Doom & Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Xover

Chapter 51

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Akaza slammed his foot triumphantly into the ground as he assumed his fighting stance, creating a humongous and mystical snowflake pattern that expanded from his position, covering the floor of the entire area he and Tanjiro stood upon. Akaza threatened before kicking into action, "Alright, kid, let's see what you got." Akaza abruptly vanished, causing Tanjiro to explode with rapid movements as he quickly countered Akaza who was already in front of him, throwing multiple punches and kicks towards Tanjiro. Tanjiro attempted to end the fight, quickly, with Xernex's argent axe and Yorichii's nichirin blade in-hand as bright blue wraith flames traced his movements but Akaza was able to effortlessly avoid every attack that came his way. The demon would elegantly weave past every strike as if he knew they were coming in-advance. Every time Tanjiro swung and missed, Akaza would snap his fists towards Tanjiro and strike him. Akaza kicked himself away from Tanjiro, performing a backwards flip while doing so. The Upper Moon stood back up before commenting, "Look at you, you're able to keep up now. Unfortunately, you're not quite fast enough."

Tanjiro furrowed his brows before leaping forward at incredible speeds, hacking and slashing at Akaza with his two weapons but the demon managed to avoid every attack, barely breaking a sweat. Despite Tanjiro being faster than Akaza, the demon's reflexes were swifter than Tanjiro's to an unreasonable degree. The demon was acting as if he could predict Tanjiro's attacks before they were made, how was that possible? What level of experience does it take for someone to reach a state like that? Just how long has Akaza been fighting?

Akaza found an opening in Tanjiro's attacks as he closed in and delivered a powerful uppercut that blasted Tanjiro towards the edge of a rock wall. The boy regained control of himself mid-air before springing off the rock wall and hurling his argent axe towards Akaza like a boomerang. Akaza ducked underneath the axe and smirked once he saw Tanjiro, already in front of him, preparing an attack as he stated its name, "Sun Breathing: Solar Heat Haze." Tanjiro's blade was suddenly coated in a burning blue haze that obscured the weapon as he prematurely swung it. However, Akaza wasn't fooled by the attack. He dangerously rolled forward to get out of the way. As he passed underneath Tanjiro, the ground where Akaza stood was sliced open as a result of Tanjiro's attack. The boy landed on the floor, whipping around to catch his axe which had boomeranged back to him, and preparing to bring his weapon down upon the demon behind him. Akaza performed a raising axe kick to stop Tanjiro's robotic left arm. As the demon held Tanjiro's left arm in place with his right foot, Tanjiro swung the nichirin blade in his other arm towards Akaza. In response, the demon raised his left arm defensively as the flimsy nichirin blade dung into Akaza's forearm but was unable to sever it.

Tanjiro raised his eyebrows in surprise because of Akaza's durable skin. He was sure he would be able to cut through Akaza but it appears he didn't give the demon enough credit for his durability. Akaza smirked once more as Tanjiro was in-position now as he quickly hooked his right foot around the boy's neck while kicking at his side with his left leg. With a simple scissor-cutting-motion of his legs, he made Tanjiro spiral into the ground and tumble away from the force. Akaza stood up, his entire body relaxed as he felt as though he was in no particular danger.

The boy sprung back onto his feet before charging towards Akaza once more and swinging with both of his weapons. Akaza nonchalantly hopped backwards before stating the name of his attack, "Destructive Death: Air Type." Akaza repeatedly punched the air in front of him, creating air bullets to instantly strike Tanjiro and tearing holes in the boy's haori.