Losing Grip | Sabigiyuu

Final selection [2]

🐉 Question of the day: If you could change one thing in the past , what would it be?🐉

"We hope your ready, Good luck"

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With these words everyone went their own way, some formed groups and some went single-minded. You could literally feel the adrenaline of the others, excitement, fear, anger, any emotions all thrown together. It was almost frightening to see how many wanted to do this final selection, everyone knew what they were getting themselves into. Giyuu noticed how some showed no fear or anger at all, almost as if they would willingly walk into an open knife. But it seemed as if the peach-haired boy had the most emotions stirring up inside himself. He was aware of his duty, he had to make it through the final selection and most importantly, he had to protect Makomo and Giyuu.

The strategy to use here was to take advantage of your talents. Makomo knew how to use her environment to advantage, Giyuu had good hearing and therefore reacted quickly and Sabito was a fast fighter, almost untouchable.Basically, the three were an unbeatable trio, hopefully. The three head towards the scary forest, neither really wanted to go in there but they had to, if they could do it Urokodaki-san would be proud of them and it would be an irreplaceable thank you to Mr Urokodaki for the long stay and raising them as if they were his own children. They weren't even in this forest for 5 minutes and you felt a certain atmosphere. The more you entered the forest, the darker it got, it was not illuminated and at a certain point the path stopped and there was only grass and trees to watch. Sabito held Giyuu's hand a little tighter, did Sabito overprotective side just came out here?; As weapons, they carried simple katanas with them to defend themselves. Mr. Urokodaki explained to Sabito that if you survive, you can choose what material your katana should be made of.

Almost all of the other people were no longer to be seen, some were already deep in the forest, from some you could already hear the tortured screams.. and some were still standing at the gate and wondering whether they really want that. Sabito was sure if the other two just stayed close to him, nothing would happen. He knew that Giyuu and Makomo would have to fight alone to really 'win' this, but he would still make sure nothing happened to them. His greatest fear of this forest was that he was afraid of finding Giyuu dead on the ground. Sabito had almost more respect for this forest than for Mr. Urokodaki. "It'll be fine, I trust you Sabito that we'll take care of each other," Makomo said with a small smile, you could see from her smile how insecure she was and how scared she felt. "I also trust you Sabito" Giyuu said from the side, these words warmed Sabito's heart, especially because the words came from him. Sabito smiled at both of them as thanks for their trust, but what if the boy who was always so proud and full of honor didn't have any trust in himself? Yes, of course he believed in himself normally, but this was something different, it was about survival here, he wasn't sure if he was strong enough to take on a demon, but he shouldn't let the others notice this weakness , it would be weak.

~time skip :next night~

The first night, or better called the start night, was rather quiet for the three of them, which unfortunately couldn't be said for the others. Yesterday you ran into many people and today there were only half as many crossing theyre way. During the day everyone's plan was to rest if they could because they had found a spot in the sun. Everything went well until now? Even Giyuu got suspicious, why did everything go so well? At the moment Sabito was sleeping a little but he would have to wake up soon otherwise this would be his certain death. Giyuu looked closely at his surroundings to see if a demon was nearby.

*rustle*

Giyuu reacted immediately and Makomo immediately afterwards, they get into fighting position and stood protectively in front of the almost waking Sabito. The rustling noise came closer and closer, the tension grew more and more tense. A shadow came out.Giyuu's hand almost cramped from the excitement. Giyuu his heart sank to the ground, it was only one person, all this tension for nothing. Well it doesn't matter anyway it's better to meet as few demons as possible or at least only meet the weakest demons. Makomo ran to wake Sabito up, "Sabito wake up, it's time".

~time skip (sorry!) : night before last~

The three went deeper and deeper into the forest, meanwhile you only rarely saw other people, unfortunately they sometimes had to see that there was blood on the ground, they assumed that blood belonged to a dead person. In the meantime, the demons became more aggressive, they fought over who was allowed to eat them first and thus got involved in a demon fight, they also began to remember who had defeated how many demons in order to see the progress of the fight skills.

Sabito: 9
Giyuu: 5
Makomo:5

It was obvious that Sabito was the best in this group. "Do you smell that too?" Giyuu asked as he held his nose a little, it was a strong smell, and a loud noise came from the direction of the smell."No..but I hear something coming, it must be big" when Makomo said that, many people ran towards her with fearful faces. You could hear a lot of screams "run for your lives" or things you couldn't decipher, probably screams in pain.. Sabito couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the thing that was responsible for the screams. Shivers ran down the three of them, Sabito could hear Giyuu telling him that he was afraid, they all were. In front of him was a immensely large, veined, hulking monster with olive-green skin, blood-red fingernails, and beady yellow eyes with hatched pupils . It laughed as it came closer.

"Well look at that, another one of the fox children" giggled the demon, the children looked at them questioningly and he seemed to notice, "The masks, I will destroy them like I did with the children before you so that the old man suffers the pain of losing everything and being alone," he meant Mr. Urokodaki? why did he know him? "So tell me, raven-haired boy, what year of the Meiji era is it?" The demon asked while patiently waiting for Giyuu's answer, no one understood what that was supposed to mean, was it a distraction? To be on the safe side, Makomo and Sabito gripped their katanas tightly. "Taishō era, sir" Giyuu wasn't sure why he had said sir to the demon, on the other hand he was once human too and judging by his voice, he's a boy. Suddenly the hand demon moved so fast that a slight earthquake was triggered, he cursed someone. He shouted how angry he was at this person and finally the person's name came up, Sakonji Urokodaki. He said bad things about Mr. Urokodaki, he said he would send him to hell and take revenge. But suddenly he became quiet, almost uncomfortable. Sabito wanted to wait and see what that hand demon would do. And then he aimed his arm straight at Giyuu.

Giyuu's eyes widened, Sabito pushed him aside and tried to block the attack. Giyuu had felt bad for the demon for a brief moment because he has been suffering here for so long, but the feeling for him is gone now, just like the hope of the Hand demon. Sabito's adrenaline went beyond his limits, he became aggressive, not because he had to fight, no, because Giyuu was attacked. The trio attacked the demon, you could hear people running away, some tried to help somehow from further away, but their fear stopped them. Sabito felt emotional, this was the first time he let emotions affect the fight. Makomo and Giyuu noticed this because his fighting tactics also changed, becoming more daring than usual, more protective than usual. Apparently he took no harm, it seemed hopeless. Makomo started to attack him as well , chopping apart the various limbs the spite-filled creature attacked them with. Giyuu began to use water breathing forms that Urokodaki tought him to help as well. Sabito was very careful with his lover, if he could he would have locked him out of this fight to keep him safe. Sabito could never forgive himself if he died here.

It seems to be going well, the demon kept getting pushed back, it looked like they were going to win. Unfortunately, this is not a fairy tale from Disney where everything goes well with a happy ending. The hand demon attacked Giyuu with his last hand that hadn't been knocked off yet, Giyuu reacted too slowly, so did Makomo and Sabito.

black vision...

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To be continued