~Y/n pov~

The boar headed man came out of the building and started yelling.

He then tried to attack the demon inside the box but Zenitsu clung to the box and took all the hits.

When I asked him why he told me : 'This box is important to Tanjiro.'

A few moments later, Tanjiro came out the building and saw what was happening.

"Tanjiro... I protected it." Zenitsu told him.

I frowned, seeing how beat up he was.

"If you're not gonna fight, get the hell out of my way!" The boar headed man yelled angrily.

"Stop it." Tanjiro yelled.

He charged towards them and head butted the man in the boar head.

I knelt down beside Zenitsu.

"Are you okay?"

He groaned in pain, "I'll be fine."

I helped him sit up and placed the box behind us.

Gently holding his chin, I grabbed my handkerchief and wiped the blood off his face.

"Thanks." He mumbled, leaning his head on my shoulder.

A few seconds passed before I realised he had fallen asleep on me.

I wrapped an arm around his waist to stop him from falling and pulled him into my side.

"Aren't you a Demon slayer?" Tanjiro yelled angrily, "Don't you get why Zenitsu refuses to draw his sword? It's because we're forbidden from drawing our blades on one another for no reason. Yet here you are, giving him a one-sided beatdown!"

The boar headed man slowly sat up, blood trickled out from underneath his mask.

"Are you having a blast?" Tanjiro continued, "You're the lowest of the low!"

"Oh, that's why? My bad." The boar headed man chuckled, "In that case, let's settle this with fisticuffs."

"No, I don't think you get it at all!" Tanjiro sighed, "For starters..."

The boar headed man jumped up and charged towards Tanjiro.

He fought low to the ground and had animal instincts.

Tanjiro head butted the boar again.

More blood came out from the bottom of his mask and the mask fell off.

His face did not match his body at all.

He had girl like features.

His eyes rolled back as he fell to the floor.

Tanjiro placed his haori under the boy's head as a pillow and got to work on burying the corpses.

I placed Zenitsu down into a laying position and put my haori under his head as a pillow.

Getting up, I went over to help Tanjiro.

"Are you okay?" I asked him.

He nodded, "I've got a few broken ribs."

"We should get them treated after this mission. Zenitsu and that boy are also heavily injured. I have a few broken bones too from a mission I took earlier." I told him.

Tanjiro nodded, "First let's bury these people."

~*~

The dual haired boy shot awake and yelled.

"Fight me!" He chanted chasing after Zenitsu.

I whacked him in the head, "Knock it off."

The boy growled at me so I shot him a glare.

He cowered away and ran over to try and fight Tanjiro.

"Y/n!!" Zenitsu whined, clinging to my waist, "You saved me."

I gently patted his head.

What he did earlier was really admirable. Maybe he's not as cowardly as I first thought.

He's also kinda cute.

I could feel my cheeks heating. What am I thinking?

Do I like him?

"Y/n?" Zenitsu poked my cheek.

"Huh?"

"You were ignoring me. Please don't ignore me." He whined.

"We should help Tanjiro." I offered him a hand.

He pulled himself up and trailed after me.

"What the hell are you guys doing?" The crazy man yelled.

"It's a burial." Tanjiro told him, "You help out too, Inosuke."

Oh so that's what his name is..

"There are still people who were killed inside the house." Tanjiro continued.

"What's the point of burying the corpses of creatures?" Inosuke asked, "I'm not doing that! I'm not helping out!"

"I see. You can't do it because your wounds are hurting you." Tanjiro frowned.

Wow.. I see what you did.

Inosuke growled, "Don't underestimate me, dammit!"

And so he helped us bury the rest of the corpses.

~*~

We travelled back the way we came.

The crows were leading us to a household that helped demon slayers such as ourselves.

It was a long journey down the mountain as Inosuke was being a pain.

"Fight me!" He yelled, "I swear I'm gonna find a weak point and bring you down, loser!"

"I'm tired." Zenitsu whined, tugging on my sleeve.

I gave him a look of sympathy. No wonder he's tired with all those wounds.

"Hop on." I crouched down.

After a few seconds, he got on and I started walking.

"Are you okay?" I asked him.

Zenitsu gave me a tired nod before resting his head on my shoulder.

