Demon hunting (Demon's Call)

it was early afternoon in Ace of spades and the sun shined brightly over the rebuilding city and the floating castle that hung miles above the town where the sun shone the brightest. Near the top of the palace of the Sabertooth guild above the library and above the main hall where the members would usually gather was where Kite the Demon of Sabertooth turned Guild master was seated at the desk inside the Guild master's quarters. The only time he was ever seated at the desk in this room was to deal with the various amount of paper work came in by what would seem like the truck load. The clock would tick tock away as he would rustle through the bills and reports of the jobs performed by the members of his guilds. Some jobs went off without a hitch while some others had unexpected turns for the destruction but all justified according to the reports. ”Heh looks like they are getting some exciting surprises with some of these jobs.“he would comment as he read through the last of the reports and put them in the burn bin where the nonessential issues were place. After placing the papers there he lit his index with a small blue flame and barely touched the paper on the bottom of the stack which caused all the sheets in the pile to ignite and burn to cinders and all the while Kite leaned back in his chair to relax watching the entire pile burn with not a single bill for damages or anything of the like. ”No collateral damage, I can't complain about it.“ the blue light lit the right side of his face until it dimmed and died as all of the paper was gone. ”Well that bit of fun is over.“ Kite would say sarcastically and pull the next stack in front of him with the cover page the word "Jobs" stamped in red ink. ”Let's see what jobs I can put up on the board.“ The stack was separated by difficulty and typically the lower difficulty he tended to ignore, usually they were exactly what they called for. It was when he got to anything ranked B that he skimmed over the details of the job. A couple job flyers he would read but one would peak his own interest, a job which was calling for aid. Apparently the client is a very wealthy and an acquaintance of his had actually broke into his home and burglarized his home and upon confronting the man it was apparent that the thief wasn't aware of anything he was doing. In the words of the client this man was possessed. ”hmm possessed?“ he would say clearly interested in the job and read further, ”and where are we?“ he would ask looking over the details and would let out a frustrated growl, ”of course it's in Hargeon.. I swear that town...“ he was beginning to lose interest just from the location but as a Demon Slayer he didn't want to leave this unchecked.

Kite would push himself away from the desk making the legs of the chair make a scratching sound on the floor until he was far enough away to extend his legs and stand upright. Plucking the piece of paper off the desk he would fold it into quarters and slide the flyer into his pocket and would stride across the room to the wall where he hung his weapon rack up. On the rack there were several slots but laying across two spots horizontally, the first was the short sword wrapped in what looked like vines, this made the sheath that encased the rose carved lacrima that made into blade. Kite would wrap his fingers around the hilt of the sword in order to lift the sword from the rack and would lift the weapon over his back and press it against his back and would let the vines wrap around his upper torso securing it to his body. The second weapon he would pick up was an old friend remade into a new blade, the second his hand touched the hilt of the weapon a memory would flash in his foremost thoughts of the large broad sword that had been broken by his father while in his demonic form. Now with the remains of that weapon as well as a special metal he found during another mission he was able to reforge Shamash into this weapon. At the moment all it looked like was a red handled sword with three fourths missing with gears in the center of where the guard might be. He took this weapon and pressed it against the small of his back securing it there. With a tender hand he would push the front of hair back, slicking it to the style he preferred before taking the teleportation lacrima that was on a stand next to the weapon rack. ”Heh, show time.“ and in a flash of light from the lacrima the guildmaster as well as his gear was gone.

