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third person pov

before the attack in the ubuyashiki estate, the pillars are having a meeting together. they sat across from each other while discussing some important matters that needed to be done.

"we should have at least two pillars guarding oyakata-sama at minimum." said sanemi, leaning his elbow on his knees as he is sat on the ground across from the water pillar, giyuu.

"can't you do something about this himejima-san?" questioned mitsuri as she gaze at gyomei who sat in front and in the middle of everyone.

"impossible."

"i became a pillar when i was nineteen, and i have been asking him for eight years straight, but he refuses to budge."

"he insists that someone as strong as a pillar shouldn't be wasted on the likes of him, it's problem."

said gyomei while tears streamed down his face, as usual.

"i heard that the heads of the ubuyashiki family have never even had a bodyguard throughout history." muttered shinobu, sharing the information that she's learned from a couple of years ago.

"ATTACK IN THE UBUYASHIKI ESTATE!!!"

the sudden news from the crow had shocked everyone in the meeting, they were all scared to deaths. with the news, they all flew and run their way towards the ubuyashiki estate, the thoughts of death plastered on their minds as they couldn't afford to lose someone important to them once again.

"oyakata-sama!"

"the mansion!!"

"i see it!!"

"it's okay. i'll make it. i'll make-

the thoughts of all the pillars as they viewed the mansion. the sudden relief is immediately removed after seeing how the mansion exploded into pieces and every pillar running towards the mansion froze.

sanemi stopped from his tracks, his face screamed petrified as he watch how the fire spread throughout the area as they witness the explosion on cue as they run towards the estate to save their leader.

mitsuri covered her ears as she let out a huge gasp, her eyes forming a gloss as she stared at the scene in front of her unfold.

shinobu had sweat covering her face, her mouth open as she stared helplessly at the scene, couldn't even do anything but watch.

every pillar present in the area, all the pillars that was saved by oyakata. everyone who was welcomed by him is present in his death, they could have prevented it if they were careful enough but it was all too late now.

tanjiro covered his mouth in shock, his eyes wide open as he saw the huge fire breaking out and the smell of burning blood and flesh. the way his body froze from the smell, he could smell the corpse of the leader and his family that is included in the explosion.

"GH!"

the sudden noise made the pillars tense up.

in front of them is a burning man who had his face all messed up. half of his face is missing from the explosion, his eyeball threatening to fall from the lack of skin wrapped around it, his upper clothing is burnt and his body exposed for everyone to see the burnt marks that he got from the explosion.

"UBUYASHIKIII!" shouted the demon in anger, the resentment filling his body as he remembered how oyakata smiled at him before the explosion occurred.

"that man's face!!"

"he had the smile of a buddha."

"but then he, along with his wife and kids, blew themselves up!! i made a mistake. i judged ubuyashiki to be a normal human but he was actually a complete nutjob."

"i figured he was planning something, but not something of this scale. he made the explosion even more deadly by adding spike traps into it. just to delay my regeneration which means there's still something coming."

"ubuyashiki still has something up his sleeve after this. there are human presences coming closer. most likely pillars but that's not all there's something different. that shithead used himself as a decoy."

"his hatred and anger towards me were like a viper. it was a coiling in that dead, black stomach of his, i'm in awe at how stunningly he hid his murderous intent. were his wife and kids aware of his plan?"

"whatever. it's not worth thinking about it now. don't panic. your body will regenerate very soon."

muzan's thoughts were scattered around. his mind all fuzzy from the sudden explosion that he didn't expect, he gritted his teeth as his body regenerated but that was until he noticed small round shape seeds floating around him.

"blood demon art, flesh seed."

before he could even react the multiple minuscule flesh seeds that surrounded muzan burst and grow into gigantic flesh trees with numerous pointed branches that then pierce and restrain muzan, the strength of this demon art was powerful enough to stop and immobilize muzan, even if only momentarily.

"i've been immobilized."

"someone's using a blood demon art, the spikes are branching into my flesh so i can't pull them out. no, no problem, this isn't too bad. just absorb them and you'll be fine."

thought muzan as he tried absorbing the demon art but his eyes widened when someone pierced his stomach. he stared down and notice a familiar demon that was able to leave and reject his curse.

"tamayo! why are you here." gritted muzan, his teeth grinding against each other he notice tamayo in front of him, with her hand pierced through his stomach.

"these blood demon spikes belonged to the man who got turned into a demon in asakusa. you absorbed my fist, muzan. do you have any idea what's inside it?"

