a/n: don't forget to comment and happy readings!!
tanjiro looks at (y/n) with a curious look on his face, "what do you plan to do now, (y/n)-chan?" He asks her, furrowing his brows in worry, "if you want, you can come with us for a place to rest. In fact, i insist." He says to her, before reminding himself she did not fully understand him yet.
So to make things as simple as possible, he tried to make hand gestures. By that, he meant holding her hand and doing a walk-motion before putting his thumbs up or thumb down.
(y/n) blinks owlishly at him but somehow understood his lingo...
Somehow despite being separated in the tsuzumi mansion, tanjiro could tell that (y/n) managed on her own despite not having a nichirin blade and he was very curious about her strange ability she portrayed on inosuke earlier. Although, he did not want to be too nosy and invade her business.
(y/n) smiles, looking at the sky, "i think i'll tag along for just a little more." She says, gripping his sleeve to emphasize she was sticking with them. Thus, the four descend the mountain and follow the crow to the wisteria family household where she knew they were headed to.
Throughout the journey, inosuke was yelling at her or tanjiro to fight him, "FIGHT ME YOU WIMP!!!"
tanjiro frowns at him while carrying zenitsu, "my name is not wimp!!! It's kamado tanjiro and her name is (y/n)!!"
"KAMABOKO GONPACHIRO AND (MIS.PRO NAME)!!!" inosuke mispronounces, making (y/n) giggle at him. She found it endearing.
By nightfall when the full moon is up, they finally arrive at a household that holds the wisteria family crest. tanjiro's crow caws out, "rest! Rest!"
The door slides open revealing the owner who is the old lady. She was so cute with her hair-do all puffed up!! granny...
"g-ghost!..a ghost!" zentisu squeaks out like a tiny squirrel as inosuke marches up to the old lady and pokes her head repeatedly, "oi, she's weak." tanjiro smacks his hand away, glaring.
The old lady leads them inside the household. There were shrubs, bushes, and small lakes with fishies inside. It was beautiful. They soon enter the main room where the elder woman leads the boys to a separate room while guiding (y/n) to another to allow her to bathe and get dressed, "a young woman like yourself should get privacy away from hormonal boys." She pats the foreign girl's head, leaving her confused.
(y/n) was soon by herself, which felt kind of lonely in her opinion. So after she got dressed in the striped yukata, she hurriedly went to the dining room where she was welcomed by tanjiro who gestures her to sit down as they all begin eating, stuffing their stomach's full.
"eh? why are you not using your chopsticks, (y/n)-chan??" zentisu asks while motioning to the eating utensils as he sees the female eating with her hands politely, like she always did. Although inosuke was being more brutish about it as he stuffs his face.
"hm?" (y/n) batted her eyelashes subconsciously, making the yellow-haired male blush. She straightens up, "oh," she rubs her neck embarrassedly, "i don't know how to eat with chopsticks." She admits. They don't understand a word she said, so tried to use hand gestures by pointing at the chopsticks and doing an X with her arms with an added shrug.
tanjiro blinks, quickly catching on, "i think she's trying to say she doesn't know how to use them.?" Both boys could tell its because she wasn't from around where they were. Her looks, personality, and language speak for themselves. Foreign. They knew it, but she simply confirmed it herself.
The kamado boy smiles gently at her, "here, let me help you." He takes her hand in his, their fingers almost intertwining together as he shows her how to hold the chopsticks, "like this." He moves their hands together to pick up a tempura, smiling as she struggles to do it but manages in no time, "there you go!"
(y/n) grins at him, feeling accomplished.
zenitsu bit down on his lip hard as he shed tears of jealousy! He should've offered first!! Then he could've held her delicate and soft hands!! No fair!
After finishing their meal, they were lead to their separate rooms when (y/n) pauses and looks at the old lady, "actually, i wanna sleep with them, if you don't mind." She looks at tanjiro and the others, pointing at them with insistence on her face...
"of course." The old lady nods, helping her to set her futon and before she left the room, she handed the foreign girl a book. A beginner for japanese?? It will definitely come in handy!
inosuke was quick to claim the middle but (y/n) didn't care and chose the end to the right (her right) where nezuko's box was. As they lounged around or got themselves comfy, the old lady brought in a doctor to check on their wounds.