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The last thing Kite saw before the teleportation lacrima activated was the inside of his room before the flash of light. After the bright flash of light the first scent to be brought to life was the sense of smell as the aroma of salt water flooded Kite’s nose. Had this been a beach somewhere more luxurious he wouldn’t have minded so much but this was Hargeon. Kite had many memories in this port town a most recent event was when Hargeon was under siege from a monster of the sea, the event where he somehow managed to save the group of fairy tail from Heero, their Guild Master who somehow fell under the control of an evil spirit. The light would disappear revealing the town bustling like it usually did and fully put together again. ”It’s good to see that the town is put together.“ Flashes of images from when his ship was bringing people aboard saving them from the flooding waters. ”Why is it that all these problems I have to deal with bring me to Hargeon in one way or another.“ he would say with disdain, Kite typically disliked this town, it had been nothing but trouble every time he went there. The unfortunate thing about being in this town despite it being mostly negative it brought one of Kite’s fondest memories to the front of his mind. Kite was standing near a sign post that had several signs pointing to different areas of Hargeon and thanks to the mentioned sign Kite was pointed towards the upper class district where the client would be waiting. As he walked along the side of the street with his hands moving back and forth at his sides in rhythm with his walk the would let his focus drift back to that fond memory. He recalled the first job he had ever taken with her, the very first Guild Master he would ever have, Raven. It has rained that day and despite his low standing in the guild at the time Raven came to him to go on his first job in Hargeon to find and retrieve stolen jewelry and return it to the client. That job had also taken him to a part of town much like the district he was heading for now but the way to that hotel, the Blue Stone was through a rough part of town and that wasn't exactly what it claimed to be. That day he not got to see what Raven could do but he got to show her what he was capable of. Shortly after their adventure was the last time he would ever see her again at the Sabertooth ball then she vanished. Out of the guild masters that had come before him he was closer to Raven then them. She was the one who had been the first to greet him and her entrance left an impression on him. ”I hope you are well.“ he would say to himself under his breath as he sighed. However now wasn't the time to think of the past, ”Time to get to work.“ he would as he looked to his right to look at the house in which his client lived. Kite would walk up to the flight of stair and would knock on the door using the door knocker provided.

About a minute had passed before he could hear anyone from inside of the home but then he was able to register the sound of two sets of footsteps approaching the door, not one to be caught off guard Kite would take a step back and place his hand on the sword that was attached to the small of his back preparing for the possibility of being attacked. The door opened up and two men roughly the same height as himself but certainly having more muscle mass then his own physique. Both had matching buzz cuts and were clean shaved. Both wore black suits and glasses but the demon slayer could sense the glares from other side of the darkened glasses. “Who are you?” The one on the left asked in a demanding tone while the one on the right added “what’s your business here” matching the same tone which Kite didn't care for.  ”Aren't you both awfully curious. The name is Kite and I'm here to take the job that the client of this house sent for.“ the would look at each other before chuckling “Sure you are.” Kite would release the sword’s handle and cross his arms ”So if you wouldn't mind Id like to speak to the client.“ the stood fast and refused Kite the ability to pass. “No way a scrawny puke like you can take this job on your own scram before we have to get rough.” Kite’s eyes widened and a smirk came across his face amused by the threat. ”That a fact?“ Kite’s tone went from calm and courtesy to one with a bit of edge to it. It was at that moment Kite let the heat radiate from his body which encompassed the entire front stairway and the men standing in his way. Ironically the men were frozen in place as a wave of heat washed over them, “he’s a mage?” One on the right asked while the one on the the left covered his face to attempting to shield his face “it’s so hot I can't breathe” he stated As he tried to breathe around the heat ”I must not have introduced myself properly. “ he said as he took a step towards them, ”My name is Kite Wilhelm, guild master of the Sabertooth guild and your boss is expecting me.“. The client has sensed the commotion and came to the door patting his security on the back “please excuse my men, due to the sudden robbery security has been increased, please come in Master Kite.” The heat would slowly die as Kite drew closer to the door and was completely gone by the time he entered the building passing the guards and not looking back.

