A Shadow's Will.

Judgement

I'm a dissident that will not be bound by the book of six laws. Our raised, clenched fists are our judgement.

The two arrive in Asakusa. Tanjiro is blinded and overwhelmed by the bright lights of the city. Akito leads Tanjiro and Nezuko through the city, Tanjiro clearly can't take all of this. Akito leads them to the outskirts of the city next to an udon stand.

"Two bowls of Yamakake udon, please." Akito walks up to the stand owner smoking a pipe. 

"S-sure thing!" The man says, noticing Tanjiro's disheveled state.

The three wait on a bench as the man prepares the udon. "Here, your Yamakake udon." The man reaches out the stand with bowls in each hand. 

"Thank you." Akito takes the bowls and gives one to Tanjiro. Akito pays the man and begins to eat. 

After a couple minutes of eating Tanjiro suddenly stands up. Akito watches Tanjiro stand up suddenly and understands that something is wrong. 

*𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐅𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦 - 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝* Akito quickly stands up and closes his eyes, focusing on his breathing. 

*A presence of godlike strength! A demon! ... Muzan...* "𝐊𝐈𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐔𝐉𝐈!!!" Akito bellows in rage. "Tanjiro! Come quickly!" Akito begins to sprint towards where he senses Muzan. He cannot use Shadow Flicker because there are too many lights in the city. If he were to flicker to an alleyway he wouldn't be able to attack Muzan immediately. 

"Yes!" Tanjiro follows behind Akito as fast as he can. They sprint through an alleyway onto the main road. They spot him about 60 meters away. They chase after Muzan, covering ground. Once they catch up to him Tanjiro runs up behind Muzan and grabs his shoulder. 

"Tanjiro! Stop! Back away!" Akito tries to tell him, but it's too late now. Muzan turns around and they notice his demonic eyes. He carries a child in his arms. "Daddy?" The child looks up at Muzan, questioning why he stopped. 

A chill goes down both of their spines. *This guy... He's pretending to be a human! We can't fight him here! There are way too many civilians!* Akito steps backwards. Tanjiro is frozen in place. 

"Is there something I can do for you? You appear to be quite flustered." Muzan says. "Oh my? What's going on?" A woman walks up to Muzan. "Do you know him?" She asks Muzan, turning to Tanjiro.  

"I do not. Much to my consternation, I've never met this child before. He must have mistaken me for somebody else." Muzan turns his hand into a claw and scratches a man walking by on the neck. 

*Shit! He's going to turn into a demon!* Akito unsheathes his sword. The poor man starts quivering and growling. 

"Dear?" The man's wife looks at him, concerned. The demonified man suddenly roars and bites down onto her shoulder. Chaos unfolds as the woman starts screaming in pain.

"Stop it!" Tanjiro yells, he takes off a coat he was wearing and tackles the man, forcing the coat into his mouth to act as a gag. Tanjiro pins the man onto the ground as people assist the man's wife. Muzan begins to walk away with his 'wife and daughter.' Akito accesses the situation. 

*I need to attack him! I can't let this moment go to waste!* Akito looks at Tanjiro, it seems like Tanjiro needs help with officers trying to pry him off of the man. *No... I need to help Tanjiro. I can't fight Muzan here, much less alone. I'd just die meaninglessly. But this could be valuable information.* Akito rushes over and talks to the officers. "Please, back away from him. This is not a fight. We have this under control." Akito tries to push the officers away, but they refuse, causing them to get more aggressive.