Argentum: Alright here's the next part of Mugen Train! I hope you enjoy it.
Slayer: I know I will.
Judan: That's just because you'll be enjoying the bits of lore.
Slayer: Your point?
Kanae: Don't be rude now.
Grel'Slyfer: No! Be ruder!
Kanae: I said… Don't Be Rude. Am I Clear?
Grel'Slyfer: Yes ma'am.
Kanae: Good~.
Slayer: Yeesh.
Judan: Huh.
Argentum: Thank you Kanae, now can you also start us off? Because unless we get a review this comment section won't be getting longer.
Slayer: Don't you mean the-
Argentum: NO!
Kanae: Sure~! I'll be happy to. Ahem… The Dark Guard productions unfortunately only owns oc's and reality building rules. Everything else belongs to their wondrous owners. Now without further ado…
Everyone: Here's the story!
Hello= Regular talk
Hello= Thoughts
[Hello]= Radio
(Hello)= Telepathy/Mind reading
Chapter Forty Three: Special third Person Chapter! Chapter Six! Mugen Train part Two!
Kanao was in a moral dilemma, more than anything she wanted to sit here, with the people she loved, and continue eating with them. Her most precious people were all alive and well, and were having dinner. Their laughter and smiles brought a powerful warmth to her chest. However the more she stayed the longer she understood what this all was.
This is all a dream… one that can never come true with Kanae Onee Chan dead. That thought caused the flower girl to frown and put down her bowl. I can't stay here. Noticing her now sad expression, Tanjiro put down his own bowl and turned to her.
"Are you doing alright Kanao Chan?" The talking ceased as everyone turned to her, expressions of worry on their faces.
After a moment Kanao looked at her older sister. "I've never said it… and now it will always be too late to say it. But thank you for everything Onee Chan. Thanks for never giving up on me, thank you for loving and caring for me, and thank you for teaching me flower breathing." She took a breath and before Kanae could say anything Kanao stood up. "I wish that this were all real. I would've love for you have met Tanjiro Kun. But that's an impossibility now." Smiling at her deceased sister as a few tears went down her face, Kanao said a few words she wished she was able to say before. "Goodbye Onee Chan."
That's when something surprising happened, everyone but Kanao and Kanae vanished. Thinking it was some sort of trap Kanao prepared for anything. Now being back in her uniform Kanao was about to draw her sword. That's when Kanae sighed and stood up with a proud smile.
"You've grown so much Kanao Chan. I'm sorry I wasn't with you and Shinobu Chan during these times." Kanao was surprised as Kanae walked up to her. "I'm proud of you Imouto." Pulling the shorter girl into a hug Kanao didn't know what to say. "You've become the person I've always knew you could."
After a moment Kanao spoke up confused. "This isn't real is it? This is just a dream right?" Patting her younger sister's head Kanao spoke with a bit of mischief in her voice.
"Maybe~. But then again, sometimes dreams can come true. And though I wish we could talk longer, you have people you need to protect yes?" Pulling away as Kanao wiped her eyes, she smiled sadly at her. "I wish you the best, and if you wish to leave… well there are two ways available to you. One requires you to cut something close to you, and another involves something you've recently required." Kanao now confused was about to ask what her sister meant, when Kanae put her hands on her hips with a large smile. "Personally I'm not a fan of the first one, though your Tanjiro Kun has already done it under the advice of his Tou San. Though for you I ask that you say hi for me when you meet her. Good luck~!" Turning around she vanished with a wave of her hand.
This left the flower girl even more confused, though she understood that Tanjiro had already awakened. She was also confused by who this "her" her sister was talking about. However if her sister had suggested that option, than she must've had a good reason.
Using her incredible eyesight to look around as she left the estate, she hoped to find some kind of clue. That's when she saw it, a large tear in what looked like an invisible wall. Curious she ran a t full speed towards it. Within seconds she was standing in front of the anomaly. On the other side she could see a field of various flowers, and it was lit up by an enormous sun. Feeling a sort of draw into the tear she entered it. Continuing to explore she saw a large hill in the distance, on top was something she didn't expect to ever truly see.
