the search for the last of the low

Sora lays down in a medical bed, some people treating his wounds and the same was for Dai "well Sora, ah! that's your first lower rank kill how do you feel?" Dai asks as his wounds were being stitched up "I feel... strange, but hey if we've already done that should we find Kenji and Hisa next or move on to the upper ranks?" Sora asks with Kichi slowly healing Sora and himself "ye-" before Dai could finish, Kei bursts through the door with the sound of thunder accompanying her, she had tears in her eyes and snot running down her face "YOU TWO!!" Dai braced himself and Sora just looks up at the ceiling accepting his fate "Kei! look I and Sora are really really sorry!" Dai just ranted on and on "I'm not." then suddenly, Kei hugs Dai which only brought him more pain "aah! too... tight..." he whimpered "oh sorry! but next time maybe take me along with you, you lovable idiot's!" she then seemingly teleports over to Sora and hugs him "and I love you just as much you brooding bastard." she said with a loving smile "Kei you're getting tears and snot on my clothes." Kei backs away and wipes her nose and eyes "sorry, sorry it's just I was so scared for you two." Kei, Dai and Sora all continue to chat until they're interrupted by the water hashira "enjoying your time? well too bad because I need to borrow thunder girl over here." Iide grabs Kei and brings her out "alright listen, I know your friends got into a fight so I want you to go search for the last two lower ranks." Iide ordered but Kei looked confused "huh? it took two of them to kill just one lower rank and Sora is the reason why Dai is still alive!" Kei slams her fist into the wall with immense amounts of frustration "so if you think I can kill them, then you need to go see a doctor!" Iide waited for her ranting to be done with, after some of her salivae landed on his mask "I'm not sending you alone." he said which confused Kei "then who the hell are you teaming me with?" Iide sighed "it pains me to say this but, it's a demon..." Kei looked around to see not a demon in sight, she then opened the door to the medical room and pointed over to Kichi "is... is it him?" even though Iide had a mask Kei could sense his disgust "oh no, not at all! it's a demon that we've been working with for a while, just follow me and I'll show you them." Iide grabbed Kei by the hand and took her to a room that had a strong scent of wisteria and a small scent of blood.

as Iide opens the door the two see Takano in a windowless room that had wisteria all around it in the corners of the ceiling "this is Takano, the previous lower rank 1 and he will be accompanying you." Takano was smoking a cigarette, its scent dulled by the overwhelming amount of wisteria and Takano looks Kei up and down "really, this is who I'm with, I am fully capable to do this by myself." Takano stood up, his tail laying softly on the ground "well I've worked with Kichi, I can work with you!" she said and as she said the Kichi part of her sentence, his eyes lit up "wait Kichi's here? the body stealer!?" Takano gets excited and jumps about "oh I've missed that bastard!" Kei looks confused while Iide radiated an aura of disgust "just get going now, they've been spotted at Haga village." Iide took down the wisteria and let Takano out with Kei, the two waiting for nightfall so they could strike "this will be a breeze." Takano said as he walked out but then he realised *SSS!* his skin quickly burns up "ah shit!" he quickly rubs his skin as it heals "oh yeah... daytime." Takano then sits at the door like he was a dog waiting for its owner "so are you just going to wait?" Kei asked as she looks at Takano "well can't exactly waltz out can I?" Takano crosses his arms as he slowly waits for the sun to set, but Kei had other plans and just walks out "I'll be either on the streets or in a random inn I sneaked into." Kei walks out and heads over Haga village which was a very long walk, then she gets into the first form stance (thunder breathing, 1st form: thunderclap and flash!) she then zaps across the landscape, zigzagging, hitting every tree to further her distance.

as she lands on the ground near the entrance of the village, a faint trail left in the bark of the trees and the soil on the ground was left behind "guess that'll be how they know I'm here, well time to find a place to stay." she looks around and she stuck out like a sore thumb at the village and so that gave some people an idea.

"Hey ma'am, sorry to bother but ha-" Kei sighs and holds her hand on the guard of her sword, ready to eject it from its scabbard "heh, seems like you already know why I'm here?" the man pulled out his knife and aims it at her throat but Kei didn't seem to care about it "sure as hell not here to be of use." she mocks the man and then spat at his feet *poot!* Kei then looked the frustrated man in his eye, the man faintly hears the sound of lightning sparks "I'm gonna bash your skull in!" before he even raised his hand Kei smacks him with the handle of her sword on his forehead, she then walked away from the pathetic criminal.

she sits down on the streets since she couldn't find a place to stay, resting her sword next to her "dumb fucking kids, don't they know I've got a job to do!?" she said to herself in the dark alley she waits for the sun to set for her demonic friend to appear.

