☁︎︎ Third POV

Y/n was playing with the three butterfly girls, lifting them in the air like they were flying. The three of them would laugh and want to go again. Of course, Y/n would let them but had them take turns. This was a simple yet fun exercise for his arms.

"Inosuke!! Y/n!!!" Tanjiro called out with a smile, "They said our newly reforged blades are coming!!"

Y/n stopping playing with the three butterfly girls, to which they understood and ran off somewhere. He walked up to Inosuke and Tanjiro with an eye brow raised.

"You serious?!?!" Inosuke shouted back.

"Yeah!! I heard it from the crow!!"

"I think you guys are way too excited..." Y/n mumbled to himself.

Tanjiro laughed as Inosuke cackled. Tanjiro grabbed Y/n's hand and started to drag him outside with Inosuke following behind. At one point Inosuke got lost and it was just Y/n and Tanjiro who was outside. Y/n still had a deadpanned face.

"Haganezuka-San!!" Tanjiro called out to the two figures in the distance, "Heeeyy!!"

"Konnichiwa Haganezuka-San!!" Y/n called out, giving a small wave of his own.

Tanjiro continued to call out to his sword maker until Haganezuka gave his hat to his friend beside him. Y/n froze up, seeing the different colored aura that surrounded his and Tanjiro's sword maker.

"Um, Tanjiro-San, I think we need to run..." Y/n pointed out.

"Huh? Run? Why?"

Just at that moment Haganezuka was running full speed at Y/n and Tanjiro, with a knife. Tanjiro's eyes widened at this.

"GYAAA!!!" Tanjiro cried out as he went to the side to dodge the knife that was coming after him.

Y/n's eyes widened slightly as he jumped over Haganezuka to avoid the knife. When he landed, him and Tanjiro looked back at Haganezuka in slight fear and surprise.

"H-Haga..." Tanjiro breathed out.

"HOW DARE YOU BOTH BREAK MY BLADES!!! DAMN YOU BOTH!!! DAMN YOU!!" Haganezuka shouted.

Tanjiro began to panic as Y/n was second guessing on becoming a slayer, "I'm sorry!! But-But we were actually going to die!! Our opponent was really strong!!!" Tanjiro called out.

"Please calm down..." Y/n slightly begged with his hands in a surrender pose.

Haganezuka pinched Y/n's cheek as he forcefully poked Tanjiro's, "NO!! Like that has anything to do with this!! It's both of your faults!! Everything is you two's fault!!! The blades broke because you were both weaklings!! That has to be why my blade broke!!!"

"Ow, ow, ow, ow..." Y/n mumbled, his cheek turning red.

"I'LL KILL YOU BOTH!!!" Haganezuka claimed as he raised his knife.

"WAAHHHH!!!!" Tanjiro cried out.

Y/n disappeared from Haganezuka sight making him stab the ground. Unfortunately, that cause him to go after Tanjiro, chasing him for a while. Y/n was hiding behind the other sword maker that had came.

Kanamori chuckled at Y/n's actions. He stayed where he was, not bothering to move away from Y/n. He slightly pet Y/n for comfort.

☁︎︎ Time Skip ☁︎

Haganezuka had finally decided to pause his small rampage and actually give Y/n and Tanjiro their swords. Of course, the blades turned to their respective colors, but Y/n hid his a bit.

The color under the black part of his blade had turned into a glass like material. Not wanting The attention of the other sword makers and Tanjiro, Y/n quickly put his blade away and quickly said his thanks.

Haganezuka was currently laying on the floor with small puff of anger coming out of his mask, even a dramatic tear of anger was dripping out of one of the masks. The only reason he was calm at the moment was because Y/n was softly petting him.

'He's kinda like Inosuke-San... but worse,' Y/n thought, and continued to pet for the sake of him and Tanjiro's life.

"I was told to forge the blade for Inosuke," Kanamori stated, "I would be very happy if they were useful for him in battle."

Inosuke was holding his duel swords and they turned into a nice dull blue color. Kanamori commented on it in a happy manner. Haganezuka could care less at the moment, he was relaxed.

"That's great," Tanjiro commented, "Inosuke's blades had so many chips."

Y/n nodded at Tanjiro said.

"What does it fell like to grip it? This is actually the first time I made a blade for someone who dual wield," Kanamori said.

Inosuke suddenly got up from the ground and went to the pond that was near by. Everyone was confused by this and raised a brow. Y/n cocked his head to the side.

"Inosuke?" Kanamori questioned.

Inosuke picked up a few rocks, checking them before throwing them behind him. Y/n's eyes slightly widened at what Inosuke was doing.

"Inosuke, don't do it..." Y/n warned as he stopped petting Haganezuka, causing him to grumble.

"Do what...?" Kanamori asks.

Inosuke suddenly raised a large rock and slammed it down on his blade. He created many chips on both of his blades. Kanamori was furious. Tanjiro and Y/n immediately sprung into action.

"Alright!" Inosuke cheered.

"I'LL RIP YOU TO SHERDS YOU DAMN BRAT!!" Kanamori shouted.

