After leaving Tokyo and the two demons, Tamayo and Yushiro, to leave to hide their traces from the demons, the boys settled off to another location back to the countryside. This gives Tanjiro the same feel again. The city life is just alien to him. BoBoiBoy will definitely missed being there where his familiar surroundings are a sight to his sore eyes.

Yet it cannot be helped. This is their job as Demon Slayers. There is no time to take in their surroundings and have a little bit of sight-seeing. It's a price to pay for BoBoiBoy, considering he still have a long way to go to travel other parts of this country.

And speaking of traveling, another mission has been bestowed upon them. The Demon Slayer Corps are known to bombard their members with sudden missions even when they finished it. There are no types of missions except to save and rescue people, locating missing people, and hence the name, slaying demons. Even if the Demon Slayer Corps isn't recognized by the government, it still continued to do their job for the sake of humanity and the world.

The present brings them to Tanjiro and BoBoiBoy. They stopped to register another Demon Slayer literally kneeling in front of a young girl, looking disturbed and creeped out by this guy's antics. A sparrow hastily flew over to them and landed on BoBoiBoy's palm.

"Huh?" BoBoiBoy listened to the sparrow's chirpings with his keen sense of hearing. He is able to decipher what the bird had said to him, regarding the white traingled-patterned yellow haori boy.

"I'm begging you! There's no one else! You're all that I have!" Zenitsu yelled in the background, sounding desperate.

"Okay. Gotcha." BoBoiBoy nodded and turned to Tanjiro. "We need to get him off her."

"I'm thinking the same thing. C'mon! Let's do something about it!"

The sparrow literally glowed in happiness. They then went over to help the poor girl as she tried to pry Zenitsu off her.

"Please help me! Please marry me! I'm begging—" He got interrupted by Tanjiro yanking him off of her.

"What do you think you're doing right in the middle of the road? Can't you see she wants no part of you?" Tanjiro said, currently mad at him. "And don't go making trouble for your sparrow, either!"

"Yeah! You shouldn't just go up to random girls and asked them to marry you like that!" BoBoiBoy crossed his arms and frowned at him.

Zenitsu recognized these guys and said to them. "Those uniforms! You're those guys from Final Selection!"

"NO ONE I KNOW IS ANYTHING LIKE YOU! I DON'T KNOW YOU!" Tanjiro yelled at him.

Zenitsu gasped with tears still leaking out. "BUT WE MET, REMEMBER?! WE MET, REMEMBER?! YOU'RE THE ONE WITH THE PROBLEM! LIKE YOUR MEMORY!"

He glanced a look at BoBoiBoy, giving Zenitsu a neutral and blank look.

"HOW ABOUT YOU!? I KNOW YOU BECAUSE YOU SPOKE TO ME LAST TIME WE MET!"

The wind breezed by as BoBoiBoy didn't utter a word before telling him this.

"I'm sorry, who are you?" He had no choice but to pretend he doesn't know Zenitsu just so he can see the look on his face. It sounded pretty wrong but he had a bad day today and needed some mischief in his life.

The reaction Zenitsu gives off is the look of a ghost in pure shock. He knew BoBoiBoy because they've spoken when they first met but now he treats as a stranger now.

'Now I feel guilty.' He mentally tried not to chuckle.

There was a slight pause in between them until Tanjiro releases his haori he's holding.

"Okay miss, it's been taken care of." BoBoiBoy smiled at her. "You can head home now without any worries. Let me and my friend here handle him, okay?"

"I will! Thank you very much!" She smiled and bowed at them.

"HEEEEEEY! STAY OUT OF MY WAY! THAT GIRL IS GOING TO MARRY ME! BECAUSE SHE'S IN LOVE WITH ME, ALL RI—"

A slap coming from the girl stopped him from continuing. He spun from the slap he received.

"Ouch. That's gonna leave a mark." BoBoiBoy commented. He watched as she continued to slap Zenitsu multiple times in the head.

"Hey! Ouch! That hurts! Stop it! Stop it! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" Zenitsu held on to his head for dear life.

"Aaaahh! Tanjiro!? Help me restrain her!" BoBoiBoy locked her arm using his arms and Tanjiro locked the other one too to prevent her from hitting Zenitsu any further. Zenitsu screamed in pain and overreacted.