As the night looms over the village, Takano rushes into the village, immediately searching for Kei "Kei!! oh come on you God of thunder wannabe where are you?" he kept searching for her until he found her half-asleep in the alley, he rushes over to her and Wales her up "Kei, get up we only have a few hours till sunrise." he frantically shook her until she woke up "huh! I'm awake I'm awake!" she looked around the blackened alley to only be met with Takano's face, Takano picked her up and walked around for a bit, looking at the drunken men with the prostitutes on the streets "wait, what do we do with your... features?" Kei pointed towards Takano's horns and tail "oh yeah, I'll find something." Takano rummages through the streets to find something like a cloak to cover his goat horns and his demon tail, he kept rummaging like a stray dog looking for food until he found a grey cloak "alright! found one." he said with excitement and a smile on his face, he hoists the cloak around his shoulders and puts the hood up to hide his defining features.

the two search the streets for the lower ranks, searching the dark and barren alleyways, to the high rooftops "okay so here's the plan, I go on the roof while you and you're little mortal legs search the streets and maybe that forest?" Takano points at the forest and Kei looks over at it, the forest was eerie, making Kei feel strange as she looked at it, like it was its own person and wanted to drive a dagger through Kei's heart "hell no!" as she looked back she saw Takano running on the rooftops to search for Hisa or Kenji, any would do to fight the people who shunned him out of the lower moons.

the sound of something striking wood fills the forest, like a fist or a leg that was filled with pent-up anger and rage (I'll kill that Sora guy... if it's the last thing I ever do...) Hisa continued to slam his fist and leg into the tree with each hit getting harder and tougher, Hisa had a look of frustration on his face with veins popping from his skull and then he heard something rustling from the foliage, right at the forest entrance of the village, Hisa raises his hands and broadens his legs with a menacing aura radiating around him. the rummaging of the foliage continues and that made Hisa even more concerned for his well being (blood demon art:) Hisa starts to have steam come off his body until the thing from the foliage reveals themselves (godly swing!) as Hisa readies to fire a punch at the person it turns out to be Kenji who quickly defended himself from Hisa's blow *BIIIINNNNG!* Kenji then sheathed his sword quickly "calm yourself Hisa, just because Kaori has been kil-" Hisa then drives his fist through Kenji's skull, blood bursting out of it and the top half of his head being torn to bits, Kenji slowly grew frustrated at Hisa's way of blowing off some steam "Hisa, I'm aware that you're angry at your friend's demise but you can't keep throwing a fit of rage whenever I say his name and that he died." Kenji said as he was regrowing his head "shut it swordsman! I don't wanna hear another word out of you!" Hisa whacks his leg into the side of a tree which destroyed the bark of it, knowing he would just get Hisa more rage-induced Kenji stopped speaking the name Kaori and just went along with the orders of Hisa "I heard that we have an old friend of ours coming after us, the old lower rank 1." Kenji informed Hisa hoping he wouldn't strike him "oh is that so? alright then let's give them a fight." Hisa walks to the village but Kenji stops him quickly "Hisa I don't think that's a wise idea, what if they manage to cut your head off?" Kenji warns but Hisa gets hot-headed "I'll be fine!" he kicks Kenji in the stomach and puts a hole through him "so shut up and let me take them on!" Hisa jumps out of the forest and lands on the ground near a house, with a bloodthirsty look in his eyes.

