Yall seriously won't give up with the threats 🖐 🙄 it's damn embarrassing for yall now, I'm deleting them so fuck off

Also this chapter is super cringe

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{third person POV}

Giyuu, Rengoku, Muchiro, Obanai, Sanemi, Inosuke and Zenitzu had seemingly been called into Rengoku's room in the middle of the night (since his was the biggest for some reason)

None of them knew why they were there; however every single one of them were still glaring daggers at Inosuke for taking the sunshine when they wanted to spend the time with him.

"It was just a day get over with it! And why the hell am I here?!" Inosuke raged, threatening to leave the room due to all the pointed glares he was getting.

Rengoku smiled confidently as usual and slung an arm around giyuu's shoulder.

"We're here to declare war!" Rengoku announced obnoxiously; nudging the water pillar in his rib cage to get him to speak up.

Giyuu sighed, as if he was questioning his life decisions and took a deep breath "what he means everyone here likes Tanjiro... let's be honest" Giyuu paused, giving everyone a second to agree.

"Hah?! What are you talking about, that's bullshit" Sanemi roared, his veins pulsing from rage.

Obanai whom was sat next to him gave him a look which basically said 'shut the fuck up you know it's true'

"Sit the fuck down breezy boy" Obanai hissed, his snake narrowing its eyes threateningly; moving on the serpent pillar's shoulders restlessly.

"Me and Giyuu-san have come to a mutual agreement, would any of you like to be involved?" Rengoku questioned, not really specifying his statement.

"And what's this mutual agreement?" Zenitsu asked timidly, slowly shuffling towards Inosuke as a sort of reassurance from his friend.

"We'll be the ones to win Tanjiro! As for everyone else! Good luck!" He announced, arms spread open wide triumphantly.

"Monitsu we're leaving" Inosuke grunted, staring completely at the others through the beaded eyes on his mask. "HURRY UP!" he roared, grabbing the lightning boy by the back of his clothes and dragging him out the room, which in turn made him wail and flap his limbs uselessly while being dragged like a doll.

To be honest, it was only a matter of time till everyone would come together and explain their competition for Tanjiro's heart at some point. It just took longer than expected.

And it was even less expected that some were actually teaming up to win him over. Poor Tanjiro was in for a hell of a ride.

"We're gunna beat those bastards ok?" Inosuke whispered to zenitsu who was still sniffling unsurprisingly. He was very scared of Inosuke and this time Tanjiro wasn't there to protect him.

"WAHHH! Ok don't hurt me!!" He cried once again; for no reason in particular.

"Shut up! I didn't even do anything!" Inosuke roared back in return, sick of his incoherent cries of terror.

As so, it was decided.

Giyuu, Rengoku, Sanemi were the first group. Inosuke, Zenitzu being the second.
Along with Muchiro and Obanai being the third.

It was like the fucking hunger games now.

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Amidst all the plotting between everyone in the butterfly mansion; Tanjiro whom they thought to be asleep in his room, was quite stupidly venturing out into the woods.

You see, Tanjiro didn't trust Douma at all. Of course he didn't, but there was that little tinge of warmth that he felt when the demon came to mind.

Maybe it was because Douma was nice to him when Tanjiro had been kidnapped? Tanjiro didn't know how it explain it so, out of curiosity he decided to meet him.

What's worse was that he hadn't told anyone where he was going, which makes it all the more dangerous.

Hell, he didn't even take Nezuko!

Only his singular sword.

Tanjiro had his hand embedded on the handle of his sword the whole way; silently sniffing the air and following his nose towards the familiar demon scent which wafted from the outskirts out the woods; just like it said on the note.

Coming to the edge of the thick wood, his grip tightened as the smell intensified.

He scanned the darkness with keen eyes, listening for the faintest of rustling.

"My dearest Tanjiro~ you came! How delightful" a voice rang from all around the tence boy, putting him on alert.

"What do you want from me?" Tanjiro yelled back, taking on a defensive stance.

'Shit I should go back, this was a fucking bad idea, you idiot Tanjiro' the boy mentally beat himself up as his heart began to race.

"Now now, no need to be so tense! I said I wouldn't hurt you didn't i?! You can trust me~" Douma sang gleefully, not yet showing himself; only letting the thick atmosphere worsen.

"Show yourself" Tanjiro called, eyes squinted expectantly.

"Fine fine! But your gunna need to put that sword away my sweet!"

Tanjiro looked down at his trembling hands which now held the unsheathed sword, pointing towards where his voice emitted.

"I can't" he gritted his teeth, Tanjiro couldn't leave himself unarmed like that. It would be a dangerously stupid thing to do.

"You don't trust me then? What must I do?! Sorry my dear but I rather like having my head attached to my shoulders, compliments the look you know!" Douma erupted into laughter, chills travelling down Tanjiro's spine as he did so.

"Fine, but you must stay away from me" Tanjiro warned, earning a happy clap from the demon as he cautiously laid his sword to his side.

"Brilliant!~"

Suddenly, a pair of glimmering rainbow coloured eyes became amazingly vivid. So rich full of every colour known to the human eye, they looked so beautiful yet so dangerous at the same time.

The demon slayer tensed as Douma stepped out of the shadows; light yellow hair complimented by the dull silver glow of the moon. He had a sinister smile plastered on his face, a raging blush extremely prominent.

Tanjiro narrowed his eyes, taking a step back from the approaching demon.

"My dearest Tanjiro; do take a step closer if you will?"

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Demon Tanjiro?  Comment:

Yes

No