Can't I See You One Last Time?

Chapter 7: Peace-Filled Dreams

Rengoku was ordering more bento boxes and sharing them with the two slayers next to him while talking to Tanjiro.
"This is the first time I've heard of the 'Dance of the Fire God'! I'm actually delighted to see that you were able to apply the dance your Father preformed in a fight, but that's enough of this story!"

The Dance of the Fire God...
It was the dance that the head of the Kamado Family would dance every winter. Even if the head was frail, like Tanjiro's father, they would get up and dance. The dance had a special breathing technique that allowed the body to dance for a long time. During the mission on Nagamoto Mountain, Tanjiro had used the breathing technique to help him cut the spider demon's tough webs. In those moments, the water the flowed behind Tanjiro's sword turned to fire.

Tanjiro's face turned into a confused on,
"Huh? Could I have a little more..."
His voice drifted off as he spoke. Then, out of nowhere Rengoku said,
"You should become my Tsuguko! I'll look after you!"
'Tanjiro...becoming his Tsuguko.....
NO WAY IN HELL'
"Tanjiro is already studying the Water Breathing technique."
It's as if everything paused. Zenitsu and Inosuke stopped eating to look at Giyuu. Rengoku and Tanjiro moved their attention to him. While Zenitsu was looking at him, he thought,
'So I was right after all...'
Inosuke was feeling weird,
'What's with the sudden shift in the air?'
Tanjiro was sniffing the air,
'Is Giyuu-san angry?"
Rengoku was baffled,
'How protective...'
To get out of that frozen mood, Rengoku boasted his voice once more.
"Young Mizoguchi, what color is your blade?"
Everyone was pulled out of their trance and continued what they were doing. Tanjiro answered quickly,
"I'm Kamado and it's black!"
Rengoku was surprised,
"Black! That's tough!"
Tanjiro was confused,
"Is it tough?"
And the subject was changed again,
"I've never seen swordsman with a black blade become a Pillar! What's more, I understand that you don't even know what kind of swordsmanship to master!"
Then, Rengoku touched the same subject again,
"I'll train you at my place, so be at ease!"
Why are you talking about that when you know Giyuu hates that, Zenitsu thought. Giyuu spoke up yet again,
"I told you Tanjiro's-"
Giyuu was cut off by the sudden movement of the train. Zenitsu pointed out the the train had started moving again. Inosuke moved to another seat to open window and stick the top half of his body out the window.
"IT'S SO FAST!"
Zenitsu looked in Inoskue's direction to see his bottom half leading out of the train window.
"Excuse me."
Zenitsu stood up, walked passed Rengoku, hovered over Inosuke, and hit him on the back of his head.
"THAT'S DANGEROUS, MORON!"
The two started yelling at each other,
"I'M GONNA GET OUT AND RUN! I'M GONNA HAVE A RACE TO SEE WHICH ONE IS FASTER!"
"THERE ARE LIMITS TO IDIOCY!"
Giyuu stared at them wondering what would happen if the both accidentally fell out of the window. Then he thought that that couldn't happen because they were sent on this mission by Master, meaning they had a job to do here. Plus, they're Tanjiro's friends and he would be sad to see them hurt.
"The demon can appear at any second so you should be prepared."
The stopped yelling at each other and looked back at Giyuu. Zenitsu's face darkened,
"Huh?"
Silence spread throughout the train car.

Zenitsu slowly got up with his head down. He turned around then quickly lifted his head showing a terrified face.
"YOU'RE KIDDING. A DEMON'S GONNA APPEAR ON THIS TRAIN?!"
Giyuu responded nonchalantly,
"Yes."
Zenitsu's face became even more terrified,
"YES? NOOOOOOOOO! SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO A PLACE WITH DEMONS, BUT ONE'S GONNA SHOW UP HERE? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"
All of them just stared at Zenitsu like they were expecting this, and they were. The current Zenitsu is a man who cries all the time and thinks he's going to die on every mission. He fans over good looking girls and begs them to marry him saying that he's going to die. He looks up to a kid who, in his mind, saved him from a demon. Zenitsu kept yelling,
"I'M GETTING OFF!"

After Zenitsu was finished yelling, Rengoku explained why they were on the train.
"In a short period of time, more than 40 people disappeared on this train! We sent numbers of swordsmen, but none of them ever reported back! So that's why me and Giyuu, as pillars, were sent on this mission!"
Why does he sound so enthusiastic about this? Tears started down Zenitsu's eyes as he continued to yell with his face stuck with terror.
"HAAAAAAH, I SEE!! I'M GETTING OFF!"
The conductor was walking through the aisle with his ticket checker. In an emotionless voice he said,
"I will...look at...your tickets..."
Tanjiro looked at the conductor,
"What's that?"
Giyuu responded to Tanjiro before Rengoku like it was a race.
"The conductor comes around and confirms your ticket. Then, punches a hole in it."
"But I don't have..."
Tanjiro's voice thinned out as he saw Giyuu had the conductor two tickets. The conductor punched holes in the tickets while Zenitsu was still yelling to get him off the train. Then said,
"I have seen them..."
Seeing the two tickets wasn't the only thing that made Tanjiro's voice thin, it was the rotten smell coming from the conductor, and the smell of a demon. Giyuu and Rengoku noticed it as well. The two made quick eye contact deciding which one would attack the demon. Giyuu closed his eyes and put his head down signaling that Rengoku could take the demon. Rengoku stood up,
"Conductor, it is dangerous so stand down!"
He walking in front of the conductor and pulled his sword out.
"It's an emergency, so I would prefer it if you didn't ask me why I have a sword on me!"
The demon standing in the aisle had one head, but two faces. It was like one face was forcing it's way out of its head while the other was being pushed out of the way. It had characters carved into it's eyes. The demon was kneeling but it was the sized of two normal sized man. Four spikes were combing out of its head, and two more spikes coming out of its broad shoulders. You could see it's veins popping out throughout its body. The only clothing is was wearing was pants that were tattered and ripped at the bottom.