Aha... that bottle of pills is so tempting rn 😩🤲

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{third POV}

"Thank you very much Miss!" Tanjiro beamed, waving at the old lady as the four walked away from the little home.

"Hm? Where'd you get that Tanjiro?" Sabito asked, noticing a small box perched underneath Tanjiro's arm as he walked peacefully. It was made of bamboo and wrapped in green tissue paper.

"Oh this? It's got all my favourite snacks in it!" He smiled, opening it up a little to show the delicious selection of treats. Giyuu sent a questioning look to Sabito "who gave it to you?"

Tanjiro froze and went silent while searching for an excuse "umm... the lady made it for me!" He yelled with a little hesitance, though the three seemed to believe him nonetheless.

"Well the demon sighting is supposed to be around here..." Giyuu wondered, stopping in a small village which looked rather deserted.

"Oh over there!" Tanjiro pointed towards a little shoe on the floor, it was pink and frilly; most likely belonged to a small toddler before it was discarded.

Tanjiro sniffled the shoe as the three gathered around him, following the boy to a small house on the side of the path. He knocked on the door and squeezed fluffy in his arms while waiting for a response.

The door opened slowly to reveal a rather beautiful looking woman. Though she looked absolutely distraught, mascara stains trailed her pale cheeks as her red lipstick smeared across her face.

The thing that stood out the most to Tanjiro however was the large red mark in the shape of a hand that stretched across her cheek.

"H-hello how may I help you" she asked in a shaky voice, it sounded like she could break down any moment.

"Does this belong to you mam" Tanjiro asked kindly, his bright red eyes scanning her face and movements.

The ladies hands seemed to shake violently as she took the small shoe from Tanjiro's hand, her red eyes swelling with tears once more "WHOS AT THE DOOR BITCH?!" A demanding masculine voice screamed from inside the house, making the lady flinch terribly.

"Y-yes that belongs to our daughter she went missing last night" she hurriedly replied while checking over her shoulder frantically.

"I'll be right back honey!" She yelled, her body trembling even more as she clutched the shoe to her chest. Before Tanjiro could respond, thundering footsteps approached the front door to reveal a rather tall plump man.

He had rough stubble and menacing slanted eyes with a down tuned mouth "who the hell are you lot... why's there a kid?" He demanded, eyes scrunched as his hand tightened around the alcohol bottle.

"I'm going to have to ask you to step away from the woman first sir" Tanjiro spoke in a sickly sweet tone, giving a closed eye smile as his hand rested on the sheath of his sword.

"Who are you to tell me what to do?!" His hair raised to the woman's face as he attempted to grab a fist full of her hair; however Tanjiro jumped up to his height and kicked him to the floor, pressing his sword to the man's neck as the lady gasped in surprise.

"I suggest you think about your next movements wisely, I'd hate to soil your carpet with blood. Quite a difficult stain to remove" Tanjiro hissed, his words harsh contradicting his sweet looks.

The man gritted his teeth and swung the bottle in an attempt to hit it over Tanjiro's head; however he was much to slow and The boy gripped his wrist easily.

"I warned you sir" he smiled, squeezing his wrist till an awful crack was heard and dropped it to the floor limply "OW!"

Tanjiro smiled again and whacked him in the head with his knee, knocking out the man with ease.

He dusted himself off and put his sword away "sorry about that mam, are you ok?" He grinned, demeanour suddenly brightening as he kissed the woman's hand.

"Y-yes thank you" she exchanged a wobbly smile, gently patting Tanjiro's hair while the other three simply stared at the little boy whom just knocked out and broke a fully grown mans arm with ease.

"We'll be working to get your child back miss, may I have that shoe a second?" He asked kindly, out stretching his little hand.

"O-oh yes sure" she hurriedly placed it in Tanjiro's hand and watched as he sniffed it intently.

He handed fluffy to Giyuu and walked outside, giving a sniff at the air as he walked down the streets slowly. There was a faint demon smell still lingering which Tanjiro was having a hard time to pin point where it was.

"Ah! Found you!" He brightened up and stared down on a gutter. "Uhhh... Tanjiro thats where sewage goes...". Sabito laughed awkwardly, scratching the nape of his neck.

"No no, it's still light out so the demon won't show himself... we've just got to wait and he'll come straight through here"

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"I'm sorry I don't have much to offer you right now... we've been struggling" the woman sympathetically smiled, gesturing to her still knocked out husband they had propped up on the sofa.

Tanjiro waved it off and placed his little box on the table "help yourself mam, I've got plenty" he smiled, pushing it towards the malnourished lady.

"A-are you sure I wouldn't want to take anythi-"

"Don't worry about it, I'll get more soon"

Sabito looked to Giyuu with the same look before when he first appeared with the box, though they decided to ignore it again.

"Do you wanna hold fluffy! He can make your sore better!" He beamed, pointing towards the red mark on her cheek; most likely caused by her husband.

"Can I kill him for you?" He asked while shoving fluffy into her arm, also placing a Mochi ball in her mouth as he pointed towards the man on the sofa.

"My! I- no that's ok!" She panicked, but there was some hesitance in her tone... she definitely wanted him gone.

"I can make it seem like an accident?" He reasoned, a wide grin spreading across his chubby cheeks "hey Tanjiro stop" Sabito hissed, gently nudging the boy in the ribs.

"Oh look! The sun's going down!" Tanjiro yelled, pointing at the beautiful subset through the window while hurriedly picking up his sword.

"I'll go get your baby back mam! It'll only take me a sec!" He beamed, sprinting out the doors and crouching next to the sewer as the surroundings slowly got darker.

The lid started to shake as the scent of a demon got stronger, Tanjiro too his sword out and steadied his breathing.

Suddenly the cap burst open and a demon with a strange amount hands littered his body, his limbs were unnaturally long and crooked; intertwined with the limbs was a small baby screaming terrified.

The demon had intended to use the infant to lure out a bigger meal. This was the only reason he hadn't eaten it yet.

"Peekaboo" Tanjiro smiled, springing of the floor as a sort of surprise attack and slicing of its head with ease. Something that would've taken an experienced demon slayer a great amount of fatigue was as simple as breathing to Tanjiro.

"I'll take her home thank you" Tanjiro giggled, ripping away the baby from the demon's dissipating arms as he skipped away.

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"Will you stop! We're not eating the lady!"

"Come onnnn when Tanjiro leaves can we?"

"We can here to make sure he's ok! Not eat the people he's helping!"

"Pft your so boring"

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I kinda want the ship to be super rare... maybe Muichiro x Tanjiro x Inosuke? 😏