Temari and Arrow

An hour after Shin and Makomo ran into the lord. The man ran into could be seen standing in an alleyway over a pool of blood.

He wore a white fedora with a red ribbon and a somewhat extravagant outfit. The outfit consisted of an embroidered black tuxedo and a white tie over a black dress shirt and white dress pants. Yet unlike the area around him he was spotless.

He stood there for a minute or so before raising his hand and snapping his fingers.

Two demons immediately appeared beneath him. A young man and woman.

The girl had bright hazel eyes and black to orange hair with bangs over her forehead, the ends of her hair appeared similar to paintbrushes. She wore a pair of long silver earrings and an orange kimono that matched her hair with a black haori on top

The boy had very short black hair and his eyes were shut tight. He wore a plain olive green yukata with a brown sash and a dark gray haori, decorated by a strip of green that ran down his arms from his shoulders to his wrists. He also had a long necklace with large blue pearls around his neck.

"What is your bidding?" They both asked together.

"I want you to remove the head of a demon slayer with hanafuda earrings, do you understand?" The man stared at the two with his red cat-like eyes.

"Yes, lord!" They both answered together once more.

They ran out the alley at high speeds vanishing from their position upon hearing his orders.

"We should get to searching, don't you think Susamaru?"  The boy asked the girl to his side.

"Don't have to tell me twice Yahaba." Susamaru replied playfully.

Yahaba shook his head before pointing the palms of his hands at the ground. This was his blood demon art at work. "This way."

It didn't take long for them to reach their destination outside of a house. Yahaba furrowed his eyebrows after scanning the building. "There are three other demons in there with him..what's going?"

Susamaru released a small chuckle and summoned a temari ball in hand. "Don't worry so much over the little things, we'll kill them like the main target."

She pulled her arm back and put all her strength into it causing veins to show on her arm. She threw the wall towards the side of the home.

*BOOM!*

The wall was destroyed. Dust and debri flew everywhere creating a small smokescreen that blocked their vision.

Yahaba sighed looking at this. "I guess you're right, should I say that the way you handled this was quite immature." 

"Or too simplistic~" Susamaru shot back with a cheeky grin.

Yahaba brushed the dirt off of him not bothering to hide his complaints. "You got my clothes dirty with dust, damnit Susamaru." 

The smokescreen soon settled and behind it four people were seen. One of them had their head blown off with a woman holding their body while the other two were on guard.

"Oo looks like I killed one!~" Susamaru cheered seeing the headless corpse, Yahaba only sighed in response knowing that the person wasn't dead, they were a demon after all.

As he expected the 'corpse' in the woman's arms began to regenerate its head in a slightly disturbing manner and yelled once the mouth was formed. "I can't forgive them!" 

"What are you babbling about?" Susamaru asked.

She removed her kimono revealing her toned body and a small black sash that covered her chest and upper abdomen. She grew two more arms on each side and summoned a ball in every hand.

A boy with a green checkered haori and a demon slayer uniform stepped in front of the group with a determined look on his face.

The first thing that gained Susamaru's attention was the hanafuda earrings on the boy's ears. 'Jackpot!'

"The demon slayer with the earrings, that's you right?" Susamaru laughed before throwing a barrage of temari balls towards him. 

The slayer began to hop around and redirect them with his swords yet they always stopped midair and chased after him as if something was guiding them.

They were catching up and some had already gotten past him, harming the two he was protecting.

Yahaba had already moved behind a tree and was using his blood demon art to help guide the balls towards their targets. The ex corpse threw a piece of paper that attached itself onto the slayer's forehead.

The slayer began to block the balls more often and jump in front of those that were going in a random direction as if he could see the arrows guiding them.

While the slayer was keeping Susamaru busy, a girl ran outside the house towards Yahaba and kicked him. His arrows were disrupted.

The slayer began to breathe, ignoring Susamaru's crazed laugh. "Water Breathing: Third Form: Flowing Dance!" 

