Illegal Fire Reincarnates

Summary: In Heian period, Muzan had love the priest of Fire god named Sumiko. However he was cursed by the boy he loved to never walk in the sun. Muzan been searching to break the curse, until the reincarnation of Sumiko appeared to slay him, Tanjiro swear to kill him for breaking his heart. The tragedy from 900 years ago.

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Anyone's POV

The memory of warmth continues until it withers.

"Please help!" when he shouted in someone's backyard. A figured moved and it opened the sliding door.


'It was my shed of light in the darkness.'


A beautiful woman in an elegant black kimono with mysterious random flower patterns contrast to the color of fabric, the woman was pale yet the red lipstick and long eye lashes were very endearing.

Especially the curly locks with a bun behind and pearls arranged to be an accessory.

A very beautiful and intimidating woman.


'If Tsukihi-san did not open the door that night...am sure I would have accidentally killed some demon slayers whose ought to kill Nezuko.'


For Tanjiro, Tsukihi was his savior.

If only he knows...that person is also the one who slaughtered his family and turned Nezuko into a demon. The fact that he is now in this situation...ironically laughable.

The illegal fire starts to play fate.

Kring...))

The sound of bells.

Inside a memory, Tanjiro is confuse that he was facing the mysterious man that Sumiko has been talking to.

Inside his dreams he can smell this person.
He smell's nice but same time he had this scent that he won't live long.

(("Sumiko...I love you."))

The black haired man said in his elegant black kimono's with red spider lilies design. It is similar to what he saw recently in the outside world.

Maybe coincidence.

(("I love you to...Mu...sama")) Says Sumiko.

'Wait no...'

As said Tanjiro was facing the man.

'Am...playing as Sumiko?!'

Tanjiro looks at his hands,they were indeed holding to the pale man's hands with comfort.
Holding hands with this man.

'W-what is this?!'

Tanjiro inside the dream is forced to play in Sumiko's body but his mind was yelling to escape.

'Wait, wait, wait!'

He started to panic because...the man just cup his cheeks...!
He felt it...his face getting cared at.

It is ticklish yet it felt like he was loved and possesses.
The man had a smirk on his lips just now from his blushing face.

(("Sumiko...you are only mine ok?"))

'N-no hold up...! Aren't you and I a guy?!'

It was no use.

Tanjiro's body in Sumiko's appearance had willingly lift his chin and even tiptoed.

(("Yes...am your priest so, you own me."))

Again his lips said yet he was mentally embarrass!

'Did my lips said that!?'

Yes he said that he loved him back like...why is this happening is making Tanjiro so confuse.

Badump, badump.

'S-stop...'

The man zoomed his face to his, Tanjiro's heart went wild.

'W-were going to k-k-kiss!?'

With all mental force to change the dream it failed miserably.

'Noooo...!'

His lips met the man's kissable yet frail lips.
Tanjiro thought he tasted it.

'Mu...sama...!'

He gasp his eyes.

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"Tanjiro-kun."

And went back to reality that he is a pretend maid girl in red light district under the name of Kamado Sumiko.

Realizing that lady Tsukihi is angry, quickly he responded like a fearful servant. "Y-yes!" Stiffing body...

Muzan marched forward with an angry look and raised one of 'her' eyebrows. 'Her' voice was darkening.

"Were you even listening to what I had instructed you?"

Tanjiro couldn't register that easily to reality, he did not mean to say "A-ahh?" That Muzan's arching eyebrows had become frowns and now they were glaring.

"So you were not listening."

'Eeek!'

Lady Tsukihi's eyes were already threatening enough to let himself know that he should keep his act all together or he will be kick out.

"F-forgive me Tsukihi-san!" Bowing his head, "I was dozing off! Can you...please tell me again?" Then looking up with a dork face. "Hehe..."

'Dork.'

Tanjiro is a dork and so is Sumiko.

Muzan's angry eyes soften a bit before it immediately became bored. Lady Tsukihi is the opposite of Tsukahiro. By becoming Tsukahiro, he was smooth criminal with a smile. An image of a loving father.

However this time, in his new shape shift identity. Tsukihi is a strict mamasang who rarely smiles unless flattered. Even if 'she' greets the entertainers, the smile is rarely there.

Usually just flat pouty lips.

Tsukihi only smiles or more like it was a grin of the devil. The whole bar is actually afraid of her yet respect on how stunningly she was the fairest of all. Something about lady Muzan is attractive, superiority? Like you want to bow down. Of course there are rumors that Daki on the other bar is more beautiful, however Muzan does not particularly cares. He just needed to live on this era as Tsukihi as long as his identity is not exposed by any demon slayer.

Having to check his temper, Muzan decided to let Tanjiro off the hook by simply stating a quick review of what the hell he was blabbering while this boy is in cloud nine. "I said, you need to wear make up to hide that nasty scar in your forehead and we need to check your legs if they are hairy. We need to remove it. Also...at all cost you are not allowed to speak unless you have good voice acting skills to sound like a girl."

