Demon Slayer

Chapter 8: Sauna don't wanna

I got this idea from persona 4, when you have to save Kanji, I only own me and my sword.

It's already Friday and I still can't get that vision out of my head; for a while it felt like me and Momohime were distant, we still hung out but we never talked about the vision we shared. I actually felt happy that it was friday, I was ready to go to my locker and head straight home. But that's when I heard voices talking behind me. "Hey, did you hear the rumor?"

"The rumor about that abandon sauna place, you don't think that's true do you?"

"It could be, besides police have found bodies near it."

'Bodies, should we check it out... I got nothing to do on saturday anyway.' I thought "Hey, where's this sauna anyway?"

"It's down by barnum ave." My classmate answered

'Wait, it's near my house!?'

I didn't want to think about it, so when we went to martial arts club I told Shifu and the others what I heard; after a few minutes of thinking, Shifu asked "Do you think that this is the cause of demons?"

"I don't know, but if people are dying there then we should at least check it out." I explained 'But thinking about it... what if that vision comes true there?'

"I think we should go." Momohime agreed

"Momo, are you sure?" I asked

"Demons are killing innocent people, I can't just do nothing when I have the power to stop it." She answered

I actually admire her, she's so strong; I knew I had to do my best so I stood up and exclaimed "Alright, listen up demon slayers we have a mission on our hands. It's time to uncover the truth about the case of the abandoned steam house!"

"Kohai..."

Shifu chuckled and said "Very well, we'll go to the sauna in the morning and investigate. Momohime, I want you to meet the three of us there."

"I will, I promise!" She exclaimed

"Wow Junior, you sure are one heck of a leader." Po said, smiling

"I am, thanks Po." I said blushing

For the rest of the day, we trained for tomorrow to come; I was amazed at how Momohime was skilled in kung fu, we matched each other blow for blow. For an accident she slipped and fell on top of me, we quickly moved away and laughed a little. When friday finally came we came to the sauna and waited for Momohime, when she finally came I said "Hey, are you ready?"

"Yes, and thank you Kohai." Momo said, hugging me "If it wasn't for you we wouldn't be doing this, thank you so much."

I was completely speechless, no one's ever thanked me like this before; Po took this as an opening and said "Ah, nothings more sweeter than young love."

"Po, cut it out!" I exclaimed

"Well then, are we ready?" Shifu asked

"Yeah, ok let's go!"

The four of us finally entered and found ourselves in a small room; there was nothing but changing rooms and in the middle was a room filled with fog, it felt... ominous "Man it's hot, but I have this weird feeling."

"Is it your pessimistic feelings?" Po asked

"No, it's a disturbed feeling." I answered

The next thing we knew weird music started to play, a somewhat romantic music; but it seemed... disturbing. "C'mere, pussycat..."

"Oh... such well defined pecs..."

"There's no need to be scared..." The manly voice said "Now, just relax..."

I felt sweat fall down my face, but I didn't know if it was from the steam or the voices. "Ok that's it, I'm leaving!"

"W-What, why?" Po asked

"I'm not going in there!" I exclaimed "I'm not gonna die, especially not like that!"

"Your scared?"

"Hell yeah!"

"Um, I agree with Kohai." Momohime replied "I don't like this place... it's so wrong."

"MEGA WRONG!" I agreed

"We're already here, so let's get going." Shifu explained

"But..."

"No buts you two, now stay close."

(A/N: I got those voices from persona 4, they seemed like a good idea at the time.)

Weither we liked it or not, we entered the room and stood close so we wouldn't get seperated; I felt strange, it was almost like the steam was affecting my body "Guys, I feel weird."

"Now that you mention it, I do feel a little lightheaded." Po agreed

The next thing I knew Po fainted and fell on the ground, then Shifu did as well; the steam was affecting us, when I saw Momo fall to her knees I quickly grabbed her "Momohime, come on stay strong!"

"The fog... I can't..." Momo muttered "Kohai, I..."

Momohime fainted in my hands, thats when I felt the fog on me; my body felt heavy, and my mind felt lightheaded 'Not now, I have to keep going. Keep... going..."

My body finally fell to the ground, my mind went blank; I don't know what happened, but when I opened my eyes I saw the samething from my vision. Momohime was in the same towel, and I came to give her some dry clothes.

"Should I answer to you?" Momo retorted

"Now, now, I'm only here to give you your clothes." I replied

"Even though your the one who got me wet in the first place."

"Come now, you enjoyed it didn't you?" He asked

"Not as much as you'll enjoy this in." She answered

Momohime pointed her sword at me; with a smirk on my face I said "Well this will be my first time, have you done this before?"

"Plenty, and I'll twist it hard... just for you." Momo answered, smiling

"Well, this is really gonna hurt."

"Only for you... Kohai."

'No, this isn't right. I can't do this... I have to stop this!' I thought "Momohime, wake up!"

Momohime heard my voice and woke up to her senses. "W-Where am I? Kohai, what's happening!?"

"Our vision came true, but we were able to stop it." I answered "It was pretty close too...!?"

I senses reacted, I felt a demon somewhere in the fog; the next thing I knew I pulled out Kageichi, and after my outfit changed I exclaimed "Waning Moon!"

I swung my sword to the ground and a giant shockwave shot out, it looked like a half moon; the fog was cut in half and in the middle was a green demon wearing a straw hat. It was also cut in half and destroyed. "I get it, the fog is used to make people hallucinate and then the demons kill them. They look like kappa demons, so their basically water demons."

"Kohai, can you let me change?" Momo asked

"Sure, oh sure!" I said, embarassed

I turned around and waited for her to change, it only took her a few minutes; but in those minutes I realized something "Where's Po and Shifu?"

