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Wild lashes from a whip like figure slashed everything it came in contact with. Making a clear cut through the trunk of trees when they got hit by it. However most of its lashes were targeted towards a certain green-black checkered haori wearer.

"Total Concentration. Water Breathing. First Form: Water Surface Slash!"

Using the technique, Tanjiro managed to deflect the whip like lashes aimed at him. To his surprise though, the blade didn't cut through the rope.

One of it managed to connect its target, leaving a huge cut on the side.

Tanjiro winced in pain as it started to bleed, however used the correct breathing technique to stop the bleeding or rather, minimize it.

"HAHAHAHAHAH HOW DOES IT FEEL NOW?! Not so tough and mighty now there, are you?!!!" A feminine voice boasted loudly.

She had long come down the tree to 'play fair' with the demon slayer. Her features clearer than ever to the latter.

The other two demons watched the battle with great interest.

"This could be a part of a demon art…the ropes could be similar to former Upper Moon 6's belt. Using Hinokami Kagura will burn through the ropes, leading me closer to decapitating but it will use up much of my energy and leave me immobile for sometime because of changing breath styles and thats the last thing I want to do with demons with such ferocity…and till now, only one of them had been attacking…Judging by the attack which separated me from others-"

Tanjiro thought as he dodged yet another lash.

The female demon kept blabbering in the background but her voice falling in deaf ears as Tanjiro planned to himself.

"-I have to be careful and precise with my attacks. One wrong move can land me dead and Nezuko would be alone in this world forever…But I may not have much of a choice…"

Tanjiro tightened his grip on his sword and concentrating his breathing to keep him at his peak senses.

"Eh? Not much of a talker?" The female demon genuinely sounding surprised.

Seriously, did this madlad just not react to any of my mocking or insults? Thats new.

Getting more intrigued, she finally grinned widely and rolled back her rope in her hand.

She took two steps front and Tanjiro visibly took two steps back, following her while keeping himself in a defensive stance.

The other two demons watching the scene closely. The smaller demon visibly ready to attack but gets signaled to stand still by the crystal holding demon.

"You know I might have underestimated your skills through even one of my beginner tricks-" she said as a visible smirk appears on her face.

Tanjiro unfazed by her comments, looks at her with intensity.

The pain from the earlier slash on side still stinging painfully.

"The fact that you did…is quite fascinating! Our Majesty did mention your skills but I didn't expect them to because this sharp~ What is your name?" She asks in a flirting tone.

"My name holds no importance especially to a demon who has taken the lives of innocent people" Tanjiro said with a serious look.

"Ara ara~ I guess we might have to apply force? Right, Oni-san?" She purred.

Her whole personality changing in a snap as she yelled,

"Blood Demon Art: Binding Ropes and Constriction!"

The whip like ropes then transformed into grayish thick rope which immediately start surrounding Tanjiro and slowly closing in him from all sides (like sort of a yarn ball) as the demon slowly clasped her hands. Tanjiro closed his eyes and tightened the grip on his sword more than ever, making his knuckles go white and slowly whispered.

"Hinokami Kagura…Fake Rainbow"

The demon's grin widened more than when it nearly trapped him but when she tried to actually bind him and tighten the ropes around him, the ropes went though Tanjiro and his form's picture blurred out from the scene itself.

What the-

This left the other two demons observing surprised as well, only for a second which eventually morphed into horror as they saw the demon slayer suddenly behind the female demon who realized that a bit late.

"Hinokami Kagura! Danc-"

"Blood Demon Art: Illusion and Teleportation"

And immediately Tanjiro from his position behind the demon, inches away from her decapitation, gets pretty much teleported of her in front; messing up his whole stance and failing to cut her head off. His eyes widen as he realized this and tried to regain his balance mid air but suddenly, the ground seemed much higher than it seemed before, confused for a second while estimating his fall properly and using the correct form to land harmlessly, he (unconsciously) let his guard down just for a second.

The demon in front of him, however, didn't waste this tiny moment of vulnerability.

She tugs her ropes back again, taking full control over them and before Tanjiro regained his balance. She twirls them around the slayer tightly, immobilizing him completely.

"My my~ Whose the caged bird now?!"


Is this how I was destined to die?

Zenitsu thought as he felt as if his ears bled and his whole body stung with pain.

Apparently the demon not only is a loud bastard but his blood demon also associates with shouting. And oh no, that doesn't end there. When he screams, sharp needles fling everywhere, leaving the demon slayers in more pain.

