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--DAY ONE--
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Random Demon: AGHH! *Dies*
Nora looked down on the demon after watching it's headless body fall to the ground and walked away.
Nora: (That's the third one now.) *Walks deeper into the forest*
Nora walked through the forest for a couple of minutes until she heard the screams of a boy far off in the distance. She darted off into the direction of the screaming. Upon reaching the destination she saw a boy crawling back in fear and screaming. A demon began to climb on top of him as it attempted to bite his head. Nora quickly intervened.
Demon: *Looks over* Huh?
Just like that, Nora cut off the demon's head. It's body fell ontop of the boy as he laid there, breathing heavily.
Nora: Hey, can you move? *Grabs the shoulder of the demon's body*
Nora pulled back the demon's body and revealed a giant slash running down the boy's chest.
Boy: *Grunting* ..it's impossible.. there's no way to survive this... it's all just a sick game! T-Try to find a way out.. or.. you'll die in here..
Nora: Stay with me! *Places hands on his wound*
There wasn't much she could do though, the boy succumbed to his wounds. Nora took a deep breath and stood back up. She shook her head and shot off to find somewhere to sleep safely. Along her path she saw multiple demons feasting on other slayers. She grit her teeth and unsheathed her sword.
Nora: (None of you things should have ever existed!)
She shot towards the first demon, cutting him clean down the middle. She twisted mid air and cut through the approaching hand of another demon, and then severed its neck from its body. In her eyes they weren't even worth her breathing style. She moved forward and slid into the last demon cutting off both of its arms and severing the tendons in the back of its knees. She grabbed it by its hair and slowly dragged her blade through his neck as slowly as she could before it regenerated. Once the demon had died and the dead had been avenged, she looked around for shelter again, finding a cave to rest in. She went inside the cave cautiously, hand on her sword handle, and her eyes on the darkness.
She then instinctively dodged as the ground behind her was shattered by someone. She rushed forward at the figure hidden in the dark and went to cut their neck, but her blade was caught. "Chill, it's me." She flinched at the voice that she recognized, but she also couldn't count him out for being a demon since he had caught her blade. She dragged her blade across his hand releasing herself and making him yell out in pain. There was a moment of silence before a match was lit, and then some nearby sticks were lit up in flame for a moment of light.
Nora: *Looks at his hand* Oh, so it was really you.
Uriru: My voice wasn't enough for you? Damn. *He winced as he tried to find something to wrap it up with*
Nora: *Walks over and rips off a long piece of her haori* Here. *Hands it to him and looks away*
Uriru: A sorry could be used right about now. *Snatches the cloth in annoyance and wraps it around his hand*
Nora looked around the cave and grabbed a couple rocks she found on the ground, laying them all down beside each other as she took off her haori and balled it up.
Uriru: I never said you could STAY here, I DID find this cave first. *Crosses arms*
Scoffing, Nora layed down and rested her head on her haori.
Nora: I don't care. *Turns away*
Uriru: (Ugh, you little--) *Takes a deep breath and sits down beside the fire* If a demon comes in here I should just sit back and let 'em eat you. *Smirks*
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Takeshida and another guy were both walking through the forest together.
Takeshida: The wind is getting stronger, westeria plants dim down and shrink when they get cold, that means there's gonna be even more demons tonight. We should find a place to stay for tonight.
Shima: Really? I didn't know that, you're really strong and you know a lot about the demons and westeria plants. Were you trained by a Hashira? *Looks over at Takeshida*
Takeshida: *Smiles* Yeah, a REALLY strong one at that. I want to be as strong as her one day, maybe even stronger.
Shima: That's amazing! I've never even seen any of the Hashira before, honestly, I didn't really know about demons either until two years ago.
Takeshida: *Looks at Shima* Can I know what happened?
