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The heart of the barbarian King

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Chapter 19

When they arrive at the place, everyone is waiting outside the building that serves as a prison. Izuku knows Chisaki is in one of those cells, still trying to cause some trouble somehow.

Katsuki spots him first and spreads his arms so the omega rushes towards him to feel the warmth of his body against his. Izuku breathes in his chest, finding comfort in the alpha's scent.

There are other people around besides Todoroki and his knight Iida; one of them is a woman whom Izuku has seen often in the market, she smiles at him as soon as she notices him staring. Since Kirishima kinda explained the situation to him on their way to the building, Izuku supposes she's representing all the clan leaders who accepted him as one of them.

But the man next to her has a completely different demeanor; he keeps glaring at Izuku the whole time, and the omega recognizes him after a while. He's one of the clan leaders who refused to acknowledge him the first time Katsuki introduced him to his people.

"Nobody is going to take our pup away, I promise," Katsuki mumbles against his soft curls, helping him relax a little.

Izuku finds it endearing that he also considers Eri his pup already.

"What is he doing here?" The male alpha asks, rather irritated. His features are familiar to Izuku.

"He's my omega, and he has important information regarding the pup we were discussing about earlier," Katsuki explains. "Chisaki claims now that she's his pup, but according to Izuku, that's not true."

When the barbarian King nods at the omega, Izuku starts explaining that not only Chisaki admitted to have caused the fire with the help of someone from inside, he also told Izuku that he found Eri and decided to keep her because she could be useful in the future.

The female beta, one of the clan leaders, looks horrified, but the man next to her, the alpha, only glares at Izuku even more.

"Why should we believe him? He's not even a barbarian!"

"He became one of us the moment I started courting him, Hamasaki," Katsuki says, trying not to growl.

So that's why he seems familiar, he must be the father of the beta girl who said those awful things to Izuku a couple of months ago.

"We haven't approved of that courtship!" Hamasaki snarls, prompting the beta woman next to him to narrow her eyes at him.

Katsuki looks like he's about to explode, but Izuku leans closer to him, nuzzling against his chest to calm him down.

When the King does relax a bit, the omega swears he watches Kirishima sigh in relief.

"My daughter is the perfect fit for–"

"You seem to have forgotten the old rules," the beta woman cuts him off, looking rather pissed. "We, as clan leaders, can give our opinion about certain matters that concern our people, but we have never interfered in the King's private life. He has the right to choose his future mate."

Hamasaki is fuming, but it seems he can't argue with that; part of his fury is directed at Izuku again.

"I have always loved Izuku," Katsuki says then, looking rather smug for a moment. "And he's going to be my consort soon."

Hamasaki narrows his eyes even more, but he doesn't utter a word, at least not at the moment.

The omega can't help but purr at the King's words and immediately gives Katsuki's a quick kiss on his chin.

He's a very good alpha, Izuku can't wait to marry him.

"I still don't see why we should believe him more than Chisaki; the former general has done a lot for us over the years."

"Yet he also tried to steal and mate an omega against his will," Kirishima recounts, using his fingers to number Chisaki's transgressions. "He fought the King for Midoriya and lost, and was banned for using black magic. He returned, burned a house, endangering the people inside, and tried to kidnap the King's intended."

"Given his criminal record," All Might adds, finally coming into the light, looking intimidating despite his old age. "It seems to me that he has lost his credibility a while ago."

Prince Todoroki nods at the retired hero's words in approval.

"That man has no honor anymore, his word cannot be more important than Midoriya's."

Izuku smiles at Todoroki's support, prompting the prince to grin back at him.

Hamasaki grits his teeth in rage, but even he knows it doesn't look good for Chisaki. Then, he tries to control himself.

"We still have to hear what he has to say one more time," he insists. "Now that everyone's here."

Only five of them walk into the prison, Hamasaki, the beta woman whose family name is Takahashi, All Might, Katsuki and Izuku.

Chisaki smirks the moment he spots the green haired omega and moves closer to the metal bars.

"I'm glad you came, Midoriya. I thought Bakugo wasn't gonna let me see you again," The former general says, too amused for someone who's currently imprisoned. "He's probably scared that you'll change your mind about him and choose me instead."

