Temari and Arrow Demon

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I held Nezuko safely as the two temari balls made their way here.

-3rd Person POV-
The temari demon throws her ball and laughs, "You were right, Yahaba! A building just appeared out of nowhere!" "Huh? Seems like they learned to use the Blood Demon Art of hiding objects well. And could the Demon Slayer be with the demon? What does this mean?" Yahaba asks. The temari demon laughs and says, "Isn't this fun?" as she dribbles two temari. "I must say, Susamaru..." The temari Demon looks at Yahaba, "your way of doing things tends to be immature. So careless. It's messy! My kimono is covered with dust!" Yahaba complained. Susamaru shot back, "Oh, stop whining! We found them right away thanks to my temari, so who cares? And now, it's time to play!" As she threw to temari, Yahaba growls, "There goes the dust again!" Susamaru says, "You're so uptight. Your kimono isn't the least bit soiled. And besides... found 'em! Found 'em!"
"A temari? Just by throwing them, she can destroy the house like this?" Tanjiro thought. Yushiro also thought, "That woman... is she one of Kibutsuji's minions?"
Susamaru laughed again and threw both her temari at high speeds. They both turned and twisted in unnatural ways towards the four causing destruction inside the house. One temari ball made its way to Yushiro and Tamayo. "Lady Tamayo!" Yushiro said. He gasped as the ball swerved under him and took his head clean off. Tanjiro yells, "Yushiro-san! Dammit! Nezuko! Take the lady sleeping in the back somewhere safe outside!" Nezuko nodded but Tamayo interrupted, "It's too dangerous outside! We have a basement, so take her there!" "Understood! Nezuko!" Tanjiro ordered. Nezuko grunts as she ran off to the woman. Tanjiro faced Susamaru and Yahaba, blade at the ready. Susamaru laughs and said, "That's one down!" Tanjiro thought, "She's giving off a totally different scent than any other demons. Is she stronger? It's an intense smell. It kind of feels heavy inside my lungs. If she's strong, I may have some fun from this fight." The temari zips back to Susamaru as she catches them. She dribbles them both as she says, "Hmm. The Demon Slayer with hanafuda earrings and weird spiky hair... It's you isn't it?" Tanjiro thought after that, "So, she's after me?" "Tamayo-san! Please find a place to hide! I'm the one they're after!" He yells. Tamayo says, "Tanjiro-san, I want you to fight without worrying about us. We'll be fine without your protection. We're demons after all."
Susamaru raised her temari and says, "Well then... It's all over for you now!" She finished as she threw her temari at high speeds.

-Tanjiro's POV-
"That temari will only swerve if I dodge it," I thought as I close my eyes and think of the seventh form. I reopen them and finish, "Of the ten forms..." I say as I extend my arms to a sort of T-pose, "The fastest thrusting technique," I finish as put my sword behind my back and use,

Total Concentration... Water Breathing! Seventh Form, Drop Ripple Thrust-Curve!

I say in my mind as I thrust my sword forward, piercing the ball.

