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Miyako heard her ears rings with the sound of another's voice, one she though with familiarity, though she wasn't quite sure how to interpret it. A voice so warm and soft, yet so loud. Who could this be? Shinazugawa-kun was already off his bed and running the opposite direction, out of the room, probably not to deal with whoever's voice this was. The voice called his name louder with each approaching step, as it eventually caught up with Shinazugawa-kun, and was calling his name like crazy.

"Genya-kun!!! So nice to meet you!!!"

"What's your deal?????"

"Nothing!! Just wanted to greet you!!"

The vice she heard seemed so soft spoken, yet Genya looked annoyed?? She'd hope to get up and peer over the doorframe, but was sentenced to bedrest the whole day, just listening to anyone approaching the room, or at least close to it. Thier footsteps became more and more louder, as she saw a shadow, just reaching the frame, entering the room with a heroic pose, before falling onto the closest bed. Behind him, a boar head and yellow haired man came in the room carried by other kakushi on a stretcher, one looked ill-stricken of poison, the other, huge blood stains all over his body.

"Bye bye Genya-kun!!!"

Some person, wearing a checkered green haori waved the other way, letting the other kakushi guide him towards the same room Miyako and her sister was in, presumably the room where all the other demons rehabilitate.

"Ah! Who are you?"

Miyako, once again, was forced to converse out of her own free will, hoping not to be impolite to such a kind voice. EEP!

"Nevermind! I'm not supposed to speak or my wounds might get worse - haha, I'm Kamado Tanjiro!"

'Speak up Miyako. Don't be impolite to our guests.'

"Miyako, Nakashima Miyako..."

Again, it looked as if flowery background came behind him, just as he gave his innocent face. W-what??? How is that possible???

"Ah!!! Okay!! Miyako-san, why aren't you in uniform??"

"I'm not a part of the corps - just uh... "

"KAMADO TANJIRO, THE BREAKER OF SWORDS, COME HERE!!!" Oh how blessed she was, to be ignored by the other person running staright towards Tanjiro.

"Don't yell Haganezuka-sama!!! Inosuke and Zenitsu are sleeping!!!"

"More Like Knocked Out!!!"

"Haganezuka-sama!!!"

Wow, what a bunch of idiots. She watched the two run around the room, the boy, who was now Tanjiro, was barely escaping the grasp of who was now, Haganezuka, as he continued to jump from bed to bed, up and down, until this continuous chase had ended with a halt from Tanjiro, who was now beat up from the run and passed out on the bed. Now there wasn't a need for the masked man to continue bawling his guts out, but as long as Tanjiro continued breaking his swords, he'd swear on his life to get revenge, and Miyako got all that just by how he *stared* at Tanjiro.

Just then, another person came walking in, their shoulder slouched and walked ever o slow, you'd wonder how he even got here by foot.

"Ryo! Buddy! That's where you were!!"

Haganezuka jumped on his feet and made his way to the boy, now Ryo. Miyako now had five people to remember the names of, as well as what they looked like.

Alright Miyako, here ya go! Kamado Tanjiro: Maroon hair, with a left scar on his forehead, green checkered haori with the same uniform he found everyone wearing, probably that Demon Slayer Corp uniform? Alright, Ryo: Brown hair with a mixed of white stripes on his hair, while the other half was completely white with a long braid at the back. Baggy clothing with a small white haori, and a small scar over his right cheek. Wait, but who's Inosuke and Zenitsu? Let's just guess! Inosuke the boar head, and Zenitsu the yellow haired! Inosuke didn't wear a top, so that might be easy to tell, as well as his mask, but Zenitsu looks smaller than usual, having the uniform paired with a strikingly bright yellow haori.

"Hm? Who's this?"

Miyako froze on scene, again! Welp, so long for napping! She was staring straight at both of them, her fingers laced together, fidgeting and searching for an answer.

'Speak up Miyako. Don't be impolite to our guests.'

"I know mother!!"

Pause.