Kite followed the prim and proper gentleman as they climbed the large arching staircase in the foyer and travelled up one floor and down a corridor leading to the client’s study. As they approached a maid who was standing in attention waiting for Mr. Newman to return opened the door for both men to enter. Newman would take
The chair on his side of the desk leaving Kite to take one of the seats facing him and sat down leaning forward to make room for the swords on his back. Mr. Newman looked Kite over, “so you're the Guild Master? Thought you'd be bigger.” He said making a small joke at Kite's expense to which the Demon Slayer would retort, ”Right, if you want a demonstration Id be more than happy to take on your two guards down stair on, show you just how little size means in battle.“ Kite leaned back and crossed his arms. ”Or you can tell me where this fellow is that you claimed was possessed by a demon.“ Newman frowned, “Marcus… he is a good man known him most of my adult life. He isn't a thief but when he broke in here and stole my belongings I confronted him red handed but the look he gave me, it was clear he wasn't himself and his eyes were blacker then the night sky during a new moon. “ Kite nodded, ”How was he during the rising tides?“ Kite asked naming the event that caused mass destruction in Hargeon. Newman shook his head, “No aside from the panic that everyone else was experiencing he was normal.” Kite would make a humming  sound before he asked his next question ”Okay, what about the town. Has anything out of the ordinary happen?“ This question made Newman’s eyes widen a bit and nod. “Yes… after the destruction workers found a door that seemingly had been buried for hundreds of years.” Kite would stand up from his seat ”I think I should check this door out. Where is it located?“

After being told where this historic find was located, Kite now found himself standing outside rather large door with his hand pressed against it’s surface which had strange writing carved into the stone that created the door. Kite’s fingers traced the letters and then pressed his hand flat against it and pushed the door open. The door opened to reveal that the door was hiding a mouth to a massive cave that lead down under the city but that wasn't all, the exact instant Kite opened the door  he was able to feel the presence of multiple demons once the door was opened. ”Those are demons alright.“ he pulled his sword free from the small of his back and pulled the trigger on the hilt causing the blade to extend out into its sword mode and entered the cave pushing the door shut behind him, with the commotion about to take place in a few minutes he didn't want anyone coming in and getting hurt by his flames or the demons. Kite was able to determine there weren't any demons nearby but that didn't stop him from keeping his weapon ready just in case anything came at him while he walked through the cave. While walking Kite couldn't help but be amazed by crystal structures jutting out from roof of the cave as well as the floor and walls creating a deep purple light throughout the cave and with the deeper he got the darker it became and the lingering presence of the demons that inhabited the cave grew with that darkness.

Suddenly cave opened into a massive cavern large enough to fit the whole town of Hargeon inside it but that wasn't what caught Kite’s attention. What did was the three massive Demons that stood 100 yards away from him. All three of these demons stood 30 feet in height with a shoulder width that was 10 feet across. ”You three reek with the smells of demons.“ he said to them taking his sword in hand and taking a stance with both hands grasping the handle of the swords. He couldn't fight them like he would an average size foe, they were larger so the strikes would have to count and he also didn't know how many demons there were throughout the cave so he had to conserve some of his energy with this first encounter. One of the massive demons came charging at Kite who responded by not moving an inch. The mammoth demon drew closer and Kite remained just as still and only moved when the demon brought his hand up and swung it down at the demon slayer. Kite turned his hand that was holding the sword so the blade was facing up and slashed at the demon’s hand slicing through its flesh. The demon let out a howl and took a step back but Kite wasn't about to let up and launched himself at the demon spinning the sword so it was pointed downward for a downward stabbing motion catching the demon on it’s shoulder. It yelped in pain again and used his good hand to swat at Kite knocking him off into the air. While in mid air he could see the other two demons were now beginning their approach and Kite still has this one to deal with. Blue flames surrounded him and he flew towards the demon landing on its shoulder but the sword instead of stabbing was used as a backwards strike cutting clean through the demon’s neck. Kite took a squat before pushing down with his legs sending himself rocketing toward the nearest demon.  While in transit Kite rotated 180 degrees in the air and used the momentum to finish a full 360 degree spin and launched his sword into the chest of the beast tip first with the hit sticking straight out.  