Progenitor Alpha

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Upper Rank 2.

 When the demon from Shez's box came out, the scent Tanjiro had smelled earlier upon their meet-up had gotten stronger. The silver-hair with a blood-stain atop made him think if it was actual blood-stain or not, but it looks like it's replicating it. He's taller than most of them, and wielding golden fans.

 His eyes are what drew the pure male Omega right away, seeing the unique color the demon owns. He doesn't think he has ever seen someone owning that many colors before, it's almost like the rainbow was poured into them.

 Admittingly, it was a pretty trait the demon has and no doubt he must've been complimented about it a lot. But the characters within his eyes made him realize he is no simple demon like Nezuko or the three demons here. 

 Remembering the faces of the demons he faced, their eyes didn't hold anything unusual. They would be either slits, different colored sclera, completely red like the Swamp demon or very small dark eyes.

 But this one who is with Shez...

 He has kanji in his eyes acting like irises, and they read 'Upper Rank 2'. 

 Tanjiro noticed that the enemy is gazing upon the silver-haired demon with terror on his face, droplets of sweat that dribbles down the temples and visibly shaking. He can smell immense intimidation, confusion, shock, and fear from the demon.

"Y-You're... a Kizuki!" the single-horned demon stammers.

 His words made Tanjiro blink at his words in confusion. Even Kazumi was lost at this, looking between the demons who appeared to be on their side, to the silver-haired demon, and then to the bad demon kidnapping girls.

 "Indeed, I am~" the rainbow-eyed demon said with in a merry tone.

 "W-Why are you helping them? W-Why are you siding with t-the slayers?!"

 "As if I'd tell you why, peasant." Came the unsettling tone from Douma, as he gives an equally cold look while he stares down at the lesser demon who flinched. "You were about to hurt my Shez-chan. I do not tolerate with anyone hurting her." he added with a look of devoid.

 'Whatever kind of demon he is, he's putting a lot of fear into that demon!' Tanjiro thought, glancing to the two-horned demon who had his head twisted back normal and seemingly in the same state as his original self. Hell, even Nezuko looked intimidated by the rainbow-eyed demon despite he is with them.

 'He called him a Kizuki. The kanji reading Upper Rank 2.... what do they exactly mean? Is there some kind of hierarchy?' he added in thought, trying to get a grasp of the situation among the two demons.

 One leering dangerously at the other; his presence easily thwarting over the Swamp Demon. He was glad it wasn't directed onto himself, because the look alone makes him feel like he is standing on very thin ice. Like if he were to move, the ice will break and he would plunge into the bone-chilling waters.

 Every survival instincts are screaming. That the demon there is very dangerous, and that he wouldn't last even a minute against him. And quite frankly, Tanjiro is very aware just how unprepared he feels if he were to go against the tall demon.

 He's never been more happy to know that the demon's on their side.

"I was doing just fine, Douma." Shez remarks with a nonchalant look. So that's what his name is, he noted.

 This caused Douma to look over to her, his demeanor doing a 180 instantly as he gave a closed-eye smile to her and gaining a light hue of pink on his face. This of course flabbergasted the others.