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

~ninety-five~

3rd Person Pov:

"Haganezuka-san! So you're feeling better now? That's great!" cheered Tanjiro, a bright smile on his face as he stood up from his seat next to (Y/N)'s bed. The swordsmith, despite being alright, was breathing heavily, very excited for Tanjiro to look at the sword he had finished.

Confused, (Y/N) said: "You don't look okay, though. Do you need water, Haganezuka-san?" To that, he didn't reply. Instead, he held the sword out to Tanjiro, who gratefully took it.

"Ah, the sword... Thank you very much." he said, then noticed the hilt on it. He teared up a little, saying: "Rengoku-san's hilt!" "Bl- Bla- Blade..." muttered Haganezuka, motioning the young Demon Salyer to take a look at it.

Tanjiro quickly caught on, saying: "Blade? Yeah, let's look at the blade itself!" He opened the sheathe, fascinated by the fine craft of the sword. "Amazing... There's a different depth of black here..." he noted, caught off guard by the beautiful appearance of the sword.

"It looks really pretty." mentioned (Y/N), a sweet smile on her face. She was happy that Tanjiro was this amazed by his new sword. One he worked hard to obtain for, at that.

Haganezuka spoke up. "And the steel is good quality. The previous wielder must have been a very strong swordsman." "Hm? The character 'metsu' for destruction?" asked (Y/N), noticing the single character engraved in the blade of the sword.

Nodding subtly, the swordsmith said: "The swordsmith who forged this blade made it to destroy all the Demons. He didn't even leave a single clue about his identity. There was nothing but that character."

He then added: "Apparently, the Demon Slayers hierarchy was established after this blade was made. And that's why only the Hashiras get the characters 'akki messatsu' or 'destroy all evil Demons' on them."

"Oh, I see now. What an amazing sword... But I don't think I saw the character when I received it..." trailed Tanjiro off, closing the sword. Suddenly filled with anger, Haganezuka blew up a little.

"That's because you had the nerve to swing it around before I managed to get the rust off. Imma kill you." he threatened. "I'm so sorry!" "We're sorry, Haganezuka-san!" apologized the young couple, not liking his sudden drop in mood.

He was, however, still angered, and complained: "The fact that there are irremovable scratched on this blade right now is making me cry waterfalls. The pain is physically killing me! Thanks to you dumbasses, I had to work extra hard."

"But these two had some pretty bad wounds themselves. That girl even died on the battlefield." tried to defend the Kakushi, only to have Haganezuka direct his anger towards him. "Imma kill you!" "He's not listening!"

Quickly turning back to face the young swordsman, Haganezuka said: "Listen, Tanjiro. You know you're gonna have to bring me mitrashi dumplings from now on until the day I die, right?" "O-Okay, I'll do that!" called Tanjiro, causing Haganezuka to turn around, starting to leave.

"You're already leaving? Uh, take care!" called (Y/N) after him, watching how he slammed the door behind him. Releasing a sigh, the Kakushi in the room said: "I only heard rumors abotu him, but he's pretty intense."

"Actually, he was pretty mild today. It kinda looked like he was in pain." noted Tanjiro, to which (Y/N) added: "Yeah. And he was really excited about the sword. So much that he wasn't angry at me for scratching mine..."

Then, someone else joined their conversation. Someone that had been lying in the bed next to (Y/N)'s, trying to sleep. "You people have been blabbing on and on for a while there."

"Ah, I'm so sorry, Genya!" apologized (Y/N), having completely forgotten that he was there in the first place. Tanjiro said: "We're done now. Sorry about the commo-"

However, he didn't even get to finish his sentence as the window to their left was smashed to pieces, and an all too familiar boar man jumped through it, laughing as he did so.

"Inosuke?! Why'd you break the window?!" asked Tanjiro, shielding his girlfriend from the glass that was flung their way. The Kakushi hit Inosuke on the head, yelling: "You dumbass! Kocho-sama's gonna kill you!"

Genya sighed heavily, saying: "I want another room..." while Inosuke began to yell rather loudly. "Stronger! Stronger, stronger! We're gonna gave a super hard training session now!"

He was obviously excited as he kept on yelling. "Lots of strong people coming together to train... And some hubble dubble. I can't remember what they were talking about." "What do you mean?" asked Tanjiro, to which Inosuke proudly claimed: "No clue at all!" "Oh, okay...?"

Time skip: a day later

3rd Person Pov:

A special training had begun. It was called 'Hashira training'. Those who ranged lower than Hashiras trained with them one by one. Usually, the Hashiras would only train their Tsugoku and no one else. And that's because Hashiras were busy.

They had many things to do, like protecting their assigned regions, gathering information on the Demons, and improving their own swordsmanship. But ever since Nezuko conquered the sun, the Demons suddenly stopped appearing.

It was like the calm before the storm. And because of that, Hashira only had to focus on night patrol and day training now.

"Apparently..." finished Zenitsu, having told his friends all he knew about the current situation outside of the Butterfly Estate. "Oh, I see! Amazing." said Tanjiro, happy to hear that they could become even stronger.

With a haunted expression, Zenitsu said: "No, it's not. It's horrible. It's living hell. Who thought of this crap? That piece of shit should die." "Hey!" Not liking this negativ mentality of her friend, (Y/N) decided to speak up.

"Getting stronger is a good thing, though! By getting stronger, we can get one step closer to turning Nezuko back into human, and to finally defeat Enenra and Muzan." she said, meaning every word she said.

Pausing for a moment, Zenitsu's expression turned into stone as he asked: "Who the hell is that Enenra guy?" A bit taken back by his sudden change of mood, (Y/N) carefully said: "He's the Demon that killed my family when I was younger. And he was the one that poisoned me, killing me during our last mission."

Without hesitation, Zenitsu stood up, proudly claiming: "I'll do my very best to become strong and kill that stupid Demon with my own two hands! How dare he do so many terribly things to my (Y/N)-chan...! I'll get right to the training! Don't worry, (Y/N)-chan, I'll get stronger for your sake!"

With that, he was about to leave, only stopping once Tanjiro spoke up. "Oh, Zenitsu! I forgot to say thanks." Confused, Zenitsu looked over at his friend, who continued.

"I couldn't use one of my legs back when I was fighting Upper Moon Four, but I managed to cut his head off thanks to the Lightning Breath trick you taught (Y/N) before." he said, smiling kindly at the yellow haired male.

He then added: "I mean, I wasn't as fast as you were, of course. But thanks. This is why having connections with other people actually does help us out. I'm sure everything you'll learn in the Hashira training will help you reach a great future."

With flowers floating around him, Zenitsu had a huge smile on his face as he said: "Aww, you dumbass... You really think that will make me feel better?"

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