Kimetsu No Yaiba: Storm in Hell, Strongest Story of Marechi

Date Clan(Fin For Now): Again Determined

Sitting in front of Kagaya and Amane, Hideki can't actually start his first sentence that has been prepared since he was on the way. The white-haired man now sat down and lowered his head, as his hands clenched and trembled above his knees.

Amane who saw Hideki's response felt a little confused. Questions ran through his mind, and many times he was barely spoken by his tongue. But when her maroon bead notices her husband patting Hideki on the back, Amane feels that the question is not very useful.

"Hideki, can I find out what's bothering you?" kagaya asked after straightening the white-haired man's head. Hideki rubbed his face again.

"Oyakata-sama, do you remember about the massacre of the Date Clan?" Hideki asked back. But because he knew it, Kagaya just nodded slowly.

"Does it have anything to do with your fear?"

Hideki nods, then tells everything from the beginning, even Hideki reveals if he is the youngest child, then one of the demons in Tazawa is one of his older sisters. Amane who was surprised covered his mouth with his right hand, while Kagaya now even looked at Hideki with a complicated gaze, as if to ease the burden but also felt disinclined at the same time because it disturbed privacy.

In the end Kagaya hugged Hideki again, and the white-haired man sobbed slowly as his emotions slowly began to come out. Kagaya could only pat the snow-covered man on the back until Hideki slowly distanced himself and tried to regulate his emotions.

"I'm sorry, Oyakata-sama," Hideki said softly.

"It's not a big deal, Hideki. But if that's the case, I think you need to prepare yourself. Because you guys are born geniuses, so you also need a competent mentor" Kagaya replied. Hideki nodded slowly.

"I'm sorry before, but in this situation, only a few names came up in my head."

"Come to the one who understands you completely, Hideki. Like Harada maybe? Because I can't guarantee you're a match for Sanemi or Gyomei."

Hideki gasped and almost chuckled stiffly, feeling a little confused by Kagaya's personality who was suddenly quite a comedian since getting treatment from Tamayo. Although in the end it was only a smile that rose on his face, but this response was more than enough for Kagaya and Hideki.

With a slightly raised head, Harada filled her lungs with the refreshing morning air of spring. The birds were heard starting to get busy foraging, and also slightly filled the silence in the black-haired man's ears. Last night it was raining, and the temperature in the Butterfly House was quite low.

But at least, while looking at some puddles in the yard, Harada who still wears the patient uniform can only sit on engawa while the kakushi clean the puddles. Besides because of the kakushi who will waver if Harada helps, but his stomach and hands still feel quite sore.

The wind blew gently, as if caressing Harada's still slightly pale face. This gentle gust actually made the man appear green the grass was a little aghast. Because in addition to bringing the aroma of soothing rain, this wind also brings the aroma of his friend who is tired and confused.

Harada glanced to the left with her tail. His ears also begin to notice the footsteps of his best friend, Hideki, approaching him. But the closer the white-haired man got, not only did the scent of fatigue and confusion appear.

But his anger and sadness were far more obvious than the confusion that plagued him. Harada patted the spot to his left, asking Hideki to sit there. The light blue man could only sit there, then bite his lower lip. Inadvertently, blood emerged from his lower lip. While on the other hand, Harada who was still glancing at Hideki with the tail of her eyes, finally looked back to the front.

"Geez, I wasn't even this upset when I faced Kokushibo" Harada said lightly. Hideki grimaced, and his back teeth rubbed against each other.

"I have one request for you, aibou," Hideki said. Harada turned to his left, and was immediately shocked when he saw Hideki doing the senrei.

"O-oi Hideki, put your head up!"

"Harada, please train me again as before! Even after the many demons I had slashed, I still felt lacking. Especially for my last mission!"

"Oi, baka! What the hell is going on, huh? Why are you suddenly like this?"

"Muzan´s. He destroyed my pride. He turned my entire clan into demons. Then on the previous mission, I had to deal with my real brother."

Harada raised Hideki's chin, then asked about the demon that the white-haired man was facing. Hideki does know that his best friend knows very well about the Date Clan, especially his small family. Until finally, Hideki who is the last of five children, said chronologically.

If the one she meets is her first brother, Kairi Date. Hideki also repeats his sister's last words to Harada. The black-haired man, who was very meticulous with words, could catch the situation that was plaguing his best friend. Even the man with a height of nearly two meters could read the possible memories from Kairi's human side.

