𝙗𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 | 𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙟𝙞𝙧𝙤 𝙠𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙤

𒆜 6 𒆜

   You wake up with a groan, looking around you. Zenitsu and Tanjiro were still sleeping, and Inosuke was nowhere to be found. You sigh and step out the cavern, letting your vision adjust to the sunlight before all you see is Inosuke ramming his head into a tree. You blink at the sigh. He kept dashing to the tree, and right before he would run splat into it he would jump and hit it head-on. What a strange boy...

   You wanted to approach him, but before you did, he ended up spotting you and sprinting towards you before stopping right before you clashed.

"[Name]! We have a problem." Inosuke stated, my hands on his hips.

"Let me guess. You caused it?" You responded, your eyebrow raised.

"What- No! No, the problem is that I can't get my head to be as hard as Fagiro's!" He cried out, his boar mask looking upset. You were confused.

"And who exactly is 'Fagiro'?"

"The guy! With, um... the box!"

   You were dumbfounded before you put two and two together and sighed.

"Inosuke, his name is Tanjiro."

"Yeah, yeah, Shigifuguro, I know! Anyway, I can't get my head hard like him!"

   You blink before shaking your head and looking down. "Is this just because of his headbutt? Inosuke, you need to not damage your brain more than it already is."

"Excuse me?"

"Nothing."

   You stare at each other for a few seconds before tensing from a crying voice behind the two of you.

"Where were you guys?! We were scared shitless! I can't believe you'd just leave like that! We're a team, we have to stick together!" Zenitsu screams, the birds from the trees scattering.

"Zenitsu, we weren't that far away. You should really calm down. Your stress with kill you before a demon does." You walk toward him and pat his shoulder before entering the cave and gathering your things, noticing Tanjiro doing the same. You wave at each other before exiting the cavern together.

"Alright! Are we ready to leave? I heard we have a new mission! It's a strong one, too! C'mon, let's get going!" Tanjiro called out, and the four of you started on your next adventure.

                                                 ≫ ──── ≪•◦ ❈ ◦•≫ ──── ≪

"We're here! Everybody, get ready for any type of attack!"

   You all nodded at Tanjiro's words, though you weren't expecting an icy feeling on the base of your foot. You quickly jump at the feeling, landing on a tree branch and inspecting the ground below. Interesting.. ice wasn't very 'unique'. You quickly took around before an icy rope was caught around your neck, pulling you back from the branch and making you lose balance.

   You quickly grab your nichirin sword and swing at the 'rope', hearing it crack. However, more ropes began to emerge from the forest, latching onto your limbs. You groan and use the feathers from your wings to cut them all, landing on your feet. It seemed like the others were having similar problems, and you use your feathers to slice their ice ropes as well. You all stood in sort of a kill circle, ready to strike at any moment. That was, until you all froze. Like, literally froze. You couldn't move your body. Emerging from the woods in front of your was a fancy-looking icy blue demonic woman, who looked like she was floating. She stepped right in front of you, looking down at the group and grabbing your head, pricing your skin with her nails as she twisted it before unfreezing you. 

   Almost immediately, you jump up and try swinging at her head. She quickly moved out the way, and spoke up in a sultry tone.

"My, my~ And what's a demon like you fighting alongside mere humans? Don't you know that the Master commanded us to kill and eat as many of these mortals as possible?~" She smirked, sending a wave of ice toward you, trying to freeze you again. This time, though, you were more prepared and swung your katana, muttering,

"Dream Breathing, Seventh Form: Nightmare Dance."

   With this, you began releasing moon shaped slices of all sizes as you neared the seductive demon, darting from tree to tree in order to corner her. She was quite surprised when you did, her back to a tree as she formed darts out of ice and sent them flying to you. This seemed to weaken the freezing effect, making the rest of your group mobile again as they sprinted towards you.

"[Name]! Don't let her get away! We'll be right there!"

   You nod and continue going after the female, however, were instantly stopped as she herself abruptly paused in her tracks. You fell into her trap, thinking you were finding an opportunity to slice her neck. However, she quickly froze you instantly, grabbing your neck and pulling you up into the air, her nails digging into your neck and making your blood flow out from behind her fingers.

   It seemed like your healing was also frozen as you stayed in place. 'Where are the others?-' Your thoughts were put to a halt as you heard a familiar voice.

"Beast Breathing, Third Fang: Devour!"

   You watch as Tanjiro slices off the demoness' hands, making you fall into the ground as Zenitsu slices her feet to make sure she doesn't get away again, and Inosuke slices off her head with his oddly shaped blade. You quickly regain your senses, being able to control your body again as you stand up, rubbing your neck and staring as the demoness disintegrates.

"You okay, [name]?" Tanjiro asks.

"I'm fine. Thanks for getting here on time guys."

With a sniffle, Zenitsu nods. "Yeah, you better thank us. We were pretty darn useful after all."

   Inosuke just laughs and jumps on the demon's ashes as he cheers loudly, the birds chirping and cawing. Your merlin comes into view, this time with a small paper attached to its leg. You watch it perch onto your arm and grab the note, untying it and reading it.

"Hey, we might have a place to stay. One of my childhood friends lives around here, somehow, and he just invited me to his house. You guys want to come? I'm sure he wouldn't mind more company."

   They glance at each other before back at you, giving you all their nods.

"Alright, sure! We should get going though, we don't want him to be tired when we get there!" Tanjiro expresses, his face lit up with a smile as I nod. We start to walk there, not knowing what would be awaiting us when we got there...

                                               ≫ ──── ≪•◦ ❈ ◦•≫ ──── ≪

┏━━━━°⌜ 赤い糸 ⌟°━━━━┓

(1155 words!!)

Hey guys! I'm so sorry I haven't been posting in a while. I promise I'll try to keep you guys updated more often! This is the first fight we see in my book, so go ahead and vote on it! of course, not forcing you lovelies to do so. Hope you enjoyed!

(guess what will happen at [name]'s friend's house ;))

-ˋˏ [riri] ˎˊ-

┗━━━━°⌜ 赤い糸 ⌟°━━━━┛