"a drug to turn demons back into humans. so? is it working?" questioned tamayo with a huge smirk plastered on her face, sweat dripping from the corners of her forehead as she faced muzan with bravery.

"you shouldn't be able to-

"oh, but i've done it! the situation's completely changed. though it would have been impossible for me alone." explained tamayo, her expression turning a smug one as she dare threaten muzan.

"you are one stubborn woman, tamayo. and your hatred towards me is unjust." said muzan as he grab tamayo's hair, pulling her closer to him.

"who killed your husband and kids? was it me? not at all, nobody but you. you ate them all up." taunted muzan with a smile on his face.

"if i knew that would happen, i wouldn't have become a demon! all i wanted was to not die from my disease. i just wanted to see my kids grow up!!" shouted tamayo while tears streamed down her face, the memory of devouring her family flashed through her eyes.

"then you killed a whole bunch of humans after that. was that all an illusion too? i noticed you had a lot of fun eating those humans." said muzan, leaning closer to tamayo as he pierced her right eye.

"that's right. i killed many people after falling into the depths of despair. so to pay for my sins, you and i are dying right here!" shouted tamayo as she held her ground, not caring if muzan is piercing her body with his hand.

"HIMEJIMA-SAN, DO IT PLEASE!!" shouted tamayo.

gyomei run towards the two of them, held by his hands is the spiked flail and axe reminiscent of a kusarigama, a weapon consisting of a scythe and heavy iron weight connected with a metal chain, and thus would use a similir fighting style known as kusarigamajutsu.

"namu amid butsu." muttered gyomei before swinging his kusarigama that immediately made in contact with muzan's head, muzan's head was blown into pieces as blood flowed and spread throughout the area.

"as i thought, it's just as oyakata-sama predicted. this man, muzan, will not die no matter how many times i cut his head off!"

thought gyomei to himself as he saw how muzan immediately regenerated, and got his head back.

"i think the sun is the only way to destroy muzan. if he doesn't die when you destroy his head. you will most likely have to prolong the battle until the sun rises."

that was the words mentioned by oyakata to gyomei when they had a talk about killing muzan. gyomei's eyebrows were furrowed as he tried binding his scattered thoughts, would the pillars manage to prolong the fight until the sun rises? not to mention that the upper moons can get called any moment now.

it is either them, the humans or the demons.

this is the battle of endurance and survival.

"judging from the sound, and the speed of his flesh regeneration. he is unlike all the demons i've faced up to this point."

"despite weakening him with oyakata-sama's explosion and our accomplice's help, he still has a lot of strength. that means i have to keep restraining this monster until the sun rises."

thought gyomei as he continued running towards muzan with full speed. not taking a chance of speeding down because it'll leave his opponent an opening. as his eyes followed muzan's movement, he notice how muzan looked at him with his hand pointed at him.

"blood demon art, black blood, brambles." said muzan as he uses his own flesh and blood to create several black spiked-barbed wires to entangle gyomei.

"stone breathing, third form, stone skin." said gyomei as he unleashes a series of slashes with his axe, deflecting nearby attacks.

as muzan was busy avoiding gyomei's attacks, by multitasking he's able to see and pinpoint where are the other pillars that are to join the fight and attack any moment now.

"YOU BITCH! WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO OYAKATA-SAMA!" yelled the angry sanemi.

gyomei noticed that the other pillars are rushing in the fight, causing him to sigh in relief. he saw everyone shouted oyakata's name as they came rushing in the scene with frightened and resented looks.

"IT'S MUZAN!!"

"KIBUTSUJI MUZAN!!"

"THIS GUY WON'T DIE EVEN IF YOU CUT HIS HEAD OFF!"

shouted gyomei as he looked at everyone.

everyone's eyes widened, this is the first time seeing muzan. like how uzui said before, no one has ever seen muzan except the newbies that came namely: tanjiro kamado and y/n kamado. other than that the other demon hunters, despite of being ranked as the highest, have no luck in finding what kibutsuji muzan looks like.

everyone stared at the man in front of them, he does not have any features that makes him look like a demon. this is probably the reason as to why they haven't seen him after all these years, he's been pretending and living as a human for years that no one knew he'd look like this.

and everyone, the pillars are in shocked with what they are seeing.

"MUZAN!!!" shouted tanjiro with anger and resentment.

"mist breathing, fourth form."

"insect breathing, butterfly dance."

"serpent breathing, first form."