"E-eh? I cannot speak...that's hard." Almost pouting like a puppy, Tanjiro realize his faults.

'Well that is given, since am a guy. Am going to be like Nezuko?'

Trying to devote himself to this life, Tanjiro lift his face with a "Mmmph!" Muzan in the other hand arch again an eyebrow.

"What?" Tanjiro looks stupid.

Tanjiro scratch his cheeks with and a crack smile to explain his idiotic behavior just now. "I-I mean you said I cannot speak s-so..."

Muzan tried to control his chuckle, instead 'she' goes towards him. "How about we give you some voice lesson~" slowly his slender female finger's with red nail polish made it's way to tease Tanjiro's neck. "Let us make you scream like a girl. Like...how about now? Tanjiro-kun~"

Tanjiro gulps and shut his eyes with pleading. "S-spare me!"

He find it dangerous to be teased like that.

'How cute.' Lady Muzan smirks before they reverted back to the usual un caring face. "Alright, we can stop messing around. I'm serious, nobody should know your gender. It is a violation here to keep a man unless it is a customer." Lady Muzan turned his back, then shot him a look with a somewhat perverted grinning.

"Unless you want to be my no.1 customer~?"

Tanjiro got super red that he was burning. 'W-what!?' Almost angry he was being tease "I-I would never!" Stomping his feet.

Lady Muzan did not like the over react rejection Tanjiro made.

So Lady Muzan narrowed her eyes again to Tanjirou Sumiko's reincarnation.

"Huh? Are you saying am ugly?"

Tanjiro quickly raised his hands. "N-no! In fact you were so beautiful Tsukihi-san!" Almost feeling his heart mark him as an embarrassment from men. Tanjiro admitted his flaws to Lady Muzan. "I-I don't think I would d-deserve y-you...err..." suddenly Kamado Tanjiro shrinks. Lady Muzan guessed his low self esteem just now. However Muzan sucks at empathy even though he had mastered that for many eons.

Whenever it comes to Tanjiro or Sumiko's reincarnation, he sounds so rude and bossy.

"What are you? A virgin?"
"Eek!"

Seeing the sweat traced to Tanjiro's face, Lady Muzan grinned again. "Oh, so bulls eye." Her eyes listed a lot of evil plans that Tanjiro is able to see through.

"Please don't tease me!"

Seeing the poor boy tremble in his legs with such desperate and pathetic excuses, Muzan thought to mess him slowly.

'Not now...were just beginning this playhouse.'

Reverting back to the grumpy face of Lady Muzan, Tanjiro was dismissed.

"Fine."

When Lady Muzan left, Tanjiro looks behind him where the box of Nezuko is carefully covered by some futon sheets.

Nezuko is inside still asleep and Tanjiro slaps his own cheeks.

"Alright! For Nezuko!"

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Outside Lady Muzan's room.

"Sumiko-chan good morning!"
"Mmmh..mmh!"

Is Kamado Tanjiro's profile.


'From this day forward am Kamado Sumiko, a girl who Lady Tsukihi found hungry and homeless with super demure self. To the point of instead speaking, just give people a 'mmm-mmh' is the embarrassing but very smooth white lie we came up with.'


Tanjiro really suck at lying, it gives off his face to be distorted. However it is indeed easy to copy Nezuko not to say anything but to nod-nod to people.

It has been 3 weeks since Tanjiro had arrive here in his green and black checkered kimono that looks exactly like his trademark haori. Then his hair has a sweet ribbon atop ponytail that kinda imitates Nezuko's cute ribbon on her wide forehead.

Then one more thing, Tanjiro is wearing a pale make up and same as everyone he is required with red blood lipstick.

His scar is nowhere to be spotted because of the amazing make up called foundation.
He remembered how lady Tsukihi herself is the one who applied him the make up and even taught him how to do it on his own.

Tsukihi is a busy woman after all.

'I need to do my best!'

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The night goes by with Tanjiro cleaning dishes, sweeping the floor, massaging some entertainer's tired body from 'activities'. Listening to their mundane gossips and just smiling back with sealed lips like he was mute little girl. Then after a bit of break he would proceed on folding some clothes, swiping wardrobe. Fixing some broke sliding door.

Tanjiro is basically an errand boy, or to say a slave/maid. So far everyone was kind and nobody bothered to question where 'she' was really from. Nobody even criticize his weird Nezuko language.

This nightlife continues to be surprisingly peaceful, and in fact he was kind of enjoying helping everyone out inside the bar.

One problem though. 'My sense of smell is still not back.'

Even though he had no bandages anymore in his body and face...for some weird reason his sense of smell is dull.

He cannot even smell the cigarette or liquor.

'Maybe I have cold...?'

Since he feel fine, he decides to ignore this weird loosing sense of smell thing. I mean there are no demons around...

'Come to think of it, there is not demon incident here?'

That's what he thought.

"Sumiko-chan!"
"Mmmh...?"

Tanjiro was told once by one of the ladies, her name is Koinatsu. She is one of the beauty products here at Red Light District. Fair enough to compete to the no.1 entertainer name Daki. "Come here~"

She giggles, Tanjiro innocently approaches her. Koinatsu is a kind and gracious person, readily thanking her subordinates and awarding them with...

