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

~chapter fifty-eight~

(Y/N) Pov:

"How's this?!" "Kyah! Incredible!" called the two woman that just washed off the horrible make-up from Inosuke's face. "Her face was painted so weirdly, but this is what she's like when it comes off! We struck gold! We got this beauty for cheap!"

I had to hold in my laughter. If only they knew that that's not a girl, but the boar man, Inosuke. "And you really got her for cheap, too? What luck we have!" called the second woman, cupping my face with her hands.

I smiled at her, saying: "Ah, thank you, miss." "And she's so polite, too!" The other woman, the one that bought us, said: "They're gonna be more popular than the Kyougoku house's Warabihime, and the Tokito house's Koinatsu!"

"But isn't this girl stiff gor some reason? A soft and fleshy girl would be so much better!" "She's more stiff than plump though..." they said, starting to drag us away. "Hey, why are you so quiet?" asked the old lady, looking at Inosuke.

I quickly said: "Oh, she's always been like this. Inos- Inoko just doesn't like to talk. Right, Inoko?" Inosuke nodded his head, clearly annoyed that I called him by a 'wrong' name. "I see. You two know each other, then, I suppose?" I nodded at the lady, answering: "Yes. We've been friends for quite some time now."

"You wouldn't mind haring a room with her, then. Right, (Y/N)-chan?" asked the other woman, making me chuckle. "No, not at all." I answered, making her smile brightly. "You're like an angel." she stated, making me chuckle once more.

Time skip: the next day

I was walking with Inosuke, as we happened to overhear two girls talking to each other. "I wonder if Makio-san is okay. She locked herself in her room and hasn't come out." the other one said: "She said she wasn't feeling well, but she isn't going to the doctor... The mistress might drag her out soon." "I brought her some food now, but I just left it in front of her room."

She's not feeling good? Is that the reason she stopped contacting Uzui-san? I looked at Inosuke, who nodded, seemingly thinking about the same thing than me. We'll check her room. I walked up to the two strangers, bowing respectfully.

"Excuse me. I just overheard your chat. You see, Makio-san is a family friend of mine. Would you be so kind as to tell me where her room is?" I asked, hoping that they'd buy my lies. One of them nodded, saying: "Of course. It's upstairs, the second door to the left." "Thank you so much!" I said, quickly turning around and dragging Inosuke with me.

We slowly approached her room, but Inosuke stopped. "This feels weird. Is she in a bad situation now? I can't tell..." he whispered, kneeling down. "That room where Makio is feels disgustingly weird, yet..." he trailed off, suddenly jumping up, dashing towards the room.

I immediately followed, my eyes widening at the destroyed room we found. A light breeze hit us both, picking up strands of our hair. But the windows aren't open. "The ceiling!" I said, to which Inosuke nodded.

"Hey, you! I know you're there!" called Inosuke loudly, throwing the bowl of soup that one of the girls had left here before. It hit the ceiling, causing a few, obvious noises to appear. The demon's trying to flee!

"You're not getting away!" called Inosuke, starting to run after it. I ran after him, asking: "Where?" "The walls!" I picked up my pace, about to kick a hole into the wall in front of me.

However, a man suddenly appeared, looking at me with a heavy blush on his face." "Oh! There's a cute girl over here!" he said, making me want to punch him. Instead, I said: "Inoko!", then basically threw myself at the man, pushing him out of the way.

Inosuke punched the wall, managing to break a hole into it. But the Demon wasn't there. "Wh-What's going on?!" asked a bystander, but I couldn't care less at the moment. Inosuke continued his way, while I helped the man up, saying: "I'm so sorry, mister!"

He smiled widely, placing both of his hands onto my shoulders, saying: "Don't even worry about it, cutie. How about we talk more about this in a room?" Is this guy serious? "Uh, I'd love to do just that, but I really have to help Inoko. I'm sorry." I said, quickly backing away, starting to run after Inosuke.

As I found him, he was panting, an irritated expression on his face. "You lost it, huh?" I asked, sighing softly. He looked at me, saying: "I lost sight of it because everything got in the way!" I nodded, replying: "Yeah. Working like this isn't exactly easy. I can't move as fast as normally in these clothes, either."

Time skip: night time

3rd Person Pov:

"Tanjiro!" called (Y/N), smiling brightly as she saw him. He immediately returned her smile, hugging her tightly. "I missed you so much." she admitted, closing her eyes. "Me, too." he said, suddenly noticing a different scent on her.

He sniffed her shoulders, saying: "This is... A man?" Nodding, (Y/N) said: "Ah, yes. I threw him to the ground, but he didn't get hurt." "What?" "There's a Demon at our place!" interfered Inosuke, taking a weird stance.

"This is what it was like! I'm sure!" he said, confusing the other two. "Well, yeah, well uh... Just hold up a bit." said Tanjiro, not sure what to think of that. Inosuke changed his stance, saying: "Like this? Can you tell if I do this?!"

Instead of answering, Tanjiro said: "I think Uzui-san and Zenitsu will come here for our regular meet up." "It was like this! I know that much." continued Inosuke. "Yeah, yeah..." "Zenitsu's not coming." said Uzui, sitting on the roof next to them.

None of them had even heard him approach. But what he said troubled them. "Uzui-san, what do you mean by Zenitsu's not coming? He's fine, right?" asked (Y/N), a worried expression taking over her features.

Uzui said: "I think I put you guys in terrible danger. The desires to save my wives has caused me to commit a grave mental error. Zenitsu's whereabouts are currently unknown. He stopped contacting me last night."

"What? No, that's not..." trailed (Y/N) off, taking Tanjiro's hand in her own. Usui said: "You three, get out of here now. Your ranks are way too low. If the Demon here is an upper moon, you can't deal with them. I will regard people who have stopped sending me letters as dead. From here on, I will move on my own."

(Y/N) quickly said: "But, Uzui-san! With Zenitsu gone, we have even more reasons to stay here! We can't just let innocent people get dragged into this. Besides, we fought one of the twelve moons before!"

"That was a lower rank. (L/N), your brother would kill me if I got you into any more danger." stated Uzui, standing up. "But-" He cut her off:" Don't be ashamed. Winners stay alive. Don't mess this opportunity up." Within a second, he was gone.

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