'𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕄𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤' (Demon Tanjiro AU)

Put Me Down!

(Manga spoiler! Don't read this little comment if you don't want any! So I guess this AU isn't really an AU anymore! Tanjiro being a demon is CANNON)

"Zenetsu! Pick up the child!" Nezuko screamed, while running as fast as she could towards Tanjiro.

Zenetsu looms down at the ground realizing there was a young child running from Nezuko at inhuman speeds. But when he looked back at Nezuko, there was a desperation in her eyes. If he let her down- she wouldn't like him!

He proceeds to run at the fast moving child and wraps his arms around the child's small waist. The child seemed like they were made of air, as Zenetsu lifted the child up with ease. Was it just him getting stronger? Or did this kid weigh nothing?

Lifting the child up so he was leaning into his neck, Nezuko rushed over in a hurry.

As she pants to catch her breath, Zenetsu can't help but think how.. pretty she looked. Nezuko currently wore a pink kimono with white flowers scattered all over it. She had a nice pink headband on the top of her hair and her long hair blew in the wind. The orange tips at the end made her look like she was one with the autumn. Looking down at her feet, she wore thick leather boots and on her waist sat her pink demon slayer sword. This was the woman of his dreams thought Zenetsu.

"I'm so sorry you had to do that, Zenetsu!" She panted. "My brother was having a bit of a panic attack."

Zenetsu didn't react for a second, but then realized- brother?
He quickly turned his head towards the child in his arms, noticing the same black hair as the love of his life. Expect, the boy had red tips at the end of his hair. The child had noticeably pale skin, and big red eyes. If the child didn't have this last feature, he probably would of gave up competing for Nezuko all together.

The last feature being... his emotionless eyes.

While looking at the child's eyes, he could only see the colour red stare blankly at him. There was no emotion behind those eyes. No remorse. No sign of being normal. But something this child did have, was fear.

I turn around as Nezuko takes the shaking child away from my arms and brings him into her chest-

Lucky bastard- Zenetsu comments in his head, wanting to be in the place the child was in at the moment.

"Zenetsu! I'd like you to meet my younger brother Tanjiro!" She bellows out in a happy tone, as she massages Tanjiro's hair in her arms. She was clearly trying to calm him down from a panic attack, but what would of caused such behaviour?

"Tanjiro has had a bit of a rough experience over the past few years, so please try to treat him well. But I know you will!" She says to me, giving me an angelic smile that I'd savour for the rest of my lowly existence.

Maybe I was overestimating Tanjiro a bit due to his eyes. I could understand why his eyes were so different than the others. Normally, you could read a persons expression from the eyes- and see through any lie. But this child had nothing to show. If he even had emotions to share, it wouldn't be known. Though, Tanjiro did show his fear..

Tanjiro's POV

Nezuko started to talk with a boy named Zenetsu as she held me in her arms. I didn't have any energy to run or to think anymore. Muzan would never forgive me for this. But maybe if I just do it for one minute... I could gain enough energy to escape.. then I can be with Muzan again!

Accepting that Muzan would have to give me a punishment, I couldn't resist.

And I leaned farther into her chest as I fell fast asleep in the comfort of her arms.

Muzan's POV

I never thought I could miss a child so much. That child meant my life to me.. no.. what am I thinking-

He's just my pet! A pretty damn adorable one at that though...

I stand on a rooftop during the night as I scour for where in the hell Tanjiro could be.

I will get him back. That's for certain. He means too much for me now.

I wonder what they're doing to Tanjiro. Probably manipulating him to turn to their side. But I won't let that happen. He is mine! And MINE alone.
Nothing can take that away from me.

Nezuko's POV

"Do you think he'll be okay?" I ask Giyyu as Iay Tanjiro into his bed.

Giyyu sighs as he answers, "I don't know, only time will tell." And with that, he goes under his covers has he turns if the lights, leaving Tanjiro in the middle of Giyyu and Nezuko, both laying down on their mattresses.
Giyyu and Nezuko hopes that Tanjiro would heal from his trauma. But what they didn't understand was what he had gone through before that. And tonight was only the start of his nightmares.

The dark memories that would break anyone. Even the strongest of slayers.

Tanjiro's POV

I wake up in a dark closet. And as I try to sit up again, I feel pain surge through my whole body. But I didn't show anything. Because I was numb. I lean against a box that is stored inside the closet. My claustrophobia was not helping anything in my case as I start to breathe rapidly. But what makes me come fully to my senses was the footsteps that echoed outside of the closet. And as they became louder and louder, the shadow underneath the closet grew bigger and bigger. And when the figure was right at the door opened, Tanjiro's eyes filled with fear as he began to shake uncontrollably.

Looking up at the figure, all of the dark memories start to flood him in a never ending cycle as he whispers the words that almost every child savours until they perish.

"M-mom"

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I'm going to end with a cliffhanger for you guys! Please don't kill me!
Remember to stay safe during these times because I don't want any of you viewers getting sick! I'm sorry I haven't been publishing stories! But I swear I'm on the right schedule again- with a few busy dates coming up ^v^

I'd also like to hear everyone's theories on the next chapter as well, seeing that the story is just getting good~

Your Author-Kun, Akira..