『WARNING!』

- Swearing

- Violence

- Blood

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『2nd Person』
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You lay down the male— who was still unconscious—onto one of the trees. It took you awhile, but you tried your best. Standing from your crouching position, you look at the house behind you. Wondering how many people have been captured and brought there. You were sure that they weren't alive, seeing how deep the wounds on the males arms, You were sure that they lost a lot of blood. To the point where they would die. 'Lives can truly be lost many times in just a month...' You look away from the house, laying your eyes onto the dirt ground.

Those were the words your guardian said.

For some reason, when she started training you. She always told you things in such weird and odd ways, that you wouldn't understand from your age. There were also times where you even tried to figure out but soon gave up and did whatever in your free time.

However, one of her odd sentences stuck with your mind ever since it came out of her mouth.

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You swung your wooden katana, sweating from how long you were swinging it and your arms almost felt like they were gonna fall off from all the aching.

Man did you not expect your training to be this hard.

After awhile, just when you're about to get to your limit, a voice rings out as it called your name.

You halt your swinging.

When you look behind you, you see your guardian standing there with her arms crossed. "That's enough training, you're good for the rest of the day." The old lady tells you. You drop your wooden katana, falling on your back. You sigh as you shut your eyes, finally able to get rest from the harsh training since sunrise.

"(Y/n)."

You hum in response, too tired to even answer her with words.

"The decisions you make today will not just affect your tomorrow, but will determine your future." The old lady randomly says that out of the blue, making you knit your brows together in turmoil.

Then she acts like nothing happened and stays silent.

"(Y/n)."

But decides to keep talking again, like the odd and mysterious woman she is. A hum was her reply.

"I've been thinking, do you want a mask?" The old lady asked, sitting down next to the young, (H/c)-haired, child.

You open your eyes, staring up at the sky that was slowly turning orange.

'A mask...' You ponder, nibbling gently on your bottom lip. It took you awhile to answer, but the old lady was patient and didn't mind. You nod, giving a 'yes.' to the older female. She hummed, standing up and walking away. You stay put where you were, silently enjoying the silence and forest sounds. 'It's been a month since I've been taken in,' You thought, you always counted the days, thinking it'd be better to know how long you've been taken in by the old woman. You felt better than ever when you left the village. You weren't hungry like you used to be, didn't have to be annoyed with whispers about you every day and didn't have to steal food before running away to not get caught. You felt the corner of your lip twitch upwards. Realizing that the sky was getting darker and darker slowly, you get off of the ground, dusting off the soil on your clothing. Grabbing the wooden katana, you walk away, going down the path that lead to the small cabin you lived in with the old lady.

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Till this day, you still don't understand what she meant behind that sentence.

You look at the male, not spotting any signs of movement. He was still unconscious. You were sure that you were stuck in your thoughts longer than usual. Your gut feeling never lied to you.

A familiar sound suddenly reaches your ears, turning, you look up at the house.

The sound was getting closer and closer.

It also, almost sounded like...screaming.

The doors fly open instantly, along with the screaming. Seeing a familiar blonde and a child, you dash towards where they were gonna land and catch them in your arms. However, from the height of the fall and the amount of weight, you accidentally bend over. Which meant your back too, causing a giant pain striking through you. You immediately drop the two males, falling onto your hands and knees as you shake. "(Y/n)?" Zenitsu calls your name, worried on why you're shaking. You ignore him, laying a hand on your back to try and ease it.

You stand up, wobbling a little. Zenitsu tried to help you balance, reaching a hand over to you. Yet, you shake your head. Denying the help Zenitsu was gonna give you. Zenitsu pouts, about speak up when a loud cackle starts to come from the front door. The three of you look over, hearing the loud cackle start to get louder, along with loud stomps. You hide the boy behind you, who understands what you're doing and hides behind you a bit more.

A male with a boar mask barges out the door, giving his final cackle.

He looks at the box, where Nezuko was sitting in and staying silent. "There's a demon here." He then points one of his katanas at the box. "And I'm sensing it from that box!!" The male with the boar mask sprints towards it, ready to stab it.

But before he even could, Zenitsu blocks him by crouching in front of the box with his hands outwards on each of his sides.

"I-I'm not letting you attack this box!" Zenitsu stutters, feeling his anxiety increase when he hears the male make a 'Huh?' sound. He knew he was gonna be angry. He just knew it. "Get out of my way!! I'm gonna slay that demon!" The male with the boar mask demands, stepping a foot closer.

When Zenitsu shakes his head, he clicks his tongue.

He kicks Zenitsu out of the way, ready to stab the box. You turn to the boy, who looks up at you in fear. You nudge your head to a tree, signaling him to hide near it. Understanding what you meant, he does as he is told without any harm on him.

But for Zenitsu, however, he was holding onto the box and was now getting beaten up by the boar dude.

You run towards the boar dude, which he senses that your coming.

