Kokushibo's Final Stance

Finale

"Where the hell is this kid? Is he behind? NO! Is he on my left? Or my right? WHERE THE HELL IS HE!" Yelled Kokushibo in an enraged manner. His voice echoed throughout the battlefield and sent everyone that heard it in shivers. "Brother... damn you for teaching nobodies your breathing style and techniques. Why couldn't I have that power?! Why was it you?! WHY WAS IT YOU!!!!" Kokushibo screamed and while Tanjiro was sneaking around Kokushibo making sure his fighting spirit was at zero, Kokushibo let out a roar of rage. Thousands of moon blades came erupting from his body. Tanjiro was hit only once while dodging the rest and when he saw what Kokushibo had become it was horrendous. Blades were sticking out of his body and whenever he moved it seemed like hundreds of moon blades were coming straight toward Tanjiro.

"What kind of monster is this? I've never seen anything like it before! Even after fighting Muzan, this demon is sending pure terror down my spine!" Tanjiro said in his head while keeping an eye on his target. Kokushibo raised his sword and extended it out and slashed the air creating a mini tornado, the force led to Tanjiro's position being revealed. In an instant, Kokushibo dashed towards him and went for the kill.

"Hinokami Kagura: Raging Sun" Tanjiro yelled as he slashed the air protecting himself from Kokushibo's attack and the two blades hitting each other sent the other hashira shivering. The two swords clashed with one another and Tanjiro was easily outclassed in strength by Kokushibo. Tanjiro only had a few seconds left to respond until Kokushibo overpowered him and lodged the sword into his chest. Tanjiro was almost about to pass out because of his extremely vulnerable position and his would which was still bleeding, showing signs of major fatigue. In his final attempt, he would try to do another breathing technique and needed to work because if not then Kokushibo's sword will surely slice Tanjiro in half.

"Hinokami Kagura: Sunflower Thrust!" Tanjiro screamed while he ducked and sent the sword straight into Kokushibo's eye. The sun-breathing form allowed Kokushibo to feel immense pain beyond all belief and pulled his sword out. Kokushibo was furious as much as he was confused since his eye was taking a lot slower to regenerate than normal. Tanjiro kept the attack up and did the technique five more times for the remaining eyeballs on Kokushibo. "STOP IT!!" Kokushibo yelled and swung his sword in Tanjiro's direction, he dodged the oncoming blow by a hair and jumped backward.

"It's over! You'll die tonight!" Tanjiro yelled at his opponent, but his opponent was laughing back. "You damn fool! My eyes on my face aren't the only eyes I have!" Kokushibo had dozens of eyes all around his sword practically giving him 360 vision. "It's time to put you in your grave! To finally prove that I'm the stronger one here! Moon Breathing, Eighth Form: Moon-Dragon Ringtail!" Kokushibo let out a violent swing and the shockwave from his attack filled the entire crater that he and Tanjiro were in. More of those blades were sent out, but this was terrible news for Kokushibo, Tanjiro was getting used to Kokushibo's speed and getting closer to his neck.

"Brother... why were you always the special one? For three hundred years I have been training, yet I could never reach your level and if I trained for even a thousand more years I could never reach your level. The Gods have blessed you and it makes me sick!" Kokushibo was thinking to himself while dodging Tanjiro's attacks with ease. There was no end in sight and there were no signs of the sun rising any time soon. This was bad for Tanjiro. He's slowly losing stamina and it showed by making little mistakes and getting hurt in the process. After a few more minutes of brawling, Kokushibo stops the attack and asks Tanjiro a question.

"Oh dear demon slayer, why are you so persistent?" Kokushibo was relaxed and almost at ease, Tanjiro kept his guard up. "Please, become a demon like me and we can be the greatest swordsmen in history! It would be wonderful don't you think?" "Hell no!! I came this far to find a cure for my sister, and if it means killing you then so be it! I know what makes you tick and I'll use the 13th fo-" Tanjiro couldn't even finish his sentence before his sword disappeared from his hands and Kokushibo held him above the air. It was almost too fast to even react to and Tanjiro was in big trouble. Kokushibo's tall figure made it so Tanjiro couldn't hit him with his head and was defenseless. Kokushibo's sword was looking around the battlefield to see any oddities and found there were little bits of dust on the ground.