Top Dog! (Multi-Anime AU)

Act 51 | Burn Out Your Problems

After a few minutes of walking from the grave, Tanjiro and Eren finally arrived at the warehouse. In there, there's Inosuke, Zenitsu, Genya and the other five.

"Yo, you here." Zenitsu waved at them.

"A bit late aren't you?" Genya asked as Tanjiro sit on a chair.

"We visited the grave first." he replied as Genya nodded. "Where's Inosuke?"

Genya chuckled by that question. "He's touring the five around. Well, he's excited when people came to visit so he can show off." he said makes all of them laughed.

Eren strolling around to check out the warehouse. He found a few mask hanging on the wall. An animal mask. There's fox, boar, parrot, snake and others.

"That's what we will be wearing when we go out the border. Just so you know, sometimes we went out to check out what's going on outside. Like once in a month." Tanjiro said as he approached Eren. "As you know, we are a freerunner so we can hide anywhere if there's Twin Devils around." he continued.

Eren just nodded umderstand. "Freerunner, huh?"

Suddenly, Inosuke came. "Howdy, howdy! It seems like we are all here now!" he said. They all circling up to begin the gathering.

"So what are we gonna talk about?" Zenitsu asked.

Eren look at Tanjiro and he nodded. "Tomorrow, we will help to fight the war against Twin Devils. So I wanna hear if anyone has anything to say about this." Tanjiro said.

Zenitsu put up his hand. "Well, it's been a while since we go to a big fight so how about we have a little sparring?" he asked makes all of their faces bright up, especially Inosuke.

"Sparring! Sparring!" Inosuke shouted.

Tanjiro smirked and look at Eren. "So what's your answer?"

Eren grinned and look at the five. "You guys okay with this?" he asked and the five grinned. Eren know what it means and look at Tanjiro while grinning. "We'll take you guys." he said.

"Yosha!" Zenitsu and the others cheered.

They all went to the spar place. They stretched up a bit to avoid getting any injuries later.

"Since it's four against six, two of you have to fight two people. It's that okay?" Eren asked and the Hashiras all nodded.

"First up, Kitsune versus Zenitsu." The match has a winner, Zenitsu. He's at advantage because of his speed. If Kitsune a bit faster, they can have a balance fight.

"Second, Inosuke versus Kuma and Jinro." The second match also has the winner, Kuma and Jinro. Inosuke was in disadvantage since he has to fight two people, but he has 45% chances of winning if he's a bit smarter.

"Third, Genya versus Tora and Ryon." The third match has a winner, Genya. With his brutal strenght, he just used 10 moves to beat Ryon and Tora, the strong duo.

"Last, Tanjiro versus Eren." This is the most waited match with Tanjiro as the winner. He defeated Eren easily with his insane flexibility and brutal strength. After they finished, they all rested while having a popsicle ice cream. Inosuke is still arguing why is he the only one who lose between Hashiras. The others just laughed at his behavior.

"Man, I can't never beat a Silat practitioner." Eren said as he sipped some water to wet his throat. Tanjiro just laughed hearing that.

"It's a fighting style that was handed down by my family from generation to generation. My father trained me since I was 5 and I succeed to fully learned at 7. People sometimes called me The Crimson Genius." he told Eren about him being a successor of the martial arts that his great-great grandfather practiced.

"And when I was 10, I managed to perfect all the skills." he continued.

"But Silat is originally a dance in combat form, right? I never once see the dances they did." Eren said and all the guys gathered around.

"Well, you can come here when new years come. We celebrate it each year and Tanjiro will be performing the dances, known as Dance of the Fire God." Zenitsu said as they all drank some water.

"Woah! That's a cool name!" Kuma said and they all laughed.

Tanjiro just smile, looking at his friends laughing in happy. He can't ask for more, all he wants is people to have happiness. "The original purpose I gather you all here is to tell that, it doesn't matter if we failed tomorrow but we will do our best from the bottom of the hearts." he make the speech makes them all smiled.

Inosuke laughed. "That means we can slice them up, right?" he asked makes the atmosphere feel creepy.

"Uhh, just don't kill anybody okay?" Tanjiro said and they all laughed.

After hanging a few more hours, they wrapped all the things and went back. Eren, Tanjiro and the five are walking back to Butterfly estate. "Thank you, Tanjiro-san. We have a lot of fun today." Ryon said.

"HAHA! We also lost track of the time and it's already 4 a.m." Tora laughed and Tanjiro just smiled at them.

"Tomorrow is a big day. Make sure to break them all up." Eren said and they shouted back.

After a few minutes of walking, they arrived at the estate. "I will be on my way from here. Goodnight, everyone." Tanjiro said and make his way to Kanao's room. While Eren and the five are sharing room.

"I heard that Tanjiro-san is already married. Is that true, Eren?" Ryon asked and Eren nodded.

"What the hell? How can he marry in such a young age?" Kuma asked. "Yeah! We have to at least wait until graduate." Kitsune said and Jinro hitted his head.

"You idiot. It's obvious because he and his wife already had a kid. They probably already did it and ended up has a child." he said and Tora smacked his head.

"Idiot. Even though he's like that, everyone in town admire him. Right, Eren?" Tora said and Eren nodded.

"Yeah. Even though his father opposed at first, he never gave up for the person he loved. He also never once thought that his daughter a mistake. I trully admire him." Eren mumbled to himself.

The five just stared at him. "He don't think to do the same thing right?" Jinro asked.

Meanwhile, at Kanao's room, Tanjiro entered quietly as he knows that his wife and daughter are sleeping. He approached the bed and stared at the two. He smiled and kissed both of their forehead.

"I love you two." he said and he slipped in the bed. He lay down beside Kanao and hugged her from behind. Kanao who is pretending to sleep, smiled and caressed Tanjiro's rough hand. He took his hand and kissed it.

"We love you too." she muttered and went to sleep.

End of Arc 4: Last Recruit
Next Arc 5: Real Deal

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