Unforeseen Events [ 7]

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By resevoir315

The other side... Making it to the other side of the mountain seemed so far away. Tetsuo and I have been running through hordes of demons for 4 days while only getting time to rest when the sun was up. It was hard to find safe zones since the mountain was covered in trees, but even when we did find places bathed by the sunlight, demons would wait in the shadows until nighttime and then attack. We've decided on minimal fighting to save our energy, so when demons attacked we ran unless that wasn't an option. Luckily, all of the demons so far have either been fodder or fought against each other over who would get Tetsuo. I haven't even had to go all-out yet and Tetsuo hasn't even used the dagger. We were moving at a slow pace, but the demons didn't seem like too much of a problem.

**I didn't think Tetsuo's Marechi blood was that big of a deal, but these demons really wanted a piece of him. I could avoid all of this trouble by just splitting up with him, but there's no way I could morally do that to him and feel good.**

We sat down on the ground and leaned against a rock. I took off my bag and placed it in between us both. I still had a good amount of food inside of it, so we decided to rest and eat to replenish. Initially, I thought Urokodaki packed so much food for the trip to Final Selection, but now I realized it was to cover the trip here AND the exam itself.

Y/N: Sheesh. This is more stressful than anything I've ever done before.

Tetsuo: No kidding.

Y/N: Good thing they're all so weak.

Tetsuo: Nah. We're just so strong.

I liked that way of thinking better. It truly was getting annoying to get through these demons, especially at night, but I'm glad I found somebody to go through it with me.

Y/N: You still haven't shown me that dagger yet.

Tetsuo: And you still haven't shown me what that sword can really do.

Y/N: In due time.

Tetsuo: Ditto. Just wait until we come across a worthwhile demon.

Y/N: Careful what you wish for.

We should've been more careful

A day later, Tetsuo and I were running through the mountain at night when we heard screaming and yelling from in the distance.

Tetsuo: What the?

**My better judgment is telling me to avoid that area by any means possible, but my heart was telling me to go. If somebody was in trouble, I needed to help**

I turned off the path we were running and headed in the direction of the yelling.

Tetsuo: Wait!

I heard Tetsuo, but I couldn't stop running. My body was practically moving on its own. I heard Tetsuo change directions and run towards me. We ran until we found the source of the yelling.

Y/N: Holy...

I covered my mouth to stop myself from yelling or throwing up. A large demon stood surrounded by bodies of people it had slain. Its body resembled a sumo wrestler, and it had four arms. I couldn't see its face as it wore a moose skull over its head. The source of the screaming was a girl it had in one of its hands. When I moved, Tetsuo moved faster. He ran past me and swiftly jumped into the action cutting off the demon's arm that was carrying the girl.

Tetsuo: You alright?!

Y/N: Watch out!

The demon had already regenerated its lost arm and prepared to swing at Tetsuo. I sprung into action and took the blow of the demon's fist with the side of my sword. The impact sent me tumbling back into a bush, but nobody was hurt.

Demon: You, boy. You smell of Marechi.

It started moving towards Tetsuo who was trying to make the girl get up.

Tetsuo: Get up! If you're not gonna fight, at least run!

Girl: I-

The demon put two of his hands together over his head and slammed down trying to crush Tetsuo and the boy. Tetsuo picked up the girl and threw her as far as he could before jumping backward and rolling out of the way. For Tetsuo's size, he moved well. And for his childish nature, he was mature in battle. The wind generated by the demon's impact flung dust and dirt into my face.

**What in the gods is this thing? I've never seen a demon like this.**

Y/N: You good?

Tetsuo: I'm fine, but what the h*ll is up with this thing?

The demon stood back up and charged at us. I tried to move, but something had caught my foot. It was another demon. I'd forgotten that there were other demons chasing after us to catch Tetsuo. This wasn't good. Between the behemoth in front of us to the waves waiting for us behind, there was nowhere to run.

Girl: Dodge!

Y/N: I'm trying!

I got a last-ditch burst of energy and managed to pull my leg free from the demon and jump out the way of the skull-headed demon charging us. It rammed through where we were standing and took down the tree behind us.

Demon: Stop making me work for this meal. Just die for me!

Tetsuo stabbed his katana into the ground and reached for the dagger on his leg.

Tetsuo: Y/N, you ready?

He pulled the dagger out with the ball attached by a chain. The chain was longer than I originally thought. He grabbed the dagger and began to cut open the pads on his arms. As he cut the pads on his right arm, they released a dark purple smoke.

**Smokescreens? That's what those pads were?**

After he cut the pads, he grabbed the ball attached to the dagger and carried it from there. He picked up the katana in his left hand as he started to spin his right arm around. The dagger attached to the chain started to swing around like a chain-blade. He had extended his reach with the dagger while giving himself a smokescreen to move undetected.

**Awesome! But with the smokescreen up, how was he gonna move through that?**

Tetsuo: Watch my back.

He jumped into the purple smokescreen which had covered a large area around where the big demon was at. Within 10 seconds, all 4 arms of the demon came tumbling out of the smokescreen.

Girl: He took all four arms just like that?!

