Gyutaro walked home after his talk with the Master, who said he would ask Shinobu to get ready for a home visit to make sure Nezuko was healthy. Nezuko was looking around in awe. She looked up at Gyutaro, "where are we going now Big Brother?" she asked curiously. "We're going to our new Home. It's time for you to meet all of your our Siblings. When you were big, you were their Older Sister" Gyutaro explained. "I have little Brothers and Sisters?" Nezuko asked excitedly, "do we play a lot?" she asked. "Well, I'm sure they would all play with you if you asked" the green-haired Kamado replied with a smile. They walked back to the house with Nezuko asking questions about her Siblings, Gyutaro patiently answering each one.
"Rokuta is the youngest. He's Seven now. He's really close to you and Tanjiro. I'm sure he'd be happy to take care of you the way you took care of him when he was little." By the time they got to the house, Nezuko couldn't help but stare at it, "It's so big!" she said excitedly. "Yeah. It is a lot bigger than our old house. Are you ready to meet everyone?" Gyutaro replied, hand on the sliding door. "Yes!" Nezuko cheered. The green-haired Kamado smiled, before opening the door. They were met with four curious faces. Nezuko shyly hid her face in her Oldest Brother's Kimono. "Hey guys, we're back" Gyutaro said calmly with a smile. Everyone was staring at Nezuko. "We got your letter. But somehow I didn't think our Sister was gonna be that, tiny" Takeo said in surprise.
"Big Sis, you're even younger than me now!" Rokuta said with a grin, "does this mean that I'm a big Brother now?" he asked excitedly. "She's so cute! Can I hold her?" Hanako asked, cooing at her now little Sister. Nezuko hid her face in Gyutaro's shirt, scared of all the people she didn't know. "It's okay Nezuko. These are our Siblings that I told you about. They're our family. Want to say hello to them?" Gyutaro soothed, stroking his Sister's hair the way she liked. Nezuko peeked out at them again, nervous, "h-hello. Um. You're my, little Brother and Sisters. From when I was big?" she asked softly. Hanako took control then. She smiled and bent down to be at Nezuko's height, "that's right. I'm your little Sister Hanako. This is Takeo," she gestured to the older boy next to her, who waved.
"Shigeru," the younger spiky-haired boy waved with a grin, "hi" he said. "And this is our baby Brother Rokuta" she said, introducing the little boy with shoulder length black-hair, "Hi Nezuko. This time I get to be the big Brother. I'll take good care of you" Rokuta said seriously. Nezuko frowned, "sorry that I don't know you" she said apologetically, looking sad. "Don't worry. We'll take care of you until you can go back to normal, and then you will remember us, okay?" Hanako asked. Nezuko looked unsure, before her stomach growled. "Someone's hungry huh? Don't worry, I was just about to get started on lunch. Until then, big Brother can show you around" Hanako said with a smile. Gyutaro removed his and Nezuko's shoes as he walked inside and began to show Nezuko around.
Tanjiro came out of the bedroom as they were. "Big Brother!" Nezuko said happily, reaching out for him. "Hey Nezuko. What did you think of all of our Siblings?" Tanjiro asked, carefully taking his little Sister from Gyutaro. "We have a lot of Brothers and Sisters," Nezuko said, making her two Older Brother's chuckle, "yeah we do" Tanjiro said with a smile. "They were nice to me, and Hanako is making lunch" she said. "I'm glad that you like our Siblings. I was worried that you wouldn't get along since you don't remember them, and everyone is so much older than you now. But you are a good big Sister to them, so don't worry" Tanjiro said. "Can I play with them soon? Will you play with me Tanjiro?" Nezuko asked. "Of course. We can all play together after lunch if you're not tired" Tanjiro said.
He brought Nezuko's Futon into the room with their other Siblings ones, since Nezuko didn't have to worry about the sun anymore. After Tanjiro was finished showing Nezuko their new house, Hanako called everyone for lunch. The meal was a mass of conversations, Tanjiro and Gyutaro told everyone more about what had happened at the Swordsmith Village. "Wow! So Nezuko really conquered the sun! That means when she goes back to normal, big Sis will be able to play with us outside!" Shigeru said excitedly. "We'll have to be careful though. Muzan will want to get his hands on her as well, since by eating her as a Demon, he'll become immune to sunlight. We have to protect our Sister better from now on" Gyutaro explained.
"What?! No, we can't let him!" Takeo exclaimed, slamming his hands on the table in anger. "I know. We'll keep her safe, no matter what. I will not lose anymore family" Gyutaro said firmly. His younger Siblings nodded in agreement. Nezuko, meanwhile, was oblivious to the conversation her 'Older' Siblings were having, as she was more concentrated on her food.
