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Chapter 21

○ Chapter 21 : ○
○ "The Boar Bares its Fangs. " ○

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1st Person POV

I dragged Zenitsu along, the poor boy still cowering behind me at every noise, even the little boy didn't seem as scared as him.

"We're all gonna die, aren't we?!"
He cried.

"Ok, Zenitsu, look."
I stopped, letting go of his hand to grab his shoulders firmly.
"You need to calm down. We're all gonna be fine as long as we stick together and don't attract unwanted attention. If you can keep quiet, I'll let you cling to me if you're that scared. Just shut up, ok?"

He sniffled and nodded, now hugging my arm again as I opened countless doors. If the rooms keep shifting, then I'm bound to find Tanjiro at one point, right?

Until then I have these two to protect.

"Maybe he's in this one."
I slam the door open, pausing as I see a... person? Demon? Whatever the hell it was, it had a boar head, and he seemed to just... stand there, wielding two swords.
He slowly turns around, letting out a very deep breath, and I flinch, Zenitsu screaming as loud as he could.

"IT'S A MONSTEEEEEEEERR! Y/N, PLEASE PROTECT MEEEEE!"

He charged at us through the door, knocking me down before he broke through the other doors, leaving us alone, laughing like a maniac.

"Was... Was that what took your brother?"
I get out as I stand up again, rubbing my head from the fall.

"No..."
The little boy looked at me, asking if I was alright until Zenitsu clung to my leg tightly.

The two of us glare down at him with mild pity.
"W-What?! What's with that face? Stop it!"

I sigh and pry him off.
"No more hand-holding. Walk on your own."

He cried as I grabbed the little boy's hand to not lose him, Zenitsu begging for forgiveness behind us.

"I never asked your name."
I turn to the young boy, ignoring Zenitsu.

"Oh, uh... Shoichi. My name's Shoichi."
I smile and reflexively pat his head.

"I'm Y/N. The hog-monkey behind us is Zenitsu."
Zenitsu cries again, trying to grab me.

"I'm not a hog-monkey!"

"Well, you sure do scream like one!"
I'm rather close to just knocking him out and carrying him that way, but I don't think the extra weight is a good idea here.

"Uwaaaah!! Y/N! You're so mean!"
I roll my eyes and keep walking, Zenitsu calming down in the end. Still a little shaky and paranoid, but much better.

"If you hear anything weird just tell me, alright?"
He sniffles and nods, and we enter a room to check it out, but right as we do, the echo of a drum can be heard, and we've shifted.

"Damn it. We should stick to the hallways. They seem to be the safest."
I grab Zenitsu and Shoichi, quickly getting us out as the room changed yet again, lucky timing, I guess.