Capítulo 11: Chapter 11- Protect, what else is new?
Inosuke was shown to a training ground, which he preceded to begin wrecking instantly, I was shown to a room, with no windows where I took Tanjiro out of the box and placed him on a futon, allowing him to regrow to his normal size, before sleeping again. Tamayo-san and Youshirou walked in, and they knelt by the side of Tanjiro as I was doing.
"Your brother looks-" I put one hand on the hilt of my scythe, baring my teeth, "-lovely!" said Youshirou.
"Kamado-kun, may we take some blood samples?" asked Tamayo politely.
I nodded my head and watched as she extracted the blood, the way Tamayo-san moved and did these actions was with utmost care and experience, she was almost motherly towards Tanjiro, and it made me realize how much I missed my family. Even Youshirou's spiteful glances reminded me of my little brother Rokuta's naughty smiles and Takeo's anger when he got mollycoddled. And my mother and how loving she was with us, these memories were never going to stop me from crying.
Tamayo-san looked at me, motioning me to follow her, I got up, and so did Youshirou but Tamayo told him to sit back down, "This does not concern you that much Youshirou, please cater to Tanjiro's needs." I barely held my laughter in, I turned as I left and blew Youshirou a raspberry, which he didn't react kindly to, sticking his finger up at me.
"Tamayo-san what would you like to talk about?"
"Ah, Kamado-kun, I have a request for you, if you kill a twelve kizuki or even any demon, please send me a sample of their blood, you will know how to send it when the time comes."
"Of course Tamayo-san, anything to cure my brother."
"You're a caring man, I once had a friend like you, who would do anything to save his loved ones, he was my best friend, the man I loved." Tamayo-san sighed and was about to walk away when...
The building itself rumbled and the vile stench of demons filled my nostrils, "Tamayo-san, we were followed, Youshirou had found us and he had my box, with Tanjiro inside it, I took it from him and unsheathed my scythes, looking out of the window, I saw Inosuke squaring off against two demons.
I smashed the window and clambered out of it, my feet meeting the slanting roof and sliding, I had my left leg stretched and my right leg bent and I jumped off the building, "Water Breathing, Third Form, Flow Dance!" I swayed and twisted in the air as if dancing on nothing, before landing and launching another attack, "Water Breathing, Eigth Form, Waterfall Basin!" I jumped high in the air, closing into the demons, and slashed down, sending the two of them diving either way.
From behind me, I could hear Inosuke charging the demon on the left, who for some reason was shooting arrows. I faced off against the other demon, the grip on my scythes getting harder. "Who are you?" I asked, stalling as I built up energy.
"I am Kibutsuji Muzan's servant, he sends his regards, hahaha!"
I was ready, "Water Breathing, Final Twelfth Form, Swirling Chaos!" I scrunched up my body like a malleable sponge and built up the strength before releasing and exploding in a current of chaos, slashing as fast as I could, thousands of times, hacking and stabbing, but eventually, my built-up stores of energy were drained and I watched the Demon walked out unscathed, it had dodged every single slash of mine.
This wasn't enough, what was I missing?
Inosuke wasn't faring any better, the demon he faced was unfazed and still countering as Inosuke kept charging it.
I woke up from my thoughts by force as the demon's weird ball things cascaded into my stomach, sending me flying into the walls of Tamayo's building, blood guzzled from my mouth and I could feel it. I think a rib was broken, shit.
I stood up, but I was unable to regulate my breathing, I couldn't achieve total concentration, the demon continued to counter, and my defense fell, the Scythes in my hand were useless without their usual experienced hand and I tumbled onto the floor on my knees, was this it? Was I to die a failure?
I winced as I was sent flying once again, my back cracking against a tree, "Argghrgghr!" My torso felt like it was being steamrolled, were my lungs punctured? shit, I need to move, I need to breathe. I stood and gripped my scythes with vigor and ran, the demon attacked once again, and I dodged, breathing, "Suuuuuuuu!" "Fuuuuuuuu!" The moves began to flash around in my head.
I twisted my feet and hands in ways I had never done before, whilst still grasping my scythes, I could hear the crackle of a warm fire somewhere, my breathing steadied and the pain that was once ebbing and flowing had now been numbed, even my chest was swelling without pain.
What did my father call this, Hinokami Kagura, the dance of the fire god? What was this feeling, how do I know these moves, how do I know the names of these moves, what is going on!? Soon, I realized it wasn't the crackling of a fire, my blades were on fire!
"Dance of the fire God, first form, dance!" I swayed and danced the fire flowing around me in concentric circles, this was just the same thing as the moves I was doing just now, but drawing on more fire, the more Oxygen I inhaled the more blood was pumped to my legs and I charged, my blades just missing the demon's neck, but it left a visible burn. The fight just began!
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