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After lunch, Shinobu arrived with a bag of medical supplies. As she set up her things, Tanjiro, who was still holding Nezuko sniffed her, his eyes widening in alarm, "why do you smell like Upper 3?!" he hissed, livid at the smell of Upper Rank Demon on the Insect Hashira. "Let me do this check-up first, then we'll talk" Shinobu replied, shining a light into Nezuko's eyes and ears, listening to her heartbeat and taking her Blood Pressure. Despite her new age, Nezuko was very calm through all of this. It was as Shinobu was getting a needle ready to take a blood sample from Nezuko that Tanjiro started to worry. The Doctors back home didn't really use needles, so Nezuko wouldn't be used to this.
"Make sure you hold her still while I do this" she said. Tanjiro hugged his little Sister close, holding her arm down. Shinobu quickly took the blood samples from the toddler, making Nezuko cry from the pain. "Shh, it's okay Nezuko. She's almost done. And then we can go play, alright?" Tanjiro asked, stroking Nezukos hair, as he held her arm straight. "There we go, all done!" Shinobu said cheerfully. Then she pulled out several Band-Aids, "Nezuko, would you like to pick a pretty Band-Aid to go on your arm?" she asked. Nezuko peeked over at the ones that the black and purple-haired woman pulled out, a few tears still in her eyes.
"Th-that one *sniff*" she sniffled, pointing at the Band-Aid with pink Sakura blossoms on it. Shinobu placed the Band-Aid over where she'd taken the blood sample, and gently stroked Nezuko's hair, "you were a very good girl Nezuko. Now you can go play with your Siblings, okay?" she said with her usual smile. "Go on Nezuko. I have to talk about some big people things with Miss Shinobu" Tanjiro said. Gyutaro held out his hand to the toddler, "lets go play outside with everyone, okay Nezuko? I bet they'll be really impressed at how brave you are, and they'll like your pretty Band-Aid" he said.
Nezuko gingerly took her Oldest Brother's hand in hers. As they left the room, Gyutaro heard Tanjiro ask Shinobu, in a very frantic hiss: "why do you smell like Upper 3?!" Gyutaro nearly tripped over his own feet at hearing that, but caught himself on the wall before he could fall. "Gyu? What's wrong?" Nezuko asked in worry. "Oh, nothing, just a raised floorboard. Be careful not to trip Nezuko" Gyutaro lied, feeling very guilty for it. Soon the two of them were outside in the warm sunshine. Rokuta was playing with his Temari Ball with Shigeru. "We should go play with the Masters kids soon, I can't wait to show Kiriya how good I am at playing with my Temari Ball now" the little boy said happily.
"Yeah, I'm sure Nezuko would like to meet them too" Shigeru agreed. "Hey guys! Playing Kemari?"Gyutaro asked. The two younger boys looked over, before waving with a grin, "hey Gyutaro! Hey Nezuko!" Shigeru called. "Pretty ball!" Nezuko said happily, the slight sting in her arm forgotten. Rokuta came over with the Temari, "do you like it Nezuko? This is my Temari ball that my best friend Kiriya gave me for my 7th Birthday!" Rokuta said proudly. As Rokuta watched over Nezuko while she pushed the ball around, laughing as it made jingling sounds, Shigeru came over to his Older Brother. "Gyutaro, what are you going to do about Nezuko?" the nearly 12-year-old asked. "*sigh* Well, we'd have to find the Demon who did this to her before we did anything else, and I'm not sure if we'd have time.
We're going to be doing a lot of training soon" Gyutaro said with a frown. Then he smiled, "at least she's safe and happy" he said. Shigeru looked over as Nezuko laughed, bouncing the colorful ball to make it jingle. "Yeah. At least there's that" the younger boy agreed. Nezuko played with her Siblings for hours, until she began to yawn. "Looks like it's Naptime for you Nezuko" Gyutaro said, going over to pick the Toddler up. "But I wanna play more" she whined, before yawning again and rubbing her eyes. "You do look really tired Sis. You should get some sleep" Rokuta agreed. Nezuko yawned again, "why don't you have a nap with Tanjiro. He needs more rest too" Gyutaro suggested, as Tanjiro came outside. "What about me?" the burgundy-haired 15-year-old asked.
"I think you and Nezuko should have a nap. She's very tired, and you still need to recover from what happened at the Swordsmith Village" Gyutaro replied. "Oh. Yeah, good idea. Come on Nezuko. We can play some more later" Tanjiro agreed, reaching out to pick up his current youngest Sister. "*yawn* okay" Nezuko said tiredly. Hanako waved to her Sister as Nezuko was carried to their room, "have a good nap Nezuko. When you wake up dinner will be ready" she said. "Okay" Nezuko repeated, leaning her head on her Older Brother's shoulder. Soon the two were in the futon, and Nezuko was fast asleep, Tanjiro not far behind her. Gyutaro peeked his head in the bedroom, letting out a soft smile as he saw the adorable scene.
'Oh well, I guess I can ask him about what I overheard later' he thought. Then he left the room to help clean up the house.