The Demon Slayer

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Title: The Demon Slayer Volume One

Author: Onikirimaru

A long time ago, there was a demon in the form of a man.

Onikirimaru,

the Demon Slayer.

"Bring me the King!" said the smiling face of one man named Jason. He used to be a peasant, he used to dream of marrying the girl he loved and settling down, but no more. He was the leader of a grand army of invincible warriors. The King was pushed down at his feet. "Please, Jason, you have won this battle, we make an unconditional surrender!" said the King. Jason only stepped on the back on his head and grinned. You should have never crossed me, King," he spat the word King out like it had a bad taste. "Where is lady Caroline!" The King said nothing.

"WHERE!" Jason lifted the head up out of the mud by the hair and held a blade to the former Kings throat. "Here she is my Lord," one of Jason's grunts pushed her to his arms. "She was found fleeing under the protection of the royal guard. Jason embraced her and looked into her eyes. "Caroline, I have finally won you back," She only spit into his face. "I have more power than this man, Caroline, surely you must marry me instead of this pathetic excuse for a ruler," "I shall never loved you, you have caused us all pain and grief! I will never love someone who will permit all these atrocities that you have committed!" Jason screamed in anger and plunged his sword through the King. "I did them because I can!" Ever since that day where the King rode through their village and picked Caroline for his wife, ever since then Jason had sworn revenge.

He was sure that the only reason she had left him was because of the Kings power, so Jason had to become more powerful than the King! Late one night a devil came to Jason and whispered in his ear. "That King doesn't deserve Caroline, he is nothing." "I know, but how can I go up against the King?" "I can grant you all the power you will ever need," "Make it so," But that seemed so long ago. The demon granted him and invincible army of bloodthirsty warriors and he burned a path to the Kings Castle, killing men, women, children, burning everything to the ground. And now that same devil appeared to Jason once more. "You see I have came through on my bargain, Jason, now you must do me a favor," he spoke with a grim smile. "Every life you have ended on your journey, every shriek of pain, hath given me strength, and you are bound to this power as well, Jason.

Ha! Now we will spread our power throughout the world! The battle field was in flames, and the battle raged on, a sea of death, as far as the eye can see. The demon that had possessed Jason saw all this and smiled. He began to twist his body, form it to suit his needs. His skin turned to blood red, his frame got taller and thicker, horns and wings grew out from him. The demon laughed and spewed fire from his mouth that incinerated any human in is path. He waded into the battle, ripped all soldiers in his path in half, drank their blood. Then as the demon stood tall and gazed at all the screaming faces and hearing all the battle cries, he saw a young man walking through the battle field, through the fire. He didn't wear any armor, only carried a katana sword. The young man's gaze was set on the demon as he casually walked towards him.

He seemed oblivious to the battle around him, and the soldiers seemed to not notice him. He finally reached the demon. "You!" said the man, "You thought you could win love through death and power and hate. But you gained nothing and lost everything, and now your soul had been devoured by your jealousy." "Ha! You are just a boy, I will devour you as effortlessly as I did all those around you." "You demon, what right do you have to wield love as your weapon?" The demon Laughed" it IS ironic isn't it, that the evil's trump card is Love, you see boy, humans would do anything for love, ANYTHING. They are weak, all the more reason for me to kill them all!" "And that is all the more reason I will kill you."

"You are a brave one, but bravery isn't enough boy, what is your name?" The boy bowed his head and brought his hand to his swords hilt. "I have no name, only this sword, Onikirimaru, The Demon Slayer!" The Slayer drew his in a flash of light. "What what did you say?" the demon stuttered. The Slayer bellowed a battle cry and leapt for the demon, and slashed his weapon. A blue aura surrounded his sword as it cut through the demon's flesh. It screamed as his skin cracked and burned and smoked. "You, your the demon slayer!" The boy spun on his heels and smiled.

The demon had bit off more than he could chew with this adversary. The Slayer focused his energy on his weapon and it gather light around it, forming it to a ball at the tip. "Back to HELL!" The Slayer flung the ball of energy like a child would fling a rock from a sling. It struck the demon as it screamed. Its chest exploded as the rest of his body began to crumble like fine porcelain. The Slayer walked up to the remains of the demon. "Hmmph, it was only a minor demon, he didn't even feel my power, never had a chance," he stared blankly at the battle around him, "this, the power of love, I only wish I could feel love. But one day I will, when I have killed every last demon, that is when I will truly become human." My mother told me these legends when I was just a child, I hope they inspire you as much as they inspired me,

-Oni