Brother?

With his head stuck, Inosuke began to pry himself out and yelled out, "So I can only get my head in there. Huh? Hahaha!"

Standing up, with a sparkle in his eye, he prepared himself. "How naive. Nothing can stop the great Inosuke-Sama!" He raised his arm above his head and started to dislocate the various joints in his body, as the sounds of his joints started to pop and crack throughout his body.

"I am the one who can dislodge every joint in his body!" Inosuke declared, lowering his upper body to the hole.

"Gyaaaahh!!" A woman behind him cried out, seeing his body dislocate so violently.

"If I can get my head in there, I can go anywhere!" Stuffing his head into the hole, he began wiggling his way through. "Guahahahaha! Pig assault!! Nobody can stop me!!"

Navigating the tight tunnel with his body bending at unnatural angles, he laughed all the way to an exit. "Uahahah! Found it!" Inosuke shouted out, before launching himself out from the ground and into the air.

Emerging from the hole, he seemed to be inside a carved out room deep underground with pieces of cloth hanging from the ceiling. *pop pop* Putting his joints back into place, he looked around and saw that on the pieces of cloth were the faces of various people that seemed to be asleep.

'Human-patterned cloth? What the hell? No… This sensation… These are living humans.' Inosuke thought as he looked around the room. 'Since I saw my vice-captains signal, I knew that he was up to something. So the Demon is sealing the women it catches inside of the sashes. Then it can eat them whenever it likes.'

Walking around he looked at the various faces inside of the sashes, carrying his two chipped swords.

"What are you doing?" A woman's voice came from the side.

Startled, Inosuke looked around and saw a sash beginning to unravel from the ceiling and float down. "Dirty. You're entering someone else's storehouse. So dirty. Dirty, Stinking, Maggot!!!" The sash started to grow 2 eyes and a mouth as it shouted at Inosuke.

'What's up with this worm? Eww!!' Inosuke thought, looking at the weird sash creature.

Launching into action, he jumped and cut at the sash while shouting, "You keep squirming and squirming. You're just a gross maggot sash!!!" Guwahahaha!! You move so slow! Looks like someone got greedy and captured too many humans!"

Inosuke proceeded to cut the sash with the human faces on them, making sure not to cut their faces but where the sash connected. "You attack like a fat maggot! You're no match for Inosuke-Sama! Get your act together, then come at me again!!"

As the sashes were cut, the bodies of the various girls start to fall out of the sashes and land on the ground, still being unconscious.

'Tch.' The sash thought, looking hatefully at Inosuke. 'He's skillfully avoiding the human's when he cuts. And I went through the trouble of preserving such fresh food! And he has some sharp senses!! Especially that abnormal ability to sense bloodlust. No matter which direction I attack from, he can sense my attacks and evade them. What should we do?'

At this moment, the voice of Warabihime resounded in the sashes mind, 'Take him alive. That's the guy who got in the way when I captured 'Makio' He was beautiful. Use the preserved humans to your full advantage. You may kill any of them except for the ten prettiest ones. Eat some humans and strengthen your power. I will deal with this beautiful Demon Slayer in the meantime.' Warabihime's voice cuts off, as Inosuke jumps towards the sash.

"Raaaagh!!" Swinging his sword, Inosuke slashed at the sash, but his sword can't cut through. 'I can't cut it?! Is it because of the squirming?!' Inosuke thought angrily.

'How do I defeat the maggot? Should I piss on it?' (Don't piss on it)

Above ground, Uzui saw Hiroto's signal and put his ear to the ground to listen for any vibrations. 'There, I can hear the sounds of someone moving around and fighting down there.' Uzui thought, standing up and taking his two swords out from behind his back. As the swords unwrap, they reveal a flamboyant set of weaponry.

His swords were two larger-than-normal Nichirin Blades, which each have a notch in the sharp ends of their blades and are held together at the hilt of the metal chain.

'Breath of sound, First Form: Thunder' Lifting his twin swords above his head, he slams them down with great force as well as utilizing some bombs, causing a loud sound resembling thunder to ring out as the ground below him collapses.

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Back at the fight between Hiroto and Warabihime, Hiroto dodged another incoming attack from her sash as he tried to get closer to her.

*BOOM*

Stumbling and ruining his momentum, he was caught surprised at the sound of an explosion coming from a distance away from them.

"What was that?" He said out loud.

"Those damn vermin," Warabihime thought, jumping onto a roof as Hiroto followed her.

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Back in the hole, Uzui landed flamboyantly and cut all the sashes that were around the area, freeing everyone. Walking past his two wives, he patted each of their heads in quick succession and said, "Looks like you did a flamboyant job there. I knew you could do it, my girls."

The girls started to tear up, as the black-haired one cried out. "Waaahhh"

"Heeeeeeey, bastard god of festivities!!" Inosuke shouted from the side. "The maggot sashes disappeared into the holes and escaped!!

"SHUT UUUP!! We saved all the captured people, so it's fine. Talk to me after you finish singing my praises first!" Uzui shouted at Inosuke, who didn't know how to react after that.

