Ice-Shadow Hashira

Part VIII

On the other part of the castle, Shinobu was walking around until she saw Kakushis on the floor.

"What happened here?" Shinobu thought.

She entered the room and saw Douma waiting inside.

"You," Shinobu snarled.

"Do you remember this haori?" she asked angrily.

"Ah, the flower lady. She's delicious," Douma said.

"I will make sure to kill you, for her" Shinobu snarled.

Shinobu and Douma started fighting and she can't land a single blow on him.

"I can't even land an attack on him. I really need to sacrifice myself to kill him," Shinobu thought.

As Shinobu attacked again, Douma used his fan to counter. She was about to be cut but someone saved her. She looked around and saw Kanao, Inosuke and Azalea's clone.

"What are you guys doing here?" Shinobu asked.

"We will help you, Master" Kanao said.

"Kanao, buy us time. I just need to do something with Kocho-san," Azalea's clone said.

Kanao nodded and called for Inosuke.

"Azalea, what are you doing?" Shinobu asked.

"Ice Breathing: 12th Form: Ice Mist"

Shinobu felt cold coming inside her veins from the wound then she looked at Azalea's arm. The poison from her body was being transferred to Azalea. After Azalea's clone made sure that she got most of the poison, she injected the cure to Shinobu.

"Why did you take the poison Azalea?" Shinobu asked incredulously.

"I'll be fine, Kocho-san. No one will die in here," Azalea stated.

They then joined the fight when they saw Douma used his BDA.

"Blood Demon Art: Scattering Lotuses"

"Don't inhale the smoke!!" Shinobu shouted.

Kanao had a hard time but Inosuke still attacked from above.

"Beast Breathing: 4th Form: Slice and Dice"

But Douma managed to block it by his fan.

"Is that all you've got?" Douma taunted.

"Kocho-san, I will use myself as bait. Use your combined attacks to kill him," Azalea instructed.

Even though Shinobu doesn't like Azalea's idea, she still agreed.

"Kanao, don't use the last form of the technique. Just use the strongest and we will all attack together," Shinobu instructed.

Kanao and Inosuke nodded their head and waited for her signal to attack Douma again. While Azalea ran towards Douma to attack him. Douma laughed and slashed Azalea using his fan and decided to absorb her. But before he could totally do it, she looked at the three who's shock of what happened.

"Do it," she mouthed, as Douma absorbed her totally, not knowing that it was a trap. As Azalea melted like ice in his body the poison also started to spread.

"She thought she could defeat me," Douma said smugly.

"We will not let your sacrifice go to waste, Azalea," Shinobu thought.

"Insect Breathing: Dance of the Butterfly: Caprice"

"Beast Breathing: 8th Form: Explosive Rush"

"Flower Breathing: 6th Form: Whirling Peach"