As he nearly passed out, he was beginning to wonder if his sensitive hearing had been a curse all along.

Fortunately just before he became absolutely deaf or worse, died, the two other males managed to plug his ears with bits of clothes; making the sound somewhat tolerable.

The piercing pain from the needles which stung them, unsurprisingly didn't and had to be taken off manually. That too after the battle. Thankfully Nezuko-chan was here to accompany him.

"YOU SHALL BEG FOR YOUR DEATH" Said the demon once more before it screamed even more.

The boar head and the water hashira stood defensively in front of the demon girl and the blonde who nearly passed out. Zenitsu being too vulnerable for dealing with attacks and the other not allowed to enter the fight for the sake of her own safety (much to her dismay).

"This demon is such a loud brat! And it spits needles everywhere too! Makes me want to chop his head off and stab it over a thousand times!!!!" Inosuke fumed. Blood seeping down his arms where more needles land, only to be pulled out aggressively by the latter.

"BEAST BREATHING. TENTH FANG: WHIRLING FANG!"

(Inosuke deflected most of the needles aiming at Nezuko using this technique)

"Loud brat…loud brat….but how do we fight with a demon ( without bleeding to death) who will impale you with sharp needles should you choose to go close to it…"

Giyuu thought as he had to use dead calm yet again to deflect another batch of sharp needles from piercing him.

"I can't use Dead Calm while using other attacks…I have to stay absolutely still for a moment to use it and can't pull in another attack while staying in that form…" he looks up at the demon still attacking madly, Giyuu's eyes then gleamed in a glint of guilt.

And thats when Giyuu realized his partner was now at the very edge of his patience.

"BEAST BREATHING. TENTH FANG: WHIRLING FANG!"

Shouted Inosuke as he then started to proceed forward, his intentions of killing the demon very clear. He took one step at a time, completely quiet.

Giyuu slowly started doing the same, deflecting most of the needles via his dead calm technique and the others either causing minor injury or sliding off by his tough haori, not causing any damage. They needed to end this quickly and go after Tanjiro. Who knows how he is fighting off?

When the demon realized what was going on, he started laughing madly, "Do you think that twirling your blades will be enough to approach me and kill me?!"

The demon yelled more intensely, causing Zenitsu to now pass out completely and the other two being impaled by needles and blown back and knocked hard against the tree and a huge rock (now crushed due to the throwing force) for Inosuke and Giyuu respectively. Both shaken by the attack and struggling to get up.

"DIE" the Demon shouted before delivering the final blow.

However that blow never came.

The impact was completely taken in by Nezuko, leaving her body, a bloody mess but she continued to stand and took an defensive stan in front of the other two who now realized what happened.

The demon shocked, tried to attack once more by opening his mouth wide open to take her down.

"Blood Demon Art: Exploding Blood!"

Reddish pink flames emerged from her body as her blood turned into huge flames, engulfing the demon in front, burning it in pain as it yelled however the needles which came out from his mouth, melted immediately due to the flames.

Inosuke took this chance and slowly gathered himself.

"Second Fang: Slic-"

"Thunder Breathing. First Form: Thunder Clap and Flash. Sixfold!"

With what seemed a zap of electric pass through in a second, the demon's head fell off the ground almost soundlessly as it turned into ashes immediately. (Nezuko's blood demon art speeding up the process)

And when it disappears almost completely, that's when Zenitsu woke up.

"EEEEEEEEK! THAT BASTARD DEMON IS DEAD- THANK THE LORDS YOU GUYS KILLED IT BEFORE I WOKE UP!" he yells in relief as tears come out of eyes (comically) but immediately quietens down when he sees the faces of his surprised friends.

"Don't tell me-" he starts as he runs to Nezuko in lightning speed as he clasped her hands into his and sparkles coming into his eyes.

"NEZUKO CHAN, YOU KILLED IT FOR ME?!" those sparkles turning into hearts, confusing Nezuko even further along with others.

"I KNEW YOU WERE POWERFUL AND I KNEW YOU LOVED M-" he received a hard slap on his neck from Inosuke who by the looks of it, seemed pretty pissed off.

"OI KONJITSU! STOP YOUR IDIOTIC TALKS AND START TAKING THE NEEDLES OFF YOU! WE STILL HAVE TO FIND GONPACHIRO AND BATTLES TO FIGHT!"

Giyuu silently nodded who now stood up and came near the group, using his sword as support.

As much as Zenitsu whined at that moment and hated to admit it, he knew Inosuke was right.

They still have long night ahead of them.

