Tale of the Last Demon Slayer

Chapter 13

THIRD PERSON’S POV

Hatori run towards the nearest forest. He run as fast as he could and demon who is after him is chasing him while growling. He manage to run somehow even though his wounds on his left shoulder is making both demons hungrier and thirsty. The other demon is still on a one on one with Akuma but he is too tired and his energy is being drained. For the past 20 years, Akuma didn’t or drink blood of animals and his fighting skills really sucks. He knows how to fight man eating demons and he is undoubtedly strong when Satoshi and him go for hunting these kind of demons but, he seems to be tired and doesn’t the power to fight. He is too hungry and his body is still weak from the long sleep. He don’t have a choice but to runaway too. He run towards the direction that Hatori run off to after he threw a punch on his opponent’s face. He chased after Hatori for he is worried that the demon which is after Hatori might devour the young man. He still needs to protect Satoshi’s child for the sake of their friendship. He felt like Hatori is his responsibility now even though the child always argue with him, still he can’t afford to let Hatori die or he can’t face Satoshi in the afterlife. He promised to Satoshi’s wife grave that he will help Hatori find Nikumi.

Akuma tried to run as fast as he could. He was able to enter the forest before his opponent. He jumps on the trees for him to easily locate Hatori. He can still smell Hatori’s blood not to far. It seems like the child is still on the run since the smell of his blood is not staying n a certain place so Akuma sighed in relief. He will know if Hatori stopped moving or running if the scent of the blood stops. He looked down on the ground and there as drops of blood on the grass and he knew it was Hatori’s blood but there is another blood o the ground. Along with Hatori’s blood there’s a blood and the color is not red. It’s green, it’s the demons blood who’s chasing Hatori. He followed the droplets but the green one stopped after a few meters, the demons hard might already generated. He is almost close to Hatori’s whereabouts when someone grab his tail and toss him on the ground. Akuma felt dizzy for aa moment when his head hit one of the tree. He is still recovering from the impact when a strong punch landed on his stomach while he is still lying on the ground. He spits blood and he felt like his lungs will go out through his mouth because of the impact. He coughed blood and he tried to get on his feet.

“I’ve never seen a demon this weak. Ae you sure you’re a demon like us?!” the demon insulted him. He spits blood first before answering.

“I am not one of you, lowly demons. Our kind is far unique than your kind.” Akuma angrily attacks his opponent. His anger triggered, his nails had gone longer than the usual and it’s sharper than his teeth. He cornered the demon on the tree and he kicked it’ head. The demon had gone dizzy but before he recovers Akuma’s claw reached it’s face, scraping it’s skin and scratching it’s eyes with his nails. He thrust his claw to it’s neck and the nasty blood burst from it. The demon can no longer move so Akuma grab a branch from the tree and he hit the demons head. The head fall on to the ground but it’s still alive. Demons are classified as immortals because they easily generates unless they will be dealt with sunlight or demon slayers sword. Akuma is not sure is the old way will work but he needs to try. He concentrated his demonic power on his stomach so he can breath fire.

“Damn you! Believe me! There are still more of us that will go after that boy!” It’s the demon’s last word before he Akuma burn him to death. It’s body became ash as well its head afterwards.

On the other hand, Hatori stopped running when he reached a house in the middle of the forest. He is chasing his breath, his lungs is suffocating and he can’t run further. The house is empty and there are corpses around the house. It looks like the house was attacked by the demons. He remembered what happen to his family, he clenched his fist in anger but he don’t have time to feel sorry for these folks right or else he will die.