Harada nodded slowly, then asked if the pale-skinned man had reported all these problems to Kagaya or not. Hideki then says that Kagaya already knows this. The man with the narrow boat also asked Hideki to negotiate this matter with Harada. Aside from being the strongest Hashira, as well as someone who understood the Date Clan well. On the other hand, Harada could only shake her head while holding her temple.

"Truly yes, the boy.." murmured Harada softly. Hideki gasps with Harada's words coming out so smoothly.

"So, do you agree?" ask Hideki. Harada bit her lower lip slightly, quite confused to answer.

"If you want me to teach you everything, then this exercise will be 100 times more troublesome than Arashi Enkei."

"No problem! The most important thing is, I don't want my clan members to kill my friends."

"Geez, that's pessimistic. You're not alone, baka! Kisatsutai contains strong people. Don't keep too much weight on your shoulders. But surely, you should wait for me to recover first."

Enryakuji Temple, Yokawa, Mount Hiei

Throughout his career as a demon hunter, there was only one thing Hikaru hated the most, which was fighting in the mountains. Not to mention if he was forced to fight near a temple. It is also because he came to this mountain along with Giyuu. So inevitably Hikaru must obey Hashira Air, who is now on patrol in a village far enough from here

It feels really sickening. But duty remains duty, considering that the demons that have reportedly occupied this temple since a few months ago managed to defeat many demon hunters before.

But since the demons occupying this place were remote attack users, it made a lot of sense for Hikaru. Because the black-haired man knew very well the level of difficulty when dealing with long-distance fighters. As of this moment, as the barrage of rifles continued to approach him, Hikaru tried his hardest to get close to the strange demon by utilizing the tree as a shield.

"Die you boy!!!if I manage to kill you, then I will be raised to Jogen! Die!!"

The dapper-looking demon was now aiming at the tree where Hikaru was hiding. So again the black-haired man again ran in a circle to get out of his reach. When Hikaru already felt successful in doing so, the caramel-colored man darted swiftly towards the demon wearing the white fedora hat.

"Mikazuki Zensho, Hono no Kokyu, Ichi no Words: Shiranui!"

Using the flexibility and speed of his hands, Hikaru charged towards the demon while creating as many crescent-shaped fire slashes as possible, ending with a horizontal slash on the neck.

But after the black-haired man finished with his combination technique, Hikaru who was now facing the dark brown unraveling demon back was made flabbergasted. Because the demon's body was walking headless, then it took its head lying on the ground and re-attached it as if the attack had been nothing.

The demon laughed when he saw Hikaru's expression. From his mouth now came out two red pistols with a flower pattern on the top with a dagger. Hikaru grimaced, slightly amused by the sighting of the gun that the demon was holding. While on the other hand, the demon was now grinning widely when he saw the expression of the black-haired man.

"Your skills are on par with Hashira's, so I took this out. But why are you grimacing like that?" the light blue devil.

"I'm just disgusted by your gun design. You remind me of Jogen no Ichi," Hikaru retorted casually, accompanied by the movements of his shoulders and mouth made to shudder.

"If you've met Kokushibo-sama, you should have high skills. Kekkijutsu: Doku!"

From the two pistols appeared a needle shot that had high speed. The dapper demon also nimbly aimed at Hikaru who kept running around avoiding those needles. While glancing with the tail of his eyes, the black-haired man continued to throttle because upset this one attack did not end.

"Hono no Kokyu, Shi no Kata: Sei En no Uneri!"

Hikaru twisted his body and created a shield that surrounded the entire body. Without waiting for a long time, the black-haired man darted out from there, lunging at the demon that had fought him for quite a long time. The light blue-sliced demon had underestimated Hikaru's movements. But when he saw the black-haired man as fast as lightning twisting his body while positioning nichirin very close to his neck, his two eyes immediately widened in shock.

With a thin layer of black flames on his nichirin, Hikaru was finally able to decapitate the demon's head. While walking towards his head, Hikaru flicked the thumb and middle finger of his left hand, then made the devil's head was devoured by black flames from his nichirin to ashes. The exhausted Hikaru sheathed back his nichirin, and staggered into the village until he almost fainted. But when the black-haired man nearly lost his consciousness, his eyes still found that there was a maroon-colored cloth holding his body.

"You're overreacting, Hikaru," Giyuu said. Hikaru chuckled. Hashira Air finally decided to finish Hikaru.

"I'm sorry Giyuu. But at least I managed to minimize Jogen's candidate," Hikaru replied. The black-haired man could feel that Giyuu was now glaring.

"I'll hear the rest when we report."

"Aye aye's. But by the way, can you carry me on your back?"

"No. I'll just do it if you can't walk."

"Hidoi na Giyuu-tan~"

"Just!"