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

Chapter 7

Previously!

"(L/N) (Y/N)! Your first mission will be in Sumasiki, Tokyo! You must leave tomorrow! There is a demon in Sumasiki that is stealing children off the streets at night! Go to the city of Sumasiki and exterminate the demon! Prepare yourself well for this task, (L/N) (Y/N)!"-

Standing there, you looked at the window blankly. "Guess I better prepare for tomorrow then." Turning on your heel, you began preparing your clothes, some food to bring with you in the morning, and some more firewood for Aika. 

On to Chapter 7!

After traveling through village after village and multiple forests' for roughly six days, you made it to Asakusa, Tokyo, the city connected to Sumasiki city by just a bridge. You arrived late in the evening in Asakusa city and man, were you tired. "Why is it so bright here..." you groaned as you turned a corner onto a lit stretch of path that had a small udon cart. Your eyes became the size of saucers,  "Oh my god, that's just what I need..." You could feel your mouth begin to salivate at the idea of eating some hot udon while sitting. Speeding up a little, you inched your way closer to the udon cart and you could see two other individuals sitting in front of the little stand. 

One of them being a young girl who had a black haori on top of her pink kimono with... A bamboo stick? Puzzled, you inched your way closer to the two individuals and could clearly see that her mouth did have a bamboo stick tied to it. 'How strange...' you thought. The other individual, however, wore a blue hood that covered his head as he drank his bowl of udon, making you jealous that you weren't sitting down and enjoying your own bowl of udon. 

But he quickly stopped drinking the broth with his noodles and stood up, letting go of the bowl of udon that he was eating. 'What the hell!? That was good food that you just wasted you idiot!' You yelled in your head as your face contorted with disgust. Watching the male, you took note on how he looked like he was hyperventilating and reaching down to grab something to his side. 'What's with this guy?'

The male grabbed the object that he was reaching for and looked in your direction, but never noticed you since your figure was hidden in the dark. Quickly, the male started running in your direction, his face looking similar to someone that you've seen before. Finally stepping into the light as he reached the same light post that you were under, you both locked eyes. 

Time seemed to had slowed for a second as you both realized who the other one was. "T-Tanjiro?!" You asked aloud as the male sped by you as his eyes stayed glued to you. "I'll be back (Y/N)san!" He yelled back once there was a large distance between the two of you. 

Your mind was in a conundrum at this point; eat udon or follow Tanjiro? What a difficult decision... You gritted your teeth with uncertainty as frantically looked back at Tanjiro's figure and the udon cart. You groaned aloud once you finally made your choice. Turning on your heel, you sprinted towards Tanjiro, knowing that you'd be able to catch up to him. 

You followed your friend from the selection out of the secluded path and onto the busy streets of Asakusa. Maneuvering through the crowd of people with ease, you watched as Tanjiro frantically push people out of his way. "Tanjiro!" You called out from the crowd, hoping to catch his attention so that he could explain to you about what got him so riled up. 

Once you finally reached him, you grabbed his arm as he grabbed an unknown mans shoulder. The man in a white, black strip fedora turned his head to first look at Tanjiro and then at you. You could feel the mans presence; you felt like you were being choked just from his intimidating aura. You returned your gaze to the back of your red-headed friend and could feel and see his entire body tensing up. "Tanjiro-kun," you whispered in his ear, "what's gotten into you?" He never responded to you and instead reached for his sword. 'WOAH! WOAH! WHAT THE FU-'