As she follow the aura she kept on sensing and the sound she kept on hearing, she ended up at an inn. There she saw the men she had a fight with before go inside. She saw a girl get out after them, she looked around as if checking the inn's surroundings before closing the doors.
"Lady Yuna, please treat my men." The 'boss' said motioning to his men.
"Just what the hell happened?! You guys are suppose to take that lady here!" The lady called Yuna exclaimed in an irritated tone pointing her index finger on the floor.
Yuna, she has a white hair tied into twin braids reaching her waist fastened with red ribbons with bells at the end, she has dark-brown eyes, a pale complexion and nails painted with a red color. She's wearing a dark-pink colored qipao reaching above her ankles. And a black colored high heeled sandals.
"Follow me you IDIOTS!!!"
Yuna led them to the second floor of the building and into a room. The men went inside and was met by another girl wearing the same qipao but has a violet color. She also has a white hair styled the same way as Yuna and a pale complexion.
"Yuno, handle them." Yuna said annoyed because of the men.
"Did they fail getting the girl sister?" The girl named Yuno asked.
"Obviously!" Yuna answered glaring at the men.
The men felt the coldness of her glare down their spines and backed away a little. They were invited by Yuno inside the room while Yuna left to go to a certain room. As she walk to the third floor, she faced an empty hallway and at the end of the hallway, there stood closed huge doors. She approach the door then knocked.
"Master!" She called.
"Come in." A deep voice replied.
As she slowly open the door to enter the room, she was met by a very beautiful and bright chandelier hanging under the ceiling. Several thin, silk linens are covering half of the room. The floors inside are very clean almost like they were shinning. Yuna stopped walking facing the silk linens.
"What is it my dear Yuna?" A deep voice asked behind the silk linens.
"The men I've sent to bring the woman here failed. I'm sorry Master." Yuna answered kneeling on the floor bowing down.
"Don't apologize, where are they now?" The 'Master' asked again.
"They came back injured, only one of them isn't. They're currently being taken care by Yuno." Yuna replied raising her head.
"I see, tell them to come here once they're finish." The 'Master' ordered.
"Yes I will."
"You may go now."
With those words said, Yuna stood up and left the room. As she stepped out of the room, the doors automatically closed as if someone else's there holding those doors. She didn't looked back and just walked away.
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[Inside Yuno's room....]
As the so called 'boss' help the lady tend his injured men, he can't stop shaking. He's shaking out of fear. Afraid that he might lose his life because of failing his task tonight. Afraid that he might be tortured as payment for what he and his men have done, of not being able to bring their target back. Afraid that if they told their Master that their failure was caused by a mere child, he might not believe them.
"Hurry, the Master said he'll be waiting." Yuna said opening the doors of the room.
"You better get you and your men ready for an explanation." She continued.
"Yes sis." Yuno replied.
The injured already have their twisted wrist and ankles wrapped up with clean bandages and face patched up. Despite the pain of standing and walking, they forced their selves to do it and decided to walk to their Master's room. All the five of the men were shaking and sweating, everyone nervous of what their Master might do to them. Remembering what happened to their fellow men who failed before them.
They were all killed inside their Master's room, blood spilled everywhere and also on them. Just remembering it made the five of them tremble nonstop. Even if they plan to run away or escape, they knew they wouldn't be able to because of their injuries and the two ladies with them. And at last, they all stopped in front of a huge door as it open without any of them touching it.
As the five men enter the room with the two ladies, they all sweat even more and trembled. They all knelt down on their knees and greeted their master.
"Greetings Master." They all greeted in unison.
"Yes, so now. Let's get straight to the point." A deep voice replied.
"Yuna already told me about the lady."
"We-Well M-Master, a-about the lady. We a-apologize Master."
"Don't stutter and talk to me clearly, I can't understand you at all."
"Yes, well. We apologize for not being able to complete the order you gave us. Someone interfered."
"Oh really? Then tell me who that person is?"
"You may not believe this Master but.... but...."
"But what?"
"But the one who interfered was.... was.... a-a ki-kid."
"A kid? Seriously?" Yuna asked lifting a brow to them crossing her arms.
"What boss said is true! The cause of our injuries was a kid!"
