𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 × 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 [OLD]

𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗒-𝖥𝗈𝗎𝗋

For a miserable old fart, Rengoku Shinjuro was fast and really strong too. Y/n kind of just gawked as he snatched up Tanjiro and pinned the poor dude against the ground like some criminal or something.

"Hey, stop, Tanjiro is hurt-!" y/n protested but Senjuro ran over before she could, the boy trying to pull the angry old fart away from the demon slayer with the checkered haori.

"Father, stop! Look at his face, he's clearly not well! Let him go!" Senjuro pleaded only to get back handed with an angry, "Keep your mouth shut!"

Y/n immediately rushed over to keep him from hitting the ground as he fell backwards, appalled by what she'd just seen. Did he— did this man just-?

The h/c haired girl was in disbelief, but Tanjiro was the first to show anger, suddenly finding the strength to free himself from the angry Rengoku, "Cut it out, you monster!"

Damn.

Kicked the dude and forced him to back off.

"R-Rengoku-san, please calm down! I dunno why you're so ticked off but don't take it out on Senjuro and Tanjiro!" y/n hurried to block the man's path to the furious Tanjiro, afraid he'd gut check him or something, 'If anything, yell at me so Shinazugawa-san has a reason to kick your 🍑. No, so I have a reason to do it myself!'

"What's your problem, huh? Insulting your own son who's lost his life, striking the only one you have left!" Tanjiro shouted and y/n turned her head, eyes wide with alarm beneath her mask. 'I get that you're mad, but he'll kill you, idiot-!'

"You..." oh? Was he being reasonable now?
"You're mocking us, aren't you?" What the hell.

"What made you think that?" Tanjiro demanded, "I haven't done anything like that, now you're just making false accusations!"

"You're a wielder of the Sun Breathing technique, don't think I didn't know about those earrings! I-It was in the book!"

'Sun Breathing? Right, Tanjiro did have a question about that, didn't he?' y/n recalled, 'I guess if Kyojuro-san remembered something about it, naturally his father would know about it too.'

"The... the what?" Tanjiro hadn't seemed to have caught in yet, and even if he did, he didn't voice it. Possibly to avoiding pissing off the old fart even more.

"Sun Breathing, the first breathing style! The one from which all other breathing styles originated! Every other breath style is nothing more than an imitation, inferior copies!" that mf spat as Tanjiro was kind of spacing out, "Don't get full of yourself just because you're a Sun breathing user!"

"How could I ever be full of myself? Don't you realize just how useless I've been?!" Tanjiro demanded, the sudden increase in volume causing y/n to recoil in surprise as he ran at the drunk dude, "You good for nothing old man! Don't talk badly about Rengoku-san!"

"Hey, wait! Be careful, father is a retired Hashira!" Senjuro tried to warn the boy but his warning roved futile as Shinjuro snatched Tanjiro up and started beating his 🍑.

Y/n couldn't stand to watch her injured friend get the brakes beat off of him and began to rush over to help, only for Tanjiro to sudden do a whole 360 midair and headbutt the old man so hard they both fell unconscious.

Later on, after Tanjiro had recovered, him, Senjuro, and y/n all sat together. The h/c haired girl was a little worried about her companion, but he seemed well enough despite all that moving about. Still...

'Shinobu-san won't be happy...'

Y/n shuddered as she quietly enjoyed the tea Senjuro had offered her and Tanjiro while the latter was apologizing.