Crimson Field (5)

With Sabito And Makomo, Sometime Before

Sabito and Makomo watched as the needles above them fell. Sabito glanced at Makomo and frowned noticing something were was something off about her.

Not wanting to take any unnecessary risk. Sabito jumped into the air over Makomo, he took his sword and looked up at the needles a few inches away from him.

[Frost Breathing. Seventh Form: Blizzard]

[Frost Breathing. Seventh Form: Blizzard: The user swings their sword multiple times creating a series of slashes towards the target]

Sabito released multiple smashes upwards knocking all of the needles near them away. He landed next to Makomo and spoke, "What's wrong?"

"The needless are poisonous. One of them gave me a shallow cut on my arm and it's becoming nom. It'll be completely paralyzed very soon."

Sabito frowned and looked at the demon that landed on the other side of the cave. All of the needles around them vanished only to appear above the demon once again.

"Try not to get poisoned again or it might spread faster." He said standing up straight, "Isn't that the obvious choice." Makomo looked up at him with a black face.

Sabito stiffened and sigh, "Do you think the poison has any other effects?" Makomo took a deep breath making sure all of her bodily functions were, well, functioning.

"I don't think so. Even my breathing is okay, it's just my arm. Do you think she has any other types of poisons?"

"I don't know, maybe. Let's not risk it. Stay together and cover each other's backs. The demon is weak but her blood demon art isn't. My resistance to poison is quite a bit higher than yours so if you are going to get poisoned again I'll take the hit."

"Don't be an idiot..."

"I'm not. It's better to have both of us able to fight than one. Did Muichiro ask for reinforcements before this?"

Makomo thought for a bit then nodded, "Yeah, on our way here. Come on, let's go. Mui is fighting alone, let's join him."

"We are not going to talk about how many nicknames you are giving him?"

"NOPE!"

Makomo shouted as she dashed forward with Sabito in toe. The needles hovering in the air were all coated with a black liquid. The demon waves her hand sending flurries of attacks forward.

Makomo saw the liquid and glanced back at Sabito who seemed to of noticed as well, 'Are the needles themselves poison, or is it the liquid on them. It's probably the letter but why is she limiting herself like this. She could gain more flexibility if she just controlled the poison. Wait...'

Makomo sped up and held the hilt of her sword.

[Frost Breathing. First Form: Ice Fang]

She released a slash in front of her deflecting most of the needles. The ones that she didn't hit were dealt with soon after. Makomo slowed down so she was next to Sabito, "If your sword touches the black stuff it will disperse into smoke. The needles don't though."

"Okay, focus on getting dispersing the poison first and deflecting the needles second. Have you been poison again?"

"No, but the poison already in my system has spread to my other arm, legs, and my torso. I have maybe ten minutes before one of my arms is completely paralyzed."

"Tsk, troublesome. I got cut on my leg just now. There's too many to keep track of."

Makomo nodded her head.

"Sigh. I need to get back to Sato, just die already. Wait, what're your names?!" the demon shouted.

"Makomo."

"Sabito."

"Well, my name is Sakura. Why don't you two become demons? I just know that man will gladly turn you."

Sabito and Makomo shared a look for a second. Sabito wondered who she was talking about, he had an idea of who though. He looked at Makomo and noticed her hands were shaking, 'We need to move now.'

He took a stance and dashed forward. Makomo got the memo and follow close behind. Sakura frowned and said, "I see. So be it."

Her needles gather above her but this time there started to join together. Makomo hummed when she saw three huge needles floating in the air, "Keep going!" Sabito shouted and she nodded. The needles launched towards them soon after.

They jumped to the side avoiding the first but there were smaller needles flying all around them poisoning them bit by bit. Soon after they jumped forward just barely dodging the second.

'One, two... wait.' Makomo's eyes widened when she looked up and saw the third needle. They were in midair and with the poison plus the exhaustion they couldn't dodge it. She was even more surprised when she was kicked forward.

"Sabito!"

"Go!"

She gritted her teeth fell to the ground right in front of Sakura. Makomo held her sword with one hand because the other was completely paralyzed. She slashed toward their neck but frowned, 'Damn it! It's not strong enough to cut her neck!'

Sakura reached up for a necklace and broke it causing the air to be covered in mist. Dozens of wooden disks form and fired at them.

'Shit! What...' Makomo watched as Sabito appeared behind the demon, he slashed for her neck but needles started to form behind him into something like a spear, 'I can still help!'

