Author's Note: Sorry guys! I know you all loved this story and I thank you for reading but I am discontinuing this story. I just don't have the motivation anymore.

Chapter 16

Back with Tanjiro, he was still battling Daki.

"I'm growing tired of it, so I'm putting an end to you now." Daki said. She released her ribbons from her belt straight towards Tanjiro.

Hinokami Kagura! Raging Sun! Tanjiro sliced through Dali's ribbons with ease. Daki stood there, slightly stunned. Tanjiro rushed towards her and sliced down his sword. Daki dodged that attack with ease.

That was underwhelming, but... so typical. Daki sliced Tanjiro's neck but suddenly Tanjiro disappeared. She gasped.

He's gone?!

Hinokami Kagura. Fake Rainbow. Tanjiro saw the Opening Thread.

"Hinokami Kagura: Fire Wheel!" Tanjiro sliced his sword towards Daki but then he saw the thread snap. He got hit by Daki's ribbons and he went flying.

He saw Daki coming straight towards him, her ribbons flying towards him. He quickly did Recovery Breathing and managed to get out of the way. Daki looked on with slight shock. She continued attacking him and Tanjiro kept blocking each of her attacks.

Tanjiro stood still, panting. He saw Daki slowly walking towards him.

"That's enough... you ugly brat!" she screamed out as she sent her ribbons to attack Tanjiro. Tanjiro blocked each one. Then Daki rushed towards him and Tanjiro moved to avoid her attacks. Then he gasped. He noticed that Daki's ribbons are able to detach from her belt and reattach.

Then suddenly, the rest of Daki's ribbons surged into her.

Wait! What!? The belts are entering her body! Tanjiro thought as he saw Daki freeze in front of him. No, it's more like the ones that were split off are now returning to her.

Daki's ribbons have fully returned. She stood there, frozen.

Stand your ground, get your breathing under control... Tanjiro went to strike Daki. And strike!

"I knew it." Daki suddenly spoke. Tanjiro slashed on empty air. She's gone.

"It seems I was right." Daki said to herself. Her hair changed from black to a white and green color.

"A Hashira really did show up!" Daki placed her hands on her face, looking up at the sky in an almost trancelike gaze. "How magnificent. I can't even imagine how pleased my master will be!"

Tanjiro looked up, slightly worried. She just transformed. Her scent couldn't be more ominous. It's making me sick already... which means she gained even more power.

But if Uzui really is with Inosuke and the others right now, I can rest easy.

A voice broke Tanjiro's thoughts. Tanjiro turned to see a man coming out, complaining about the noise they were making.

Tanjiro warned them to not come any closer, to stay indoors but the man wasn't listening. Then with no warning, Daki slashed the whole area around them. Buildings were slashed in portions or in halves, people who were in the area were either dead or injured.

Tanjiro looked at the scene before him. It made him angry. Very angry. Angry because he couldn't save the people in time and angry at how Daki didn't have a care in the world. Blood began seeping from inside Tanjiro's eyes, making him look manic and scary.

Daki was about to head off but then she was suddenly stopped. She turned around to see Tanjiro grabbing her leg. Tanjiro slashed at Daki but Daki twisted away, moving away from him.

"Those lives will never return." Tanjiro told Daki. "They can't just regenerate."

"That's a luxury only demons have." Daki said.

"Why do you kill? Why trample over the lives of the innocent?" Tanjiro asked.

I feel like I've heard these same words before. Then a vision came into Daki's mind. A young man with long dark red hair. A voice talking to her.

Daki stood, frozen. Wait, who was that?

"Why can't you understand? How could you forget?"

Something's not right. Daki thought. I don't remember this. These aren't my memories at all. It must be the cells. They're Lord Muzan's memories.

Back with Akaza and Rengoku, the two were facing one another once again.

"Hello, Kyojuro." Akaza said to Rengoku.

"Akaza." Kyojuro said in a low growl.

"Oh! So you do remember me!" Akaza said.

Kyojuro's frown darkened, ready to fight against the Upper Rank Three.

"Don't you remember what I said? How I wanted to see you as a true demon? So tell me, have you gone insane yet? Have you devoured anyone?" Akaza asked.

"No. I would never do such a thing!" Rengoku said.

"Well then, looks like I have to do this the hard way." Akaza said.

Back with Uzui, Inosuke, Zenitsu, and Uzui's wives, Makio and Suma, they managed to save the people who were trapped within Daki's ribbons.

"Hey, you!" Inosuke called to Uzui.

"That Worm Belt just flew through that hole and escaped!" Inosuke told him.

"Shut up! I saved everyone who was trapped in here, so what's the issue?!" Uzui yelled at him. "You should be on your knees worshiping me right now! We'll talk about the other thing later!"

"Lord Tengen, if you don't go after it, there'll be even more bloodshed!" Makio said to Tengen.

"Don't worry about us and get over there before it's too late!" Suma said.

Suddenly, Inosuke and Zenitsu were flung up into the air. Tengen caught them in both his arms. He spoke with a wide smile on his face.

"You heard what they said. Get ready. We're giving chase!" Uzui cried out.

The three were running on rooftops now. "Pick up the pace, boys! Get out of my way, 'cause Lord Tengen is coming through!"