Genya panted, licking his lips of the Demons blood, and shuddering as more power flowed through him. He felt more powerful than he'd ever thought possible. Like he could beat the shit out of his abusive birth Father without breaking a sweat and keep him from hurting his family ever again. He looked down at his hands, covered in the Demon blood, clawed nails where his blunt, rounded ones should be. He flexed his hands, shuddering again. Something was different about him. But what was it- "Genya?" a gentle voice called from behind him. The 11-year-old boy turned to look behind him, seeing another Demon standing there, holding a crying boy- no, wait. That was his Dad, wasn't it? And the crying boy- "Shigeru! Oh thank God you're okay! Did that Demon hurt you more? Is your arm okay?!" Genya asked frantically, rushing over to his younger Brother, ignoring his change for now.
"Big Brother, what happened to you?!" Shigeru cried, flinching back slightly upon seeing his Demonic features. "I-I don't know. I don't know why I look like this, but- I'm still me! I remember you and everyone else. I'm not going to hurt you, I promise. I don't even feel hungry at all" the second oldest Shinazugawa Brother assured. Tanjuro sighed and walked over to his Son. He placed a hand on his head, ruffling the little hair he had, "I want to take you to see Miss Shinobu when we get home Genya. For now, don't worry. Let's just get you both back to the others" he said with a relieved smile, but it fell slightly upon noticing the boy's new scar. Genya nodded, grabbing his Dad's hand, holding onto it with a fairly strong grip. Tanjuro noted the boy's new strength. He really needed to talk to Shinobu when they got home.
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Tanjuro took the two boys back to the rest of their children, who gasped and hugged Genya and Shigeru. The Shinazugawa was wearing his Haori to cover up his Demonic features. "Are you okay big Brother?! What happened to your nose?!" Hiroshi asked worriedly. Spotting the scar peeking out in the little Moonlight that hit him. "We're okay now, don't worry Hiroshi" Genya replied, as he and Shigeru hugged their Siblings. "Alright everyone, let's go home" Tanjuro said. The children nodded hurriedly, all heading back to the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters. 'We can go shopping to get everyone's clothes tomorrow. Right now I just want to get my children home' he thought.
Once everyone was in the cart, the Demon hurried down the road to the Corps Headquarters. Tanjuro glanced back at them as he ran. Shigeru was very quiet and pale, seemingly in shock, but still clutching onto his arm to keep it still like his Dad had told him to do on the way back, while Genya had curled into a ball to keep his Demonic features from being seen by his Siblings. "Don't worry everyone!" Tanjuro called, making most of his children look up at him, "we'll be there soon. I'll drop the rest of you back at the Love Estate so you're Mother's won't worry too much, alright?" the Demon Kamado asked. "The rest of us?" Hiroshi asked, clutching onto Genya's arm worriedly, as if afraid that he'd get snatched away again.
"I have to take Genya and Shigeru to the Butterfly Mansion. But don't worry. We'll all be home by tonight" the Demon explained, looking back at them to speak, before looking to the front again to hide his worry, 'that is if Genya is back to normal by then. I hope Miss Shinobu doesn't try to experiment on him. She's held back on myself, Kie and my Demons because Kagaya ordered her to. There's no order against running her experiments on an apparent 'new' Demon, who's not one of mine. But I have a feeling that things aren't that simple. Genya gives off a Demonic aura, but not a full one. I'm sure Genya's still human, despite how he looks right now' Tanjuro thought.
Tanjuro frowned at how slow they were going. It had been a couple of hours since they'd left the Market, and they still had a couple more to go. 'I definitely should have brought the cart. Or bought a bigger one' he thought with a sigh. He stopped walking. His children looked at him in confusion, "what's wrong Daddy?" Haruka asked in confusion. "This is taking too long. Hold on" Tanjuro said, before focusing, 'everyone, I need your help' he thought to his Demons. A few minutes later, in a burst of shadows, Yukito, Shizu, Sayuri, Hakuji, Gyutaro and Ume stood there. "Genya? Wh-why can I s-smell his blood?!" Shizu demanded, rushing over to her second oldest Son. As soon as she saw the blood-crusted scar, the short Demon woman let out a pained wail, hugging him close.
