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Everything seemed to happen in slow motion. Even time seemed slowed as Kanao made this seemingly final decision of hers.
Ignoring the screams of terror and protest from townspeople, merpeople, and her sisters in the water, she prepared her stance for the final form.
Performing a backflip in midair, Kanao began her technique.
In a voice barely lower than a whisper, Kanao said the dreaded technique name and performed it.
"Flower breathing...final form..."
"Equinoctial Vermillion Eye."
Both of Kanao's eyes began to glow a darker purple than normal. This glow transitioned from a purple to a dark red.
Kanao formed the largest magic ball ever to be seen. Then, energy was sapped out of her body to join this final attack.
In exhaustion, she held the ball in her hands. Now, she was floating in the air because of the strength of the magic. The young girl blasted the magic ball towards the water demon.
The magic ball moved at the speed of light, and in a single blink, the magic ball hit the demon.
A great trembling quake filled the earth as the impact began. The shadow demon began screaming pain and rage, as his body began to crumble away.
"Damn you, mermaid girl, damn you!" the shadow demon spat in utmost rage, as his mouth faded away as well, causing the screaming demon to fade into nothingness.
The last that Kanao saw was a whole crowd of people, screaming in terror. She began to plummet toward the ground as their screams were muffled. Her ears refused to hear anymore out of exhaustion.
She saw her sisters. They couldn't get out of the water, but they were terrorized at what was happening to her.
And finally, she turned her gaze upon Tanjiro's still unconscious form, slumped against the face of the rock.
Speaking again in a voice barely as loud as a whisper, she said her final words.
"I love you, Tanjiro. I wish I could stay with you longer, but I did what I had to do. I sacrificed my consciousness for a peaceful world."
And with that, her eyes closed, her lips ceased to move, and she felt and saw no more.
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Tanjiro began to stir.
His eyes snapped open.
Kibutsuji! Fighting! Magic! People! Help them!
Tanjiro's thoughts were jumbled around in his mind.
As he got a grip on reality, he looked up, his fingers closing around his sword.
The first thing he saw made his heart drop.
Everything seemed to be happening in slow motion through his eyes, too.
All he saw was Kanao's limp body plummeting towards the ground.
That was all he saw.
All the background sounds, faces and people faded from his mind entirely.
K-kanao! he thought frantically.
And with that single thought of the girl's name, his legs tensed up.
He ran faster than he ever ran before, directly under the form of the falling girl.
With his reflex, the girl's body landed in his outstretched arms.

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