Third Person:
Aoi and Kanao were dodging and clashing their swords with Makinatsuru's lasers. She laughed as they did so. They were both injured.
Aoi: Hey! Watch it! There's too many of these things to keep up with!
Aoi tried to cut through them.
Aoi: They might be slithery, but these things are hard as a rock! There's no end in sight to 'em, either!
Aoi looked to her left and saw Gyutaro who was close to decapitating Tengen.
Aoi: Damnit! Dammit! They're gonna decapitate him without me!
Kanao: Aoi, incoming attack!
Aoi dodges and lands on the roof.
The only way to bring this one down is for us to strike at the same time! We're able to hold our own by dodging her laser attacks, but we can't expect to win just by avoiding her. We have to act! If we can close the distance, we can go for her head!
Aoi growls before she yells and flops her arms around cutting the lasers.
Kanao: Aoi, calm down! We don't have to strike simultaneously. We just need to make sure the two demon heads aren't connected!
A bunch of lasers wrap around Kanao. She cuts through them.
Kanao: Even after days, beheaded their demon, we have to fight with all we've got!
Aoi: Wait, your... Your like... You're like a completely different person now, aren't you? What gives?
Stay alert, Nezuko thinks. And useless chance to go for his head. I can do it!
Tengen holds his swords at the side of his neck.
Damn, Gyutaro thinks. He won't budge!
Tengen laughs.
Tengen: Do you really think you are capable of cutting off my head? Hate to break it to you, but that's not gonna happen!
The chains on Tengen's swords wrap around Nezuko and Gyutaro's swords.
My blade is stuck!
Gyutaro was going to use his other sword to cut Tengen's head but Tengen does a 180 and uses his teeth to trap the tip of the sword in his mouth.
Of course, a freak, like you can swing his head all the way around like that!
Sound waves form around his shoulders.
Not again!
Gyutaro: Kamado, hang on tight!
Nezuko grunts and Ume holds onto her box. The sound waves get bigger. Gyutaro and Tengen bounce away while Nezuko and Ume are pushed back.
Nezuko: Mr. Shabana!
Ume gets up while Nezuko looks down on all fours.
Ume: Gyutaro!
Nezuko: Mr. Shabana!
The side of the roof explodes pushing the two back.
Aoi: Look out!
Nezuko gasps. The lasers were heading towards them. Tanjiro and Ume move out of the way as Kanao and Aoi fight the lasers.
Nezuko: Aoi! Kanao!
Aoi and Kanao protect Nezuko and Ume from the lasers.
Aoi: They're forcing us to change our strategy! Muscle! I can't close it on the Bug ladies, especially after that blue one joined them, no matter what! So us for will take her on, while the praying mantis deals with the old man alone!
Kanao: Well, at the very least, they're the weaker ones of the four. We need to behead them first. Nezuko, can you still move?
Nezuko looks down. Gyutaro is fighting Tengen alone. Lasers wrap around Nezuko. She pushes them all away with Water Breathing.
Nezuko: I can move! However, Mr. Shabana has been poisoned, and he's in bad shape because of it. So we have to hurry, or else he won't make it!
Two sound waves head towards Nezuko. She uses her sword to clash against them.
I barely blocked it. That was close. He's attacking us, even as he fights, Mr. Shabana?
Nezuko: Ms. Shabana!
Ume: Don't you worry about me! I'm going going to go help my brother. You just focus on winning!
Nezuko: Look out! Behind you!
Ume uses her sword to cut through the laser's heading towards her.
Nezuko: Are you alright?
Ume: ...Yes. I owe you one.
She jumps away. Maksumatsuru laughs.
Maksumatsuru: I can see that your movements are getting more and more sluggish. I wonder which of you will be the first to fall apart?
Damn it, Aoi thought. Monichi and I are still practically unscathed! We've got to start getting serious. The other three are banged up from giving their all. What was the point of all that brutal training? What was the point? What was the point?
Nezuko: Aoi!! This demon's neck is too soft to cut normally! It's going to take a lot of speed! Otherwise... we'll have to slash her from multiple directions! Got that?
Aoi pauses.
Now that it's heading toward Mexico as well, it seems like the attack has... Ever so slightly slowed down.
Aoi: Maybe I'm seeing things here, but I'm gonna assume it has!
Aoi jumps up and slashes the lasers from different angles.
