Characters react to: Demon Slayer Dawn of the Sun

Chapter 27: A wild Akaza appears

"W-w-what kind of i-injuries can be caused by a t-t-train r-rolling?" Zenitsu managed to stutter out. He looked like he might just pass out if they started to mention the injures that he might end up.

"I'm sure that we will be fine," Tanjiro tried to assure him.

"You don't need to worry, with me there I am sure that I will be able to reduce the impact from the train rolling" Rengoku announced.

"If anything, you'll be the one of the least likely to get hurt because you're still asleep so you and the passengers won't tense up," Shinobu smiled.

"Not only that but you're with Nezuko and her reflexes should be enough to keep you safe" Hikaru reminded him.

'That's right! Nezuko is with me and she'll save me' Zenitsu thought. Now that Zenitsu's fears were put to rest everyone split into conversations to wait for the next scenes to start. Hikaru moved away from everyone else’s eyesight except for Sanemi who he nodded to the side, gesturing to him to follow him. The Wind Hashira gumbled but he got up and followed Hikaru away from the others.

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"What do you want?" Sanemi questioned.

"I think you already have an idea of what I am going to talk to you about," Hikaru huffed. He wasn't about to let him try to act oblivious to get out of this.

"Don't butt into something that's not your business," Sanemi warned. Hikaru simply raised his eyebrow and looked at Sanemi, daring him to continue. There was no way that Sanemi would continue with Hikaru looking at him like that.

"You need to stop glaring at Genya like you have been" Hikaru decided to start out strong, if not Sanemi would try to get away.

"Genya shouldn't even be here" Sanemi snapped.

"But he is," Hikaru sighed. He knew more than others about what had happened between the brothers from talking to Sanemi. "No matter how much you do like it, Genya is here and he is a demon slayer as well."

"He should have stayed away from the damn demons!" Sanemi growled.
"Perhaps he should have but I think that he simply wanted to be closer to his big brother. I don't have any siblings so I can't talk from experience but if I found out about demons and knew that my brother was going to be fighting them, I'd want to be with him every single day."

"It's too dangerous! He should just go back to our village and live out his life, he doesn't need to worry about any demons!" Sanemi yelled.

"You're not understanding what I'm saying. Genya isn't worried about being attacked by a demon, he is worried that his brother is going to be taken away from him!" Hikaru snapped and Sanemi looked away. He knew what Hikaru was saying was the truth but he didn't want to accept it.

"I'm his older brother so it's my job to protect him but I can't do that if he just throws himself into danger like this" Sanemi whispered. His hands were clenched and shaking by his sides and Hikaru sighed.

"You can't make Genya's choices for him and he has already made his choice. All you can do now is help him. If you don't want to lose him then stop glaring at him, if you're afraid of him then train him, and if you aren't happy with him then actually have a conversation instead of just screaming and yelling" Hikaru glared.

"It's not that easy!" Sanemi snapped and glared right back.

"I am aware that it's not easy but it won't get any easier if you don't even try. You know how dangerous being a demon slayer is, there is every chance that you could lose Genya without ever being able to talk to him properly. Don't push him away and then regret it when it's too late and you've lost him," Hikaru's face was pinched. The world that they lived in wasn't a kind one, it especially wasn't kind to the Demon Slayer who were always in danger of losing their lives as soon as they went on a mission. "I'm not telling you that you have to talk to him like nothing ever happened, you don't even have to talk to him all. Just lay off the glaring and anger a bit."