But I knew demons could regenerate and so did Tetsuo. His attack was impressive, but unless he took the head off, he wasn't going to win a battle of attrition. Tetsuo jumped back out of the smoke. It was an interesting strategy that required Tetsuo to have practiced for a while. Nobody would be able to accurately fight through that smoke on the first try. Making his opponent's field of view while simultaneously throwing a barrage of attacks would be hard to fight for anybody. Not only that, but the attacks were so unpredictable because he was attacking with a blade connected to a chain. It was all around an impressive strategy.

Tetsuo: Pretty cool, huh?

Y/N: Definitely. Not what I was expecting to say the least. But you need to go for the head.

Tetsuo: I know. But he defends it so well. Even with his arms being taken off, he'll use even his own head to stop me from reaching his neck. I can't cut through to it.

We needed a bigger, more destructive blade with more force to be able to cut through this demon. The demon came charging wildly out of the smokescreen before crashing into another tree. He was covered in blood, but his arms were all healed up.

Demon: Now you're making me mad. I'll kill you!

**What makes this demon any stronger than the boulder I cut at Urokodaki's? Nothing. Nothing at all.**

I closed my eyes and meditated. I needed to breathe and focus. I needed to collect that same level of concentration I had back when I cut the boulder. I couldn't steady my breathing though. Not knowing that this big demon was in front of us. Not knowing that Tetsuo's and this random girl's lives were on the line. Not knowing that this could be the end.

Tetsuo: Move!

Tetsuo shoved me out the way and took a point-blank range punch from the demon. I saw him cough up blood from the impact as he flew through the air and crashed into another tree.

Demon: So tasty.

The demon licked the blood Tetsuo coughed up off his hand and smiled under the skull on his head.

Y/N: Tetsuo?!

Tetsuo waved off the punch and got back up. He was trying to stand strong, but he was shakey and looked in pain. I knew that demon had packed a punch. I charged at the demon before it could get to Tetsuo. It swung at me, but the girl sprung into action and cut the arm off.

Girl: Sorry for freezing. I'm here now!

I was able to keep charging thanks to the girl, and I swung my sword taking out one of the demon's legs. It tripped and fell face-first onto the floor.

Girl: Its neck!

I quickly recovered from slashing itself and went back to finish it off. As I swung down on its neck, it threw 2 of its hands around its head to punch me and the girl away. It missed me and the girl took out another one of the arms. Tetsuo was back up and cut the other arm.

Tetsuo: Kill it!

I brought my sword up over my head as I was falling down towards the demon's neck. I didn't have time to get focused, but I knew I could do this without total concentration. I took a sharp breath through my nose and exhaled slowly through my mouth.

Y/N: Gravity breathing...

Tetsuo looked up at me in awe.

Tetsuo: Gravity breathing?

Y/N: First form...

I shifted the direction of my blade to aim straight down at the demon's neck. I held the blade with both hands and cocked my arms back waiting until I got closer.

Y/N: Weightless Slash!

I got closer to the demon's neck and let the pressure I was building up in my arms go. The swung forward with the blade and cut the demon's head off while it was still on the ground. Thanks to the pressure I built up, the sword swung with no effort and felt like it had no weight to it.

Girl: Be careful!

**What? Was she talking to me? Careful of what?**

I felt serious killing intent as I looked to my left. The demon had made one last attack with the 1 remaining arm it had. I was still in the air, so there was no way to evade. The fist was moving too fast so neither Tetsuo nor the girl had time to stop it.

**Brace for the impact!**

I move my sword over to block the attack, but the force was so heavy that I still felt it.

**If I hadn't guarded, that might've done me in.**

The attack sent me flying back up through the air. I thought I was slowing down, but I wasn't. I was flying over countless trees and getting further and further away from Tetsuo and the girl.

Tetsuo: Y/N! Don't worry about us!

I heard Tetsuo yelling out to me as I flew further. I was trying to listen to him, but the impact of the demon's punch made me dizzy and hard to focus.

Tetsuo: Go to the end! Meet me there, Y/N! Don't come back!

I couldn't make out all his words, but I heard what was important. He wanted me to leave him behind and go to the end of the Final Selection. It wasn't much further, but could I leave him behind? He'd have a lot more trouble making it than I would. He was the one with the Marechi blood, not me. But what could I do? I had no choice but to keep going.

Eventually, Tetsuo and the girl were out of sight and I felt my momentum slow down as I headed down towards the ground. I couldn't brace for this impact, I just had to hope I'd take the fall. I crashed down into the ground and it hurt badly. I wasn't dead though. I saw the sun rising through the trees. I couldn't let myself pass out... I had to at least make it to a safe zone. I got up and dragged myself along through the woods until I found an area that wasn't covered by the shade. I dropped to the ground there and decided to take a rest.

**Be okay, Tetsuo, random girl...I won't come back for you, but meet me at the end. Tetsuo, I swear. Meet me at the end.**

I closed my eyes and started to take some power rest. I had to replenish for the remainder of the trip to the other side of the mountain. It wasn't far, but I couldn't test the odds of coming across another demon like that last one while tired. I didn't have time to worry about Tetsuo. I just had to get rested and then

Make it to the other side.

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