"REALLY, IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THIS. I THRIVE OFF OTHERS MISERY, AND SO THEREFORE I MUST CAUSE IT IN ORDER TO BE HAPPY! IT'S ONLY RIGHT"
you give her a skeptical frown, questioning how that makes much sense. in no world is it okay to cause misery to feel better about yourself.
"that's how it is when you're a demon! and we will kill anyone who tries to tell us otherwise! and in the same way.. we'll slit your throats, too"
you frown deeply, clutching your katana.
your eyebrows furrow deep as in slow motion, the female demon rushed forward with her daggers in hand, ready to pierce an unmoving nezuko through the chin.
you dart forwards, throwing nezuko backwards off your shoulder and deflecting the blade upwards.
suya's eyebrows furrow, questioning how on earth you had moved so fast. one second she was sure she was about to slash the weaker girl, and the next you were there, crimson hair flapping.
you frown as a barrage of ribbons shoot into the building, getting into position quickly.
sun breathing, second form ; clear blue sky!
your body does a 360 as you slash all the ribbons in one go, leaving space for gyutaro to defend himself and the others.
you drop back beside nezuko, who gave you a thankful look. suya growls, sending another barrage of attacks to the group of you.
you, ume and gyutaro battle of the slashes as nezuko attempts to follow, though getting pushed back as she grunts.
you could hear mitsuri above you, shouting in anger before sending another attack downwards, you jump back, knocking suya's daggers to the side.
gyutaro and ume make eye contact before muttering something, and all of a sudden an attack of beauty and horror smashes into suya.
your eyes widened. it seemed they had a join attack. however, the force of the attack pushed the lot of you out of the building.
you grunt, fighting off the ribbons and daggers at the same time as suya angrily recovers from the attack, her body looking quite ravaged as she limps out of the building, a murderous look in her eyes.
sun breathing, third form ; raging sun!
you shoot forwards, slashing two large attacks of daggers and ribbons headed for nezuko.
"ah ha ha ha! die! die, you ugly bugs!!" you hear zenitsu laughing.
you frown deeply as you, slash the ribbons and deflect the daggers, mind running slightly.
this wasn't efficient, you were all just battling senselessly.
of course, you didn't want to mess with the universe and totally out yourself as stronger than you appeared, but.. it couldn't hurt to give gyutaro and ume a chance to get close, right?
you couldn't allow them to get injured as tengen did, as that would jeopardize your whole (presumed) meaning here.
of course, tengen didn't die, but if you wanted to be able to save everyone in the end, you needed all the help you could get to defeat.. ubuyashiki and the past hashira.
plan cemented in your head, your eyebrows furrow.
"i see an opening!" you shout suddenly, "i'll hold off the ribbons and daggers, and you two go for it!"
gyutaro twitched at the idea of taking orders from someone supposedly weaker than him, but you hadn't achieved the reality of his low expectations yet, only exceeded them in every sense. and even if it doesn't work, how bad could it really be?
gyutaro and ume exchange a nod, agreeing to your plan.
"sun halo dragon head dance!" you shout out, slashing every ribbon and dagger in sight, gyutaro and ume shooting forward without another word.
everyone watches with a bated breath as mitsuri and suya flinch from the unexpected, horribly painful attack. ume and gyutaro depeart, ume shooting towards mitsuri and gyutaro catching suya off guard.
the two slash their blades forwards, ingraining in their neck.
without second thought, inosuke, zenitsu and nezuko rush forward to provide backup, knocking the weapons from suya hands as she swings for gyutaro, and distracting mitsuri as she attempts to run.
you leap forward as mitsuri's head flies from her shoulders, kicking her body away and distracting suya just enough for gyutaro's blade to fly through her neck.
the two girls screamed, collapsing as they began to disintegrate. you didn't bother to comfort the girls as mitsuri began to bawl, "you monsters! how could you hurt someone as pretty as me?! suya! suya, do something!"
suya just ignored her, fury raging in her eyes.
your eyes widen slightly as suya's disintegrating frame begins to contort, switching from the mitsuri clone to a completely different person, but only for a moment before she fully disappeared.
everyone faced a mix of shock, relief, and utter bewilderment.
just like that, you had all defeated an uppermoon. two, technically.
without any serious injuries, and with barely any minor injuries.
gyutaro stares at the back of your head as you help nezuko, inosuke and zenitsu up.
how on earth had you noticed that gap when neither him nor ume had?
he had trusted your word enough to follow it blindly, and somehow it had worked. going into the plan, he had a very minor belief it would even half-work, but somehow, by some miracle, it had worked flawlessly.
it seemed almost.. too good to be true.
you seemed too good to be true.
who really are you?
you had just arrived one day at the masters mansion, presumably a mizunoto, and now you're providing the opportunity to behead uppermoons and showing exemplary strength?
it just didn't feel right.
you were hiding something, there was no doubt about it.
and gyutaro would find out what.
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