[DISCONTINUED] The Art of Destruction || A Kimetsu No Yaiba x (F)Reader Story

Chapter 4

Previously!

But no matter how hard you tried to keep a straight face, the edges of your lips kept being tugged upwards. You gave up and shook your head, smiling now. "Just don't do something like that again, okay, Tanjiro?" You said, now with a calmer expression. The kind male looked at you with that bright beaming smile from earlier, "I promise!" Sliding your hand out of his grasp, a determined look now came on your face, "Then let's keep going then Tanjirou, we only got seven days left now." Tanjiro himself now had a confident grin on his face, happy and determined to get through this selection with you. Grabbing your hand happily, you both walked towards east once more, ready to take on the next upcoming challenges. 

On to Chapter 4!

The week of the selection went by pretty quick. Well, maybe it was because there were no other grotesque demons like that one demon on the very first day of the selection. Throughout the selection you and Tanjiro stuck by each others side: watching each others backs, caring for each others injuries, and sharing food and water that you found.

But the one thing that Tanjiro kept doing without you, was going out of you two's shelter earlier than needed. You thought that it was probably just to eliminate any demons that were waiting in the surrounding area just to save you both the headache, but he would be gone for an uncomfortable amount of time. It even pushed you to the point of venturing out just to see if your friend was alright. It really wasn't a far-fetched worry that he may have gotten hurt, you two were fighting relentless demons every night after all. Venturing out one night to find your maroon-headed friend, you found his figure yelling at a demon. But as you began to close in on him, it looked more like, he was pleading? "What are you doing, Tanjiro?" You whisper under your breath as you squinted at the male and the demon. Upon being in view of the demon, it locked eyes with you, clearly more interested in what you were going to do. 

It gave an eerie smile as you closed the distance between yourself and Tanjiro. Once finally being beside him, you questioned him, "What are you doing Tanjiro?" Keeping your eyes on the demon as you set your hand on the handle of your blade. "Don't worry about it, (Y/N)san." Was all that he said. You clicked your tongue with annoyance as you furrowed your eyebrows, your frustration slightly bubbling over like a pot of boiling water. 

"Fine then," you positioned yourself as Tanjiro only watched you, "we'll talk about this later on then." With fierce eyes, you stare down the demon as it merely snickered at you. "You're planning on doing something to me? Little one?" It cackled as you grit your teeth and your hand became tighter on your handle. "Don't underestimate me, demon." It merely laughed at your warning as it pointed at you mockingly with its only elongated finger. Your eyes fixed themselves on that long finger, 'Somethings not right with that hand...' You could feel your gut telling you something was off and that you should try and keep your distance. The demon watched as you analyzed it, finally sighing happily, "Did my hand scare you, small one?" It said, coo'ing at you. No words left your mouth as you pondered what you should do. "(Y/N)san? Are you alright?" Tanjiro finally asked, stepping right next to your shoulder. "Yeah," you tried to word what you were feeling, "just, somethings not right with this demon." 

The demon jumped with joy as it giggled excitedly. "Ohoho~ She's smart! Yes she is!" It yelled while jumping with excitement. "You wanna see what this finger can do?" It questioned with a look of blood lust in its eyes. "Not really," you said flatly, finally approaching the demon. Tanjiro stuttered with uncertainty as he watched you inch closer to the overly-excited demon. With darkened eyes laying on the demon and movements becoming slower, "Breath of Destruction, fifth form," you closed your eyes as you breathed in slowly, your surroundings slowly becoming dimmed out and only the demons movements and sounds existed, "Deaths Temptations!"