Kite landed on the hilt and bent down to pull the trigger that made the scythe mode start with the segments of the blade altering position making the blade side curl up. The trigger was pulled again shooting a shotgun like blast freeing the blade as well as launching himself up to the demon’s face. Kite hit the peak of his jump and with one hand he held the sword with a refuse grip with his free hand cocked back already ablaze with his demon slayer long blue flames. ”Flame Demon’s Desolation Fist.“, he threw his first forward and a massive fist constructed out of his flames flew forward and slammed the demon in its chest burning a hole clean through before it exploded into flame and fell backwards. The first and final demon managed to reach out and grab Kite with its mighty grasp trapping his sword arm against his side and started to squeeze. Kite fished his free hand out and placed it on the demon’s hand ”Flame demon’s wrath.“ blue flames spread from where Kite’s hand was pressed against the demon’s large hand and traveled up its body covering every surface area with the azure flames. It dropped to it’s knees and released Kite and started to hold its face as the flames burned away at it, Kite shook his sword arm to get the blood flowing back into it before spinning his weapon to a normal one handed position. His free hand reached into his  coat pocket and pulled out a lacrima charged with the element of light and tossed it into the air behind him. He then turned his body and pulled the sword back smacking the lacrima in mid air and inserting it into the proper lacrima slot of his weapon. The weapon flowed a golden colored light and with an upward slash Kite unleashed an arched beam blade that cut through the burning demon diagonally severing it in half completely.

With the three Goliath sized demons out of the picture Kite continued through the winding cave corridor still sensing many demons a head and as he grew closer to the end of the cave which was quite a ways away he could sense the presence of a powerful demon but he wasn't too worried about that one. Soon enough his next opponents made themselves known to Kite by dropping from the ceiling of cave all around him. There were now six demons, half the size of the previous trio surrounding Kite and each with a sword held in hands with gnarly looking hands with claws as sharp as their blades. ”Seems like you boys are stronger than those demons that I just cut down.“ they understood him but had no way of actually communicating with him outside snarling growls. ”Sounds like you aren't a fan of my work. Well come on I'll give you a taste as well.“ Kite lunged himself at the demon straight ahead of him with his sword in his two handed grip. The demon would meet Kite’s blade with his own forcing the sound of clashing metal to ring throughout the cave. As their swords clashed another demon charged at Kite from behind him but due to his demon sense he had everyone in the room on his radar and pushed back with his sword breaking the clash to back swing his sword with his right hand and let the weight of the weapon rotate him to the right on one foot to meet the demon’s blade with his own and while in motion right before he clashed with the second demon his second foot which was in the air behind him caught the demon in his right leg forcing him down on one knee. Kite pushed against the second demon’s blade and jumped back  to create space between himself and the demon just as a third demon’s blade came down right where he was a second ago. He was next to the demon he had kicked to his knee, ”boom.“ he would say as he flicked his wrist causing blade to pivot forward revealing the barrels of his hand cannon which were aimed now at the head of the demon and with the sound of a gunshot a spray  its ammo into the demon’s head taking it clean off. Kite flicked his wrist snapping the blade back into place and pulled the trigger at the hinge point which activated the swords other transformation. The blade of the sword began to separate and curve inwards on the dull side of the blade creating the sickle blade that would become the blade of the scythe. The hilt of the sword extended like out like a telescope forming the polearm and as finally the blade folded forward so the scythe’s shape was now complete and a red blade slide into place completing the transformation. Kite twirled the scythe until the base of the pole arm was pinched under his armpit and pressed against his back while holding the blade out to the side. ”That’s one down, who else wants to die?