"Hey Y/N, Tanjiro, on second thought, there's no way I'll make it, even if I tag along, I'm totally useless."

I don't know what he just said, but he was probably putting himself down again.

I let go of Tanjiro hand and walk over to Zenitsu, petting his head. "Mochi."

"AAAAW, Y/N YOU ARE TRYING TO CHEER ME UP RIGHT?!"

"How did you even get to that conclusion?!"

I take Zenitsu hand and walk over to Tanjiro, taking his hand with my free one. "Let's go!" I say, they didn't understand shit about what I said but went along with it anyway.

When the mansion comes to our vision, Tanjirou suddenly says: "I can smell blood, but this particular scent…"

"You smell something?" Zenitsu questions.

"Something I never smelled before..."

"I don't know about that, but do you hear that sound? Also, are we going to work together after all?"

Oh! I remembered! The kids are here somewhere!

I start scanning the place, locating the bushes where the kids were hiding in the anime, I tugged Tanjiro's sleeve to call his attention.

"Yes, Y/N?"

I point to the exact location.

"K-Kids…"

"I wonder what's wrong?" Tanjiro says, going to where the kids are, pulling me along in the process since he still hasn't released my hand.

"You guys are leaving me behind again!" Zenitsu whines something from behind us.

"Hey guys, what are you doing here?" The kids in question started to tremble in the spot, Tanjiro frowns for a second before changing his expression to his friendly smile. "Do you guys wanna see something cool? " He says, showing them Chuntarou, who was resting cutely on his palms. "Ta-da! It's a tame sparrow! See? Isn't he cute?"

The kids finally put their guard down and fall to the ground, I glanced at Zenitsu while Tanjiro questions the kids, only to see him with his hand behind his ear.

That's right! That guy is going to fall though the window at any moment now!

I run to the front of the mansion, trying to calculate where the man is going to fall, obviously ignoring Tanjiro and Zenitsu looks of confusion with my action.

I quietly stay there, glaring at the window.

"What is she doing?" Tanjiro questions.

"I don't know but…hey, what's this sound? This creepy sounds never stop, is it a tsuzumi?"

"Sound? I don't hear anything?"

Will I be able to catch him? Honestly, my arms are as strong as raw noodles, but it's still a life, it's worth trying.

And then, a bloodied man suddenly flies through the window, I sprinted to where he was going to fall, catching him one second before he hit the floor.

The man was resting in my arms, almost lying in the ground.

☆

"Don't look!" Tanjiro says to the children before running to where Y/N and the man are.

He almost chokes with the smell of grief coming from the girl, right, she probably had never seen someone die before.

"Even though I made it outside…. I am… I am still going to die?" The man's vision was blurry, he could only see the silhouette of the girl who was holding him in her arms. "Are…you…an…angel?"

Her face was filled with tears, she wasn't even aware that her presence was enough to make a change.

To her, she couldn't even comfort him, she couldn't even say that he had already done what he could, that he did his best, that she was proud of him, she couldn't say none of these things.

"Everything….it's…it's all black…where am I?"

"Home."

She didn't know why she said that. In fact, she didn't even know that she knew how to say that word, it just came to mind, the pressure of the situation probably forced her to remember.

"I see......how…nice…"

And he was gone. Just like that, with the ghost of a smile on his face.

Both Tanjiro and Zenitsu where there dumbfounded by her action, how did she know what to say? Actually, how did she even know what was going to happen?

She set the dead man on the floor, Tanjiro silently helped her get up, he intertwined his hand with hers and led her to where Zenitsu and the kids are.

Zenitsu looked at her with a sympathetic look, feeling a little out of place because of her gloomy expression.

"Is that guy your…"

"I-it's not him, our brother was wearing a persimmon colored kimono."

"Alright! Zenitsu, let's go!"

In response, Zenitsu shakes his head with a terrified expression.

"We're the only ones who can help them now, also, Y/N is still scared, you can't expect her to comfort you all the time, she still is a civilian."

Zenitsu expression changes, he slowly looked at the girl, when she noticed that he was looking at her, she smiled back at him.

His face immediately heats up, mostly because it's the first time that a girl looked at him with such a kind expression, even after how pathetic he has been acting all this time.

But also, he can hear it. Her grief. Her sadness for not being able to help that man. In his eyes, she was way stronger than him.

With a newfound determination, he straightens himself and goes in the direction of the house.

Tanjiro was just looking at the exchange with a frown on his face, though he brushed off the slightly irritating feeling and instead went in the direction of the kids to set his box beside them. "I'm leaving this box with you in case of an emergency."

He then looks at the girl who was standing beside them.

"You"

He points at her, she only tilted her head with a confused look in response.

"Stay here."

He points at ground before turning to leave, however, Y/N just started to blindly follow him, noticing the sound of her footsteps, he turned back with a exasperated expression :

"Wait- No, you have to stay outside!" He frowned, gently pushing her back to stay beside the kids.

Even if she entered the house, there's not much she could do without a nichirin sword, actually, even if she did have a sword, she wouldn't even know what to do with it, so she just weakly nodded.

"Thanks! be careful, okay?" He smiled gently at her, patting her head.

If Y/N could understand what he was saying, she would probably had been offended with the way he was talking to her like she was a dog.

The two boys then entered the house, though Zenitsu was still slightly shaking.

☆

I looked at the kids, before I could even say something, scratching noises came from Tanjiro's box.

"So-"

They sprinted towards the house, going inside before I could even finish talking.

Shit.