"WHEN DID I EVER TELL YOU THAT I LOVED YOU?! YOU WERE CRUMPLED UP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD LOOKING ILL, AND ALL I DID WAS SPEAK TO YOU!"

Zenitsu reacted and stared at her in disbelief. "YOU MEAN YOU DIDN'T REACH OUT TO ME OUT OF LOVE BECAUSE YOU WERE WORRIED?!"

She continued. "I ALREADY HAVE A FIANCÉ, SO NOT ON YOUR LIFE! WITH ALL THAT ENERGY, YOU MUST BE FINE NOW, RIGHT?! GOODBYE!"

The boys let her go and she stomped away in annoyance and anger.

"W-Wait, come back! Come..." Zenitsu reached out to her, but she's already long gone.

"Look, cut it out!" Tanjiro tried to calm him down.

"C'mon man. Let her go." BoBoiBoy said in hopes to tame this poor boy.

"Wh-Why'd you both get in my way? This has nothing to do with you two!" Zenitsu frowned at them for their interference. Both of them looked down on him, with a mix of disgust, pity, and disappointment in one expression.

"WHAT'S WITH THOSE LOOKS ON YOUR FACES?! STOP THAT! WHY ARE BOTH OF YOU STARING AT ME LIKE I'M A CREATURE OR SOMETHING?!"

He pointed at them. "HEY! BOTH OF YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT! SINCE YOU'RE BOTH AT FAULT THAT I MISSED OUT ON GETTING MARRIED!"

Neither of them have a say in this because of how pathetic he must have sounded there. They have never met someone who is as obnoxious as Zenitsu. Their looks intensified.

"JEEZ, SAY SOMETHING!" Zenitsu tried to break the silent treatment they're giving him.

"Uhh... Why were you doing that thing you just did earlier?" BoBoiBoy wants to clarify one thing from him.

"OH NOW YOU DECIDED TO TALK!" Zenitsu shouted, which caused BoBoiBoy to cover his eyes.

"You said it yourself, didn't you?" BoBoiBoy shakes his head. "But seriously, why'd you do that?"

Zenitsu firmly stared at them albeit with tears leaking out of his eyelids. "Listen up! I'm going to die soon! During my next job! The thing is, I'm horribly weak, okay?! I'm not kidding! You two gotta protect me until I manage to get married, all right?!"

"We're not your bodyguards nor we can't guarantee to protect you but you can come with us if you want to." BoBoiBoy offered him a chance.

"I guess he can come. But I'm not comfortable with him constantly yelling in our faces." He whispered to BoBoiBoy.

"HEY! I HEARD THAT!" Zenitsu, despite Tanjiro's whispering, managed to hear him.

"Yeah, but, I still think it's fair if we give him a chance." BoBoiBoy said to Tanjiro. Tanjiro momentarily sighed before he placed his hand on his chest.

"My name is Tanjiro Kamado!" He introduced himself.

"Is that right?! My apologies!" Zenitsu said.

"I'm sure you already know me but I'm BoBoiBoy if you hadn't forgotten my name." He pointed his thumb to himself and grinned.

"Of course! I remember you clear as day!" Zenitsu skidded forward to them.

"I'm Zenitsu Agatsuma! Please save me, Tanjiro, BoBoiBoy!" He introduced then pleaded.

"What do you mean, save you?" Tanjiro grabbed his shoulders. "What was your reason for becoming a swordsman, Zenitsu? Why are you being so blatantly shameless?"

"That's a harsh way to put it!" He remarked.

"Well he's right on one thing. What I wanna know is how you became a Demon Slayer despite your... personality." BoBoiBoy almost hesitated to say the last part on his sentence.

"ALL RIGHT! LISTEN!!" He begins his rant to them. "I GOT SWINDLED BY A WOMAN AND RACKED UP ALL THIS DEBT! THE OLD GEEZER WHO TOOK IT OVER FOR ME WAS A CULTIVATOR! DAY AFTER DAY, I HAD TO GO THROUGH HELLISH TRAINING! IT WAS SO BAD THAT I THOUGHT I'D BE BETTER OFF DEAD! I WAS HOPING I COULD DIE DURING FINAL SELECTION! BUT SINCE I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SURVIVE, I'M STILL GOING THROUGH HELL EVERY DAY!!"

