𝕭𝖔𝖓𝖉𝖘 [Tanjiro Kamado X Reader] (Kimetsu no Yaiba)

⋆payback⋆

⋆Tanjiro Pov⋆

"That fox mask is a mark. I remember the style Urokodaki uses when carving the masks. The Tengu mask he wears is carved the same way. It's called 'mask of disaster prevention' or something, right? It was because they were wearing it, that they were eaten. They're all in my stomach. It's as if Urokodaki killed them himself." said the Demon, causing my blood to boil.

How dare he! "When I said these words, that little girl was so angry, she had tears shining at the corners of her eyes. After that, her movements became rigid. So I plucked off her arms and legs." the Demon said, laughing as if telling a funny story.

That's it! I stormed forwards, slashing through a few of his arms. I managed to slice some of them off, but he hit me with one. He slammed one of his hands into my side, sending me flying into a tree. I fell down, hearing my own mask break.

"Tanjiro!" I opened my eyes as I heard (Y/N)'s voice, quickly dodging an incoming attack. The Demon went to attack me again, but before he could reach me, it's arms were sliced off cleanly.

"I will never forgive you. You've caused Sensei grief, you've killed so many children... You killed big bro Sabito and Makomo. You did all of that...! You're gonna pay!" yelled (Y/N), rushing in to attack again.

I was about to help her, when I noticed a strange scent from the earth beneath me. I quickly jumped up, just in time to evade the hands that were about to kill me. He went to attack me with one arm, while fighting (Y/N) off with the others.

I was quick to react and head butted his arm away. I then sliced a few of his hands off that were about to grab (Y/N). She slid back a little, saying: "I see it." I immediately knew what she meant. The thread. I kept on fighting his hands off while (Y/N) jumped at him, yelling: "First style! Water Surface Slash!"

⋆(Y/N) Pov⋆

I was panting lightly as I landed,  shaking the blood off my sword before I put it back into it's sheath. I did it. I killed that monstrosity. Big bro Sabito... Makomo... Everyone... It's over.

The Demon's gone now. I turned my head to look at it. Even though I wanted to laugh at him, wanted to tell him that this is what he deserved and nothing better... I couldn't. All I could do was to look at him with a blank expression.

I want to yell at him, telling him that I won, taunt him, but... Tanjiro held one of the Demon's hands, saying: "God, please allow this person to never become a Demon again when he reincarnates."

I closed my eyes for a moment, then said: "Tanjiro..." I couldn't even form the words. I wasn't even sure what it was I wanted to say. All of these feelings... Even if I won and that thing is now dead, the grief is only growing. It won't bring my brother back. I will never see him again.

I felt hands on my cheeks, so I opened my eyes, looking straight into Tanjiro's dark red ones. He held a kind expression as he said: "You have a kind heart, (Y/N). Despite the hate and anger you must be feeling towards him, you remain polite." My heartbeat quickened as I gave him a small smile, saying: "Thank you..."

⋆Time skip: seven days later⋆

⋆3rd Person Pov⋆

"Welcome back." said the black haired, doll-looking person. The white haired one said: "Congratulations. Being safe and sound is better than anything else." Tanjiro held (Y/N)'s hand, looking around.

"There are only five people left?" he asked quietly, gaining her attention. (Y/N) nodded her head, saying: "And there were like 20 people here at the beginning. That's unsettling." Tanjiro's expression turned into a worried one.

The other three people were a girl with black hair, a boy with yellow hair that muttered: "Will die, will die, will die, will die, will die. Even if we survived, we'll still die in the end." And a boy with a scar on the side of his face.

The intimidating-looking guy asked: "Eh? Now what do I do? What about the blade?" The white haired girl said: "You must first pay the cost for the uniform. Then you must get your body measured and have your rank engraved."

The black haired one said: "There are ten ranks in total. Mizunoto, Mizunoe, Kanoto, Kanoe, Tsuchinoto, Tsuchinoe, Hinoto, Hinoe and Kinoe. You are now at the lowest rank, Mizunoto." "What about the blade?" asked the male from before, kind of annoyed.

The white haired one said: "Today, you will each choose a chunk of tamahagane alloy. Your blade will be completed within 10 to 15 days. Also, from now on, Kasugai Crows will be following you all day." With that, a bunch of crows appeared and each flew to their new partners.

"Eh? A crow? Isn't this... isn't this a sparrow?" asked the yellow haired male, looking at his bird with wide eyes. (Y/N) looked around in confusion, asking: "Uhm... Why didn't I get a crow?" The white haired one answered: "It seems that one of the crows that were send here got lost on its way. For now, you may share yours with that boy."

She motioned towards Tanjiro. (Y/N) nodded her head, saying: "Okay." (Y/N) and Tanjiro eyed the crow, both of them petting it. The black haired one said: "Kasugai Crows are primarily used for communication."

⋆Tanjiro Pov⋆

I watched as one of the survivors yelled: "I don't care about some dumb crow!" He then went up to the two that were giving us the information and grabbed the one with white hair, yelling: "What I want is the blade! Give me the blade right now! The blade of the Demon Hunters! The 'blade of color change'!"

This isn't very nice of him! So, I handed the crow to (Y/N), then went up to him and grabbed his arm, saying: "Let go of her this instant! If you don't let go, I'll break your arm!" "Huh? Who are you? You can try if you dare!" I tightened my grip, eventually letting go.

He held his arm, glaring at me. I returned his glare, not saying a word. Then, the black haired one said: "Are you done? If so, please go over there, and choose the alloy that will be used to create your blade. The alloy for the blade that will be used to destroy Demons and protect yourself will be chosen personally by each of you."

I went back to (Y/N)'s side, taking her hand in mine again. We headed over to the table with different stones. She asked: "Which one should I take?" while looking at them. I thought for a second, then looked at one.

I reached out and picked it up, saying: "I'll take this one." (Y/N) hummed, picking one up, too. She showed it to me, a wide smile on her face. "And I'll take this one." I couldn't help but to copy her smile.

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