"Want some candy Sumiko-chan? Hehe!" Almost blushing to be treated like a kid, Tanjiro is polite to accept it though. So he nod like Nezuko. "M-mmh..!" Lifting his hands with open palms, gently Koinatsu placed the yellow wrapped candy. "Good girl~!" Then pats his head. 'Ahh.. I somehow feel guilty lying about my gender.'

Yes, she likes giving them candy.

Eating the candy, they stood there for a moment in the hallway as Koinatsu nonchalantly shared to the mute actor.

"You know what...Sumiko-chan, we are all born from the river side, so we understand that probably wherever you came from Sumiko...it must have been very traumatic that you forgot to speak." Well...partly regarding his suddenly slaughtered family... but no.

'My situation is different.'

Because he is not allowed to speak back, Tanjiro stared. "Alright then, see you later. Duty calls~" waving a goodbye, Tanjiro or just nods, copying Nezuko's usual comprehension response but he had a smile on his lips.

Speaking of Nezuko, she still has not woke up. It is starting to gravely worry Tanjiro.

A few hours the dawn is approaching.

Until...it hit him.

'Strange...'

It is morning once more and he found no traces of lady Tsukihi.

Since everyone knows that 'Sumiko the girl' lives here with the permission of lady Tsukihi, Tanjiro dared to ask some ladies who happens to be awake at morning but majority were asleep as logs.

Tanjiro struggled how to ask without actually speaking, so he tried his best on body language by pulling the edge of the woman's haori with a questionable face and frowning eyebrows.

With some, "mmh! Mmph!"

Thankfully they are quick to catch with body language because of their field of work to read someone's thoughts.
You know...how to please and know the customer to trick them into buying them for a night.

"You mean...Tsukihi-sama? Ahh...you wondering where she is right? I mean yeah..to be honest, nobody sees her at all on morning. Tsukihi-sama only appears at night. So am sorry, no one actually knows where she is whenever morning is up. I mean all this time we thought she is locking herself in her room at morning...you know,like everyone else asleep. Because our work is at night!" Said one of the ladies whose in pajamas.

"Mmh..mm.."

Tanjiro visibly thinking. The lady laugh and pinch his cheeks. "Mmh?!"

'Wait my make up...!'

The lady giggles making Tanjiro blush too.

'This place is so dangerous for me!'

Thank goodness he cannot smell them, he would have hit hard in his puberty. "Hehe, Sumiko you really are cute." It worsen when the lady went ahead and smooch his left cheeks a goodnight sleep. "Chu~" Eyes bewildered, 'She kiss my cheek?!' The lady that he forgot the name, she yawns and dismiss herself to go back inside her room.

"I know it is morning, but let us sleep okay? Goodnight...ah, hehe That sounds strange at this light. Have a sweet dreams instead hehe. Later, Sumiko~!"

Now completely alone at morning as everyone went ahead to sleep.
Tanjiro has no idea how to continue the day without anyone to spend time too.

'Why is that...I find it strange?'

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Frankly Muzan has no idea what the hell he is doing. It is so easy to kill him. It is so easy to attack him.

'He is weak, he has no blade to slay a demon. His demon sister is asleep. He has no friends. He has no one to back him up. Kamado Tanjiro is so easy to break.'

And yet.

"Tsukihi-san, where are you sleeping at morning? I...I looked for you everywhere, you were not sleeping at someone else's room. A-am worried that maybe you are sleeping outside so that I can sleep at your room with my sister..." he was scolded by the boy. Muzan has no idea why is he even letting him talk freely.

'Learn your place servant.' Is what he wanted to say, but Muzan kept his lady Tsukihi act with a sly smirk. "Are you asking me to sleep on the same room as you? Ara~ how bold you are Tanjiro-kun." Getting a flustered face from the growing boy is always worth it. "P-Please don't try to change the subject! Answer me why you were never seen at the morning...you... you are human right?"

Muzan's seven heartbeat almost skip a beat when Tanjiro said it so casually, it bothers him so much how the reincarnation of Sumiko is awfully honest like... it is like back then.

"I know it sounds rude but... Demons was never allowed in sunlight and frankly you...you kind of remind me of those trait. Especially how everyone told me you were never here at morning. You always disappear, why is that?"

Muzan for the first time forgot how to lie. He needed to hurry and make up a story. 'Not now...he must not discover yet who am. If it happens, I have to...'

Kill him?

'Why am hesitating?'

Muzan tried to convince himself that hiding his real identity is for revenge...or is it really?

Perhaps he wanted to stay like back then, even just for a little while.

'I know...'

Lady Muzan spoke softly but her face is unseen from Tanjiro's perspective view. "I have..." slightly touching her own shoulder's to pretend that this is a sensitive topic to share. "...an illness that If the sun hit my skin I can get cancer." Finally Muzan had the courage to face Tanjiro with a straight face.