Nezuko removed her hands from his hand and re-ignited the flames in her hands. She started to motion them to come closer and pointed her flames to them and vise versa.

"Wait yeah, Nezuko-chan's flames can remove impurities. It can remove the damage and needles we got stabbed with while causing no pain and removing the could be poison and infection" Zenitsu said impressingly.

With no hesitation, the others gathered and went through it effortlessly and started their search for their missing comrade.


"My my~ Whose the caged bird now?!"

The ropes tightened around every limb of his body, restricting every moment.

I can't give up yet….

The sword in his hand trembled, unable to lift and bend because of the sheer pressure from the ropes.

I have to fight…

"Hinokami Kagura……Clear Blue Sky!"

He twisted his body with all his might through the constriction and managed to cut the base, freeing him from it completely while burning a considerable amount of the rope completely. Just as he was about to land on the ground, the recoil damage from using the techniques hit him, he landed on the ground roughly, struggling to move. Before he could use his recovery breath and move immediately, his world was flipped upside down (literally) by a demon, making him captured in the constricting binding yet again.

"You really thought you can get away huh?!" Said the female demon as she tightened the binding, making Tanjiro gasp in pain.

He then realized that his sword was not in his grip. His hands and body were becoming more and more numb by the second.

I have to… breath properly….

"Oni-san, I think we are do-"

"I still have a few questions to ask from this, mortal. A few questions which he asked to bring answers to him."

Despite the immense pain; Tanjiro while trying to control his breathing, heard that.

Questions? What questions?

The female demon didn't say a word so did the other smaller demon.

The older demon looked at the smaller one and said "Disguise yourself as this human and go stall with his other friends as long as you can meanwhile I will do my work."

He added, "I will signal you back when I am done"

The smaller demon nodded.

"Blood Demon Art: Illusion-"

To the real Tanjiro's horror, Its appearance immediately changing into Tanjiro with the same smile, earrings, clothes and stance except the sword which wasn't there.

This deficiency was quickly removed as it grabbed his fallen sword which was thrown at him by one of the stray ropes of the demon to be immediately catched

"-and Teleportation"

With that it disappeared.

Tanjiro started to struggle against his bondages, only for them to be tightened further and being on mid air without his sword, he couldn't do much.

One of the ropes eventually formed a collar around his neck, slowly but steadily tightening. This cut off a lot of his air supply but not enough to die, he kept on breathing even as his whole body started to go numb from the tightening ropes, drawing out some blood in the process.

"Stop moving! You are making it difficult for yourself" the demon who wielded the rope said in annoyance.

"My my, still rebellious?" The demon holding the crystal ball finally came forward.

He slowly started to move the hair from his face, revealing a yellow glowing eye ball in the process.

And when Tanjiro saw directly into it, that's when he realized he got temporarily paralyzed and was constricted further, cutting off his oxygen supply, numbing his body further.

He continued, "Perhaps I might like to see the reason why you are like that, hmm?"

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Alright, Firstly I will explain how the demon arts of the 5 demons worked.

Starting off with,

1. Dimensional Loop and Disassemble: It works like the Soma Cube. Basically just like in soma cube, you disassemble its parts to fit in the correct piece and the pattern goes on loop. Similarly this demon art allows its user to manipulate the given area of control and disassemble parts from it. Such as it separated Tanjiro from the group. The only side effect is that the people within that area when the dimension/place is being manipulated, will extremely dizzy due to the hasty shifts and changes and this can effectively knock them out. Giving the demon enough time to prey upon them. Its attack range is pretty big.

2. Brutal Echo Scream and Piercing Needles: The user screams at the top of its lungs and this creates a sound wave like effect blowing its targets away. However these sound waves contain hundreds of needles which if one comes in contact with, will get impaled right through; either killing it or causing severe injury which gives the demon enough time to feed on it. Area of control is large.

3. Binding Ropes and Constriction: Allows the demon to bend and control its rope at any way it pleases. Mainly used to constrict and preying on its victim's flesh. The area of control is average.

4. Illusion and Teleportation: Creates a powerful illusion which can help the user to camouflage or to confuse its opponents or disguise itself. It also allows the user or the object it chooses to move about places in a matter of seconds. The area of control is pretty small.

5. Window of memories: The user can not only peek into others memories but drag out things from it into real life. It can also keep showing the person his/her most traumatic memories inorder to immobilize them during battle.

This attack is so powerful that its impact leaves the person in an catatonic state sometimes killing them instantly.

Area of Control: n/a

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