Is this real? TanZen Story

Chapter 2 I'm doing fine

#1 This drawing goes perfectly with this chapter 

#2 Not my photo credit to the artist

Inosuke POV

"Ugh Monitsu, where are you taking us?!" I said, annoyed. "Yea Zenitsu I am wondering that too." Murata copied. "Hey! Stop copying Murata!" I yelled. He just looked at me unphased and that pissed me off. "Oh you wanna fight? Let's fight!" He just shook his head smacking his forehead. I growled deeply and I was about to say something but Monitsu interrupted.

"I told you! We are going to the place I met Tanjiro yesterday!" "Oh right and this "Tanjiro" what do you even know about him?" Murata asked.

Zenitsu hesitated, "I don't know a lot but he gives off a friendly vibe." Murata Finally they both shut up. Monitsu started to run and I thought it was a race so began to sprint after him yelling, "I'm gonna win!" I am guessing he began to speed up but I didn't pay attention. I just cared about winning.

Murata POV

Zenitsu is really weird. He becomes friends with a guy he doesn't know anything about. Ugh I just don't want to see him get hurt. Not again. That was too much to bear for me AND him. "Zenitsu, why do you trust this boy?" I asked suddenly.

"He helped me when I was having a hard time yesterday. And I don't know he just sounded different from anyone else I have met before."

"Huh. I am just worried. I don't wanna see you get hurt again."

He smiled and stopped jogging. He hugged me. I was surprised I had never gotten a hug from him before. "Wha-"

"I'll be ok this time, Murata. I'm glad to know that someone cares about me the way you do." He said before I could say anything. I smiled and hugged him back.

Zenitsu POV

Murata is lucky to have someone like Akihiko. I wish I had someone like that. I let go of him and began to jog again. Finally we made it to the park and to the tree where I met Tanjiro.

Something was off though. I could hear something but I couldn't pinpoint where it was. It sounded like sorrow or agony. I ran over to the tree where he heard it the best. From there I could pinpoint it to a nearby alleyway. I told my friends to stay there so I could check something out but of course Murata had to hold Inosuke back from chasing me.

(Also yes Zenitsu's heightened sense of hearing is so powerful he can hear emotions)

I ran to the alley where the sound was really strong. I turned the corner and I saw a shirt on the ground. It was the same shirt that Tanjiro had on when they had first met. I sprinted over to it and picked it up.

My first thought was he was kidnapped. I ran back to my friends screaming to go to the school.

"GET TO SCHOOL NOW!!!" This made them both flinch but they ran to the school. It was about to start anyway and we were just on time but I didn't care about that. I was worried. If Tanjiro wasn't at school then something had to have happened to him.

I did my best to not scream his name and sprint around the school. So many people here! How will I ever find him this way?! There are too many sounds for me to pinpoint him. I began to panic but just as I thought all hope was lost I saw the green and blacked checkered sweatshirt he had on. I began to run over to him with a sense of relief. As I was running though I saw he lifted his chin to the sky as if sniffing for something. A sound of guilt suddenly erupted from Tanjiro.