"Are you sure about that?" Yuno asked.
"Yes of course, we're all sure about it!"
"The child just.... just kind of like gripped my wrist then twisted it!"
"The kid also dodged our punches!"
"Silence."
With just those words, they all zipped up their mouth. They felt the chill of their Master's voice down to their spine.
"Tell me.... do you still remember the look of this so called kid?" Their 'Master' asked.
"Master are you—" Yuna was suddenly cut off her words when one of the silk linens slashed her mouth.
The blood stained the floor and her clothes as she regenerate from it, Yuno helped her sister clean the blood from her clothes by wiping it. The men just stayed silent there and gulped, sweat rolling down their foreheads to their cheeks.
"Now answer my question."
"W-well.... the kid has an ash-gray hair with black tips, and he's also wearing the same clothes as those so called demon slayers that you once killed Master though, this kid is wearing a black colored haori with red smoke-like edges. But we didn't thought of him as one."
"Why?"
"With a closer look, the kid has a very short height and we also didn't saw any sword with him when we faced him."
"You guys are not just idiots but also weaklings. I don't need you guys anymore."
Right after his words, Yuna and Yuno stood up from their positions and backed away silently. The silk linens rose up and instantly charged to them.
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Kazumi carefully opened the doors of the entrance, right after going in, she closed it and looked around. She could hear various sleeping noises of the people inside the inn. As she walk up to the second floor, she saw several closed rooms as she slowly walk closer to the stairs going to the next floor, she heard screeching sounds that sound like screams. She walked up the stairs and to the third floor, she saw an empty hallway and a huge door by the end of it. She could clearly hear it now, the sound of three demons inside and five humans in which Kazumi already considered dead.
"Dinner's ready you two." Their 'Master' said as the two ladies start to devour two humans.
The other three bodies were pulled at the other side of the linens where their 'Master' is.
Kazumi were listening at the other side of the door, she could clearly hear how the three of them devour the humans inside. Despite that, she just stood there calmly and waited for them to finish.
'They really are loud eaters.'
Kazumi thought as she knock on the door.
The three demons were all surprised by this. Yuno and Yuna stopped eating and stared at the door before looking back to their Master waiting for his command. Silence surrounded them as another knock was heard. The silk linens beside the doors instantly opened it but to their surprise, no one's there. The two ladies gave each other a confused look before getting up to check it. They looked around but didn't see anyone.
"Yuno. Yuna. Check every corner of the inn to see if anyone entered." Their 'Master' ordered as the doors close behind them.
The two quickly checked the inn. They would silently and carefully open every door to check, but they always end up just seeing their customers fast asleep. They even checked the ground floor and the counter but didn't find anyone.
"No one's here." Yuno answered walking towards her sister from the ground floor.
"I didn't get to see anyone also except our customers." Yuna answered crossing her arms.
"Let's go back and tell him."
"Alright."
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[Inside the room....]
The silk linens that are once clean, are now stained with blood, so is the floor. A sound of someone chewing something is the only thing that can be heard inside the room. As the so called 'Master' savor his dinner, he noticed someone behind the silk linens in front of him. He stopped eating, his lips stretched into a wide grin.
"Amazing demon slayer, I didn't even hear your footsteps or my doors cracking open when you came in." The 'Master' said clapping his hands twice.
"Well.... you're too distracted savoring your food so I didn't bother to let myself be noticed by you."
The doors suddenly opened and the two ladies saw someone standing there. The both of them instantly charged at the stranger with their arms stretched out ready to attack. When their arms are just inches away from the stranger, it was caught and they got thrown to the side.
"Seems like your servants are careless, sir."
"Let's see how long you're going to last fighting them, slayer."
The two ladies instantly got up and attacked Kazumi once again. She jumped back dodging their punch. Yuna charged towards her jumping forward then landing a kick. Instead of kicking her target, she kicked the floor in which left some cracks. Yuno attacked her next using her fists, but Kazumi just dodged them before kicking her abdomen that sent her back a little.
"Twins with superhuman strength huh."
Yuno and Yuna's eyes soon turned to yellow-green with slant cat-like pupils. Kazumi could hear the two growl at her. She also noticed that the doors behind her have been securely closed.