"It is called an Albino sickness." Tanjiro on the other hand suddenly feel bad. He cannot tell if it was a lie since he cannot smell anything. 'Argh dammit, what did I make a woman say?!' Not knowing how else to response, Tanjiro decided to change the topic. "I-I see...b-but...Tsukihi-san...why did you choose to work here?"

"Hm?"

Still pretending to chill on getting interrogate by Tanjiro. "I mean.. you seem to be very intelligent. You could have work somewhere..."

Muzan literally want to roll his eyes, 'I must keep calm.' Being calm is his tolerance, however somehow...Tanjiro get's on his nerves.

'Stupid reincarnation.'

Lady Muzan accidentally huffs, "I don't have other choice." The dense boy still did not stop pushing more questions.

"Do you have a family...?"
It was so fast and flat response. Lady Tsukihi did not care if this kind of reaction is not normal.

"They are dead."

A simple cold cut.

Tanjiro went silent and stared with clear sky. It was vexing, but Lady Muzan decided to turn the tables to piss the other off.

"What about you?" Muzan expected Tanjiro to be triggered but he had that sad face before they turned into a slight glare.

"T-they are gone too...a demon killed them." Perking up 'her' head, "Really? A demon~ what does it looked like?" Muzan hoped that Tanjiro won't realize yet that he is spending his days and breathing in the same air with him, the murderer himself.

"I-I never saw it myself. Maybe Nezuko did but...the smell, I would never forget it how he smell." Liking the answer, Lady Muzan grinned.

"Hehh~" then 'she' approaches him. Observing up and down, Tsukihi added. "So~ is your nose back in shape? Can you smell anything yet?"

Unaware that this is a critical question, thankfully Tanjiro showed no signs of lie. He was never good at it anyway. "Now you mention I haven't gain back my sense of smell." He says as he rubs his nose to test if he can smell any. Because Muzan is delighted, it just blurt out.

"Good."
"What?"

Good thing Tanjiro was not paying any much attention. "I said nothing." Puzzled, Tanjiro drops it. "O-okay...?" Walking away to the little Japanese table, Muzan points at the food to said table. "By the way, your food is ready. Go ahead and eat." The meal consist fish and rice. Yummy, but Tanjiro couldn't smell if it was good cooked. "T-thank you." When Tanjiro went and sat at the floor to eat, he noticed that Tsukihi is not planning to seat with him.

Usually this means...

"Eh? Aren't you going to eat?" Surprise at his concern, Muzan forgot the common logic. "Huh? What do you mean?" Tanjiro explained to him the fact that...he is actually observing 'her'?! "I-I mean it has been...7-hours straight I did not saw you eat at all."

Frowning, "Mind your own business-" only for the brave reincarnation of Tanjirou Sumiko to pull 'her' wrist to face him. "That's not right! You should eat properly! If you do not eat you will die!"

Lady Muzan's parted her lips with a dumbfounded face. Innerly he cursed, 'Nice, how about I devour you and your sister.' Sarcastically.

However Muzan forgot to control his facial reaction. Tanjiro pouts. "Ah! You are rolling your eyes! Sit down and eat with me!" Pulling her to sit down,

"Let go!" It is no use.

Tanjiro just grab a cup of rice for 'her'.

"Here, eat Tsukihi-san." Then a warm smile.

'Seriously?'

Muzan stared at it and somewhat felt melancholy. 'Ahh...it is the same...he is indeed Sumiko's reincarnation, this feeling...'

It feels like his priest is taking care of him.

How much he missed it but he won't admit it. Meanwhile, Tanjiro's mind is still doubting. 'If she does not eat...it means she is like Tamayo-san! I mean...her eyes are weird to be exact. Even on how pale she is. I know she said it is some albino sickness. But to not see her eat at all...it really bothers me.'

It was a battle of staring contest. Muzan's eyes on the rice bowl and Tanjiro's persistent observing eyes to 'her' appearance.

CLACK...

"Mmmh...?"

Hearing a unlocking sound of a wooden box. Kamado Nezuko from chibi grows into her normal size. Sleepy bamboo girl rubs her eyes before they look to Tanjiro's direction. "Ah! Nezuko! You finally woke up!" Receiving an urgent hug from her big brother. Tanjiro is crying tears of joy. "Thank goodness! Why do you have to scare me for 3 weeks...?!"

Nezuko made a "mmm.." sound and hugs back. Before her irises drops behind Tanjiro.

Alertness.

Kring...))

There is...a demon.

BADUMP!

Kamado Nezuko maybe under spell, even if Muzan is on his humane form. The demon blood that connects them is never a lie.

Shaking.

"Eh?"

Nezuko's blood pumped some veins in her face and her claws automatically sharpens when she found the familiar demon lord.

She started growling. "Rrrr...!" pulling away from the hug, "Wait Nezuko?" Her little sister is angry!?

Muzan is not stupid to realize why Nezuko suddenly became like that. But he needed to lie as usual. "What's wrong with your sister? She is acting like she saw a demon..." Lady Muzan tried to tempt her to attack by that mocking tune with a hint of they are both not humans.