They don't know how to respond. "Zenitsu, are you all ri—"

"I'M SO SCARED! SCARED! SCARED! SCARED!" Zenitsu bent his body down. "I'M JUST KNOW THAT I'M GONNA GET DEVOURED AND KILLED SOON BY A DEMON! MY BRAINS ARE GONNA GET SUCKED THROUGH MY EARS WHILE I'M STILL ALIVE!!"

"Hey Zenitsu! If you could just calm down for a se—"

His screaming cut him off. "NOOOOOOO! NOOOOOOO! PLEASE SAVE MEEEEEEEEE!!!"

After he's done with his rant, he got into his knees while holding his cheeks and shivering with great fear.

"What's the matter? Are you okay?" Tanjiro meet his height level and asked him. Zenitsu is still breathing in and out.

"Hm..." BoBoiBoy mused at this unfortunate boy. His cowardice is attacking him in many ways. He can tell that he is incapable of making people believe in him. To help him relieve him some of his worries, BoBoiBoy crouched down in front of him.

"BoBoiBoy, what are you—" BoBoiBoy held up a hand towards him.

"I got this." He grinned. "Listen, Zenitsu, even if you are weak, which I believe you're not, you can still prove it to us for not being one by going with us. Besides, we are in need of new companions anyway since the mission we're going is gonna be a dangerous one."

Zenitsu stared at him with wide eyes. BoBoiBoy landed a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Don't be afraid. Just know that Tanjiro and I are gonna be with you until you can stand on your own two feet, when that time comes, I'm sure of it."

He gave him a warm smile. "So what do you say? Are you on board with us or— huh?"

A heavily teary-eyed Zenitsu leaped from his spot and bear hugged BoBoiBoy. It was hardly the first time that Zenitsu had someone that believed in him, despite his obnoxious and coward nature.

"WAAAHHHH! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! EVER SINCE WE MET AT FINAL SELECTION, I KNEW YOU'D ALWAYS BE THIS CONSIDERATE TOWARDS SOMEONE LIKE ME!"

"Tanjiro... aughh... help... can't breathe...!" BoBoiBoy's face turns blue from the lack of oxygen. And the fact that he has a broken rib accelerates the pain that is surging in his torso. Tanjiro aggressively pried Zenitsu off of BoBoiBoy to give him some breathing space. Meanwhile, the Kasugai Crow and the two sparrows are having a friendly chat in their bird language.


Moving on after the boys' encounter with Zenitsu, they went onwards to their next destination by their fellow birds' orders. Zenitsu, with stray tears on his eyes, seems a little troubled but had calmed down after his outbursts. BoBoiBoy is at his right side in case if he freaks out again.

"How are you?" Tanjiro smiled and gave him a side glance.

"Yeah." Zenitsu replied. "Now that I'm calmer, I'm getting hungry."

"Don't you have any food on you?" Tanjiro asked.

"Nope." He raised his head up.

BoBoiBoy feels bad for the guy and grabbed something from his haori and pulled out a small rice cake he had in store.

"Here, have mine." BoBoiBoy presented him the rice cake.

"Hey, thanks." Zenitsu accepted the offer and took the rice cake. Tanjiro also pulled out his own rice cake and eats it. Zenitsu takes a bite out of the rice cake then sees BoBoiBoy not having his own food out.

"You're not eating, BoBoiBoy?" Zenitsu wondered why.

"Nope. Since I forgot to buy some food, that's all I have left." BoBoiBoy admitted. There weren't many vendors out here in the countryside so it's difficult to spot one. He can always ask someone for food if he's desperate enough.

Zenitsu felt bad for having to eat BoBoiBoy's food even if he's the one that offered him. To repay him, he peeled the half of the rice cake and gave it to him.

"Here. You eat half."

BoBoiBoy happily accepted his generous offer. "Really? Well, thanks!"

The trio are now having their small lunches in peace and not uttering a single word. Silence has wafted around them as they continued walking down the path leading to their next destination.

"So Zenitsu." He mentions the yellow haired boy. "Where is your next mission gonna be."

Zenitsu hummed in thought. "The same way you guys are going."