Zenitsu he's peered down the hole and shouted down, "Ah! Tengen-Sama! Hiroto's found the Demon and is fighting her! She's an Upper Moon! I'm going to go find Tanjiro!" After saying his piece, he ran off to go tell Tanjiro as well.

One of Uzui's wife, one with white hair, spoke up "Tengen-Sama, we should pursue the sashes quickly it should lead us back to the Demon, or else the damage could spread!"

"Follow me and make it quick, you lot! We're going to give chase!" Uzui shouted, before jumping out of the hole extremely quickly. "Outta the way, people!! Uzui-Sama's going through! Wahaha!"

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Back at Hiroto's position, as Warabihime dodged a slash from Hiroto she sent out a claw attack to his face only to have him hit her arm away with his hilt.

At the same moment, the two stopped and looked to the side. Hiroto seemed to have sensed something moving extremely quickly towards them as he quickly jumped back as a pile of sashes jumped passed him.

They quickly assimilated into Warabihime, as they went into her face and body.

Hiroto frowned and used, 'Sunflower Thrust', thrusting his sword out extremely fast and piercing straight into her shoulder as the flames trailed behind him.

"AGhhh!! Damn you!!" Warabihime shouted, as she slashed towards Hiroto's face and jumped away. Hiroto got a cut on his cheek, but it was nothing serious.

Jumping away extremely quickly, she recovered and talked to herself as the information from the sash surged into her mind.

"Yea, A 'Hashira' huh? Good thing a Hashira came. That person will be pleased…" Warabihime's hair started it turned white, as various lines started to form on her body, looking as though it was cracked in various places. She clutched her face in ecstasy as she thought of the person being pleased with her killing another Hashira.

Jumping up onto the opposite side of the roof, Hiroto prepared himself once more as the woman glared at him.

"Brother!" Tanjiro's voice came from the side, as he attacked Warabihime who was focused on Hiroto.

"Ugly insect," Warabihime commented, she raised her hands, and then various fast slashes came from all around her. Hiroto concentrated and could see where they would come at him, as he deflected and continued his onslaught onwards. Tanjiro, however, took the brunt of the attack and got cut in various places, but managed to stand his ground as he backed up next to Hiroto.

"Are you alright?" Hiroto said, looking at Tanjiro's wounds.

"I'm fine, I can handle this much," Tanjiro said, looking hatefully at the woman in front of him.

"Who is this weak maggot?" Warabihime said in disgust towards Tanjiro. "You should let the adults talk and place on the side."

As Tanjiro was about to retort back, Hiroto put a hand on his shoulder and said, "There's no use in arguing, we'll let our swords do the talking."

Getting the signal, the two moving forwards immediately. As Hiroto ran ahead of Tanjiro, Warabihime launched her attacks towards the two. Hiroto ducked under the attack as Tanjiro jumped over them, bypassing the two. With Tanjiro in the air, Hiroto then jumped up and grabbed him. Twisting his body, he threw Tanjiro forward extremely quickly, launching him forward.

'Dance of the Fire God, Clear Blue Sky' Tanjiro spun his body vertically and performed a 360-degree slash towards Warabihime, with the flames forming a circular ring around him.

*whoosh* Warabihime backed off far quicker than Tanjiro could move and sent a kick towards his face. Surprised, he lifted his arm and blocked the attack as he crashed into the roof.

*crash thud* "cough cough" Tanjiro coughed as he stood up and Hiroto ran past him. But before he could move, a man shouted from the street towards them.

"Oi! What are you two doing at this time of the night?! Don't make me report you to the authorities!!" The man shouted to the roof.

Hiroto and Tanjiro panicked as they saw the various people who looked out from their windows and doors to observe the ruckus.

"How annoying." Warabihime glared at the people.

"No, get away from here!! Don't leave the building!!" Tanjiro yelled at the man.

Hiroto saw the slight movement in Warabihime's arm. He immediately jumped down towards the man as she launched her attack. Concentrating his eyes to the extreme, he cut the first slash while in the air, as well as the second before they could hit their marks. However, that was all that he could do.

More sashes went around the streets, cutting apart the buildings and windows that the people were in. All of this happened in a split second, with Tanjiro being able to barely keep up. Hiroto recovered and landed in the middle of the street.

"What the-" The man on the street mumbled, being unscathed from the attack as Hiroto has managed to save him. But then, *BOOM* The sides of the building collapsed onto the street onto Hiroto's position as he quickly jumped away.

From where the slashes met, the building was carved out, as well as the people who stood in the way.

"Gyaaaah!!"

"Kyahh!!"

"Hi-Hi-Hiro-san! Nooooo!!" Various voices of people sounded out, as they cried in pain and over the people that died next to them.

Hiroto glared hatefully at the woman above as she smiled back at him. "What do you think of my work? Pretty beautiful right?"

"Unforgivable… How dare you do this." Tanjiro's voice came from the side.

Warabihime looked annoyingly towards Tanjiro and said, "Huh? You're still talking? Your existence is so disgusting, how could you talk to me? Don't interrupt us. Besides, the lives of grotesque humans have no value whatsoever. You can all have fun rotting in hell."

Tanjiro was shocked at her words, as rage started to bubble up inside him. Popping sounds came from his body.

