𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 | 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐨𝐤𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐲𝐮𝐮

❄️ 94

Ever since that day, I never left her side. Even after hearing what Mayako did, she still helped me to be free back then. The least I can do for it is to take care of her daughter. She was so young. 12 to be exact, and already had a very bad experiences.

Out of my pride, I even thanked Tomioka for bringing her safe in the headquarters. I treated F/N like my very own sister and trusted her with everything I have in secret. Never once I thought that there's someone, a girl to be exact, who would understand the situation I once had and accepted me even after all of that.

F/N trusted me so much too and had also treated me as a brother, as to why she always call me big brother. It melts my heart whenever I hear her call me that, because she's the only one who made me feel what a true family feels like.

I was so surprised to see her made her way to the highest rank in the corps in just a short time. She had mastered her breathing that only she could use.

And even when I discovered about the Crescent Moon being her, I accepted her after showing her full sincerity of being honest and bringing no harm to the corps.

I can't even watch her fight like this.

Every hashira started feeling nauseous and a part of their wound are starting to build up weird fleshes due to Muzan's blood. Giyuu started feeling numb and lost his grip in his sword. He was nervous and confused of what's happening that Sanemi had to yell at him to bring him back to his senses. "Stop spacing out or I'll kill you!" He yelled before throwing a blade in front of him.

F/N on the other side couldn't even move from the place Muzan locked her in. Her bidy is getting tired from dodging and slicing the lashes Muzan are sending to her direction. Her mark also disappeared and the only thing she can do now is to change into Yoru.

As she did, she immediately used a demon art and crushed all of the lash in her direction and cleared her way to fight closely to him again.

And all of a sudden, a cat jumped mid air and flungs medicinal bottles that instantly injects in the hashira's body. Turns out it was a medicine for the cell destruction they are having from being touched by Muzan and also giving them immunity to his blood.

Sanemi cackled. "I don't know why, but a passing cat  just helped us!!" All of them started feeling better and once agile again in fighting.

"GIVE UP THIS POINTLESS STRUGGLE! JUST DIE ALREADY!" Muzan yelled and swung his whips faster than ever.

Iguro had also manifested his mark and ran towards him directly, but Muzan took a reach of him and sent a lash that he couldn't dodge.

"IGURO!!" Sanemi shouted.

"ONII-SAN!"

Giyuu tried swinging his blade to slice it but it was too late.

Or was it?

He looked up and saw Obanai midair as if he jumped high to dodge that. Muzan was all too surprised and confused of what happened. His arms and whips are cut, but it didn't come from Obanai or the other hashira there. He realized that there's someone else behind that he couldn't sense.

Kanao, Zenitsu, and Inosuke appeared on the battlefield with Yushiro's papers in their body.

"OW! OW! YOU FILTHY MAGGOT!" Inosuke screamed after being struck by one of the lashes.

"You guys are still alive?!" Gyomei asked in surprise and relief.

"Of course I wouldn't die!" Inosuke bragged. "Besides, I've got tons of these papers! I've picked up a bunch!"

"KANAO!" Yoru yelled in concern.

Kanao heard the familiar voice and looked at her direction and almost cried to see her alive and well, but realized it isn't time for being emotional, yet.

"Cut as many as you want, but I've got more!" Inosuke added. "Your pitiful attacks—WAAH! ENOUGH BLATHER!!

Kaminari no kokyū - Ichi no kata: Hekireki Issen
[Breath of Thunder - First Form: Thunderclap and Flash]

Hana no kokyū - Shi no kata: Beni Hanagoromo
[Breath of Flower - Fourth Form: Crimson Hanagoromo]

Hebi no kokyū - San no kata: Toguro Jime
[Breath of Serpent - Third Form: Coil Choke]

Obanai's blade also turned red and it was visible to everyone. F/N looked at hers and watched how it also turns red very slowly. She chuckled to herself. "I'm not F/N, though."

Of how her blade turned red isn't anything about the pressure or the strength of the user. It's her blood.

Tsuki no kokyū - Ku no kata: Kudaridzuki Renmen
[Breath of the Moon - Ninth Form: Waning Moonswaths]

"STOP WITH THE PATHETIC SCHEMES!!!" Muzan yelled out. "YOU PATHETIC WEAKLINGS!!!"

Everyone then started making an impact to their own weapons so that it'll change it color. Apparently, Muzan's regeneration slows if the injury is caused by a shining blade. Gyomei clashed his boulder and axe together and it resulted to change its color. He noticed that the a smell of burnt was produced and he could tell that the weapon is hot enough to reduce his regeneration.

Sanemi also ran closer to Giyuu and presented his blade onto him in terms of clashing it to his and created an impact to turn the blade blood red. Giyuu was first confused about it, but realized what it could do and went along.

"CAW!!! ONE HOUR AND THREE MINUTES UNTIL DAWN!!!"

"More than enough time," Sanemi said. "We'll shred you into tiny pieces!"

to be continued.