Layard Memories (6) - (8)

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I follow Tengen when he throws Zenitsu and Inosuke up and out of the hole. I keep up with his speed and I see in the distance, big smoke puffs and some bright pink light but by the time we get there Tengen bursts through a second floor door and I kick in the window. I cut the belt to ribbons, and Tengen kills Daki. I stop behind Tengen and look behind to see Nezuko a way more powerful demom and Tanjiro, with bloody eyes, holding her back.

But he's kicked outside from Nezuko's resistance.

Daki was standing up right when I last noticed her, but now she's throwing a tantrum, and her head is on the floor.

'Why isn't she disintegrating? She's beheaded, so she should be dead'

"ONEE-CHANN!"

Just then, another demon grotesquely comes out of Daki, and I see the sudden muscle movements, and I grab the two civilians.

Theirs a blast, and I'm knocked from the building with the two people, and before I crash into the wall, I throw the adults onto the roof.

"Damn!" I say as a wooden beam falls onto my belly.

I press the wood off me and climb the building.

I grab the humans and jump down.

"Run and help anyone you find one the way!"

"Ok!" they both say and now are off.

I jump up to the window again and see a darker but uglier demon, and Tengen throws more bombs.

'I'm about done with this guy!'

I drop to the ground as blood like slashes were headed my way.

Then, more explosions can be heard from inside.

'It's because I'm clumsy. I need to concentrate!'

I sheath my nichirin sword and rest my left hand on the hilt. I close my eyes and breathe.

"Feel."

'Huh?'

I remember my training...

"Feel the air, the wrapping of the sword, the insides of your haori. Feel everything, and you will see everything."

"Yes, Rengoku!"

"Someone with good of intuition as you should be able to do this easily. You just need to calm down and focus."

I breathe in... and out.

"Yes, Rengoku."

I jump into the room with the demons, and everyone is already here.

"Hey, you guys. Talk about flashy entrances! That's what I like to see!"

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We stand there, and the ugly demon scoffs.

"You can summon all the underlings you want, but theirs still no blissful future waiting for you!"

"I am no underling!" I say. "I am one step away from being a hashira, and you are in my way!"

"You're not a hashira? I thought you were." He starts to scratch the side of his head.

"Well, I technically am. We just need to do the ceremony."

"Oh... you're all going to die, anyway... so stop with those sparkling eyes!"

I slowly unsheath my sword, showing its beauty, and the similarities of Rengokus and mine are flaunted.

"We are going to win! Us the demon slayers!"

"No way you can win! Not when one of the Hashira is ravaged by poison and the other is inexperienced!"

'Poison? Must be the ugly ones doing.'

"Oh, we're going to win you dumbass bottom-feeders! I'm at the top of my game when I'm shackled by poison in my system!"

"Oh, spare us your bravado!"

"Shut up! Don't you dare underestimate humans! All three of these brilliant boys are my Tsuguko! And Asuga is practically the newer and improved Flame Hashira! They have relentless grit!"

"Ha ha, yeah, we do!" Inosuke puffs his chest.

"And I think I can guess your weakness." I say. "If we cut both your heads off at the same time, then we should win, so this will be easy!"

"All those demon slayer perished because they couldn't do that simple thing. Not even the Hashira! Fifteen for me and seven for my sister. That's how many we've devoured!"

"You heard him! Not a single one lived to see daybreak! Long nights are always on our side, after all." Daki stands up to spout out more remarks then Zenitsu, who is still asleep blitzes at her, and they are thrown into the air.

Inosuke joins him, and Tanjiro plans to help me and Tengen.

"I won't let you kill my sister."

I ready myself, and when I see the slightest movement, I will strike... I see the demons foot twitch, so I dash at him and clash with his sickles just before they peirce Tanjiros head.

"Tsk your quick."

He backs up, and Tengen attacks from the right across to the left, and I just keep on the right.

While we're fighting the belts from before, were raining down to interfere.

'So annoying.'

Tengen dropped some bombs that caused a fire, and with the belts also attacking us, the ugly demon is controlling these blood slashes that Tanjiro is so selflessly defending us from.

"Sound breathing: fifth form String performance."

Tengen holds one of his swords with a reverse grip and spins the other using the chain that connects them. He couples this by releasing numerous bombs to detonate, causing great explosions that deal with massive physical damage.

I watch him battle the demon and think.

'His style of breathing was almost made for this fight. He's got this.'

I help Tengen and Tanjiro with deflecting and slicing belts and blood slashes but the turning point is when these kunai are launched at the ugly demon from one of Tengens wives and he gets a chance to cut the demons legs of.

Tanjiro rushes forward and tries to slash his throat.

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