Hiroto looked around the carnage around him as the voices rang out, "Hiro-san, Hiro-san! No! Someone save him!!" "Don't come out here! It's dangerous!"

Hiroto gripped his sword in anger, disappearing from his position and arriving behind Warabihime. His eyes shone purple and red as they stared hatefully into the back of her skull, as he swung his sword down at her.

Warabihime was shocked at how much faster he suddenly moved, and tried to dodge but was too slow. *shik* "Gahhhh!" Warabihime yelled as the arm that she raised was cut off by Hiroto.

'Breath of Silence, Second Form: Crescent Moon' Hiroto blasted forward, kicking up the roof tiles as he rushed towards Warabihime.

'Fast, too fast' Warabihime thought, as she sent her sashes out towards Hiroto. Before the sashes could reach him, Hiroto fell to the ground abruptly.

'Crescent Moon' was a short and abrupt movie. Unlike the others, this move relied on pure swordsmanship, as well as gravity.

As Hiroto fell, before his face hit the ground, he pushed all of his strength into his legs, and kicked off the roof, blasting it apart. "Wha-" Before Warabihime could finish talking, she could feel her neck being sliced through.

*clik*

Hiroto stood behind her and put his sword back into his sheath, the emotion was devoid in his eyes as he finished the deed...

"I-I… No. What." In disbelief, she started to stutter, as her head fell into her arms. 'He fell to the ground of purpose, and used the momentum to push his speed faster than I could ever imagine.' Warabihime thought incredulously.

Hiroto walked past her and arrived at where Tanjiro was standing, as his eyes started to bleed. Hiroto frowned and shook him. "Tanjiro, it's over. I've finished her off, breathe. You need to breathe."

Hearing his brother's voice, Tanjiro's mind started to clear as he calmed down. "Thank you, I don't know what I happened. I spaced out." Tanjiro said as he rubbed his eyes.

Narrowing his eyes, Hiroto thought, 'There was a familiar presence to him, similar to during my fight against Akaza.'

"Well, it seems that you're done here." Uzui's voice came from the side.

"How dare you cut my head off! You'll pay for this!" Warabihime's voice came from the side as she glared at Hiroto.

"What's wrong with her? Can't she just die plainly?" Uzui said, gesturing to Warbihime.

"Stop joking around! How can someone who's not even a Hashira kill me! An Upper Moon!?" The woman cried out.

"Well, like. If he could kill you then you're not an Upper Moon." Uzui said. "He's only a Tsuguko, did your brain explode?"

"I am Upper Moon Six!!" She cried back.

Hiroto then spoke up, "Compared to Akaza, you're nothing though. When I think of an Upper Moon, I think of people like him."

"I'm an Upper Moon! I'm actually strong! Akaza is an Upper Moon Six, while I'm just number six, but that's only for now! So, I'll get stronger from here and…" Warabihime kept on making more excuses and defending herself.

"You're not convincing anyone here," Uzui said, looking bored.

"Waaaaaahhh!!!" Warabihime started crying loudly, shocking the people around her.

"I'm really an Upper Moon Six! I'm serious! I've even got the Number to prove it! I'm super awesome!" Warabihime started to cry and throw a tantrum.

Hiroto's eyes narrowed as he watched on. 'How is she still talking? I cut her head off, but her body isn't crumbling yet.'

"Die!! Die!!" Warabihime started pounding the ground with her fist. "You're all gonna die! Waahhhh! Aaahhh!!" She fell to the ground and started to cry and squirm around, her head rolling away.

"My head got cut off! It got cut ooofff! Onii-chaaaann!!" Warabihime cried out.

*crack* *pop* Various sounds came from her body, as a figure started to grow out from her back. Hiroto, Uzui, and Tanjiro immediately went on guard.

"Nnnghhh…" The body of a malnourished man crawled out of her body.

Uzui and Hiroto jumped forward and the same time and slashed towards him, but only managed to cut off various strips of cloth.

"Crying's not gonna help." A man's gruff voice came from behind them. Turning around, they saw him attaching Warabihime's head back on as he comforted her. "At Least attach your own head yourself. You really are lacking in the brains department, huh?"

'Her head fell off, but she's still alive.' Uzui thought. 'From what I heard, Hiroto's sword should have stopped them from regenerating, but she's still alive. And what the heck was that thing that came out of her back? His reaction speed is no laughing matter.'

"Eh? Your arm was cut off, and it's not growing back? Who did this to my cute little sister." The man said, looking at her missing arm.

Uzui and Hiroto then made their moves with a slight signal, jumping towards the man and attacking at the same time. The man gave a side glance to the pair and immediately disappeared from his spot. *shik* *shik* *splash* Hiroto was baffled at the man's speed as he quickly raised his sword to block the blows, but was hit by some sort of blade as he began to bleed from various parts of his body. Uzui was left the same, with his head and body bleeding.

Standing with their backs to each other, the man laughed. "Heh, not bad. You both stopped my attack there." The man detached his own flesh and blood and shaped it into a pair of duel scythes as it thumped.

The man titled his head as he growled at the two. "And I struck with the intent to kill, too. Nice, man. Niiiice."