"Ah! Then that means you'll be doing the mission with us!" He said enthusiastically. Zenitsu is the complete opposite.

"How are you so giddy about this? Aren't you at least a tad bit worried?" Zenitsu wondered.

"Simple, Tanjiro and I went through lots of missions together. Even if it sounds easy, it's never that easy when you do it. But we prevailed, and that says so much of why I'm eager for the next one. Right Tanjiro?" BoBoiBoy asked for the dark redhead's opinion.

"Mhm!" Tanjiro nodded. "What he said. Even if it may seem ugly, we still managed by ourselves pretty fairly."

"And it's easy for you guys, not to me." Zenitsu groaned.

"Hey cheer up, Zenitsu. I know what you are feeling." BoBoiBoy comforted him. "I was like you when I know that demons are out to get me and devour me. But I learn not to let my fear get ahead of me. What you need is a confidence booster."

Zenitsu gasped slightly. "A confidence... booster?"

BoBoiBoy faced him. "Yeah. You just need to think of something positive that motivates you into doing something. Like uhhh... a friend that is there for you.

"Friend..." He mumbled. A word that is semi-unnatural for him. He reflected on when was the last time he ever truly have someone on his side to be called a friend. So far, nobody popped up in his mind, except a certain old man.

"Anyways, we know what you mean when you say you're scared of demons." Tanjiro changed the topic.

"Ah that's right! And also, you shouldn't be making trouble for your sparrow either."

"Was it distressed? The sparrow?" Zenitsu glanced at BoBoiBoy. "How can you tell?"

"Well, Ukogi says that you're always whining about not wanting to go to work and you're always hitting on girls, and that you snore so loud, he's had it!"

"Ukogi is the bird's name right?" Tanjiro asked. The other boy nodded it.

"Ukogi says so." He pointed at Zenitsu's sparrow on BoBoiBoy's hand. Ukogi chirped.

Zenitsu, however, took a step backward. "He's saying that? You two can understand bird language?"

They nodded affirmly.

"You're lying, right?! You two are just trying to trick me!" He assumed.

"Don't be ridiculous, Zenitsu! How else can you understand where your next destination is gonna be?!" BoBoiBoy dropped him a fact.

Zenitsu stuttered. "Well, it's... it's... uhh..."

"Hehehe! Awesome!" BoBoiBoy says his signature catchphrase. This made them both confused.

Suddenly, Tanjiro's crow caws in the sky and circled around them. "Start running! Start running! Tanjiro, BoBoiBoy, Zenitsu, run! The three of you head over to your next destination! Run! Run, Tanjiro, BoBoiBoy, Zenitsu!"

"All right! We get it!" BoBoiBoy yelled at the crow. "Okay, guys, let's g—"

"EEEEYAAAAAAA!!! THAT CROW IS TALKING!!!" Zenitsu rolled on the ground frantically. They sweatdropped at his hilarious antics again.


They were nearing their destination as they were traversing in a dense forest. The two boys are leading with Zenitsu in tow.

"Hey, guys, on second thought, I'm not gonna make it. Even if I go along, I'm gonna be totally useless."

BoBoiBoy turned his head behind. "C'mon, Zenitsu. Have a little faith in yourself."

"I know but still..." Zenitsu whined. "It's not like I'm gonna be of use for this mission anyway."

"Just keep your head together man. Don't forget what I said earlier." He gave a reminder and he seemed to picked up on it.

"Tanjiro, how much further?" He asked his companion beside him, focused on detecting the demon's scent.

"The demon scent is growing stronger little by little. There's something up ahead." Tanjiro told him what he sensed. Not for long, they spotted a decent-sized building in the middle of an open area outside of the forest.

They stopped right near the entrance, looking at the building.

"I can smell blood. But this particular scent..." Tanjiro said.

"You smell something?" Zenitsu asked confusedly.

"Tanjiro has a keen sense of smell." BoBoiBoy explained.

"Something I've never smelled before."

Zenitsu placed a hand on his ear. "I don't know about that, but do you hear that sound?"

"If you're asking me, then yeah, I do hear it." BoBoiBoy replied as he also placed a hand on his ear. "It sounds so faint..."

"Also, are we gonna work together, after all?" Zenitsu asked.

