I'm a Yakuza boss's mate!?!

Chapter 16: Come back to me!

Back at the Tengen mansion...

Rengoku and Tanjiro rushed through the front door without waiting to be greeted. Usually this would be a sign of disrespect but this was an emergency. They didn't have time, Zenistsu was in danger and now wasn't the time to formal. Tanjiro was trying to focus but it was hard. He could smell the anger and anxiety of Uzui from the entrance, he knew that it was Uzui because it had the faint scent of pine trees that Uzui usually smelled of mixed in. Where Zenitsu could hear things like emotions and thoughts, Tanjiro could smell them. This had helped him in many situations over the years. And right now he thinks that it could help once again.

Tanjiro stayed right behind his mate trying to hide from the prying eyes of the many men that seemed to be rushing around. Some even stopped midtrack to stare at him, he could tell that all of them were in fact Alphas. One man stopped and opened his mouth to say something, Tanjiro could tell that he didn't like Tanjiro being here just as he opened his mouth to say something a loud growl was heard. Tanjiro's head snapped the direction of the sound to see a pissed off Rengoku looking at the other man. Tanjiro softly grabbed Rengoku's hand, this pulled Rengoku's attention to his slightly frightened mate. Rengoku gave Tanjiro's hand a gentle squeeze. Without a second glance Rengoku gently started pulling his mate towards the main meeting room.

Soon enough they arrived at the room, it was large to accommodate the many members of the family. Currently Uzui was sitting at the front of the room with older gentlemen sitting facing him. Uzui seems to be fielding question after question growing angerier by the moment. Rengoku recognized the other men in the room as the elders of the Tengen group, in Rengoku's opinion the elders were bastards too set in their ways.

"If your mate was discovered, why weren't they brought here immediately to perform the mating ceremony?" One of the elders asked quite pointedly. "This wouldn't have happened if you had done so from the beginning, Uzui."

"My mate is young, I was trying to be respectful to him." Uzui's answer was short and direct. The furry was rolling off him in waves.

"Well now we are in a trying situation. We will need to consider our options." Another man said.

"Options?" Uzui's anger seeped into his voice. "What options? The only option is to save my mate. The only question is how."

"That's an option, another is doing nothing." The second man stated. This seemed to set Uzui off.

"Do nothing? That is not an option." Uzui almost yelled through gritted teeth.

"We should do nothing and we'll find you a new mate. A better mate." The first man said, Tanjiro watched as Uzui's anger finally took control.

"ENOUGH!" Uzui yelled, making all the elders look frightened as Uzui continued. "WE WILL BE SAVING MY MATE! BECAUSE I WILL MATE HIM AND NO ONE ELSE!" Uzui was growling at the men in the room. "LEAVE!" With that one word had all of the older men making a run for it. Rengoku took the opportunity to make his way to Uzui while still pulling Tanjiro along.

"Boss, how can we help?" Rengoku asked, while Tanjiro moved to stand next to him.

"I need an actual plan on how to save him. The elders are useless." Uzui said the scent of anger was still wafting off him but Tanjiro was able to pick up the scent of something else as well, worry. Uzui was trying to be strong but he was afraid for his mate, Tanjiro could see the love for Zenitsu all over Uzui. He just hoped that Zenitsu would get to see it for himself.

"We'll do anything we can to help." Rengoku said, this made Uzui look at Tanjiro who was standing just a little behind Rengoku.

"I appreciate you both being here. It's good to see you again Tanjiro, I wish the circumstances were different though." Uzui's voice and scent only conveyed sincerity.

"Me too. You're going to save him right?" Tanjiro's voice cracked a little. Zenitsu was his best friend and he was terrified about what might happen to him.

"That's the plan. Actually you might be able to help." said Uzui.

"How?" Tanjiro asked eagerly

"I got a message from Zen earlier ending things with me, can you tell me what happened at your job? I think that it might be connected." Uzui said, pulling out his phone to look at the last message his mate had sent to him. He hoped it wasn't the last word he would receive from his mate.

"Right. Well..." Tanjiro gave both Rengoku and Uzui in detail what had happened before the chaos enrrupted.

"That sounds like the guy the Alpha that we ran into on our date." Uzui said, looking at Rengoku. "Do you think that he might be working with Muzan?"

"I'd put money on it. The description sounds like Kaigaku, one of Muzan's new lieutenants. He's been poking around the edge of territory but I haven't been able to find him." Rengoku said, scratching his chin.

"Why haven't I heard about this?" Uzui's anger was seeping back into his voice.

"Because you had a lot going on and then you found your mate. I had been keeping an eye on it and if it had become a bigger problem I would have told you. All I heard he was doing was visiting our places without causing a real problem or anything." Rengoku said matter of factly.

"Only visiting, then how did you know that he was a part of Muzan group?" Uzui asked.

"One of the staff noticed a tattoo that was Muzan brand." Rengoku said, looking at his boss. Uzui took a deep breath and regained his composure. Rengoku knew he wasn't angry at him, he was just scared and frustrated.

"Right, sorry I'm just..." Uzui started but soon enough Tanjiro cut in.

"Scared, angry..." Tanjiro took a deep breath. "Mostly you smell like worry." Uzui and Rengoku looked at Tanjiro like he was wearing a funny hat.

"Ah, right I hadn't told you yet. I have a great sense of smell so I can sometimes smell emotions." Tanjiro looked down with shame and forgot that it was considered to smell as well as he does.

"That's so..."Tanjiro waited for the weirdness that followed the start of that sentence. "Cool!" Rengoku finished saying. Tanjiro snapped his head up to see both men smile with a look of pride. Tears started dripping down Tanjiro's face, he was crying with happiness for the first time he wasn't called weird.

"Sorry babe don't cry." Rengoku started to panic at the sight of his crying mate. Uzui could barely contain a small chuckle aimed at his long time friend.

"It's nothing like that, it's just this is the first time I haven't been called a weirdo or freak." Tanjiro wiped his eyes with a small laugh, then he remembered. "Uzui I just remember, Zenitsu..." Tanjiro got Uzui to look at him. "He has a similar skill except he can hear really well, like hearing emotions like I smell them. This had Uzui's attention.

"Really? Why didn't he tell me?" Uzui's voice and scent had hurt all over it. He thought about the last time he saw his mate, he had seemed so happy and was smiling. It was a beautiful and bright smile. He hoped to see it again. "It's alright he can explain it when he comes back home."

"My mate will come back to me! No matter what!" The determination in Uzui voice was loud and clear Zenitsu was coming back!