You and Tanjiro are jumping around while swinging your swords to avoid getting hit by them. So far neither of you got hit except for Yushiro and Tamayo.
"Hey! Moronic Demon Slayers! If you look at the arrows, then you can tell which direction they're going! Dodge the arrows!" Yushiro stated.
"Arrows?" Tanjiro mutters.
"Hey, simp! You do realize that we don't have special eyesight cause...I don't know...cause we're humans!?" You angrily exclaimed.
Yushiro rolls his eyes and pulls out two pieces of paper from his robe. "I'm gonna lend you my sense of sight! That should enable you to behead that temari woman!" He shouted. He throws the two papers at them and one of them lands on your forehead. You felt a tingling sensation coursing throughout your body. That's when you see a bunch of red arrows attached to the balls. Now you know when to dodge. You begin to dance around gracefully while cutting some of them in half.
"Thanks, Yushiro! I can see the arrows!" Tanjiro thanked him.
"Then hurry up and defeat her!" Yushiro replied.
Nezuko has returned back to the living room. "Nezuko! (Y/N)! Let's go outside! I want you both to take care of the demon that's on the trees!" Tanjiro yells. You and Nezuko nodded before all three of you took off. All six balls return back into Susamaru's hands. The demon didn't even bother stopping you as you jumped over her. "So, you really are after me." Tanjiro confirms.
You and Nezuko are jumping along the tree branches and you spotted Yahaba. Nezuko delivers a couple of kicks, making the blind demon release his Demon Blood Art. "Nice one, Nezuko!" You praised.
"Don't stir up dust like that. So filthy!" Yahaba yells. The eyes on his palms close and Nezuko is sent flying back.
"Nezuko!" You called out. You were about to go after her, but an arrow managed to get underneath your feet and lifted you up in the air. Crap! The arrow begins to slam your body around the trees and ground as if you were a pinball. The impact made your body scream in pain. It hurts! It really hurts! The arrow lifts you sky high in the air and disappears. He plans for me to fall to my death! You begin to fall down when you quickly hook your chain onto your sword. You spin the chain around to give the sword more momentum and impale it to a tree. You then swing around like you were Tarzan and deliver a kick to Yahaba. As he stumbles back, you grip onto the hilt of your sword. "Dance Breathing, Fourth Form: Kabuki!" You yelled.
You tried to aim for his head so that you can help the others defeat Susamaru faster. Yahaba jumped away from the blade, but you got his hands. He screamed in agony and that's when you took your chance to go for the head. Even though he's blind, he was able to duck down and kick you away from him. You landed harshly on the ground while hitting your head hard in the process. Now you're seeing double.
From the other side, Tanjiro sees you on the ground and having trouble standing up. Yahaba regrows his hands and sends you another arrow to slam you on the tree. "(Y/N) chan!" Tanjiro cries out. You gave him a look that said, 'Take his head off while he's distracted'. I won't let you down, (Y/N) chan, Tanjiro vows. He runs towards him and jumps up to swing down his sword. Unfortunately Yuhaba heard him coming and turned his focus on him. He sends out an arrow and pushes Tanjiro away from his head.
After beating Susamaru's ass, Yushuro angrily points at her. "You hurt Lady Tamayo! I'll never forgive you!" Yushiro yells.
Oh shit! You just opened a can of worms, Yushiro.
"Tamayo? Hey, Susamaru, the one over there...Wouldn't that be Tamayo the fugitive?" Yahaba questioned. "What a great souvenir she'll make."
"Is that right?" Susamaru replied. She looks over at Tamayo and smirks.
"Stay away from my Queen Tamayo!" You shouted. With what little strength you have left, you jump off the tree and take a stance. You perform the Fifth Form, Improve Breakdance. Yahaba had to jump away from the incoming blade, thus distancing himself from Tamayo. But your clear blade didn't reach his neck. Damn it! I missed the head because my vision is fucked up!
Meanwhile, Nezuko has just lost her leg from trying to kick the temari ball. "Yahaba, will five heads be enough to take home?" Susamaru smirks. You knew she'd be okay, but you couldn't help but flinch at seeing her bloodied severed leg on the ground.
