I may have been over exaggerating on the whole hating the X Reader thing in my auther note so sorry about that I honestly don't mind them but only when it's pretty much following the time line of it all, does that make sense? Anyway to the One shot!
Song: In Another Life - Jason Walker
Takes place sometime after Rengoku dies, Everyone (Hashira, Zenitsu, Inosuke, Nezuko, And Tanjiro) including Rengoku's Brother and Father, meets at Kagaya's residents. To talk about it, Tanjiro relays the last words from Rengoku to the Father and Son duo and it gets angsty I guess...
Also, have to say that I've only watched S1 and the Mugen Train movie but not S2 so I don't know what happens next or am 100% sure about the reactions so this won't be cannon for obvious reasons.
Oh and major Oocness
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Tanjiro's PoV
"It saddens me to say that we have lost a great Slayer such as Kyojuro Rengoku, however, let's not let his death be in vain, and finish what he started..." Kagaya tells us smiling sadly before turning to me "Now Tanjiro I believe Kyojuro left you a message to pass on" Kagaya tells me Making me nod and turn to Rengoku's Brother "yes... Senjuro, Rengoku wanted me to tell you to follow your dreams no matter what" I tell he nods slightly before slowly bursting into tears making me smile sadly at him "uh, now Mr. Rengoku, he wanted me to tell you to to take care of your body.." I say he looks at me blankly with a few tears in his eyes.
We all sat in silence for a couple of minutes and one by one everyone slowly began to cry for their lost friend, and I can't bring myself to cry, guess I've cried all my tears after the whole ordeal... After a moment I begin to hum gaining everyone's attention.
"We knew that this was coming
Both of us tired of running
From the truth, from the lies
From that look in your eyes
We knew that this was coming"
I sang softly feeling everyone's eyes drilling into me.
"It's always hard to say goodbye
And it took this long to realize
Maybe we will get it right in another life (Ooh)
In another life (Ooh)"
I begin to feel tears prick my eyes as I begin to remember my Deceased Family and Rengoku.
"Why do we keep on hurting
Love is a pain worth learning
From the truth, from the lies
From the signals and the signs
Why do we keep on hurting"
"It's always hard to say goodbye
And it took this long to realize
Maybe we will get it right in another life (Ooh)
In another life (Ooh)"
"It's so hard to say goodbye
(Ooh) Oh it's so hard to say goodbye
(Ooh) It's so hard to say goodbye
(Ooh) Oh, oh"
"Ooh
Ooh"
"It's always hard to say goodbye
And it took this long to realize
Maybe we will get it right in another life (Ooh)
In another life (Ooh)
In another life (Ooh)
In another life (Ooh)"
"It's always hard to say goodbye"
Once the last words left my mouth I wipe away any stray tears that managed to escape before looking up to see everyone with tears in their eyes and looks of shock staring at me, In return, I smile sadly.
"Rengoku may be gone... But he will always live on in our hearts... And while I only knew him for a short amount of time, he... He finally accepted me and Nezuko... He had saved my life from Akaza who originally went to kill me, he was someone who... Who worked hard to save civilians from demons and as Kagaya-Samma said his death won't be in vain, as long as we can accept that he won't r-return and that he's g-gone we'll be at peace" I say sadly 'Somewhat' I thought "that was a very nice speech Tanjiro it seems that you're familiar with it all" Kagaya tells me "Yeah..." I whisper sadly smiling "Muzan Killed everyone but Nezuko, it was hard to accept that they were gone and Nezuko being a Demon I just wanted... -no want this nightmare to be over, I wish I could be with them, I do but Nezuko needs me the most, I just have to accept they aren't coming back ever and move on," I say staring at the wall in a daze before blinking and turning to look at them seeing them now looking at me sadly.
I stand up quickly "well if that's all I'll be off," I say quickly "Nezuko!" I call making my way out the door "Hmph!" I hear from behind me then padding of footsteps racing behind me I feel a force ram into me making me almost trip over my own feet "Nezuko?" I smile "Hmph!, Hmph!"
"I'm glad I still have you Nezuko..."