a mountain of hands
Mount fujikasane.
Site of the final selection
Hoshi touched a piece of wisteria.
"It shouldn't be blooming at this time of year…"
Kage snapped his fingers in front of her face.
"Hey, don't get distracted...we're here to fight demons, not stare at flowers"
"Ugh...fine"
They climbed up the stairs leading up to the main entrance.
There were almost more than 50 people there.
"Look at how many there are…" hoshi whispered.
"Greetings everyone. Thank you for gathering tonight for the final selection. Mount fujikasane holds holds demons that demon slayer swordsmen have taken alive and trapped here." a black haired child spoke
"Demons hate wisteria flowers, which bloom here even out of season. They cover the mountain from its foot to halfway up the slope." a white haired child said
"However, from that point on, the wisteria does not bloom. So the demons roam free. You must survive here for seven days."
"If you do, then you will have passed the final selection. Now go."
"Huh...that was brief" Shizen whispered
But everyone had already left.
"Dammit…" she said
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"THE ONE WHO KILLS HIM FIRST GETS TO EAT HIM!" a demon yelled
"IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I TASTED HUMAN FLESH!" another demon yelled
"Will you two shut up?" Kage laughed
And with that he slashed the demons.
"Heh…That was easy,"
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"FLAME BREATHING: 5TH FORM: FLAME TIGER"
Netsu cut the demon into pieces leaving it unable to regenerate.
SIGH
"This isn't as fun as kyojuro said it would be…"
She cut a demon that was sneaking up behind her.
"I mean, i could've asked mitsuri to help me with a couple of things, but she's too busy flirting with obanai…"
She kicked the demon behind her, and slashed the one in front of her.
"Then again...i'm basically a super weapon...i can make this interesting!"
Then a circle of demons crowded her.
"FLAME WHEEL!"
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"It's okay...i can do this! Just like nii-san taught you! Just relax and...OH MY GOD A DEMON!" Shizen stabbed it.
Then she cut its neck.
"Huh...th-that was...a rush…"
Then she looked around.
"WAIT WHY AM I SCARED OF DEMONS, MY DAD WAS A DEMON!"
She kicked the demons in front of her, then flipped them to hit the one behind her.
Then she cut both of their necks.
"Jeez...me being scared of demons...what kind of kocho am i?!"
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"Ugh…"
Kuki cut the neck of a demon, lazilly
"I didn't want to do this"
Then another
"This is so boring…"
Then another
"Why did taiyo rope me into this?"
Then another
"Because! This is a chance for us to see the world! Don't you get it? Think of all the money we'll get" taiyo yelled
"But i don't want money, i just want to sit at home and sleep"
"Aw, you're too lazy! Think of all the women that will parade you once they're saved by the amazing taiyo and kuki!"
"Not interested"
"Wha-"
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Jaga was being...calm?
Slash
"AUGHH"
The demon dusted away
He twirled his sword and stopped it, sharply, to get the blood off.
Only to slash another demon.
"Damn...i just want to keep this sword clean…"
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"WAAAH" someone screamed
Hoshi turned to the running kid.
"Ugh it stinks…" she muttered.
There was another kid next to her mumbling the same thing.
"THERE'S A HUGE DEFORMED DEMON BACK THERE! I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT!"
Dude probably saw a mirage
"Do you smell that?" the boy with a fox mask asked hoshi
TMHP
He was right-
Stepping into the spotlight was a demon with arms and hands all around his body.
It had a dead boy in its green hand.
Hoshi and the boy gasped.
BLRB
BLRB
The demon's hand expanded and stretched towards the running boy
"GYAAAH!"
Hoshi immediately started to run, she unsheathed her sword
"BREATH OF THE STARS: 5TH FORM: URSA MAJOR!"
An array of stars formed into a bear, and cut off the demon's arm"
She grabbed the boy just as he was about to fall.
Then the demon looked at the boy with the fox mask
"Another one of my dear foxes has come!" the demon giggled.