𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 × 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 [OLD]
𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖳𝗐𝗈
'Zenitsu, Tanjiro... and Boar Boy.'
Y/n watched in silence as the small group was about to part ways. Zenitsu was clinging to the one called Shoichi while Tanjiro tried to get him to let go.
As for the Boar Boy...
He was headbutting trees.
Y/n was sure that wasn't good for him but decided not to interfere with it. His choice, his brain damage.
She hadn't learned the names of the three children so she would do her best to remember the names of the three demon slayers she was currently accompanying.
...so she could forget them as soon as she ran off.
"Uhm, excuse Miss Demon." a small voice asked and y/n tensed a little when a small hand tugged on the sleeve of her white haori.
She glanced down, spotting the little girl who had hidden from her earlier. ...was she going to get bit again? The last little kid she was near decided to bite her.
"May I touch your mask?" she asked.
Oh. Maybe she wasn't going to be bitten.
Y/n hummed, "Sure."
She crouched down to the little girl's level and allowed her to feel the wooden mask, part of her keeping track of how Zenitsu was clinging to one of the boys.
"SHOICHI, PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME! I'LL DIE IF YOU'RE NOT HERE TO PROTECT MEEE!!!" Zenitsu cried as Tanjiro tried to get him to let go of Shoichi.
"Let go of him, he doesn't want to come with us!" Tanjiro tried to yell over Zenitsu's screaming but didn't seem to be succeeding, "I said let go!"
Y/n winced when Tanjiro chopped Zenitsu on the side of his neck, knocking the boy out cold.
"Oh dear..." y/n murmured before standing up and wandering over to pick up Zenitsu, being sure to make sure her blade was secure.
"You three should keep that bag of wisteria." y/n told the children, referring to the bag of wisteria that Tanjiro's crow coughed up... ew, "It will keep demons away. And take this too."
Y/n passed a little tantō to the oldest of the three children, "I had this made so I could fight up close but you need it more than I do. Like our blades, it's incredibly harmful to demons. Don't lose it."
"Th-Thank you so much!"
Y/n only nodded, "You're welcome."
She didn't utter another word until the trio wandered away while she silently followed Tanjiro and the boar boy— thing... what the hell was it. More importantly, why was it still here?
Why was she still here?
Y/n was sure to keep some distance between herself and the boar thing, walking close go Tanjiro while carrying Zenitsu on her back.
She wasn't sure if he was asleep or not and he was easy to carry so she resorted to carrying him on her back rather than making him walk.
He was pretty beat up, after all.
Y/n figured carrying him would be fine.
"You! Demon face!" the boar thing suddenly exclaimed and y/n flinched, startled but the sudden noise.
She glanced back at him, "M-Me?"
"Yeah you! Fight me!"
"I knocked you out twice, I think you should rest before I fight you again-" y/n said in a worried tone, "What if you end up with a concussion—"
"No! I've trained enough to withstand your punch!" the boar thing exclaimed, "So fight me and go all out, Demon Face!"
'But it hasn't even been an hour...'
"You don't understand, I've punched through demons before. You don't want me to punch you full force-" y/n protested, "And please, my name is y/n, not Demon Face..."
"Mp/n-"
"No, it's y/n."
"..."
"..."
"...mp/n."
Y/n sighed heavily though it was a sad sigh rather than an annoyed one, clearly lost on what to do.
She turned to the burgundy haired boy instead.
"Ah... Tanjiro was it? Please help..." y/n said miserably, "I dunno if my name is too hard to say or... ugh, I'm sorry..."
'She sure apologizes a lot.' Tanjiro thought wearily, "It's not your fault y/n, your name is pretty easy to say!"
"It is?" y/n questioned.
"Yep!" Tanjiro chirped.
Boar thing, realizing he was being ignored, began to fume a bit before shouting, "HEY! DON'T IGNORE ME!!!!"
Y/n paused and offered one of her boxes of food to the boar thing with a, "If I give you this, will you be quiet?"
"What is it-"
"Tempura." y/n replied simply, her hand actually starting to shake, "Do you want it or not, boar thing?"
"Hmph! Fine!" the humanoid creature thing huffed, snatching the box from her, "And my name isn't boar thing!"
"What is it then?" she asked.
"Hashibira Inosuke!" the Boar Boy exclaimed, "After I finish this, I'll take you down! Just you wait!"
"Say my name right at least once and then I'll fight you." y/n told him before focusing on the path ahead once more.
"Mp/n!"
"No."
"MP/N."
"No."
"MP/-"
"SHUT UP, I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!!!" Zenitsu shrieked, causing all three of his fellow demon slayers to flinch.
"Sorry, Zenitsu!" Tanjiro apologized as Inosuke pulled up his mask and busied himself with eating the food y/n gave to him.
"Oh, so you were awake." y/n hummed, "Do you still want me to carry you? You did get beat up a lot back there..."
Zenitsu's attitude flipped in an instant and he gave y/n a goofy little smile, "Aww, thank you y/n-chan! You're so kind!"
"O-Oh, well, uhm..." y/n fell silent, unsure of how to reply to that. Her face grew warm and she mumbled something that couldn't quite be heard.
~~~ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ•°*
They got to the house with a Wisteria Family Crest in no time, y/n setting Zenitsu down and not at all minding how he clung to her.
"Is this the place?" Tanjiro asked and y/n nodded back to him, the crow interrupting before she could speak.
"REST HERE UNTIL YOU HAVE RECOVERED FROM YOUR WOUNDS!" it cawed, causing y/n to cringe a little.
'So loud...' she thought and blinked when she sensed someone nearing. It was... a little old lady?
Yep.
"Ah! Sorry for disturbing you so late in the evening!" Tanjiro apologized after a little old lady opened up the door.
"EEK! A MONSTER-" Zenitsu squeaked and y/n turned her head towards him, causing him to flinch.
He really didn't like how that mask, which had the faintest blood stains on it, just stared into his soul...
"She's no monster. If she was, I'd be able to tell." y/n assured him, 'He flinched... it must be the mask. I'll take it off when we go inside.'
"You are demon hunters, correct?" the little old woman questioned, "Welcome, please come in."
"What is this thing, it looks weak." Inosuke said, poking the little old lady's head. What the hell, man?
"Oi. Cut that out." y/n said simply, slapping his hand away and grabbing him by the wrist.
She practically dragged Inosuke along, Zenitsu staying close beside her, as they followed the little old lady into the house.
It was only when she entered the safety of the house that y/n seemed to relax. The sight of food and a nice place to sleep put a warm smile on her face.
Almost made her forget the incessant screaming which lingered in her mind from the night before...
Or not.
She was grateful for the hospitality but Zenitsu constantly calling the old lady a monster really puzzled her.
Tanjiro kinda had to smack him on the he'd to get him to stop...
'These people are quite odd...' y/n thought later on as she took off her mask so she could eat, 'But... in a nice way I guess.'
Certainly not the strangest people she'd met.
(Second favorite moment in the manga, and I got to see it in the anime as well)
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