"Nezuko!" But Tanjiro is slow, he did not realize the conversation between Nezuko and Muzan is mutual. Shaking Nezuko whose like a fearful cat hissing at a unseen enemy. "Stop growling at Tsukihi-san! She is the one that helped us! Calm down!" Nezuko starts to take a step forward with her feet, "Wait!" Nezuko was strong and slowly walking towards where Lady Tsukihi is...whose just sitting with the meal they were suppose to share.

"Hurry and put her down Tanjiro-kun." It was a threatening command.

"MrRrrr...!" Nezuko almost leaps, Tanjiro pulls her down to another embrace and they fell to the floor. "Nezuko stop!" Taking a short glance at lady Tsukihi as he is holding Nezuko's desire to attack her for unknown reasons. "I'm sorry! She is usually behave!" He apologizes. 'What the hell is going on? Did the hypnotism Urokodaki-san put had already disappear?! If so, this is bad!' Nezuko jerking her legs.

"Grrr! Rrr! Grhghh!" Deciding to put more force to his arms to bind Nezuko down. "Nezuko stop! She is human don't you see-"

Tanjiro Gasps.

He realize again something. 'Wait up...the spell Nezuko is put on is to see humans as...family...yet...on Lady Tsukihi, she is clearly human yet...Nezuko is...alert and threatened? Could it be...like Tamayo-san...could it be she is also...?'

It was like a horror game, the sound Tanjiro can hear is his heart beat, Nezuko's growling sound then...the seem to be awfully calm lady Tsukihi at her sit even though a demon is just in front of her trying to attack her. There was no fear, as if...she saw a demon before?

Again, Tanjiro doubted.

Tsukihi was never in the morning.
Tsukihi never eats a human food.
Tsukihi has this somewhat mysterious beauty around her like Tamayo did.

Gulping and wetting his lips...Tanjiro dared again. "Tsukihi-san, are you a demon?"

Lady Muzan's eyes widen. 'Did he found out already?' Tanjiro is staring to his eyes. Muzan tried to keep calm and analyze again the situation as 'she' still sitting properly at the meal's view while the former demon slayer is holding off his demon sister.

'Wait...no...he was asking me.'

Lady Muzan's eyes landed to the meal.

'Just do the usual.'

Silently Tanjiro watch Tsukihi took the chopsticks and took a bite on the rice and fish. Muzan gulps it down. It is not the first time he pretend to be able to eat a human food...he always do this, however the effect wont be pleasant later on. He mastered this already, it should make the boy drop his assumptions.

Lady Muzan decided to continue on eating without a word, on the corner of her eyes Tanjiro gawks.

'Ah...? She eat the food!? So she isn't a demon? I was wrong again...? Then why is she...so enchanting beauty like Tamayo-san...?'

More like Tanjiro stared too much at Lady Tsukihi's attractive appearance.

When Muzan finished 'her' share of food, 'she' flatly commented the obvious. "Is this how you will repay me?" Offended voice, "Come to think of it...you accused me this morning that am a demon. Why are you so rude? What evidence do you have Tanjiro-kun?" This acting is so convincing that Tanjiro had to defend himself. "No! I just want to make sure that you are a human...because, Nezuko would never harm humans unless they are actually-"

SLAM!

Lady Muzan slammed her hand to the table, causing the cup of water to splash. With pretend anger, Muzan commands. "Get out."

Thankfully it worked, Tanjiro bowed at the floor and completely forgotten to restrain the feral Nezuko. "No! Please wait! Give me a chance! I will tame my sister!"
Nezuko who got freed slowly crawling up and still growling. Tanjiro hushes her by pulling her face to look only at him and not Tsukihi. "Calm down Nezuko! Look at me your brother! Oniichan wants you to behave! Please...I beg you Nezuko...!"

For some reason Nezuko stops when she saw Tanjiro's eyes pleading with crystal eyes.

"Grrmmmhh..." eventually her hate subside and then... "...Nezuko?" Her pupils went back to the tame ones as well the veins in her face disappeared, her sharp nails went back to the normal size. "Mmh..." blinking.

Lady Muzan behind crossed 'her' arms. "Is your sister done on her tantrums?" Tanjiro whose actually shock that Nezuko did calm down for him, he fix her clothes that almost showed her legs and chest when he was pinning her earlier. "W-well she isn't growling anymore and her eyes are back to normal..."

'Phew, Nezuko finally calmed down.'

Tsukihi made another huff sound before she stated the deal with clear instructions. "Just so you know, if she attacks me...do not blame me if I kill her by accident out of self defense."

Tanjiro knows nobody can kill a demon but you can at least defend yourself like how he did back then with his hatchet, before he met Urokudaki. With the guiltily puppy face down, Tanjiro apologizes with pure sincerity. "I really am...very sorry Tsukihi-san...It wont happen again, I swear!" Another bow.

Lady Muzan sighs, "You always talk about demons, you are no longer a slayer right? Hurry up and get over with what is past and past. Stop brooding." Then glaring, "And make your sister behave or else...!" Tanjiro bows up the third time as he regrets and feels ashamed of everything that happened tonight.