Izuku rolls his eyes, but takes Katsuki's hand to prevent him from doing something reckless.

"I want to see Eri too," Chisaki says then, noticing that he's not getting the reaction he's looking for. "I have the right to see my own child after all."

Immediately, the omega tenses and exposes his sharp teeth for a couple of seconds, the way Chisaki smiles at his response tells Izuku that he only wants to provoke him.

"She's not your pup. You told me so."

"I did not do such thing," the alpha keeps smirking, getting on Izuku's nerves. "Why don't you bring her here so we can ask her?"

Both Chisaki and Izuku know that Eri is not going to lie; it'd be a waste of time, and being here with the person who probably took her from her homeland is not going to be pleasant for her.

He just wants to hurt Izuku by making Eri suffer in front of him.

And he's not going to let that happen.

"No." Izuku growls, making Hamasaki look at him in shock as Katsuki grins with pride. "She doesn't have to see you again. The clan leaders can come to my house and ask her themselves if they want to. But I'm not going to expose her to... this."

"You talk about her like she's your pup," Chisaki observes, fascinated.

"That's because she is," the omega retorts, trying not to snarl at the alpha again, no matter how much he wants to.

Toshinori looks proudly at him too, but Izuku is too tense, and so focused on Chisaki to notice.

"If general Chisaki claims she's his child-"

"I agree with Midoriya," Takahashi cuts the other clan leader off, smiling gently at the omega. "This is no place for a pup. If what the former general says is true, then the child can tell us herself if she wants to see her father."

Chisaki tries not to look pissed at her, but he clearly is.

"If I can't have my child then I want my omega back," the alpha behind the bars smirks at Izuku again, this time, Katsuki can't help it, he snarls at the other alpha.

"He's not your omega!" The King snaps, although he tries to relax the moment he feels one of Izuku's hands over his shoulder.

"I don't want you as my alpha, Chisaki."

"Since when omegas get to decide anything?" The alpha starts getting pissed. "They don't have any fucking idea what they want! They're sluts who turn into animals the moment they see a good coc-"

"Enough," All Might's deep voice startles them all. Izuku knows everyone can tell how angry he is; even Chisaki takes a few steps back into his own cell. "We have given you plenty of opportunities to explain yourself and the only thing you have done is waste our time. You'll be properly judged tomorrow."

Chisaki tries to protest, but the barbarian King makes him shut up with a very murderous expression.

"Don't make this worse for you," he says before turning around and taking Izuku with him.

This time, not even Hamasaki tries to defend him.

While Katsuki explains everything that happened to Kirishima, Todoroki and Iida, Izuku gets closer to his mentor and gives him a hug.

"Everything is going to be fine," Toshinori assures him, ruffling his green curls affectionately. "I think you should go back home to rest."

"Come with me, Kacchan!" Izuku asks, once his alpha is close enough to them.

"Of course, I'll stay with you a couple of hours," the King promises, pulling the omega into his arms and giving him a soft kiss on the top of his head.

"Thanks, Kacchan!" The only thing he wants now is to cuddle with Katsuki and his pup on the couch for a while.

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When they arrive, they find Yaoyorozu, Jiro and Eri playing a game. They all can hear Eri's giggles coming from behind the couch, and yet the female omega keeps pretending she can't find her.

Izuku finds it endearing and thanks the universe for bringing such nice people into his life; the people in his old village weren't so kind.

When they notice his presence, Yaoyorozu makes a silent gesture to him so he can keep looking for his pup instead of Jiro. The female omega immediately gets closer to the knight, and Toshinori decides to explain everything that happened to them in the kitchen.

Katsuki watches with a fond smile on his face as Izuku walks silently towards the couch and surprises Eri by leaning over and saying: "I found a pup here!"

Eri not only giggles, she beams as soon as she recognizes the omega.

"Zuku!"

She makes grabby hands at him, and even though he's hurt, he feels like he can't deny her that.

However, Katsuki is next to them in a second, and kindly looks at the pup.

"Is it okay if I carry you instead of Izuku? He's still a bit hurt."

