Suddenly, her figure raised up, where her legs should have been, a long snaking body now uncoiled, the woman screamed an unholy cry and lunged at the boy, she grabbed his arms and lifted him into the air, her tail whipped around, tipped with a knife like horn, slicing off his head. The monstrous gorgon's mouth began to stretch wide, she began to swallow the boy's headless body whole, his body still shaking from his convulsing nervous system.
Her entire upper half widened as the boy went down, she smiled and licked her hands of the blood. Her body began to flex as the sounds of bones breaking could be heard, she opened her mouth again and vomited the boy's wet and slimy bones out, they clattered to the ground. She tore the white gown from her body, revealing an immaculate and beautiful upper woman's body, then her hips slowly faded into a glistening and winding snakes body, she dropped to the ground, her face inches from the ground. A long forked tongue whipped in and out of her mouth, she could smell a village nearby, where the boy had come from, she wanted more, she needed more. She began to slither forth, going in the direction of the smell, her sense so powerful, she could tell how many villagers there were, even how far they were from her.
"There you are..." She whispered, a village on the outskirts of the forest, she could see humans working in a field, children playing by one of the wooden lodges, a dog walking casually through a fence full of cattle. Her bluish black hair, hung over her shoulders, she quickly tied it back into a bun, she began to creep toward the children, they seemed not to notice. She kept low in the grass, her long twenty five foot body laid out behind her, she stopped at the edge of the grass where it bordered a dirt path. "Children.", She spoke softly toward them, a small girl stopped, hearing the voice she looked over and saw the gorgon's head and shoulders peeking out from the grass. "I've something for you, a gift from the Gods." The girl smiled and walked to her. "That's it, come to me..."
She was about to grab the girl when the dog spotted her and began to bark. She shot forward, grabbing at the girl, trying to get her prey before their parents heard the barking dog. A man looked and saw the gorgon, part of her snake body showing, he yelled, "Demon! There is a demon!" He came running, picking up a shovel laying beside a house.
The gorgon rose up, her tail spike began to rattle, the man grabbed the girl, carrying her away, the gorgon was about to chase them when a shuriken flew into her shoulder. She hissed, pulling it out, she looked around, trying to find who threw it. A woman stood before her, knee deep in the grass, her body covered in blue fabric, she wore a mask with two knives sheathed on her back. "You're not supposed to be here, gorgon." the woman said coldly.
The gorgon stared down at her, this was Taki, a demonslayer, she had heard of her but had never met her until now. "Away human, this town is mine!", the gorgon screamed, but Taki just narrowed her eyes and rushed forward, drawing her swords. The gorgon whipped her tail around, its horn guiding to slice into Taki's face, she blocked it and kept charging. The gorgon rushed forward, trying to grab Taki in her hands, but the ninja jumped up, slashing into the gorgon's head, she landed behind her. The gorgon wheeled back, screaming and holding where her eye had been cut out. She turned around, searching for Taki, she saw nothing, then another wound gaped open as Taki sliced past her back, she whipped her tail, trying to stab Taki but she was gone already.
She turned around once more, as Taki landed on her back, slashing open her neck, she jumped off. The gorgon screamed and tried to hold the wound close, but blood kept pouring out, she fell to the ground. Taki watched with cold eyes, hating them, all monsters, regardless if they were demonic or not. She disappeared into the forest, the screams of the dying gorgon behind her.