He quickly turns around, only to see nobody there. When he turns back around, a fist was sent flying into his face, knocking him back a few feet away. You step a little closer to Zenitsu, aware that the board dude could be fast just as you are or could not be. Zenitsu looks up at you, his eyes wide open. '(Y/n)...' He felt his heart skip a beat, feeling his cheeks warm up a little.

He stops admiring you when he hears a cackle from the boar dude. The blonde looks at the owner of the cackle, holding the box a little tighter as he starts to get worried what'll happen to you.

"So you're gonna fight me? Great! I accept your challenge!" The boar man exclaims, laughing right after.

You stay in place, waiting for what move the boar dude will use. The boar man crouches, leaping towards you in a incredible speed. He swifts his right leg towards your legs, which you caught on what he was gonna do. You jump up, dodging the move he chose to trip you. You notice something above you, you look up, seeing that his leg was about to slam you down to the ground.

You grab it, landing back on the ground and swing him around the air as you spin before you throw him farther from you. He lands without a problem. "Come on! You're not gonna fight back? Am I too strong for you?" He questioned you in a cocky tone.

That struck a nerve.

You rush towards the male, fighting back without a second thought now. You swing your leg as you do a 360, trying to hit his head. But he grabs your leg, catching you off guard for a second. He yanks you to him, kneeing your stomach once he does. You held your breath in your mouth, knowing you shouldn't cough at all either. He throws you to the ground. "(Y/n)!!" Zenitsu yelped, watching as you try to get up but get shoved back into the dirt from the boar dude foot slamming onto your head. The boar dude continues to stomp his foot on your head repeatedly. All you could feel was pain banging in your head over and over. The boar dude soon stops stomping on your head, getting tired of you. He goes back to Zenitsu, yelling at him to move. But then again, he gets the same answer. The boar dude was tired of the same answer, deciding to go back to beating him up.

"Take this!"

You clench your teeth, digging your fingers into the dirt as you sit up.

"Move it!!"

You felt weak, you couldn't even beat another demon hunter. You let his words get to you, feeling stupid for letting that happen.

"Take this!"

"Draw your sword and fight me!" The boar dude orders the blonde. "You spineless punk!" He insults Zenitsu, not spotting that a certain burgundy-haired male was there, watching with two kids in shock.

The boy starts crying, feeling bad for the two demon hunters that were beaten up.

"Tanjiro," Zenitsu looks at the latter, blood coming out of his nose as he had a black eye.

"I protected it." He tells him.

"Because you said..." Zenitsu paused, Tanjiro feels a lump in his throat, a deep emotion starting to swell within him. "...that this was more important to you than your life." Zenitsu continues. "The thing is-" He mutters, holding the box a little tighter.

'I've always had really good hearing.'

Zenitsu remembers back when he was able to hear other people's conversations across from him or farther away from him.

'One time, I knew what people said while I was asleep,'

He remembers that one time where some had conversations late at night and he would ask about it.

'and that creeped everyone out.'

But they knew he was asleep, freaked out that he heard their conversation. It was also being nosy too, especially when he wasn't part of it at all.

"After all that buster," The boar man continues to kick Zenitsu.

"you won't even draw your sword, you dumbass!!" He shouts at him, not caring that he's hurting him to the point where there is blood. "If you're a fellow demon hunter, then let's see you fight!" Tanjiro continues to watch, his mouth left open.

A hand grabs onto the boar dude ankle, stopping him from kicking Zenitsu again.

Looking at who grabbed his ankle, he sees that you were laying on the ground and gripping onto his ankle loosely. "Damnit! Let go you corpse!" He shook his leg, but when you didn't let go, he chooses to kick you on your mask. "Let go of me!!" He slams his foot on your mask, almost causing a crack. You let go, feeling like something is banging your head again. But nobody wasn't doing anything to you right now.

Tanjiro grits his teeth, disliking what the male did to you just now.

"If you're not gonna fight, then get the hell out of my way!"

He clenches his fists.

He's never seen you that hurt before, yet, seeing you like that right now just makes him infuriated. You didn't deserve that, you were helping, you were defending, even when you were hurt.

The boar dude continues to stomp on Zenitsu, who's bearing the pain and holding the box tight.

Tanjiro stares down at the ground, feeling his blood boil. He couldn't stand how another demon hunter was just beating up his friends without no care.

"Move it!"

Tanjiro looks back up, glaring directly at the male with the boar mask.

"Enough!!" The male with the boar mask swings his katana, turning it upside down. "If you won't get out of my way," The boar dude lifts up his katana. "I'll just have to skewer you along with that box!" Just when he's about to stab Zenitsu and the box, Tanjiro yells at him to knock it off.

The boar dude looks at him.

Tanjiro leaps at the male with the boar mask, glaring right at him. Causing some dirt to fly from his speed.

"Knock it off!!"

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I rlly am stupid..I literally thought there was no scene of Inosuke just coming out of the house and having to fight with Zenitsu before Tanjiro came. I feel so humiliated and all.. ;_; I can't even do scenes right....

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