(y/n) opened her yukata suddenly, making zenitsu screech as a fiery blush takes over his face. tanjiro exclaims with red ears of his own, "(y/n)-chan, don't!" Although to their surprise, she wore her tank top underneath the yukata, so they sighed in relief. She lifted her tank up a bit, revealing smooth and soft skin as the doctor checks her for injuries. Luckily for her, she only has bruises, nothing more.
Once their examination was done, the four laid on their futons in silence with the lamp on, "...who would've guessed that you both had broken ribs?" zenitsu commented, "although what surprises me even more is that i have no injuries at all even though i was beat up brutally by a boar-head." He threw shade to inosuke, who grunts carelessly. He then looks at (y/n), who laid beside him, "neh, how did you do that, (y/n)-chan??" He asks curiously, making gestures with his hands so she can understand, "and what was that you did on inosuke? It looked scary."
All three boys were silent as they waited for (y/n) to say something. The foreign girl blinks, "i suppose there's no harm in telling you." She begins, "although it's complicated." She cheekily says, sitting up as the three boys had their eyes on her, not understanding a word she said but paying attention, "...i.." she points to herself while flipping through the japanese handbook searching for words, "uhm..heal..!..and...control...people...bodies..!" She tries to say. Hopefully, they understood her.
"......."
There was a silence....
tanjiro blinks, "i think she said she can heal and control....people's bodies??" He nods, making zenitsu and inosuke wonder how the hell he managed to understand the broken japanese words so easily.
(y/n) looks down, "i know it's a strange ability to have, but it helped me on my journey and in defeating demons too." She grins, before her mouth slightly turns downward, "i just hope this doesn't change the way you think about me," she scrunches the blanket with her hands, lowering her eyes. It must be abnormal to have a power like that in this world, she must be a freak. Well, technically she is, lmao.
tanjiro sits up slowly, sending the foreign girl a reassuring smile, "of course it doesn't change the way we feel about you, (y/n)-chan! In fact, i think it's incredible what you can do! You can heal people and you can defend yourself at the same time. Amazing!"
(y/n) didn't understand what he said but expression were words enough. She smiles softly, scratching her cheek, "arigato?" She scrunches up her nose, grinning when he nods whilst giving her a thumbs up.
tanjiro then looks at inosuke, "inosuke, why did you join the demon slayer corps?" He asks the pretty boy.
"a member of the demon slayer corps barged in on me on my mountain so we battled to see who is stronger and i seized his sword. Then i heard about some final selection and the existence of demons." inosuke grins madly.
"so we're mountain buddies then!" tanjiro smiles.
"tch, don't lump me in with you!! Testing my strength on other creatures is my only pleasure!" Inosuke puts his boar hide back on.
"i see..." tanjiro nods his head with little tears in his eyes. Aww, baby.
It was quiet again until zenitsu sits up next, glancing at the box in the corner, "...tanjiro...since no one isn't asking, why are you traveling with a demon?"
(y/n) glances at both tanjiro and zenitsu as she combs her hair out with the brush the old lady given her, feeling her hair all knotty.
tanjiro stares at the yellow-haired male for a minute before smiling, "you knew and you protected my box anyways, arigato! I could smell instantly how kind and strong you are, zenitsu." He glances at (y/n), "you too, (y/n). You have this sweet smell radiating off you!" He points to his nose, then at her, giving her a thumbs up.
The foreign female tilts her head. Huh??
The box then rustled from the inside, making zenitsu panic. The lid slowly opens and the yellow-haired male runs to inosuke for protection only to get kicked in the face! He squeaks when the lid full opens, scrambling back to hide in the closet.
(y/n) sat on her futon amused as she watched nezuko peek her head out before fully crawling out. She grew into her full size, tilting her head to the side before her eyes land on the foreign girl. She approaches the (h/c)-ette and lays her head on her lap, "mhmm!"
(y/n) grins, running her fingers across nezuko's hair gently as she fluttered her eyes closed, nuzzling into the foreign girl's lap even more upon feeling the calming sensation on her head, "aww, how cute!" She says, chuckling.
"........tanjiro..." zenitsu's voice was suddenly serious as his hair shadowed his face, "how dare you keep two beautiful girls to yourself, you home-wrecker!!! (y/n)-chan is mine!!! YOU CAN'T HAVE HER!!!" He screeches, giving hearts to the foreign girl who laughs upon his behavior.
tanjiro frowns exasperatedly, "what are you talking about!!? (y/n)-chan isn't yours!! She can be with whomever she wants!" He argues back, the two boys yelling at each other.