"Of course not. Teamwork is important." BoBoiBoy said before he looked to his left and spotted two kids huddled up.

"K-Kids..." Zenitsu muttered.

"I wonder what's wrong..." Tanjiro slowly approached the terrified children. "Hey, guys, what are you doing here?"

They tensed up and huddled up closer to each other as they see Tanjiro walking towards them.

"Don't try to spook them, Tanjiro." BoBoiBoy warned him. "Show them Ukogi. That'll calm 'em down."

"Good idea." He bent down on knee. "Okay, wanna see something cool?"

"Ta-da! It's a tame sparrow!" Tanjiro showed off Ukogi to the children.

"And here is Suzume! Pretty cute, isn't he?" BoBoiBoy also showed them his sparrow to the scared children. Suzume and Ukogi bounced up and down on the palms of their hands. Seeing that made them slightly less panicked than they were before and lessen their nerves. They both crouched down on the ground.

"Please tell us. Did something happen?" Tanjiro asked them in a soothing tone.

"Is this your house?" BoBoiBoy asked.

"No. No, it's not. This... This is... A-A monster's... house!" The young boy told them in a scared tone.

"Our big brother got taken away. When we were walking down the road at night, the monster we'd never seen before showed up. It didn't give us a glance. Just our brother."

"And they both went inside that house, right?" Tanjiro asked.

"Yeah. Yeah."

"And you two followed them here? That's so brave of you! Great job!" BoBoiBoy praised for their bravery to follow their brother despite the fear in them.

"We followed the traces of his blood. Because he got hurt!" The younger brother said while the younger sister cried.

'Hurt, huh... that demon...!' BoBoiBoy balled his hand into a fist.

"Don't worry! We're going to defeat the bad guy and rescue your brother!" BoBoiBoy instill them with hope.

"Really? You really will?" She asked with a surprise tone.

"Yeah. For sure!" Tanjiro said and they both stood up.

"Guys..." Zenitsu called for them. "Hey, what is this sound? This creepy sound never stops. Is it a tsuzumi?"

"A sound?" BoBoiBoy placed back his hand on his ear again and focused on what Zenitsu hears. He definitely heard what Zenitsu described and hears the sound of a beating drum. It sounded light but the more he concentrated, he louder it sounded.

"He's right. An instrument is playing right now." BoBoiBoy described what he hears.

"Really?" Tanjiro said. The other nodded.

The sounds became clear and loud now. It came from an open door on the second floor of the house. The beats became consecutively louder until an unknown man covered entirely in blood launched out of that said door. They looked on with shocked expressions. The man covered in blood crashed on the ground.

The children screamed at the sight they saw.

"Don't look!" BoBoiBoy covered their view while Tanjiro rushed to the man. Zenitsu stood still, frozen in fear.

"Are you all right?!" Tanjiro crouched and grabbed him and supported him up. "Are you all right?! Stay with me!"

BoBoiBoy tried to not let the children see the gorey sight in front of them. "Hey, guys. It's gonna be all right. Tanjiro is gonna take care of him."

"Are you sure? But he's... he's..." The younger brother stuttered.

"Is he by chance... your brother...?" BoBoiBoy hated to say this but he wanted to confirm if that's the person they were looking for.

Fortunately for him, the younger brother shook his head. "N-No... he's not our big brother. He wears a persimmon-coloured kimono."

"I see." He made sure to keep note of that when Tanjiro is done with the dying man.

"Even though... I got out... Even though I made it out... Made it outside. Still... Am I gonna die? Am I still gonna die?" Were his last final words as he finally succumbed to his fatal wounds. Unable to withstand the feeling, Tanjiro hugged him for an act of giving the man a peaceful death.

"Tanjiro..." BoBoiBoy's heart felt touched and pang with sadness. He even felt mournful for the unknown man. He couldn't even imagine the torture and suffering he must've went through to get out of the house.

Before Zenitsu can utter a word, the demon inside the house roared loudly and made Zenitsu shivering down to his spine and terrified the children. Tanjiro and BoBoiBoy were unaffected and were determined to avenge this man's death.

"Tanjiro... This man is not their brother." BoBoiBoy walked over to him. "They told me that he wears a persimmon-coloured kimono."

