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"Rest! Rest! You've all sustained injuries, so it's time to rest!"
Tanjiro's crow squawked loudly as the said boy held it up. The group was now standing in frotn of a wisteria house, a place where demon slayers go to rest and not have to worry about getting eaten in their sleep.
"Are you sure that's okay? I mean, I did just fight a demon while I was injured." Tanjiro acknowleged. Inosuke grabbed the tail of the crow.
"Let's eat this thing." Tanjiro's eyes widened while Y/N perked up.
"Wha-?!"
"FINALLY!~"
"There's two of you now???!!"
Tanjiro held his crow away from the two savages right before the door opened and a tiny old woman came out.
"Oh, sorry to bother you this late at night." Tanjiro apologized, feeling bad.
"A ghost! It's a ghost!" Zenitsu exclaimed as he stared at the lady in fear. Tanjiro glared at him in anger.
"Knock it off!" The burgundy haired boy scolded.
"Who the hell are you?!" Inosuke demand- I mean asked. Tanjiro snapped his head over to him, shocked at his rudeness. Y/N knelt down to the tiny old woman and poked her fingers into her large hair.
"You must be Demon Slayers." She stated.
"She looks pretty weak." Inosuke concluded, pressing his finger on her large hairdo.
"Hey!" Tanjiro scolded.
"Hey, granny, you got any meat?" Y/N asked, poking the woman's hair. Tanjiro snapped his head over to her as he realized he was the only one here with any respect. The old lady didn't seem to mind at all though.
"Y/N-san!"
"Please come in."
The four slayers walked inside the peaceful estate, trailing behind the speedy old woman who was getting farther by the minute.
"That little old lady sure is fast!" Zenitsu exclaimed from behind Tanjiro.
The small old woman led them to a small place in the back of the property.
"This is where you'll be staying."
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The old woman prepared everything for the group.
The poor lady had some trouble though with our protagonist.
First, Y/N was about to change in front of the guys. Luckily, a red faced Tanjiro stopped her before she could take off her shirt. Y/N, clueless self, didn't understand why she couldn't change with them. Zenitsu would've to explain, but he had already fainted. Inosuke didn't care or understand. In the end, the old lady had lured Y/N away with food.
Worked like a charm.
And then, Y/N was gouging down meat and just food in general. Now Tanjiro knows that Y/N is a bottomless pit. The poor cook was getting exhausted, so the old woman made some herself.
"Thanks, Granny! You're a great cook! Shishishishi~!"
Lastly, the doctor's visit could've gone better. After finding out that Inosuke broke 4, Tanjiro had 3, and Zenitsu had 2, Y/N felt upset because she had 0 broken ribs, but her arm was broken.
A normal person would just shrug it off and be grateful.
*CRASH*
...And then there's Y/N.
"Y/N-SAN?! ARE YOU OKAY??!!"
Y/N had just jumped off the roof and landed on her side. Tanjiro and Zenitsu was panicking while the doctor was mortally terrified at this girl.
What idiot just jumps off the roof like that unless their suicidal??
Y/N's not suicidal, she's just on her last fourth of her ✨B R A I N C E L L✨
So congrats, Y/N.
You've broken 5.
"Why would you do that??" Tanjiro asked, shaking the girl by the shoulders as she laughed loudly at the news.
"Bwahahaha~! Looks like I win~!" Y/N grinned.
"This isn't a competition!"
"Hah??! No way am I losing to you, girlie!" Inosuke screeched, jabbing a finger at Y/N.
"This isn't a competition, idiot!" Zenitsu scolded the boar boy.
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"So, now we all have broken ribs." Zenitsu stated.
All four of the slayers were laying down on their futons, right next to each other. Y/N was offered another room, but Y/N told the old woman she wanted to sleep with the guys.
"My face hurts a lot more though." Inosuke muttered, a red mark on his face from being punched by the straw hat girl.
Y/N was dead asleep, so if he wanted an apology, he's gonna have to wait.
"I'm sure Y/N is sorry." Tanjiro told Inosuke, who shrugged.
"Um, hello? Where's my apology? It really hurt, y'know. Getting pounded to a pulp like that. Say you're sorry."
"I'll pass."
"Just say you're sorry!"
"I'll pass!"
"Be nice!"
"If you're gonna be like that, we're not eating with you anymore!" Zenitsu firmed. Y/N stirred awake at the special word of: eating.
"Food?" Y/N mumbled as she sat up and looked around for the implied food.
"What's up with that?" Inosuke asked the yellow haired boy.
"Meals always taste better when you eat them together."
"He's right." Tanjiro agreed.
"Wha-?" Y/N asked, pouting about no food. "I didn't know that. Food just tastes good in general." The girl stated, making Zenitsu pout at her cluelessness.
"Y/N, who's side are you on?"
"See, she gets it." Inosuke stated with a nod.
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"Tanjiro, no one else is asking, so I'll ask myself."
Zenitsu sat up, breaking the silence.
"Why are you travelling with a demon?"
"Wait, huh?" Y/N asked, sitting up, confused face on. "Tanjiro's travelling with a demon??"
"You didn't know, Y/N?" Zenitsu asked the girl, who still looked confused as hell.
"You did??"
"You're clueless, girl." Inosuke muttered.
"He knew, too??" Y/N asked. The girl never even really thought about Tanjiro's box. Little did she pay attention to it. She only noticed it when she walked behind him when they came to the wisteria house. She didn't think that anything was in there.
