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Assistant: Title: Inosuke X Aoi. Forming Bonds
        Author: TylerJ18 TylerJ18 
        Chapter: 9/22 
        Summary: Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke have been brought to Shinobu's estate to rest, heal, and train. Tanjiro is the first to jump up to continue his training in hopes of obtaining the strength to continue his quest to turn Nezuko back into a Human. Leaving Zenitsu and Inosuke behind to reflect on their latest struggles they faced in the mountains. Zenitsu seems nothing more than ecstatic to be on bedrest. Being surrounded by pretty girls to take care of him. Inosuke feels the opposite, feeling pitiful. Defeated. Depressed for needing to be saved during his fight with the father spider. Every day is the same for him. Lay in his bed and hide his shame under the boar's head while he watches Tanjiro get stronger.In his forced downtime Inosuke forms the most unlikely bond...With his newly found affection towards his care giver, Inosuke must now figure out why he is having these feelings and why he can't stop thinking about Aoi
        Contents: Chapter 9: Part 9: What's a Date?
    

    


  

  
  
    
    
  The days that followed after fully learning Total Concentration : Constant consisted of hard training that left the three boys withered and sore each day. But after the pact the three slayers made, there was no way anyone was backing down or giving up.Zenitsu of course made many claims that the training was to hard, that he was going to die. Not wanting to fall behind, the thunder breather endured the hellish exercises while receiving words of encouragement from Tanjiro and a little tough love from Inosuke to perk the blonde back up.

  The three were completely out of breath from swinging practice swords at wooden training dummies while still ensuring each form used was under complete control with their improved breathing. Exhausted from training, they each fall backwards to hit the grassy grounds with their backs, arms fully extended to the side as each of their chest rise and fall rapidly trying to capture air.
Tanjiro was the first to pipe up. "This is way harder than anything Urokodaki-San put me through!"The blonde's eyes were completely whited out as he brought his hands to his throat acting like the training was choking him to death. "Gramps talked about doing this kind of training before. I thought he was just trying to scare me how hard it was.."Inosuke offered no protest on how difficult the training was and had plans to push his body even further. After a few seconds, the boar put the palms of his hands behind his head to push off the ground to get back to his feet while looking up at the sky. "Let's get back to it!!"Tanjiro smiled with a pale look on his face slightly wanting to rest for a few more minutes. "Rig- right."Zenitsu let out a sigh before leaning forward to sit up, accepting the fact that his life would be fill with grueling training until the day demons stop hunting humans. "Guess it won't be long until we get called back to handle missions."Tanjiro's burgundy eyes look past the two into the dense forest that surrounds the training grounds with a stern look. "Demons won't wait until we rise through the ranks. We have to cut them down. Even if we only move an inch at a time! We have to keep moving forward!"The three shared smiles and enjoyed the gently cool breeze filtering in making each of their hair dance in the wind. Sweat continued to drop down all of their faces from the intense work each of them had been putting in. It wasn't until long when Tanjiro's crow found the three slayers and started barking orders. "RETURN!! FOLLOW YOURS TRULY AND RETURN TO SHINOBU'S ESTATE!! YOUR SWORDS HAVE ARRIVED!!!"
  The blacken bird circled around Tanjiro and Inosuke who were overjoyed by the news. Neither have held a proper sword in so long. While the wooden bokken training swords were decent enough for basic maneuvers, Inosuke couldn't wait to hold his nichirin blades once more. Even more ecstatic to use them in combat to see how much he has improved.
The trio traveled back to be at the main entrance of the estate when they saw two swords smiths traveling together side by side. Their faces hidden by masks, the usual masks to hide their true identity. Inosuke could feel an immense anger emitting off one of the sword smiths causing him to grab a hold of Tanjiro. The red haired teen had his arm up to wave at the visitors feeling joyous at their arrival. When Inosuke grabbed him his smile dropped as he looked over to his brother. "What's wrong Inosuke?.."When he looked over at the boar he didn't see one of the swordsmiths hand over Tanjiro's new blade over to his companion to pull out a vicious knife before screaming out to the child of the sun. "YOUUUU!!! HOW DARE YOU REQUEST ANYTHING FROM ME AFTER WHAT YOU DID!!!"
  Tanjiro face went blank as he saw a grown man charge at him with a butchers blade still screaming insults. Inosuke could feel the anger within the man named Hotaru Haganezuka, but never had the intent to kill his burgundy eyed friend. He relaxed a little and let go of his comrade as he watch Tanjiro scramble away to avoid being stabbed.