"I see. So it's captured more than one person." Tanjiro gently put the man down on the ground and prayed for him.

"We'll bury him once we're done with this." BoBoiBoy affixed a look on the man and bent down to close the man's eyes.

"Rest in peace. You will never have to suffer any more pain. You're free." A look of sympathy plastered on his face. In just a matter of three weeks that BoBoiBoy experienced enough death in his life. For not more than two years of his time in this new world, it changed him. It changed his outlook on life that it's never easy. They were never easy to begin with.

"All right, BoBoiBoy, Zenitsu, come on!"

BoBoiBoy had a grim look on his face but was replaced by a confident expression. Zenitsu, on the other hand, shook his head multiple times as a look of fear is plastered on his face.

"But no one else can help them now but you, BoBoiBoy, and me." Tanjiro said.

"Really, Zenitsu? You're just gonna wuss out on us? Where's your honor as a Demon Slayer?" BoBoiBoy tried to input some encouraging words to Zenitsu. None of them reached him as he kept still and shivering.

"Really? All right, then." Tanjiro hung his head low and foreshadowed his facial expression.

"If that's what you want, Zenitsu." BoBoiBoy did the same expression as well.

Zenitsu saw those serious looks on their faces and overreacted. He latched on to Tanjiro's box.

"HEY, COME ON! WHY ARE YOU TWO MAKING THOSE OGRE FACES AT ME?! OKAY, I'LL GO!" His voice practically cracked.

"I have no intention of forcing you to." Tanjiro said with a cartoon-y red angry eye and in a cold tone.

"Neither do I." BoBoiBoy also said with shadows overlapping his face.

"I SAID I'LL GOOOOO!" Zenitsu said literally dragging himself by Tanjiro's box. Speaking of said box, he placed it in front of the children.

"In case of emergency, I'm leaving this box behind. Even if something happens, you two will be protected."

'Uhmm... sunlight is still up. Is it really wise to leave this box with Nezuko inside here...?' He felt something is wrong but he chose to trust Tanjiro in this.

"Okay, we're going now." They begin to walk towards the house. Determined faces plastered while the other one is that of a crying child. They opened the sliding door and stepped inside the house's interior. What they enter is the way inside of the house and not actually inside. A swaying light is guiding their vision to their next corner.

Sounds of footsteps and whimpers from Zenitsu can be heard.

"Guys! Hey, guys! You'll both protect me, right? You'll both protect me, right?" Zenitsu asked shakily.

They both stopped. "Zenitsu, we hate to put you on the spot, but..."

"Well, the thing is, Tanjiro and I have a broken rib and a broken from our previous battle with a demon." BoBoiBoy directly said it.

"Yeah, and neither are fully healed yet. So—"

Zenitsu, once again, overreacted. "HUH?? HUH?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN, BROKEN BONES?! DON'T GO BREAKING ANY BONES ON ME!! IF YOU'VE GOT FRACTURES, BOTH OF YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY PROTECT ME!! I-I-I'M GONNA DIE!!! AAAAAAHHHHH!!! WHAT AM I GONNA DO?! WHAT AM I GONNA DO?! I'M GONNA DIE NOW!! GONNA DIE, GONNA DIE, GONNA DIE!!!"

He followed up with a scream.

"Zenitsu, really!? It's only a few broke bones! We'll be fine!" BoBoiBoy tried to shut him up.

"BROKEN BONES?! HOW COULD YOU?! I'M A DEAD MAN NOW! 99.9% DEAD!!! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD!" He fell on the ground and flailed his legs.

"Zenitsu, quiet down! You'll be all right!" Tanjiro tried to calm him down.

"DON'T SUGARCOAT IT!!!"

'This guy! He's really at it again!' BoBoiBoy couldn't help but to facepalm and sweatdropped. Despite the screaming, he heard frantic footsteps running towards them.

"What are you two doing here?!" BoBoiBoy screamed, which caused Zenitsu to scream as well.

"You shouldn't be here!" Tanjiro shouted at the younger siblings.

"M-Mister, we heard scratching sounds from inside that box!" The boy stated.

"E-Even still, it pains me that you left it behind! I mean it's more precious to me than my own life!" Tanjiro said and grabbed the younger sister's shoulders.

