Demon Slayer Swap AU

Chapter 30: Marionettes

"Found them?" Nezuko repeated, blocking one of the Slayers' katana with her own.

"Yeah! That way!" Aoi responded as she pointed to her right side with one of her swords. "I'm picking up a powerful aura from over there!"

"You are?" Nezuko asked, a smile tugging at her mouth as she fended off the Slayer. "Way to go, Aoi!"

Aoi felt that warm, fuzzy feeling again as Nezuko praised her, but snapped out of it when another Slayer almost cut her with their sword. Thankfully, she leapt back before they could. In front of the two girls (and Enmu), were four Slayers; all being controlled by the demon.

"We gotta deal with these guys or we'll never get anywhere!" Aoi stated loudly.

"Damn. Isn't there... isn't there something we can do?" Nezuko wondered aloud.

Meanwhile with Kanao...

Kanao wheezed and breathed heavily as she trudged up the mountain, miniscule beads of sweat all over her face. She eventually stopped, resting her hand against a tree to keep herself up and her other hand stretched in front of her.

"Ta- Tanji- Ta-" She stammered, completely out of breath. "Whe- whe- wh- whe- where are you?"

Back with Nezuko and Aoi..

"Dammit!" Aoi yelled frustatedly. "What a pain in the ass! I'm just gonna shred 'em all!"

"You can't do that!" Nezuko responded. "There's gotta be something we can do! So let's try not to hurt our-"

A Slayer with a large bleeding cut on his nose then practically flew towards Nezuko, his eyes lifeless and his mouth agape. Much to Nezuko and Aoi's surprise, Enmu ran between Nezuko and the Slayer, his sword clashing with the Slayer's.

"Enmu-san?" Nezuko said, her expression creasing with worry for his safety.

"Leave these guys to me and go on ahead!" He answered, his sword still in contact with the Slayer's.

"Why you tryna sound so cool, Mr. Pissed-My-Pants?" Aoi asked rudely.

"I never pissed my pants, you stupid boar!" Enmu retorted, an angry vein on his face. His insult aggravated Aoi. "I wasn't even talking to you, so butt out!"

The Slayer then swung his sword at Enmu, but he retaliated by making his sword strike the Slayer's.

"I know that wasn't my finest moment back there, but I'm a Demom Slayer too!" He continued, a determined look on his face. "I'll find a way to hold these guys off!" Two Slayers that were lying on the ground started to stand up. "I now know I just need to cut the threads, and that they can only move in very basic ways! I'll watch out for the caterpillars as well! Plus, the demom probably has better control the closer they are! So you should both go!"

"Understood! We appreciate it!" Nezuko replied. "Let's go, Aoi!" She linked arms with Aoi, who was facing the wrong way, and started to drag her along as she ran.

"LET GO OF ME, DAMMIT!" She shouted, squirming around. "LET ME INTEODUCE MY FIST TO HIS FACE FIRST! WHO YOU CALLING A STUPID BOAR?!"

"OH, SHUT UP ALREADY! DROP IT AND GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" Enmu yelled in response.

"JUST YOU WAIT! I'LL KICK YOUR TEETH IN WHEN I GET BACK!" Aoi screeched, raising one of her swords before both her and Nezuko disappeared into the fog (at least it appeared that way to Enmu).

....

Aoi was now running alongside Nezuko, albeit still riled up at Enmu as she said, "Dammit! I'll punch his lights out if it's the last thing I'll do!"