Eri looks at the bandages and then at the blond alpha in front of her and silently nods. Izuku knows Katsuki could look intimidating sometimes, but the fact that she has seen the omega being so physically affectionate around him makes her trust him.

As the barbarian King carries her and sits on the couch, Izuku immediately sits next to them to nuzzle his pup. The omega's scent always helps Eri relax.

"Did you have fun with your new friends?"

"Yes!" The girl immediately says, beaming. And then she proceeds to tell Izuku and Katsuki all the different games they played while the omega was gone.

By the time she's done, Toshinori already told everything to Yaoyorozu and Jiro, and they both say that it's time for them to leave. The female knight has to reunite with Prince Todoroki and Iida, and the female omega clearly wants to walk her outside to spend even more time with her.

"Thank you for taking care of Eri," Izuku says, voice full of gratitude.

"It was our pleasure," Yaoyorozu responds, smiling kindly. "We'll probably come see her again soon."

"So we can play more!" Eri adds, quite happy.

"Of course!" Jiro says before walking outside next to Yaoyorozu. "See you soon!"

Izuku feels relieved that Eri doesn't seem interested in what he was doing outside and happily keeps speaking of the games they played. He hopes she doesn't ask tomorrow once when her excitement is gone.

She keeps going for a couple of minutes until she falls asleep in the King's arms; Katsuki then goes upstairs to leave her in Izuku's bedroom.

When he comes back, he sits next to the omega again and pats his own lap as he looks at Izuku with a mischievous grin on his face.

Izuku giggles and immediately sits on his alpha's lap before nuzzling against Katsuki's cheek.

"You're the best thing that could have happened to me," Katsuki says, almost in a whisper, vulnerable, but so full of adoration that the omega can't help but purr in response.

Now that Eri is not around, Katsuki grabs his omega's chin and starts kissing him like he's starving. Izuku purrs again and sighs happily before kissing him right back. After all the things Chisaki said, the only thing he wants is to feel close to the alpha he loves.

However, it seems they both forget they're not actually alone because when All Might clears his throat, they both pull away a bit startled and confused. Izuku blushes to the tip of his ears as Yagi hands him a cup of tea; Katsuki narrows his eyes, not quite happy with the interruption, but also takes the cup that the retired hero hands to him.

However, the alpha keeps Izuku on his lap the whole time as the three of them discuss what happened.

"Tomorrow, he's going to be put on trial," the King explains. "And even though I'm sure the majority will find him guilty, there's still the problem that we have at least a few people among us who helped him commit those crimes. We need to be careful."

He looks at Izuku in a way that tells the omega everything he needs to know even before Katsuki says it.

"I know you don't like it, but I'd sleep better if you always have someone with you to protect you and Eri."

"I think you're right," Izuku says, surprising Katsuki a bit. The truth is that now that he has his pup, he's more than willing to take all the precautions necessary to keep her safe.

"I'll take care of them, young Bakugo," All Might promises, which makes the King relax even more.

"Thank you."

"You don't need to. I'm doing this because I love my son."

That makes Izuku tear up a bit; Katsuki starts gently kissing his tears away as Toshinori smiles at them both.

"I love you too, Yagi-san," the omega mumbles, as Katsuki presses a kiss on the top of his head.

After a while, Izuku falls asleep in his alpha's arms.

***

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Hand in hand

Tanjirou lives in the Rengoku residence now, it's only temporary of course, because it's more convenient to train every single day with Kyojuro that way.

He's the flame hashira's tsuguko now and he couldn't be more excited, since he found out the dance of the fire god is related to the sun breathing, he believes his chances of using it to its full potential are better if he stays with the Rengoku family.

Actually, every single one of them seems to help Tanjirou as much as they can, which he appreciates a lot. Senjuro is constantly making Tanjirou delicious food and sometimes sewing Tanjirou's uniform when it needs to be repaired.

Senjuro knows a little bit about healing and natural medicine, but he always leaves Kyojuro to patch Tanjirou up, the redhead doesn't quite understand why, but he makes sure to return the favor every single time.

"Wait, my boy. You have a cut on your chin," Kyojuro tells him, grabbing Tanjirou's face gently before he starts cleaning the wound.

