Chapter 8 (pt. 1)

"Hello Master of the Corps. sorry for the intrusion"

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"Greetings visitors, please come in" The Master greets the demons back and invites them down."Thank you, for allowing for our visit" Yuri and Rui bow thanking the master."You are welcome, but why have you come here to meet an audience with me?" The Master asked the 2 demons."Well... I know I will be asking for a lot but I do hope you can do so. We sought an audience with you to help in the end of the progenitor of demons and in return we would like to seek protection from you. Our main goal aligns with one another..." Yuri explains with determination on their face."Master, what if these demons are lying you and the whole corp. will be endanger-" The scarred man said loudly only to be interrupted by Yuri.

"If you would like we can answer some questions you have in mind about us, right brother?" Yuri said happily then looked at her brother."sigh Y-yes... We can answer some questions you humans have about us..." Rui replied holding back on being mean to the slayers."But how would we know if you were telling the truth?" A man with a snake hissed."Well..." Yuri thought for a bit before someone speaks."I can do it, I can tell if she's lying or not by her scent. From the start and now she has nothing but truthful" Tanjiro replied bringing his amazing sense of smell to help out.

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"What is your motive in for helping us, your enemy, demon girl?" Kanroji asks with a concerned and blushing blushing face."Well, in short that man tricked my brother into becoming a demon in promising to fulfill his wish... And my name is Yuri" Yuri explains."Truth" Tanjiro announces.

"How long have you been demons? I'm sure you have suffered so much in the hand of Muzan..." A gigantic man asked crying."Uh... I-is he okay?" Rui asked confused but continued "It has already been 20 something years since we became a demon, if memory serves right-... sigh even your habit of forgetfulness is affecting me, Yuri..."."Hehe!" Yuri gleefully giggles."Truth as well... " Tanjiro announced once again.

"Yuri your thread seems stronger than your brother, seeing as your brother was lower rank 5... Do you have a rank among the 12 demon moons?" Giyu asked with his gloomy expression."U-unfortunately... yes, I am not very proud of it..." Yuri upsettingly replied."Then what is your rank?" Shinobu continued to ask."breaths in and out I... am an uppermoon..." Yuri replied hesitating."Uppermoon... What?" The scarred man said loudly growing impatient."U-uppermoon 0... It may sound outlandish but it is the rank he gave me..." Yuri worriedly replied."Of course it would be! A demon, ranked 0? What kind of b*llsh*t is that b*stard doing?" The scarred man exclaimed.

"Well... Tanjiro?" Tengen asked in a serious tone."T-truth... She's telling the truth..." Tanjiro said with fear in his words sending the others shivers.

As they all stand their in silence hearing that the girl in front of them is an unknown uppermoon, it sent a cold dread in everyone. The silence continued, but a loud stomp could be heard as the scarred man didn't believe or was in denial of her status and demanded that she gave them proof.

"B*llsh*t! You don't have the kanji engraved in your eyeball, give us proof that you really aren't f*cking with us!" He shouted angrily as he points at the girl."Don't shout at my sister you *sshole!" Rui shouts back at the scarred man."Brother, language!" Yuri reprimands her brother for using indecent language."I can't argue with Sanemi there, if you do have something that will prove your status as an uppermoon. It really is hard to believe..." The man with a snaked seriously spoke.

As their was a bit of silence before Yuri speaks, she stutters trying to say something while her face is bright red as if what she was going to tell was embarrassing. But she built up the courage, fixed her voice and answers.

"I do have the mark of an uppermoon, but it is not engraved in my eye... It is engraved at my back, the engraving is big though... I do not know why he made it big..." Yuri explained."O-oh..." Muichiro reacted "M-maybe the girls can take a look..."."Yeah, you better not have the thought about looking at my sister!" Rui angrily said.

The master approved and gave Yuri a room, the ones who would witness the engraved mark on Yuri's back was Shinobu and Mitsuri the 2 hashiras, as well as the Masters wife and 2 of his daughters. After a while they come out stunned as she really was telling the truth and her back indeed had the mark of an uppermoon.