"Yes! I understand...and y- you are r-right.." letting out smile because Tsukihi gave them a second chance. "S-sorry for our rudeness."

Lady Muzan did not smile back, but by the looks of it 'she' is not angry anymore.
"Finish your food and...Let me rest."

Tanjiro leaves Nezuko's side to eat.

Nezuko is back to being silent doll she is and behaved herself to watch over her brother going near the other demon.

"Ok.."
Well that was close, is what truly Muzan felt.

'Kamado Nezuko...don't make me devour you yet.'

However both of them did not sense that someone is eavesdropping at their room.

Someone overheard them.

'A boy's voice...! What is the meaning of this?!'

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The next night...

Omitsu was a middle age woman with noticeable wrinkles in her face and sharp eyes. Her black hair was tied up in a geisha style held with a decorative comb.

Omitsu is wearing a patterned kimono tied with a light colored obi. The other night she heard the conversation between a boy's voice and lady Tsukihi's voice.
The only conclusion here who was with her at the room is the famous mute Kamado Sumiko.

Frankly, Omitsu never liked how Tsukihi just showed up and become a mamasang instantly. Everything about that woman is irritating and suspicious. The fact she dared to break a law...Omitsu want's an evidence not knowing she is shoveling her own grave. 'I heard it...That Lady Tsukihi and Sumiko are...'

Unaware he will be in trouble, Tanjiro is doing his usual chores like wiping the vase around the hallway.

Tap, tap, tap.

He then look around to see where the sound coming from. Someone is approaching his way in the hallway. 'It's Omitsu-san!' Half way Omitsu stops walking and instead lift her hand to call Tanjiro. "Sumiko come here."

Putting back the vase careful and with no sound. 'Omitsu-san wants to talk to me? For real?'

Usually Omitsu will ignore him because she acts very abnormal and considered as a very ugly little girl lost in red light district. Tanjiro did not suspect anything unusual and approach with a small sound escape his lips while having the innocent face. "Mmm...?"

Suddenly

"AH!"

Tanjiro yelps when Omitsu pulled his kimono wide open. The force had included the long nails to slightly scratch his bare chest. 'H-hold on...am stripped?!'

Looking above him is the angry yet evil triumph smile of Omitsu and shouted. "You are a boy!" Unable to shut his mouth now, Tanjiro subconsciously tried to cover his chest even though he is already been found out. "Eh!?" He express the same innocent face, Omitsu is not buying it of course. Roughly she pulled Tanjiro's ribbon and cause his bangs to cover his forehead and ending up erasing the make up revealing his demon slayer scar.

"O-Omitsu-san it hurt's! P-please stop!" Trying not to hurt the elder woman, Omitsu is mad at such lie."You tricked us! What an awful little boy you are Sumiko!" Then a thought crossed her head. "But wait, there is no way Lady Tsukihi won't found out if you are sleeping at the same room!" Omitsu did try at least l...like bit of not to doubt Tsukihi but now this confirms conspiracy...She won't let her escape and it is the chance to take her off the throne and make Koinatsu the mamasang, much better in her eyes.

"I see...she lied! She is in trouble!" When Tanjiro heard that Tsukihi will be most likely punished. Tanjiro grabs Omitsu's clothes desperately begging. "Please wait! Don't report Tsukihi-san! I swear it is not her fault...! Omitsu-san I beg-"

The voice of Tsukihi echoed and stop them both.

"What is this ruckus?"

Frozen in fear, 'ah oh...it is over.' Tanjiro silently fell on his knees and unconciously had let go on clinging to Omitsu's body.

Hopelessness was strong.

The elder woman marches forward to confront Lady Muzan though. "Tsukihi!"
Lady Muzan who almost forgot her name, guessed. "Omitsu?" But because of that Muzan noticed behind her was...

Eyes lit up a bit in surprise, Muzan is not expecting such sight.

"Sumiko...your clothes..."

A somewhat abused up Tanjiro kneeling at the floor, chest exposed with red marks that he can tell are claws from a sharp finger nails. Kimono crumples and hair is in a mess. His ribbon bun almost falling out. Tanjiro's supposed to be brush up bangs are now hovering in his eyes.

Lastly the demon slayer mark in his wide forehead, the make up is gone!

When Tanjiro felt the eye contact to lady Tsukihi, he quickly says the usual pathetic submissive words of- "I-I'm sorry...!" And his eyes went crystal.

((BADUMP))

Muzan is not happy that someone else made his toy cry.

"We must talk! Now!" Omitsu yelled at Lady Muzan and of course 'she' was calm. "Fine with me." Then Muzan lead the way.

Tanjiro who crawled at the floor feeling his legs tremble, the fear for Tsukihi's position and life to be ruined, the reincarnation of Tanjirou Sumiko reaches out with faint plead. "W-wait..."

Lady Muzan turned a head to give Tanjiro an assuring smile. It was so confident that it send chills to both parties.

"It's alright Sumiko, I will protect you and your little sister."