"You're not getting out of here alive kid." Yuno said as she and her sister send a punch and a kick.
Kazumi caught Yuna's wrist then spun her around hitting Yuno before throwing her. Yuno caught her sister and as they look at Kazumi, they were met by a kick on the face and neck. The two regenerated as they felt their jaw and neck crack from the impact of the kick. Kazumi quickly charged at them and kicked Yuna's face and elbowed her gut before jumping back avoiding Yuno's punch. The punch created a small crater on the floor.
"Seems like the two of you are holding back since there are people down the second floor."
"Tch! As if we care whoever's down there!" Yuna punched the floor as it made huge cracks.
Some wooden parts of the floor rose up and Yuno took advantage of it, she picked up some of it then sent it flying to Kazumi. The people asleep at the second floor woke up when they felt like the floor's shaking, most of them panicked and got out of the room. Some of them went to the ground floor to see if anyone's there. They didn't see anyone and so, they went to the third floor. And to their surprise, they saw the huge door stabbed with woods from the inside and the floors underneath it cracking.
"WE HAVE TO LEAVE NOW!!!" One of the men shouted as they ran back to their rooms to get their companions and things out of the inn.
They all run out of the inn, and just as they got out, the entrance door shut close leaving three people inside. A couple and an old man. The men outside helped each other to force the door open. They kicked it, punched it, hit it with huge stones and sticks, and even tried to burn it, yet the door didn't even part. Kazumi could hear the people outside the inn asking for help.
"What did you do?" Kazumi asked looking at the part of the room covered with silk linens.
"Well, most of them managed to get out but, it seems like three people is still inside." Answered the 'Master'.
Finally, Kazumi unsheathed her sword and charged towards the twins. She swung it at them as they kept on dodging it. Yuno tried on catching the blade but, her arms and shoulders got cut down to her waist.
'What the—!'
Yuno thought as she jumped back to heal herself.
'Yuno's suppose to be able to hold that sword.'
Yuna thought shocked that her sister got cut.
Soon, Yuno twitched and breathed heavily falling to her knees coughing out blood.
"YUNO!!! WHAT DID—" Yuna got cut to her words as she felt herself getting stabbed on her chest.
Yuna tried to grab Kazumi but Kazumi pulled her sword out to cut her arms. Not long after, Yuna started to twitch and fell with her back on the floor with a loud thud coughing out blood. The two later on stopped moving with their eyes open. Kazumi closed them before she could hear footsteps coming closer. A guy with a white long hair tied in a high ponytail reaching his back came out from behind the silk linens, he's wearing a blue hanfu and his yellow-green cat-like eyes looking at Kazumi. He also has black veins showing around his neck up to his jaw.
"Outstanding as I could see. You managed to kill them without the need of decapitating them." He said, his deep calm voice can be heard throughout the room.
"I guess you already knew the reason why."
Suddenly, the silk linens started to move to her spot. She jumped up to dodge the attack as she land sliding back.
"You're not the first slayer to ever enter inside this inn. But I should say, none of them ever came out alive."
"I see, you're using this silk linens to trap them preventing them from getting out."
"I should say you're quite clever to find it out in such a short time. I'm Shin, lower rank two." The 'Master' introduced himself giving Kazumi a wide grin.
"I see, you're really proud of your rank, Shin-san. But then, this will be your final night." Kazumi said pointing her sword to Shin.
As she was about to slash him, a silk linen caught one of the men's corpse and used it to block the attack. Shin thought that this might work but instead of the corpse getting cut, it was the linen that got cut and the blade reached Shin's ponytail cutting it letting his hair fell down. Shin jumped back as the corpse fell on the ground. He glared at Kazumi as his grin turned into a smirk.
"As if you could kill me, kid."
After his words, the linens moved and swarmed Kazumi. They all surrounded her trying to wrap around her. And to Shin's surprise, each and every single one of the linens got cut. From a smirk, his expression changed to a frown gritting his teeth. He manipulated some pieces of the linens and gathered them in front of him, the linens formed into a pair of rods and hardened.
"Now then, we'll start the fight." Shin said smirking at her.