Next day at Teruko's house.

The siblings Teruko, Kiyoshi and Shoichi were busy treating the wound of Zenitsu. Zenitsu from yesterday was beaten up by Inosuke after a misunderstanding.

Around at the backyard...

The stern looking Saitama was disciplining the short tempered Inosuke to apologize to what he did to Zenitsu. But first, the hero asked about Inosuke's whereabouts.

"What's your name kiddo? And where do you live?" Saitama crossing his arm and looking at the behaving Inosuke.

Inosuke snorts as he acts high and mighty "my name is Inosuke Hashibira, I grow in the mountains! And you are old man Sadtaman, yes I name it correct!"

"First of all, my name's not Sadtaman, I am Saitama and still 26 years old young..!" In annoyed tone as Saitama didn't liked Inosuke's remarks

"26 years OLD is older, you are older than me and acts like a geezer!" Says the acting high Inosuke who is confident of his answer.

Saitama sighed in annoyance, he was slightly annoyed about the fact Inosuke refered him as a geezer, but he doesn't argue with it as he don't like Inosuke making a ruckus over a word, the hero changed topic to talk about Inosuke beating up Zenitsu yesterday.

"Alright, you need to apologize to Zenitsu for hurting him!" Saitama in disciplining tone.

"Zenitsu who!? That yellow headed boy!? No way!" Inosuke while fuming and crossing his arms, he then look away while his nose produce a steam from his breathing.

Saitama in a poker face was slightly baffled by Inosuke's avoiding behavior. He thought that Inosuke was just having a problem and doesn't like strangers, but the hero is now slowly understanding that Inosuke might not be fond in dealing with strangers he met for the first time especially who he didn't recognize.

Saitama sighed deeply as he says "alright, just promise you won't hurt Zenitsu, or else you'll receive something worse than getting knocked off from me!" in disciplining tone to Inosuke.

"Hmph, don't you boss around me old man Sadtaman!" Inosuke in arrogant tone

"What was that?" Saitama smiles angrily while his hand is ready to knock him off again.

"Grrnn...nothing!" Inosuke in submissive tone.

Saitama sigh in relief when he notice Inosuke is obeying him "good! Now let's call Tanjiro and Zenitsu now..!"

After a few minutes, Tanjiro and Zenitsu wave their goodbyes to Teruko's siblings. After that, they leave and went to the waiting Saitama and Inosuke.

Tanjiro and the recovered Zenitsu approached Saitama

"We are ready mister Saitama!" Tanjiro in serious tone while acting cool.

"Me too!" Zenitsu doing the same as he imitate Tanjiro.

The annoyed Inosuke line up with them "Me too...!" He snorts as he stand straight.

The trio line up as they stare at Saitama in disciplined manner.

Saitama smiles at them as he say "alright! Let's march to our destination...but the question is where..?"

The trio where listening as they look at each other.

"Yeah where?" Zenitsu while scratching his head.

"Uh I think we will just continue to journey until the messenger crow deliver us some requests" Tanjiro in awkward tone.

"Yeah yeah right! Wait what is this crow you talk about? Is this crow a food?" Inosuke in curious and interested tone.

"Ahhh, you don't need to know" Saitama while smiling a little.
Saitama clears his throat as he acts as a leader.

"Alright, I'll be the one leading the squad, let's move!" Saitama walks first to the roadway, acting like a leader.

Saitama in his mind: "why am I acting like this? I haven't done this in my entire life, maybe I am acting as a good guardian now? Who cares..."

While walking, the hero looks behind him as he says "did you guys follow me?"

"Yes!" Zenitsu and Tanjiro follows while smiling and marching.

"Huh? Why do I need to-- grnn nevermind!" Inosuke angrily follows as he hates to get ordered by the hero.

They walk and walk, waiting for the messenger crow but still a few hours, there are no requests.

Instead of waiting, they did some errands like helping the villagers they passed by, they earn income and was given free food.

They also enjoy bonding, except for Inosuke who is not used in bonding with strangers.

While walking miles away until they reach night time, they stop at someone's house as Tanjiro knock on the gate in curious tone.

"Um...hello, anybody home?"

A few moments of silence...

The gate opens with an old woman holding the handler

"Ah... Are the four of you demon slayers?" In curious and interested tone.

Tanjiro's eyes lit up in happiness as he says "yes we are.."

Tanjiro then become shy when he says "can we please ask to stay for one night? If you don't mind..?"

"Oh, not a problem, my house is free to stay especially for the hard working demon slayers" the old woman says in welcoming tone

Suddenly, Inosuke walks infront of the old woman and tried to threaten her "hey old woman! Are you planning to poison us huh? Do you think you can kill us, wanna get a punch!? Do you think we will believe in your--"

Inosuke's rude chatter was interrupted when the embarrassed Saitama covers Inosuke's mouth and leashed him while saying "please don't mind with this dumb kid, I am their guardian so I hope you'll welcome us"

The old woman kindly replies "oh not at all, please come inside"

Inosuke wiggle trying to free from Saitama's grasp while muffling angrily like "mgggghh!!!!"

"Shut up you dumb annoying boar, if that old lady refuses us, you are dead meat if we sleep at the ground" Saitama slaps Inosuke's butt for being a brat.

The awkward Zenitsu and Tanjiro were just smiling and dumbfounded, as both agree from Saitama's words.

Zenitsu says "you deserve that you annoying boar..."

"Zenitsu! His name is Inosuke not a boarhead, please don't treat him like an animal..!" Tanjiro in disciplining tone

"Because that boarhead....ugh fine.." Zenitsu in surrender tone.

The squad enters at the old lady's mansion, the old lady's name is Hisa, she is the kind owner of the house that welcomes every demon slayer who will pass by to rest in her home.

Saitama carries Inosuke like a sandbag when Inosuke acts persistent towards the hero.

"Oi, don't try to resist and do something stupid inside or else I'll discipline you again" Saitama in disciplining tone to the powerless Inosuke.

TO BE CONTINUED