Shima: Yeah, my village is east of here, way past the Demon Slayer Corp. *Begins to breath heavily* One day, I came home to see my dad with my little brother's arm in her mouth and his almost lifeless body.. the look he gave me, he mumbled for help but the thing my dad became crushed his head under it's hand. My mother and sister were already dead. *Exhales* He rushed at me and swung but somehow I fell to the ground, my knees were too weak to stand, I guess. I looked up and we were face to face, the blood from his mouth dripped onto my chest as he slowly crawled towards me on all fours. I don't know what really came over me but there's a cut in between what happened next, almost like I blacked out. The next thing I can remember is him backing away in fear with one arm. In my hands, there was the small knife I used to cut down leaves and weeds. He ran away and darted out into the night, leaving me there by myself with the mutilated corpses of my family.
Takeshida: *Took a deep breath* That's a lot. *Places hand on Shima's shoulder* Death isn't really easy to deal with. I've had to learn how to deal with it since I was born. Sometimes, it still affects me. *Looks down at nichirin blade* Innocent people should never have to die that way, I'm very sorry for your losses. I'll make sure you survive this thing! *Looks directly into Shima's eyes*
Shima: *Looks back* Right! *Smiles brightly*
Shima's face tensed up as Takeshida's grip tightened, he turned away from Shima, facing the dark forest that stared back at them.
Takeshida: *Unsheathes nichirin blade* Shima, get ready. *Gets in defensive stance*
Shima: W-What's going on? *Unsheathes sword and faces the forest*
A loud noise began funneling in from all angles, it sounded like thousands of cicadas in the trees. Takeshida looked at the ground and noticed a huge swarm of beetle and roach-like bugs, all with human faces. Shima's knees began to grow weak as he seen how many there were and their human faces.
Takeshida: (What the hell? The smell of a demon is being consumed by the smell of humans, I can't exactly tell where it is.) *Looks around in different directions*
Suddenly, a demon emerged from the forest, walking through the approaching bugs as they began to scream in pain whenever he stepped on them.
Takeshida: (That's definitely the demon! He's stepping on the bugs on purpose, why're they screaming!? There's something off about this one!) Shima! Get behind me! *Shields Shima with one arm*
Shima quickly stepped behind Takeshida and kept his sword in hand, "Being with Takeshida makes me feel safer than I ever have before, he'll be able to win, I know it!" Shima thought.
The approaching demon stopped as he stood infront of Takeshida and Shima, he wore a black gas mask and had a black daimao on his head with a dark green trenchcoat, in it's right hand it had a green chokram.
In a flash, Takeshida and the demon began clashing through the forest. Takeshida kicked the demon into a tree but it quickly recovered and shoulder rammed Takeshida into another tree. It's green chokram began glowing and spinning at high speeds as Takeshida looked up just in time to see it. The demon threw the chokram at Takeshida but he ducked, cutting the tree behind Takeshida in half as it flew into the air.
Takeshida: (What the--) *Looks into the air and back at the demon*
The demon grunted as it launched itself at Takeshida, delivering heavy punches and kicks but they were all blocked by Takeshida's nichirin blade. Grunting, Takeshida slashed and the demon jumped back. Shima began to run towards the fight but a fly flew past him and it cut his cheek.
Shima: Gah! *Grunts*
Blood dripped from his cheek as he looked up at the fly that looked back at him with a human face, the bugs on the ground from before began to slowly approach him again.
Shima: *Looks around* Hnnng! (What the hell am I supposed to do!?)
The green glowing chokram from earlier flew through the air and shot past Shima as he turned around and he watched it fly towards Takeshida.
