the brazier. Then I wounded it more during the 'final selection', and that's how it came to be. But I did hear that my father had a slight birthmark on his forehead. I'm different from him.'
He felt his hands start to shake and the tingle in his eyes grew stronger, as if something was filling it from the inside. 'I'm sure...that I'm not one of those chosen users. But, even so...Even though I'm not chosen, even though I lack the power...' He clenched his teeth as tears began to fall from his eyes again. No, they weren't tears. Not normal, salty tears. Rather...
The scent of copper filled his nose again, coming straight from the 'tears' he was crying. And he knew that a different substance was leaking from his sockets.
'There are times when I can't just back down from someone, no matter what. Because there are people who don't have human hearts in this world. They irrationally take lives and cause pain without regretting it. And that kind of violence...' As he thought to himself, he kicked off the ground, leaping up to the roof and ran after Daki.
'That kind of violence...' He grabbed her ankle with a great amount of force, pulling her back as he swung his sword back, wide eyes filled with blood tears and fury. '-Is something I will never allow.'
He swung, going in for the kill before Daki ducked, using a long sash to deflect the blade. The demoness ripped her leg out of his grip, however Tanjiro's grip was too strong, causing her calf to tear from her ankle.
Tanjiro clutched her decapitated ankle in one hand, his sword swung behind him in the other as he glared at her with a fire in his eyes, hellbent on avenging the innocent civilians, avenging Lana.
"Lives that have been lost will never come back. They won't ever return," Tanjiro told her, unhesitant to attack again should she move.
Daki snarled at him but kept her distance.
Tanjiro continued, "Living, breathing creatures do not go the way of demons. Why do you take them? Why do you trample people's lives?"
Daki felt a faint pounding in her head, recognizing the words from somewhere.
As she turned back to Tanjiro, instead of the short demon slayer, she saw a tall man, with similar features as the boy she was just facing against. Tanjiro's voice melded with the unknown man's. "What's so fun about it? What's so enjoyable? What do you think lives are?"
'Who? Dunno him...' She thought to herself before realizing that this wasn't her memory, this was Muzan's cells in her body providing the nostalgia.
As she didn't respond, Tanjiro kept speaking. "Why don't you know? How could you forget? You were probably human too, once. You must have struggled with pain and suffering and shedding tears."
He was interrupted by Daki, who finally responded. She smashed her fist into the roof beneath her, grinning. "Blah blah blah blah, just shut up. I don't remember anything about my past. I'm a demon now, so the past has nothing to do with anything." She began to go on a tangent of how powerful demons were before Tanjiro grew tired of her rambling. "Alright, enough," he muttered before kicking off toward her, sword in hand.
The two fought on the building, sashes flying all over the place as Daki aimed to end him. Tanjiro swung tirelessly at her, wanting to send her straight to hell already. At one point, he managed to snag her neck, only for her to transform it into a sash as he made contact. Daki, believing she could get the upper hand, came at him with multiple sashes, hostility growing as the thought of actually getting beheaded grew more possible. However, in Tanjiro's view, they were slow, allowing him to easily gather all the sashes in one spot due to the way his blade was shaped.
He pinned the strips of fabric into the roof using his sword, looking down at them. Daki grew cocky as she laughed at his attempt to stop her, only to realize Tanjiro flipped around and simultaneously slashed through the sashes, cutting them into halves.
Right after Tanjiro leapt up after the demon, Nezuko sat in her box, worried for her brother but wanting to believe in him. However, Lana's scent intertwined with the scent of blood reached her nose and alarmed her. Believing Lana was in trouble, Nezuko shot out from her box, ready to protect her precious person before realizing there wasn't a demon near Lana, but instead, said girl's unconscious body slowly dying from blood loss. Nezuko let out a muffled squeal of horror at the sight of Lana's unconscious, wounded body and ran over to her, cradling her face in her hands.
Where was her nii-san? She scanned the area before spotting her brother ranting at a demon. The Upper Moon, she realized with worry. She glanced down at Lana, tears welling up in her eyes at the sound of her labored breathing.
