◇INDIGO◇ (Inosuke x OC)

Chapter 7

"I'm home." The demon boy announced as we walked in.

"Good to see you again." A woman's soft voice emitted from further into the room.

"Thank you for taking the trouble to help me." Tanjiro started from next to me. So I guess these two helped him while he ran off. "And the lady...?"

"She's fine now. But I pity her husband. He's in the dungeon now." The woman replied before shifting.

"You're treating humans. Isn't that hard for you?" Tanjiro asked, his voice getting quiet near the end of his sentence.

I remained tensed, uncomfortable in such an unfamiliar setting with two new people. The boy suddenly punched Tanjiro in the chest.

"O-Oh my!" I gasped, suprised by the sudden attack as Tanjiro wheezed.

"Are you saying that we demons crave for flesh and blood as we treat human beings?" The demon boy asked rather harshly as he got in Tanjiro's face. I leaned away, even though the demon boy wasn't yelling at me.

"I'm sorry." Tanjiro whispered, and the boy growled.

"Be nice to our guests. Why do you have to be so rough on them?" The woman spoke up, and I sensed the boy immediately straighten, and shoot away from Tanjiro.

"And who is this?" She asked, and I assumed she was talking to me.

"This is Kazumi. We're working together." Tanjiro introduced me, and I bowed to the woman.

"Oh. No need for such formalities." She laughed lightly, and I straightened back up.

"I apologize, ma'am." I spoke up, almost bowing again.

"I haven't introduced myself. My name is Tamayo. The boy is Yushiro. I hope you three can get along." She stated, and I let out a small nervous laugh, not thinking that I'd get along with the agressive demon boy very well.

"It's not hard on me at all. I think I'm much gentler than the average demon. It's because I have extensively reformed my body. I even freed myself from Kibutsuji's curse." Tamayo stated, answering Tanjiro's previous question.

"Curse?" I questioned, tilting my head.

"You reformed your body?" Tanjiro repeated. I then sensed Tamayo walk away from us.

"This way." She stated, and I carefully stepped forwards, cautious not to bother the unconscious woman. We seemed to enter a different room, and I felt Nezuko immediately drop to the floor, and roll around.

"Nezuko, behave yourself!" Tanjiro scolded the girl, but Tamayo only laughed.

"It's okay. Just relax." She reassured the boy, and I sat down between Tanjiro and Tamayo.

"Sorry about that. Now, what were we on about?" Tanjiro asked.

"We made ourselves survive without eating people. All we need is just a few drops of human blood." Tamayo answered his previous question. So they aren't like Nezuko... They still need blood.

"You drink blood? So you're..." Tanjiro trailed off.

"Perhaps you're feeling disturbed. We buy blood from cash-strapped people under the guise of blood transfusion. Of course, it's not so much as to cause any trouble to their bodies." Tamayo explained.

"I see." Tanjiro replied.

"But still, they need their fix of human blood. Meanwhile, Yushiro needs even less blood. I turned him into a demon." Tamayo referred to the demon boy.

"H-Huh?!" I exclaimed, surprised by her statement.

"What, you turned him?! But-" Tanjiro's sentence was cut off by the woman.