Much less a demon.
"Sorry, Y/N, I should've mentioned it sooner. But Zenitsu, you knew and you still protected the box." Tanjiro smiled at his friend. "You really are a great guy, you know that? Thank you."
The electric boy's face bloomed in red at the compliment. Y/N grinned as she patted his back.
"Shishishi~! I could've told ya that!" She exclaimed, making the boy blush more. Zenitsu rolled on his futon, basking in the praise, bashfully. It's not everyday he gets a compliment.
"There's no point in flattering me, you know!" The boy cheered, rolling around like a little girl getting told their crush likes them back. Tanjiro sweatdropped, but continued to praise him.
"I've got a keen sense of smell, so I knew it from the start. How kind you are, Zenitsu, and how strong you are." Zenitsu had stomped the brakes really hard as he sat up and deadpanned at the burgundy haired boy.
"Now, you're just teasing me. I'm not strong. I haven't forgiven you for stopping me from bringing Shoichi. You're lucky I still have Y/N to protect me." Zenitsu corrected him as he clung to Y/N by the shoulders.
"Shishishi~! I am pretty strong~!" Y/N grinned, pridefully. Zenitsu's glaring at an apologetic Tanjiro paused when the wooden box Tanjiro was carrying started to make noises. The door started to bang as if it was trying to get out.
Y/N was closest to the box, so Zenitsu zipped away, jumping onto his feet as fear bubbled up. The last thing he needed tonight was to see a ferocious demon!
"It's trying to come out!" The boy squealed.
"It's all right." Tanjiro said, trying to calm down the boy.
"What's all right? Huh? Huh?!" Zenitsu screeched out of fear as Y/N just stared at the box in curiousity.
"Shush! It's the middle of the night, Zenitsu!" Tanjiro scolded the boy who was overreacting. The box door opened, making Zenitsu let out a high pitched scream as he scurried away, teary-eyed.
"IT'S NOT LOCKED?!! P-P-P-PROTECT ME!! SOMEONE PLEASE PROTECT ME!!" Zenitsu screamed as he ran around the room in panic. "Even you'll do, Inosuke!"
"Stay away from me!" The angry boar screamed as Zenitsu clung to him in fear. In response, Inosuke kicked his chin, sending Zenitsu flying towards the box.
"Shishishi~! You guys are so weird, shishi~!" Y/N laughed, amused by them. Out from the box, a small hand with sharp nails came out. As Zenitsu dashed away from the box, he tried to climb the closet shelves. Y/N turned around to look at the demon.
Out of the box came a tiny doe eyed girl. She had a bamboo muzzle over her mouth and a bow in her hair. She looked cute and peaceful.
Zenitsu literally pressed the pause button while Tanjiro smiled at the girl.
"Nezuko!" As soon as 'Nezuko' came fully out of the box, she grew bigger, only her size increasing. "Zenitsu, Y/N, this is Nezuko. She's my-"
"Tanjiro." Zenitsu's voice wasn't full of fear like normally. His voice was low and dead serious. For some reason, he was glowing too. "Listen to me." Y/N could've sworn she saw an electric spark from him too. Tanjiro felt a chill up his spine.
"Z-Zenitsu...?"
"Listen to me. JUST WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE??!" The boy asked, outrage lacing his voice.
What the fu-
"You've been travelling with not one, but TWO girls this cute?" The lightning boy asksed, referring to Nezuko and Y/N, who blinked in confusion. "With two girls in tow, you've been travelling in pure bless day after day, haven't you?"
Tanjiro was catching on. It wasn't like that! Nezuko is his sister and Y/N is his friend! Not to mention, he's only been with Y/N about the same amount of time he's been with Zenitsu!
"Wait, it's not like that! It's-"
"GIVE ME BACK ALL THE BLOOD I SHED!! I DIDN'T SUFFER JUST SO YOU COULD BE ALL LOVEY-DOVEY AND 'TEE-HEE' WITH GIRLS!!"
"What's gotten into you all of a sudden??!"
I bet the neighbors are wondering what the hell is going on next door.
As Zenitsu ran around chasing Tanjiro out of sheer wrath, Nezuko looked over at Y/N who stared right back.
"Your name's Nezuko? I'm Monkey D. Y/N, nice to meetcha!" The straw hat girl stated, dugging a finger in nose casually.
Nezuko blinked at the girl. She must've been the presence Nezuko was feeling while inside the box. She had felt a warm and playful presence aside her brother for a while now, but never knew who it was. This girl had the exact same one.
Nezuko gave the girl a closed-eyed smile and 'hmm!' of friendliness as she shrunk and headed over to Y/N while the other two boys ran around the room like crazy psychos.
The demon girl settled into Y/N's lap, who laughed at the girl's shrinking and growing trick.
"Shishishi~! Wow, you're pretty cool, Nezuko~! Shishishishi~!"
"Hmmm!"
And for the rest of the night, Nezuko and Y/N laughed Tanjiro and Zenitsu run around until falling asleep peacefully.
And for Inosuke?
Yeah, he was out a long time ago.
Quite the friend group, am I right?
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taisho era secret!
Y/N became nezuko's new favorite person to sleep on. the slayer apparently gave off a comfortable and reassuring vibe, so nezuko likes to sleep with her now.