Am I Home? (Demon Slayer x Fem!Reader)

Chapter 31: An Eye for An Eye

"Tanjiro!"

Horror flooded you at the sight of Genya protecting Tanjiro.

Genya stood there, in front of Tanjiro, riddled with holes from the Demon's attack.

They shared only a few words before Tanjiro made a dash in the direction you could only assume where the fifth Demon had fled.

A shadow loomed over you as a scream from the fifth Demon rang out, piercing your ears.

Your breath caught in your throat as you watched Sekido summoned two of its other selves. The sickening sound of the Demon absorbing them and subsuming their flesh had you hunching over in your spot. Then in a blink of an eye, the Demon summoned its spear wielding self and absorbed that one too. Before you knew it, aside from the fifth Demon that Tanjiro was currently trying to behead, Sekido's body began to mutate. Transforming into what looked like a younger looking version of itself.

The Demon swatted you away and into an already healed Genya, as it headed towards Tanjiro at a speed you've never seen.

As to not give it much of a head start, you grabbed a hold of Genya's clothes. Getting up as fast as you could in order to warn Tanjiro.

Genya, quick on the uptake, found his bearings and started to run alongside you.

Finally catching up and seeing the shadow of the new Demon, Genya made sure his shotgun was loaded and aimed. "Tanjiro! Get out of the way!"

You could barely make out the sound of a drum as trees sprung up from the ground to both protect the Demon and to attack Tanjiro.

A blur of motion zoomed by the two of you, snagging Tanjiro out of the way. "Nezuko!"

Saved by a hair's breadth, Nezuko had gotten Tanjiro out of harm's way, lucky to have only lost her lower leg in the crossfire. Her Demon body healing it back almost instantly.

From behind the Demon, there was a ringing in your ears.

Tanjiro was alive, thanks to Nezuko, but there was a deep anger you could feel coming off of the newly formed Demon. "You brutes who torment the weak! Unpleasantness... Unhappiness... Extremity... You awful villains!"

The Demon held some sort of double sided weapon made of wood in each hand. At his back was a ring of drums. All labelled with a word you had yet to learn from the boys or Uzui. There was a squeal from the fifth demon. Cowering on top of the wooden creation of the sixth Demon.

No, It wasn't a sixth Demon. As you had watched Sekido absorb all but the fifth form to become what this was.

A beat of the drum, and the wooden construct moved once more, to encase the fifth Demon and protect it from harm. Tanjiro shouted 'Wait!' only to be frozen in his spot from the stare of the Demon.

You could feel your heart beating heavily. If you placed your hand onto the scar on your chest, it would have felt like you had your heart right in your hand.

There was a familiar deep, dark, anger seeping out of the Demon. Its voice was laced with malice as it spoke. "What? Do you... have a problem with what I'm doing?"

It was as if its voice had a physical presence, pushing down on your body and making it hard for you to move even an inch. Sweat dripped down your body from the strain of the fight, dragging past and stinging your poorly bandaged wound.

Your eyes lingered on the faces around you. Tanjiro, Genya, and even the Demon. Your mind was no longer on the conversation about who was the Villain. Your breathing became more haggard as you could feel your body warm. This Demon was most definitely stronger than Gyutaro and Daki. It had to be.