"What Yuri did say was indeed true, it was at her back big and bold..." Shinobu calmly said."Truth" Tanjiro replied."Anymore questions for us?" Rui asked with annoyance and no one replied."If that is so, Master of the corp. may I request a private talk with you?" Yuri asked."You may, after all you had answered our question regarding you and you seem to have only good intentions. So please you may call me Ubuyashiki" Ubuyashiki calmly agrees to the request of Yuri."Thank you very much, mr. Ubuyashiki" Yuri bows when she feels being pinned and a blade come up her neck."I still don't believe it!" Sanemi angrily said as he puts the blade closer to her neck."Yuri!-" Rui worriedly calls out but is held by the man with a snake."If it still isn't enough for you stubborn Hashiras, here's something that may not make sense for you but will for someone here... Muzan Kibutsuji is a horrible creature! Happy?" Yuri fed up speak out.

"What the h*ll?" Sanemi said in confusion."You're able to say Muzan's name!" Tanjiro said stunned."We were able to meet a certain doctor that helped us remove Muzan's curse" Yuri wriggles out of Sanemi's grasp."When a demon says Muzan's name they die from it" Tanjiro explains."My children please stop this fight going on, Yuri here has been here long enough to tell the other demons of this location. Let us trust in another demon for a bit, now let us have our private conversation" Ubuyashiki said and finally agreed to the demon's request for a private conversation.

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As Ubuyashiki and his wife leads Yuri to a room where they can discuss further more about the alliance, as the doors shut everyone started to talk about Yuri.

"Tanjiro was there any kind of scent other than something that led to her truth?" Giyu asked Tanjiro."There were the occasional worry but her scent was always leading to truth... I'd like to believe they're actually truthful" Tanjiro replied.

"Kanroji, how big was the kanji on their back?" the man with a snake asked."It was big, it covered her whole back, Obonai! I'm kind off worried what if she betrays us?!" Kanroji explained and suddenly got scared with the thought of Yuri's betreyal."Don't worry, I'll protect you" Obonai heartwarmingly said."Obonai!" Kanroji endearingly spoke before hugging him.

"Kocho! Was the kanji on her back very flamboyant? Me and Rengoku were wondering" Tengen flamboyantly asks Shinobu."Indeed, I am very curious of its size!" Rengoku said loudly."Oh my, did you really want to see a young girl's back side?" Shinobu teasingly said. *This is a joke I am not implying that Rengoku and Tengen are predators."We did not mean it like that, Kocho! Please do not make us out into something horrible!" Rengoku said loudly with concern in the tone of their voice.

As the Hashiras and Tanjiro continue to chatter, they hear a door open and there comes out Rui a bit concerned for his sister. Tanjiro then went to Rui and tried to have a conversation but it only lead to awkward silence between the 2, when suddenly Sanemi goes to Rui and provokes him. This continued until Rui couldn't take the provocation anymore and shouts at Sanemi which he takes as an attack and unsheathes  his blade and goes for the attack.

As Sanemi goes for the attack he is held back by some of the Hashiras while Giyu and Tanjiro protect Rui, an argument ensues between the 2 again which makes the Hashiras continue to hold back the both of them. The conversation between Ubuyashiki and Yuri is interrupted as they hear the argument going on outside.

"So what you are saying is that, you know future major events that will happen soon" Ubuyashiki said while in thought."Yes, the next major event is at the Mugen Train... Which there will be 3 injured and 1 death..." Yuri explained."Is it possible if you can tell us who they will be?" Ubuyashiki asked Yuri with concern in their voice."I am afraid not, it may disrupt the flow of the story..." Yuri explained whn suddenly they hear an argument outside.'That's brother's voice! What is happening outside?' Yuri thoughts went in different kinds of situation in seconds and rushed outside to see the commotion.

As Yuri sees the fight was between Sanemi and Rui, and that Sanemi was clearly going to attacks Rui. As the fight continued the air around them became heavy as they notice Yuri standing there looking at them clearly very angry, everyone stops with the argument and tries to back off from Yuri except Rui who rushes to try to calm her down.

"Yuri, calm down... The clown just started a fight but wasn't able to hurt me, so calm down-" Rui tries to calm down and explain."Did you just call me a clown you little-" Sanemi interjects and loudly said.

"Go on. Insult him... See what will happen..."