Chapter 14: Unbreakable Will

(A/N: Might be a short chapter, might be a long chapter. I'm not thinking as i'm writing this. Exams coming up, but I'll still have time but chapters might get a bit shorter. sorry)

(Author POV)

"Tokan-chan~Why don't you become a demon? We grow stronger together and be with each other forever!~Wouldn't that be nice?" said Chiaki.

"No thank you. Before you said there was another Upper Demon 2, who is it?" Tokan asked.

"Ara~It's a shame that'll I'll have to kill you. The other demon is Doma, my older brother." said Chiaki.

Tokan's eyes widened at that name, Doma, the demon that killed Shinobu's older sister, Kane.

"Then I guess I'll have to kill you too." said Tokan.

They rushed at each other and clashed katanas.

"Why can you use Breathing Techniques?" Tokan asked.

"Of course I can, I was a human before that Tamayo turned me into a demon. Claiming it was to save me. I betrayed her for strength, power, by getting Muzan's blood. I'll kill her and get my revenge." said Chiaki with a wide grin.

Tamayo, I think I heard that name somewhere, before Tanjiro was carried away by the kakushi.

"Is that so? Then let's stop talking, I need my rematch after all." said Tokan.

[Frost Breathing...]

[Autumn Breathing...]

[...Fourth Form! Snow In The Blizzard!]

[...First Form! Leaf Guidance!]

Their katanas clashed, leaving mini sparks.

Tokan with her empty stare, Chiaki with her wide grin.

In some place further ahead of Tokan,

Rengoku and Akaza,

"You're strong, become a demon! Become even stronger, you're a hashira aren't you? Your fighting spirit has been honed to the hilt, close to the realm of the highest. That girl over there is also near the highest, one step away from it." said Akaza.

"I'm the Flame Hashira, Rengoku Kyojuro. She's Tokan Furoku, The Frost Pillar." said Rengoku.

"Kyojuro, let me tell you why you can't enter the realm of the highest. Because you're a human, you're going to grow old, you're going to die. Become a demon Kyojuro. Do that and you'll be able to train for a 100 years or even 200 years. You can become stronger." said Akaza.

"Both growing old and dying is a beauty to a creature like a human. Being able to grow old and die is what makes humans precious and noble. No matter what the reason, I won't become a demon." said Rengoku.

"I see."

[Technique Development, Destructive Death Compass Needle!]

, a spell-like thing appeared on the ground appeared underneath him with numbers from 1 to 12 that can detect and track the locations of his opponents and incoming attacks through sensing a person's will to fight and increases the accuracy of his attacks.

"If you don't become a demon, I'll kill you." as Akaza charged forward and Rengoku got into his stance.

Back to Tokan,

their katans collided once again, the surrounding area turned cold, leaves started to fall and turn orange when they used their forms.

"You've gotten stronger Tokan-chan~But I wonder if you can defeat me." said Chiaki.

"I will and I can." said Tokan.

[Frost Breathing, Seventh Form! Constant! Frozen Hatred!]

, as every minute passed, the temperature seemed to lower.

"Not bad, but is it enough?" asked Chiaki.

[Autumn Breathing, First Form! Leaf Guidance!]

, blocking the incoming attack from Chiaki, she,

[Frost Breathing, First Form! Fractured Snow!]

, she lifted her katana up and cut off the demon's arm.

"Not bad, you actually landed a hit from me. Let's take this to the next level shall we?~" said Chiaki.

Chiaki charged towards Tokan aiming the katana sideways to diagonally slash across Tokan's chess but she blocked it by using her katana against it before turning her katana to the right 360 degrees and aimed it towards Chiaki's neck but she avoided it by jumping back.

"You're getting better Tokan-chan, it seems to be getting colder in here." said Chiaki.

Small fractures on the ground seemed to be showing but it was pretty useless right now.

Looking over to Rengoku, he seems to be running out of breath.

[Autumn Breathing, Fifth Form! Autumn's Harvest!]

, "You shouldn't look away from the battle Tokan-chan~" said Chiaki.

She appeared in front of me and released multiple slashes, I jumped back but I was a bit too late. I had a deep cut on my left shoulder, light cuts on my left arm, and a deep gnash on my thigh. No doubt about it.

Rengoku and I's percentage of winning were lowered by a large margin.