YOU CONTINUED TO BITE YOUR LIP NERVOUSLY AS THE LOT OF YOU HELPED ALL OF THE PASSENGERS OFF THE TRAIN.
due to enmu being killed by you, the train never crashed, and everyone was able to be safely escorted out.
you groaned internally,
f-m-fucking-llllllll. why have i done thisisisisisiisis. oh well. y'know what? i'm sick of moping around. it's boring. shit will go how shit will go
you grin suddenly, now in an instantly better mood due to your silent assurances.
you take the final of the passengers from the train cart, placing them on the lush grass outside, shortly followed my kyojuro.
he gives you a warm smile and a thumbs up, raising an eyebrow.
you smiled and nodded, giving him a thumps up.
he grinned, patting your head. your cheeks flushed.
soon after, tanjiro and inosuke exited the train, with nezuko and zenitsu already asleep, seemingly tired from working hard.
you waved at the two, but frowned suddenly.
was someone else coming? not a demon, but a human.
you spun around as someone ran right towards you, holding a pick much like the people from the train. your eyes widened. the conductor?
he had been passed out on the ground, but right now he was heading right at you with the pick that had stabbed tanjiro previously.
"you! you killed him! he was going to give us all a nice dream and you killed him!" he shouted angrily.
you go to step back as you almost get stabbed, but a body jumps in front of yours.
your eyes widen.
"tanjiro!" you yelped, the boy wincing as the pick stabbed into his belly.
your eyebrows furrowed.
crap! even though i stopped it the first time, he still got stabbed!
you frowned deeply, catching the boy in your arms as inosuke tackled the conductor, knocking him out. "you bitch!" he huffed.
you layed tanjiro gently on the ground with a worried look.
you sighed out,
it's fine. it's fine.. that's the same spot, right? he'll be fine. kyojuro will help him stop the breathing and then he won't interfere in the fight..
kyojuro frowned, heading over to you and tanjiro, with the boys head laid on your lap.
you patted his head softly, "shit, sorry, tanjiro, i should have taken the hit, not you" you murmured.
he smiled lightly, cheeks tinted pink as he tried to avert his eyes from.. well.
"don't worry about it, [name].." he said.
you just continued to stroke his hair.
kyojuro hurried his way over, standing over the two of you and smiling bright.
you blushed slightly, with kyojuro leaning over to address tanjiro, his body heat was radiating towards you.
"it looks like you can do total concentration: constant!" kyojuro says to tanjiro, smiling wide.
"i'm impressed!"
"rengoku-san.." he muttered.
"that's the first step to becoming a hashira! but that's just the first of 10,000 steps yet to come!"
"i'll do my best.." tanjiro says awkwardly, relishing in the feeling of your hand running through his burgundy hair.
"your stomach is bleeding." kyojuro points out, "concentrate more. improve the accuracy of your breath. focus on every inch of your body."
tanjiro starts talking deep breaths, "there are blood vessels. broken blood vessels. concentrate more" kyojuro narrows his eyes as tanjiro tries to focus on closing the wound.
he grunts slightly and seems to be struggling, kyojuro places a finger on his forehead, tanjiro looks up.
"concentrate."
you sigh a small breath of relief as the bleeding stops, "that's it. no more bleeding."
thank god. it's just the same as normal. if tanjiro got even more hurt, i wouldn't be able to forgive myself
tanjiro pants slightly.
"there're lots of things you can do if you can master your breathing. that doesn't mean you can do anything. but you'll be much stronger than you were yesterday."
tanjiro blinks, "..yeah"
"well, everyone's safe thank to [name]!"
you blink.
but your stomach drops suddenly.
shit. i forgot about that
an explosion of sorts sounds from your left, dust flying towards you and causing you to cover your face with your arm.
kyojuro goes on the defensive, eyebrows furrowing and hand reaching for this sword.
you frown deeply, gently removing tanjiro's head from your lap and standing up.
what am i supposed to do? kyojuro needs to survive. but how..? akaza can't die yet because if he does, then what will happen to tanjiro and giyuu's battle? i just need to make sure kyojuro stays alive until sunrise. he'll retire, but he won't die.
you frown, feeling incredibly guilty.
were you really going to let this man lose an eye and get seriously injured just so that he doesn't interfere too horribly with the storyline?
you gulped thickly, looking down.
even if you did try, you weren't sure you'd be able to save kyojuro from those injuries.
you bit your lip, glancing through the dust at the stiped figure in the distance.
akaza. pls don't murder kyojuro
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