"I can go back there if you want to, Tanjiro. I'll keep an eye out on the kids as well." BoBoiBoy suggested before using his breathing technique.

"Elemental Breathing... Second Form... Duo Split!" He splitted once again into two BoBoiBoys. BoBoiBoy Earth and BoBoiBoy Lightning are now in the picture. The ones that haven't seen the change were left speechless, expressions of shock, stun, and surprise.

The most noticable is Zenitsu, eyes almost bulged out of his eye sockets and almost fainted. He was about to scream again if it weren't for Lightning covering his hand.

"I'll explain later what just happened but for now, keep your damn voice down for just one second!" Lightning casted a serious glare on him and Zenitsu is silenced by that.

"C'mon guys, I'll take you back outs—"

They were startled by a random shaking of the house that started. Zenitsu slowly glanced up then screamed and pushed BoBoiBoy Earth, Tanjiro, and the younger sister in another room.

"Sorry! My butt..." Zenitsu apologized then the room suddenly changed by the sound of a tsuzumi, revealing another room.

"What's this?" Earth gasped as he and Tanjiro are looking at the room repeatedly changing in an instant. It stopped changing and found themselves in a large room.

'It's a different room. No. Were we the ones that moved? To the beat of the tsuzumi?' Tanjiro thought when he looked around the room they're in.

'We got separated from Zenitsu and the others. But I can still trace their sound pattern.' Earth thought.

The young girl kept crying in front of Tanjiro. "Sorry you got separated from your brother, okay? But we're gonna protect you no matter what."

Earth patted the girl on the shoulder. "And Zenitsu and my other self is gonna protect your brother. Don't worry! What's your name?"

"Teruko."

"Is that right? Teruko? That's a fine name you have—" He picked up a scent not too far from him. Earth heard heavy footsteps stepping on the dark hallway. Teruko gasped but Earth covered her mouth before she can scream.

'From what it sounds, this one is the source of the tsuzumi thing. That demon is the one! He devoured a whole slew of humans! From the looks of it, this one is definitely this house's master!'


"I'M GONNA DIE!!!" Zenitsu's scream filled around the hallway they were in. "GONNA DIE, GONNA DIE, GONNA DIE, I'M TELLING YOU!! TANJIRO AND I GOT SPLIT UP!!"

"You literally forget that I'm here..." Lightning sighed.

"Teruko! Teruko!" The younger boy searched for his sister.

"No, no, no, no!" Zenitsu clinged onto him. "Don't yell like that! If you yell and the bad guy hears you, it won't be pretty!"

Lightning, with a massive tick mark on his head, gazed at Zenitsu. "Like you're one to talk here!"

"Come on, let's step outside!" His cries are clearly visible.

"What..." He stared at him in disbelief. "Why outside? Are you trying to escape all by yourself?"

Zenitsu was taken aback.

"All this yammering about dying... Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"

Zenitsu is in shock, he let him go.

"Clinging onto a younger person... Don't you feel pathetic?"

Zenitsu felt a stab in his chest.

"What are you wearing that sword on your hip for anyway?"

That made the final hit on Zenitsu as blood spewed out his mouth and laid on the ground. "Those words cut so deep."

Lightning whistled. "This kid ain't messing around. Hey kid, what's your name?"

He turned to face the other BoBoiBoy. "Shoichi."

He patted him on the head. "Well Shoichi, you sure gave our friend here a smooth flattering. And don't worry, we'll find my friend and your sister too."

"THAT'S NOT IT!" Zenitsu suddenly stood up, grabbed their haoris, and made their way to the entrance. "I'M NOT GONNA BE OF USE ANYWAY! SO I'M GONNA SUMMON A GROWNUP HERE, OKAY?!"

"HEY! LET US GO!" Lightning growled.

"BECAUSE THIS ISN'T SOMETHING US KIDS CAN'T RESOLVE ON OUR OWN!" Zenitsu closed in on the door.

"I don't know why I'm in this guy's side..." Lightning felt his luck leaving him. When Zenitsu slid open the sliding door, it didn't lead to the outside but a whole different room.

"How is this possible?!" Lightning looked around and there wasn't any sign for the exit.