Shima: TAKESHIDAAA!! WATCH OUTT!! *Sweat drips from his forehead*
Takeshida turned around and noticed the chokram flying straight towards him again, he held his nichirin blade up in defense as it began to clash against Takeshida's blade. Grunting, Takeshida looked over at the demon who was now gone, his feet began to get pushed into the dirt as he looked forwards and saw the demon grabbing the chokram and it kicked Takeshida to the ground. Quickly recovering, Takeshida laid on the ground and watched the bugs from earlier crawl up to him, his eyes widened when he made eye contact with one of the bugs, the world around him grew dark again as it began to mutter, "..h..elp.", Takeshida's eyes were filled with anger as he began to piece together this demon's ability. He quickly shot up as the demon rushed at him and swung it's chokram at him, ducking, Takeshida swung upwards and slashed the demon across the abdomen, spun around, and kicked the demon away.
Takeshida: *Breathed heavily with his eyes filled with rage* Your blood demon art.. You turn PEOPLE into INSECTS!! *Points at the demon*
The demon chuckled as it stopped and stared at Takeshida for a couple of seconds, his left sleeve began to twitch as a red chokram slid through it and fell into it's left hand. Takeshida held his blade up towards the demon with his right hand and pulled out a kunai from the inside of his haori with his left. The demon threw the green chokram at Takeshida and rushed at him with the red one. Takeshida dodged the green chokram and darted towards the demon, clashing his blade with the red chokram. They looked each other in the eyes for a few seconds, sparks flying off their weapons. Takeshida began to cockily smile as he jumped into the air, the green chokram from earlier flew directly under his feet and slammed into the red chokram. He landed in a tree where he threw the kunai at the demon and it ripped part of it's gas mask off. Dark green smoke began emerging from the mask and covered the ground as Takeshida watched.
Takeshida: (And the show goes on!) *Crazily smiles*
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The smoke from the demon began finding it's way through the forest and eventually began to approach Shima as he backed away. Through the gas, a giant centipede with a human face on the top of it's head emerged and began walking up to Shima slowly. This centipede was the size of a car and the length of a pool. The centipede smiled wickedly at Shima as the face on it's head cried out in agony. Shima's knees began to go weak as he fell to the ground and started crawling backwards, he hit a tree as he looked up at the smiling centipede.
Shima: No no no no.. I wanna LIVE!
The centipede shot at him as Shima jumped out of the way, Shima quickly picked up his sword that was on the ground and scurried away through the forest, stepping on the smaller bugs as he attempted to get away. The centipede chased him, breaking through the trees in the way and catching up quickly. When it was close enough, it opened it's mouth and it's tongue was needle-like and shot at Shima, piercing his shoulder.
It chuckled as it turned around and began walking back towards Takeshida and the other demon. Shima's vision began to get blurry as he watched the demon centipede walk away.
Shima: (What the hell..? I-I'm losing consciousness... Did I get poisoned?? Takeshida.. no.. I HAVE to FIGHT!!) *Shima's orange eyes lit up with determination as he began to breathe again*
He sat against the tree as his body began to twitch, a faint whistling sound could be heard with every breath he took. red and black flames began to form from his mouth as he was breathing. His grip on his sword tightened as he slowly stood up, with most of his weight being supported by the tree behind him. With one motion, he jumped on the side of the tree and leaped off of it, flying straight towards the centipede with his sword in hand. The centipede turned around just as Shima caught up, sliding under the centipede, Shima slashed off multiple of it's many legs. Rolling out from under the falling centipede, Shima quickly got back on his feet and watched the centipede sprawl around in pain.
Shima: Get up. You put me through pain so I did the same. I got up, so you can too. If I die... you will die too. These are the laws of karma, and I am your karma. *Points sword at centipede*
The demon centipede began to stand back up and it's legs began to slowly regenerate, it approached Shima slowly and eventually they were face to face. Shima stood there seemingly unbothered as the human face on the head of the centipede began to cry out again as the centipede smiled and darted at Shima. Guarding himself with his sword, Shima was being pushed back by the centipede as it kept rushing him, pushing him through trees before it tossed him away. Quickly standing back up, Shima grabbed his sword and rushed at the demon. It opened it's mouth again and tried to shoot it's poison tongue at him again but, Shima quickly slashed the tongue into pieces. It stumbled back and screeched in pain, it's scream comparable to scraping a fork across a chalkboard.