"We're sorry!! We're sorry!!" Tanjiro shouted while holding Kanamori back.

Y/n appeared beside Inosuke and smacked the back of his boar head. Inosuke's head whipped forwards, but he did nothing.

"Inosuke, you could've done it when they were gone. Now you got us all in trouble, no cuddles for you," Y/n scolded.

"HA??? NO NO!!" Inosuke cried out, holding onto his head.

Haganezuka just snickered to himself.

Haganezuka and Kanamori left immediately after that. Tanjiro, Inosuke, and Y/n were there to see them out. Inosuke was holding onto Y/n's sleeve, as Y/n was turned away from him and Tanjiro waved the sword makers goodbye.

☁︎︎ Time Skip ☁︎

Y/n, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke stood in front of the train that will be taking them to their next mission. At least, that's what they hope for, they didn't get any real orders to be exact. It was complicated.

"EH?!?! We still have no orders??? We should've stayed with Shinobu-San!!" Zenitsu cried out.

"No... Our treatment is done, and we've been cooped up in the same place for two months now!" Tanjiro stated.

"We didn't have to have that sad farewell!!"

Y/n deadpanned at the two, he than turned to Inosuke who had a look in the lifeless boar eyes, "Inosuke-San, what are you doing?" He questioned.

"WHAT IS THAT?!?! WHAT'S THAT CREATURE RIGHT THERE, (incorrect name)?!?" Inosuke called out making the other males look at him, along with a few passerby's.

"Inosuke-San it's a train, not a creature, you can't fight it. Damnit, get over here," Y/n said as he pulled Inosuke away from the locomotive.

"This thing is the master of the land, yeah... it controls the land," Inosuke mumbled to himself in slight fear, "There's no mistaking it's length and intimidating aura. It may be sleeping now but don't let your grand down!!"

"No it's a steam engine. You don't know about it?" Zenitsu said, already over with today.

"SHH!! Calm down!!"

"No, you calm down."

"I'll go and attack first!!" Inosuke stated as he pulled away from Y/n, only to be pulled back.

"Inosuke, no, stop that," Y/n said, holding onto Inosuke.

"It may be a guardian spirit of this land, so it may not be a good idea to suddenly attack it," Tanjiro pointed out.

Zenitsu looked at Tanjiro with a deadpanned expression, "No. I'm telling you it's a steam engine. Do you know what a train is? It's a vehicle, it carries people. At least Y/n knows what it is, you dumpkins."

Y/n only sighed, "And here I thought I could trust Tanjiro with handling Zenitsu. Nope, I gotta handle all three of them, great," He mumbled to himself.

Inosuke suddenly, and somehow, got out of Y/n's hold and head butted the train, "PIG ASSULT!!"

"Inosuke stop it! Get back over here!" Y/n scolded and pulled Inosuke by his boar head.

"You're so embarrassing!!" Zenitsu called out.

The sound of whistles caught the four male's attention, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! THEY HAVE SWORDS!!" A police officer called out.

"GEH!!"

"Great..." Y/n muttered and ran off with Inosuke, "Run. Now."

Zenitsu grabbed Tanjiro and ran after Y/n, "OBVIOUSLY!!"

☁︎︎ Small Time Skip ☁︎

"Did you guys forget that the us demon slayers aren't an organization that is recognized by the government?" Y/n questioned as he fixed the cloth to hide Inosuke's blades, "Having blades out in the open will make us seem like a Yakuza₁︎ and they would have us arrested for sure."

"Exactly, this is why we should hide our blades so we don't start chaos," Zenitsu stated, "Y/n, you usually have your blade on your back could you help us?"

Y/n placed the swords on Inosuke's back, who was sitting down with a small pout, "Of course, I wouldn't want any of you guys to get in trouble," Y/n said with a nod.

"They call it the 'infinity train'. If we ride it we should be able to meet the flame pillar, what was his name again," Tanjiro said, as he mumbled the last part, Y/n helping Zenitsu with his blades.

"Rengoku Kyojuro," Y/n stated, "Come here Tanjiro-San, let me get your blades ready. Zenitsu-San, here the money for the tickets."

"So, we're meeting this 'Rengoku' guy, okay," Zenitsu repeated as he started to walk off, "I'm going to buy some tickets so just stay here, be quiet and don't cause Y/n trouble, he's already done enough for us as it is."

"I got it! Thanks!" Tanjiro cheered slightly as Y/n fixed up his haori.

"How do you even walk like this, Y/n? It's hard to move..." Zenitsu mumbled.

Y/n just shrugged and waved it off, "I'm used to it at this point."

"Understandable. I'll be back!"

Zenitsu than disappeared in the crowd, leaving Y/n, Tanjiro, and Inosuke by themselves. Y/n blinked a bit before looking up at the stars in the night sky. He didn't know why, but his gut feeling left like something was going to happen.

Something new, something, odd. Y/n just shook off the feeling and turned to Tanjiro and Inosuke. He than enforce to care and scold the two for today, to which the two were silent through the hold thing.

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[A/n: Let the new arc begin]
1) Yakuza is a Japanese mafia