  Aoi peered out with an annoyed looked on her face as she watched the grown man chase the water breather, slashing at the air behind him. She brought out a tray of rice dumplings that caught the attention of Haganezuka who gave up the chase to enjoy one of his favorite treats. 

  The encountered ended with only a few bumps and bruises on Tanjiro. The second swordsmith, Kozo Kanamori, appeared to be more calm at the fact Inosuke snapped his blades  during an immense combative situation. He sat down and uncovered the newly formed twin nichirin katanas and laid them down gracefully at the feet of Inosuke. He would go on to explain he would be in charge of the beast breather's weapons from now on and how eager he was to face the challenges to suit a duel wielder.  Continuing on to share his story on how he sought out guidance from the swordsmith in charge of Tengen Uzui's blades and how different the treatment was to a slayer that wields twin swords.
Tanjiro listened intently to the story while Inosuke paid no attention at all. He picked up both swords by the hilt firmly and looked upon the steel observing every inch of his new blades. The perfect silver sheen started to shift colors to perfectly mimic the indigo-grey hue Inosuke once had with his original blades. Master Kanamori admired the striking color and made the comment. "Ahhh that color suits you very well Inosuke-dono." With each passing moment, the weapons in his hands felt off, felt unnatural and forced. While his swordsmith marveled at the color of his blades stating he has never seen that hue before, Inosuke grabbed one blade and walked out into the area right outside towards an area of the training ground covered in rocks.All eyes were looking at him wondering what he was doing. Tanjiro was the only one to attempt to reach out to the boar.  "Uhh Inosuke? Do you like your swords?"The swordsmith still sitting politely chirped up to boast about his work. "I believe those weapons shall serve you well Inosuke-dono. I have done proper research to ensure-"The sound of a large rock hitting the sharpened edge of the blade echoed out in the estate. Inosuke repeated slammed the cobble onto the blade as everyone shrieked at the beast breather. Tanjiro's eyes went white and his jaw hit the floor in shock. " In- INOSUKE!!!"Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Kozo shoot up to his feet to reprimand the boar. His calm demeanor completely changed to feel what his colleague Hotaru felt when he saw Tanjiro. "YOU BOAR HEAD PIECE OF SH@T! I'LL KILL YOU!"
  The water breather had to hold back the out bursting swordsmith from clawing at the boar. Inosuke turns his head to see the angry sword maker swinging his arms at him. He shrugged at the reaction not really caring as he took a rock to the other sword to create the chipped and serrated blades he preferred while also knocking the hand guard and hilts off both his new weapons to appear just as primitive as his original blades.
He held up both to his face to examine his handiwork. "Much better.." both swordsmiths were wanting to pummel the young boar for his disrespect towards their hard work.Aoi peered around the corner to inspect what all the yelling was and she saw what Inosuke did. She brought a hand to hide a chuckle thinking the swordsmiths knew nothing about her boy. If they even looked at his original blades, they would have known he preferred this style of weaponry. All of the yelling was brought to a halt when Tanjiro's crow began barking orders once more."TANJIRO! ZENITSU!! YOUR RECOVERY IS OVER!! A MISSION! A MISSION I HAVE FOR YOU TWO!!"Inosuke's eyes followed the crow in disgust. "What the hell?? Why do they get missions??" Letting out frustrated breaths, Inosuke popped to his feet before pointed his new sword at the bird in a threatening manor. "My minions need their boss right???"The bird had a bead of sweat dripping down its head looking at the chipped vicious blades on the beast breather fearing that Inosuke will want to kill and eat him just like Inosuke's own crow. "N-N-N-NO MISSION FOR YOU! ONLY TWO REQUIRED!!"Inosuke grumbled feeling frustrated, wanting to test his skills with these blades against a demon. Tanjiro wore a concerned look on his face while looking over at the boar. Meanwhile, Zenitsu gathered his gear with his shoulder slumped looking depressed. Letting out a big sigh, "Inosuke can take my spot.."The sparrow that rested on the blondes head started to chirp frantically before latching it's beak onto the thunder breather's face. Zenitsu let out a shriek before swatting the bird to get off his cheek. "FINE FINE I'LL GO!!"
  Tanjiro smiles just for a bit hearing Zenitsu would be joining him. His eyes return to look at Inosuke who was standing with his arms cross and his back to the two. He slowly approached him knowing he has been dying to get back in the field to fulfill his role as a demon slayer.