Right after he finishes patching him up, he leans closer, kisses Tanjirou's forehead and looks down at him with a fond smile on his face. For a moment, Tanjirou feels warm and fuzzy; those fiery eyes are staring at him like he's the most precious thing in the world.

Later, Tanjirou decides to return the favor and kisses Kyojuro's cheek after patching him up; his reaction is very different and a little bit concerning at first.

He stops, like he just froze on the spot, but then he blinks, touches his cheek and smiles like it's the best day of his life right before his cheeks turn slightly pink.

"Kyojuro-san? Are you–"

Shinjuro starts laughing and Senjuro is covering his mouth to hide his giggles. Honestly, Tanjirou thinks it's the first time he sees Kyojuro's father laugh, but it feels like something's good, like things are going to change for the better.

"He's completely fine," Shinjuro grins, patting his oldest son's back. "I know that look. Welcome to the family, Kamado Tanjirou."

"Uhh... Thank you!" The redhead mumbles, still confused, but trusting that whatever happened is something good.

Shinjuro starts helping him study all the fire breathing scrolls they find in the house. Sometimes he even tries to start a casual conversation with Tanjirou while they're looking for something about the sun breathing.

"You're a good boy, Tanjirou. I'm glad he met you."

"I'm really glad too! Kyojuro-san is one of the most wonderful people I have ever met! He's... He'd do anything to protect those who need him and that's just one of the things I admire about him!" Tanjirou beams, eyes glimmering with hope and excitement.

"He lo–You make him really happy," Shinjuro says then.

"Kyojuro-san has always been a happy person, I just–"

"It's different now, Tanjirou and I can tell," he cuts the redhead off, looking serious. "I'm not saying he wasn't happy before, but sometimes it seemed like he made an extra effort to always smile in front of others so they wouldn't have to worry about him, because that's how my son is. But now... when you're with him, I can tell he's not making an effort this time, every time he smiles at you it's because he feels it in his heart."

Tanjirou knows his cheeks must be pink, because he feels flustered.

"He makes me happy too," he mumbles shyly. He's not sure why Kyojuro's father is telling him all that, but he knows it's important.

They not only welcome him into their home, they also make everything they can so Nezuko is very happy there. Shinjuro and Senjuro make a couple of changes in one of the rooms so it's permanently dark inside.

Kyojuro plays with her and Senjuro, like she's his little sister and Tanjirou sometimes watches them for a while before joining because it makes him tear up a little (in a good way).

Then he starts to worry; the Rengoku residence has started to feel dangerously like home, but he must remind himself this is only temporary.

They have days off; Kyojuro likes to take Tanjirou to the nearest town and buy him food and cute things. He likes to hold Tanjirou's hand and sometimes intertwine their fingers together, which has prompted a couple of misunderstandings among the people in town.

"Here's a nice hairpin for your fiance, Sir," a woman says, showing Kyojuro a golden clip in the form of a sun.

"We're not–"

"It's perfect!" Kyojuro grins from ear to ear after paying her. For some reason he never corrects the people who assume they're a couple.

Although Tanjirou supposes it's not that important.

When they come back, Tanjirou is wearing the hair clip and both Shinjuro and Senjuro look really happy about it.

That night Senjuro makes a nice dinner and refuses to let Tanjirou help. The room with the table has nice lamps all around it and for some reason Tanjirou feels a little bit nervous because it seems like it's a very formal occasion, or at least something important is about to happen.

Before eating, they wait for Nezuko to get out of her room (it's dark enough now, the sun is gone) before the three Rengokus kneel in front of the Kamado siblings. Tanjirou and Nezuko do the same, although Tanjirou is not sure what's going on.

Then Kyojuro bows in front of him.

"It'd be an honor if you agreed to marry me, Kamado Tanjirou."

Tanjirou's heart starts crazily beating inside his chest just as his face turns completely red. He looks at Nezuko for a second and he's surprised when his sister nods.

Kyojuro looks up, hopeful, but scared at the same time.

"I hope you understand that I'm asking this out of love," he says sincerely, fiery eyes never holding back the adoration he feels for Tanjirou. "I'm in love with you, I have been for a while and I... I just want to be with you for the rest of my life."

