Protection [ᴋɴʏ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ]

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴡᴏ

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-Recap-

Facing the man, they both looked eye to eye. But that halted to an end when she saw the surprise in the man's face.

"Muzan?!"

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ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀᴀɴᴄᴇ

Shinjuro POV

Landing on the ground, he thought back to Ubuyashiki's orders. 'Damn it, I am really going quitting after this mission."

Shinjuro was a calm and happy father and husband and thought that this was the peak of his life, but that had changed when his crow announced his wife's sudden death while he was on a mission. 

This caused he to realise the risks of becoming a demon slayer while having a family to return to. Not wanting any of his kids to go down the same path as himself, he refused to continue teaching Kyojuro flame breathing. 

Additionally, he intentionally became much more verbally abusive towards them in hopes of distancing himself with his children. As time went on, Shinjuro started to develop an alcoholic nature in an attempt to try and cope with the pain he was feeling. 

Although he still dearly loved his children, they would only remind him of his  decreased wife, especially Kyojuro.

Halting to a stop, Shinjuro hid in a bush as he felt the presence of a demon near by. Peaking out of his hiding spot, he spotted the demon. But something was different, it had a different aura compared to the other demons that the hashira had defeated in the past.

In the early morning, Shinjuro observed as the demon looked around her surrounding as if she didn't know where she was. 'Well she looks stupid.' He thought while ducking lowing into the bushes. Taking a few steps forwards he accidentally made a rookie mistake from his haori brushing the bushes making a small sound. 

'Shit! Too late now.'

As Shinjuro thought of this he sensed the demon suddenly stiffen, without a second of doubt he rushed out of his hiding spot. Swinging his sword, he landed a direct hit on the demon's left arm as it was flown a metre away from the main body.

"Ouch, Ayo what the fuck" He heard the demon cry out in plain.

It was quite strange. He had never met a demon like this with such foul language and manners.  It sounded as if she was actually in a lot of pain. 'Probably a newly turned demon' He thought.

"Demon" He muttered as he felt it glaring at him, Shinjuro turned and saw the demon's face soften. 'Weird, does it not know its going to die soon?' He questioned himself as he brought his blade up. As soon as he thought that, the demon in front of him started to shiver as its eyes showed nothing but fear.

"Tch, so he's starting to turn children into monster as well. Rules are rules, you're going to have to die child." Shinjuro worded out as his blood boiled. Muzan is starting to turn even young children into monsters now. He felt a tint of empathy as he knew children had a long life ahead of them, but it was taken away by that monster. Examining the demon again, Shinjuro took noticed of its offended look and how it had long white hair.

However when his eyes landed on the demon's eyes, he was suddenly caught off guard. They were both staring directly at each other, but that was not what caught him off guard. It was her pure blood red cat like orbs that had caught him off guard. 

From what all demon slayers knew, only one demon had pure red cat like eyes. One demon. And that was Muzan. From what they knew, no other demon's had red eyes so that would explain the difference in aura he felt from the female earlier.