At least she was still alive, but Nezuko didn't know how long she would be until the blood loss would kill her.
Acting quickly, she reached out her hand and gently placed it over the gash, determined to help her. Activating her blood technique, flames wooshed! around Lana's body, her wound beginning to close from the ability. It didn't take long for the skin to repair itself, and knowing that Lana was going to be alright, Nezuko let out a small sigh of relief.
The sounds of Tanjiro's violent coughing reached her ears, drawing her attention. Her stomach clenched, and something told her he needed her help. Nezuko let out a low growl and felt anger well up in her chest, knowing that the demon not only did this to Lana, but was about to harm her brother as well. Feeling her veins pulse, she quickly jumped onto the roof and immediately pulled her leg back, slamming her foot behind the Upper Moon's head, cutting off her sentence as Tanjiro's coughs shook his body.
"MMPH! MMMPH! MMMPH!" Nezuko growled from behind her muzzle, standing above Tanjiro with her fists clenched.
Sweat dripped down her face as she had flashbacks to the day her family was slaughtered, their mangled, bloody corpses filling her mind and furthermore fueling her rage.
The Upper Moon trembled with anger as her face slowly regenerated. "Now you've done it...YOU! OH. YOU. IT'S YOU! YOU'RE THE ONE THAT MAN WAS TALKING ABOUT."
Daki stared at Nezuko with frantic realization, remembering what Muzan-sama had asked her to do. Nezuko slowly charged towards the other demon, red vein-like marks spreading on her face from her left eye.
"Yeah, of course! I'll torture her to death if it pleases you!" Daki exclaimed, recalling her conversation with That Man.
Nezuko's eyes narrowed at her before she charged at her, swinging her leg in for another kick.
"You lowly demon!" Daki yelled, using her sash to slice off Nezuko's leg from the mid-thigh down. Not giving Nezuko the chance to recover, Daki then swung another sash at Nezuko's shoulder, Nezuko hurriedly throwing her arm up to block her, only for the sash to cut through her body, sending her flying into the ground and crashing through a building.
Daki leapt down, ditching the weak Tanjiro in favor of ending Nezuko's life, beginning to taunt the girl.
While explaining her plan to capture her in the sash and leave her to burn in the sun, Nezuko slowly rose from the ground, blood dripping from her sliced off left arm. Her leg was fully regenerated along with most of her torso, leaving Daki in shock at her incredibly fast regeneration abilities, thinking that...that her healing speed was that of an Upper Moon's.
Suddenly, Nezuko led out a roar, opening her mouth and letting her destroyed bamboo muzzle to fall on the ground. Now fully-regenerated, she turned to face Daki, black, inky vines spreading across her skin like tattoos, a single, crooked horn protruding from the right side of her forehead.
She lunged at Daki, swinging her leg in for another kick, only for her leg and her arm to be slashed off.
"NEXT IS YOUR HEAD!" Daki grinned before Nezuko swung her leg- now regenerated up to the ankle, and slammed Daki into the ground, her bloody stump penetrating into Daki's torso.
Her hair bellowed around her, revealing a sinister smile full of menace. She looked like a beautiful storm, chaotic, but beautiful.
"Save her, nii-chan. Nee-chan will lose herself." Takeo's voice rang in Tanjiro's head, causing him to gasp and jolt, waking up from unconsciousness.
Tanjiro grunted, forcing himself to get up as he peeked over the edge of the roof, searching for Nezuko. He gasped as he saw his once-innocent, sweet little sister stomping on Daki with a crazed smile on her face, her features more demonic than human. He watched as Daki writhed in agony, screaming as Nezuko activated her blood technique to set her on fire. Delivering a final kick, Nezuko sent Daki's half-charred body into the buildings in front of her.
Stepping in, she was met by the dim light from paper lanterns, softly illuminating a room where three women stood, shaking in fright as they held each other. One noticed her and looked at her grotesque form in fear, clutching her bleeding arm.