He started to swing and bend his blade in a winding motion, dancing his way closer toward Susamaru. When she was within his range he swung his sword, cutting two of her arms off.

"Stop sending up so much dust!" Yahaba yelled before the eyes in his palm blinked, an arrow crashed into the demon girl and sent flying back towards the slayer.

The slayer quickly caught the demon flying towards him and put her down after checking her over.  Before he knew it Susamaru had already regenerated back new arms.

The duo of slayer and demon quickly split up, switching opponents. The demon girl ran toward Susamaru while the slayer ran to Yahaba. 

"What a dirty little tramp of a child, don't come near me." The eye blinked again, sending an arrow into the slayer.

The arrow pushed him back causing the slayer to miss his attack that would have surely cut off Yahaba's head.

Yahaba shot more arrows. They stabbed into his torso yet the boy wasn't damaged. Instead, he was sent up into the air, forced left, and crashed down into the ground.

While Yahaba was moving his hands around he caught a quick glimpse of the woman standing back next to the demon who had regenerated his head. "Hey Susamaru, isn't that the escapee Tamayo over there? This is a nice welcoming gift for us." Yahaba said. 

"Is that so!" Susamaru threw a temari ball towards the ground. It bounced and headed towards the demon girl running towards her.

Susamaru's smile widened when she saw the girl try to kick the ball back but only ended up with her leg getting destroyed instead.

Susamaru quickly stepped to the side and kicked the girl against the house with a loud thud.

"That was a nice kick! Yahaba can we bring their four heads back with us?" She asked excitedly.

Yahaba was still trying to brush the dirt off of him with a frown on his face. "No, it's only two. The demon slayer and the escapee." He answered her without a second thought.

Susamaru let out a disappointed sigh and kicked another ball towards the demon girl who regenerated her leg back after the escapee injected something into her. Surprisingly she managed to kick it back.

'She was able to return it..' Susamaru's eyes widened as her smile became an amused one. She kicked the ball back but the girl returned it once again.

This went on for a while until Susamaru heard Yahaba yell something about if he was to go down he'd bring someone with him.

Sounds of water splashing resounded through the area but Susamaru ignored it as she was too immersed in their game of tamari. 

The girl kicked the ball back into Susamaru's hand causing her to falter. Her amused smile crumbled away and a serious look took its place.

*Ring!*

Susamaru dropped the ball back onto the ground and kicked it as hard as she could. 'It's time to end this game of temari.' 

The two continued their game but it didn't take long for a clear victor to come out on top. The demon girl kicked with all her strength causing the ball to fly by Susamaru's head and crash into the wall behind her.

Susamaru's eyes trembled a bit as her arms fell dejectedly. 'I lost?..No, I refuse to lose like this, I'll use all my power!' 

"H-How interesting! Little girl, it's time for me to throw the balls with all my power!" Susamaru summoned her temari back in each hand.

The escapee called Tamayo took a step forward ignoring the demon's cry for her to come back. "Twelve moon demon-san, are you aware of Kibutsuji's true identity?" She asked.

Susamaru turned her towards the escapee with a confused look in her eyes. "What are you talking about? You're just an escapee!"

"That man is but a coward, he's always afraid." Tamayo answered bluntly.

Susamaru dropped the temari in her hands and looked at the woman in disbelief with a tint of anger. "Shut up, shut up now!"

"Do you know why demons can't live together and why they kill each other? He only brought the demons together to prevent himself from being attacked. You are only being manipulated." Tamayo continued to speak calmly.

The escapee's nails sharpened like claws and became longer. She cut her arm when it was out of Susamaru's sight. A sweet intoxicating fragrance entered the air that was only being noticed by the demon who had moved next to her.

Susamaru's mind began to waver without her even knowing as she continued to bellow at the escapee. "Shut up, the great one is not such a minor villain like that! The great one's power is incomparable to anything else, he is stronger than anyone!"

"Lord K-"

"it's best if you stop right there." A voice interrupted Susamaru from completing her speech. She quickly covered her mouth realizing what she was about to say.