"Um. Inosuke?" He was expecting a typical headbutt to the chest from the boar in response to him not being assigned a mission. But to his surprise, he spun around with his fist balled up in front of him. "You underlings better do a d@mn good job!! Your boss will be waiting for more training for you!" Inosuke let out a laugh as he thought of exercises he could put the two through to improve their strength.Tanjiro expression changes to look ecstatic that his friend does not feel depressed being left behind. He collided his fist with Inosuke's with a wide smile. "Got it!"The two share a laugh before Tanjiro noticed Zenitsu has already started leaving the estate. He quickly grabs his weapon while rushing to catch up to the blonde. While running after his yellow friend, he turns to look back at the boar to aid him in looking after his sibling.  "Look after Nezuko for me!!"
  Inosuke nods at the request as his eyes follow both his brothers leave together. He noticed the two swordsmiths have already left as well, most likely to the kitchen where Aoi had already prepared their favorite foods to calm them both down. She had them fixed up in advanced anticipating they would act this way.
Aoi left the kitchen area where both sword markers were enjoying their treats to stepped out from the corner she was watching from to approach the boar. "I'm sure they will be fine. All three of you have improved so much."
  Inosuke turned his head to view Aoi standing in the light with her hands crossed over one another with a slight smile. The brightness of the sun shrining through the open door sheened over making her deep piercing ocean eyes look vibrant and ever longing upon Inosuke. Just the sheer sight of her caused the boar to not want to take his eyes of her for a second. If this were to happen a few weeks ago, he would be utterly confused to why he couldn't stop looking at his little butterfly. But at this moment he knew why and knew that she wanted his gaze to stay on her.
Aoi shifted her feet to be right in front of the beast breather still looking upon him with a gaze of bewilderment. She peers down at his swords to view his personal touch he added to the blades. "How do they feel?"Inosuke gripped them tight and held them tightly. "They feel like they could lob a demons head right off!" 
  Aoi couldn't help but giggled at the brash statement thinking Inosuke's thoughts were so simple like a child's.
Inosuke grabbed some spare bandages and started to wrap up his weapons. He looked around to see how empty the mansion was with the absence of sound. Aoi clocked he was wondering where everyone was. "Shinobu-San and Kanao are on a mission together, and it's just the three  girls Kiyo, Sumi, and Naho and me."Inosuke nodded his head, he finished wrapping his blades and put them on his side to sheath them. He took the boars hide off to show he face was visibly pink with feeling flustered, his eyes darted off to the side trying to figure out the words he wanted to ask Aoi. Nervously scratching the back of his head he turns to ask, "Oi, I was going to go in the forest later and uhh.. I mean if you wanted to go-" He starts to trail off not sure how to continue. Aoi perked up to meet his eyes with a quizzical look, tilting her head to the side. "You mean like a date?"Inosuke wore a puzzled look on his face bringing his index finger to scratch at his cheek while he looked perplexed at the question. "What's a date?.."Aoi sighed, forgetting for a moment who she was talking to. After just a few moments she decided not to confused the poor boy even further as she gathered herself before smiling bright while closing her eyes to answer. "I'd love to join you"Inosuke puts his hands on his hips and let's out a cloud of smoke from his nostrils before putting on a wide grin. "I know the perfect spot!"
  Inosuke put his swords and his boar's hide in the room the three junior slayers shared before guiding Aoi out into the training grounds. He motioned for her to stay close to him as he forged the path ahead. A few outstanding branches needed to be cleared that hid the path before the two got to the vast opening that Inosuke discovered where Tanjiro found him sulking alone in a trees.
The beast breather searches for about a minute before looking up at one of the tallest trees in the forest marveling at the wooden trunk before Aoi scuffled over to join him looking up at the canopy in awe. "I had no idea trees like these were around..." Inosuke pointed up towards the very top. "wanna get a better look?"Aoi put on a frown with her hands on her hips while looking over towards the boar, "there is no way I can climb that far up!"Inosuke grinned and got on a knee for Aoi to hop on his back. "I'll take you!"The butterfly was a little hesitant. But knew she could trust the boar. She nods her head slightly and wrapped her arms around his neck. Inosuke knelt down and Aoi heard his breathing start to slowly build up. She could feel excitement rush through her body but also felt  slightly nervous. She closes her eyes just before Inosuke bursts off the ground and started running up the tree with tremendous amount of momentum.
  Aoi was too scared to open her eyes but could feel the gust of wind on her face, the feeling that her stomach dropped to the floor and she couldn't catch her breath. At first it was terrifying but after a few moments, she felt the rush of excitement. She slowly opens her eyes to see her green eyed teen start to push off the trunk of the tree to jump off to grab a branch with ease. Aoi herself had never been much of an acrobat. But to Inosuke, these feats were simply and easy to make as he continued to climb up the tree. 