"I-I'm okay Mom, just, a bit worried, about some stuff. When we get home, I have to go talk to Miss Shinobu, okay?" Genya replied, hugging his Mother back, trying to hide his face from everyone else. "I don't really want to talk about what happened tonight with the children around. I called you all to help me get them home faster. If that's alright with all of you?" Tanjuro asked. All of his Demons nodded, and they picked up several children at once. Shizu, obviously, held Sumi and Teiko. Yukito grabbed Shigeru, along with Haruka and Hanako, in order to take the injured boy back faster, and vanished into the shadows with them. Hakuji picked up Hiroshi, Shuya and Takeo, and leapt away with them all. And Tanjuro grabbed hold of Genya. "Don't worry" he whispered to his Son, "I promise we'll figure this out" he promised.
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As soon as they reached the Love Estate, Shizu kissed all of her children goodbye, pat the other children on the heads, then shot off towards the Butterfly Mansion. "Are Genya and Shigeru going to be okay?" Hiroshi asked. "They will. Dad and your Mom will both be with them," Takeo said firmly, before looking off towards the bedroom his Mother slept in and was currently sleeping with Koto and Rokuta, "come on, let's go see how Mom and our younger Brother's are" he suggested, but waisted no time heading in that direction. "Hey! Wait for us Takeo!" Hanako called, as all of the children followed him into the house.
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Once at the Butterfly Mansion, Aoi quickly set Shigeru's shoulder and gave him some pain medication. After the boy had drifted off to sleep, Aoi sighed, "I guess you're going to want to be there when Genya is tested?" she asked, with a slight tremble to her voice. Tanjuro nodded, "he is my Son too. Besides, he's not like a regular Demon, or even like my Wife and I. There's something different about him, and I want to make sure he's not treated like just another Demon by the Insect Hashira" he replied firmly. The dark-blue-haired girl nodded, "alright, come with me" she said, turning and walking out of the room quickly.
Tanjuro followed Aoi down the halls, staring straight ahead and trying to focus on his Son's strange Demonic Aura. He hoped this wasn't permanent. Shizu would kill him if it was. She may be kind and gentle most of the time, but she would do anything for her children. Especially now that she was a Demon and could do anything for her children. He wasn't scared, but he could understand. After all, he was the same way. If he had to die for his family, he would do it in a heartbeat. Tanjuro would never forgive himself if he failed to protect him family.
Aoi stopped at the door to Shinobu's lab. She knocked on it, "Lady Shinobu? Mr Tanjuro and his Son Genya are here to see you" she said. "Send them in please" the teenager called. As Tanjuro and Genya entered the room, the young boy (Demon?) hid behind his legs, scrunching his nose up, "this place smells dangerous Dad" he muttered. Tanjuro looked down at him in confusion, and stroked his fluffy now-yellow-tipped-hair, "what do you man Son?" he asked. "Ah! That must be the Wisteria you can smell! Now, please come in, and let me find out all about you now Genya" Shinobu said with a cheerful smile. Genya clutched onto Tanjuro's pants, making the Kamado Demon narrow his eyes at her, "Miss Shinobu, you aren't planning to hurt Genya or poison him, or anything like that, are you?" he asked firmly.
"Of course not! I just want a few samples to examine, to try to find out what is happening with young Genya's body! It'll just be a few little pricks. You can handle that, can't you young man?" Shinobu asked, holding up several needles. The Shinazugawa whimpered, hiding behind Tanjuro. The older (regular) Demon hugged him close, "don't worry. I'll be right here, holding your hand this whole time Genya. Can you b brave for me Son?" he asked reassuringly. Genya slowly moved out from behind his Dad and held out his arm, while squeezing Tanjuro's hand tightly. The blood-collecting went surprisingly well. the prick's from the needles hardly felt like anything to Genya, and he slowly relaxed more. "Alright, done!" the Insect Hashira said brightly. But then, surprisingly, Genya's form slowly reverted to his human appearance.
His hair returned to being plain black, his teeth retracted, though his canines were still slightly longer and sharper than before. His claws retracted into fingernails, and his eyes regained their white's. The Shinazugawa blinked and looked down at his hands, before smiling brightly, "I'm back to normal!" he cheered. Tanjuro and Shinobu stared at Genya in bewilderment. Neither had any idea what all of this meant.