The Blood In The Night- Demon King Tanjiro Au

CHP8- We meet again... but not for long

"You'd better be useful."

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Kurayami was sat down, staring at the cold dirty floor with his head lowered, picking at the bugs that crawled, crushing them in an instant. Tanjiro had stood up from his stone seat, his nose twitched at a certain smell, he started to walk over to the scent.

 It grew stronger every time he took a step, until it stopped completely. The sudden disappearance of the scent confused the brunette demon but he didn't want to let his guard down just in case

A sudden hit of the scent made Tanjiro flinch until something landed on his back and started chocking him, his vision started going blurry, the world was spinning around, he was getting consumed by the darkness..

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Inosuke POV:

My heart was racing so much it felt like it was about to explode, I was trying to find Tanjiro so I could test Shinobu's drug, even though she specifically told me not to, but I just want to see him again, as himself not this thing he has become. I could tell that he knew I was here, I don't know whether or not its his demon instincts to kill or its him fighting back realising its me. I doubt it's the second one.

SHIT!! HE IS WAY TOO CLOSE TO WHERE I AM

I moved quickly, to another tree branch it completely stopped my scent, until when my legs ached since I moved slightly, Tanjiro could smell where I was. I couldn't just sit here and wait until he figures out its me, so I took a deep breath saying a little prayer before jumping down onto the brunette, hitting him in the neck, slowly knocking him out. 

YES!! I DID IT, NOW I GOTTA HURRY UP, I CAN SENSE 3 MORE DEMONS, QUICKLY INOSUKE!!!!

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Hours later

Inosuke made it to the Butterfly Mansion, it took him longer to get there since he was dragging Tanjiro along with him. As he made it into the mansion, Kanao was about to leave until she noticed Inosuke dragging Tanjiro. Her heart sunk, what happened flooded into her mind again, without any control, she yelled "TANJIRO!!.....". Inosuke turned his head around, looking at Kanao with a stern face until he lifted his finger placing it on top of his lip, indicating for her to be quiet.

Kanao nodded and bowed to apologize for her immature reaction. Inosuke smiled at her before walking into the Hospital Ward, placing the unconscious brunette demon on one of the beds, he grabbed the syringe with the drug inside, carefully placed it into Tanjiro's arm. 

The boar sat on the bed next to the maroon eyed boy, hoping this would work, he closed his eyes for the best not hearing the footsteps coming closer and closer, the footsteps stopped before entering the same room as Inosuke.

It was Kocho, she gasped wanting to yell at Inosuke but reconsidered. She walked over to the viridescent eyed boy, tapped him on the shoulder, making him open his eyes and flinch. 

"Inosuke! What did I say!?" Shinobu whispered, not looking too happy. Inosuke started feeling guilty, he let his feelings get in the way. He thought to himself "I'm weak.... so weak".

" I just wanted to see him again... for him to be normal" Inosuke replied whispering, he held his head down in guilt, he was going to get scolded for this, as he was told by a Hashira to not do something. Shinobu sighed looking at Inosuke, she took another breath before speaking again.

"I told you not to.... didn't I? I also said it wasn't finished, the drug I mean.. It hasn't been completely developed yet.. although there is a chance it could work for around 24hrs until it wears off completely" Shinobu continued, speaking softly. Inosuke sighed looking back at Tanjiro.

"When is it going to be completed?" Inosuke asked, wanting to know since he was very impatient. Kocho chuckled slightly because of his impatience, "It can be completed tommorow at the latest, but it depends whether or not I can be able to figure out the last part-" Shinobu was about to finish until Tanjiro started to move around, his eyes shot open, wide open, showing the whites that surrounded his crimson red eyes. 

"WHERE AM I!?" Tanjiro yelled, frantically moving around, until he paused when he saw the glimmering viridescent eyes of Inosuke. The brunette looked at him, with a soft look in his eyes, he smiled at Inosuke. The boar's faced started turning bright red but he managed to contain himself in the end .

"Is it you Tanjiro?" Inosuke asked with slight worry on his feminine face.

"It is Inosuke" Tanjiro smiled like he used to, even though Insouke didn't have a good sense of smelll, he could tell it was true.

Inosuke instantly got up and hugged the brunette tightly, never wanting to let go, tears fell down his face. Tanjiro sat there stroking the boy's hair, smiling.

"I'm so glad..."