"A dragon?" It was a large white dragon with a pink underbelly. However instead of leathery membranes for wings, it instead had a purple, white, and pink feathered wings. There was some even jutting out of the dragons jaw pointing towards its back. As she cautiously approached the dragon turned her lavender eyes towards her. After a moment of staring it spoke with a gentle and familiar sounding voice.
(Ah… so you're done talking to Onee Chan then?) Startled Kanao couldn't find words to speak. (Since that would be my reaction to hearing myself talk, I'll give you a moment.)
Shaking her head Kanao managed to get over her shock. "Who are you? And why did you call Onee Chan, well, Onee Chan?" Lowering her massive head the beautiful dragon lowered her head, turning it so Kanao could she her own reflection in the reptilian eye. It didn't take her long to understand the message. "You're me?" Pulling her head back the dragoness nodded. "Are you who Onee Chan told me to say hi to?" Her other self nodded before speaking again.
(I am, Onee Chan thought it would be best for the two of us to meet. Tanjiro Kun's father thought it best for him to simply wake up. Least that's what Onee Chan told me.) Kanao was more confused than ever now.
"Was… was that really Onee Chan then? Was that really her spirit coming to help us?" After a moment her dragon self shrugged.
(I only know as much as you do, even knowing what you instinctually know to be true. However I was only created through this demon's blood demon art. So there's only so much I can do.) Kanao looked down in thought, but eventually nodded in understanding.
"If that's the case then why did she think I should talk to you? If this is a onetime thing, then what's the point on even speaking?" The dragoness turned around and looked at the sun before speaking.
(I guess she wanted you to gain a perspective on what you could eventually become. Tanjiro Kun didn't need that because not only did he become a dragon selflessly. But also because he already knows what will happen. He's accepted that and has no need for a talk. Like he told us he had already thought through everything before he was turned. We on the other hand only thought of being able to stand by his side. Unlike him we were quite selfish weren't we?)
Kanao looked towards the sun before agreeing. "That may be true. However after so long… I think we deserve to be a little selfish." The dragoness nodded before looking over her should at her human counterpart.
(Even so we both know that Tanjiro Kun… when we finally beat Muzan, will leave with Michael Kun. We also know that we'll leave with him, probably not coming back for years.) Sighing she turned back towards the sun as Kanao walked to her side. (I think Onee Chan wanted us to realize what we've sacrificed. That and there's a good chance we'll still be alive by the time she reincarnates. Mean this was probably the last time we'll see her.)
Putting a hand on the leg of the dragoness Kanao smiled. "That will most likely be the case; however I think we'll be happy as long as we can be with Tanjiro Kun. Am I right?" The dragoness nodded before looking down at Kanao.
She gave a thin smile before speaking again. (That is true, but speaking of our lover, we should probably wake up now. I can feel Nezuko trying to wake us up with her blood art. That and I can feel Tanjiro fighting.) Nodding Kanao was about to ask how she'd wake up, when the dragoness blew on her. It smelt like wisteria and said flowers started spinning around her. As they covered her vision the dragoness spoke for the last time. (If you truly wish to become strong, then accept who we are, for we are no longer human.)
With a gasp Kanao sat up, her breath a little unsteady when a hand touched her shoulder. "Are you okay?" Looking to who spoke she saw a worried Nezuko. Patting the younger girl's head with a smile Kanao spoke two words.
"Never better~."
I! President Line break now make it illegal to walk on top of a moving train!
A few minutes before Kanao awoke
Tanjiro looked around, quickly noting that only he and Nezuko were awake. "Damn! I thought that at least Rengoku Sensei and Nii San would be awake!" Nezuko gave a wry smile along with a shrug.
"Well if it's any consolation I think I'm only awake because I'm a demon myself." After a moment of thought Tanjiro nodded before sitting up. He did so while gently laying Kanao down on the seat; he then noticed the rope attached to his wrist. It looked burnt and as he smelt it, he could detect a familiar scent. Looking over to Nezuko he saw the same thing on her wrist. "Do you know what the ropes were for?" Nezuko nodded before pointing at a man that was frothing at the mouth.
