Kamado Tanjiro Vs Muzan Kibutsuji

Chapter 6 { Hand demon }

A Mountain Of Hands

A demon's weak point is its neck. However, when using a normal blade, even cutting its neck won't kill it but you are a special case, Tanjiro. Your breath style is able to make any sharp weapons a demon killing weapon. The sword that the demon slayer corps use are made from a special steel. We call them Nichirin Swords.

(Tanjiro's POV)

Thanks to my training with Makomo, I've learned to smell out an opening 's how I won. When I'm fighthing someone and I find that scent, I see the thread. It runs from my blade to a spot on my opponent and it goes taut the moment I see it. Guided by the thread, my blade cut into that spot. I'm also able to do the full focus breathing for a full day and I am able to use all my 23 breathing forms. Urokodaki suddenly appear when I spilt the boulder. He says, ' I did not intent to send you to final selection. I had no wish to see another child die. I didn't think you would split the boulder but you did well. Tanjiro, you are an amazing child.' When he said these words, it made me cry. I hugged him and cry in joy and relieve. My training did paid off.

He continue saying, 'Go to final selection but be sure to return alive. Your sister and I are here waiting. You have a bright future ahead of you.'

I went back to his house and I decided to not cut my hair. I tied my hair up in a pony tail. It really reminded me of my late father. Then Urokodaki gave me a mask. It's called a warding mask. Apparently, it offers protection from evil. I can't take Nezuko with me. She's still asleep so I'm leaving her in Urokodaki's care. I wear a haori that is custom made by Urokodaki for me. It's half blue and half yellow with mixture of orange on each side of the haori. The blue represent that a former water pillar had taught me and the yellow with orange mixture colour represent my breath of the sun breathing style. He gave me his Nichirin sword and I put it on my waist. When I am about to leave for final selection, I say, ' I'm on my way, Urokodaki! Give my best to Sabito and Mokomo!' I turn around and leave from his house.

He look at me at a distance and was shocked, 'Tanjiro, how is it you know the names of those deceased children?'

After a few hours of travelling, I arrived at Mount Fujikasane: site of final selection. I walk up a stair and look around the place. Wow! But wisteria shouldn't be blooming this time of year. When I arrived at the stairs's shrine gate, I saw a lot of people waiting for final selection to start. When I enter the crowd, the two twins sibiling facing toward the crowd say, 'Greetings, everyone. Thank you for gathering tonight for final selection. Mounts Fujikasane holds demons that demon-slayer swordmen have taken alive and trapped here. Demons hate wisteria flowers, which bloom here even out of season. They cover the mountain from it's foot to halfway up the slope. However from that point on, the wisteria does not bloom. So demons roam free. You must survive there for 7 days. If you do, then you will have passed final selection. Now go.' The crowd quickly go to the location and I followed them. When I was walking through the forest with no wisteria, I saw two demons. They say to each other, 'Hey! Hey! Get lost! I'm gonna eat this kid! No you get lost! He's my meal!'

The two demons rushed toward me while yelling, 'The one who kills him first gets to eat him! It's been a long time since I tasted human flesh!'

I take in a deep breath , 'Total Concentration. Sun breathing! I smell the thread.' When the thread straightened, I yell, 'Eighth form Shining Sun Stab!' Urokodaki's Nichirin Blade was set on fire and I stabbed through the two demons's head perfectly. They quickly crumbled in dust in seconds. I turn around to the dead demons and pray for them to rest in peace. Suddenly I scent a rotten smell. I quickly look around my surroundings and saw a participant running away from something. He yelled at me, 'There's a huge deformed demon back there! I've never seen anything like it!' When a huge figure walk out from the trees. It reveal a giant monstrosity. It was a demons with a lot of hands. It combined his hands together a stretch toward the participant and grabbed him. He shouted for help. I was frozen there for a bit when I saw this demon. I quickly calm myself down. Don't be afraid! Help him! I must help him! I have the power to do this! Let's go! Sun Breathing! Second form Sun Heaven! I spin my body in midair to create a 360-degree burning slash. I slashed the demon's combined hand off and it released the participant. I stand infront of him and guard him while facing the demon with my sword. I look at it with my red piercing eyes and yell at it, 'Stay away from him! Or else I will strike you down!'

The demon look at my mask and say, 'Goddamit that's hurt. I can't regenerate my arm. Well I have to replace it with other arms. Oh dear, another of my dear foxes has come! I wonder he is stronger than the last foxes but I will kill him for sure Urokodaki. I can't wait to see your miserable face, UROKODAKI!' with a sadistic and crazy tone.

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