Letting out an animalistic yell, she lunged for the woman, who let out a blood-curling scream as she could do nothing but watch as Nezuko grew closer, and closer, and just as Nezuko was about to snap at her neck, she was suddenly pulled back by a blade, wedged between her teeth. The sharp end was facing outwards, which wouldn't hurt her.
"NEZUKO!" Tanjiro cried out, holding her struggling form back. "STOP! ENDURE IT!" "GUAAAHH!" Nezuko growled, writhing in his grip. "YOU CAN'T! YOU HAVE TO RESIST! NEZUKO!" Tanjiro wept as Nezuko's force sent them onto the floor. He wrapped his legs around her waist and tightened his hold on her, desperate to save her.
"GUAAAAHHH! RAAAH!" Nezuko screamed, thrashing aggressively. Tanjiro cried as her nails, sharp as knives, painfully sunk into his face. "I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY FOR MAKING YOU FIGHT!" He sobbed, holding his only sister left as tight as he could. "IT MUST'VE- IT MUST'VE HURT, RIGHT? IT MUST'VE BEEN PAINFUL, RIGHT?" He choked out. "I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S OKAY. YOUR BROTHER WON'T LET ANYONE HURT YOU, GO TO SLEEP NEZUKO. SLEEP AND RECOVER!" Tanjiro yelled, not letting go as Nezuko shakily sat up with him on her back.
"UAAAAHHH!" "NEZUKO!" Tanjiro choked on air as Nezuko kneeled. "NEZU-" He cried out before Nezuko kicked off the ground, sending them flying up into the ceiling. The women below watched in horror as the two broke through multiple floors before they vanished out of sight, leaving the girls to weep in fear.
"KYAAAA!" Multiple girls screamed as Tanjiro and Nezuko wrestled on the floor, right beside the hole they came up from. "From..below!?" "WHAT THE!?" "Someone came up through the floor!" The people in the room cried out, staying away from the two as Nezuko thrashed around.
"NEZU...KO! GO TO SLEEP!" Tanjiro yelled before releasing a cough, his fever weakening his body. "GAAAAA! GUWAAUH!" Nezuko wretched before the thin walls broke apart, revealing Daki with half of her face charred to black. The burns cracked her skin horridly, and she appeared more like a horrific old doll left to rot rather than the powerful beauty she was.
"You've really done it now...Yes...You can even use demon blood techniques? A curious technique that only burns demons..." Daki commented, literally and figuratively cracking at the seams.
"On top of that, I'm not healing very well at all. This extremely pisses me off. Extremely."
Daki's sashes emerged from her back, twisting and swiveling around in the air threateningly. Tanjiro was at a loss, he couldn't hold Nezuko back while he fought Daki, and Nezuko would immediately begin eating the people within the building. He was truly at a loss.
...Until-
"FUCK OFF MY MAN, BITCH!"
Lana leapt out from behind the wall and swung her sword, cleanly slicing off Daki's head before the demoness had a chance to turn around.
Daki's head toppled off her neck, only to be caught in Daki's arms. Her eyes were comically wide, not expecting the sudden attack. Lana skipped to a stop in front of Tanjiro, her sword clutched in her hand.
Tanjiro's wide eyes shifted from Daki's equally-as-shocked eyes to the familiar warmth of his girlfriend's. Lana's lips curled into a cool smile and she gave him a wave. "Hey shawtyyy," Lana winked. Tanjiro gaped at her wordlessly, still holding a thrashing demonic Nezuko in his arms.
'Lana! She...She's okay! The demon's head fell off!? Lana cut her down! Amazing...!' He thought to himself in awe.
"O-oh, omg, your eyes have, like, blood clots in them Tanji," Lana pointed out, staring into his eyes. Despite the unfitting circumstances at the moment, Tanjiro still blushed at her gaze. She'd always have that affect on him, he supposed.
Uzui stepped out from the wreck and clicked his tongue. "Hey, isn't this Kamado Nezuko? She's flamboyantly progressing into a demon." Tanjiro jerked and let out a weird sound of protest. "You made such a huge show in front of Oyakata-sama and this is how it turns out?" Uzui said, crouching in front of the boy.
