8 Chapter 8. Demon

"Let's return."

"Umm."

Kotaro wiped his lips and stood up with Mitsuri. Both of their conditions were pretty same. Even though he didn't show it, his heart was pounding very fast.

'I kissed her!'

All the feeling he got from kissing her continued to flash in his mind. Mitsuri beside him was in no better than him.

She was just fidgeting inside her mind since she was the one who took more bold approach and hugged him and pushed her lips more tightly into him.

'I kissed Kotaro-san! He won't think of me as a lewd girl, right?!'

Both of them were just walking side to side in silence. Kotaro who just couldn't forget the kiss couldn't help but look at Mitsuri.

Unknown to him, Mitsuri also turned her head. And in the instant, both eyes matched with each other, making both of them turn in shyness.

'Why I am so shy? Shouldn't I take lead like normal?'

Kotaro took a deep breath and turned to face Mitsuri.

"Mitsuri."

With a shy face, Mitsuri turned to look at him. Kotaro wanted to say something but nothing come to his mind.

Mitsuri also didn't know what to say. All in her mind was the kiss. She just tilted her head up a bit and closed her eyes.

'Mitsuri…'

Suddenly a huge rush of hormones exploded in Kotaro. He just couldn't bear himself after seeing the lewd Mitsuri.

Normally Mitsuri acts like a child making her look very cute. Kotaro loved the feeling of pampering her, hugged her and feeling her. But at the end, Mitsuri is not a child.

Occasionally, Mitsuri gives such seductive look which makes him unable to bear. With her body not suiting her age, she shows off all her womanly charm making him lose his control.

And now is such a moment.

Kotaro didn't control himself any more. He jumped and kissed her.

"Mitsuri! I love you!"

He just kissed her one after another. One after one, lips interlocked.

Kiss~ Smooch~ Slurp~

It was not any love kiss. It left the realm of just love right now. With tongues getting involved in it, it was no longer a normal lip kiss.

Kotaro extended his tongue and both continued to play with their tongues. Ordinary people might not kiss for such a long time, but who made him practice Hamon? Breathing is his forte.

Smooch~

His hands were no longer in his control. His hands were all down behind Mitsuri's ass kneading it which made Mitsuri moan in the midst of kiss.

Moan~ Smooch~

'Wait! What am I doing?'

Suddenly Kotaro realized his outburst and he quickly stopped kissing and released Mitsui from his arms.

"Mitsuri, I am sor… Huh?"

Kotaro was about to apologize Mitsuri for his impulse, but the look Mitsuri was giving him…

"More… Kotaro-san, more… I love you…"

'Mitsuri, you…'

Mitsuri was standing with a love symbol in her eyes, smiling like a succubus tempting him.

'It seems I have flipped her switch.'

Now Mitsuri was no longer the bubbly one. Now, she is a woman, a sexy woman capable of tempting men to fall over her.

"Mitsuri, you are really tempting me…"

Kotaro who already came out from his outburst just looked at her which made his hormones to go in turbo again.

"Kotaro-san~ Kiss me…"

Gulped!

Kotaro gulped and was about to kiss her but…

'Huh? What is this presence?!'

"Mitsuri! Go away!"

He quickly pushed Mitsuri away, and raised his hand. A shadow quickly flashed and slashed him in his arm.

"Aargh!"

At this moment, Mitsuri also came out of her sexy mode and looked at Kotaro who was bleeding from his arm.

"Kotaro-san!"

"Don't come here, Mitsuri! A demon! A demon is here!"

'Where is it?'

Kotaro was in panic. He was just enjoying the festival with Mitsuri, who knew that a demon would attack him out of nowhere.

'I can't find it! It is too dark!'

Today the moon was bright, but because both of them were in shrine where there were too many huge trees blocking the moonlight.

"Hehehe! To think you blocked my attack."

A creepy humanoid figure slurping big tongue came behind a tree. The humanoid figure was very black which clearly indicated that it was something inhuman.

The most notable feature about it was its big nails which he used it to attack Kotaro.

"Today, I will take my time enjoying the meal! O! A young man and a beautiful young girl! Delicious!"

Mitsuri could also look at the demon. Not seen one ever, she was a bit scared. It was normal. Despite her future of being Hashira, now she is just a young girl who is about to marry her love.

'Don't panic, Kotaro. Don't panic. If I panic, I won't be able to protect Mitsuri.'

Kotaro took a deep breath and calmed himself. In this battle, the most important thing for him is to not get too excited.

'Breathe. Create Hamon. And heal yourself."

Kotaro continued his breathing and slowly his wound was healing with Hamon. It was dark, and because of it he was able to hide his healing.

'I can't let the demon know that I can fight back. Or else it will become cautious. And in long run, I will be in disadvantage.'

"Haah! Haah! A demon. I won't let you kill Mitsuri!"

Kotoro deliberately took deep breaths and taunted the demon to attack him with low guard.

And the demon took it!

"Is that so? Then… I will kill you and in front of your lover I will eat you!!"

Demon laughed like a manic and in a ran towards him. Maybe because it was a weak demon, it was slow.

It was indeed faster than human, but it was not that fast that Kotaro can't react.

"Die!!"

And the demon jumped above him and pushed his nails to stab and spill his inside out.

"Kotaro-san!"

Mitsuri stood up in worry. She was very worried looking at Kotaro fighting the demon. She understood that to protect her, he was fighting in front of her.

At this moment, she asked herself why she was with him? She was stronger than Kotaro-san, yet all she was doing was hiding behind him.

'I will protect Kotaro-san!'

Mitsuri stood up and ran to protect her love. Kotaro noticed her action, and saw her determined eyes.

'Really, I am blessed to have such a wife. But…'

"Don't worry, Mitsuri!"

"Hamon… Overdrive!!"

Yellow sparks started to gather in his Kotaro's right arm. And before the demon could slice him apart, Kotaro's punch landed on the demon.

"W-What is this?! T-This hurts! H-How could something else than nichirin sword can affect me?! I-I am dying!! S-Sav—"

Boom!

And before the demon could plea for his death, the Hamon energy invaded inside his body and burned all of him.

The demon fell down with no breath and slowly disappeared like a dust.