CAT || Kimetsu No Yaiba Fanfic

Cat Chapter 27

"They're going on a what?!"

Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke flinched at the tone of her voice, and the slight deja vu of the situation, Nezuko blinking owlishly as she clutch her brother's hand. They stood between the two shifters currently on their human forms, one was strangely calm and the other was super irked.

"It's alright, Hotaru-san. It's just a small one. Not an emergency summon or anything." Tanjiro assured, and the other three followed.

"Yeah, Don't worry, Hotaru-san. We'll come back tomorrow," Zenitsu said.

"Monitsu's all healed! And we're really strong now! I'll defeat you when I get back, ya assbutt!"

"Mhmmp mhmp!"

"Who are ya' callin' assbutt?!" She barked, capturing the boar in a headlock.

"LEMME GO!!! I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!!!"

"AHHH!!! I WANT A HUG TOO!! HOTARU-SAAAN~"

"Knock it off, you two!!"

"Mmhpm!"

Sanzo and her made a brief eye contact, his dark orbs masking how uncomfortable and anxious he was in the situation, while Hotaru didn't even bother hiding it.

Her scowl deepen. "Fine. I want you all back in one piece, no ripped off limbs or blood vessels exploding, got it?" She said, finally letting go of Inosuke.

"Haiiii."

Then she patted Nezuko's head. "You take care of those boys. They might accidentally kill themselves and we females are the only responsible ones." She said, earnings some whines from the boys, which increased when Nezuko nodded grimly along.

Tanjiro's crow cawed, along with Zenitsu's small sparrow.

Hotaru exhaled an anxious breath.

"Alright, you lot go on your way now. I want you here by tomorrow lunch." She said, guiding them out of the estate. "Shoo, shoo. Before I change my mind and lock you in here for another month."

They paled, even Nezuko who hopped inside her box, before hurrying out of the estate and away from them without looking back. They love Hotaru and all, but they did not want to be locked in there for another month.

The two shifters watched them hurry away, Sanzo coming to stand beside her.

"You? Responsible? Really??"

"Shut it, flappy bird." She huffed, before turning to him with her mouth turned into a grim frown. "This mission... You think it's that one?"

"No, Rengoku-san was given a day off today. And their mission won't be long, It'll just be on the next town." Sanzo said, his exhaustion and puzzlement revealing itself as he ruffled his hair roughly, the feathers in his arms bristling with aggregation. "Another thing. You know that the reason they sent him on that particular mission was because there's already too many slayers risking their lives and getting killed, right? Well this time, nothing like that happened yet. Heck, the slayers assigned on that area reported that there's no demon activities happening for almost a month now."

"Goddammit," She hissed. "What's happening? Wasn't that supposed to happen now?! Fucking hell, the train was supposed to–" She stopped herself before she can even say anything wrong. She took deep breaths, cracking her neck to at least relive the stress.

Sanzo grimace as he patted her back. "Let's just take it as an advantage. No matter how much I don't like it..."

"Hey," She muttered, staring into a space, "Do you think it's because of our involvement here?"