The human face on it's head began to slightly smile. It shook it's head and closed it's mouth, a dark green liquid began oozing from it's mouth. Shima still stood there, getting ready to attack. He planted his feet in the ground and the flames from earlier began coming from his mouth with every breath he took. The centipede darted at him again, Shima dodged by jumping into the air and he landed on the back of the centipede, running across it's armored back, Shima jumped back onto the ground as the centipede spat at him, Shima had already moved out the way by this time but the liquid splashed all over the ground and melted the grass. Shima looked back and noticed it when it attempted to bite him again. This time it slammed it's head into Shima's sword and pushed him back into another tree. Blood came out of Shima's mouth as he started coughing profusely, sweat dripped from his head and his vision grew even darker.
Shima: (This demon uses poison. It got me when it pierced my shoulder with it's tongue earlier. I have to finish this quickly!) *Looks back up at the centipede*
The centipede dashed at him once more but, Shima quickly grabbed his sword and with one swift move, he slashed the centipede's head in half. Shima sheathed his sword and began to limp away.
Shima: (It's dead.. I cut it's head.) *Coughs*
The centipede slowly rose back up behind Shima with it's head fully regenerated. It rushed at Shima who was unaware.
Shima: *Turns around* W-What!? Aghhh!
The centipede tightly wrapped itself around Shima, choking and crushing him. It's head shot into the sky as it roared and mandibles grew from both sides of it's mouth and clamped against each other, they sounded like two pieces of sharp metal slamming into each other. It looked back down at Shima and rushed towards him with it's piercers and mouth wide open. In an instant, Shima was able to get just enough air to breathe slightly. The flames erupted from his mouth as he yelled, dark and red slashes surrounded the area as the centipede's body was cut into pieces as it's blood sprayed everywhere, covering multiple trees and the grass.
Shima stood there, covered in blood and sword in hand. The head of the centipede landed onto the ground beside him and his sword dropped from his hand. He looked around and found a tree to sit beside. He limped over to the tree and sat down, breathing heavily.
Shima: I'm sorry... Takeshida, I should've been stronger. I was careless and got poisoned, I killed that centipede and now it's my turn. This is my karma, I suppose... *Closes eyes and starts to go unconsious*
???: You did really good out here! I watched everything from start to finish!
Shima looked back up and saw a teenage boy standing infront of him, smiling brightly.
Shima: ...Oh yeah? Why didn't you bother to help? *Coughs*
???: *Chuckles* My name is Satori Yukimori, but, you can just call me "Sato". *Smiles*
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Takeshida and the demon were zipping through the trees, both clashing with each other. The gas below them made it unable for Takeshida to land on the ground. The demon threw both of his chokrams at Takeshida at the same time. As both of them flew through the air straight at Takeshida, he jumped off the tree branch and went in between both of them mid-air. In the same moment, he put his sword in the middle of the red chokram and swung it back to the demon. The red chokram flew to the demon, cut off it's arm and flew through the air. The demon yelled out in pain as it's cut off arm dropped into the gas below.
Takeshida: (This is my chance!) *Leaps towards demon*
Bug Demon: (My arm! I can't grow it back!?) *Grabs shoulder*
Takeshida was already at the demon's neck with his nichirin blade but right before he was about to cut it's head off, the green chokram flew through the branch the demon stood on and made him fall into the gas below. Takeshida was falling too but he quickly took off his haori and latched onto another branch to keep himself from falling into the rising gas. Pulling himself up, Takeshida grabbed the haori and tied it around his waist. Suddenly, the green chokram flew up through the gas and cut Takeshida's shoulder. Grunting, he looked down at the gas and saw the outline of the demon staring up at him.
He quickly darted up higher into the trees until he was at the canopy of the forest, the green chokram flew around in the sky and flew back into the forest below.
