The Demon's Sun (Kyojuro Rengoku x OC)

Chapter 8~

Tengen looked surprised to see Eri dressed in such a way. He never thought someone like her would be so shameless, especially in front of Kyojuro and other men. She was leaning over him, and the three wives he had all had stares that could kill, but when they saw his eyes widen, one of them slapped Eri thinking she caused him more pain. Eri just refocused on Tengen.

"Hey! Give her some respect, she's making it hurt less, damnit!" He shouted making all three of them pause. Tengen stepped in mostly because if he didn't, Kyojuro would have and caused a shouting war. As soon as Eri was done she ran in search for Tanjiro who was said to be in the next worse state. Kyojuro followed behind her quickly hoping his Tsuguko was going to live. He didn't doubt her resolve and knew if Tanjiro was sure to die, she would save him... but at what cost...?

She ran in and saw Tanjiro with a wrapped chin and forehead. They had told her Nezuko burned the poison out of everyone, but it could only do so much for the actual wounds. Eri rushed and sat on the edge of the bed and placed her hands on either side of his cheeks just to get fast results. He saw how tense she was, but knew it would only make her more tense if she couldn't focus so he stood as quietly as possible.

After a long moment of silence, he finally heard Eri let out a sigh and everyone else in the room seemed to do the same. "It's nothing serious, although he is lucky Nezuko-chan got the poison out of him and the others. He might sleep for awhile, but his wounds themselves should heal rather nicely." She explained with one eye red and one blue. She was multitasking accurately, but it was stressing her body, and Kyojuro saw that. He walked towards her, not trying to sneak, and placed a hand on her shoulder. It seemed to startle her as she jumped and looked up at him in surprise. She was definitely straining herself. "Sorry..." she spoke softly returning her attention on the sleeping boy. She had close ties to the boy, that much she could admit.

Tanjiro looked to be feeling a lot less pain in his unconscious state, so Eri stopped and took deep breaths until she had recovered from the strain of helping Tanjiro. "Eri-san? You got a minute? Zenitsu says he would like you to see him and Inosuke as well. Inosuke had a mortal wound, and could have been fatal..." a female voice called from the doorway. Eri nodded and immediately got up to follow the woman dressed in black. Kyojuro went to follow, but was stopped by one of Tengen's wives. She was the one to reason properly the most.

"I wouldn't, you'll only distract her further. If she feels distracted, she'll get frustrated and only blame her own lack of accuracy." She reasoned and sat beside the boy. "Instead, worry about your Tsuguko, he was injured pretty badly."

Inosuke was also unconscious with a bad wound himself. They had registered treatment to him, but Eri wanted to make sure he wouldn't somehow die due to unforeseen disasters. They happened a lot as Eri was quite aware of having been subject to losing countless lives. She sweetly touched his bare and feminine face with such gentleness, one would think she was his mother. Zenitsu was last to receive special treatment from Eri, and therefore his was much longer and less rushed, but he tried to tell her to stop since she was obviously tired. She refused.

"Eri-chan~~" he called and she smiled sweetly. He didn't try anything with her though, fully aware that Kyojuro qould have his head if he did, besides he had beautiful Nezuko. "You know I feel.much better now... I might just take a nap...!" He said, it was completely out of character and made Eri worry.

"I'm not making you uncomfortable, am I?" She asked, sure something was wrong.

He shook his head, "I just don't think you should worry about me. Besides, people are getting worried about you, you're sweating but still helping someone who doesn't even need it..." Eri looked confused then smiled.

"Oh, I get it. Sorry, I'll stop now." She said and stood up. She walked closer to the boy and planted a gentle kiss to his forehead, "just rest up well, and you should be good to go. Be careful on your legs as well, take extra care of them." He sighed, that sounded more like the Eri he knew.