𝕭𝖔𝖓𝖉𝖘 [Tanjiro Kamado X Reader] (Kimetsu no Yaiba)

~chapter twenty-six~

3rd Person Pov:

"Run!" screamed the female Demon Slayer, more tears leaving her eyes. (Y/N) easily avoided her attack, jumping back immediately. "I'm being controlled, so my movements are completely different! We are not that strong!" called that Demon Hunter, closing her eyes shut.

Then, the body of that woman started to move in ways a human can't move. A crack was heard, followed by a gasp for air from her. It was then clear that the Demon didn't care about the condition the woman's body was in.

She went to attack Tanjiro, but he managed to avoid by ducking out of her sword's way. The sound of someone groaning caught his attention. He looked there, watching as two of their comrades were guided towards them by those threads.

The girl of the two of them said: "Ki-Kill us... The bones within our... a-arms and legs are a-all broken... Our internal organs are broken and d-damaged... We're being f-forced to m-move... This pain... we'd rather die... No matter what option we take, t-the result... is death... Save us..."

Tanjiro's eyes widened. This was going way too far. These poor people just wanted to save other humans from Demons, and ended up in so much pain and misery. This wasn't fair. Not one bit. But this was the world they were living in. As cruel as it is, some people can never make it.

"Okay, I got it!" yelled Inosuke, charging in on the two almost dead people. "Wait! There must be a way to save them!" called Tanjiro, about to go after him to stop him. (Y/N) quickly got a hold of him, pulling him back.

She placed her hands on his shoulder, saying: "Tanjiro, listen. I know this isn't what we thought we would be doing, but you have to understand them. They're in so much pain and sorrow. They lost their whole team and are barely still alive."

Her (e/c) eyes teared up as she said: "If you were to die, I would want to, as well." Tanjiro stopped his movements for a second. He knew it was wrong to kill those humans, he knew that very well. But he also knew that she was right. If (Y/N) would die, he would be left heartbroken, his will to live on no longer the same as before.

He reached out to wipe the tears away from her eyes, saying: "I get that. But I can't let Inosuke kill them." She blinked a few times, watching as he ran away from the female Demon Slayer. He then managed to get a hold on her, throwing her over a tree branch.

She started to fall, but didn't hit the ground. Instead, the threads connecting to her body were now tangled in the tree. His two companions, who had watched the whole scene unfolding, smirked. (Y/N) said: "Th-That's an even better way! You're a genius, Tanjiro!" Tanjiro smiled a bit at her, his cheeks tainted in a light red.

Inosuke screamed: "What sort of trick is that?! Lemme try it, as well!" He reached out to the heavily injured woman, throwing her up while yelling: "Up you go!" He then turned to face Tanjiro, pointing his index finger at him while saying: "See? I can do anything you are able to do!"

Tanjiro, who was distracted by the other attackers, said: "Sorry, I didn't see!" "What did you say?!" "I'm sort of busy here!" (Y/N) decided to try it, too, sneaking closer to one of the human puppets. She grabbed it, trying her best to throw it up. However, she wasn't strong enough.

Her attempt failed, and the corpse started attacking her. She was able to dodge almost all of the attacks, only receiving a smaller cut on her cheek. "(Y/N)!" called Tanjiro out, rushing towards her.

"I'm okay!" she noted, blocking the next attack with her sword. Tanjiro took the moment and threw the body over the next branch, stopping it from moving. He worriedly looked over her wound, saying: "Ah, I'm so sorry! I'll protect you now, I promise!"

(Y/N) smiled lightly, hugging him shortly, saying: "Okay. I trust you, then." Again blushing, Tanjiro nodded, returning the hug. Then, the two of them went to team up to throw the incoming people over higher branches.

The white haired Demon woman grit her teeth, saying: "In that case, I'll send that puppet out." As the young Demon Slayers threw yet another few of her puppets over the trees, she yelled: "I don't need these weak puppets anymore! They really are useless! So useless!"

And in that same moment, the people that were hanging on the threads were killed. Their necks were broken so easily. Tanjiro's expression turned grim as Inosuke yelled: "Ahh! Bastard! Now they're all killed!"

(Y/N) gently touched Tanjiro's shoulder, saying: "H-Hey..." "Let's go." was all that he said, standing up and taking her hand in his. "Okay." "Yeah." replied his comrades, all of them starting to run towards the stronger Demon.

"Over here! We're very close!" called Inosuke, rushing ahead of the couple. In the shorter distance, (Y/N) was able to see the puppet there clearly. Her eyes widened as she said: "Bad news..."

"I'm the one who found him first!" noted Inosuke, stopping soon in his tracks. Tanjiro and (Y/N) stopped, too, watching the monstrosity of a puppet before them. It had no head, and its arms are no longer human. They were spider like, with blades attached to them.

"This thing doesn't have a head! This guy doesn't have a weak spot! I can't chop at him if he doesn't have one!" ranted the boar man, his face underneath his mask showing pure confusion. "What do I do? What do I do?!"

Tanjiro said: "Calm down! Let's cut at him from a diagonal angle, from his shoulders! Let's try to slice that thing from the bottom right side of the neck to beneath its left arm pit! It's a large area, so it'll probably be tough, and-"

As always, Inosuke didn't wait for the strategy. Instead, he rushed in, screaming loudly as he charged an attack. "Wait! Inosuke, you...!" tried (Y/N), but gave up right afterwards. He wouldn't listen anyway, so why try?

Just a few seconds of him trying to attack the gigantic puppet, he was sliced multiple times, and those spiders started to climb onto him, the threads deeming him unable to move. He stared at the incoming attack, already knowing that this was how he was going to die.

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