"No, we're taking two. The male demon hunter and the fugitive." Yahaba answered. "We have no use for the other three."
At the mention of Tanjiro, you quickly went over to his side and helped pick him up. He can see that you're struggling to see straight ahead. "(Y/N) chan, can you see clearly." He asked.
"No, I can't. I'm seeing double of everything." You admit. You grit your teeth and tightly hold on to your hilt and chain. "But I can still fight."
"Heh, you're basically a dead man walking. Killing you both will be easy!" Yahaba chuckles. He sends out seven arrows at them. Four arrows went after Tanjiro and three went after you. Though it looks like there are eight arrows for you.
You can't always rely on your eyes forever. Time to use your "intuition". You took a deep breath and closed your eyes. To the outside world, you look like a ballerina dancing around gracefully. You spin around to avoid getting hit by the arrows and jump up high with your (h/c) hair nicely framing your face. If Tanjiro didn't have his own arrows to dodge, he would've enjoyed your performance.
"Let's try this again." You spoke. I have to kill him. I just have to be the one to do it! "Tanjiro! Move out of the way! I don't want you to get caught up in it!" You warned. Tanjiro backflips away from you along with the arrows that are chasing him. "Dance Breathing, Fifth Form: Improve Breakdance!" With your eyes still closed, you dropped onto the ground and began to breakdance. The chain hooked onto your hilt of the sword deflects the oncoming arrows. Yahaba begins to panicked when he sees you coming closer to him
"Stay away from me, you filth!" He screams.
With all the spinning your body did, you knew you had the strength to do it. You swing the chain to your right and the blade moves horizontally to cut Yahaba's neck. "You did it!" Tanjiro exclaimed. You opened your eyes to see the shock expression on his face as his head landed on the ground.
"Curse you! Curse you! Curse you! All I had to do is bring back that boy's head and I would've won his approval! I'll never forgive you, foregin witch! Never! How dare you come into this country with your immigrant filth!" Yahaba screams at you.
Wow! Wouldn't think of him as a racist. You tried to walk over to cut off his hands so that he wouldn't summon more arrows at you. But the moment you take a step forward, the whole area begins to spin around. You plop your ass on the ground to try to stop the dizziness. "Damn it. My head is still spinning." You mumbled to yourself.
"I'm taking you down with me, you foregin witch!" Yahaba shouted.
Crap! You knew what was happening next! You don't have the strength to move away from him.
"(Y/N) chan!"
The next thing you see is Tanjiro's the one who got impaled by the arrows and you are safely away from them. "No! Tanjiro!" You called out. You tried to get up to help. Honest to God you did. But you're most likely concussed by the blow to your head since every time you tried to move, you felt like throwing up. All you can do is helplessly watch Tanjiro get thrown around like a rag doll. Though he isn't completely helpless. Tanjro did a series of forms to cushion the impact.
I just have to keep moving around until that demon dies, Tanjiro thought. He glances over at you to see your beautiful (e/c) orbs widen in worry. Better me than her, he smiles.
"More! I want you to suffer more!" Yahaba shouted before he finally died.
The arrows attached to him disappear along with the demon. Tanjiro suddenly falls towards the ground. That's when you force yourself to stand back up and catch him with your arms. At least that's what you tried to do. He instead landed on your body and your head took a nasty hit on the grass. You can hear Tanjiro loudly gasp for air. He then realized he's onto top of you and scrambles off of you.
"Gah! (Y/N) chan I'm so sorry!" He apologized.
"...."
He begins to panic when you don't respond to him and smells a head injury from you. Tanjiro gently picks up your head and positions your body upwards. Not good! I can barely move to pick up my sword, let alone pick her up, Tanjiro panics. He then gasped when he saw blood running down your nose. Move, Tanjiro! You have to move! For (Y/N), Nezuko, Miss Tamayo and Yushiro! Tanjiro ignores his sword in favor of using his strength to drag you along.
Your eyes flutter open to feel yourself being dragged on the dirt. For some reason everything is blurry to you and you feel something warm coming out from your left nostril. You then heard the bell inside of the temari ball in front of you.
"Forgive me! I didn't mean to utter your name! Please forgive me!" Susamaru pleaded.
