The Mountain Pass (A GiyuShino Fan Fiction)

The Mountain Pass

On Mount Kumotori, in the dead of night through the gently sway of frozen leaves and trees could you hear subtle tones of sword swinging and clashing.

Breath of Water: First Form - Water a surface Slash! Shouted Giyu as he propelled forward attempting to slash down on the demons neck in front of him.

Narrowly missing Giyu could see the demons face change with a smile as it raised its hand in the air ready to strike down on the Water Hashira's neck.

"Time to die Hashira! Now Lord Muzan won't hesitate to promote me to the higher ranks" bellowed the demon in front of him striking its hand down ready to kill.

Dance of the Dragonfly: Compound Eye Hexagon!

Before the demon could react to the voice behind it, it felt itself get stabbed 6 times each within the weak points of its body. It was worried for a second but immediately started to regenerate the entry points of the blades and was soon smiling at the young women now facing it head on.

"What was that! Hahaha you failed to chop my head off and now you're gonna pay! The demon laughed before stepping towards Shinobu.

Shinobu readied her stance to block any incoming attack knowing the poison still had 1 minute before it started to take effect.

"You're weak little girl! Aren't you sure it's past your bed time? I'll make sure to visit you when I finish your friend off! After all the stronger one needs kill-" the demon gloating in front of them came to a halt as it's head started falling down the ground it watched its body and saw the figure of the Hashira he was fighting before.

Idiot .. who forgets there's another capable fighter just left there. Giyu thought to himself before flicking his blade flinging the blood of it and sheathing it. He then started to walk away before the demon called out

"What! Why? How!?" He screamed before he started to fade to ash

"Simple ... you WERE weak" Giyu said bluntly

No emotion on his face. It's as if he's been doing this a lifetime. The Demon thought before it vanished for good.

"Ara Ara Tomioka-san, how cool, such a mysterious man that only speaks the truth.. how cool, surely you have broken so many hearts" Shinobu joked as she sped up to catch Giyu as they set off on there journey home.

Giyu seemingly uninterested in what Shinobu was saying carried on walking along towards the mountain trial.

Due to the Demon trying to run before it fought they were now pretty far of the mountain trail and in deep snow, thankfully for them it wasn't snowing.

Slightly annoying Shinobu, she caught him off guard by jumping in front of him pointing her finger at his face.

"Now now Tomioka-san, I appreciate you helping me back there but I had it under control, the poison was about to take effect you know" Shinobu saying in a slightly annoyed tone but still maintained her trademark smile.

"I was ending it quicker" Giyu not changing his face or tone, still with an unimpressed flat look he moved around Shinobu to carry on walking.

Truthfully Giyu cut the head of the demon because it ticked him off, nobody among the Hashiras are weak except for him he thought to himself, so for one to say Shinobu was the weakest was just wrong.

A fighter like Shinobu was someone who didn't rely on simple hack and chop method of fighting, developing a new breathing style to accommodate herself and the use of poisons was astonishing, Giyu really admired Shinobu for it, going through something similar to himself but still managing to smile, how can somebody like that be weak.