“ One of the demon’s came in with his sword positioned back and swung and Kite would match the attack with an upward swing of his own connecting with the sword diverting it due to the angle at which he swung his scythe. Kite over compensates on purpose to position the butt of the handle so it was pointed at the exposed stomach of the demon who had swung at him and like a spear jabbed it into the stomach of the demon but before Kite could spin blade around for a follow up attack Kite’s attack was intercepted by the incoming blade of another demon and so Kite had to change his grips from a one handed swing to an over grip at the base of the pole and an under grip by the blade as well as his movement from a swing with the scythe to pulling the length of the scythe’s handle parallel to the ground  up to block the attack of the sword leaving his flank exposed to an incoming attack from another demon’s attack. The point of a blade came racing at Kite but he brought the end of his scythe’s handle down by pushing up with the blade side to create the proper angle to do so and pushed the butt of the scythe down onto the belly of the blade pushing it off course. That created enough space for Kite to force the end of the scythe he used jab the sword into the ground, to create some momentum push the blade off the handle at an angle so Kite could spin on the ball of his foot and push the back of the scythe’s blade into the demon like you would a spear by releasing the underhand by the blade and used his hand at the bottom of the handle to thrust pushing it backwards . Without hesitation Kite swung the blade with one hand spinning back the way he came from to do a back swing with the scythe cleaving the nearest demon in half. He didn’t stop with the spin and was able to position the scythe around the the demon he hit with the back of his blade and hooked blade so the edge bit into the back of the demon’s leg and pulled hard slicing through its leg making it fall to the ground holding its newly acquired stub not noticing the  flames leaking from Kite’s mouth, ”Flame Demon’s Rage!“ he shouted and unleashed stream of flames onto the demon engulfing it and reducing it to ash.

Kite spun his scythe above his hand and caught the middle of the handle with an overhand grip and held the weapon so the back of the blade was hovering just off the ground with the end of the pole in the air. ”You guys don’t like to talk do you? “ they both made gnarled sounds and growls looking at the slayer. ”There are only three of you left, might wanna consider leaving before you are met with the same fate as your friends.“ unfortunately for the demons they did not understand the demon slayer was willing to show them mercy if they would leave and not come back but their answer was a resounding no as one of the slayers flung his sword at Kite who knocked it away with a swat of his his scythe handle but with a hint of skill and some tactic the demon brought the razor sharp claws on it’s hand down at Kite looking to cleave him in half just as he did to his demon companions. Kite was swift enough to hop back just in time from receiving serious harm but he had three slice marks across his belly as well as his shirt was now torn up as well. Kite stuck the blade and tip of the scythe into the ground and pressed his right fist into his open left hand and clamped down cracking his knuckles. The demon lunged at Kite with his claws pointing out straight with the intention of running Kite through with his spear like claws. Kite timed it right and leaped above demon and was in mid air as the demon went to pass by underneath him but a simple dodge wasn’t all he had in store for the demon, ”Flame Demon’s Inferno Smasher“Kite’s right hand was a blaze and he was rotating towards his left side. The azure flames illuminated the cave overpowering the purple light created by the crystals and streaked behind Kite as he continued to rotate and with the momentum behind it, he threw his fist right into the back of the demon and pushed it into the ground belly first causing a burst of flames to erupt from where his fist made contact with the demon’s back , the force of which pressed the demon hard enough into the cave floor to cause it to crack and crumble. The demon laid lifeless on the ground as Kite stood straight up over his fallen foe. The flames of his right hand lit ablaze again as Kite stood sideways and pulled his arm back behind him with a slight bend at the elbow. The amount of flames began to grow but not out in a plume but in length until it was clear what was being made. The flames took the shape of a spear and once it was fully formed he turned with his hips and slung his arm forward launching the spear at the demon on the right, ”Flame Demon’s Purgatory spear.“ The spear travelled across the space between Kite and his target piercing it through it’s abdomen before exploding catching the target and the demon next to it in the blast. The flames hurt the demon who panicked from the burning sensation it was feeling on its body, not one to miss a chance the flames surrounded Kite and he was propelled forward snatching his scythe from where he left it by the handle that was sticking up and let it drag on the ground as the momentum of his fire rocket carried him towards the panicking demon. Kite turned the blade so it was sticking out towards the demon as he flew by  hooking it on the neck of the demon and swung around so that his feet were pressed against the nape of the neck and upper part of it’s spine and hung there for a moment. The demon tried to squeeze its fingers in between the blade and it’s neck but it was pressed ”This is goodbye.“ Kite declared and extended his legs and pulled with his arms using his entire body to create enough force to take it’s head clean off as well as the tips of it’s fingers. The power of his pull was enough to launch himself off it’s back and landed a few meters away as the body fell forward.