"Mother? What?"

'Sorry! Miyako's so hard-headed! It's hard for her to make any friends! She only has her caregiver to talk too!'

I'm sorry mother, I just -

"Nothing- sorry, forgive me... I-I'm Nakashima Miyako... uhm."

"Oh, Kawaguchi Ryo. This is Haganezuka Hotaru."

"Apologies child!!! Me and my fellow swordsmith gotta go!"

"Shut up! I'm a Demon Slayer now you fucking idiot!"

"Haha! Ignore his language! He can easily get mad, especially around me!!"

She guessed he was more forgiving than Tanjiro, because apparently, Ryo was holding a broken sword as well, while Haganezuka was probably holding Tanjiro's since he didn't have any when he got here.

"Well, please leave me be - I need to start fucking sleeping you bastard."

"Ah yes! Right away my child!! See you next time! I'll make sure to finish your sword with the best quality material!"

"I don't give any shits."

"Mhm! Bye!!! Make sure to keep an eye out for Tanjiro, if he breaks any of my swords, okay??? Bye!!"

"Dipshit."

Miyako, to be brutally honest, was totally desperate to leave. this room, since Ryo had such a scary attitude. It had looked as if he emitted ghosts flying around him, while he gave his death stare towards the entrance to watch Haganezuka leave the mansion. How was he that scary? Did he collect ghosts on the way to scare other people?? She was utterly terrified by his presence!!

"Sorry, I just hate him. He acts so fatherly when I'm around, he's annoying as hell."

What? Could he read her mind??? Was he just inferring by how she looked at him, in shock and in loss of words, frozen in fear?

"Anyways, like you, I'm on bedrest. My other buddies here too, we're here from a mission, so this is compulsory."

Aha... okay!

"Al-right!! Good afternoon then!! Ah - huh, I'll start sleeping now!!"

"Yea, sorry to intrude."

Straight to bed, no harsh thoughts. He's nice right? I know Tanjiro is, but what about Insouke and Zenitsu?? What if their mean like him!!! 'Shit' she heard him say, just as she closed her eyes for a lengthy sleep.

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She awoke to the sound of the quiet chirping of the birds outside, just making barely enough noise to annoy her awake, the smell of wisteria just reaching her nose, as the murmur of voiced ringed alongside it. By the time she got up from her bed, it was only her and Mirei, presumably the others had gotten out of bed earlier, or so she thought. She found two other figures, both nested on top of their own beds, Inosuke and Zenitsu, who were both probably in the worst shape out of all of them. Rubbing her eyes once, then another, and for the last time, until she could see one other person in the room, Tanjiro. He was sitting on the side of his own bed, like her, and was looking straight at the floor, and didn't realize she had awoken. Where was Ryo? Didn't he say he was on bedrest? She did the same, facing downwards to her lap, and held her hands together, almost praying, as if Buddha could hear her.

"Ah! Your awake Nakashima-san!"

"Hm?" Tanjiro had finally turned his head to look at her, not both of them facing the same direction. She waved, and he did too. She gave him a faint smile, and he did the same, much bigger.

"Ah- Kamado -"

"Eh!!!! Don't worry with any formalities!! Cal me Tanjiro okay!!"

"O-Okay Tanjiro-san!! You also don't need to call me Nakashima!"

"Are you sure Nakashima-san?"

Welp, there he goes. I guess Miyako wasn't really, normal with people calling her last name, because most of the time, she was too show respect to others, and never expect to receive any back. Maybe this was a good idea, these peoeple actually cared, and were nice.

"Don't worry Tanjiro-san!"

Another smile given in just a few minutes of chatting, she left the room, in search of some fresh air to breathe since she had stayed inside almost the whole day.

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A/N:

Hello! Thank you for reading this far! Another completed chapter: FINISHED!!!

Anyways, yep!!! New oc!!! Ryo Kawaguchi, a former swordsmith???? More revealed at the next chapter!!

- Polaroid ♡