Takano continues to search the rooftops to no avail until he heard Hisa's feet land on the ground "oh my? seems this one will be a tough nut!" Takano said to himself as he looks down at Hisa "Where the hell are you!?" Hisa asks the sleeping village but to no response "hey Hisa!" Takano said with a smile as he continued to look down at Hisa, Hisa looks up at Takano who was sitting down on the roof "did ya miss me?" he asks as he stood up and drops from the rooftop and landed on the ground "Takano, well ain't you a sight for sore eyes." Hisa started to have steam come off his body as his blood demon art activated "how's working for Muzan going? is he still a self-righteous bastard?" Takano asked with a smirk, Hisa grits his teeth and readies his fighting stance "just shut your mouth... filthy low life, this is why you were tossed out of the lower moons because you were weak!!" Takano keeps his cool even though Hisa keeps insulting how he was thrown out "at least I don't get mad over a demon of all things dying, grow the hell up." Takano told Hisa who then lunged at him with immense speed, he smashes his hand into Takano's chest but Takano immediately grabs Hisa's hand and sliced it off with one swing of his hand (blood demon art: one-inch destruction) Takano places his open hand on Hisa's chest which confused him "why the hell are you feeling me up? you some sort of pervert?" Hisa asks as his bodies steam slowly stops and Takano focuses on his opened hand, he focuses and then he swiftly turns his opened palm into a sturdy fist as it collides into Hisa's chest which sent him back like an explosion was right in his chest and it was so powerful it sent him flying into a tree with branches, bark and leaves flying all over the place "God you are still as weak as ever." Takano sighed as he walks over to Hisa, healing himself with his rib cage showing but it was slowly getting covered by his skin and muscle "you bastard... how the hell are you so strong?" Hisa asks with pain in his voice "well maybe if you kept training a d became lower rank 1 you could be as strong as me." Takano dashes over to Hisa and kneed him on the face "come on! just fight me and give it your all!" Takano demanded and then Hisa ran at him swinging his fists and legs with a plan in mind (blood demon art: godly swing!) as he focuses all the strength in his body and piled it up into one hit and extends it towards Takano's face, but then it was sliced off for some reason *ZZZZZZT-ZZZZZZZ!* the sound of electricity sparks fill the air and then Hisa looks over to the ground to see Kei who was sheathing her blade "you little twerp!" Hisa runs at Kei with his arm coiled back and then he releases it but he's pushed back into a tree with a sword in his shoulder, the one that pierced his shoulder was Kenji "Hisa calm yourself you idiot!" Kenji told Hisa but then Hisa smashes his fist into Kenji's side which took a chunk out of him "don't tell me what to do!" Takano then sighs as he recoils his arm back and shoots it forward like a spring which sent a shockwave at Hisa that knocked him back "alright now you, sword boy and Kei you two go and play." Takano runs after Hisa while Kei starred down Kenji, ready to strike "so what's your tragic tale?" Kei asks as she looks around in case anymore demons were nearby "my tale? I wanted to live." Kenji said as he prepared a stance "what a sad tale, sure death is scary but it's a part of life!" Kei looks at Kenji with anger radiating from her eyes "but why should I face death when a man can grant you immortality just by a sip of his blood?" before Kei could answer the question Kenji swings his sword at her neck but she defends herself quickly "wow such a cheap shot from a man who was once all about honour!" she released her blade and drives it through Kenji's chest but Kenji retaliated by elongating his sword until it flailed around like a chained mace which causes Kei to pull out her sword and hold off the flailing sword.

Hisa kicks Takano in the face but Takano first catches the leg and tears it off and doesn't stop pummeling into him until Hisa looks at Kei struggling with Kenji "say goodbye to your friend you tailed freak!" Hisa rushes over to Kei with his leg an inch away from her face (thunder breathing, 1st form: thunderclap and flash) she disappears with sparks trailing behind as Hisa's leg swiftly falls to the ground, she lands on the side of a house with her sword resting in its scabbard "Kenji fight like the pathetic warrior you are!!" Kenji grew frustrated but still tried to fight until *SWOOOSH!!!* Kei jumps back at the two and slices off Hisa's head, his body falling to the floor shortly after (did I...) Hisa slowly disintegrates (just die?) Takano walks over to Hisa's beheaded body and then looks back at his disembodied head, he spits on Hisa "guess you got a hea-" "Takano watch out!" Kei pushes Takano to the side as Kenji swung his sword right at Takano, missing by a centimetre "hahahahahaha!!! finally, you've killed him, I thought I'd have to kill the little shit myself at this point!" Kenji stomps in Hisa's head, killing him for good and then he focuses on Takano and Kei "now it's time to show you.... the spectacle that is my blood de-" Kenji was then quickly defeated, in what seemed like the blink of an eye, Takano slowly turns his head towards Kei "that was you right?" Kei slowly backs away "no... it wasn't." she then felt her back hit something hard *thump* Takano prepared a fighting stance as Kei slowly looks up to see the water hashira, Iide stood there with a strange presence shrouding him "hm..." he places his sword at his side "you two took your time to kill them, it's almost sunrise and not even demon hand and that kid took this long." Iide sighs as he pushes Kei far away from his chest "just hurry back because I have something I need to tell you all, plus I don't want to have the smell of ash burden my nose." Iide said as they all walk back to the manner with Takano rushing there