Takeshida: *Breathing heavily* (Finally, I can get some fresh air up here.) *Looks down* (It'll attack again soon, I have to prepare for this one. My poison should start working soon, with just this regular nichirin blade, it takes longer for the poison to funnel through a demon's body.)
The red ring flew through the sky and made it's way towards Takeshida, jumping down, Takeshida noticed the gas was even higher now, he knew the only way was down but he also had a feeling that breathing in that gas is dangerous too. He landed on a large tree branch and darted through the trees, jumping branch to branch to get outside the radius of the gas. Takeshida looked down and noticed the demon was still on the ground running after him, catching the red chokram and speeding up.
Takeshida: (Damn, this guy doesn't let up. I have to get faster too then!) *Jumps even further and started getting faster*
The demon relentlessly chased after him, even slashing down other demons in his way in the process. The demon stopped running as he noticed that Takeshida was no longer trying to get away from him, instead, he heard the faint sounds of the air warping in all different directions around him.
Bug Demon: Hmmm... *Looks around*
Suddenly, Takeshida flew past his face, they both locked eyes for a split second and just like that, Takeshida was gone. Wind began to blow from the direction Takeshida jumped to and the demon quickly noticed what was going on. Takeshida was surrounding him, leaping from tree to tree, the faint sound he heard was Takeshida's feet landing onto the trees and then leaping off of them with immense speed. The demon raised the red chokram, suddenly, Takeshida's foot made it's way into the rib of the demon and sent him flying into a tree. Takeshida stood there for a second and smiled as he vanished again, repeating what he was doing before. The demon stood up quickly and shook his head, it's hat was now off and it ripped off the gas mask, it's long, black, messy hair fell infront of it's face.
The noises got louder and stopped as the demon looked down and noticed Takeshida right infront of him, preparing to swing. It tried to block but it coughed out blood and a little gas came from it's mouth, Takeshida slightly hesitated seeing the gas but he still managed to cut the demon across the stomach and backed away. The demon coughed up more blood and Takeshida started sheathing his sword.
Bug Demon: What the hell is this!? Y-You have a poison of your own that works on demons? *Looks up at Takeshida and holds stomach*
Takeshida: That's right, I haven't fought a demon as strong as you yet. Thanks for the challenge, I have to get back to Shima now.. rest easy. *Begins to walk away*
Gas Demon: *Begins to laugh* Kehkehkeh.. You think you've won?
Takeshida quickly turned around and unsheathed his sword again as he watched the bugs with human faces began to emerge from the demon's trenchcoat and cover both of the wounds Takeshida gave him. The demon stood up, now both of his chokrams were glowing red.
Gas Demon: The bugs are eating away your poison.. and if either one of these hit you.. it'll be you eating away at this poison with them.
Takeshida: Oh yeah? You're too SLOW TO HIT ME! *Angrily grunts and darts towards the demon*
The demon swung the chokram with his left hand and Takeshida dodged it and counterattacked with another kick to the other side of the demon's abdomen.
Takeshida: (That explains why he was able to grow his arm back so quickly and why it took so long for the poison to work.)
Grunting, the demon quickly tried to hit Takeshida with it's chokram again but he vanished again. Reappearing infront of the demon and attempting to cut it's head off but one of the bugs crawled up it's neck and Takeshida froze as he saw the face on it. He angrily scoffed and jumped back, the demon grabbed the bug and squashed it in his hand. Takeshida's eyes were now filled with rage again as he stared down the demon.
Gas Demon: Oh? Does THIS BOTHER YOU!? *Steps on another bug*
Takeshida: STOPP!! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!? WEREN'T YOU A HUMAN ONCE TOO!? HOW COULD YOU TREAT LIFE SO CARELESSLY!? *Reaches hand out*
More bugs began to come from the forest and they all scurried under the demon's boot as he began to psychotically laugh louder and louder and stomp harder and harder.