Tanjirou starts sobbing, he can't help it, in his mind is the memory of the Mugen train incident, how hard Kyojuro fought for everyone and how much Tanjirou loved him in that moment.

"You don't have to say yes to please me. If you don't love me back that's–"

Tanjirou is aware of the difference between his own family and the Rengoku's, he was born in a village and they were poor... They probably didn't have the same education and he knows this is a formal way to ask for his hand in marriage... He should respond in kind, he knows how to do it, but at the same time he's always done what his heart tells him to.

So Tanjirou forgets all about formality and tackles Kyojuro to the ground and gives him a quick kiss on the lips.

For a moment he thinks he screwed everything up, but Shinjuro laughs, Senjuro congratulates them both and Kyojuro smiles like it's the best day of his life before pulling him close for another kiss, a more desperate one this time.

However, Tanjirou pulls away quickly because he knows they're not alone, although he chuckles when Kyojuro tries to pull him back in his arms again, he even pouts when Tanjirou manages to escape from him.

Then they have dinner as a family. Tanjirou tears up again while he's eating, but they are happy tears and even though Kyojuro is aware of it, he still kisses them away each time.

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The "Baby Tanjirou timetravels to the past and gets adopted Michikatsu and Yoriichi" but in reverse

Kid Michikatsu and Yoriichi get sent to the future and meet Tanjirou (probably around the Hashira Training Arc)

The twins immediately spotting Tanjirou and running towards him, making grabby hands and everything because they both assume he's a relative or something.

The sunshine loves to take care of children so he decides to stay with them until the others figure out what's going on.

However, that makes all the hashira suffer because they can't get even a bit of Tanjirou's attention 'cause he's too busy with the twins at the moment, besides, those kids look like they don't want to share the sunshine with anyone else.

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Kyojuro and Tengen: *Being loud and energetic as always.* (They mean no harm tho lol)

Baby Tanjirou: *Immediately bursts into tears because he got startled and runs over to Muichiro and Obanai for comfort, since they're more quiet and calm.*

Those two Pillars look so smug after that because little Tanjirou chose them.

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The werewolf chronicles

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Part VIII

As soon as Shoyo gets closer to his own team to start with the warm-ups, Kageyama takes him in his arms and starts nuzzling against his cheek.

"He scented you!" He growls, pressing his nose against Shoyo's neck.

The orange haired boy tries not to giggle, but the werewolf's nose is tickling him.

"Who?"

"That other setter!" Kageyama hisses as he keeps rubbing his nose almost aggressively against Shoyo's skin.

"Kenma is human. I thought we couldn't do that."

"Anyone can, actually," Yamaguchi explains, trying not to look too amused at Kageyama's behavior. "Scenting is just trying to make someone else smell like you. Humans don't have that custom, and their scents are not usually as strong as ours, but they can technically scent someone too."

Shoyo looks at him, a bit curious about the information he just got. If his head wasn't so focused on volleyball, he'd probably like to learn more about werewolves and their behavior.

"Enough, Kageyama!" He eventually pushes the grumpy setter away from him. "This is going to be a very important match. We have to be ready!"

Fortunately, Kageyama cares enough about volleyball to finally leave him alone.

By the time they finish the warm-ups, Shoyo is bouncing with excited energy. Sawamura smiles fondly at him before ruffling his hair and pulling him into their traditional group hug.

"Are you ready, Shoyo?" Kenma asks, smiling from the other side of the net.

"I always am!" Shoyo beams at his friends before Kageyama pulls him closer to him.

The werewolf bares his teeth at the Nekoma setter, but Kenma ignores him in order to keep smiling and waving at Shoyo.

The human is very proud of his friend; Kenma is not usually that expressive, not even during a match.

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Shoyo barely registers the moment they win. He keeps asking for the ball until Kageyama turns his head towards him and says: "It's over, you idiot."

Kenma is absolutely exhausted, still lying on the floor, but Shoyo can see a smile pulling the corner of his lips up.

Slowly, he rises from the ground and looks directly at the human with orange hair before grinning from ear to ear.

"That was so much fun!" He beams, and suddenly he's running towards Shoyo until he jumps into his arms.