Ah, so this is the part where Tanjiro witnesses what would happen to a demon when they utter his name out loud. You're actually glad your vision is a mess so that you won't have to witness Susamaru's brutal death.
A bunch of arms burst through from her mouth and body. You can feel Tanjiro's body trembling behind you in fear. One of the hands grabs her head and crushed it. Tamayo walks over to her and kneels down.
"Did she just die?" Tanjiro asked.
"She will die momentarily. That's the curse." Tamayo answered. "Her physical body will be destroyed by Kibutsuji's cells in her body. In general, battles between demons are futile. It's pointless. Because they can't inflict fatal wounds on each other. Only sunlight and the sword of a Demon Slayer can do so. Kibutsuji alone appears to be able to destroy demon cells"
"Tanjiro, you're sister won't fall for the curse. So don't worry." You assured him. Tanjiro smiles at you, but you can't see him due to the concussion.
Yushiro runs towards the teens and he gently places a handkerchief on your nose and mouth. Tanjiro was about to ask him why he did that when Yushiro practically smacks his mouth with his own hand. "Don't go inhaling Lady Tamayo's spell! It's harmful to the human body! You got that?" He explained. You and Tanjiro nodded.
"Tanjiro san. (Y/N) chan. She's not one of the Twelve Kizuki." Tamayo reveals. She points to Susamaru's eyeball. "The Twelve Kizuki have numbers engraved on their eyeballs, but this demon doesn't have one. Most likely, the other demon isn't a member of the Twelve Kizuki either. They're too weak." She stayed.
Upon hearing that, Tanjiro nearly jumped up in shock . You let out a small whimper of pain when he moved. He completely forgot that your head is on his lap. "Too weak?! At that level?!" He gasped.
"Stop hurting her!" Yushiro hissed, smacking Tanjiro's head in the process. You can hear Tanjiro mutter an apology to you. "Anyway, if Lady Tamayo says so, there's no mistake. Still, who knew there were such stupid demons? She physically injured Lady Tamayo. She got exactly what she deserves." Yushiro smirks.
Tamayo inserts a needle in Susamaru's arm to draw blood. "I hope this blood will be instrumental in developing the healing serum." She turns to face you (though you can't tell since you're still blind) before facing Nezuko. "I need to treat (Y/N)'s head injury and check on Nezuko since she inavertaly inhale my spell. I'm sorry about that." She said.
Yushiro gently picks you up in bridal style while still holding the handkerchief in place. He then turns to face Tanjiro and points at him in a threatening manner. "Don't move a muscle! You're on your own now! I don't want to leave Tamayo's side! Not for one second!" Yushiro yells.
He dashes inside the house which felt like a gentle ride. You guess he's taking you to the basement since you felt him take a big leap to go down. You're surprised he's been gentle with you the entire time. He even went as far to fluff your pillow before setting you down on the futon. Tamaya gently takes your hand to make you hold a cup.
"Drink this water. I laced it with pain medication. You're gonna feel sleepy after drinking it, but bedrest is the only way to treat your concussion." Tamayo said.
You raise your glass to her. "Bottoms up." You smiled. The moment you finish drinking it, you immediately doze off to Lala land.
"Mis Tamayo? Yushiro san?" Tanjiro calls out.
"Over here! Over here!" Yushiro responded.Tanjiro couldn't see due to everything being dark. He just needs to know if you and Nezuko are okay. "Not that you need to come at all. But if you want to, then get down here." Yushiro said.
"Yushiro!" Tamayo scolds him.
"Only joking!" He claims.
"Hurry up, then, Tanjiro san."
"Oh, right!" Tanjiro runs down to the basement. His grim face breaks into a smile when he sees Nezuko running up to him."Nezuko!" He exclaimed. She tackles him in a hug and he patted her head.
"I moved her to the basement so that the sunlight won't reach her." Tamayo explains. "As for (Y/N) san, she's gonna be alright. Your friend is strong. She'll be fighting along your side by tomorrow."
Tanjiro's smile falters when he sees you sleeping off your injuries. His maroon eyes glisten with guilt to see you like this. I couldn't protect her today. I'm too weak to do anything. I couldn't even finish one demon off. (Y/N) chan did all the work today. She was able to kill one. I have to get stronger so that you won't have to suffer anymore injuries, Tanjiro vows.