I heard his breathing even out which told me he had fallen asleep.

"My name's not 'loser'!" Tanjiro yelled angrily, "It's Tanjiro Kamado!"

I think he was as sick as Inosuke's antics as I was.

"Gonpachiro Kamaboko!" Inosuke exclaimed, "I'm gonna bring you down!"

"Stop it." I sent him a tired glare.

How did he still have energy?

He growled, "Oi! Fight me!"

"I refuse."

"I refuse your refusal." (You better get that reference)

I huffed, "You can't do that!"

After a long excruciating walk, we finally arrived at the household.

~*~

An old lady greeted us and welcomed us in.

"That old lady sure walks fast." Zenitsu exclaimed.

She was leading us through her garden, "This is where you'll be staying."

The woman led us into a building.

She gave us clean clothes and some food.

I changed in a separate room and then came back to eat.

The lady was just leaving.

I bowed to her, "Thank you."

She smiled, "It's fine."

Walking into the room, I saw Inosuke stuffing food in his face.

I sighed, taking a seat in between Tanjiro and Zenitsu.

"Use your chopsticks." Zenitsu complained.

Inosuke stared at Tanjiro while eating.

Tanjiro stared back for a few seconds before offering him some of his food, "If you're that hungry you can have this, too."

I picked up my chopsticks and started eating while watching the scene.

"No!" Inosuke yelled.

Zenitsu stared at Inosuke with an annoyed expression.

~*~

The old lady apologised because she only had one room.

I told her it was fine.

Apparently there was someone else staying in the other spare room.

Tanjiro placed his box down at the end of the four beds and sat on the bed nearest to it.

I decided to take the bed next to him.

Inosuke took the bed at the other side and that left Zenitsu sleeping between Inosuke and I.

I turned my head to the box as the scratching noise got louder.

"Tanjiro... I've been meaning to ask but, why are you travelling with a demon?" Zenitsu asked.

"You knew about that and still protected the box, huh?" Tanjiro smiled, "You really are a great guy, you know that?"

The scratching got louder and louder.

Zenitsu yelped and clung onto me.

"Hey Tanjiro? I think it wants out." I pointed to the box.

Tanjiro shuffled over to it and opened the door.

"You can come out, Nezuko."

Zenitsu yelled more.

"Hey, calm down." I told him.

He whimpered, burying his face into my neck and hugging me tightly.

I watched as a small demon crawled out of the box.

She was wearing a pink kimono and had pretty black hair with orange tips.

The demon grew in size after getting out of the box.

Zenitsu lifted his head up to look at the demon and deadpanned.

"Tanjiro... why are you travelling with a cute girl!?!?" Zenitsu yelled angrily, "I risked my life for that!"

"This is my sister, Nezuko." Tanjiro told us happily.

Zenitsu wasn't listening and continued to yell.

I bonked him lightly on the head, "Go to sleep."

The boy fell to the ground from my hard hit.

I'd knocked him out.

Leaning down, I scooped the boy into my arms and placed him under his covers.

His sleeping face looked so peaceful.

I felt a small smile appear on my face.

Standing up, I walked back over to Tanjiro.

He gave me a knowing smile.

My face turned red. Could he smell emotions?

What can he not smell?

Nezuko just stood there and stared at us.

"Nice to meet you, Nezuko. I'm Y/n."

She waddled towards her and nudged her head into my hand.

I gently patted her head as she happily nuzzled into me.

Tanjiro smiled at us.

"We should get some rest." He stated.

I nodded.

Nezuko crawled back into her box and curled up.

"Night, Nezuko."

I crawled under my covers and curled up.

Zenitsu shuffled closer to me.

Is he still asleep?

I gently brushed his hair away from his eyes to see they were still closed.

His breathing was still in a pattern telling me he was asleep.

I sighed as I felt myself relax and I succumbed to the warmth.

~*~

I tried to turn over but I couldn't.

Tiredly, I opened my eyes to see Zenitsu sleeping next to me.

His arms were around my waist and his head was on top of mine.

My head was resting on his chest.

I could hear his heartbeat.

Slowly, I pushed his arms away and got up so I could get changed.

~*~

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A/n majority of episodes are centred around Tanjiro so the first season will probably only be 5 or 6 chapters