"I don't know, they're probably just like us." Momo answered "So they're somewhere, but in another part of this place."

"Wah, I want my mommy!"

We heard a voice crying, it was somewhere near us though; the voice seemed childish, almost like a baby. We decided to check it out, but what we found was shocking... and somewhat funny. "Is that... Po?"

"He's just like we were a moment ago, but why is he acting like a baby?" Momohime asked

When Po caught a glimpse of us, he grabbed us in a big hug amd said "Mommy, Daddy your here! Don't leave me again!"

I finally understood it, it's because he's an orphan; though he doesn't show it, Po really misses his parents. I embraced him and said "Hey, I'll always be there for you. Remember that, ok Po?"

"Ok, I will."

When he let go I went back to Momohime and said "Alright, let's turn him back to normal."

"Are you sure, he's so cute like this." Momo said, smiling

"You know, one of the mothers jobs is to change the baby's daiper." I explained "Do you really want to change a panda's daiper?"

"Right, so what do we do?" She asked

I thought about it for a moment, and finally found an answer "Kick him in the nuts."

"What, I can't!"

"Don't worry, it already happen to him once." I assured "He can handle it."

"... Ok."

"Po, stand up ok?" I asked "Stand up, we need to give you something."

Since he was acting like a baby, Po had a difficult time getting up; so I grabbed him and gave him a hand, he hugged me and said "I love you daddy."

I don't know why, but a couple of tears fell from face as I said "I love you too."

"Sorry Po!"

With full force, Momohime kicked Po's family jewels so hard that he fell flat on his face; when he woke up it looked like he couldn't even stand up "Ow, that really hurt."

"Sorry Po, it was the only thing we could think of." Momo apoligized "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I actually knew what was happening through the hallucination." Po answered "I'm sorry you guys had to see that."

I think I knew how Po felt for a moment, I hugged him and said "You know it might not be the same, but I lost my grandfather. I never knew him, I didn't even know he was my grandfather at first. When I realized that he died I didn't even shed a tear, but I still felt the pain in my heart. Sometimes I wish I could have had time to get to know him, maybe then I could have mourned his death a little better."

"Kohai..."

"I know you never met your parents, you never even got to know them." I said, teary eyed "I just want you to know, that I'll be there for you when you need some comforting. After all, we have strong bond, and we're also best friends."

"Thanks Jun, I feel the same way." Po said, smiling

"You know, you may not know it... but you two are just like real brothers." Momohime said, smiling

We actually blushed from that, but Po said "What happened to Shifu?"

"The kappa demons must've got him, but I don't think they killed him yet." I answered "If only we can find a way through this fog."

That when a thought came to my head 'This is like persona 4, I wonder if I can use my glasses to..' I rummaged through my pocket to grab my glasses, and when I put them on I realized that the difference was like night and day. "I was right, my glasses let me see through the fog... huh?"

I saw a creature in front of us, it was a kappa demon like before; I think it noticed that I saw him, which was why it ran away. "Hey come back, come on guys!"

I grabbed their hands and quickly followed the kappa, using my new sight it was easy to follow him; but when we followed him the fog was even thicker than before. Po asked "Which way do we go?"

"I don't know, my glasses can't see through this." I answered

"What do we do?" Momohime asked

I wondered that, but I wondered about the technique I did before; Kageichi should only be able to do shadow techniques, maybe there's more to it than I thought when I made it. Then that thought gave me an idea "Momohime, help me out!"

"Right!"

We both slightly unsheathed our swords and exclaimed "Moonlight Glint!"

We unsheathed our swords and unleashed a double quickdraw, the wave was so strong that it destroyed the fog instantly; when it disappeared we found Shifu next to a group of kappa demons. "Po we'll take care of them, you take care of Shifu!"

"Right!"

Po rushed towards Shifu while the kappa's shot water from their mouths, but me and Momo blocked their attacks and sliced them in half; when one demon came in front of him it tried to attack, but Po dodged and gave him two quick punches and a kick. "Master Shifu, are you ok?"

"Po, your alive." Shifu muttered "Where are the children."

"They're fighting the demons, come on we have to help!" Po exclaimed

"Kagenui!" I exclaimed

I had them paralized and decapitated their heads easily; Momohime dashed in front of one and shouted "Mysty Slash!"

Momo disappeared but a image of her was still in front of the demon; once I realized it, she was right behind it and both she and the image slashed it to pieces. "Wow Momo, that was awesome!"

"Oh, thank you." She said smile

"Come on guys, we have to finish this!" Po shouted

"Well let's see if this works again: Waning Moon!" I exclaimed

I formed a sword stance, and with a slash to the ground I made a giant shock wave that destroyed the demons; I couldn't believe I did that "How did I do that, I thought the sword could only use shadow attacks?"

"A muramasa gives you one skill, but with training you can use more than one." Momohime explained "Even if it's only one sword."

(A/N: I'm gonna think about it, but if I do I'm gonna put some of the techniques I use for Ichi.)

"I guess you know more than I do Momo." I said, smiling "Shifu, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, it seems training helped the both of you progress with the swords." Shifu said, smiling "With more training, you'll learn more techniques."

"Awesome, and we solved the mystery of the abandoned steam house!"Po exclaimed "But thinking about it, what was with those voices the first time?"

"Yeah, I think we were hallucinating when we came here." I agreed

"Maybe there are spirits here." Momo muttered

The fog then appeared again, but I don't think it was from the demons; I could hear those voices again, laughing in a seductive tone. "Ok let's go, this place is freaking me out!"

"I agree!" Momohime shouted

"Me too!" Po agreed

While the three of us ran out the front door, I could hear Shifu muttered "Kids."

To be continued

Hope you all like this. Chapter 9 coming soon.