PEACE | demon slayer

024

"oi tomioka, what information did you gather."
sanemi gruffly asked the quiet pillar. giyu had tried to gather information on the mission but in reality, his social skills weren't exactly the best. the most he got was a horror story from a store owner on the mountain. 

"demons on the mountain." 
giyu calmly stated, looking away from the piercing pale purple eyes. 

"tch. i already know that idiot"
sanemi resisted the urge to pull out his nichirin blade to attack the water pillar. giyu pursed his lips. that's all the information i got. he thought to himself. 

"that's the only information that you gathered!?" 
the man spat out. with a crazed expression, he walked off in the direction of the mountain. sighing, giyu followed him behind and thought; i am not deserving in being a hashira. 

the two wandered around the mountain aimlessly in search of an upper moon. however, there was no sort of demon smell not could they feel any demons lurking around. the most that they found was a lust demon, trying to sexually appeal to the both where sanemi only decapitated her. a total of 3 bodies were found around the lust demon, all deceased men. 

the water pillar knew that it was the doing of the lust demon and decided to order kakushis to come by to bury their bodies when they were done with the mission. 

a long two hours passed and there were still no signs of the upper moon. 

it was odd. perhaps the demon was really good at concealing its presence. yet they could not find any dead bodies and crows. kanzaburo was perched on a tree to keep a look out for any demons, to no avail. 

the two stayed in a silence. sanemi trying to keep his passionate hate for the water pillar. he couldn't stand being in the same room as him but kept his mouth shut since heh hasn't done anything to completely piss him off. giyu was never one with many words and hence thought that this was for the better. 

numerous times they had worked together only led to disputes since sanemi wanted to be the one to decapitate the demon. while giyu wanted to finish the job quickly and would hence take the kill if the chance was there. 

another empty hour passed with no signs of life or death. 

is the upper moon not here?
both of them thought to themselves. 

sanemi was getting impatient and as any sane man would, he cut his arm with his blade without hesitation. 

his marechi blood filling the scent of the whole mountain. this would attract the demons to come out for his rare blood. the smell of it intoxicated the demons and would make them go crazy over it. 

it was the perfect weapon to lure demons out. 

giyu was alarmed by his actions but knew that it was going to happen sooner or later. they proceeded hiking up the mountain again. 

"m-marechi blood!"
the upper demon thought to itself, trying to contain its fear and excitement at the sight and smell of the delicious marechi blood.