  She couldn't help but laugh at all the excitement as happiness filled her heart. Climbing these tree on her own was an impossible task. But clinging onto her beast breather as the two continued to climb, nothing could have made any more happier.

  The boar swung up and leapt towards the top of the canopy and dropped to a knee to let Aoi off as he pulled the two up to one of the highest branches of the tree. While the blue butterfly started to get off from his shoulders, he put his back to the trunk of the tree to allow Aoi to shift in to lay on his chest while they both looked up at the clouds just like Inosuke always wanted to do with her.A gentle breeze started to pick up brushing both of their hair towards the face. It was simply a perfect day with the sun shined down on both of their faces, illuminating both of their wide grins as they could help but keep their eyes off each other. A small gusts of wind picked up the leaves surrounding them on branches to dance in the air before slowly descending down towards the ground. 

  Inosuke with his beloved butterfly resting on his chest tucked a bit of hair behind Aoi's ear to get a better look at the bewildered face admiring him. The young girl couldn't stop smiling thinking how lucky could she be, that in a world full of darkness and sorrow, she managed to capture a glimpse of happiness and hold onto it. The two talked for what felt like hours about everything and nothing at all. What they loved in this life, what lessons they learned at an early age, and what they hope to achieve when they get older. Sharing secrets, embarrassing moments, their inner most thoughts. Nothing at all could ruin the moment for either of them. Aoi loved every second hearing what Inosuke had to say. Knowing well enough that he never would talk about any of his deepest thoughts to anyone else besides her. Not even to someone he would call his closest friend, Tanjiro. All of these thoughts and words for her and her alone. 

  That was until a raven black crow started squawking at Aoi calling for her to return to her duties. She instantly recognized it as En, her master Shinobu's Kasugai crow.
"Supplies!! Lady Shinobu requires you to gather supplies for more Corps members gathering in for healing and aid after long fought battles against demons!!!"Both teens huffed and grumbled at the request, wanting to spend more time with each other. Inosuke puffed his cheek up asking Aoi, "Isn't there anyone else that can handle this???"The blue butterfly smirked off the side of her mouth with an eye brow raised. "No.. there isn't. Both Shinobu and Kanao are on missions as are Tanjiro and Zenitsu. Think I'm the only one that can gather supplies and ready a medical ward. The three younger girls are far to young to travel on their own.The beast breather scoffs in annoyance not wanting anything to ruin what he learned to be a "Date" , still wanting to spend more time with his butterfly. "I.. I didn't hate this. A date right? That's what you called it.. Maybe we can came back to this tree? Later?"Aoi giggled a little at her green eyed boy, marveling at the idea Inosuke would enjoying doing things as a couple again. The young girl got up from resting on the wild beast and dust herself off. "Maybe. If you're lucky.." she said was a coy smile.The boar looked confused at first but focuses his intuition to see his butterfly was teasing him. He puffed out his cheeks with a slight frown for a second as he watched his beloved get up and get ready to descend the tree. As he got up himself he halted before lending any aid to his butterfly. "I'll help only if you promise tempura for dinner!"Aoi couldn't help by smile at how easy it was to make her boy happy. She rolled her eyes but kept a bright smile. "Fine, I'll make you tempura. Only if we came back to this same spot later to enjoy the day!"
  The two nodded with grins and laughs. Inosuke  knelt down for Aoi to climb up on his back once more before descending the tree in an acrobatic display once again filling Aoi with a excitement.
It was a short walk before the two were back at the back entrance to the butterfly compound. Inosuke looks up at the sky before muttering, "Are you sure you you'll be okay? It's still daylight but those b@st@rd demons could be anywhere.."Aoi attempted to reassure her companion with a few hand waves. "It's still mid day and it's only an hour or two journey into the nearest town to gather the supplies I need. Shinobu-San asked me to take care of it earlier but I didn't have the time..."The boar wasted no time to pursue the request to ensure his butterfly would be safe. "Need me to come with you???"Aoi pondered for a brief moment before replying. "No no that's okay." Pausing before continuing. She knew she wanted a little time alone to really think about this relationship that has been developing between her and the boar. Wondering if she should tell her master or Kanao about this relationship, if she could call it that. She wasn't entirely to sure Inosuke knew what a relationship was. More questions that she could think about on her journey alone.
  The boar huffed but gave the butterfly some space she wanted. Time alone would give him the chance to practice with his real blades instead of the wooden bokken swords. He grasped onto her hand before nodding at her. The two understood that some thoughts needed to be had alone to truly figure out what exactly is happening between them. He dropped her hand and nodded before departing towards the ward the three junior slayers shared. The only thing to keep his mind off Aoi was to grab his boars hide and twin katanas to start training with real blades.

