*BANG!*
A golden yellow haired youth dressed in a golden kimono over his demon slayer uniform was thrown to the ground by an overwhelming force as he coughed out blood and crawled away in fear.
Behind him was a large spider demon with the head of a pale skinned white haired young boy.
The face of the demon slayer looked swollen and purple, as if he had been poisoned unknowingly, and although every step he took caused him immense pain, he wanted nothing but to get away from the disgusting demon behind him.
"Don't crawl away little demon slayer..we're not done playing…hahahaha!"
Letting out a shrill laugh, the spider demon mocked the youth's current predicament, as a flurry of memories rushed through his mind that brought tears to his eyes.
*BANG!*
Grabbing him by the foot, despite his pleas and cries, the spider demon tossed him like a garbage can, sending him crashing through the walls of its cave, rendering him unconscious instantly.
"Humans are fragile as always…and it's been a while since I tasted demon slayer flesh.."
It moved towards the unconscious demon slayer, wanting to gobble him while, however what if failed to notice was the sudden surge of electrifying energy crackling within the air, as well as the seemingly unconscious demon slayer who had demon slayer whose breathing pattern had changed in an instant.
The spider demon stretched out one of its limbs, hurling it like a spear to impale the demon slayer slayer, however just a few meters away from his body, lightning crackled around his body, and he disappeared in a burst of electricity.
"Where'd he go?!.."
The demon murmured and shock and turned around, wanting to get the position of the yellow haired demon slayer, however the only thing it noticed were strands of electricity that streamed across in the air.
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At the other side of the forest, another battle ensued, between two young demon slayers and a huge muscled dark skinned demon with the face of a spider and long white hair.
Rushing out at full speed, the two young demon slayers cocked back their swords and slashed out, wanting to decapitate the demon, however, rather than the sounds of flesh being slashed through, the only thing that reverberated was the sound of metals clanging.
"What?! He's skin! My sword can't slash through!" A young demon slayer with wine coloured hair dressed in a black and green Komodo over his uniform roared out in shock, after being hurled back by by his own slash, feeling the numbness in his palms he gritted his teeth and gripped his sword tightly.
Beside him, a bare chested youth in a beast mask roared in a feral way and rushed out with his chipped twin swords, however the only thing he achieved was getting hurled back just like his mate.
"Inosuke are you alright?!" The youth, with wine coloured hair, Tanjiro, rushed to his friend who had crashed into a tree beside him.
"Get your hands off me!"
Inosuke roared in anger, and pushed Tanjiro off him, readying himself for another attack.
"He's too strong. We can't just rush in blindly! We need to think! Plan!.."
Tanjiro spoke while Inosuke simply paused and stared at his friend.
"Watch out!!"
Before any of them could even react, a massive fist came smashing towards them with immense force. Tanjiro instant moved before Inosuke and slashed out his sword, parrying the fist and getting hurled into the distance, leaving his friend himself by the enemy.
Landing several miles away just from taking one punch from that demon, Tanjiro recovered after a moment and rose to his feet only to be met with a scream, following which he met two young demons, a young boy and a young girl with pale white skin and hair, dressed in white robes.
The demon girl was on her knees, weeping, with multiple incised wounds on her face, while the demonic boy stood before her with an pathetic expression. In his hands were were web lkke threads gleaming with metallic sheen.
"Hey stop! Don't hurt her!" Tanjiro was quick to rush to her rescue, drawing the attention of the white haired young demon who merely turned his head to him upon noticing his presence.
"And who might you be?.." The white haired young demon boy spoke in calm and deep voice, his large eyes with about 3 dark spots within turned towards Tanjiro.
"Who I am doesn't matter. You shouldn't hurt her!"
The young demon slayer insisted, placing his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"I would not concern myself with such trivial matters if I were you, unless you want to be carved up like my sister over here.."
The young demon spoke, while as Tanjiro grit his teeth in anger.
"To think I would meet a prey on this side. Once I take care of you, I would get rich and enjoy myself!"
As the two faced off, another demon slayer, a young man walked in with his sword cocked back and ready to attack.
"No don't!!"
Despite Tanjiro's warning, the youth rushed out wanting to decapitate the white haired demon.
Turning towards the attacker, the demon simply raised his hand and hurled his threads forward.
*SLASH!*
Slashing sounds reverberated, and the youth was instantly diced up, as blood spurted out.
"Aren't you going to leave?.."
The demon looked at Tanjiro once more and asked while a powerful aura exploded forth from his body, radiating an immense pressure than nearly brought the young demon slayer to his knees.
The demon immediately moved, whipping out threads which while Tanjiro was about to react to, he wasn't nearly as fast to completely dodge them, resulting in him sustaining a couple of incised wounds on his face.
'I can't do anything given this level of space between us. I need to close in the distance! That way, I can truly deliver a final blow!!'
He declared in his heart and blasted forward instantly, weaving and dodging all the threads that slashed towards him.
Upon closing in the distance, he raised his sword and slashed forward, wanting to cleave through a single thread that was right before his eyes.
*CLANG!*
Rather than the result he wanted, his sword instantly shattered on contact, as the slash tore through his skin, injuring him in an instant, while hurling him away with immense force.
As the battle ensued, both fighters failed to notice a pair of aqua blue eyes several miles away watching both of them with amusement and ridicule, within a large mansion.
"How disgusting. To think this brat with all of his immense cursed energy is still losing to this wretched existence.."
Within his mansion, Sukuna sat on a small futon legs crossed, and cheek resting on his fist in a relaxed manner, as he commented with a disgusted expression, while Tamayo stood silently by his side.
"But, at the very least, he's been able to retrieve about 3 more of my fingers. Not bad at all.."
He let out a smile, while Tamayo shook, grasping his intentions.
"Should I go retrieve them for you, Lord Sukuna?.." She asked with her head bowed low while Sukuna merely stood up from his seat and shook his head.
"I'd rather head out myself. Besides, there are some interesting ants headed that way as well.."
He commented and vanished in a burst of speed, leaving Tamayo all by herself and in deep thought.
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Meanwhile on another side of the forest, two figures, one, a handsome young man with spiky black hair, dressed in a standard jujutsu uniform, underneath a yellow, green and red Komodo. His expression was serene just like his piercing blue eyes, and he traversed the forest at immense speeds.
Beside him was a beautiful young woman with purple and black hair who was also dressed in demon slayer uniform underneath a butterfly coloured Komodo. Her piercing purple eyes continuously scanned around while her hand clenched tightly on her sword even with the small smile on her face.