That was the last of the demons that had tried to attack him in that sad excuse for an ambush but he was able to still feel the presence of a demon in that very cave. All of a sudden he heard the sound of metal dragging across the ground from an opening on the other side of the cave, it immediately caused Kite to look over at the source. As it drew closer with the dragging metal sound growing louder with it drawing nearer and nearer but it was then accompanied by hundreds of sounds or rather hundreds of voices all whispering to Kite at the same time. Some grew louder which made Kite have to press his hand against his head to try to alleviate some of the headache that was starting to form . As a result he pulled the trigger again shrinking the scythe down to it’s sword mode. He knew that he couldn’t use the scythe at it’s fullest while enduring this. ”Okay, I take it back. Stop talking. “ referring to the time when he complained about the last demons not talking at all. “Whats wrong?” several voices spoke at once while another set spoke, “Didn’t you want something to talk to?” Kite was too focused on the voices to notice the demon begin his attack with horizontal slash. Kite saw it in time lift his own sword in defense and block the incoming blow and swung one on his own which the demon blocked with his sword and slashed at Kite. Normally Kite would have seen this coming or predicted this after dealing with the other demons but having to focus on the voices that were non stop in his mind he didn’t see it in time to properly block or dodge so he put up his hand and caught the claws in a way that the claws cut the spaces between each finger. Kite yelped in pain and was soon kicked by the demon with a push kick, pushing him back a bit. Kite flexed his fingers noticing the pain as with each movement but that wasn’t the only thing that he had noticed. Each time he felt the pain his was forced to focus on it which enabled him to ignore the voices for a moment. Kite smirked, ”I found the trick to your trick.“ he would say to the demon taunting it for a moment before reaching behind him and taking hold of Rose saber’s hilt. Once contact was made the vines that was wrapped around his upper body released the blade and fell away and Kite held the blade in front with the larger blade held with his backhand. Kite squeezed that hilt of Rose saber enough and felt the pain of the cuts increase with the blood dripping from his fingers but by doing this his focus was on the pain and the voices faded from his head. ”Come get it.“ and the demon came at him with his sword swinging horizontally which Kite blocked with Rose. Kite predicted that the demon would try something with it’s free hand again and he was right, the demon’s claws were coming at him from below and Kite responded to this by spinning the sword so it was held in a reverse grip and blocked the claws. The demon was clearly caught off guard by this and this time was caught by a stiff push kick sending a message that it would have to step up it’s game if it wanted to beat Kite but Kite wasn’t going to make that last part easy. A strategy came to mind and he wasted no time in executing it. Kite charged with both blades held across each other out in front of him in an X formation and the demon would swing his sword up in between the bottom of where the swords intersected not only breaking the X formation but forcing the swords out of his hands sending them into the ground point first behind him. The demon smiled at his but so did Kite as azure flames flared in the palm of both hands and streaked upwards in a line that curved to eventually make two swords created from the flames ”Flame Demon’s Flamberges.“, he brought both blades down horizontally searing an X across the torso of the demon finishing the stroke with his right hand crossing over top his left at the wrists. The Demon screeched loudly from the pain but pressed on bringing his blade down to meet the top of Kite’s head.  The sword in Kite’s left hand switched from standard grip into a reverse grip and pivoted to the right with a side step not only avoiding the demon’s sword strike but the move also opened a wonderful counter attack. During the motion of the pivot Kite swung the sword in his left hand upwards with a reverse swing searing burning right through the demon’s arm at it’s wrist and at the same time rotated the sword in his right hand the the tip of the blade pointed to the left while he performed a back swing following the momentum of his pivot move and slicing right through the demon’s neck and an upward angle decapitating it completely. As the body collapsed to the ground limp Kite approached Rose, the sword closest to him and reached out with his injured hand and gripped the handle pressing against his back and only released the handle once it was secured to his back. Kite then approached the unnamed sword that could become a scythe and retracted the blade into it’s inactive form and pressed it against the small of his back and released the grip once it was secured as well. Kite closes his eyes and focused on the presence of demonic energy that was only located in one area, through the cave’s opening. ”seems like there is one left. “ he said to himself as he headed towards the opening and travelled through it following the winding passage until it opened up in a chamber so large the only structure to rival it would be the coliseum he and Marcy had to fight angels in.