"They were used to allow others into our dreams. I beat that guy up to tell me what was going on. They were actually going for our spiritual cores; told me if they were destroyed it would turn us into practical vegetables." Tanjiro nodded and noticed that everyone else's ropes were burned.
"I'm guessing you took care of that then right?" As she nodded Tanjiro noticed a man in the middle of the walkway, his eyes rolled back up into his head and blood coming out of his nose. "What happened to him?" She shrugged at the question but looked at Michael.
"Pretty sure he encountered more trouble than he could handle." Noticing her gaze Tanjiro grimaced. "Guess that's a pure blood dragon for you." She then looked at the girl who was tied to Kanao. "Seems as if she also had a bad time, least she's not dead." Tanjiro nodded and was about to say something else when on instinct he pulled Nezuko back. Stumbling from her failed sneak attacked the girl who Kyojuro was chocking glared at them.
"Come on! I just need to kill one of you!" Glaring at her Tanjiro tried reasoning with the poor girl.
"Look! You don't have to do this! Don't you know that he's just using you?!"
The girl grit her teeth before retorting. "I know that! But as long as I get my dreams I don't care!" She then looked around her as a few others got up. Spotting another one of their group awake she yelled at him. "Hey! I don't care if you have tuberculosis! Get up and help us!" Tanjiro looked over as a thin and frail looking man stood up, he was the one tied to Tanjiro and he was currently crying.
Tuberculosis huh? Poor man… I wonder if Michael or maybe one of the doctor squad could help him? Shaking his head he looked at those in front of him. "I suggest you stand down, you can't even hurt me the way you are now." With a yell a man ran at him, trying to stab him with his ice pick. Tanjiro simply sighed before dodging and hitting the back of his neck. "I warned you." As the man dropped lick a rock he blitzed forward and knocked the rest out. The only one he didn't hit was the man he was tied to. "Are you alright?"
Looking back up at Tanjiro the man smiled. "Yeah I'm fine… go and beat that monster now alright?" A bit surprised Tanjiro gave his own trademarked smile with a nod.
"Right!" Running to the train car exit he opened the door and winced. "The smell is even stronger out here! How in the world did I miss this?!" Shaking his head he looked up and jumped to the train's roof. Looking down at Nezuko he had an idea. "Nezuko! Use your flames to wake everyone up if you can! I think we're going to need a bit more than just us!" Nodding Nezuko ran back inside using her flames to wake up their squad. As she did so the frail man sat back down and leaned into the seat.
What an amazing person… no… what an amazing dragon. Closing his eyes he thought back to the time inside Tanjiro's inner world. It was truly beautiful and even had sprites that flew around. Some even took his hand and led him somewhere. Eventually leading him to a massive black and red dragon, one that simply watched him as he approached. Looking at the dragon frightened him, but there was something calming about the beast.
Eventually the sprites pointed at it. "You wanted me to meet this creature? Why?" The sprite pointed at the pick in his hand. "Because this is what I'm looking for?" The dragon laid his head in front of the man, its eyes closed as if waiting for something. "I… why? Don't you know I'm here to destroy you?" The dragon didn't move and the man collapsed to his knees. "How? How can someone like you exist?" The dragon smiled lightly before breathing some flames on him. They didn't hurt; in fact they seemed to make him feel better than ever before. That's when he awoke.
Your flames healed not only my body, but also my heart. I wish you all the luck in the world. As he prayed for Tanjiro's safety, said dragonknight was hopping from train car to train car. Eventually making his way up to the front he finally saw it.
"You!" Turning around the demon smiled at him. Noticing his eyes made Tanjiro narrow his own. "Lower moon one huh? Strongest of your pack I see." Unsheathing his sword he decided to use a form he hadn't used in a while. Mizu no Kokyu! Seisei Ruten! As he waved his sword a water dragon seemed to grow from it. "With this I won't have to worry about falling off."