"YOU'RE KIDDING ME, KIDDING ME, KIDDING ME! I'M SURE THIS WAS THE FRONT DOOR!"

"I won't lie but this was the front door! Something had changed." Lightning hummed in thought.

"Where'd the outside go?! I mean, this door was..." Zenitsu looked both ways then opened multiple random doors.

"Is it this one?! How about this one?! What about this one?!" The last sliding door opened to reveal a person with a boar mask standing while his back is turned.

"That guy looks familiar..." Lightning stared at the guy with the mask. He must've sworn he seen him before but couldn't recall where. The boar person releases smoke out of his nose while turning his head to Zenitsu and the others.

"IT'S A MONSTER!!!!!" Zenitsu let out his infamous screaming. The boar leapt from his spot, causing Zenitsu to scream again, leapt across the room and speeding off in the hallway.

Both Lightning and Shoichi saw the commotion Zenitsu made and looked down on him blankly.

"What the heck?! What're those looks in your eyes?! Stop looking at me like that!"

How many times is Lightning going to sigh at this person's idiotic screams.

"Zenitsu... just shut up and let's go."


Returning to Tanjiro's position, Teruko is trying really hard not to scream even with her mouth covered by Earth's hand.

"If it hadn't been... If it hadn't been for their meddling..." The tsuzumi demon said, still facing the way forward.

"Teruko, you gotta try not to scream." Earth said quietly at Teruko.

"The room's going to flip around, so don't go into the hall." Tanjiro whispered. "Step back and hide behind the shelves."

She did as she was told and quietly tip-toed behind them for cover.

"Curses, curses! Thanks to them, he got away! When he was my prey! Why is it? Why do they all keep barging into someone else's home? It's infuriating! That was my prey! My own prey, discovered on my own turf!"

They both unsheathed their swords quietly.

"Hey Tanjiro, do you think we can handle this demon? Don't forget that we have broken bones." Earth quietly said to Tanjiro.

"Curse them! Curse them!" The demon angrily muttered.

"Hey! Listen!" Tanjiro shouted. "I'm with the Demon Slayer Corp. Rank 10, Tanjiro Kamado! I'm going to slay you now!"

Earth glanced at Tanjiro. "Are you serious?! Do you really have to announce our presence to him?!"

"Two children with rare blood that I found myself!" The demon mumbled. Tanjiro took the initiative and sprang forward to slash off the demon's neck.

'Wait... the demon isn't moving?' He realized something was wrong and tried to reach Tanjiro but it was too late. The demon beat the tsuzumi on his right shoulder and the room flipped to the left. Teruko fell but Earth was there to catch her.

"Are you all right, Teruko?" Earth cooed at her and she nodded slowly. He grinned at her before donning a serious look and looked around the room again.

'The floors are now on the sides! It's because he beat the tsuzumi, the room flipped! So, that's his Blood Demon Art! This entire house is this demon's territory and his advantage!'

Earth then swerved his head to meet the close door. 'What's that? I recognize this sound pattern. It's coming this way fast! This isn't a demon's sound, that's for sure!'

He concentrated on the noise Earth sensed and it's getting closer. He also heard a voice and the person is laughing.

"Comin' through! Comin' through! Comin' through!" He laughed and tackled the door with his bare arms and landed on the floor, with two Nichirin Blades wielded on his hands.

'Wh-Who's that guy?! He's wearing a boar's hide!' Tanjiro was surprised at this unexpected encounter and turned to look at his swords. 'And he's wielding Nichirin Swords!'Earth had the same reaction. 'It's that guy from Final Selection! So, he's alive, after all!'

"All right, you monster... Die on the battlefield and serve as my springboard! So that I can become more powerful and soar even higher!" He declared and taunted the demon.

"Infuriating! Infuriating!" The demon repeated.

The person in a boar hide stanced. "Here goes... Comin'... through!"

Earth gulped and sweat broke down on his head. He knew what type he is; all brawns and no brains. He demanded every fight to people he came across.

'This is gonna be difficult now that we have TWO people to worry about!'


I didn't realize this chapter contains 50% of Zenitsu screaming, yet I had fun writing because it's funny!Also, writing facial expressions are kinda hard for me but I managed only a few ones.Anyways, see y'all in the next!

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