Ardent Hope: Chainsaw Man x Male Reader Insert.

12. Blossom.

"I mean it, you're a walking corpse."

(Y/N) tried to block the upcoming attack, only to be kicked in his shins with such force he felt the shattering of his bones. The old man took advantage that (Y/N) let his guard down after yelping in pain, and threw a downward punch that hit him square in his neck, breaking the bones of his spinal cord. After that, (Y/N) just fell to the ground completely paralyzed. Denji and Power were already on the floor, almost unconscious, after the man snapped their necks in a surprising grapple.

"Your muscle and skeletal structure, as devils, is the same as ours." The man said. "Snap the neck, and you can't move." The made took something from the inside pockets of his trench coat. "The difference between you and humans is..."

"I smell blood!" Power interrupted, still on the floor.

"You recover by drinking blood." The man pulled a blood bag out of his pockets, and proceeded to pour some of the content in Denji and Power's mouth, before moving towards (Y/N).

"You're out of your mind!" Power exclaimed before quickly getting up and approaching (Y/N) as well. The old man looked at him, directly in his eyes for a couple of moments, before pouring some of the blood into his mouth too.

"Makima asked me to train you kiddos up." Power was already helping (Y/N) get up from the ground, and mumbled some things into his ear. "She must be in a fix, since the Gun Devil's after your hearts for whatever reason." The man continued. "But you're just a small fry who can be crushed in no time."

"And this is your idea of an ideal method of training?" (Y/N) was feeling his neck, still a little sour after the shattering of his bones. "Beating us to death until we learn?"

"Exactly, I see you're the smartest of the group here." The man responded, almost in a mocking tone towards Denji and Power. "I've trained humans before, but the idea of training devils is new to me, so I thought about it while I was drunk, and my alcohol rotten brain came up with a brilliant idea." He proceeded to point to the three of them. "I'm the strongest devil hunter out there. A devil who can take down a powerhouse like me would be a powerhouse themselves... So I'm gonna keep hunting you three, until you're able to defeat me."

"You were right, Power." (Y/N) said. "The geezer's out of his mind."

"Totally!" Denji agreed.

"Alright, let's start again, then." The man said now approaching them slowly.

"Denji." Power said, throwing a scarlet hammer at him made of her own blood. "(Y/N)." She said again, throwing at him a slightly bigger blade of her own blood as well.

(Y/N) tried to catch the blade by the handle, but the moment he did so, Denji had already rushed towards the old man. After easily dodging Denji's swing, he stabbed his back three times in mere seconds. (Y/N) tried to help Power, who was already approaching the man, and after he sunk the blade of the knife deep into Denji's head, (Y/N) blocked with his blade the upcoming slash that the man aimed towards Power's throat. The man aimed again for (Y/N)'s legs in a swift kick that (Y/N) was able to dodge in a quick step to the side as he made a sudden swing of the scarlet blade towards the man's shoulder.

"You're a walking corpse." The man repeated once again, before dodging (Y/N)'s blade edge and hit his stomach in a rapid uppercut of his other hand, before proceeding to cut (Y/N)'s throat in the same way he attempted to kill Power moments ago.

Power aimed for the man's ribs in a swing of her hammer, but a turning blow of the man was able to kick the hammer's handle out of Power's hand before thrusting the blade into her neck. (Y/N) was still trying to gasp for air as he gripped his throat.