With a laugh the demon spoke. "Hoho! Did the dream I give you not satisfy you? You certainly woke up faster than the others. Well besides that demon of a sister of yours. If I knew you were that group I would've planned things a bit differently. But surely you'd like to go back to sleep? OH~! Maybe I can give you a dream where your Tou San comes back to life? Wouldn't that be magical?" This only made Tanjiro angrier as he yelled at him.
"How dare you! Messing with the hearts and minds of others! I will never forgive you for that you bastard!" Rushing forward at speeds that made the demon's eyes widen, Tanjiro began swinging at his rather agile enemy. After one miss the demon pointed the mouth on top of his left hand at Tanjiro.
"Go back to sleep now~." Firing what seemed like a wave of sound from the mouth, Tanjiro's eyes turned white for a moment. However it was just for that moment before they turned back to normal. "What?!" Taking a swing Tanjiro cut off an arm. "That didn't affect you at all? How?" Tanjiro didn't have an answer, being prepared to cut his neck again if he was forced back to sleep. Instead he kept on attacking, forcing the demon to send more blasts his way. However each one became less effective than the one before it. "Impossible! You're just a human right?!"
Something clicked in his head at that and Tanjiro smirked. "Unfortunately for you! I'm a dragon!" As he swung one last time the demon's head came clean off. But something felt off, looking back over he took a sniff and jumped back towards the body. "Okay then! Guess this won't be as easy as I thought." Chuckling the lower moon pulled the hand he tried impaling Tanjiro on back.
"I'll be honest, if it wasn't for him giving me more blood to empower us lower moons. You'd probably have killed me there. But now with my new advanced power! I! Enmu can bring my illusions into reality as well as your dreams!" Snapping his fingers the demon Enmu seemed to spit apart into eight bodies. As they spoke they echoed a little. "Now… can you please die hanafuda boy?" As they all charged Tanjiro prepared to strike all of them, however before he could do anything he heard a familiar voice.
"Get away from him!" With flower petals a slash from Kanao cut through all the illusions. Showing that Enmu wasn't even there, taking a breath she turned to Tanjiro. "Are you okay?" Smiling he nodded before looking forward. He could smell that Enmu was still there.
"Can you see him? Because I can only smell him if he's upwind."
Narrowing her eyes Kanao nodded. "I can but he's a bit blurry. However as long as we keep him in-between us it should be fine."
"True, but be careful. He's the strongest demon who's not an uppermoon." Gripping her sword Kanao nodded in agreement. Looking at them both Enmu sighed.
"More trash to deal with then? Hard to imagine you both broke from your dreams so easily. I suppose I'll just have to make sure you never wake again ne?" He then raised his hands at both of them, the mouths on them licking the air as he smiled creepily. "Come! Let's finish our dance!" With a yell the two dragonknights charged forward.
I! President Line break now make it illegal to walk on top of a moving train!
Kanao opened up the next part of the fight by jumping in behind the demon. Roku no kata Uzumomo! Twisting her body she tried beheading the demon as she passed him. Enmu dodged by bending his body almost to the ground. He then dodged Tanjiro as he used his left hand to jump into the air. Knowing that his powers were useless on Tanjiro, he instead fired a blast at Kanao. However like her lover it barely affected her, and Kanao jumped up and slashed at the demon's neck once again.
Twisting his body in mid-air Enmu used an illusion to disappear. Unfortunately for him both Tanjiro and Kanao had a way to see through it. Taking a sniff Tanjiro rushed forward, water dragon flowing and shifting around him. Seeing his outline Kanao also charged in, her blade glowing as flower petals seemingly fell of it. As one they struck.
""ENOUGH!"" With wide eyes Enmu felt his head be relieved from his shoulders. As the two demon slayers took a few calming breaths Kanao smiled.
"Seems like we did it." Tanjiro nodded but stared at the demon. Frowning Kanao walked up to him. "Is something the matter?"
He hummed for a moment but before he could say anything the severed head talked. "I can see why the master wants the two of you dead so much now." Gripping their swords in disgust, they watched as the demon's head was lifted up by some kind of fleshy appendage. "Too bad for you that I've managed to fuse to the very train you're standing on~! Now I'll devour every last person on this train! HAHAHAHA!" As the demon laughed Tanjiro ran up to it and tried to cut the appendage. However it instead melded back down into the train.
