Creation- Demon slayer fanfic

Chapter 44

" Aku?" Tanjiro asks, confused, " what happened?"

" I'll tell you later. For now, how do I kill them?" I ask.

Obviously there's some catch due to both demons having " Upper 6" in their eyes.

" I..." he pauses, " both of their heads need to be cut at the same time, I think."

The same time? But I'm one person, how do I cut both?

The demon with the sickles lunges at me, catching me off guard. I was able to put my arm in front of my chest, blocking his attack with the sacrifice of my blood being spilled. The demon grins wickedly.

" His weapons are poisoned, even the Sound Hashira couldn't survive," Tanjiro whispers, voice catching.

I nod, however I'm mostly sure that I'll be fine. His poison probably isn't meant to affect those who aren't human.

" Don't be so disgraceful! You're a demon, don't protect the human!" the male demon spits angrily.

" I'm not a demon," I answer bitterly, " you take the girl since I can deal with poison."

Tanjiro stands at my side, holding his sword without putting pressure on his broken fingers. I form my blades and raise them as well. However this time, I won't let the demon attack first.

I take advantage of the wound on my arm and spring forwards, using a more condensed Third Form of Blood Breathing. My opponent jumps to the left and puts one foot down, using his momentum to crash into me. I spring into the air, allowing his force to carry me further away from Tanjiro. When he swings, I counter. I stay on the defense until we're far enough away from the other two. Then, I deflect a swing at my side, place a hand down on the ground and flip in the air backwards, putting space between my opponent and I.

Neither of us were able to land a hit during that brief moment.

He lunges at me once again and I duck under his attack. I harden the skin on my left arm so that his weapon only deflects off of me and drag my blade across his arm, splitting it open. Blood splashes my face as I drive an elbow into the demon's stomach. He recoils in shock.

A sharp pain pierces my left shoulder and a stream of dark liquid shoots through my body. It splashes to the ground and I realize that it's blood. This demon can manipulate his own blood.

" We're quite similar," I remark, staring him down.

" I'm not soft," he spits.

Rude. I'm not exactly soft either, I just care about this particular human enough to refuse human blood as a demon.

" No. I meant I manipulate my blood as well. It's a shame there's only room for one person who does that."

I'm hinting that I'm going to kill him. Especially for what he did to Tanjiro.

" You're disgraceful and you're going to die because of it."

A glimpse of red flashes in my vision and I quickly bring my blade down to my stomach. A sharp noise follows an attack.

How do I beat this demon? How do I counter his Blood Demon Art? Considering our skills are far different, how do I slice his head off without getting mine cut off first?

" Aku!" I hear Tanjiro shout.

I don't look back, not daring to take my eyes off of the demon.

" Cut yourself!" he yells again.

Cut myself? Why? What does he have in mind? And why isn't he fighting the female demon?

Even though I don't understand why, I turn my blade onto my self and drive it into my stomach without thinking. Pain ripples through my body as I grit my teeth. Blood spatters onto the ground and I rip the blade out. I stumble, pressing my hand to the wound.