"Eh.. .?"

That was it, Lady Tsukihi and Omitsu left him miserable at the floor.

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On the very end of the rooms, a dark room to be exact. Omitsu and lady Muzan had agreed to talk where it is private.

"Lady Tsukihi because of what you did you are now stepping down of your position!" Says by Omitsu whose obviously just dislikes him or her.

Lady Muzan chuckles and sarcastically replied a devilish smirk. "Stepping down? Me? You must be joking with me Omitsu~"

However the voice was deep, it was no woman at all.

Confused and terrified.

Was she getting so old she misheard?

No, of course not.

"W-what? Is that your voice...? Why does it sound like a g-" before Omitsu can speak up further, lady Muzan transforms to reveal a scary hungry demon tentacle behind 'her'.

"Tonight, is your resignation day Omitsu. Happy retirement~"

Muzan said with a hungry smile and ordered his tentacles to attack Omitsu.

"Aughh!"

The scream was not heard at all for the tentacles aimed her face before her entire body was devoured.

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It was very late at night, still people is up of course. However Tanjiro thinks everything is muted in his ears as he fearfully wait inside the room of him and Nezuko shared with Tsukihi.

"It's my fault...Tsukihi-san will be homeless like us!" Tanjiro grips at his legs and did not care if the kimono may look unsightly if he clawed them too much.

"This is the end-"

Tanjiro wanted to emo more with Nezuko whose just silently sitting at the corner of the futon, the sliding door opens and closes.

Snapping his head to see Lady Tsukihi is back, he needed to ask urgently what was the ending of the confrontation Omitsu appointed with her.

"Tsukihi-san? How did you and Omitsu-san talk go?" Muzan whose back on using his female voice, simply stated. "She gave up." But that short sentence does not really explain everything for our slow head Tanjiro boy.

"Huh?"

To see the stupid reincarnation of Sumiko is totally in need of fast learner influence, Muzan tried not to be mad at him...rather greet him with a gentle smile but they were never comforting.

"She said she cannot tolerate to stay here so she resigned and went away somewhere far. Your secret is kept safe. Worry not anymore Tanjiro-kun." She approaches and Tanjiro stood still. Lady Tsukihi took some strands of his uncombed hair and brushed them up to see properly his doubtful eyes.

Tanjiro did not blush at the touch unlike how he used too, because he was disturbed...

'How...how fast?' To think the supposed to be big deal broken law is settled so quickly. Tanjiro pushed for more details.

"You mean just now?" The demon lord had kept the smiling face that is out of place if you will ask Tanjiro.

"Yeah." Muzan softly echoed as his fingers combing and fixing Tanjiro's hair, there was a pause from the little boy as he allowed 'her' to put back his Sumiko ribbon's in place. "A-am confuse...what just happen?" When the tying up hair session was done, Tanjiro thought his questions will be answered.

Instead Lady Tsukihi to embrace him, tight and because of the height Tanjiro's face is buried to 'her' soft and big chest. "E-ehh! T-Tsukihi-san?" Blushing hard from the sudden close contact such as getting a hug from this wonderful woman. Muzan whispered with again the suspicious smile on 'her' red lips.

"You will stay here with me right~?"

Unable to see how Lady Tsukihi's eyes glimmered with hidden sentiment as 'she' utters the fake name so dearly.

"Sumiko..."

Flash of small images where Tanjiro Sumiko was getting embraced by the mysterious man inside Tanjiro's dreams. Sumiko's reincarnation blinks multiple times, for a moment... Tanjiro is lost how to speak further since his memories just went ahead and jumbled some weird flashbacks from this present act.

"...I...?"
Ending the hug, Muzan knowingly smirks at Kamado Tanjiro...the boy he is suppose to play and toss later.

"I mean, you have no choice to stay Tanjiro-kun~" somehow, just ..somehow Tanjiro felt more and more uncomfortable.

Uneasy.

So uneasy, almost felt eerie.

This is too smooth to be true.
To escape such law so easily.

"Tsukihi...san..?" Then his cheeks were held by the woman's palms. They were cold yet so smooth. Lady Muzan said in somewhat possessive behavior.

"Anyone who tries to touch you, they will have to go away."

Tanjiro could only nod slowly as he kept his gaze up to the mysterious lady Tsukihi.

Unaware what blood had shed under the moonlight's beauty since be could not smell anything.

Everything is just dull.

"T-thank you...Tsukihi-san..." is his only end of conversation. Not hugging back, rather Tanjiro burry his face to the woman's chest trying to test if he can smell her fragrance or what.

None.

Just a hole in his chest that is.


'I didn't truly understand the strange words Lady Tsukihi told me, all I know am thankful that Nezuko and I can keep shelter here...though, I has not given up to find a cure for Nezuko. So am sorry Tsukihi-san...I may still leave, if the time comes.'


They stayed like that for a while before everything was just like a dream that such drama and scandal even happened.

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1 week later.

"Sumiko-chan?" Koinatsu approached him. When Omitsu vanish without a goodbye to anyone who respects her and close to her, that one week was gloomy as hell.

