"You guys alright?" Ace asked.
"Peachy." David said.
"Guess this mission's turning out to be a lot harder than we thought." Hope said, looking at Gyutaro with Daki on his back. "The Upper Six Demons a two for one special deal."
"Their bloodlust is incredible." Elisabeth said.
"Now I really understand why Dark Water didn't wanna risk bringing anyone else here." Yuzuriha said. "My EXS senses are going crazy." she said before noticing Tengen's wound. "Dammit, he's already been poisoned."
Despite this, Gyutaro had different thoughts on his mind.
"You piss me off more than those other two." Gyutaro said to Tengen. "You're a good-looking guy with three wives to yourself, and on top of that, you're teeming with confidence. You're different, aren't you? You're not like any of the Hashira I've slaughtered. Normally people have to train to get strong, but I'm sure you and those other two were born with strength. Being born with talent must be nice. I thought I was envious before, but I'm so jealous right now, all I can think of is tearing the three of you to shreds!"
"Whoa-oh! He's mad now." David said. "Guys, we are gonna be in trouble if these two keep staying together. We have to divide and conquer, separate them."
"Gotcha." Ace said.
"Before we start, I'd like to make a retort." Tengen said. "Me, born with talent? I'm nothing special, you both lived in this district for a long time, but you don't know a damn thing."
"What do you know about the real world?!" Daki asked.
"More than you would. Japan is vast as it teems with people that'll blow your minds. Some are complete enigmas. They can pick up a sword and become a Hashira in just two months." Tengen said as thoughts of Gyomei and Muichiro came to mind.
"Yeah. No one is born strong. Me? I had to work my way from the ground up to get to where I am now." David said. "Even now, I still train my body and mind constantly so that I can be the best version of myself I can possibly be. Each battle is a chance to test my skills, and a chance to see where growth is required still."
"So why aren't any of you three dead yet? My blood sickles are drenched with a deadly poison and I'm sure it entered your bodies. So why aren't you dead yet, huh?" Gyutaro said.
"Why? Well, that's simple." David said.
"We're used to poison. I'm a trained shinobi, don't forget." Tengen said.
"I'm not!" Mark said. "But compared to the thought of letting you two demons walk away, that hurts more than poison."
"And yeah… I guess I'm used to poison as well, from an earlier incident. But compared to that, this is nothing." David said. "But what I was going to say…is that we all have something to fight for. And as long as there is that, we are able to power through any kind of pain!"
"Ditto on that." Yuzuriha said.
"Well said, David! I bet you right now all three of us could each eat 100 bowls of Tempura don, in a flashy way of course!" Tengen said, charging into the fray.
"I…don't know about 100." David said with a sweatdrop as he charged in as well.
"Best to just go with the flow right?" Ace asked Mark.
"I'm right behind it the whole way!" Mark answered.
"Grrr…I'm getting sick of this!" Gyutaro said as Uzui went in for the attack as he landed a kick to Daki, breaking the two of them apart. "Grr! Don't you dare lay a hand on my little sister!"
"You scumbags!" Daki called out.
"You started this fight, and we're finishing it." Yuzuriha said.
"Sectonia, Gemini. We'll leave Daki to you." David said.
"Can do!" Gemini said as she was nearly hit.
"Ah! I can't believe he beheaded me again!" Daki cried out.
"Hold on…you all are onto us, aren't you?" Gyutaro asked.
"About what?" Uzui asked, playing coy.
"It doesn't matter if you know our little trick. Since you all will die slow and painful deaths anyway." Gyutaro said. "The demon slayers before you found this no easy task. Not even the Hasira. 15 for me and 7 for my sister."
"That's 22 too many." a voice rang out as Tenebris dropped from above. "I apologize for being late. I had to keep pace with the others."
"Haha! You did good, minion!" the voice of Inosuke said as he and Zenitsu stood in the broken entrance to the building. "It is I, Lord Inosuke! Along with my trusty minions!"
It also didn't take long before Tanjiro jumped before Uzui.
"Good…looks like we're all here." Jexi said.
Gyutaro growled. "How many of you are there?"
"Why don't you try counting us all?" Sectonia asked. "Though, all you need to worry about are a capable few of us."
Daki attempted to strike with her obi before Zenitsu and Gemini managed to get her away from the house.
"We'll handle the worm lady. You take the praying mantis looking guy!" Inosuke said.
"You know… Looking at you now…" Sectonia said, looking at Daki. "I remember a time when I was just like you."
"Oh really? I don't even know who the hell you are, what makes you think you were just like me once?" Daki asked.
"Obsession with beauty, treating everyone around them, even those closest to them, like garbage. And the tipping point… That condescending attitude of yours." Sectonia said. "If all of that is the standard for beauty these days, then I'd say I made the right decision joining the Demon Slayer Corps against monsters like you."
"Oh…you haven't seen anything yet!" Daki said as a third eye opened on her forehead. "Now that my brother's awake, I can let loose my full power!" she said going with her obi against both fights.
"She's attacking us even though she's up against entirely different opponents?" Hope asked as the group evaded the oncoming attacks. "Then that settles it, they really are linked together!"
"There is only one way to end this fight. We have to defeat the both of them at once." David said.
"Right, let's do it." Ace said.
Gyutaro was quick as he lunged at them as they quickly blocked.
"He's fast. He really is like a praying mantis." Uzui said. "Sound Breathing! 5th Form! String Performance!" he said as he clashed with Gyutaro while unleashing multiple explosions.
"I hope you're ready for this!" David said as he sprouted knives of ice from his hands before he fired them at Gyutaro.
"Radiant Lancer!" Ace called, casting a symbol as a myriad of lances rained down on Gyutaro.
"You guys can use all the strange and noisy movements you want, it doesn't matter!" Gyutaro said as he effortlessly deflected all the attacks.
"As expected he's strong. Good thing we can mix it up a little bit." David said.
"Yeah, let's shake things up." Ace said.
Up on the rooftops, Daki laughed. "Drop dead, you ugly toads!" she lanched numerous obis at the foursome, Gyutaros' blood slashes attacking them too.
"Whoa, now!" Gemini said deflecting the obis and evading the blood slashes. "Her brother can attack with his Demon Art all the way up here?"
"This is getting a bit hazardous. We have to finish this quickly." Sectonia said.
The fighting had taken to the streets as one of Uzui's wives reached the top of a building as some mechanism fired multiple kunai at Gyutaro.
"Kunai? They can't be serious. Hmm…but would they do something this worthless? Blood Demon Art: Rampant Blood Arc!" he said creating a dome of slashes that deflected the kunai.
Tengen then closed the distance afterward, to Gyutaro's surprise.
"Hey, hold on a second…" he thought as he saw kunai in Uzui before one struck him as his legs were chopped off. "They aren't regenerating. The kunai must be laced with a poison made from wisteria." he said as Tanjiro ran in for the kill.
"He's cornered!" Ichiro said. "We can do it… we can defeat an Upper Moon Demon!"
