The Twin Mists

Time's Up

After getting some ohagi from Sanemi, using our twin puppy-eyes method, we headed over to Giyuu. "Well, how did it go?" He said, "I admitted that we were good friends and it was cured." Mui and I froze and said, "WHAT?! THE?! FOG?!" He looked confused. I took a deep breath and said, "So Giyuu, if she is just a friend to you..." Muichiro finished, "Would you mind if I asked her to go out with me?" Giyuu gave a start and said, "You devil-spawn, if you dare-" He caught our smug faces and groaned loudly. "You see. You totally like her. And it's time fo-"

We were interrupted by Tikki cawing, "Insect Pillar Shinobu Kocho is fighting Uppermoon 2, Douma! Kanao and Inosuke are already assisting! Hurry, Hurry!" In the next second, all three of us were following my crow as fast as we could. When we arrived, we were met with an intense battle. Kanao and Inosuke were holding their own against Doauma, while Shinobu was going on full offensive. While normally her smile was carefully painted onto her face, right now, it was full of pure rage. Suddenly, Douma turned around and slashed Kanao hard, and her sword went flying out of her reach. Inosuke, Muichiro and I rushed to protect her while Giyuu readied his sword to help Shinobu. But before any of us could do anything, we felt a menacing aura. "So you're trying to kill her too, huh. You act, you play, you laugh, and yet you feel nothing in that hollow shell of yours... You can hurt me all you want, but you will never harm my sister, or anyone else ever again!" Suddenly, 3 marks appeared on Shinobu's face, purple butterflies the color of her wisteria poison. Her sword became completely purple, and she jumped at least 10 meters into the air. "Insect Breathing, Butterfly Dance: Poisoned Poke!" She thrusted her sword as hard as she could towards Douma who was below her. At the very tip of her sword was a large glowing butterfly. Giyuu came back towards us, and Muichiro and I used Mist breathing form five to shield ourselves from the blow. There was a huge impact that made a loud boom, but when we got up, we were met with a shocking sight. All of Douma's body parts were cut off into a hundred pieces including his head. And suddenly, purple butterfly patterns started appearing all over his skin, pressing and bubbling eerily. The next thing I knew, Douma had melted to ashes.

"And that was for Kanae." Shinobu panted out. Kanao took a deep breath and hugged Shinobu. Shinobu smiled and pulled out of the hug to inspect Kanao's wounds. Fortunately, they weren't deep and would heal quickly. But after looking at Shinobu I gasped. She simply responded by saying, "Remember that Demon doctor that Tanjiro told us about. I've met with her and we can go see her now to heal up." Everyone agreed to this plan, but Muichiro and I were thinking about something else. While she was fighting, a lot of Shinobu's blood dripped onto her sword. And I noticed that when Douma had butterfly patterns bubbling on his body, there was blood bubbling as well. Her blood is the strongest poison of all, strong enough to kill an Uppermoon.

I know shinobu can take on douma. Also the demon marks just appear and aren't seen as a big deal.