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

Surviving

"Come at me, you assholes!" Tanjiro smirked. He provoked all four of them. The taunt worked quite well as Sekido's face turned bright red. Urogi is smiling at the redhead. It seems that the demon can't wait to kill the kid.

Aizetsu is still in his stoic expression. He look a bit saddened. He lets out a small sigh. He is seeing Tanjiro in pity. He's pity for the boy that decided to sacrifice himself so the others could go and save themselves. 

Karaku had appeared. He had been gone for some time after he was being taken out by his own fan. It took the demon in quite the surprise, he really can't wait to fight against the kid. He's going to enjoy the thrill of the battle before killing the boy.

*Swoosh!*

"Well, I'm going first!! Don't you interfere with me!" Karaku immediately dashes towards Tanjiro. Didn't even wait for the others. Sekido looks displeased. He didn't like Karaku as the demon is keen on doing things by himself. Like a kid who refuses to shares his toys.

"Like hell I will! He's mine!!" Urogi ignores Karaku's warning and he followed Karaku who's leading the charge. A maniacal smile was etched on his face. Sekido was about to interfere, but he knows that this demons won't care at all.

*Fwoosh!*

Aizetsu shakes his head looking at the two demons who rushed in first. He looked at Sekido and said, "I'll flank him whenever he got an opening. Don't worry about that." Aizetsu took his spear with him and walks forward.

*King!*

Karaku raised his left hand and swing it on Tanjiro's face, which Tanjiro blocked with his sword. Both of them exchanged stares . Both of them had a same glares in their eyes, a thrill for battle. Which Karaku lets out a giggle.

"Hahahaha!! Not bad, kid! How about one of these?!" Not satisfied, Karaku raised his knee for a knee strike which he targeted for Tanjiro's stomach. He wanted to see Tanjiro's reaction. I can't dodge this one!

*Thoom!*

Tanjiro was pushed back from the attack. The knee strike hits, but it doesn't contribute much from how it looks. In split second Tanjiro was able to protect his abdomen using his left hand which he used to parry the knee strike.

Using the momentum from Karaku's strength, Tanjiro unconsciously parried the attack successfully. But not without a cost. He managed to avoid a major damage to his body but his arm took the blow for it. 

Luckily, its not broken or torn off. It's just dislocated. It still hurts a lot though. Tanjiro is hiding his pain with a smirk. He can't show it to them or they'll continues to push him further. Karaku noticed Tanjiro's dislocated left hand but he didn't say anything.

*Fwoosh!*

Out of nowhere, Urogi dashed towards Tanjiro with his talons. Tanjiro who's helpless and was distracted by his fight with Karaku. Tanjiro crouched. But not without getting a small wound on his right shoulder.

*Shink!*

"Urghh!" Tanjiro winced. He managed to dodge the attack. That's more than enough. Karaku looks displeased. He hated when his fight gets interrupted. But he was more amazed by the kid who's still standing right now.

I can't feel my left hand! Tanjiro cannot feel his left arm. He can't move it as well. This is a big problem. He can't be injured this early in this fight. There's one thing he could do, but he really didn't want to do it. 

Law had showed it to him before. But he's not confident he can actually do it. He might make it even worse even! There's no time for doubts. Act first! Think later! Tanjiro took a deep breath and hold his left arm with his right hand.