Final Selection

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Tanjiro's pov

After the twins explained what we would be doing Lynn and I began walking forward. The entire group began inning into the woods. So me and Lynn fallowed suit, sprinting into the thick mass of trees.

"You go right I'll go left." Lynn said. "Wait, what? We're splitting up?" I said abruptly. She nodded before saying, "it wouldn't be fair to the others if we stocked together." 'She does have a point. But, what if she gets in trouble, and I won't be there to help her? Can she handle herself against a swarm of demons?'

Lynn's pov

After our conversation we took off in different directions. 'Did I come off as a bit harsh trying to get ride of him like that? Its fine. It's just for 7 days. He should be able to stay alive until then. Now then, time to hunt for some demons so that I can practice my new breathing style.

  I saw a rather raged looking demon up ahead. I stalked towards it slowly, making sure it didn't notice me. It took a whiff of the air and started looking around. 'Shot! I forgot to cover up my scent.' I did that quickly, hiding as much of it as I could. The demon seemed confused before he mumbled, "must have been my imagination, is it already that time of year?" 'He must be referring to Final Selection.' His back turned to me and I made soundless footsteps toward him. I leapt into the air a foot away from him and quickly sliced his head off. He began to disintegrate and looked at me baffled. "H-how? I didn't even notice your presence from behind me!?"

  'They really do disintegrate by these katanas.' I thought, watching the last few remains of him vanish. I then felt another presence behind me. 'It's not a human,' the voice mentioned, 'it's right.' I spun around and charged toward the female demon. She didn't even have time to react before I decapitated her. "Scary.." she mumbled as she crumbled to dust. 'This so boring,' I thought. 'They die to easily, I'm not one for a fight, but without the others. An at least descent fight could certainly keep me entertained.'

I ran off as I sensed another demon a little less than half a mile away.

Tanjiro's pov

Before I knew it Lynn and I had already split up into different directions. 'No! I'm supposed to be with her all the time! I'm supposed to be protecting her! She shouldn't have to even lift a finger!' I was angry, no, pissed that I couldn't be with Lynn. 'What is happening to me? Lynn can handle herself, I'm sure of it! But, why am I so upset? It's only a few days..'

'Just think about surviving Tanjiro.' I thought as I sat down next to a large rock. 'I should head east! Make it to where the sun will hit first!' I then suddenly stopped myself. 'A demon, I smell a demon nearby!' I looked around, my hand on the hilt of my sword. Through the semi-thick trees I could hear its footsteps, the rustling sound of bushes being run past. 'Where is it? Where is it coming from?'

"Up there," I shouted. As I looked up to the tops of one of the trees a demon with sharp nails out stretched ready to rip up my flesh lunged at me. It had purple hair that whipped around in the wind. Eyes that only showed the pupil from how wild and rabid they looked. They laughed a sinister and maniacal laugh in their way down. I jumped away just in time. The demon hit the ground spewing dust and dirt everywhere, in a thick cloud. I rolled for a few seconds before getting up and taking a stance.

When the dust cleared I was able to inspect it better. The purple hair was down to his upper back. His vains pulsed and were visible through his scrunched up face as well as his hands. He lead out another menacing laugh, his tongue was sticking out and covered in saliva. His sharp fangs creeped into a sinister smile. He had three small, but sharp horns growing out of his head. He wore a ripped up yellow shirt that had no sleeves. He also had on black, baggy pants, with no shoes or socks.

I then heard a screech from behind me. When I looked back I saw another demon leaping towards me with his nails out stretched to attack me. He looked to be a young boy with the same gray skin as the one that had attacked me previously. He had short brown hair, shark like fangs, and had the same feral eyes. He wore a green shirt, the sleeves reached only to his elbows. He too, wore black baggy pants and no shoes nor socks. I hit him away with my sword which he grabbed onto. I tried to swing him off, but that only ended with him pushing me a few feet away. I dragged my feet as I struggled to remained on my feet.

The first demon sharped at the other demon grabbing his arm and yelling in his face. "Can't you get your own prey man? This is my turf." I held my sword in front of me while they bickered, just in case one of them tried to attack me. "The h3ll with you? Just let have this d@mn boy!" The other one shouted. 'Two already, can I handle them?' My heart and their bickering played in the background of my ears as I thought this.

"That's my prey I saw him first!" The first demon said. The second demon responded with, "hey, whatever, I'm going to be the first to k!ll him though!" He then ran at me full speed with an attack at the ready. He leapt into the air and the other one did the same, both headed straight towards me. I drew my sword to above my head and slashed them both away from me. They were then on either side of me before the brown haired demon kicked me away from them both. 'Calm down, I need to focus.' I thought, taking up a stance.

"I haven't tasted human flesh in forever!" The brown one thought as he charged toward me beside the purple haired demon. 'Water breathing! For the form!' I thought this as I slashed the demons, a trail of water resonating from the sharp end of my blade. 'Water tide!' Their heads left their bodies as I landed behind them. Their bodies landed with a thump before they began disappearing. I was breathing heavily, trying to control it. 'I did it! I killed my first few demons!' I thought, turning around to look at the two.

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