Kamado Tanjiro Vs Muzan Kibutsuji

Chapter 16 { Handballs }

(Tanjiro's POV)

I smell there are two demon scents outside the house.

The demon girl laughed, 'Aha ha ha ha! Just like what Yahaba said, a structure appeared in a place that didn't have anything there before!' while continue throwing handballs to the house.

The other demon boy named Yahaba replies, 'Seem like they used a Blood Demon Art capable of hiding things. There is a demon hunter and another demon along with them? What is going on... Anyways Susamaru, should I say that the way you handled this was immature or too simplistic. You got it dirty, you know. You got my clothes dirty with dust.'

Susamaru replies, 'You're so annoying. It was all thanks to my handballs that we were able to find this place so soon, okay? I want to play a little longer and your clothes aren't dirty. You're such a neurotic guy.'

I look at the demons and I became very alert of my surroundings. A handball?! Just a handball thrown by that woman was able to destroy the house to this extent!

She says, 'Ahahaha, found you! Found you!'

Yushiro analyses the situation and determind, 'This woman is one of Kibutsuji's underlings?!' She throws the handball toward the house and the ball bounce around the house very unpredictably. The ball suddenly bounce toward his direcrtion and strike his head. It immediately crush his head into pieces and he fell onto the ground.

I widen my eyes and yell, 'Yushiro! Nezuko! Carry the unconcious woman in there to a safe place outside!' Nezuko quickly follow my instruction and I quickly run to Tamayo's side. I stand infront of her in a defensive stance while holding my sword. I look at the girl demon and she has noticeably different smell than the demons I've faced in the past! Is it because she is stronger? A heavy scent just sucking it into my lungs feels quite heavy!

She slowly walks to toward me while bouncing her handballs up and down, 'The demon hunter with the hanafuda earrings on your ears and a long pony tail hair. That's you right?' So their target is me!

I say to Tamayo, 'Tamayo-san please get to a place where you are able to hide!'

She replies, 'Tanjiro, Please don't mind us and carry on with your battle. We will be fine even without your protection. Because we are demons.'

Suddenly the demon girl throws one of her handball toward me really fast. I deduced even if I avoid that handball, it will still turn towards me! I take in a deep breath, 'Full Focus Breath Of The Sun! Eighth style Shining Sun Stab!' I do a single thrust attack with my blade and spiral fire appear on my blade. I stabbed the ball and it suddenly set on fire burning it into ashes. I quickly get back to my stance and face the demon.

She widens her eyes and was shocked, 'How can he destroy my handball with just a stab?! His blade is quite dangerous. His blade is able to set things on fire. Hmph, don't worry I still got more handballs. I just need to avoid his blade then I can strike him. I bet he can't follow my handball speed.'She throw the ball again straight toward me. I prepare to strike the ball again but it suddenly curved over me and hit my side. I stumble for a bit and regain my footing. How can this handball curve unnaturally? An unnatural turn occurence as well when it struck Yushiro-san. But this isn't a special curving around ball... What is his? Tamayo was holding Yushiro's body and suddenly he regrow the bottom of his face back.

He yells, 'Tamayo-sama! I said this before, haven't I? From the very beginning I told you we shouldn't have any relations with demon hunters! My hidden technique is still imperfect! You know this, don't you?! Just hiding the structure, the presence of beings and the smell won't wipe away the exsitence of said beings themselves! The more people that are hidden the more the chance of Kibutsuji picking upon the traces we leave behind! I hate people coming to interfere with the time you and I spend together! I hate it so much! Can't forgive them!' while finishing regrowing his head.

The Susamaru demon says when she heard his stament, 'Ahahaha! What are you talking about? So fun! So interesting! I will allow you the glorious death of dying by the hands of the Twelve Demon Moons!'

I question, 'Twelve Demon Moons?'

Tamayo replies, 'They are Kibutsuji's personal servants!'

I turn toward her and see Tamayo have a worry expression. I clenched my teeth. I see so this was Yushiro's Blood Demon Art...The demons closed in on us so fast, that I didn't even smell them before they attacked. I say to her, 'It's alright. Everything is gonna be fine. I will defeat the demons and protect you all!'

I active my mark of the sun state and my forehead scar transform in to a red demon crest marking. My veins all around my body begin to budge out and I released a hissing sound. The atmosphere around the area suddenly become very heavy. I set my blade ablaze turning it crimson burning red. I say to the girl demon, 'Let end this fight demons...' with a calm and collected tone.

Suddenly the demon girl started to breath heavily and started to sweat in fear. She think, 'Who is this boy?! His presence is almost the same as my lord but even scarier! Although his presence is still human but he feels like a very big threat to the demons! I can't stop shaking!'

She grows 4 arms from her side and suddenly threw 6 handballs toward me while shouting, 'Die you demon hunter!' . The balls started to bounce very fast. I track the balls with my eyes and I take in a deep breath, 'Sun Breathing! Nineteenth Style Sun Dragon Firetail!' I do a direct frontal slash and created a single gigantic burning slash. The slash cut all the balls in the house and they all are burn into ashes. I also destroy the house's wall with my slash leaving burned marks on the wall.

I quickly dissapear in flames and appear behind the Susamaru demon girl. I twist my body and swing my blade onto her neck. It immediately cut off her head before she could react. Her body crumble away into dust and me and my blade revert back to our normal state. I kneel down while stabbing my sword into the ground. I panted heavily and I am sweating a lot. I really should train more on maintaining that state more longer and reduce the drawback of that state. I turn toward Yushiro and Tamayo and give them a thumb up. I noticed their eyes widen.

(Tamayo's POV)

This kid's presence is almost the same asMuzanbut more calmer and is not corrupted. I estimate his strength to be an elite demon hunter. I remember feeling this presence 200 years ago. Suddenly an image of a middle age man with a pony tail while wearing hanafuda earrings on his ears appear behind Tanjiro showing his back toward me. I suddenly realised it was the man who spared my life after I become a demon. Is he related to Tanjiro? How come Tanjiro's presence is the same as the man? It is quite a mystery. I think this kid in the future will end thatmanonce and for all and his breath style is quite familiar to me. What is it? I can't remember. I will find it out later. Probably I did record his breath style in my book. One day this kid gonna play an extremely important role in the demon slayers corps.

(Tanjiro's POV)

I slowly stand up from the ground while using my sword as a support and smell for the demon scent. I found another demon scent on a nearby tree. I look at the tree with demon scent and notice a figure. I immediately yell, 'Nezuko! On the tree! On the tree!' Nezuko immediately run toward the tree and kicked the tree. The tree was sent flying toward a wall. The demon on the tree quickly jumped and landed infront of Nezuko.

He think, 'How did that kid noticed me?! He kill Susamaru so easily. The presence just now he emitted is so heavy! Is he even human! Okay, I have to focus the enemy infront of me.'He reaches out his hand and active his Blood Demon Art.

End