  Aoi gathered some gear and checked where the sun was at in the sky, thinking she had plenty of time to get to the nearby town and get back before nightfall where danger lurked.

  She started her journey with a chipper tune playing in her head as she relived the happy moments she shared with her beloved boar. She couldn't help but think no one else could suit her more. Tanjiro was very kind but always had his mind focused on his family. Zenitsu shows he has a good heart and is willing to protect all that he cares about, but his shrill shrieks and constant crying and screaming was something Aoi couldn't stand.

  There was just something about the simple minded boar that attracted her greatly.

  His passion to not only improve himself but push his comrades to greater limits. The raw emotion he puts in anything he does. Other breathing styles require a sharp focused mind, but his was wild and rampant. Unpredictable. Something Aoi craves. A change in her life. Some excitement, a spark that only Inosuke can provide for her.

  She caught herself blushing at the thought of him but she couldn't care less. Her heart would skip a beat every time she thought of when the boar would lay his eyes on her.

  Being caught up in her thoughts, Aoi did not noticed that dark clouds started to form above. The sunlight slowly disappeared on the trail she was walking on and darkened the path.

  The town was only about a two hour walk and she lost track of time while her mind was focused on Inosuke. With the sun hidden behind dark storm clouds, a certain chill ram up her spine. She was almost halfway to the town when she swore she could feel mysterious eyes watching her..

  Back at the training compound, Inosuke was making quick work of the wooden training mannequins with his new blades. He could feel how much he had improved with each slice taking off the fake wooden limbs. Getting carried away, he noticed not much was left to train with on the wooden creation. Letting out a shrug he looked over to where his blue butterfly had left to travel the road. Dark storm clouds circled in the air above leaving him to think about where is beloved had walked off to on her own. a certain chilling vibe filled his lungs leaving him to think the worst was about to befell her. 

  It had been awhile since he had used his Seventh Form: Spatial Awareness and with the improvement of his content breathing, there was no limit to how far he could reach out if he focused hard enough.

  Just to be sure he slammed his swords into the ground and lifted his arms to the side just as he did to locate the Mother Spider, feeling an ominous feeling towards the darken clouds hiding the sun above, he focused his mind to travel towards where Aoi had started her path towards the nearby town.

  The dense forest rushed around him, the small animal life scurrying to get away from the incoming storm, the babbling brook starting to shift and turn with the gusts of winds starting to pick up from the storm. All started to rush towards him as he continued to detect the area that surrounded him. 

  He mentally counted approximately how far he has reached out with his seventh form to reveal where Aoi was.

  1km.

  2km.

  3km.

  Inosuke sharpened his focus causing beads of sweat start to drip from his forehead as each breath into his lungs seemed to focus his mind even more. The distance rushing to him as he was uncovering the land seemed to double in speed.

  5km

  8km.

  Until finally at 10 kilometers from where he was at, he could see Aoi. He could see her perfectly as if she was standing in front of him. But something was off about her. She seemed frighten, uneasy. But who could blame her? She could only catch a glimpse of a set of yellow eyes setting on her for brief moments before they vanished to another spot.

  A demon was hunting her. Playing with his food. The only thing a demon loves more than the flesh and blood of their prey, is for the prey to feel that they have no hope in escaping with their life.

  Inosuke dropped his form and quickly charged at full speed to where Aoi was. Searching for her for that long and unmasking that amount of distant was a strain on his lungs. Inosuke sprinted at full speed feeling like his legs were about to give out at any second. But there was no time to spare. His butterfly was in danger. With all the slayers preoccupied with missions, he was her only hope for any chance of survival.

  He ran. He ran like nothing else mattered. If there was any hesitation or lagging behind on his part, his little butterfly would met her end. Aoi was many things. Spirited, stubborn, a wonderful healer, but not a fighter. Inosuke continued to put one foot in front of the other as quickly as he could to be at the side of the only person that needs him the most.

  Aoi continued her stride, still not able to clock where the demonic presence was, hoping it was as just her mind playing tricks in her...'
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