Season 1 Episode 2 ~ Red Bean

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The next day had rolled in pretty fast. Last I checked, I think Tanjiro left because the master had sent for him. I don't know what it was, but hopefully it wasn't a mission.

So, the rest of us were just in the living room, waiting for him to get back so we could decided what to do since it was still pretty damped and rainy outside. I was on my phone, texting him and trying to see what he was doing.

~In text~

🌸🎍💅🏻Its funner than boring names and you know it): Hey Onii~Chan! What mission did the master sent you on?🤨🤔

💧☀️⚔️: I'm talking with Master right now.

🌸🎍💅🏻: Okay! Love you, Onii~Chan! Make sure you stay safe and don't talk to anyone you don't know or trust!😊

💧☀️⚔️: 😂Okay, Mom! 💖 U 2!

*Don't worry about how they know about emojis. That ain't the point.*

~In reality~

Zenitsu: Nezzy, what did he say?

Me: He's still talking with the master, so he can't really say right now. (Worried) I hope it's not a dangerous mission.

I don't know how, but my mind entered a state a panic.

Me: *Panicking a little bit* I hope he's okay! What if its one of those moons? What if's it's Muzan(See, I told you I'd make nods)?

Zenitsu: *Puts hand on my shoulder* It's okay, Nezzy~Chan. I'm sure if Master did sent Tanjiro on a dangerous mission, he would make one of the hashira go with him. And who knows, it might not be a mission at all.

Inosuke: He is taking a while to come back, though.

Zenitsu: Of course, Inosuke. Stuff like that takes a long time.

Me: I just hope he okay and not hurt somewhere.

A few minutes later, the slide doors opened up. Safe and unharmed, Onii~Chan was holding a small, red and furry-looking object in his hands, wrapped in the right sleeve of his haori. I got up to check on him.

Me: (Relieved) Onii~Chan, you're back! Are you okay? What's that you're holding?

Tanjiro: I'm okay, Nezzy, and this is a fox cub. Master called me because he found her in the forest while it was raining, unconscious but still alive. He gave her to me to see if we could take good care of her.

Me: (Compassionate) Awww! What are you gonna do with it?

Tanjiro* Lowers his head a little bit and sniff the fox cub* (Disgusted) Ugh! She reeks. I want to give her a bath but she hasn't woken up the whole time since I walked here. I'm going to lay her on the couch and watch over her. When she wakes up, I'll see if I can bathe her.

Zenitsu: *Getting up* Did you smell her to see where she came from when you first held her.

Tanjiro: I did. Her scent tells me that she's been travelling for a while outside the HQ all by herself. Since the cub's also injured, I think she was trying to escape a predator like a wolf or something, but I'm not sure because my nose is constantly getting thrown off by her terrible odor. I'd bathe her, but I'd lose the chance to find out what she was doing all alone out there.

Inosuke: Why do you want to trace her scent so bad?

Tanjiro: So I can track down her family.

Me: (Compassionate) Poor girl. But what if the family's far away or worse yet, dead? The master did say she was found outside the HQ.

Zenitsu: Tanjiro, can you try sniffing her again.

Tanjiro: I'll try.

We sat down on the couch and watched as Tanjiro gave the fox cub one more sniff. His face, in disgust was no surprise.

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