They both fall to the ground and Shoyo starts laughing happily.

"You're right. It was!"

Kenma rubs their noses together affectionately, prompting Shoyo to giggle.

"I want you to pay me a visit as soon as the nationals are over. We can play video games together."

"I'd love to. But you'll have to teach me because I'm not good at those!"

"I'll teach you anything you want."

Suddenly, they're pulled apart, and the next thing Shoyo knows is that Kageyama is carrying him in his arms.

He keeps growling at Kenma, who's currently pouting at the interruption.

"Get your own!" He hisses. "This one is mine!"

Even if he doesn't pay too much attention to those things, Shoyo has started to realize that werewolves can be very territorial and possessive sometimes.

"Why are you so grumpy, Kageyama?" Shoyo pouts, squeezing the setter's face and trying to pull the corners of his lips into a smile. "We won!"

"He's trying to steal you." The werewolf insists stubbornly, although he seems more relaxed now that he's carrying Shoyo.

"You're so dumb!" Shoyo chuckles, although Kageyama doesn't get upset at the word for once. "He has his own team! Why would he want me for?"

Kageyama rolls his eyes, but his smile is soft when he starts nuzzling against the human's cheeks.

"He doesn't want you for his team."

"Then why–"

"Alright, that's enough," Sugawara takes Shoyo from Kageyama's arms, ignoring the way the setter growls. "We need to get ready for the next match!"

He's right, they need to be prepared.

***

You can read Part IX on my patreon already.

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Sorry to trouble you, but could you protect me, Jinshi-sama? Are you hurt? That blood... It's fine. It's not mine. That's not fine! It's just snake blood. Snake? I missed this atmosphere.

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Katsuki only wants to see if Izuku has freckles all over his body or not. 👀 It's for science!

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Muzan magically finds out that Kie and Tanjirou know where the Blue Spider Lily is.

Only problem: Kie is dead because of him, and Tanjirou hates his ass.

Muzan's solution: Tell Kokushibo yhat he can adopt Tanjirou if he somehow gets Tanjirou to tell him where the flower grows.

Kokushibo agrees, even though he already plans to betray Muzan, but he'll keep Tanjirou as his nephew.

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Kie and Tanjuro start trusting Michikatsu and Yoriichi a lot more after they witnessed the twins chasing other less friendly humans away from their home with their swords.

The younger children of the elf family are still cautious, the most youngest one openly glaring at times.

Yeah, the children still refuse to trust those two very powerful humans.

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The Kamado family are a family of Mountain Elves.

As the name suggests, Mountain Elves are a species of Elves that have evolved to live in the mountains. Mountain Elves are light on their feet, quick runners, exellent climbers, and have good balance. Some say that a Mountain Elf can jump over a large ravine with ease, can run up and down a steep hill with no exhaustion, and could jump almost five feet straight up.

Like any other Elf species, the Mountain Elves are cautious of humans, and Mountain Elves are one of the most cautious ones. Some legends say that the reason Mountain Elves evolved to live up in the mountains is to hide from humans, since humans hardly traveled up and down mountains due to the difficulty and danger of such journey.

However, the Tsugikuni twins are not like most humans. These two dedicate their lives to hunting down demons, which means that a mountain is no obstacle for them.

Which is why Yoriichi and Michikatsu happen to be the first humans in centuries to encounter an Elf face to face.

Tanjirou Kamado had been out gathering food and cutting firewood for his family, when an old and thin tree, weakened by it's slowly rotting trunk and the harsh weather up in the Kumotori Mountain, fell on top of him.

Now, Mountain Elves are lightweight, they do not have a lot of muscle. Mountain Elves traded strenght for quickness. Being strong and heavy in the mountains is more risky than being quick and slightly fragile.

Which is why Tanjirou thought that he'd be stuck under the tree, in the cold snow, until he either died or his family found him.

But to his luck, rather quickly two humans came by. At first Tanjirou was afraid, he had heard horror stories of what humans did to his ancestors and other elves. But instead they lifted the tree off of him, and even carried all the food and firewood for him.