The moment Kite set foot into the chamber the sound warlike drums began to beat drawing Kite’s attention up the sides of the chamber seeing the hundreds of low class demons some pounding drums and then littered through the crowd he could see demons similar to the ones he had just dealt with. After taking it all in Kite’s eyes drifted down to the other side of the chamber where a humanoid like demon stood with his arms behind his back dressed in lacquer and leather  armor with a sword sheathed away in a scabbard fastened to it’s hip and behind the demon was a pedestal the item that had been stolen from his client. Kite stepped up closer to the demon but stopped twenty yards from the humanoid demon when he heard a voice in his head reveal itself. “Greetings Demon slayer. I know why you are here.” Kite crossed his arms and looked at the demon who was speaking to him telepathically ”Oh? Is that so?“ Kite paused for a second and narrowed his eyes ”Why do you think I am here? “ Kite asked curious to hear what the demon had to say. “Why of course. You are here to take back the item that was stolen and of course as you have shown us, take down several of us demons along the way.  Kite remained silent so the demon could speak. The demon would bring his right hand out and gestured towards a stream of water “I offer you the chance to avoid a battle you won’t win easily or at all and turn back without the item. If you accept you may take some of the water with you for it has powerful recuperation properties. Kite heard this proposal and placed one hand on his chin rubbing the stubble that had grown, ”You said only one chance?“  he asked rhetorically but of course the demon couldn’t help but answer ”Only one. Choose now Demon Slayer. Leave with your life spared or fight and die here.“ Kite would nod showing he understood what was being asked, ”That is an offer only a fool would ignore.“ he paused and the demon smirked believing he had just convinced the demon slayer to leaving, ”but would you look at that. I just so happen to be a fool. I refuse.“ The demon sighed as he held the scabbard of his weapon with his left hand and drew his sword with his right hand, Kite followed the demon’s lead and reached behind him taking hold of his hilt and pulled the trigger extending his blade out before positioning it in front of him with his right hand. Kite inched closer to the sword wielding demon and it too did the same thing and both stopped when the blades of their swords pressed against each other first. Kite pushed first and then took a horizontal slash at the demon who blocked it with ease. Kite noticed the energy flowing from the sword and it felt similar to the signature of some godslayers he had encountered before. Kite let himself be distracted for a moment and his claws that were as sharp as any sword slashed horizontal from the other way. Kite dipped back and came up with a punch hitting the demon square in the face only to be hit by a foot as the demon went back. Kite also skidded backwards from the kick but took up his fighting stance again just as the demon recovered and came at Kite with a horizontal slash again which Kite blocked with his sword, Kite reached over his back with his left hand and pulled Rose out to block the claw strike that came next. Kite pushed kicked the demon back and lunged at it himself with Rose ahead of his scythe sword slashing upwards as his larger sword came down diagonally. Rose grazed it as it stepped back slightly and blocked the scythe sword with his unholy blade. It jabbed the point of it’s claws up at Kite’s face which he narrowly avoided having cut marks across his chin. Kite hammered the demon hard with his large blade pushing it back a several yards enough space for Kite to use both of his weapon’s abilities. Both Rose and the Scythe blade began to glow and with two slashes Kite unleashed the energy attack from rose as well as the blade beam from reaper hitting the demon with both attacks. The demon was hunched over clearly wounded from the attack and so Kite pointed the tip of his sword at the demon and lunged forward but with a surge demon’s aura it was vanished from sight and was suddenly on Kite’s flank. Kite was able to place an open hand onto the demon’s chest and a small surge of flames flared and seared into the area that he touched but the fist slammed it’s clawed fist covered in the unholy magic slammed into Kite’s ribs cracking and breaking some, sending him across the chamber onto the ground. Kite sat up with some difficulty pain shooting up his side with each breath he would take. ”Nice shot, that was some speed.