[centre][colour=#B7410E][i][h1]XAKU[/h1][/i][/colour][/centre][centre][h3][colour=ff0000][i]A Restless Night - Seikishi Bar[/i][/colour][/h3][/centre][sub][colour=#B7410E]Mentions:[/colour] [@The Jest] [@Randomguy] [@King Kindred][/sub]
[hr][i]Good grief...[/i]

Xaku had sensed Gekido before, but his presence was of no consequence then. Now, however, his decision to make himself involved, for reasons she does not care for, is of consequence.

For a moment, Xaku remains silent. Contemplating.

Not an answer, of course. That part isn’t even worth a second’s consideration. She simply contemplates the intelligence of the one known as Gekido to ask such things of her as if she were simply one of his “colleagues”. Were she any other demon, she might have been willing to at least humour the man. Unfortunately for him, that was one of many things Xaku now lacked.

[colour=#B7410E]“... I refuse.”[/colour]

Her answer is soft, final.

Two simple words.

She doesn’t wait for a response, turning her back to Gekido and facing Tenko once more, raising a pair of handcuffs from her waist. Her attention remains entirely on the Demon Slayer even as she continues speaking to her fellow demon.

[colour=#B7410E]“Letting a problem run loose simply due to a larger one also existing is inefficient.”[/colour]

Xaku doesn't react immediately after she takes in Tenko’s words. [colour=#B7410E]“... Surrendering is the correct choice. However, Thompson-san, I must correct a misunderstanding.”[/colour]

She walks towards Tenko and flicks a single finger, a superfluous motion with no true effect that anyone could see.

A few delicate strands of Tenko's hair fall to the ground, severed by an unseen force. It was an attack that was never going to hit. It was never meant to.

It was simply a demonstration of how meaningless her death would be, of how utterly worthless her existence was to the being before her. If Xaku truly wished to take her life, she wouldn't need something as useless as permission. That was only a privilege of the strong.

[colour=#B7410E]“Something like your head... [i]holds no value here[/i]. You do not possess the strength to make it so.”[/colour]

Xaku pauses briefly in her approach, turning her crimson gaze upon the [i]third[/i] ranked Demon Lord. There is no anger in her eyes, no annoyance.

[colour=#B7410E]“And you, Gekido-san. Do not presume to command me. Even [i]half[/i] of me... is still worth more than you.”[/colour]

With that said, Xaku inclines her head just slightly, listening.

[colour=#B7410E]“Yaguchi-kun.”[/colour]

A shadow moves, and a woman appears from the darkness, hair as black as night. She approaches Xaku wordlessly and takes the handcuffs from her and proceeds to go to cuff the unresisting Demon Slayer.

[colour=#B7410E]“Now, then... you.”[/colour]

She turns to Himari.

[colour=#B7410E]“I [i]suggest [/i]you leave.”[/colour]