It takes Tanjirou a while to convince his family not to try to kill the nice humans who just saved him. Yoriichi and Michikatsu swear they mean no harm and they return constantly to prove it to the Kamado family because they want to keep spending time with the redhead elf. They see him as a younger brother or, sometimes when the boy's real father is not around, they like to pretend he's their son/nephew.

Tanjirou's siblings still don't trust them, especially Nezuko.

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Theres a thing were you can make a personal Playbook for your spouse and I was thinking would Tanjirou make one for each for his spouse all different for each of them

I don't know exactly what a playbook is but sound really cute.

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Yandere!Pillars x Tanjiro (forgive me but this took me a while to come up with!)

For someone with a sharp sense of smell, the guy’s already completely smitten by the nine. Hilariously, he even blushes and gets aroused by their protectiveness in public. Thinking that’s how lovers should act act.

“Thank you for protecting me even from the shadows!”

“Oh! Um you’re welcome!”

“No problem honey!”

“Ah he he he! Anything for you sweetie!”

Sure he was a bit stunned by their immediate change to protect him and Nezuko, but he’s already accepted their apologies.

Pillars’ thoughts, “Well that was very easy, too easy. But as long as it’s an actual creep to beat up, it’s all good. And not take things too far since our beloved’s still very kind.”

Kagaya may find this amusing but most of the Corps are very unnerved. So the latter decided to not question the Pillars’ except when they’re on duty.

“Oh dear, we’d better warn the newcomers and those returning to HQ to not flirt with the redhaired one!”

“Yeah, he’s already enticed by those nine!”

It seems Tanjirou likes how they protect him.

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Hand in hand

Tanjirou lives in the Rengoku residence now, it's only temporary of course, because it's more convenient to train every single day with Kyojuro that way.

He's the flame hashira's tsuguko now and he couldn't be more excited, since he found out the dance of the fire god is related to the sun breathing, he believes his chances of using it to its full potential are better if he stays with the Rengoku family.

Actually, every single one of them seems to help Tanjirou as much as they can, which he appreciates a lot. Senjuro is constantly making Tanjirou delicious food and sometimes sewing Tanjirou's uniform when it needs to be repaired.

Senjuro knows a little bit about healing and natural medicine, but he always leaves Kyojuro to patch Tanjirou up, the redhead doesn't quite understand why, but he makes sure to return the favor every single time.

"Wait, my boy. You have a cut on your chin," Kyojuro tells him, grabbing Tanjirou's face gently before he starts cleaning the wound.

Right after he finishes patching him up, he leans closer, kisses Tanjirou's forehead and looks down at him with a fond smile on his face. For a moment, Tanjirou feels warm and fuzzy; those fiery eyes are staring at him like he's the most precious thing in the world.

Later, Tanjirou decides to return the favor and kisses Kyojuro's cheek after patching him up; his reaction is very different and a little bit concerning at first.

He stops, like he just froze on the spot, but then he blinks, touches his cheek and smiles like it's the best day of his life right before his cheeks turn slightly pink.

"Kyojuro-san? Are you–"

Shinjuro starts laughing and Senjuro is covering his mouth to hide his giggles. Honestly, Tanjirou thinks it's the first time he sees Kyojuro's father laugh, but it feels like something's good, like things are going to change for the better.

"He's completely fine," Shinjuro grins, patting his oldest son's back. "I know that look. Welcome to the family, Kamado Tanjirou."

"Uhh... Thank you!" The redhead mumbles, still confused, but trusting that whatever happened is something good.

Shinjuro starts helping him study all the fire breathing scrolls they find in the house. Sometimes he even tries to start a casual conversation with Tanjirou while they're looking for something about the sun breathing.

"You're a good boy, Tanjirou. I'm glad he met you."

"I'm really glad too! Kyojuro-san is one of the most wonderful people I have ever met! He's... He'd do anything to protect those who need him and that's just one of the things I admire about him!" Tanjirou beams, eyes glimmering with hope and excitement.

"He lo–You make him really happy," Shinjuro says then.

"Kyojuro-san has always been a happy person, I just–"

"It's different now, Tanjirou and I can tell," he cuts the redhead off, looking serious. "I'm not saying he wasn't happy before, but sometimes it seemed like he made an extra effort to always smile in front of others so they wouldn't have to worry about him, because that's how my son is. But now... when you're with him, I can tell he's not making an effort this time, every time he smiles at you it's because he feels it in his heart."