"love breathing, fifth form."

"water breathing, third form."

"wind breathing, seventh form."

"sun breathing, sunflower thrust!"

"flame breathing, second form."

all the pillars, along with tanjiro came running towards muzan with their breathings being enhanced and unleashed. this is a great opportunity to strike him down and possibly end his life.

but muzan barely flinched as he let out a huge smirk.

"i wonder what you'll do if you saw y/n." he mumbled, but loud enough for the pillars and tanjiro to hear which causes them to freeze on their spots.

their surroundings changes from the ubuyashiki estate to the infinity castle, the headquarters of the demons. everyone was bewildered, their minds were fuzzy as they thought of the certain burgundy-haired woman whose gone missing for months and now that they heard from muzan's mouth that the woman is alive had them going nuts. after all, y/n could have been turned into a demon when she's been staying in this demon's lair.

everyone snapped from their thoughts as they saw their surrounding. it's like their normal japanese households but with dozens of rooms, and doors connected to each other.

"you look kind of pathetic right now, muzan."

everyone in the room froze from the familiar voice, the voice is filled with nothing but emptiness as it echoed throughout the lair. the sudden tension occurring in the place as the demon hunters tried looking everywhere for the source of the voice that they heard.

everyone is desperate to know.

everyone is desperate to see her.

everyone is desperate to know and see that she didn't turn into a demon in all those months that she's been gone missing. they have hope that she's only been captured for questioning and nothing else. but the hope strongly vanished when they heard how that familiar voice spoke with such a tone that is unrecognizable.

"tch, show yourself." muttered muzan, an irk mark forming on his forehead.

"i'm not lying when i said you look pathetic. i mean look at you getting cornered by the demon hunters when you're supposed to be the strongest and the mightiest amongst all the demons."

muttered y/n as she showed up, standing a few meters away from muzan and everyone in the room gasped from her appearance. because they thought that she's been turned into a demon, but she looks quite the same when they last saw her.

no changes occurred to y/n.

she's the same old y/n that left to the red light district for a mission.

she's still the y/n that they once knew.

"oh?"

"good to see you everyone." y/n said with a smile on her face as she turned around, looking at everyone before giving them a wave, and the last person she'd wave at is obanai.

the both of them stared at each other.

obanai looked at her with his eyes wide, his eyes screaming emotions and he wanted to reach out to her. he want to go over to her, to embrace her, but he knew he couldn't because she could be a possible threat to the demon hunters.

y/n stared at obanai with a gaze he couldn't recognize. she never looks to him like that before, her gaze contains a certain emotion that he's not too familiar with. is it something that involves love?

y/n looked at muzan, and thought of mitsuki's words to her from before. she knew she couldn't risk everything. she knew what would happen to everyone else if she interfered. y/n clenched her fists in anger, her teeth grinding against each other as her gaze went back to obanai before opening her mouth to say something until she got cut off by muzan.

"YOU SERIOUSLY THOUGHT YOU COULD CORNER? YOU'RE ALL GOING TO HELL NOW!!"

"YOU PATHETIC DEMON HUNTER PESTS. I'M SLAUGHTERING YOU ALL TONIGHT!"

yelled muzan, not giving everyone a time to think as the doors opened causing them to fall on different rooms. separating all the demon hunters from each other, giving him a huge advantage to get rid of them easily.

"YOU'RE THE ONE GOING TO HELL, MUZAN!"

"YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY! I WILL DEFEAT YOU FOR SURE!"

"AND I'M GOING TO TAKE Y/N BACK!"

shouted tanjiro with anger as he saw how muzan fell into another room with tamayo, away from the demon hunters.

"come and get me if you can!"

"kamado tanjiro!"

replied muzan as he fell into another room with tamayo stuck with him.

everyone fell into certain different rooms, away from the other demon hunters while y/n remained above everyone else along with mitsuki who started playing her mandolin.

"remember what i said y/n."

"if you are to help the demon hunters, then you'll face me."

muttered mitsuki while playing the familiar tune that she created. the lullaby that she sang to her litter sister, m/n, and the lullaby that m/n played to y/n when she was an infant.

"even if we were to face one another."

"i'm going to win."

"after all, i'm stronger."

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To be Continued...

chapters fifty-five and fifty-six are now up, what do you think?

this chapter is shorter compared to the others that are long, i kind of have trouble writing because of how busy i am recently.

i'll try my best to create long chapters as usual, and keep you all updated twice a week.

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