Screen 1 – Sans and Tanjiro vs Rui (Clean, Dark, Sharper Version)
The dome of razor-thin threads tightens, glowing faintly with Rui's blood art.
Every strand hums like a blade hungry for flesh.
Tanjiro steadies his breathing.
Sans steps forward, eye burning blue.
Rui watches with cold amusement.
"You two are the only real threats here. The skeleton… and the boy with the kind eyes."
Papyrus yells from behind,
"RUDE! I AM ALSO A THREAT!"
Rui ignores him completely.
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Opening Clash
Rui flicks his wrist.
Dozens of threads shoot forward—perfect patterns of instant death.
Tanjiro leaps.
"Water Breathing… Third Form!"
His blade slices several lines,
but the cuts are shallow.
Rui reforges each thread instantly.
"You can't break my family bonds," Rui says.
Sans steps beside Tanjiro. "Sure we can."
He spreads his hand.
Gravity Bubble.
Threads slow mid-air, sagging like wet rope.
Rui's eyes widen.
"What…? That's not swordsmanship."
Tanjiro charges into the slowed zone.
"Now!"
SHING.
Half the dome snaps.
"You tricked me…" Rui growls.
Sans shrugs.
"I prefer 'strategic teamwork.'"
Rui pulls his hand sharply—
threads tighten into a massive whip.
"Blood Demon Art… Cutting Thread Cage!"
The dome collapses inward like a spinning buzzsaw.
Tanjiro gasps.
"It's going to crush everyone—!"
Sans teleports, grabbing Tanjiro's sleeve. "Focus. He's trying to overwhelm you."
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Tanjiro's Resolve
His breathing sharpens.
Images flash—
Nezuko, the Spider Mother's suffering, Rui's twisted "family."
"Rui… you call this family? You torture them!"
"Silence," Rui hisses. "You know nothing of family."
Sans' tone drops—colder.
"Kid's right. Family ain't chains."
Rui sends a storm of threads.
Tanjiro slashes desperately.
"Sans, move!"
Sans doesn't move.
Space bends around him.
The threads warp away, slicing trees instead.
"YOU THINK YOU CAN DEFY A LOWER MOON?!" Rui roars.
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The Turning Point
Tanjiro sees an opening, sprints.
"Water Breathing… Fifth Form!"
His slash hits—
but Rui blocks with a hardened thread.
"Meaningless!"
A thread shoots toward Tanjiro's throat—
SNAP.
Sans breaks it in midair with a blue aura.
Rui freezes.
"You… broke my hardened thread?"
Sans cracks his neck. "Kid. Finish it."
Tanjiro steps through the moonlight.
"Rui… your family isn't real.
But mine is.
And I will protect it."
Rui leaps high, threads forming a spinning wheel.
Sans boosts Tanjiro upward.
"Go!"
"Water Breathing… Tenth Form—
Constant Flux!"
Tanjiro spirals down, blade flashing.
SLASH.
Rui's body splits cleanly.
The web dome collapses.
"Nice work, kid," Sans says.
Tanjiro smiles through his panting.
"We did it… together."
Rui's body begins to fall—
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Screen 2 – The Water Hashira Arrives (Clean, Dark, Enhanced)
Rui hits the ground.
But his pieces twitch.
Twist.
Fuse back together.
Tanjiro stumbles back.
"No… no way…"
Sans' eye glows darker. "He shifted his weak point. Smart brat."
Rui stands again, bleeding cracks across his face.
"You thought you won?"
His killing intent crushes the clearing.
Papyrus drags Inosuke.
"THIS IS EXTREMELY BAD!!"
Inosuke coughs blood.
"LET—ME—FIGHT—"
"ABSOLUTELY NOT," Papyrus snaps, pinning him with a bone.
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Rui's Counterattack
Rui raises both arms.
"Blood Demon Art… Thread Cocoon."
White threads erupt, forming a dome of instant death.
Tanjiro slashes desperately.
Sans strains to hold the threads with gravity—
But Rui's killing intent spikes.
Threads sharpen until they scream.
Tanjiro's arm gets sliced.
Sans' gravity field cracks under pressure.
Rui laughs softly.
"You understand nothing."
He fires a thick thread at Tanjiro—
too fast to block.
"Tanjiro!!" Sans yells—
A shadow blitzes through.
Nezuko.
She kicks the thread aside, claws digging into the ground.
Rui freezes.
"A demon… protecting a human?"
Nezuko snarls, legs bleeding.
Sans wipes sweat.
"She's tough… but we're losing ground."
Rui steps forward.
"You have no bond stronger than mine."
Tanjiro raises his sword with trembling hands.
Sans steadies himself.
Nezuko shakes.
"This ends now."
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A New Presence
Everything stops.
A cold breeze cuts through the forest.
Sans turns.
"Oh. He's here."
A presence so sharp it freezes Rui's blood art in place.
Giyu Tomioka steps out of the shadows.
Rui flinches.
"…a Hashira?"
Giyu walks past Sans and Tanjiro without a word.
"Giyu… we couldn't beat him," Tanjiro says.
Sans nods.
"Yeah. Let him cook."
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Rui's Panic
Rui summons every thread he has.
"CUTTING THREAD CAGE!"
The forest tears apart.
Giyu simply walks forward.
"Water Breathing… Eleventh Form."
Dead Calm.
Silence.
Stillness.
Every one of Rui's threads touches Giyu's blade—
and vanishes.
Rui's voice cracks.
"No… stay away—!"
He severs his own head desperately—
a cheap trick.
But Giyu is already behind him.
One silent cut.
Rui's true head falls.
His body turns to ash before it hits the ground.
Lower Moon Five is gone.
Be continued