I Spy (CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A REWRITE)

Chapter 7: First Encounter

Date: September 20, 2024
Time: 7:00
Location: Kimestu Bowling Alley Construction Site
Weather: Clear

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As the clouds cleared up revealing a partial-full moon, two people dressed in dark hoodies face a man in a tuxedo and mask.

"Who are you?" Isamu asked, "That's for me to know and you to find out." Tanjiro said back, this ticked off Isamu a little while he was thinking of a battle strategy, but before he could tell his plan to his sister, Akira rushed in without warning. "Wind Breathing: First Form: Dust Whirlwind Cutter!" Akira said as she charged Tanjiro, "Akira wait!" Isamu said, but it was too late. As Akira's blade was about to reach Tanjiro's neck, he simply just smiled under his mask and ducked under her sword causing Akira to launch in the other direction.

Akira managed to cancel her attack and quickly regained her stance to go in for another attack, but before she could react, her brother was right behind her, "Akira, follow my lead," he whispered into her ear, Akira nodded and began to attack along with Isamu, "Wind Breathing: Second Form: Claws-Purifying Wind!" She said as she charged in delivering four vertical blows, Tanjiro simply jumped back, avoiding the attack, "Flame Breathing: First Form: Unknowing Fire!" Isamu said as he jumped over Akira and charged Tanjiro at tremendous speeds.

But before the blade was about to make contact with his neck, Tanjiro grabbed Isamu's arms and punched his gut, sending him flying into a couple of metal pillars, "Grk!" Isamu said as he crashed into the metal pillars, "Oni-chan!" Akira said to her brother before she turned around and faced Tanjiro, "Your going to pay for that, b*tch!" She said as she unleashed another form, "Wind Breathing: Seventh Form: Gale, Sudden Gusts!" She screamed as she unleashed powerful gale-force winds, Tanjiro quickly moved out of the kill zone, and once the attack was done, he quickly moved in and appeared behind Akira without her knowing, "Suprise," he said as Akira's eye shrunk, and he then gave a knee to Akira's gut and sent her flying into a pile of bricks, "AKIRA!" Isamu screamed as he looked at Tanjiro with murderous intent, "Whoever you are may be a mystery, but what's not a mystery is the day you die!" He said as he charge Tanjiro, "Which is today! Flame Breathing: Fifth Form: Flame Tiger," he said as he delivered a series of sword slashes at Tanjiro, at least he thought he did, but to his surprise, he saw Tanjiro back flip into the air right before the attack met him. Akira quickly followed up, "Wind Breathing: First Form: Dust Whirlwind Cutter!" She screamed as she charged Tanjiro who was still in mid-air, Tanjiro smirked and quickly changed his momentum into doing a corkscrew in mid-air, which managed to successfully evade Akira's attack. Akira then ended up on the other side of where she was originally and was beyond shocked to see the man that she was attacking manage to dodge her attack like that.

"Who are you!?" Akira questioned as Isamu quickly jumped next to her, the man simply just stood there with his hands behind his back.

[MADNESS METER: 12%]

"Don't ignore me, answer me dumba*s!" She screamed as she was beyond pissed at this point, "Akira calm down," Isamu said as he comforted his little sister, "This guy may be stronger than we thought, so we may have to work together in order for us to defeat him," he whispered into her ear, Akira exhaled heavily as she relaxed her muscles and stance, Isamu did the same, "What do we do now?" Akira whispered back, "Again follow my lead." Isamu said. Isamu quickly charged in, "Flame Breathing: Second Form: Rising Scorching Sun!" He said as he rushed towards the masked man at blinding speeds, he was about to dodge when he noticed a presence behind him, "Wind Breathing: Sixth Form: Black Wind Mountain Mist!" Akira said as she managed to approach Tanjiro from behind, when the two siblings were about to make contact with Tanjiro's body, he quickly inhaled some air and jumped up from the two strikes, successfully managing to evade them. "What the f*ck?" Akira thought as she looked to where Tanjiro was now, he was sitting on the pile of pipes from earlier, letting off a slight chuckled and an exhale. "Now that you have had your turn, it's time to show you what I can do," he said as he jumped from the pipes and rush towards the siblings with blinding speed. Before the siblings could react, Tanjiro was already in the middle, grabbed both of their hoodies, spun around, and launched them in opposite directions.

The two siblings were shocked for a bit until they quickly returned back to reality. They quickly saw that they were about to crash into metal pillars, but as if they shared a brain, they quickly channeled their momentum into their legs and launched themselves from the pillars and towards Tanjiro, "Wind Breathing: Eight Form: Primary Gale Slash!, Flame Breathing: First Form: Unknowing Fire!" Akira and Isamu said as they charge Tanjiro at incredible speeds. Though the two siblings were coming at him from both sides, Tanjiro managed to find a narrow gap between the two people and quickly jumped in between the two siblings blades as they both were launched in opposite directions due to their momentum from their attacks.

They quickly regained their foothold and started another attack, "Wind Breathing: First Form: Dust Whirlwind Cutter! Flame Breathing: Third Form: Blazing Universe!" The two siblings said as they charged Tanjiro again. Tanjiro simply dodged once again as he backflips into the air and twists his body in weird ways in order to dodge every sword slice. The two siblings are sent in opposite directions once again as they land on metal poles and continue to attack the man.