Lately Lady Tsukihi is busy, Tanjiro felt a bit lonely to be honest.

However there is one person who finally recovered from loneliness, "Mmh?" Still in his Sumiko disguise, Koinatsu is friendly and kind as always she held up a basket and a note for him. "Can you do an errand for me?" Accepting the objects without a word like a Nezuko speaker. "Please buy them, also.." Koinatsu keeps on talking and telling Tanjiro which and what suppose to buy and not. However the end of the sentence made him jumped away when Koinatsu cheerfully whispered.

"I will keep your secret as a boy."

"Mmhm?!"

A pat of cheer to his back, Koinatsu runs away from Sumiko. "Take care on shopping outside! Even if there is a lot of people it is still dangerous okay?"

Then she left Tanjiro shock. "Mm...mm?"

Tanjiro is having terrible liar face just now. 'What! Koinatsu-san is sharp...! Could it be she knew from the start?!'

Since nobody else is question or bothering him, Tanjiro thought to let it go as long as Lady Tsukihi won't be in trouble and the fact he and Nezuko continues to be safe here from demons and demon slayer corps. 'Anyway...time for errand.'

Tanjiro went outside.

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As expected the Red light district is so noisy, busy and crowded. Even though there are a lot of food stall cooking here and smoking there.

Unfortunately Tanjiro cannot smell a single thing. 'Is this even normal for my sense of smell to be this broken?' Able to buy the stuffs and foods he needed, Tanjiro rubs his nose and hope that he will regain his smelling ability soon.

"Mm..."

Because he wasn't paying attention, he bumped to a hard wall causing the items to fall off the basket.
"Ow!"
Oh wait it was not a wall, there is a person who quickly pick up Tanjiro's groceries.

"Sorry! You were so little I did not notice!"
Rubbing his nose but not enough to erase his make up. Lingering pain...

Kring...))

Tanjiro found his eyes widening up for no reason. 'Eh...? Have I seen this man...somewhere before...?' No...actually there is a reason. This man looks awfully familiar even though he was sure he did not meet anybody like him yet.

Not even his dreams? Or maybe he did but he forgot?

The owl face.

"Oh my! I was rude to a girl! As apologies...I can treat you for a meal!" Having his basket back to his hands. Still staring at the owl face, Tanjiro finally drop his eyes to the taller man's clothes. 'Wait up! He is wearing a demon slayer uniform and t-there is the Nichirin sword...! Shit! I have to run-' Tanjiro sucks at lying that he was visibly shaken and eyes were distrustful.

Rengoku Kyoujiro the flame pillar laughs then said rather a beamy voice. "I'm not trying to hit on you! I just really want to treat you some meal, am a bit lonely on eating food alone. Since I wasted the stuff you buy, let me compensate!"

Unsure how to even response, maybe Tanjiro gotten so used to act like Nezuko that he just...

"M-m-mm.." was the answer he made. Kyoujiro is actually wondering why the little girl was not speaking at all. Usually girls will shout and say mean stuffs or act like a demure frail woman they were.

Kyoujiro knows the girls in demon slayer corps are fighters, but he also knows well that normal girls are noisy or too weak. Especially this kind of place, wild girls everywhere unlike his hometown are polite and well mannered conservative ladies. On the other hand, Tanjiro secretly peeking at Kyoujiro's.

The man seems to be a goofy person yet scary, seeing he was smiling at him with no hint of hate or evilness...it clicked to Tanjiro.

'He does not recognize me? I mean am wanted...I thought all demon slayers will be informed how I look like the last time we were chased. Thankfully Tsukihi-san was there to open her backyard.' Literally he thought someone draw his face in the corps just to hunt them down.

Guess not?

"May I know your name young lady?" Kyounjiro insist to communicate, Tanjiro's ears made a shed of red. 'Ahh...right, am Kamado Sumiko. A girl, so he won't notice right away...' From the count of people around, Tanjiro may run successfully...however. 'W-why is that...I want to talk to him?!'

Is it because it has been a while he spoke to another men? Tanjiro had been with girls for the past few weeks ever since he was taken care of lady Tsukihi.

There are no other guy inside the bar. Tanjiro rarely serves at the table where awful men are there to entertain themselves with sale women. Tanjiro cannot understand why he wants to talk to this demon slayer when it could actually endanger him and Nezuko to be found out. Kyoujiro's smile did not fall out, there were there...glued.

Unable to stop his desires to speak to him, ahh he missed man to man talk maybe?

"Mm..S-Sumiko." It was very faint, Tanjiro tried to make his voice a bit female-ish, doubt if it even sounded that way.

Who knows.

"I see! Sumiko huh? My name is Rengoku Kyoujiro. Nice to meet you~!" He held out a hand for a shake.

Because Kyoujiro did not find his voice acting weird, Tanjiro thought he was safe to continue speaking.

"O-ok."


'It was a mistake, that meeting is definitely a mistake.'


Kyoujiro and Tanjiro went to stroll and eat.

Is this history repeating itself?


To Be Continued

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