[DISCONTINUED] The Art of Destruction || A Kimetsu No Yaiba x (F)Reader Story

Chapter 3.5

Previously!

The demon pointed at Tanjiro's mask and proudly described how he could tell if a young demon slayer was a disciple of Urokodaki. You could see on Tanjiros face that a boiling hatred was beginning to overflow within him, "Tanjiro, calm down, you don't know what this demon can do." You tried to say to him, but his breathing only became more and more rough and his eyes began to sharpen. "Urokodaki might as well have killed them himself!" The demon said with joy as it giggled once more. You looked at it with shock as you continued to listen to it. "When I said that to the girl, she was crying and fell into a rage." It said, like it was reminiscing a pleasant memory, "And right after that, she lost control of her movements. I ripped off her limbs, and then..." Once you heard the demon pause, you immediately knew what he was doing and tried grabbing your friends attention. "Tanjiro! Don't fall for his tricks! He's only trying to get you to go after him!" But your words never entered the thick-skulled boy. He merely muted out your words and looked at the demon with darken eyes,

'That light in his eyes, they're gone...'

On to Chapter 3.5!

You watched as Tanjiro ran towards the demon, "Tanjiro!" You screamed with fear. "You fucking idiot!" You cursed loudly as you ran after your friend to help him in this fight. Tanjiro slashed the hands that swooped towards him with ease as he inched closer to the demon, "It's a trap Tanjiro! Stop going towards-" Your words were useless once more. Once you tried to warn him, he was already in the air, trying to slash the demons neck off, but instead, was met with an unseen blow from the side. You gasped as you watched his body fly against a tree and met its trunk with a strong thud. "Tanjiro!" You yelled, changing your direction and sprinting towards his body instead.

But the demon had other plans for you. One of his fists collided with the ground right in front of you, only missing you by an inch. And from such a massive impact, your body was flung from it, creating a larger distance between you and Tanjiro. It giggled with excitement, "I'll come back to you in a little bit, sweet, little bunny." You grit your teeth as you watched it walk and stop right in front of your friends still body. "Come on!" You yelled through gritted teeth as you tried to stand, but your legs felt like they were paralyzed. Nothing was working, no matter how hard you pushed yourself, no matter how slow and concentrated your breathing was, you just. couldn't. get. up.

As tears brimmed in your (e/c) eyes, you heard the demon sigh contently, "I wonder how he's gonna feel when another one of his kids doesn't come home. I wonder what kind of look he'll have on his face." His voice was twisting with passion and pleasure at the idea of seeing Tanjiro's masters face be twisted into sadness and fall into a pit of despair. He giggled to himself once more. Hearing his words made your blood to begin to boil, "Tanjiro's master will see him again! So get rid of that happy attitude you bastard!" You yelled out of fury, "No matter what happens, Tanjiro will return!" "Oh?" The monster coo'ed as he turned to look at you, "Then just watch me end him, sweet, baby bunny." His eyes became half-lidded once he finished his sentence before extending his arm and looking at Tanjiro. "But man, do I really wish I could see it. I really do." His long, green, slender arm went straight towards your still asleep friend. "No! Tanjiro!" Your voice cracked as tears of frustration finally began pouring down your face.

Right when the demon almost eliminated your burgundy friend, he jumped out of the way. A gasp escaped from you as you watched the boy fling his body away from danger so quickly. A sudden new urge to stand up coursed through you once more, 'I gotta help!' Using one of your knees as support, you slowly got up, making sure to not move too fast so that your legs didn't collapse under your weight. You stood there for a moment, waiting for your body to adjust as you watched Tanjiro slice the demons arms cleanly with his sword once he woke up.