Kyogai's Fall

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"Listen up demon, I'm going to cut your head off right here and right now!" Tanjiro said.

-Zenitsu's POV-
I and Shoichi-kun run down a hallway looking for an escape. But for some reason, it feels as if we are running in a loop. I ask, "Where's Tanjiro?" "I can still hear that creepy sound. Just stay safe, Tanjiro!" I thought to myself. "Um, Zenitsu, is it just me, or are we just going round and round in circles?" Shoichi-kun asked. I stop us and yell, "I knew it! I was getting the same feeling! That's my boy, Shoichi-kun! I knew I could count on you! All right, could you check to see if this room is safe?" Shoichi-kun gave me the same look he did earlier and I yelled, "Why? All right, all right, just stop giving me that look! Fine, I'll do it myself!" I slowly open the shoji door and peek in. I see no one and say, "There's no one. Let's go this way! Tanjiro, come on out now!" We both walk down the hallway and hear the tsuzumi drum beat. The whole hallway flips forward and I say, "Th-The room... just flipped!" Both me and Shoichi-kun scream as we fall. A couple of doors slide open as we finally see the light.

-Tanjiro's POV-
The demon continuously flips the room as I keep preparing for the flips. The demon sends another claw attack while flipping the room. I backflip, but the room flipping almost sent me into the claw attack. I start to get a little dizzy as the room flipped again. I regain my senses and crash into the wall. Just before crashing into the wall, another claw attack was sent my way. I thought, "This demon is smart! It sends claw attacks my way before I land. I need to think of a way to beat him before I get sliced by him!" I leaped out of the way just before it reached me, only cutting my haori a little. I lunged at the demon at a speed I thought was good enough, only to find out another claw attack came my way. I had to think fast before I was cut. "Oh no! I'm going to cut! I need to think of wa-" I was cut off from the claw attack scraping my calf. "Damn! So annoying! I need the Marechi! There's no time to lose!" The demon yelled. I landed on the side of the wall and was sent down to the ground. My leg was bleeding, but only a little. I was gonna think about my leg and another claw attack was launched at me. I sidestepped and asked, "Hey, you! What's your name?" The demon looked confused and answered, "Kyogai." I stop and say, "Kyogai! I'm not handing over Kiyoshi... the Marechi to you! I won't give up! I won't lose!" I yelled to the demon, Kyogai.

-3rd Person POV-
From what Tanjiro said, Kyogai had a glimpse of what a man said to him. He says, "I'm going to get the marechi... and reclaim my place among the Twelve Kizuki!" as he shows his scarred eye. He sent more attacks than before, making it harder for Tanjiro. Kyogai kept the attacks up and shredded the room up, sending papers everywhere.

-Kyogai's Memory (Brief)-
"Just give it up, will you? It's so boring! Your writing is just so boring," a man said as he dropped papers of, who seems to be Kyogai when he was a human. "Every last word is utter trash! No beauty, no fragility, no impact. Why don't you forget about writing? It's just a waste of paper and ink! These days you never even step outside during the day. No wonder you're so boring! You should just enjoy your hobby, playing the tsuzumi as long as you're shut in here. Not that you have the skills to teach that, either!" The man finished insulting and stepped on Kyogai's papers. This sets off Kyogai as his vision goes red. As the critic walks away, Kyogai opened his yakuta (I think) and revealed a tsuzumi on his belly. He struck it and cut the man to pieces.

-Back in Tanjiro's POV-
The demon, Kyogai, started growling and yells, "Begone! You damn insect!" He stretched his arms in the air and finished, "Rapid drumming!" I thought, "Can he drum even faster?" The demon started drumming faster than he ever did before. The room started to flip and turn as I got even dizzier. I scream and yell as I was thrown around the room. "The speed of these rotations is making me dizzy! This may get worse! What an amazing technique! Not only that, now he's got five claws instead of three!" I dodge two claw attacks and land on the ground. As the room stops flipping, I'm careful not to step on the papers on the ground. As I reach the ground, Kyogai gasps as I reach the opposite side of the room. "I've got it!" I thought. I duck underneath a claw attack that was sent my way. "Right before the claw attack, there's a scent of mould! I also feel something when it's launched!" I thought. I took a sniff of the air and think, "Here it comes! The claw attack!" I feel its presence get closer to me and dodge it on time. I run around testing it out, "Left! Right! Behind!" I thought as I dodge each attack. I take in a deep breath and use.

Total Concentration... Water Breathing!

I lunge at the demon at the perfect moment. It reached for its drum to flip the room. Flipping the room many times, but I kept launching and pushing myself toward Kyogai. "Damn! I keep missing his neck over and over," I thought as I missed and missed. Kyogai stopped flipping and started to send claw attacks.  I dodged them as Kyogai finally faltered from confusion and shock. I saw the opening thread and yelled, "Kyogai! Your Blood Demon Art was incredible!" I finally cut his head off as I yelled,

First Form, Water Surface Slash!

Kyogai's decapitated head fell to the ground as I land. I look towards the body and insert my blade into its sheath. "Boy..." Kyogai said in a low voice. I look at him as he says, "Answer me. You think my Blood Demon Art... was incredible?" I answer while looking down, "It truly was. But..." I look back towards the head and finish, "I can't forgive you for killing people." The demon's head begins to crumble.

-3rd Person POV-
As the Tanjiro acknowledged his Blood Demon Arts, Kyogai thought, "I see." Tanjiro realized and said, "Oh, wait. I gotta get a blood sample." He reached into his sleeve and pulled out a knife-like syringe. He tossed the blade to Kyogai's crumbling body. The knife made a whistling noise as it extracts the blood. Tanjiro walked up to it, admiring the knife while thinking, "It's done drawing blood. So, it really does extract blood automatically just by sticking it in? Yushiro sure is skilled, creating something like this." As Tanjiro picked up the knife and admired it, a cat's meow was heard, startling him. "Huh? A cat? Oh! So, you're the one who's going to deliver this to Tamayo-san, huh?" Tanjiro opens the cat's bag and inserts the blade while petting the cat. "There, there. Thanks! Now you're all set," He says as he sends the cat off. The cat walked away and meowed while disappearing. "I was told that under Yushiro's spell, it would be invisible until it meowed, and then, vanish again when it meowed a second time. So it's true, huh?" Tanjiro thought to himself. Tanjiro then realizes about Kiyoshi and Teruko. "Oh, the other two. I gotta search for them!" He says. He gets up and walks to the door. As tanjiro walks to the door, Kyogai thought, "My... writing... It wasn't trash at all. At the very least, not to that kid. He saw fit not to trample on it." Tanjiro looked at the head and bowed while saying, "Rest in peace." He finally took off as Kyogai thought, with tears dropping, "Both my Blood Demon Arts... and my tsuzumi playing... have been recognized." Finally crumbling away into nothing, Kyogai dies with peace knowing just that.

Chapter 28: End.

-A Little Secret-
Zenitsu was punished for not going to Final Selection (Which was the reason why he was dirty when entering it).

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