Colorful World | KNY

25 • 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭

You were currently walking with Tanjiro. This morning you woke up to him knocking on your door asking you to hang out with you and to explore. You accepted and now you were here.

"I wonder what this weapon Kanroji-San talked about is. Is it a sword? Is it buried? It's like a treasure hunt , I'm so excited!" You smiled at Tanjiro as you walked beside him.

"This is a nice place , but I still smell the hot spring here. Hmmm. Maybe my sense isn't working because I haven't fully recovered. I really want to find Haganezuka but... hmm a kid? And one more person."

The forest you were walking in felt kinda humid. This only happened around one person. Mochi-ro.

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As you watched from the distance you immediately got distracted by a butterfly. Your eyes followed it for a couple of minutes before looking back. Looking back you found Tanjiro guarding a child from Tokito.

Muichiro , you haven't seen him in a long time so you ran up to them. "Do you know how many people died? Mmp." You tackled Muichiro in a hug. "Mochi-ro!!"

Tanjiro squeaked as he found you holding the pillar close. "(Y/n)! Get back he will probably slap you like he- (Y/n)!" You felt someone try to pry you off of the teen. "It's been so long since I've seen you , Mochi-ro!"

Muichiro's face was dark red, "Wasn't it barely a week ago , since you last saw me?" Even though he could barely remember multiple things. Your face was always memorized. "But that's too long away from my Mochi!" You cried still holding him close.

"W-wait. You're dating him (Y/n)?" Tanjiro said nervous and disappointed. "No." You said as Muichiro's voice said his answer at the same time as yours. "Yes." Tanjiro looked at you with a confused face.

Tanjiro finally got you off of the mist pillar holding you close , jealousy clearly on his face. "Let me continue what I was saying. Come on. Key." Muichiro's hand pointed towards the child. "Understand your place when you act. You're not a baby anymore."

Then again you wiggled out of Tanjiro's grasp immediately tackling Muichiro again. "But your my baby! You're so adorable!" Muichiro just laid there not moving deciding his life decisions. Tanjiro pulled you off of him, again. Muichiro then raised him arm , Tanjiro slapped his arm away that was heading towards the child.

Tanjiro looked angered, "This.. this just doesn't sit right with me!! I'm not exactly sure why! What about consideration? You can't just forget to be considerate here! That's just cruel!" Confused you looked towards Muichiro , his face held no emotion. "Am I acting cruel?" You made a small squeal as you looked at Muichiro's facial expression. Even though he wasn't trying, he was acting adorable.

As Tanjiro continued to bicker with Muichiro. And he just stood there with no emotion. Muichiro spoke up, "I don't have time to think about dumb stuff." You made a small gasp as you watched him knock Tanjiro unconscious. You got up holding Tanjiro in your arms before setting him down.

"Was that necessary Mochi-ro?" He glanced at you making a half smile on his emotionless face. "Yes." His face held a pink hue as you spoke again. "And maybe, do you wanna train later." Even though training with him could be quite hard , it was fun. You smiled as you sat beside Tanjiro. "Maybe later, but right now I have to deal with an unconscious Tanjiro."

Muichiro nodded as he turned towards the younger boy. "Key, now." The boy trembled as his small hands fumbled with the key. His arms pointed towards Tokito holding out a key towards him. Muichiro just grabbed it before heading off.

You looked towards the kid as he trembled. "How could you be friends with that emotionless and scary boy?" You smiled , "He's not emotionless. If you get to know him , he's just an adorable bean!" The kid looked at you like you were some psycho. As you were waiting for Tanjiro wake up , you fell asleep.

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"Was Haganezuka-San here?!" You woke up immediately still drowsy. "Haganezuka?" Tanjiro looked at you. "I heard him, I guess not. I guess it was my imagination. And the pillar?" The kid looked at Tanjiro. "I gave the key to him."

"Oh , you gave it... I guess you had no choice there. Well, I don't really know the situation, so my guess it's not my place to grumble about it." You stretched trying to wake yourself up. "Oh , no! I was really happy you stood up for a complete stranger like me. Thank you so much."

The kid bowed as Tanjiro waved it off. "No, no couldn't be of use to you. So what kind of key was it?" Now you were curious as you listened to the kid. "It was for a mechanical doll." "Hm. A mechanical doll?"

"Yes. My ancestors made it, and it had one hundred of eight different movements." Tanjiro made a dumb face. "Wow. Amazing." "It's power surpasses that of humans , so it's used as a training dummy."

"Oh I see he was going to train..." The kid nodded. "Yes , but it's slowly deteriorating, and it might break soon." You heard loud sounds , like someone was attacking. But it sounded like no threat, maybe. "Whoa what's that?"

"Muichiro-" "The guy from before started... over here!" The kid immediately got up. You and Tanjiro got up running after him. "Slow down I just woke up!" You stopped as something stopped on the ground.

"That... is that the battle doll my ancestors made long ago." You stared interested. Your eyes darted over to a certain familiar object. Those earrings the doll had , hanafuda earrings. They look similar to his. Looking over at him , he was also curious what this doll was. By the looks of it , it clearly looked strong. But the doll it self looked somewhat familiar. You remembered him now.

Yorichi Tsugukuni