//Little Demon// Kny x Child! Demon! Reader //

Prologe

Stepping out onto the snow covered land y/n made her way over to her older brother and sister, two cups of warm tea in her tiny hands. "Onii-san, Nee-chan'' At the sound of the girls voice the two teens turned to her, "y/n? what are you doing out here you'll catch a cold!" Nezuko looked at the small girl in worry. "I brought you tea. It's cold and I don't want you two to get sick." She said as she held out the two cups to the teens. "Oh y/n, thank you Imoto." Tanjiro took a cup from his younger sister with a soft smile. Nezuko took her cup and softly patted her younger sisters head. "Thank you y/n. Now head back inside before oka-san finds you out here." y/n nodded her head and headed back inside to join her twin brother for a nap.

"She is gonna end up with a cold again if she isn't careful." Nezuko shook her head as she spoke, turning back to her older brother who was enjoying the tea their baby sister had brought them. "You're right, but she is just trying to help out." The burgundy haired boy sat his now empty cup down into the snow, and continued placing coal into his basket, nezuko stared at her brother for a few moments before downing the rest of her tea and doing the same.

About an hour later the two hoisted their now full baskets onto their backs with huffs. "You know, you two don't have to do this." Their mothers voice broke the silence that hung in the icy air. "Oka-san, we want to!" Nezuko chirped, "we just want all of you to have a good feast for the new year!" Tanjiro continued with a closed eye smile. Their mother sighed, 'The stubbornness of my kids.' she thought. "Come here, a young man and lady shouldn't be running around with soot on their faces." She becond the two teens over to her, taking out a rag she bent down and whipped the soot from the teens faces. "There."

"Nii-chan!! Nee-san!!" The voices of two children rang out into the air, the three by the door turned to see Hanako and Shigeru."Are you heading into town?" asked Shigeru, "I wanna come with you!" Hanako shouted out, bouncing in her spot slightly. "No you two are staying home." their mother turned to the two younger children with a stern look. "But! Oka-san!" The two tried to protest. Only to be shut down by the violet eyed woman. "Your brother and sister aren't taking the cart so they can't carry you when you get tired." Kei wiped her hand on her apron and turned to look back in the house, spotting the two youngest kamados sleeping peacefully.

"What's going on?" Takeo rounded the corner, his hatchet resting on his shoulder. "Are you heading into town already?" he looked at his older siblings stepping behind his two younger ones. "Yeah, so we need you to chop as much wood as you can, ok?" Tanjiro sat his hand on nezukos shoulder as she nodded, agreeing to what her older brother said. "I can do that. I was hoping we could do that together." Takeo mumbled, "Next time, I promise ok?" Tanjiro gave a small smile to his younger brother whose face was a bright red, he didn't expect tanjiro to hear his mumbled words.

The younger two teased Takeo causing him to have an outburst. The whole family had a good laugh, before tanjiro and nezuko headed off. Waving to their family they made their descent down the mountain. They waved to old man Saburo as they passed his house, "Good morning Saburo-sama!" Nezuko shouted as they went by. The old man gave her a simple wave in response and continued back inside his house. "We should bring the others to visit Saburo-sama sometime." Nezuko said, skipping slightly to catch up to Tanjiro. "That's a lovely idea Nezuko!" The burgundy haired boy said, as they reached the entrance to town.

By the time the two teens were done their baskets were empty and the sky had faded into a dark blue mixed with purples and scattered in stars."We made enough to feed everyone for at least two days!" Nezuko jumped with joy as Tanjiro laughed. They headed back up the mountain. Nezuko couldn't wait to tell her mother how much they had made. As they passed old man Saburo's house they were suddenly yelled at by the old man. "You two get in here! It's not safe out there after dark!" The old man becond them inside, "we'll be fine Saboru-sama, Tanjiro has a great sense of smell! He can sniff out any danger!" Tanjiro nodded his head at his sisters words. But the old man wasn't having it, after a few minutes of convincing the two finally agreed to stay the night at the old mans home.

"Can the demons come into the house?" Nezuko asked, taking her hair out of the bun she had it in. "Yes, but the demon slayers protect us." Saburo replied back, his tone bland and lacking emotion. "Now go to sleep." He blew out the light laying down, the teens laid their thinking before finally drifting off. When the morning came the two thanked the old man and went their separate ways. Halfway through the walk, Tanjiro suddenly stopped "Nii-chan? Is everything ok?" Nezuko asked. "Blood..." Tanjiro whispered, then suddenly grabbed his sisters hand, dragging her as he ran to their house. Both of them stood in shock there in front of the house covered in blood were the twins. Nezuko was the first to react, letting out a scream as she ran to the two children. "y/n,Rokuta!!" The shout broke Tanjiro out of his trance and he ran to his sister looking into the house.

His whole family was dead, it was a bloody massacre. "Nii-chan..." Nezukos voice was shaky she held y/n in her arms using her hiori as a blanket to keep the three year old warm. Tanjiro tried to block the sight inside the house from his younger sister, but it was too late as she had already seen it. "Oh god..." Nezuko whimpered out, she held back her tears as she looked to tanjiro. "y/n is still warm if we get her to town, maybe we can at least save her!" Tanjiro was quick to take their baby sister into his arms, "Come on we have to hurry!" He grabbed Nezukos hand and ran. They both ran as fast as they could. The cold air made their lungs ache but they couldn't worry about that right now they needed to get y/n to the doctor in the village.

"Just hold on y/n! Please just wait a little longer!" Tanjiro begged, he prayed that she heard him, Nezuko was silently crying behind them. Her vision was blurry and she didn't realize she misstepped on the cliff side. Before she knew it she was falling she grabbed onto her brother trying to stop her fall only to pull him down with her, they didn't even have time to scream before everything suddenly went dark. 

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