"SHE'S MINE!!"
Two days went by and (y/n) took the time to hurry and learn japanese with the help of tanjiro, zenitsu and the old lady. By the time the third day ended, she was able to grasp speaking japanese albeit not great but still manageable. Her sentences were sometimes broken. It was a lot of info to take in but it was better that way because she needs to communicate with them if things start going south.
The next day, (y/n) decided to hurry the healing process and fixed tanjiro and inosuke right up. Her hands touching their bare chest as she did so. The kanado boy blushes heavily, feeling her soft hands on him while the latter felt his stomach flutter from her touch but brushed it off as something else.
zenitsu glares at them murderously when (y/n) was not looking.
The doctor came to check up on them and found nothing was wrong with them. Just then, tanjiro's crow flew in through the open door, landing on the ground as it cawed out directions, indicating another mission, "north-northeast! north-northeast! The three of you are to go to mount natagumo!" It instructed to tanjiro, inosuke and zenitsu.
(y/n) blinks, "since i'm not a demon slayer and not obligated to their rules, i will be going with them." She simply says, making the crow look at her. She wanted to save her baby rui no matter what! Who gives a fuck of the danger there is!
tanjiro looks at her concerned, "but (y/n)-chan," he cuts himself off as he knew she probably might follow them regardless, "never mind." He shakes his head. In truth, he wasn't sure how to feel about them parting so soon. He gotten so used to her company and if she suddenly wasn't around, he couldn't bear to have the empty void in their group. Not to mention, he felt this instinct or urge to protect her, to keep her in his sights at all time despite knowing she is capable of defending herself.
The four of them left the wisteria household, the sun shining on them in its blistering heat. After a parting gift from the old lady, they started running to their next destination.
(y/n) felt anxious on the way and a bit excited because this mission was way more dangerous than their previous ones. By nightfall, they all make it to the base of the mountain. As she looks up, instantly the hairs on her skin stood up as goosebumps appeared. Her gut was twisting and she knew the dangerous feel the forest let out. There were at least five demons in there but she wasn't backing down cause she got the voice on her side and her plot armor!
"hold up for a second!!" zenitsu shouts, halting them in their tracks, although (y/n) did not pay attention to his whines as she walks up ahead. Soon after, she heard tanjiro and the others hurry up behind her as both boys (except inosuke) could sense the imminent danger shrouding the mountains.
They all froze as they see one of the demon slayer members; a boy, lying on the ground. He rose his head, "help me...." tears escape his eyes.
(y/n) wastes no time and grabs tanjiro's sword, unsheathing it. The three boys let out surprised yells at her action, watching as she sliced the air??? Although the foreign girl could feel she cut the webs off the boy. She gazes around her before dropping to her knees, hoisting him up by his shoulders as tanjiro and the others come up behind her, "are you alright? You're safe now. I cut the webs off you, so you're no longer attached." She reassuringly says to him.
The boy weeps into her embrace, relief flooding through him, "a-arigato!!" He cries. She pats his back gently.
tanjiro picks his sword up, sheathing it as he looks at her confused, "(y/n)-chan? what's going on? What webs? I didn't see anything." He asks, furrowing his brows.
(y/n) looks at him, zenitsu and inosuke, chuckling nervously, "erm...all will be explained the further we go in." She says while waving her hand, before looking at the boy, "you should leave, we'll take care of this. You've done enough." She smiles softly at the demon slayer.
"but.....!"
(y/n) raises her brow, "would you rather go back in there again or what?" She asks, propping her hip out as she lays on hand on it, looking down at him expectantly.
The boy shakes his head profusely before bowing his head at her and running back the way they came from. He needed to get help!!!
(y/n) looks at tanjiro and the others, a determined grin on her face, "let's go!!"
TAISHO SECRETS
. The boys were amazed at (y/n)'s powers.
. tanjiro smelt a sweet scent coming from (y/n).
. zenitsu thought (y/n)'s sound was the most beautiful he ever heard in his life.
. nezuko becomes attached to (y/n).
. nezuko see's (y/n) as her big sister.
. the boys now know (y/n) is foreign.
. tanjiro has (y/n)'s soft hands engraved in his mind.
. tanjiro feels overprotective of (y/n) knowing she is not demon slayer.
a/n: enjoy!!!