𝙼𝚢 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝙱𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚖 || 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚒𝚛𝚘 𝚡 𝙵𝚎𝚖!𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚒𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗

"Y/N! Are you alright?" Tanjiro asked as the room was flipped once again.

"Yeah I'm alright!" You reassured him. He nodded his head slightly and dodged another claw attack.

I can't help but imagine the most awful things! You jumped in the nick of time from another claw attack that went straight for the both of you and Tanjiro.

No! You mustn't think like that! You and Tanjiro will make it through. You are strong! Tanjiro is strong! You can do it!

You landed onto the ground and clutched your sword tighter in your grasp. Holding the sword in a specific angle that was also showing you being in a defensive mode.

"I've been able to survive this long," You started. "I know I have what it takes! Whether it's today, or tomorrow...! I can assure you this! Without a shadow of doubt in my mind!" The demon growled in facing your direction. Tanjiro was watching you and couldn't help but admire you. The way you reflected the very definition of determination. You seemed rather calm, but he could sense your aura, and you emitted bravery and courage. His lips tugged into a small grin. He was proud of you. So very proud.

"I will not yield!"

The demon hit the drums and you kept on turning and turning. You felt your rib crack, you winced but kept pushing on. The room eventually turned to the doorway being below you. You and Tanjiro reacted quickly and grabbed a lantern that was from the ceiling. Holding on tightly.

Come on think! What can I do?

You looked up a over you while hanging onto the lantern and noticed the familiar invisible claws coming your way. How were you both supposed to dodge this? You both let go and fell down. Tanjiro's feet hit the doors and they flew out from it's hinges and fell down into the dark abyss beneath. You tried to grab onto the ledge but couldn't seem to grab a hold of anything.

"Y/N!" Tanjiro exclaimed your name and grabbed your hand before you could fall down to your possible death. You felt a small yelp escape your lips as his warm and calloused hand grabbed onto yours and held you for dear life.

"Y/N! Grab onto the ledge up there!" He yelled down. You did as he ordered and lifted your arm up and grabbed onto the ledge. As you did, you quickly lifted yourself up onto edge. Reacting quickly, you helped pull up Tanjiro with all your might. Thankfully you managed to get him up. He quickly thanked you before the room flipped once again. Tanjiro looked towards the demon.

"Hey you! What's your name?" The demon looked at the checkered demon slayer. He hesitated before speaking, "It's Kyogai (Idk if I spelled it right)."

"Kyogai," Tanjiro repeated the name. "Listen, I am not giving you that child! I won't bend to you! It's futile."

Kyogai stopped as his eye twitched. Somehow looking like he was in deep thought.

"I will get that boy... and reclaim my rightful place among the twelve Kizuki!"

The twelve Kizuki! You thought but then felt the room rotate and claw marks going everywhere. He began to strike faster and faster by the second. It was almost unreal. The both of you were falling everywhere. More like going around in circles in mid air.

"This is making me dizzy! I think I'm gonna be sick!" You exclaimed as you gagged and quickly held a hand up to your mouth.

"It's okay Y/N! Just hang in there!" Tanjiro yelled back to you as you kept on flying everywhere. The room seemed to stop just in time. You looked below you to see many sheets of paper scattered all over the floor. You used your footing to try and step on the gaps in the floor and keep from stepping on the paper. Tanjiro did the same.

I've got it. To keep from being in too much pain, use a breathing technique to keep yourself from being in as much pain right now. Take small shallow breaths...

You did as you thought and took the small breaths. Already feeling like the pain was going away. You looked over at Tanjiro who had begun to evade all of the claw attacks that the demon was using. Kyogai seemed to notice this and began to get even more angry.

"Tanjiro! Wanna do the honors?" You asked as you just dodged to the side in the nick of time from the attack. He looked at you and nodded. He took a deep breath in.

Total concentration, water breathing,

He leapt into the air faster then the eye could see.

Ninth form, Splashing Water Flow Turbulent!

He raced towards the demon. He took note of the thread that straightened up.

"Kyogai! Your blood demon art was truly incredible!" Tanjiro yelled. Kyogai looked in surprise at the burgundy haired boy. He didn't get to say anything after before Tanjiro's blade came hurdling forward and slicing the head clean off. The head then rolled off to the side. Tanjiro landed on his feet and took a deep breath in. But he immediately regretted it and hovered over in pain. Holding a hand over his chest.

I took a deep breath by mistake! He feel down to his knees in pain.

"Tanjiro!" You called out in worry and rushed to his side. You dropped your blade and wrapped your arms around him, but in a gentle and caring manner. His face flushed a shade of crimson red at this. Your arms released him to which he immediately missed as you took his chin in your fingers and looked over him to make sure he wasn't bleeding or anything out of the ordinary that you didn't see before you both came.

"I'm alright Y/N." He said as he put a hand on your shoulder. You gave him a warm reassuring smile. He smiled back at you.

"Boy... girl..." You raised a brow and turned to see Kyogai and his head on the floor already turning to ash. "Answer me..."

"Did you really think... my blood demon art... was incredible?" Tanjiro looked down. As if thinking for a moment before speaking.

"I truly did... however," He turned to face the demon who was turning to ash. "I can't forgive you for killing people."

"... I see..."

You looked at the demon. His blood demon art really was incredible. You had never seen anything like it before. But still, he killed people. But you could sense guilt in the demons eyes. You looked down at the demon with sadness and pity.

"Oh Tanjiro! We need a blood sample." You stated. He nodded his head and grabbed one of the extractors. He threw it and once the extractor landed into the flesh, it began to draw blood. You looked in awe at the device.

This can dramatically extract blood when applied like this, You thought. You walked over and took the device and examined the blood inside. But seeing it in action proves how crafty Yushiro really is!

Meow!

You raised your eyebrows hearing that. You turned around and looked to see a small cat with a box on its back.

"A cat?" Tanjiro asked. You looked at the blood extractor and back at the cat. "Oh! You're the one who's going to deliver this to Miss Tamayo, right?" You asked the cat. Not that it could respond. You walked over to the cat and kneeled down in front of it. You opened the box and bag inside of it. You placed the device inside and closed the box.

"Good kitty. Take care now." You smiled as you lightly pet the cat. The cat then turned around and walked in another direction. It meowed again and soon turned to dust. You looked in shock and amazement.

Oh, I was told that under Yushiro's spell it would be invisible until it meowed. And then vanish when it would meow a second time. Incredible...

You then remembered that the kids were still hiding somewhere. You looked at Tanjiro with worry.

"Tanjiro... the kids!" You said getting up quickly and going out to find the children with him alongside you.