Gritting his teeth Tanjiro turned to Kanao. "Has Nezuko managed to wake anyone else?" Kanao shook her head as Tanjiro assessed the situation. "We're going to have to deactivate our weights from here on! We need to protect the passengers! I'll take the first three train cars; Nezuko can protect the middle two. Think you can tell her that and protect the last three?" Nodding Kanao ran up to him and kissed him on the cheek.
"Be safe." She then turned and started running to the end of the train. After a moment to reboot his brain, Tanjiro shook his head and jumping through a window entered the train car he was on. Deactivating his weights he prepared for combat. All around him he saw fleshy walls and tentacle arms reaching out to kill the passengers. Taking a breath he changed to sun breathing as he activated his mark.
"Hino Kami Kagura! Enbu!" Running at top speed he started moving up and down the three cars he swore to protect. His sun breathing burning the demon and slowing down its regeneration. I hope everyone else will be okay!
In the middle cars Nezuko was running back and forth, using her claws and demon blood art to save the passengers. This is just ridiculous! Will the absurdity that demons can do ever cease?! Yes she saw the irony of that thought, but decided to completely ignore it. Helping her was actually an awake Inosuke, his laughter and boisterousness uplifted her spirits a bit. Seeing a tentacle about to attack a passenger she reached out her arm. I'm not going to make it! As despair clouded her mind she heard it. A familiar sound of thunder, then in a bright flash the tentacle was cut cleanly in half.
"Ichi no Kata… Hekireki Issen! Hachiren!"Faster than she could track her boyfriend flashed around the car, slicing through everything. As he landed behind her he spoke as she turned to him. "I'll always protect you Nezuko Chan." Her eyes widened as her heart fluttered. However before she could say anything back Zenitsu started snoring.
Sighing with a look of affection she kissed the sleeping blonde's cheek. "Thank you Zenitsu." That's when she heard something else.
"Damn demon!" After the yell she heard a loud bang go off. "How do you like my shot gun?! And you! Get out of my way boar boy!" Realizing that it was probably Genya she shook her head.
"He and his brother have issues…" Shaking her head she decided to leave that car to Inosuke and Genya she looked back at Zenitsu. "Zenitsu!" Though asleep he seemed attentive to her words. "I need you to use your top speed to zip back and forth between this car and the final one! Please do this for me." Now words were said, instead Zenitsu disappeared in a flash of light and a thunderous boom. "Good luck…" Slapping her cheeks Nezuko went back to protecting everyone. Back where Inosuke and Genya were now blinking in shock, having been pushed apart by a yellow blur. A certain Hashira yawned and stretched. Standing up he turned to the two.
"Ah! I see we have a situation here!" Genya nodded as Kyojuro stood up, moving to the middle of the walk way. "Young Hashibara!" Inosuke stood at attention as he was called up. "I want you to head to the front of the train. I'll send Kamado after you soon enough, but I want you two to try and find the demon's neck. Think you can do that?"
Nodding Inosuke moved towards a window. "You kidding?! I could do this in my sleep! So don't worry Inosuke Sama is on the case!" Laughing he jumped through the window, using the edge of the roof to flip himself up on it.
Seeing how that was taken care of Kyojuro turned to Genya. "I want you to protect this car, I can already see golden boy zapping back and forth. However he's more of a broad protector, I'll be protecting the front three cars. Also when the two white haired girls wake up, tell them to protect the two cars behind this one. When Michael wakes up tell him to head to the front car. Think you can do that?" Though upset he was being sidelined a bit, Genya nodded and Kyojuro patted his shoulder. "Good luck!" Then raising his sword Kyojuro with his max speed rushed forward. Using a modified combination of his first and seventh form to rushed forward.
As he did so he jumped forward with so much force that the train car lifted off the ground for a moment. The shock from the attack could be felt from front to back, and as he felt it Tanjiro fell over. Rubbing his head Tanjiro wondered what he had felt. That's when he saw the door to the car open.
He was about to strike but instead sighed in relief as Kyojuro entered. "Rengoku Sensei! I'm glad to see you awake!"