Aoi: All right! You want multiple directions, leave it to yours truly, lord Aoi, the duel-wielder! As long as you to have, my back, together, we can beat her!
Nezuko: Understood! Kanao, protect Aoi!
Kanao: Got it!
Maksumatsuru: You can bring all the ugly freaks you want to the fight, but it's not gonna change a thing!
The trio dodge and slash the lasers.
Nezuko: Now, Aoi!
Aoi: Let's go! Stay Close, and don't let me down, underlings!
Lasers head for Aoi. Kanao and Nezuko deflect them.
Aoi: Beast Breathing. Eight Form... Explosive... Rush!
Aoi runs straight to Maksumatsuru. Kanao and Nezuko divert the lasers heading straight towards her.
Nezuko: Water Breathing. Third Form...
Nezuko strikes many lasers.
Kanao: Thunder Breathing. First Form...
Kanao zooms around and cuts through many lasers.
Nezuko: Flowing...
Kanao: ...Thunderclap and Flash!
Nezuko: ...Dance!
Kanao: Eightfold!
Aoi is still running to Maksumatsuru. She does get cut my some lasers but she also deflects some from hitting her.
What?! Maksumatsuru is shocked. She's coding straight towards us without any type of defense!
Maksumatsuru tried to hit Aoi with a laser but she dodged it and Aoi got her sword on both sides of Maksumatsuru's neck.
You can't cut it off. There's no way you can, not with these beat up blades of yours.
Aoi: Sixth Fang...
Aoi begins grinding her swords against Maksumatsuru's neck. She manages to cut it off all the way in a few seconds. She even cuts off her hands.
Aoi: Palisade Bite!
Nezuko: Aoi, you did it!
Do you say you're so it's like sawblades was genius!
Aoi jumps up and catches Maksumatsuru's head. She then begins running away with it.
Aoi: I got her head! I got her head! I'm going to take a far away, so she can't stick it back on!
Maksumatsuru tries to send lasers to Aoi but she dodges them all. Nezuko and Kanao also cut through some.
Aoi: You to go help the praying mantis and worm belt lady! I'm gonna run around with this head until you guys beat the other one!
Nezuko: Will do! Be careful, Aoi!
Aoi: Got it!
Mr. Shabana!
Nezuko jumps two houses away.
We've got to help him before it's too late.
Aoi continues to run away.
Maksumatsuru: Let me go, you hideous boar! I said, let me go!
Maksumatsuru hair grows but Aoi cuts it. She then laughs.
Aoi: is that all you got? Man, you suck now.
Maksumatsuru: What did you just say?
Aoi: you might not die when your head is cut off, but you're so damn wee, you might as well be dead.
A giant sword pierces through Aoi's chest. She spits out blood.
Nezuko: AOI!!!
Aoi! Aoi! This is bad! The poison! Was she stabbed in the heart? It's too dark to see. Dammit! What's he doing here? He was fighting Mr. and Miss Shabana.
Nezuko: Mr. Shabana!
Gyutaro was on the ground. His left hand was next to him, and he was unconscious. The poison was more visible on him now. Ume was nowhere to be seen.
Kanao: Nezuko! Look out!
Kanao pushes Nezuko off of the roof. Maksumatsuru's lasers combined with fire spread through the area cutting everything.
Damn it. Kanao, forget about me. This happened because I wasn't paying attention. I'm sorry Aoi. If only I noticed him sooner, then maybe... No, if I hadn't left Mr. Shabana's side in the first place, this never would've happened. It's my fault. I'm sorry, everyone. Please forgive me. I'm sorry... Tanjiro.
Nezuko falls. She and the box hit the ground. I failed. I'm sorry everyone.
Nezuko blacks out.
I'm sorry... Tanjiro.
Tanjiro: There's nothing for you to be sorry for. Sister, why do you always apologize? If we're poor and can't afford to wear nice kimonos, is that something you have to be sorry for? Don't blame yourself for something like that. It would be like blaming father for succumbing to his illness. He tried as hard as he could, but it wasn't enough. We have to except that. We're human, after all, and part of that means there are things that are outside of our control. Whether I'm happy or not is up to me, even if it feels like the world is against me. The most important is that we keep moving forward together and fight if we must. So, stop apologizing!
Demon Tanjiro: You, of all people, should understand. I want you to understand how I feel!
To be continued...
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