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

Chapter 16

Previously!

You stayed silent for a moment, processing his words. 'Oh yeah... We never did pay, did we?' Sighing with annoyance, "You didn't pay him though, right?" The male shook his head from side-to-side, "I promised him that we would come back to pay for the meal, which took quite a lot of convincing..." Laughing a little at the small story, "Good, because there's something a lot more important to do." You paused for a second as your eyes fixed themselves on the dark entrance of the cave, your body turning accordingly, "There's a child that needs to be saved," you furrowed your eyebrows before continuing,

"and a demon that needs to be slayed."

On to Chapter 16!

(A/N- The entities being described were inspired by the image from the video "They Don't Care About Us by Matty Carter + Ariel"!)

Turning your head over to your red-haired friend, you both looked at each other with looks of readiness; ready to take on whatever came at you both. With a silent nod, you both sprinted into the cave, in search of the demon. But as you began to run, forks began to form in the cave and the visibility of the cave began to decrease, causing trouble for the two of you. Standing in front of the fork with the male, you clicked your tongue with annoyance, "You think you can sniff it out, Tanjiro?" You asked. Nodding before speaking, "Definitely." Taking in a deep breathe as his eyelids fell, the air flowed through the boys nostrils as you watched from the side. After a few seconds of watching him breathe, his firey-red eyes exposed themselves once more. "This way!" He yelled as he ran to the left side of the fork. "Lead the way, Tanjiro-kun!" 

With a leading Tanjiro in front of you, his nose guided the both of you deeper into the dark cave. With the cave now becoming almost pitch black and your friend now completely invisible, you whispered,"Tanjiro." He hummed in response, bringing you to the conclusion that he wasn't too far ahead of you. "I can't see a thing in here, do you have a match or anything like that?" You questioned, silently hoping that he would have at least something that could illuminate the pitch black cave, "Ah, no." He replied, "Here," the sound of his footsteps coming closer to you, "just hold my hand for now, okay?" He spoke, his fingers intertwining with yours. You huffed lightly, now being a little flustered. "Alright..." You whispered quietly. Tanjiro laughed lightly, but was slightly confused as to why you were so flustered whenever you both held hands; it's not like this was the first.

But saving his thought for later, he began pulling you along, the scent of the demon growing stronger. Turning here and there, you both traversed in the complete darkness. With turns coming over and over again, a feeling of worry began to bubble within you, 'I hope your nose is right, Tanjiro-kun...' But as you commented internally, a faint light could be seen at the end of the dark tunnel that you and the sun haired boy were in. Inching closer to the light, you both stood in the illuminated part of the tunnel, looking at each other with uncertainty. Once done giving each other questionable looks, both of your frames exited the tunnel, and now, found yourselves in an illuminated room. 

Scanning the area, the walls were lined with lit torches as the walls themselves were made out of carved stone. Walking to the middle of the large room, you saw bricks climbing up to a higher platform, where something laid. You felt the males hand squeeze yours. Looking over to him briefly, you heard him whisper, "It's the demon, (Y/N)chan." Nodding, you turned your head forwards with furrowed eyebrows,staring directly at the dimly lit body of the demon as it slowly began to unwind itself. Glimmers bounced off from the converted-humans snake-like body as it unraveled, it's torso slowly rising; it's back facing the both of you.