Kyojuro nodded before giving his orders. "I'll be taking over your duties here young Kamado! Instead I want you to join young Hashibara in finding the demons neck. And remember! Even in a form like this a demon will always have a neck!" Nodding Tanjiro got up as Kyojuro zipped back out the door. As he did so the flame Hashira activated his mark to move even faster. He was determined to make sure no one died.
I! President Line break now make it illegal to walk on top of a moving train!
Waking up Eris and Cassandra stretched before looking around a bit confused. They did not remember the train looking like this before they fell asleep. Getting up they saw Genya shooting things with his shotgun. They also saw a blur of red and yellow zip down the train isle every now and then.
Seeing them awake Genya yelled at them. "About time you two woke up! Now get your asses moving! The flame Hashira wants you two to protect the two cars behind this one! Now get!" Though they did not appreciate his attitude the two could understand the urgency. With nods they ran towards the two cars, Eris stopping in the one directly behind theirs, and Cassandra moving to the one behind that. As she did so Cassandra saw Kanao and waved at her.
"Greetings Kanao Chan~. I have come to relieve you of responsibility of this car." Nodding Kanao ran to the final train car. Smiling at the younger girl's quick action Cassandra looked around while putting a hand to her cheek. "Ara ara… what a mess!" Smirking she drew her sword with a flurry of ice. "Time to buy some time for the others than~. Shi no kata Tsumetai toppu!" Twisting her body, Cassandra created a spiral of icy slashes as she dashed from one end of the car to the other. Freezing all the fleshy appendages in a single pass. "Hmph! That will teach you how to behave~."
Feeling himself be burned as well as frozen was not a pleasant feeling, and Enmu couldn't help but wonder what was happening. This shouldn't be happening! Why?! Why is my body in so much pain?! He would never get an answer as everyone besides a still sleeping Michael attacked. Meanwhile Tanjiro and Inosuke were running towards the front of the train.
"Hohoho! I can feel it close by Monjiro!" Deciding to not correct Inosuke in this instant Tanjiro sniffed the air before agreeing.
"Great work Inosuke! I just now picked up its scent!" Once more did Inosuke's chest fill with warmth from the praise.
"What more can you expect from the great Inosuke Sama! HAHAHA!" Having now reached the actual train engine he jumped and slashed at the roof. "Go no kiba Kuruizaki!" Using his fifth fang he slashed the engines roof into ribbons. Weakening it enough so he could crash right through what was left of it.
In shock the train conductor turned to him. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" Inosuke ignored him before slashing at the floor.
"HERE!" As the floor was cut open exposing the demon's neck bone, Tanjiro jumped in.
Sword set ablaze he struck. "This ends here! Hinokami Kagura! Heki-ra no Ten!" Using his clear skies technique he swung, a giant three hundred and sixty degree slice of fire cut right through the demon's neck. Also the rest of the train as well…
As Enmu screamed in pain, a sound that sent shivers down everyone's spines. In a last ditch effort he also tried to kill all the passengers. However with everyone protecting one or more train cars, it proved utterly useless. However as he died the train also derailed, crashing and sending everyone tumbling either outside the train, or inside in painful positions. At the head of the train Tanjiro fell and rolled across the ground, after a few moments he sighed and let his mark turn dormant.
"What a ride…" Looking over him Inosuke held his right arm to the sun breather. Smiling he took it and stood up. "Thanks Inosuke! Also great work back there! You certainly made my part of the job easier." As Inosuke preened at the praise and the others recovered, an eye with the kanji for one rolled form the wreckage.
Desperately trying to cling to life Enmu glared at the two celebrating. This isn't fair! This isn't fair! It was going so well and then that traitorous demon had to wake up! Lord Muzan should've killed her! And that Hanafuda boy! And that girl with the butterfly ornaments! How could they resist my powers?! It just isn't fair! Oh this dream has turned into a nightmare! As he lamented a boot stepped near his eye.