As the two siblings are attacking Tanjiro with every form they have while also simultaneously jumping from one metal pillar to another they witness Tanjiro dodge every attack like it was nothing. One combined attack and he dodges to the left, another dodge to the right, and he even ducked under the attack like he was in the dam Matrix. At this point in the scuffle, they were shocked, pissed, and exhausted due to them having to use their breathing forms with every attack they did, "Who the hell is this man?" Isamu said while heavily breathing and attacking at the same time. As his attack met Tanjiro, Tanjiro simply jumped up into the air and his eyes met his. As Isamu looked into Tanjiro's glowing eyes he could sense a bit of dread from himself as his eyes looked like they were peering into his soul, "Scary..." he thought as he passed Tanjiro once again and attacked him again.

The siblings attacked once again, but that's when Tanjiro decided to make his move. As the siblings were about to reach him, he grabbed their arms and started to spin them around, he let go of the female and she went flying into a partially built wall, and he launched the male into the air and kicked him downwards sending him flying into the ground, the two siblings were fine, but now they were heavily bruised due to the attack, "Ow..." they both thought simultaneously, Tanjiro then took out his heat blade, but the blade wasn't made of plasma, but rather metal as he began to change his guard while wielding his seemingly regular knife. The two siblings got up from the ground, grabbed their swords, and attacked him again, but they didn't use their breathing styles as they were too exhausted. Akria reached Tanjiro first and she was about to slice him, but Tanjiro deflected the strike as sparks flew in the air, Isamu was about to slash Tanjiro from behind, but he quickly turned around and deflected his strike too. Akira and Isamu quickly began trying to slash Tanjiro as hard as they can while also trying to find an opening, but Tanjiro simply managed to deflect every attack with his small blade. As the sparks flew, the two siblings realized that they couldn't keep this going on any further as they were too exhausted to even wield their blades correctly, they both canceled their attack and took a step back to take a breath.

[MADNESS METER: 13%]

"*Huff* *huff* Who the hell are you and what do you want from us..." Akira said as she put up her guard, "I am simply here to eliminate the criminal underground." The man replied, "We're not criminals, you have no idea what you're trying to prevent..." Isamu said, "I may have no idea, but I can assure you that I have an 'excellent sense of justice', and I can spot a criminal, like this," you can tell he was being a bit sarcastic at the justice bit. "Then who are we to you?" Isamu questions, "For now, I don't view you two as criminals but rather as siblings who are trying to survive by joining the organization you work for," Tanjiro says, the sibling's eyes widen in shock as they did not expect him to know that, "H-how do you know about that!" Akira questions him, Tanjiro simply looks at her. 

"Are you that dense? It was not that hard to figure out considering you two were just blatantly screaming out information instead of keeping it secret." He said with a condescending tone while pacing around randomly with his hands waving like he was giving a presentation. 

He pointed to Akira, "First of all, you screamed 'Oni-chan' when I punched him in the gut earlier, implying that he's your older brother, and parents usually won't let their kids out this late at night while carrying blades, implying that your parents don't know about your secret life, your parents have already passed, or that your parents are also in the same business as you."



"Who the hell gave you the right to talk about our parents like that? Your parents must be worried about you too?!" Arika questions him, "My parents have already passed and is, in fact, the reason why I am here, it's simple, I just want revenge." A menacing aura of a silent and gradually increasing rage leaks out from the masked man, terrifying the two siblings and freezing them on the spot.

"What the hell... why am I so scared? Is it possible for a simple James Bond-wannabe to be this scary..." Akira thought. She tried her best to overcome the feeling of dread as best as she can and went in for another attack, she managed to cut right through Tanjiro, or at least she thought. His presence disappeared and then re-appeared behind her with his heat blade finally ignited. He slashed down to Akira's katana, slicing it clean in half and palmed her in the face so her that it managed to rock her brain, knocking her out cold.

Akira then fell like a ragdoll as the two pieces of her now shattered weapon laid on the ground. "AKIRA!" Isamu said as he watched his dear younger sister fall to the ground, he looked back at Tanjiro and prepared to attack as he felt an unspeakable rage build up inside him, "YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT MOTHERF*CKER," he screamed as he charged Tanjiro, "Flame Breathing: First Form: Unknowing Fire!" He said as he slashed Tanjiro, who just jumped into the air and landed behind him, Isamu turned around, "Flame Breathing: Fourth Form: Blooming Flame Undulation!" He said as he tried to slash Tanjiro again, Tanjiro jumped back and Isamu charged at him again, "Flame Breathing: Second Form: Rising Scorching Sun!" He said as slashed upwards, but Tanjiro simply dodged to the right, at this point, Isamu looked at Tanjiro with an insane amount of rage, "Flame Breathing: Third Form: Blazing Universe!" He said as he changed his stance and tried to hit Tanjiro. Tanjiro then grabbed his hoodie and threw him onto some scaffolding, Isamu crashed into the scaffolding, heavily bruised and exhausted, he charged him again with one last form, "Flame Breathing: Fifth Form: Flame Tiger!" He said as he charged with a large amount of speed.