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"Tsuzumi Mansion."
I whispered, slowly approaching the large house.
"W-Who are you?" A blonde boy, who I hadn't noticed, shivered in front of the house as tears streamed down his face.
"Y/n L/n, I've been assigned a mission to kill the demon here," I stated with no emotion as I eyed the other three children, sensing a demon extremely close by.
"We've been assigned here as well!" The scar-faced boy beamed at me as I squinted at him, approaching him and sniffing his haori.
"You smell like..." I looked up into his eyes as I could see the visible nervousness on his face, "Flowers."
"H-Huh?" He looked dumbfounded at me, "Oh, how rude of me, I'm Tanjiro Kamado! And this is—"
"Zenitsu Agatsama! Please marry me pretty-strong-woman!" The blonde boy rushed to me as he collided with me, making me stumble as I gave him a disgusted look.
"You're a little too young to marry."
"I'll die any day! I'll die, die all alone!" He exclaimed as he continued to cry into my chest.
"Zenitsu!" Tanjiro exclaimed as he pulled Zenitsu off me and forcefully made him bow, "We're very sorry!"
"Hey lady..." I felt a tug on my haori as I looked to my left side to see a little girl with tears brimming her eyes, a little boy standing not too far behind her, "Will you save my brother?"
"Please," the little boy said as he started to cry as well, walking up to me and wrapping his hand in mine, "Please save my brother."
"How can I deny that request?" I softly smiled as I rested both my hands atop their heads, soothingly rubbing their heads as smiles crept onto their faces, "Of course, I'll save him."
Suddenly there was an extremely loud and aggressive roar, instinctively bringing the both of them close to me, my smile disappeared as I sensed the power of the demon raging throughout the house.
Two? No three...three demons.
"Zenitsu, Tanjiro," I sternly said as Tanjiro nodded while Zenitsu started shivering.
"I can't go! I can't, I just can't, I don't wanna die alone!" Zenitsu exclaimed, as he once again threw himself at me. I simply sidestepped quickly to the door, watching Zenitsu fall flat on his face, crying even more, "She rejected me, the love of my life rejected me!"
"We only met moments ago?" I sighed as Tanjiro finally walked up alongside me.
"We won't force you Zenitsu," he said, sounding like he was throwing an indirect insult, "But if the love of your life dies, who will be to blame?"
"WAHHHH! Don't say that Tanjiro!!" The boy once again cried, clinging onto my side as I began walking into the building, trying to ignore the annoyance, "I'd never leave Y/n behind, it was a joke, a joke!!"
Giving one last glance at the two children, and a skeptical glance at the box, Tanjiro opened the door as the three of us entered.
"Hey Y/n...you'll protect me right?" Zenitsu mumbled into my stomach, still clung to me.
"What kind of man needs to be protected by the love of his life?" Tanjiro scolded him as he walked in front of us.
"Shut up Tanjiro! You're just mad you don't have someone to love!" Zenitsu exclaimed, letting go of me as he head-butted Tanjiro.
"You only met her moments ago!"
"It's called love at first sight!"
"I doubt she thinks that!"
"She does!"
"I don't," I stated, as I pointed to the two children walking towards us, "It looks like they decided to come along."
"No don't!" Tanjiro exclaimed with worry as they cried running to us, the boy gripping onto my haori as the girl grabbed onto Tanjiro.
"Scratching sounds were coming from inside the box!" The girl cried as I frowned.
I knew it, I knew I sensed a demon close by, there's no doubt this boy is carrying.
A loud noise of rumbling and cracking broke throughout the mansion as I held the boy closer to me.
"WAHH!" Zenitsu screamed, "Y/n!!"
"Wait Zeni—" I started but didn't finish as Zenitsu grabbed onto me as I stumbled into another room along with the two, "Tanjiro!"
"Y/n!" He reached out with worry on his facial features, but before we could even reunite the strike of a drum echoed throughout the mansion as the room began to change multiple times.
"Stay close to me," I whispered as I felt them nod along with Zenitsu whimpering.
Once the drum stopped Zenitsu started to freak out, opening multiple doors as me and the boy simply watched.
"This is the kind of person that's supposed to protect humans?" The boy sighed as I nodded.
"Don't worry, I doubt there is anyone else like him. I still sense a strong aura from him, he's strong, just a crybaby."
"This one!" Zenitsu audibly gasped as he stared into the darkroom, "It's a monster!"
"Zenitsu!" I exclaimed, side-stepping to grab him before a boar-headed human came crashing through the door and ran down the hallway, probably not even noticing our presence.
"Y/n!!!" Zenitsu exclaimed as he rubbed his face into my chest, "I love you! I love you! I love y—"
"Children..." a disturbing voice spoke from behind us, "They should taste good."
I quickly turned around but before I could take any action, I was scooped off my feet.
"Ah, Zenitsu! Don't worry I can—"
"No Y/n, no!" Zenitsu cried as he continued running, "I won't let it harm you, don't worry!"
"Y/n!" The boy exclaimed as fear was presented on his face as the tongue of the crawling demon extended like a whip and stretched out to hit the kid.
"Grab on!" I reached out my hand as I grabbed him and threw him into a room, dragging both me and Zenitsu also from the force of my strength.
Though I threw the boy hard, I quickly moved to catch him before he collided with the ground and set him on his feet.
"Zenitsu..." the boy walked up to the older one who was face-flat on the floor.
"80%! 80% of the fear is in my knees now!" He exclaimed as he gripped the boys' shoulders, "I'm gonna die, we're gonna die!"
"Get up!" The boy exclaimed as he shook Zenitsu.
"Heh," the demon chuckled as he crawled into the room, making Zenitsu shriek in fear again.
"Get up!"
"I can't!"
"What's the sword for?! Fight!"
"I'm scared!"
"I'm gonna guzzle your brains through—"
"Breath of life: First form," the sound of the unsheathing of my blade echoed throughout the room as all eyes set on me, "A flower's promise."