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"You're really cool inosuke! Thanks!" shizen smiled.

The fuzz balls appeared around inosuke again.

"Seriously, where do those come from?!" netsu yelled

"Anyways...what else did you find out inosuke?" taiyo asked

"The demon's really strong...and...they're just sitting there"

"Huh…"

"We'll have to deal with these people if we want to go forth...damn...there's no way out of this…" netsu said.

…

"Hoshi, you said you'd lead us back to the group...where's the group?!" kuki asked

"So um...here's the thing...i can't smell anymore-"

"WHAT?!" zenitsu and kuki yelled

"There's this weird smell wafting around the area...and it's making my nose numb...so uh...heh heh…we're lost" she said

"Ugh, I knew this was gonna end out bad!" kuki sighed

"Hey, all hope isn't lost! Zenitsu, don't you have enhanced hearing? You can memorize sounds right? Well...lead us back to the group!"

"I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD MAKE IT THIS LONG, I DIDN'T MEMORIZE ANYBODY'S SOUNDS!"

"YOU AND YOU STUPID DEATH-OBSESSED MIND AHHHHH!" hoshi screamed

…

"JEEZ, WHAT A PAIN IN THE ASS" taiyo yelled

"I'm gonna send em flying in one blow!!" inosuke yelled

"DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!! We have to think of something so we don't hurt them...murata-san--"

"Leave this to me! You guys go ahead." murata said

"Who are you kidding, Mr. Pissed-my-pants?" inosuke said

"Who are you calling 'pissed-my-pants' you stupid pig?!"

"I wasn't even talking to you so shut up!!"

"I'm sorry I've given you such a bad impression, but i'm still a demon slayer. I'll do my best to stand my ground. I know I just have to cut those web strings. It's not so hard to predict how they're used as puppets. I'll look out for spiders too. When a demon is around, it will probably puppet someone stronger. You six go now!"

"Thank you murata-san!" shizen said

"Thanks!" tanjiro said also, while he grabbed a protesting inosuke.

"LET ME GO! I WANNA BEAT HIM UP! WHO'S A STUPID PIG?!"

"SHUT UP!" netsu yelled as she hit him in the head.

"I'LL BE BACK TO BEAT YOU UP!" inosuke yelled

Quiet

"I'll totally be back to beat him up…" inosuke mumbled

"stop talking about that" netsu said

"He called me a stupid pig, nest!"

"My name is Netsu!!"

"By the way...is this the right way?" tanjiro asked

"My senses never betrayed me!" inosuke said

"There're more strings here...i think the demon's close by" shizen said

"There's someone else approaching us…" netsu said

It was a girl with a corps uniform

"No! Don't get past here!! Go back and get the higher ranks!! If not, I'll get you all killed! Please!! Please!!"

She raised up her blade and attacked them.

She missed, of course

"They caught me with their strings, so my moves are totally abnormal! We were never this strong to begin with." the girl cried.

More slayers attacked them

"Aw sh** here we go again"

"This is outrageous!!" netsu yelled

CRIK

"What's that noise?" netsu asked

"Kill...kill us now."

"My limbs are broken."

"I can feel my bones stabbing into my guts…"

"They turned me into a puppet"

"I can't stand these sharp pains anymore…"

"We're heading for our doom anyways"

"Help me"

"Put me out of our misery"

"Sure thing!" inosuke dashed at them.

Netsu grabbed him

"Stop!"

"There must be a way to save them…" taiyo said

"You're so annoying! You're such an asshat!" inosuke said

"They're gonna die anyways, taiyo...their injuries are unfixable" kage said

One of them slashed Kage's eyepatch.

"Okay, sh**'s hit the fan" he said

"They're so fast! If we don't defeat them soon, we're gonna end in shreds!" tanjiro said

"I know! I'm thinking...i'm thinking...jeez….we can't attack them!!"

"Wait! I have an idea!!" shizen said

She walked in front of the slayers.

"COME AND GET ME!" she yelled.

She started to run around in circles.

"SHIZEN, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE WHY THE HELL ARE YOU RUNNING IN CIRCLES?!" taiyo yelled

Then she grabbed one of the slayers and threw them over a tree.

Then she checked if she was hung tightly.

"Good! My plan worked!" She smiled

"What...what was that?! I wanna try it too!!" inosuke yelled

Inosuke did the same thing shizen did.

"HAHA! I DID IT BETTER THAN YOU!!" he yelled

"Sorry, i didn't see it!" shizen said

"DAMMIT!