“ Kite spun his sword around and stabbed into the ground deciding that he would take a different approach. Flames would ignite around his hands but the demon smirked and went to use the same spell that gave it such incredible speed but as soon as it tried the seal on his chest started to glow and by the time he was right on Kite’s flank again the demon slayer smiled ”Flame Demon king’s seal. “ and soon the demon was covered in flames which then exploded sending the demon onto it’s back. Kite reached behind his back and pulled out from his pouch three powerful explosive lacrima each one charged with the element of fire and tossed them into the air after cracking them making them explode above him. As the three massive explosions of fire spread above him and he started to inhale all the flames into his mouth replenishing his magic and pushing it past its usual limits. ”Let’s get serious.“ he would say as he let his blue aura flare up but then a purple/black colored flamed started to line the inside of the azure flames and soon swirled around each other stabilizing completely. Kite’s eye color became the same color as his azure flames while a mix of both flames flared out from the corner of his mouth and it was official that he entered his hybrid mode.  The demon was on his feet by this point and had used a spell to heal some of the wounds inflicted on it from Kite’s flames and without a word used his spell to amp his speed up and looked to hit Kite on his flank again this time with it’s claws aimed to impale his heart from the side. Kite’s speed had increased due to the new release of power and caught the demon by it’s wrist making it’s attack a hair short of it’s target. ”That won’t work anymore.“ he declared. The demon’s eyes grew wide and Kite noticed it, ”Does this frighten you? It should, I paid a large price for this power and I’d be disappointed if you weren’t scared of this.“as he slammed the heel of his foot into the center of the demon’s stomach pushing it back fifty yards and immediately followed up with a hybrid variation of his Desolation fist and threw a massive fist at the demon comprised of both his Demon slayer flames and the netherflames. The demon had used his sword to slice the fist in half. Kite had used this attack as a way to distract the demon and prepared another attack but this time much stronger. Above Kite’s head was a sphere of blue and black flames several meters in size. ”Chthonian Flame Demon’s Inferno Destroyer. “ he hurled the massive ball at the demon  who tried to slice this attack in half as well but the attack was too strong and it merely braced for the impact all the while Kite had already started gathering flames around him ”Chthonian Flame Demon’s Hell Raiser.“ the flames swirled around him right before as he waited to see what the Inferno Destroyer had done to the demon. The sphere exploded catching the demon in the explosion launching him the ground by a few feet. Kite’s eyes widened and launched himself at the demon with flames cloaking him with even more flames swirling around him like a drill and slammed into the demon pushing hard enough into the demon to slam it into the wall of the chamber. Kite pushed himself out of the small hole he had made in the wall and looked at the demon that was burnt to an unrecognizable crisp. Kite’s aura simmered and vanished and all was calm, even the hammers that had been beating this entire time. Immediately Kite looked up to see that every single demon that had been spectating was gone without a trace. With the adreniline gone Kite felt the pain of his ribs so instantly it almost shocked him but he took a deep breath and pressed on towards the platform where the item was resting. He picked it up and put it in his pocket before going over to where he had left his weapon and secured that on the small of his back. From there all that was left was to leave the the cave and return the item to the client. On the way out all the demons that had been defeated by him were also missing making Kite wonder if they truly were ever really there,
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