[Frost Breathing. Sixth Form: Freezing Point]

She held her sword differently and released a single slash across Sakura's torso. Sakura's eyes widened and she gritted her teeth. Makomo glace behind Sabito and saw the spear deform.

{Frost Breathing. Sixth Form: Freezing Point: The user slashes unto the target, causing their brain function to decrease and cause a sensation of short-term headaches}

[Frost Breathing. First Form: Ice Fang]

"No! Stop...!" Sakura screamed but Sabito didn't listen and neck her neck. He held his sword and fell to the ground, Sabito reach for Makomo who was on the ground.

'I can only use one more form before I'm out for the count. Just a little further...'

[Love Breathing. First Form: Shivers of First Love]

'Excuse me?'

All of the disks around them suddenly exploded into mist covering the area. Sabito got Makomo and looked around frantically, "Who..."

"Hello there!" He slowly looked to the side and saw a girl standing there. She had pink hair that faded into green with a white haori and an odd take on the corps uniform. Sabito held Makomo as he looked at her and blinked. Makomo was still awake but barely so she saw everything.

"Hi! My name is Kanroji Mitsuri, the Love Pillar. Good job on defeating Lower Moon 2. I'm sure the master will be very pleased." she smiled looking down at them.

"Huh. Okay. Wait... shit!" Sabito shouted as he got both his and Makomo's swords, "Waits wrong?!" Mitsuri scream looking around.

Sabito put Makomo on his back, "There is another member of the corps down the other path of the tunnel. The demon there is most likely stronger than this one."

Mitsuri started running away from them towards the path they came from, "Let's go quickly! There should be some kakushi going down that path right now!"

Sabito started running after her panting, "Hey. Are you the only Hashira they sent?" he asked.

"Nope. There is Shinobu-chan the Insert Piller and Iguro-san the Serpent Pillar. There they are!" Mitsuri yelled pointing at two people in front of them.

"Hey! These guys defeated Lower Moon 2! It's that great!" Iguro seemed to perk up immediately upon hearing Mitsuri. He completely ignored Sabito and Makomo's presence treating them as air.

Shinobu's smile grew, "Hello Mitsuri-chan. Oh my!" she fell back and examined Makomo and Sabito while they were running, "It's alright. You two will be fine but you should rest now. The poison will take some time to get out of your system."

"No, I need to make sure he is alive.'

"Who is that?"

"His name is Muichiro Tokito, he's twelve years old and he went down this tunnel. He also has short-term memory loss and a low attention span."

Shinobu and Mitsuri were startled by this news, "He is probably already dead then." Iguro spoke up for the first time. Sabito clicked his tongue and ran faster, 'I hope you eat those words soon.'

Sometime Later

The group arrived at the area at the end of the tunnel Muichiro entered. They saw a boy white a white haori catch a sword and slashed towards the demon's neck.

Sabito's eyes widened as she saw a needle fly past them and pierce Muichiro in his neck. His body started to ack up, but he still somehow kill the demon.

"Muichiro!" Sabito was the first to react and sprinted towards him. Iguro and Mitsuri walked a bit slower looking at the gory sight around them. Iguro looked unfazed but he was distrusted by it all.

Mitsuri said, "This is disturbing, and a twelve-year-old sew this?! Why is a child so young even in the corps?!"

"Something probably happened to his family. Probably killed by demons so he maybe joined the corps to get revenge. That's how most of the members are." Iguro looked at the head on the ground and stomped on in.

He clicked his tongue and walked over to Shinobu and Sabito attending to Muichiro, 'This kid killed Lower Moon 1 by himself at freaking twelve. I wonder if master knows about him.'

Shinobu was checking Muichiro's injuries when she took out a needle and injected it into his neck, "He will live but he will be out for a while. And by the looks of it, his left eye is now completely blind. Unless it was blind before?"

Sabito shook his head and sighed. He felt someone grab his collar and was VERY surprised to see Muichiro sitting up, "H-Have I met y-you before?"

Sabito just deadpanned, he gave up just chuckled, "Sabito." "Oh, y-yeah. Hey, I'm about to pass out. So, when I w-wake up can you bring m-me milk-tea and mochi. I-I miss that. Feels like forever since I had s-some."

"Sure man. Hey, you killed Lower Moon 1 after a week after being in the corps. You did well."

"Yes, yes. I k-know. No need to praise my great... shit." Muichiro stopped midway when he vomited more blood and passed out, again.