A Cook, A Doctor, A Ghost and A Ronin.

Instinct

*Whoo!*

Quick! Grab onto a branch! A branch! Tanjiro attempted to hold onto a branch from the tall trees as he's falling through the air. He only get one chance at this. 

*Yoink!*

He grab onto a branch. He's hanging from a tree. He lets out a sigh. Thankfully he managed to stops himself from turning into a mess. But it's not a great time right now to relax. Urogi is still in the air and he might attack again.

Then, the wooden branch slowly and slowly cracked. Tanjiro's weight is to heavy. Tanjiro realized that this is happening. Uh-oh....

*Snap!*

"Waaah!" Tanjiro screamed.

*Bam!*

Tanjiro fall flat on the ground. Heads first. Luckily, his forehead took on all of the impact. He survived to see another day. But he can't stand up. His whole body is shaking. Stand up! Don't you dare give up now!

*Tap!*

Urogi landed on his back, charging another sonic screech. Tanjiro pulls out his sword, slashing Urogi's face into half, not giving him a chance to attack.

*Slash!*

I cut it now! But what if it split into more?! Tanjiro's fears turned out to be true, the face regenerated and now there's two mouths charging for a screech, blasting Tanjiro with it.

*Screech!*

The sound wave hits Tanjiro again, but this time, he took it with a smile. This confirms one thing about this demon. I get it! The power of its attacks are weakening! Although it divides, it doesn't gain any strength! If it splits any further, it will starts to weaken! They're planning to outnumber us!

*Vwoo!*

From the back, Urogi is charging for one of his sonic attacks again. Tanjiro aware of his presence, and dodge to the right, avoiding the powerful sound wave attack.

*Skree!*

I have to defeat at least one of them! Then I have to regroup back with Nezuko and Genya! He need to aid them. He's worried for them. He's already struggling with one of them. What about Genya and Nezuko who's fighting three of this demon?

*Thunk!*

*Srchh!*

Before Tanjiro could get react, Urogi strikes with his claws like an eagle hunting its prey. He slashed Tanjiro's torso. He is bleeding from the attack. Urogi just laugh looking at Tanjiro. He found it pathetic of Tanjiro. 

"How do you like my claws eh?! So fast and sharp, they can even crush a diamond! You should be trembling right now! Rejoice in the spray of your blood!" Urogi boasted about his sharp claws. He's expecting Tanjiro to die already.

Tanjiro can't stand up. He could feel that his body is failing him. He feels sleepy. He's standing on his knees right now, holding his torso that's injured with his left hand, keeping pressure on the wound while his right hand is holding his Nichirin sword. He remembered his last conversation with Zoro. He closed his eyes.

Killer Queen, Daisan no Bakudan, Bites Za Dusto!

*Bonk!!*

"Ouch! What was that for, Zoro-san?" Tanjiro asked why Zoro just smack him in the head again.

"You ought to overthink too much stuff. That's what holding you back kid." Tanjiro didn't understand what Zoro is talking about.

"You often think before you attack and that slows down your reaction time. At the same time, doubts would appear in your head as well." Zoro explained.

"You do not need for any doubts. Against an opponent, it will only bring yourself down. What if you're fighting against an opponent way out from your league? Those doubts will cloud your mind." Zoro continued.

"Doubts like that are not needed anyway since you're prepared to die right? Can you still smile in front of your demise? You should've known that in the profession of Demon Slayers, death is imminent, right?" Zoro took a sip of a booze.

"Even when you know that you can't defeat your opponent, give it all. Let yourself burns brightest in your last moments. Don't stop, never stop until your last breath. As long as you're breathing, never stop. Then, you may break your limit and become one with your sword." Zoro pointed his sword at Tanjiro.

"Embrace it, let that be imprinted in your brain. Let your instincts guide you. Don't think. Just do it. As it might be your last moments." Zoro ended his advice.

Present Time, Nezuko & Genya

As Tanjiro has been taken by Urogi and was forced to fight the bird-demon hybrid, Nezuko and Genya is struggling to fight against the other three being Sekido, Karaku and Aizetsu. They were too strong and the demons didn't even bother to fight them seriously. 

"Hang in there, little girl! Just a little longer!" Karaku take pleasure in toying with Nezuko who's using all of her strength to tussle against Karaku. While Karaku just takes it easy and even encourages her to do her best, mocking her struggle. 

"What's wrong? Hahahaha!" Karaku just laughs at Nezuko on her face toying with her as he pleases. She's not even considered as a threat by him.

"Hurry! Rip her limbs off! This is getting annoying." Sekido urges Karaku to rip her limbs to immobilize her. It's getting annoying as they should focus on their main goal, to kill all the swordsmiths here.

"Don't interfere! This girl is mine! You and Aizetsu get lost!" Karaku rebels against Sekido. He isn't satisfied yet with playing with Nezuko. He even tell both of them to back off and don't interrupt his good time.

"Then I'll finish this one" Aizetsu decided to finish Genya off, who is still being stabbed with the spear. But before he could pull it out, Genya hold on to the spear, smiling while aiming his shotty at Aizetsu.

*Blam!*

Aizetsu's head was blown off by the shot. Even so, Aizetsu's body is still moving as it tried to pull out the spear from Genya's body. Arghh! He's pulling it out!

*Skch*

*Splurt*

Aizetsu pulled the spear from Genya and blood spurted out from his body like a fountain. The amount of blood that was bleeding out from his body is enough to kill him. Aizetsu regenerated his neck.

"Too bad that you won't die right away. I aimed for a vital spot so you die quickly. Maybe it didn't work because you held the spear in place. But now, will this kills you?" Aizetsu knew that the injury was fatal. It's impossible for him to get back up.

"Shaekoku...Gijugikkodokuon...Yodaibikushu...." Instead of answering, Genya starts to recite the Amida Sutra. He ignores Aizetsu that's in front of him.

"What? The Amida Sutra? How pious of you." Aizetsu figures that Genya was a believer. A pious man till the end of his life.

"Split his head, Aizetsu!" Sekido ordered Aizetsu to decapitate Genya.

"I know! Stop complaining! It makes me sad." Following Sekido's orders, Aizetsu spins his spear around, before wanting to split Genya's head open.

*Boom!*

The left side of the wall collapsed. Everyone took their eyes of what they're doing. Urogi was thrown on the wall so hard, that the wall collapsed. In Urogi's chest, there were countless marks that was left by a blade.

This was surprising since they regenerate almost instantly. Yet Urogi's wound takes slower time to heal. Urogi winces in pain before he shrug the pain off and gaze at the opening of the left wall. Staring at all of them, with a maniacal expression in his face, was Tanjiro.

Tanjiro took a glance at all of them, then he smiled.