Takeshida: *Clenches fist* (No... Shinobu you're wrong. These things could've never been human... I'll kill this thing.) *Looks at the demon*
Gas Demon: *Begins to twitch as he stops laughing and looks at Takeshida*
Sweat dripped from it's face as it quietly held up it's chokrams.
Gas Demon: (I don't know what that feeling was... It was almost as if death itself was creeping over my shoulder and it shrouded in waves... Just who is this brat? C-Could he be a Hashira!?)
Takeshida stared the demon down as he began walking up to it slowly, the demon backed away in fear.
Gas Demon: *Gulp* (That expression! HE'LL KILL ME!) *Angrily grunts and arms himself*
The closer Takeshida got, the more nervous the demon got. Takeshida pulled down his mask and a faint whistling sound came from his mouth. A dark mist came out of his mouth with every breath, he never took his eyes off the demon, still staring him down the entire time.
He dashed at the demon, faster than he ever has before but, the demon recklessly swung his chokram and it luckily cut Takeshida's shoulder, forming an X on shoulder with the previous wound. Takeshida cut off the demon's arm at the same time.
Gas Demon: HAH! I'VE GOT YOU! YOU'LL TURN INTO AN INSECT LIKE THE REST OF THEM!!
Takeshida looked at his shoulder as the cuts began to glow red.
Takeshida: Hmm... *Grabs scabbard* (Would this work?) *Holds scabbard over shoulder and pours the poison from the scabbard into his wounds*
Takeshida began smiling as he watched his wounds stop glowing. The demon watched in awe as he just realized what happened.
Gas Demon: (Crafty BASTARD!! HE USED HIS POISON TO CANCEL OUT THE AFFECT OF MINE!?) *Veins and sweat appear on forehead*
Takeshida: *Looks back at the demon and smiles*
Gas Demon: (T-This guy's insane... He hates when I kill people but... HE'S THE EMBODIMENT OF DEATH ITSELF!!) *Grunts and looks up at Takeshida*
Takeshida: Shadow Breathing, Fifth Form: Dark Thrust!
In an instant, Takeshida's blade was driven right through the chest of the demon, quickly snatching it back out, Takeshida slashed again and cut the demon's head off. It's head rolled onto the ground and it's body dropped as Takeshida stood there, breathing heavily.
Takeshida: *Looks down at the demon's head in disgust and scoffs* Scum. *Runs off into the forest back towards Shima*
Gas Demon: *Watches Takeshida run off* (A human looking down on a demon... he's earned it. I've eaten 72 of those "Demon Slayers" and this one got me fair and square. Just how long will you live with the shadow of death constantly taunting you..?) *Disintegrates*
Takeshida: (I hope all is good on Shima's side. I shouldn't have left him alone like that.) *Facepalms himself*
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Shima: Hah! I also hate grilled squid! *Smiles and coughs*
Satori: Heheh, yeahhh.. *Looks off into the forest* Your friend is coming back. He survived against that demon.
Shima: Really!? I knew he could do it! *Raises fist*
Satori: *Looks back at Shima* You shouldn't move that much! You're poisoned and wounded, if he can't make it back in time then... you could die.
Shima's arm dropped as he looked back at Satori, groaning could be heard as multiple flies fell from the air and all of the bugs began to glow red and grow bigger and bigger.
Shima: W-What!? Don't tell me I have to fight again! I'LL DIE!!
Satori: *Points at the bugs* No... look! They're morphing back into humans!
A small crowd of people were laying on the ground infront of Shima, all unconscious.
Shima: H-How do I tell this to Takeshida? *Smiles nervously*
Takeshida: You don't have to tell me at all. *Also smiling nervously*
Shima: Takeshida..! There was this giant centipede demon thingy and it almost killed me! I managed to get it though and I also met a new friend. *Points at the tree besides him*
Takeshida: *Concerningly looks at Shima* You must've gotten poisoned because... There's no one sitting there.
