𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊˚ʷⁱˡᵈ ᵒⁿᵉ‗ ❍ ⁱⁿᵒˢᵘᵏᵉ ˣ ᶠ.ʳᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ [ ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵉᵗᵉᵈ ]

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(Super sorry for the short chapter! I've been super unmotivated recently, and I've had a bit of stuff on my plate. I hope this suffices, and I should *should* have a longer chapter out soon. And let me tell you...it's gonna be intense- Mugi)

The girl snaps awake, a scream irrupting from her throat as her eyes flutter open- and frantically scan the area. So it was only a dream...it felt so damn real. Taking a shaky breath she reaches her hand towards her throat, half expecting to pull it away and see it coated in a crimson liquid. But she never saw that. Damn...what the hell was happening here?

"You're awake!" She hears a familiar voice exclaim, and she turns towards the source of the noise. Tanjiro and Nezuko crouch beside her with a concerned look on their faces, and she smiles slightly.

"Good morning" She jokes and she looks around the train, she notices that everyone is in a deep slumber. Inosuke was passed out against the train window, Zenitsu was sprawled across the leather seats. This was strange to say the least. 

"What the hell is this?" She asks, raking her fingers through her matted h/c locks. As soon as she arrived back at the butterfly estate she'd definitely have to run a comb through it. The demon girl lets out a 'hmph' noise, and (Y/N) pats her head gently.

"Nezuko used her blood demon art to wake you up" Tanjiro grinned as he looked at his sister- and (Y/N) smiled at the two. Their relationship reminded her of her own...with her two little sisters. She looked down at the burnt rope tied around her small wrist and the cogs in her head clicked- she now somewhat understood the situation. 

"The ropes" She whispered as she turned her arm, and the red haired boy looked at her with his eyebrows raised. Her e/c eyes fill with determination and she jumps up from her seat, grabbing her blade.

"It's the ropes! That's what is keeping them awake! Nezuko, burn them" She yells as she looks around the many sleeping faces, and Nezuko pouts slightly. (Y/N) looks at her from the corner of her eye and grins at her cuteness.

"I'm sorry for yelling, but i'd really appreciate your help" She says softly as she squishes the demons face- and this fills Nezuko with determination, and she gets to work with burning the ropes. A grunt breaks their concentration and in a matter of seconds a girl rushes towards them. (Y/N) recognized the girl from when she boarded the train, and her eyes widen. The girl clutched a screwdriver in her hands as she dives towards the trio.

"Don't get in the way! We can't have sweet dreams because of you. The man won't let us dream if we don't kill you" She sobs, and more passengers gather around her. They all wielded weapons as they stared at the trio with harsh glares, and (Y/N) puts her arm out protectively to shield the younger demon. A boy steps forward with a brick clutched in his bony hand, and she gulps. 

"You're sick" Tanjiro mumbles as he steps forward, and she nods in agreement. The boy had incredibly thin cheeks and he seemed so frail- they all did. In some way or another they all looked like they were barely holding onto life. The boy wears a look of surprise as Tanjiro walks towards him, kindness in his wine red eyes.

"We're going to help you, okay?" He says softly as he stands directly in front of the boy, and the boy jumps slightly. For what seems like hours he stares into the slayers eyes, and he slowly begins to smile.

"T...Thank you" The sick boy whispers as his black eyes flutter shut, and Tanjiro smiles. (Y/N) walks up to the boy and pats him on the head, earning a small surprised noise from him

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After laying all of the passengers down and assuring they were all asleep, Tanjiro turned towards the female slayer. His once kind eyes were now filled with something serious, and he places his calloused hand on his sword.

"(Y/N)...I can sense a demon presence coming from the roof of this train. I tried to ignore it when we first boarded, but it's too late now. Wake everyone up" He says firmly, and she sends him a nod before he dashes out of the train window. It was now pitch black outside so hopefully he'd be able to keep his footing.  Nezuko hums from beside her, and she sends her a small smile. Crouching down slightly she places her hands on the girls head.

" Right, Nezuko. We need to wake everyone up, do you think you can help me with that?" (Y/N) asks sweetly, and the demon girl nods her head frantically. It was so hard to believe that she was a demon at times, she acted so...human. Nezuko quickly got to work with setting fire to the boys ropes, and (Y/N) sucks in a deep breath through her teeth. Positioning herself, she lets her blade run through the air and severe the thick rope- and the chains drop to the floor. Almost instantly they all awaken, Inosuke looking the most disheveled. 

"Dumbass?!" He called out as he whipped his head around, and she smiled slightly. He was looking for her, and she quickly crouched in front of him.

"Hey" She whispered and a relieved look washes over his stern face, and his emerald eyes soften. He reaches out a shaky hand and he grips hold of her shoulder, causing her to squeak slightly.

"I had a dumb dream about you" He mumbled, looking to the side slightly. She places her hand over the top of his, and she grins. 

"I had a dream about you too" She smiles and he splutters slightly, jumping up in his cold leather seat. Grabbing her by the shoulders completely now he shakes her gently and stares at her.

"WHAT WAS YOURS ABOUT?!" He screeches- causing (Y/N) to jump. Oh how she didn't miss the loudness he could exert. Her face flushes strawberry red as she thinks back to her dream. They were getting married...that couldn't be a coincidence right?

"I-i'll tell you later" She stutters out as she looks at the floor slightly, and Inosuke lets out a grunt. She was always so damn mysterious and it bugged him at times, but he decided to give her time. After all, he still had to tell her what Tanjiro had said.