If only he knew there will be alot worse injuries to come.
After she finished hugging Tanjiro, she runs up to Tamayo and hugs her as well. Yushiro looks like he wanted to murder the girl. "Why, you! Step away from Lady Tamayo! That's so rude!" He yells.
"Stop it, Yushiro. I don't mind at all." Tamayo said.
"Yes, ma'am!" Nezuko turned to him and gently patted his head. "Cut...that...out..!"
She then let Tamayo go over to your sleeping figure. Tamayo gasped when she saw her cuddling up next to you and nuzzles her cheek against your own. Tanjiro smiles upon seeing how the two of you look adorable together. A soft snore comes out of Nezuko now that she's fully sleeping. Your arm subconsciously wraps around the demon girl and pulls her closer to you.
"Do you think she's alright?" Tamayo asked.
Tanjiro walks over to the futon to sit down next to you. He gently squeezes your soft hands before looking at them. "She's fine. She probably thinks you're someone in our family." Tanjiro explains.
"Family? But I thought the spell she's under causes to see humans as her family. And Yushiro and I are demons."
"But Nezuko perceives you two as humans. That's why she tried to protect you. At first, I didn't like the idea of Nezuko being under a spell. But since it looks like she has a will on her own, I'm glad that-"
He got caught by Tamayo's crying. She walked over to the sleeping girls and gently patted her hair. "Thank you, Nezuko san! Thank you!" She cries.
Your eyes flutter open and you're relife to see you're no longer seeing double. The pounding headache is long gone as well as your nauseating feeling. You turn around to see Tanjiro sleeping next to you with his own futon. You also felt movements next to you. What the? You took off the blanket and saw Nezuko cuddled up next to you. Heart eyes, motherfucker!
"You're awake!" Tanjiro sudden;y exclaimed. Before you could say anything, he dashes over to your side and hugs you. A warm red blush spreads across your (s/c) face. The way he's hugging you felt so loving and gentle. "I'm glad to see you better." He smiles.
"Tanjiro...you were worried about me?" You gasped.
"Of course I was! You had a head injury and I was worried you might never wake up!'
"Don't worry, Tanji. I'm not going anywhere."
"Mm! Mmph!" Now Nezuko's awake.
Tamayo and Yushiro walk in the room. "Good, everyone's up. Now you can all beat it!" Yushiro snaps. Aw. And I thought we were making progress, Yushiro.
"Yushiro and I will leave this region. We've gotten too close to Kibutsuji. We must conceal our whereabouts soon or the risk will be too great." Tamayo explains.
"We understand." You nodded, while smiling. "You helped us a lot, so thank you."
Tamayo returns the smile before facing Tanjiro. "Would you like us to take Nezuko in?" She offers. Tanjiro's eyes widened at her request while Yushiro shakes his head in disapproval. "I can't give you an absolute guarantee that she'll be safe, but I believe it'll be less dangerous than taking her into battle." Tamayo reasons.
You're surprised to see Tanjiro actually thinking about it. He looks at you before looking down at Nezuko. He was about to give her an answer when Nezuko grabs his hand along with yours. You gasped when she nodded at you and squeezed her brother's hand.
"Nezuko..." You smiled.
"Mis Tamayo, thank you for your concern. But Nezuko is staying with (Y/N) chan and I. The three of us are a team and we're not going to live apart from each other." Tanjiro answers.
"In that case, I wish you all long lasting good fortune in battle." Tamayo smiles.
Yushiro crosses his arms and turns away so that no one would see the pink tints on his cheeks. "All right. We'll be leaving after we erase all traces of ourselves. You three get going now." He said.
"Hai! Okay, Miss Tamayo, Yushiro, we wish you well!" Tanjiro nodded. Nezuko suddenly picks you up and runs upstairs with you. "Nezuko chan! You can't just pick (Y/N) chan like that!" He calls out. He was about to chase after them when Yushiro spoke.
"Tanjiro...About your kid sister and your friend...They are a beauty to look at." Yushiro admits.
Tanjiro gasped before chuckling. Yeah, they sure are.
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