Undesired Love, Sweet Revenge

Chapter 6 (Final Selections)

Izumi watched the sun rise as the cool breeze blew against her face softly. It was peaceful. The waves had settled down. She was thinking about whether to join the Final Selections the entire night, though she did get some sleep just after the Takashi brothers left. Izumi woke up just before the sun rose in order to catch it.

After all that's happened, Izumi had to hold her head up high. Crying and not taking action is not the way to go. Izumi thought to herself. She decided to enter Final Selections to become a Demon Slayer just so that she could kill Giyuu Tomioka. She put on her haori and her shoes as she went to the venue of where the Final Selection would be held.

Upon reaching the venue of the Final Selection, Izumi admired the delicate and beautiful wisteria flowers. Izumi noticed that there were a lot of people trying out for Final Selections, and most of them being boys.

Two people stood out in particular as they stood in front of an endless and dense forest. They were around the same height with the same type of hairstyle, yukata design and eyes. The only difference was their hair color, where one was white and the other was black.

They gathered all the people and started the Final Selection after briefing them. "So beyond this wisteria forest lies demons?" Izumi mumbled. She has never encountered a demon before other than her brother so she was having mixed feelings. It was as bright as day, so demons won't come out of hiding just yet.

Knowing this, Izumi took a nap under a tree so that she could pull an all nighter. Izumi knew demons only appeared at night, so she was gonna get as much sleep during the day as she could to bring her through the night.

When night fell, Izumi was on her guard. She went on ahead, clutching the handle of her brother's blade just in case a demon appeared. She's heard her brother talked about demons before, and a thing or two about the Final Selections. Izumi remembered clearly, "You'll have to slice off the head of a demon with a special blade, it's called the 'Nichirin Blade', only then will you successfully kill the demon."

Izumi clutched the blade so tight to the point her hands were sweating, she had to survive here alive for 7 days. She didn't know how she was gonna do it, but she will make it out alive for her dear brother. Upon hearing the numerous screams of boys and rustling through the trees, Izumi took out her sword, ready to take on any demon that came.

A few demons started jumping on her, as they could smell human flesh from afar. Izumi took a deep breath, beheading all of them in a blink of an eye. She was rather amazed at her own skill, since she's never killed anyone before. Izumi had only practiced with wooden dummies. She looked at the demons, who were slowly fading away.

Though she heard others shouting for help from afar, Izumi didn't care. As long as I survive and not get myself extra work, I'll be fine. Izumi thought to herself.

All the demons she encountered so far were very weak, and she could kill them in a minute. That was how day one went for Izumi, knowing how Final Selection works. The next day, it was roughly the same, but there were fewer demons now. Izumi wondered, "How come there were lesser demons compared to the numbers yesterday? Maybe most of them are already slained?"

Izumi didn't mind, the lesser demons there were, the higher her chance of survival. This went on for the rest of the week, sleep in the morning, kill some demons, repeat.

When she made it out, surprisingly alive, Izumi noticed that only a few managed to get out of the hellhole alive. No more than 10... Izumi looked around. It was scary to see the numbers decrease so quickly. There were so many people 7 days ago, and now there are only about 10... Izumi thought.

Izumi was then directed to a house which she will stay in until she gets her own Nichirin sword. "Tch, now I have to wait here to get a damn blade.." Izumi looked up towards the sky.

But are they trustable...?