"H-how...How did you cut off my neck? I killed you! You shouldn't even be moving!" Daki exclaimed, interrupting the pillar.
"So annoying. We're talking over here, buzz off." Uzui looked over his shoulder with uncaring eyes. "You're not an Upper Moon demon, are you? You're way too weak. You're not the demon I'm looking for."
"Huh?" Daki muttered, falling to her knees as she held her head.
"Hey," Uzui said leaning in close to Tanjiro's bewildered face. "The fight isn't over yet. Do something about your sister."
The three demon slayers looked down at Nezuko, who tirelessly writhed under Tanjiro's blade in her mouth. "GUAAH! GUAAAURH!" She growled. "Nezuko!" Tanjiro and Lana exclaimed, the latter rushing over to Tanjiro's side to try and restrain Nezuko.
"Dumb brats who grumble around have no place on the battlefield. Sing her some plain lullaby or something," Uzui instructed before Nezuko growled and flung the three of them to the window panels, sending them flying to the ground below.
Lana let out a wheeze as she landed on the ground, feeling the wind get knocked from her lungs.
Tanjiro worriedly looked over at his girlfriend's weak form before looking down at Nezuko and remembering Uzui's suggestion.
"Sing her a lullaby or something."
Tanjiro's eyes widened before he began to push harder against Nezuko's struggling, shakily humming out a lullaby familiar to them.
"Kn-knock, knock...Little- little bunny from the mountain- urgh! Why are y-your ears so long?" He sang, struggling to keep a steady voice as Nezuko thrashed around. Lana finally reached them and began petting Nezuko's hair, careful to not cut herself on Tanjiro's blade facing her.
"When she was- gah! When she was small, my mother ate the l-leaves of a tall tree, and that is why my ears-" As he sang, Nezuko's jerky movements began to slow, the song reaching her. "-are so long."
Tanjiro repeated the lullaby, this time Lana joining in as Nezuko became slack in their arms. Tanjiro and Lana's warm voices harmonized in a gentle melody as they sang, relieved that it was working. Nezuko remained silent, tears coming to her eyes, and she began to weep, crying and sobbing as the two finished the song. Tanjiro removed his blade from her mouth, allowing Lana to gently pull Nezuko to her chest as she cried, clinging onto the older girl for comfort.
"Nezuko..." he softly said, the couple watching as the marks faded from her skin, her body shrinking to that of a small child.
Lana chuckled in relief with tears in her eyes as Nezuko curled up in their lap, Tanjiro placing a gentle hand on his slumbering sister. "She's asleep," He said breathlessly before throwing his head back gratefully. "Mother, she slept...She's asleep," He sighed in exhaustion before looking over at Lana, his eyes latching onto her blood-covered chest.
"Lana! You should be resting! Why are you up!? You're hurt so badly!" Tanjiro whisper-yelled, tears springing to his eyes in worry. "Yeah, I guess I should be, lol. I'm in-" she winced. "-So much pain baby. Like, I'd literally rather get yelled at by Dad right now instead of this- which, okay, honestly? He's gonna beat my ass when he finds out about this one, ohmygod-" she wheezed, letting out a cough. "-Aw man, I miss Dad. Tanjiro, if I die, tell him if all his lychee goes missing, my ghost took them."
Tanjiro squawked, shaking his head.
"No, no! I'm not gonna ever tell him that because you're not gonna die!"
"You right, I ain't dying right now! I'm just messing with you, I'm fine!" Lana chirped.
"Huh?!" Tanjiro exclaimed before being interrupted by a scream.
"HOW DARE THAT GIRL CUT MY HEAD OFF! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS, WRETCH!"
We heard Daki scream from the top floor. Lana rolled her eyes and plopped her cheek into her hand, resting on her knee. "The bitch just mad I can do makeup better than her. AND I have bigger tits, beat that, lmaoo."
"Come on, Lana. Let's get going," Tanjiro said, picking Nezuko up and standing, waiting for Lana. She let out a small chuckle and got up happy to get the fuck out of the area.
"Alright. Lead the way then, babe."
...To be continued...