"Curious…" Unable to move as a man in a dark cloak picked up his eye, Enmu saw eyes he'd never forget. "You'd make for a great servant, so don't worry… you'll live for now." Staring at the glowing green eyes with black sclera, filled Enmu with a feeling he had never felt outside of Muzan. Respect… The next moment Enmu saw only darkness. Turning back to the slayers the man simply vanished, still there, just simply erasing his presence to continue his observations.
Healing up whatever injuries they might have obtained Tanjiro smelt something familiar and smiled. "Rengoku Sensei! We did it!" Kyojuro with his arms folded simply smiled as he approached them.
"And for that I congratulate you! You did fine work this day! That goes for everyone else as well of course. Because of all of us working together, we were able to make sure not a single person died this night. But tell me, was it really a the lower moon one?" Tanjiro nodded as Kyojuro rubbed his chin in thought. "I see… I suppose that means there's only one left, unless Muzan has recruited more."
With a frown Tanjiro nodded. "I suppose so; thankfully I doubt they'd be even half as strong as the ones we've fought. Maybe the lower six, but not anyone near the other ones. If there were demon's like that Muzan would've probably replaced the weaker ones with them." Kyojuro was about to agree when a shock waved landed a ways away from them. Kicking dust as they squinted at what had just happened. They did not like what they saw as the dust cleared. For there in a small crater, kneeling down with malicious intent was a man with pink hair and yellow eyes.
But what truly caught their attention besides his blue sclera, was the kanji for upper two on his eyes. As his open vest fluttered the demon rushed forward. As he aimed a punch at Tanjiro, his target was barely able to swing his sword up.
Hinokami Kagura! Shakkotsu En'yō! With a circular wave of slashes Tanjiro pushed the upper moon back. At his quick reflexes the demon hummed in appreciation.
"I see! You are pretty strong for your age aren't you kid?" Tanjiro narrowed his eyes and was about to activate his mark, when Kyojuro placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Young Kamado… I want you to take a small rest. For now let me handle this foe, when you've recovered some more strength you may join me." Tanjiro wanted to protest, however he could see the wisdom in his mentor's words. So simply lowered his sword and stood back. Smiling at the new Hashira Kyojuro turned back and looked seriously at the newest threat. "You targeted Kamado first, why is that?"
Folding his arms over his pale tattooed chest the demon answered honestly. "Well I thought he'd get in the way of our fight believing he was but a weakling, but now I'm not too sure." He then gave a fang filled grin towards the flame Hashira. "You on the other hand are truly a worthy opponent. One I'm more than happy to fight with!" Kyojuro drew his sword glaring at the upper moon.
"You'd kill someone for just appearing weak? In that case I already don't like you!" The demon frowned at that.
"I see… that's a shame." He then grinned again before stomping down into a stance, one arm in front and one behind his back. "Still! Names Akaza formerly upper moon three! But thanks to Doma kicking the bucket I've taken his place as upper two! Now tell me… what is your name?"
Getting into a stance himself while turning his demon slayer mark on again Kyojuro spoke. "My name is Rengoku Kyojuro! The flame Hashira!" If anything this only made the upper moon smile wider.
"I see! Both a Hashira and having the same mark as Kokushibo! This will be fun!" Laughing he rushed forward, thus beginning a fight that would change the fate of one man forever.
I! President Line break now make it illegal to walk on top of a moving train!
Argentum: And that's that! Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I tried to make it as specifically for how strong everyone currently is.
Enmu: I didn't like it! I lost my head!
Slayer: You're fault for becoming Thomas the Tank engine.
Judan: And for eating humans you demented psycho.
Enmu: Why there's no need for harsh words! Least I seemed to have survived in some form.
Akaza: A pity in my opinion.
Enmu: Since it is my life I say it was not a pity!
Argentum: Like anyone cares about you.
Enmu: Oooh…
Slayer: Ouch.
Judan: Heh.
Argentum: Well seeing how we have nothing else to sa-
Grel'Slyfer: I have something to say!
Argentum: Well seeing how we have nothing to say.
Grel'Slyfer: Dammit!
Argentum: How about we end this off? Akaza mind doing the honors?
Akaza: Sure… This has been a Dark Guard production now signing off!
Everyone: Goodbye!