Shima: *Looks at the tree besides him and sees no one* S-SATORII!! SATOOOORIIIII!!
Takeshida: Stop yelling like that, you'll alert more demons! *Walks over to Shima and pours westeria poison in his wound*
Shima: What're we gonna do about all these people? *Looks up at Takeshida*
Takeshida: *Pauses to think* There's two friends of mine, since it's night, I'm sure at least one of them found shelter by now, and it's too cold and dangerous to just leave them all here. I'll find them, *Reaches in pocket and grabs small glass capsule with green liquid and hands it to Shima* here. Drink this, if you know just basic recovery breathing then the affects from this will increase and heal you a lot faster.
Shima: I-I can't really use my arms anymore. *Smiles lightly*
Takeshida: *Grabs Shima's chin, raises his head, and pours the liquid into his mouth* It's a little bitter.
Shima: *Drinks the liquid and coughs* A little!?
Takeshida turned around and watched one of the people stand up.
???: ...W-Where am I?
Takeshida: You shouldn't move too much! There's no telling how long you've been trapped in this mountain. You need to eat and get a lot of rest! (If only Shinobu were here right now) *Looks into the sky*
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--MINUTES LATER--
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The flames of the campfire illuminated the dark cave as Uriru sat against the wall, Nora was resting her head on her haori, facing the other way from Uriru.
Uriru: (It's getting so damn cold outside right now, I'd be in trouble if this fireplace weren't here.) *Looks over at Nora* Hey! You think Takeshida's still out there or he's found shelter for the night?
Nora didn't respond and laid still, Uriru scoffed as he looked out into the opening of the cave and the dark forest stared back at him. A gust of wind blew into the cave.
Uriru: *Shivering* Ugh! It's literally the beginning of SUMMER! Why is it this cold!?
Nora: Shut up! Can't you see I'm trying to sleep!?
Uriru: Huhh? *Grunts* So you WERE up this whole time, you bastard!
Nora: I can't SLEEP because you can't stay QUIET! You could alert a demon to our cave.
Uriru: "OUR" CAVE!? I FOUND THIS CAVE BY MYSELF AND LIT THE FIRE KEEPING YOU FROM FREEZING TO DEATH!
Nora: Don't care.
Uriru: If a demon were to find us, I'd make SURE to watch it eat you! Hell, I'll even let it walk outta here alive after! *Crosses arms and smirks*
Footsteps began approaching the cave, followed by another multiple sets of footsteps.
Nora: *Stands up and grabs sword* See! Look at what you've done, you gave away our location. *Holds up sword*
Uriru: *Stands up and clenches fist* Heh! Just admit that you're scared, I could beat these demons till there's nothing left! (I finally have something to do to get warmed up.) *Smiles*
As the footsteps got louder, a big figure could be seen walking straight towards the cave, surrounded by smaller figures. The anticipation was almost deafening as Uriru anxiously waited for the figures to step into the light of the campfire. Nora's grip tightened on her sword as the group got closer.
???: Heyyyyy! Is that you two in there, Uriru and Nora!?
Uriru's eyes twitched as he stared at the approaching figure yelling out to him.
Nora: (That sounds like-)
Takeshida stepped into the light of the campfire with two other people on each shoulder, more people began stepping into view and began entering the cave. Shima slowly stepped to the left of Takeshida with someone on his back.
Shima: *Looks up at Uriru and Nora and starts shivering* (It's too cold out here, these must be the friends Takeshida mentioned.)
Uriru: (W-What the..?)
Takeshida: *Nervously chuckles* Hey guys! I don't really know where to start.
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--TO BE CONTINUED--
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Demon Slayer: Three Shattered Scabbards
HorrorIn the 1950s, Muzan's influence has grown over Japan exponentially. The population of demons have risen and spread all over Japan and unfortunately.. The United States of America. How did a demon find it's way to America? The demon king himself must...
