Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hinokami Flames

United as One

Gyomei Himejima has arrived getting between Kokushibo and Sanemi, Tengen, Muichiro. Now seven Hashira are facing the strongest Upper Rank. "Shinazugawa, stitch your stomach wounds close right now. Uzui, Tokito, defend him with all your might. I will be confronting this monster."

"Sure." Sanemi replied.

"Let's not push ourselves eh, Muichiro?" Tengen asked being serious.

Gyomei walks forward spinning his flail, as Kokushibo uses the transparent world and examines his body. 'Unbelievable. After three hundred years, I've found a warrior who's refined his body to the limits and beyond.' The flail is spun faster as the Stone Hashira inhales deeply. 'The air, he's absorbing it all into his lungs.' Now reaching the right momentum, Gyomei hurls the flail at Kokushibo who leaps away. He prepares a Moon Breathing attack but stops when he notices a second weapon right behind him. 'And now he throws his axe? He's using a chained weapon like the shinobi, but the length is even longer.'

He tries to use his breathing technique again, but Gyomei caught him off guard again.

Stone Breathing, 2nd Form:

Upper Smash

Gyomei slams his foot on the chain and brings the flail down on Kokushibo, who evades it. He then notices wraps around his neck seeing Gyomei has captured him. The Upper Rank tries to destroy it but is unable to. 'I can't break through these chains!' He escapes the chain hold by a thread of his hair. 'That chain, axe, and flail are all forged by pure Nichirin Iron. This is a very powerful weapon. And my sword is enhanced by my flesh, meaning it'll be burn itself on his blade before I can break through it. Iron that has absorbed sunlight, wasn't discovered during the Sengoku Era, when the golden age of swordsmith techniques was founded. But I suppose, the best solution is to get closer.'

Kokushibo rushes at Gyomei and goes to behead him, but he leaps into the air evading the attack and flings his axe at him, grazing his back and cutting through his kimono. Gyomei continues his barrage on the Upper Rank. 'His muscular strength gives him the ability to wield this weapon like it's a part of him. The heavy weight, the lightness, and the agility. He's unlike any Hashira I've ever fought.' Gyomei catches Kokushibo's blade and snaps his through.

Stone Breathing, 4th Form:

Volcanic Rock, Rapid Conquest

Moon Breathing, 2nd Form:

Pearl Flowers Moongazing

Both attacks clash fiercely, but in the end Kokushibo recovers from any attacks. Even his blade is repaired, while Gyomei has received a slash to the face. "Whatever you destroy, it will regenerate instantly. No matter how many opponents try, your attacks are hopeless, pitiful humans."

Gyomei brings his forearms into a X shape. "Naturally I was waiting to use this when I faced Muzan again, but if I lose, then everyone's lives will also be lost. So, I will give my all using it here and now!" Gyomei's arms began to show dark grey ground fissures showing his demon slayer mark.

"So, you've also become marked. Meaning five Hashira will die off the small this they'll win."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Judging by your appearance, you appear to twenty-seven years old."

"And what's wrong with my age?"

"In lightened terms, every single person marked, dies before reaching twenty-five."

"Hmm?"

"Even if your mark appears, and you've increased your power, you'll only be living on borrowed time. And you have lived passed twenty-five, with your mark appearing now. Tanjiro, Tokito, the Love, and Thunder will perish in the years to come, but you will die at some point tonight. So, your body and technique, everything you've devoted your whole life for, will die out from this world... Isn't it regrettable, to not leave one single scrap of yourself behind?"