-3rd Person POV-
Susamaru thought, "Oh, so you struck at the curve diagonally to soften the Temari's blow. But..." Tanjiro's blade rattles as it hits him on the head, making him grunt. He thought, "How does the temari move around like that? It swerved unnaturally when it struck Yushiro-san, as well! It's not spinning in any special way, and yet... So, how?"
As Tanjiro finished with his thoughts, Tamayo called out, "Yushiro! Yushiro!" When she finished, Yushiro's skins began to squelch and regenerate. Just the lower half of his head regenerated as he was only able to say, "La..." Tanjiro saw this and was visibly uncomfortable from that scene. "Tamayo-sama! Didn't I tell you? That we shouldn't get involved with that Demon Slayer! From the start! My concealment spell isn't perfect! I know you're well aware of that yourself! I may be able to conceal the presence of buildings and people, their scent, but I cannot mask their very existence!" He yells. Tamayo looks down in guilt. "The greater our numbers, the more traces we'll leave, and the greater the odds that Kibutsuji will find us!" Yushiro added. "That demon got so close to us, yet there was no scent until we came under attack! That was Yushiro's Blood Demon Art, huh?" Tanjiro thought. Yushiro's head regenerated up to his forehead as he makes a very angry expression. "Anyone who ruins the time I spend together with you... I despise them!" He says as his head fully regenerates, same with his hair. "I despise them with passion! It's unforgivable!" He finally finishes.
Susamaru laughs as she threw off her haori. "Hey, he's babbling!" She says. "What fun is this! What fun is this! To be killed by me, one of the Twelve Kizuki... You should be honoured!" She adds. "Twelve Kizuki?" Tanjiro asks. "They serve directly under Kibutsuji!" Tamayo answers. Susamaru laughs as she grows four extra arms. "She grew more arms!" Tanjiro thought. As two temari balls dribble, two more are added, then another two. "Now then, let's keep playing! Until the morning comes! Until you die!" She screams. Susamaru threw all six balls toward Tanjiro. They cause more damage than before. Tamayo thought, "If I were to cast my spell now, it would affect Tanjiro-san, as well. And Yushiro needs time to prepare for an attack. But if this goes on..." Tanjiro dodges all the balls thrown at him and cuts some in half. He thought, "Here it is again! Even without anything, it changed trajectory!" The two temari he cut in half, all four parts hit his body as he grunts. "When I manage to slash them, they lose force, but they still hit me anyway!" As he finished, the temari that hit him disappeared. He continues to dodge as he thinks again, "I feel and smell two different Blood Techniques. There are two demons! Their scent tells me where they are!" As he dodged more temari balls, three others made their way and struck both Tamayo and Yushiro, but they weren't fatally wounded. "Tamayo-san! Yushiro-san!" Tanjiro yells. "It's no good! I don't have time to protect them!" Tanjiro thought in frustration. "We'll heal soon enough! So, don't worry!" Tamayo yelled. "Oi! Stupid Demon Slayer! If you look at the arrows, you can tell which direction they're going! Dodge the arrows!" Yushiro piped in. "Arrows?" Tanjiro asked in confusion. "Seriously, you can't even see them?" He says as he reaches in his uniform for a paper, "I'm going to lend you my sense of sight! Then, you should at least be able to cut off that temari woman's head!" He says as he uses his ultimate paper throwing skills. The paper lands on Tanjiro's forehead as it enhances his vision. He sees an arrow, and behind it, the temari following it. "I can see now! These arrows were controlling... the trajectory of the temari. That's what I felt and smelled!" Tanjiro thought. He dodges the arrows and temari balls. He yells, "Thanks, Yushiro-san! I can see the arrows now, too!" "Then, hurry up and defeat her!" Yushiro says as Nezuko shows up. "Nezuko! Nezuko, let's go outside! Take care of the demon up in the tree?" He said. Nezuko grunts as she nods. Nezuko jumps out as the temari balls make their way back to Susamaru. Nezuko jumps high into the air and lands in the trees. Tanjiro stops in front of Susamaru and says, "Hey, you! I am your opponent!" Susamaru looks at Tanjiro and said, "The Demon Slayer with hanafuda earrings... No question. I'm going to bring that head of yours to him." She laughs and prepares to throw the temari, as Tanjiro prepares to defend himself. "What fun is this!" She said as she threw the temari balls, following the arrows. Tanjiro ran to the left as the arrows and temari balls followed behind him. Some it the ground, slowing them down. He runs up the wall of the house, followed by the arrows. "Nezuko, how much longer?" He asked himself.
Nezuko hops across trees as she located the arrow demon, Yahaba noticing her. She throws a kick followed by another kick, making Yahaba gasp.
As Nezuko fought Yahaba, the arrows disappeared. "There!" He thought to himself. He prepared another Water Breathing form,

Water Breathing...

He says in his mind as he slices the temari balls in half. He plants his feet on the ground,

Third Form, Flowing Dance!

Tanjiro cuts all temari balls in half, then proceeds to rush Susamaru. He cuts all six arms and turns around. "Tamayo-san! Are these two demons closely related to Kibutsuji?" He asked. "Most likely," Tamayo answered. Tanjiro rest his blade behind his head saying, "Then, I'm going to get you some of their blood for sure!"

Chapter 18: End.

-A Little Secret-
Tanjiro found out how to detect living things' power during his training with Urokodaki.

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