♡ Fleeting Heart ♡

♡ Affection? ♡

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"Well, I was cackling because now Inosuke can't yell and be roudy. That fight really took the wind out of him. Made him real timid! It's kind of funny." Zenitsu said through cackles. I looked over to see Inosuke all sad looking.

Poor guy, although he can be quite disrespectful sometimes. I don't really mind he is super pretty after all. Like a little boar.

"Oh hey Murata." I heard Tanjiro call out. I turned to see none other than Murata himself.

"Hi what's up Tanjiro!" He greeted Tanjiro with a warm smile.

"Who's this Tanjiro?" Zenitsu asked, curious as to what was currently happening.

"Huh, oh right this is Murata, he helped us up on Mount Natagumo." Tanjiro simply introduced causing Murata to wave over at me and Zenitsu.

"Anyway, how long did Lady Kocho say you guys would have to stay here?" Zenitsu brought up.

"Lady Kocho, are you talking about the Hashira's? Their terrifying. Just the other night they called us into a meeting. All they did was complain about how the quality of the new demon slayers is just going down hill." As he ranted, I could feel his aura becoming sadder and sadder. I was about to say something positive when Lady Kocho suddenly appeared behind him.

"Ara Ara, so how are you all?" I watched as she clapped her hands together in a friendly manner. It seemed to be a bit too friendly. I mean that is understandable as I already know she's pretty much always angry.

I watched as Murata ran out at the speed of light and Shinobu seemed to just shrug it off with a "well I wish you well."

After, she turned her head to my direction.

"How are you Erime Kotsu? As I hear you're here to undergo some rehabilitation training as Kyojuro is busy with pending tasks." She spoke so formally and kindly.

I couldn't help but smile.

"Yes, that's correct. I'm here as Rengoku's tsugoku to undergo basic rehabilitation training. It's also nice to meet you, Miss Kocho was it?" Her eyes lit up in surprise at the mention of her name.

"My, my Miss Erime, aren't you quite the charming one? Well then we'll have you settle in and begin rehabilitation training as soon as Tanjiro starts. Till then I recommend you resting up."

I looked towards Tanjiro with a smile. He smiled back at me and I turned back to look at Miss Kocho.

"Sounds good. I look forward to starting my training with such kind subordinates." I said, my smile widening as my eyes lit up with joy as I put my hand to my bicep.

"Very well then, rest up for now. As for you Tanjiro, we'll get you a fresh set of rehabilitation clothes. For now please allow for us to accommodate you if you have any issues." With that, Miss Kocho then went to walk out. I'm guessing to take care of some other business.

With that, I walked back to the bed at the far end of the room, Tanjiro went to change into the new clothes that he was given, so I was left with Zenitsu and Inosuke.

"Hey, Erime right?" Zenitsu questioned, causing my head to turn toward him. As soon as I whipped my head to look at him, his lips continued.

"So, how'd you wind up joining the Demon Slayer corps?" As the question left his lips, I mentally face palmed myself. What the hell was I going to tell him. That I'm from another world, not from here.

I sweat dropped and started stammering.
"W-we'll u-um well I guess you could say...." Zenitsu looked at me, his eyes squinting. Showing he was more than a bit suspicious of my intentions.