"HEY!! YOU IN THE MISMATCHED HAORI!! FIGHT ME!!"
"INOSUKE!!" netsu scolded
She turned to giyuu
"Sorry tomioka-san! He's a bit...overzealous. Please, just ignore him" she smiled
"YOU BEAT ONE OF THE TWELVE KIZUKI...NOW IM GONNA BEAT YOU UP! I DO THAT...AND I GET PROMOTED! THAT'S HOW IT WORKS!!"
"Inosuke that-"
Netsu covered kage's mouth.
"You're gonna want to see this" she smirked
"You'd better get back to your training, you fool!" giyuu said
Inosuke slumped in disbelief
"WHAAAT?!"
Giyuu started to fix a rope
"That wasn't one of the twelve kizuki. Even you should know that."
"I DID KNOW THAT! IT WAS TANJIRO WHO SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE TWELVE KIZUKI! I JUST REPEATED WHAT HE TOLD ME!!" inosuke yelled
"Huh, would you look at that he finally got his name right" kage said
In seconds, inosuke was tied up to a tree
"Wha…"
Kage and netsu started to giggle
"HEY! WAIT! GRAAAH!
"Someone who doesn't even know the extent of his own injuries has no place in battle" giyuu said
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU! YOU WALK TOO FAST!"
"He said your too stupid to understand your too injured to fight" netsu yelled.
Then she and Kage slumped in front of the tree that inosuke was hanging in.
"This sucks"
...
Tanjiro had fallen to the ground.
His katana was broken as well.
"BREATH OF MERCURY--"
Taiyo's katana broke as well.
"Uhhhh"
Tanjiro got up and tried to dodge the webs.
And it was working...for a while…
Then the webs became too much for him…
And…
"NEZUKO!!" tanjiro screamed.
In front of him, nezuko got slashed by the webs, and was bleeding immensely.
She fell back.
Tanjiro grabbed her.
Then he gave her to shizen, who ran inside the forest to hide her.
"Nezuko...why did you do that?" she asked
Tanjiro and taiyo were behind her.
Then tanjiro started to cry
"Nezuko...nezuko...i'm sorry! You protected me!" he cried
The demon pulled up a very shaky hand
"Are...are you...brother and sister?" the demon asked
"So what if we are…" tanjiro said through tears.
Nezuko looked as if her body parts were about to rip off.
Taiyo tried his best to reconnect her arm.
"Come on...you can heal…" he said
"Siblings...siblings...his sister is a demon...but he is with her…"
"R-rui…" the demon girl said
"His sister protected him...by leaping in the way. Theirs is a true family bond! That's what i want!"
"W-wait! Please wait! I'm your elder sister! Don't abandon me!"
"SHUT UP!"
A wave of strings cut the demon girl's head off
"In the end, you never fulfilled your roles...not even once…"
"W-wait...i was your elder sister! You said so! Let me make it up to you!"
"Then kill those people wandering around in the mountain. If you do, then I'll forgive you for all your shortcomings" rui said.
"I understand...i'll kill them" the demon girl said
Her headless body grabbed her head and ran away.
Once she had left, rui turned to where the quartet was hiding
"Lets talk." he said
Talk?!
"I...I was moved when I saw the connection between you two. It made me shiver. I'm sure there are no words to express what you have. But even though it will break my heart...i still have to kill you. There's only one way to avoid that. Give me your sister. If you hand her over quietly, i'll spare your life."
"What?" shizen said.
"As of now, i want the boy's sister to be my sister."
"THERE'S NO WAY I CAN ACCEPT THAT! BESIDES NEZUKO ISN'T A THING! SHE HAS FEELINGS AND A FREE WILL! SHE WON'T BE YOUR SISTER!" tanjiro yelled
"It's all right. I'll forge a bond. I'm stronger...so it will start as a bond of fear. She'll know what will happen to her if she disobeys."
"That's not how true family works"
"WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU USE FEAR TO FORM A FAMILIAL BOND?! IF YOU THINK LIKE THAT YOU'LL NEVER GET WHAT YOU WANT!!" Shizen yelled
"You're loud...it's very annoying. I don't like you"
"I'll never give nezuko to you" tanjiro said
"Of course you won't. So i'll kill you and take her."
"Not if we cut off your head first" taiyo said
"You've got spirit. If you think you can, then do it...if you have what it takes to defeat one of the twelve kizuki!"