Tanjirou knows his cheeks must be pink, because he feels flustered.

"He makes me happy too," he mumbles shyly. He's not sure why Kyojuro's father is telling him all that, but he knows it's important.

They not only welcome him into their home, they also make everything they can so Nezuko is very happy there. Shinjuro and Senjuro make a couple of changes in one of the rooms so it's permanently dark inside.

Kyojuro plays with her and Senjuro, like she's his little sister and Tanjirou sometimes watches them for a while before joining because it makes him tear up a little (in a good way).

Then he starts to worry; the Rengoku residence has started to feel dangerously like home, but he must remind himself this is only temporary.

They have days off; Kyojuro likes to take Tanjirou to the nearest town and buy him food and cute things. He likes to hold Tanjirou's hand and sometimes intertwine their fingers together, which has prompted a couple of misunderstandings among the people in town.

"Here's a nice hairpin for your fiance, Sir," a woman says, showing Kyojuro a golden clip in the form of a sun.

"We're not–"

"It's perfect!" Kyojuro grins from ear to ear after paying her. For some reason he never corrects the people who assume they're a couple.

Although Tanjirou supposes it's not that important.

When they come back, Tanjirou is wearing the hair clip and both Shinjuro and Senjuro look really happy about it.

That night Senjuro makes a nice dinner and refuses to let Tanjirou help. The room with the table has nice lamps all around it and for some reason Tanjirou feels a little bit nervous because it seems like it's a very formal occasion, or at least something important is about to happen.

Before eating, they wait for Nezuko to get out of her room (it's dark enough now, the sun is gone) before the three Rengokus kneel in front of the Kamado siblings. Tanjirou and Nezuko do the same, although Tanjirou is not sure what's going on.

Then Kyojuro bows in front of him.

"It'd be an honor if you agreed to marry me, Kamado Tanjirou."

Tanjirou's heart starts crazily beating inside his chest just as his face turns completely red. He looks at Nezuko for a second and he's surprised when his sister nods.

Kyojuro looks up, hopeful, but scared at the same time.

"I hope you understand that I'm asking this out of love," he says sincerely, fiery eyes never holding back the adoration he feels for Tanjirou. "I'm in love with you, I have been for a while and I... I just want to be with you for the rest of my life."

Tanjirou starts sobbing, he can't help it, in his mind is the memory of the Mugen train incident, how hard Kyojuro fought for everyone and how much Tanjirou loved him in that moment.

"You don't have to say yes to please me. If you don't love me back that's–"

Tanjirou is aware of the difference between his own family and the Rengoku's, he was born in a village and they were poor... They probably didn't have the same education and he knows this is a formal way to ask for his hand in marriage... He should respond in kind, he knows how to do it, but at the same time he's always done what his heart tells him to.

So Tanjirou forgets all about formality and tackles Kyojuro to the ground and gives him a quick kiss on the lips.

For a moment he thinks he screwed everything up, but Shinjuro laughs, Senjuro congratulates them both and Kyojuro smiles like it's the best day of his life before pulling him close for another kiss, a more desperate one this time.

However, Tanjirou pulls away quickly because he knows they're not alone, although he chuckles when Kyojuro tries to pull him back in his arms again, he even pouts when Tanjirou manages to escape from him.

Then they have dinner as a family. Tanjirou tears up again while he's eating, but they are happy tears and even though Kyojuro is aware of it, he still kisses them away each time.

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[silverynight]

Yandere!Pillars x Tanjiro but with a twist lol.

Instead of Tanjiro being horrified by their actions of “defending” him from creeps and their competition...

He gets blindly enamored by his most persistent admirers for protecting him from unknown threats when he’s not looking. The nine were shocked, he’s a good person with keen senses but they were expecting an opposite reaction! Though they eventually shook off their shock, they and Tanjiro decided to get together as long as he could keep their dark side a secret.

He even gives them each one a kiss on the cheek every time they protect Nezuko from anyone who's mean to her or just wants to kill her for being a demon.