Demon Slayer

Sango

The sky was painted in a brilliant color of oranges, pinks and dark blues; a sign of the waning sun. The waves of the beach slapped against the sandy shore in a quiet irregular, yet rhythmic pattern. On the mountain side, a woman mounted atop her two-wheeled vehicle, Kirara- named after her beloved cat - is on her way back home after another day's work of slaying a hostile demon and once again saving the day. Noticing the beauty of her current surroundings, Sango pulled over on the shoulder of the rail-guarded road and slowed her motorcycle down to a stop. It wasn't very often that Sango could just take a moment to just relax and enjoy the time she had to herself. So why not start now? Propping her elbows on the handle bars, she rested her head in her palms and let out a deep sigh. She just couldn't get enough of that beautiful view where the giant star and moon shared the same sky for just a brief moment before finally trading ethereal territories.

Sango was so enthralled by the sight before her that she barely missed the sound of whirring machinery gradually increasing decibels the closer it came.

She looked up to see a terrifying combination of steel and monster diving straight for her from overhead. The strange whirring sound was actually that of a buzz-saw acting as the abomination's very own hand. Quickly, Sango fired up her Kirara and sped out of the way mere seconds before the monster could make contact with her. She made sure to be at a reasonable distance away from her opponent before she stopped her Kirara mid-U-turn, pulling out two handguns as she dismounted from her vehicle.

The monster stopped its hand from spinning as it slowly turned to face its intended target. Sango took a brief moment to observe her attacker. Eyes; beady and red, flashing with nothing but pure murderous intent. Its mouth was full of fangs with globs of drool seeping from the orifice like a mindless buffoon. The beast was a giant, ranging from ten to fifteen feet tall. The torso was disproportionately larger than the legs, with muscles literally bulging out of his body. To top off the awful sight, scattered parts of the monster's naturally scaly body was covered in mechanical parts.

is this thing?' She thought with disgust.

Without another moment to think over what to call the creature, it rushed over towards the female warrior with speed that Sango had never seen on regular demons. She dove out of the way just in time to dodge the head-on tackle and in one swift movement, Sango finished out her frontward roll to pop up on her knees and shoot at her opponent. Her bullets whizzed through the air with deadly accuracy, but once they hit the body of the monster, the small pellets bounced off its chest, leaving only two scratches.

The woman thought to herself.

Said ammo, were bullets laced with purifying energy given to her by the old miko, Kaede. Ironic that in this day in age, being who were said to practice holy ways assisted in making the very objects that resembled hell's weapons. Loading her weapon within a few quick steps, Sango hopped up to stand on her feet and ran towards the demon firing a few rounds of bullets. To her fortune, the purified bullets seemed to be working; the demon's skin was blistering on contact and was in a great deal of pain.

Of course it remained unaffected on the mechanical pieces, but as long as Sango was getting the flesh, machinery would mean nothing. She slid on her hip through the giant's tiny legs and fired more bullets as she passed by, sending her opponent in a rage. Suddenly, the buzz saw on its hand began spinning again but instead of the creature charging at Sango, the hand detached from the demon's appendage and sprang forward with a long tail of chain attached to the back of the flying weapon. Sango stepped to the side missing the buzz saw, but the demon yanked its arm back sending the weapon coming back itself in an attempt to wrap Sango in the chain.

Too smart to know the demon's trick, Sango leapt straight into the air but not fast enough. The chain snaked around her ankle and as Sango went crashing to the ground, she accidentally let go of one of her guns; and it had only one bullet left. The demon was dragging the downed woman toward it, claws flexed and ready to finish off the slayer in one quick swipe.

Sango had two choices and one bullet:

Break the chain with this last shot.

Or...

Bank on the chance that this bullet will go straight to the head. She was rather close to the enemy.

She ran out of time to deliberate, the time to act was now! Just as predicted, the demon swung down with the intent to slice Sango to pieces but a last minute idea formed in the back of her mind. Sango brought her ankle up just in time for the demon to cut through its own chain, freeing her ankle. She made a mad dash for her Kirara and when she got there, Sango ran to the other side and yanked from the motorcycle a rather large gun. A combination of a bazooka and shotgun, this was the cherry that topped her arsenal. This was the gun she nicknamed the Hirakotsu. And for good reason...

She leveled the barrels to face the demon and fired a devastating blast of purifying energy that aimed for the head of the demon. The giant before her took to the ground to dodge the blast before it could even graze it. Thinking that victory was in its grasp, the demon slowly rose to its feet, a wide, toothy grin present on its monstrous features. It stalked toward Sango, but to its confusion, the woman was smiling.

"I think you should look behind you..." She said calmly as she quickly mounted her Kirara, her gun rested on her shoulder.

The demon reluctantly turned around only to be met with the powerful blast that it was sure it dodged moments before. Sango drove her cycle out of the way of the blast zone smiling that she could hear the pained, and final, cries of the abomination she had just faced. Once she was out of harm’s way, Sango picked up her phone and made a quick call to headquarters that a demon had been taken down at her location. She surveyed the damage to the roads and the mountainside. To her gratitude no one was around to potentially get hurt, and the knick in the street would be considered a pot hole, save for the giant carving from the demon's first attack.

The mechanical pieces were still intact, and to further investigate, Sango drove her motorcycle to the debris-ridden area to pick up a piece of steel that must have fallen off the demon from her last attack. On the back of the piece of scrap was a large initial of 'N' that caught the woman's eye and she raised a thin eyebrow in question.

With that, Sango fired up the Kirara once more and sped off for home in hopes she could speak with a friend of hers in the morning. This creature prompted many questions that needed answers.