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Hashira training

Summary:

"Come, my boy! So we can all hear what you have to say!"

"Alright," Tanjirou nods, cheeks turning slightly pink at all the attention he's getting.

Even though Murata would be terrified if he was in his place, he starts wondering why Rengoku is being really soft with him.

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tumblr prompt: Could you make a oneshot when everyone (every demon slayer) is required to gather at the Demon Slayer Corps HQ for the hashira training announcement? Then basically Uzui asks the crowd if they have any questions, no one answers because they’re all scared of the hashira except for one sunshine boy who all of the hashira apparently simps for.

Tanjirou asks the hashiras where he will start, which basically starts a ww3 aka a simp war from the hashiras while the other demon slayers just gawk at the supposed ‘powerful and terrifying’ hashiras. The Kamoboko squad just facepalm at Tanjirou’s obliviousness.

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(See the end of the work for notes.)

Chapter 1

Chapter Text

As everyone gathers in the hashira headquarters, Murata smiles when he spots Tanjirou and his friends. If he's being honest, he doesn't like the boy with the boar head at all and he's still not sure how Zenitsu managed to survive until now.

When he gets closer, he notices him trembling and grabbing Tanjirou by the haori as if somehow it can protect him from what's about to happen.

Even though he doesn't quite approve of his reaction, he kind of understands. The hashira have gathered all the demon slayers for a reason and is usually not a good one.

"Murata-san!" Tanjirou grins, looking at him with such kindness, he feels a little bit flustered for a moment. "I'm glad to see you again!"

"I'm happy too," he says and really means it, purposely ignoring the way the boar head boy is growling at him.

"Be nice, Inosuke," Tanjirou pleads and somehow manages to calm his friend down a bit.

"Do you know why the Pillars want to see u-us?" Zenitsu asks, letting go of Tanjirou's haori in order to sit next to a wooden box. His friends do the same.

Before Murata can say anything, a girl next to them grimaces.

"It's the hashira training!" She says, almost sobbing. "It's going to be hell!"

Tanjirou seems excited and Murata wonders if there's something wrong with that boy too because even though he understands that he'd like to become stronger, the fact that he doesn't seem to be afraid of the training or the hashira is really odd.

An overwhelming silence follows as the Pillars walk out the house and look around at all the demon slayers in the backyard. None of them look impressed.

Murata shivers, remembering the day he got scolded by all of them. They're all terrifying.

"As some of you know, we have decided to start training you. We need you to become better swordsmen so you can protect people against demons." The insect hashira says, always with a smile on her face, even though they all know she can be quite scary if she wants.

"The truth is that you are all disappointing," Shinazugawa cuts in, with a frown upon his face. "You won't stand a chance if you go on like this. This generation is really weak and–"

"That's quite enough, Sanemi," Kocho says with a smile. "You've made your point."

"You're being unfair, you know some of them have talent!" The flame hashira adds, prompting Shinazugawa to roll his eyes; it's probably a conversation they all have had a couple of times.

Murata notices that even though Tomioka is standing quietly a few steps away from the others, he's paying attention and looking around among the demon slayers as if he's trying to find someone.

"We will not have mercy on you," Tokito informs them suddenly, making the crowd shiver collectively. Actually, the only excited is Tanjirou apparently, who hasn't stopped smiling since he got there.

"So... Do you have any questions?" The sound hashira asks, taking a step forward. "But if you do, I hope it's a flamboyant one otherwise don't even bother."

Murata turns his head, not even surprised to find his fellow slayers trembling with fear. Of course, no one wants to attract attention to themselves.

Suddenly, he notices Zenitsu looking at Tanjirou like he wants to stop him from doing something risky.

"Don't, Tanjirou! They haven't seen you yet! Do you want to start a war?"

"What do you mean, Zenitsu?" Tanjirou mumbles, confused. However, he's already raising his hand. "Excuse me, I have a question!"

"There you are, Tanjirou!" Kanroji says dreamily, waving her hand at him.

"Hi, Kanroji-san, I–"

But Rengoku is already walking towards him, prompting everyone around to move out of his way in fear. He doesn't stop until he takes Tanjirou in his arms.

"Come, my boy! So we can all hear what you have to say!"

"Alright," Tanjirou nods, cheeks turning slightly pink at all the attention he's getting.

Even though Murata would be terrified if he was in his place, he starts wondering why Rengoku is being really soft with him.

"You can let him go now," the water hashira tells the other Pillar, who leaves Tanjirou on the ground reluctantly.

All the hashira gather around him and Murata looks in awe as Tanjirou grins up at them, looking completely relaxed.

The other demon slayers look as confused as Murata feels at the moment.

"I just wanted to know where can I start?" He asks excitedly. "I don't want to waste any time."

"What's going on?" Some people start whispering next to Murata. "Are they smiling? Why do they look at him like that?"

"Why is he not afraid of them?"

"He's weird... But cute though."

Murata looks again and swears for a moment he catches the Pillars looking at Tanjirou fondly.

"You start with me," Tomioka says then, at the same time another five hashira tell Tanjirou the same.

The Pillars glare at each other; Tanjirou looks confused while everyone else can feel the tension in the air.

Murata wants to run.

"That doesn't make sense, Giyuu," Uzui argues, putting a hand on Tanjirou's shoulder, making Rengoku narrow his eyes. "He needs to be with me first."

"They have forgotten about us, haven't they?" A girl next to Murata mumbles.

Tokito has taken a stone from the ground, he looks like he would like to hit the sound hashira with it.

Finally, Tanjirou does seem to notice something. His nose moves adorably as he sniffs the air.

"You're not... going to fight, right?" He mumbles, looking genuinely concerned for all of them.

The Pillars calm down immediately. Tomioka and Rengoku even smile at Tanjirou, trying to make him feel better.

"Of course not, we will decide this during a meeting," Obanai assures him.

"To see who gets to kee–train you first," Tokito adds.

"And train everyone else, of course!" Kocho smiles, looking around at the rest of them.

"It has always been like this?" Murata whispers to Zenitsu who seems to be one of the few people that know what's going on.

To his surprise, Inosuke is the one that nods first.

"So they... like him?"

"If by 'like' you mean that they'd like to spend the rest of their lives with him then... yeah, that's pretty much it," Zenitsu says, looking almost tired.

Oh... Oh no. Murata is sure the hashira training is going to be a lot more complicated than he initially thought.

Chapter 2

Summary:

Tumblr prompt: Hashira training is done, and the hashiras were qualified to tell who had excelled in their workout routines. This was done in front of everyone, as in all the demon slayers that participated in the training.

All the hashiras chose Tanjirou as their top number one. Not because they simp for him, but because he excelled the trainings as well as the Kamaboko Squad.

Then someone in the crowd started to complain on how a Mizunoto became number one, each of the hashiras glared at him and stated their answers.

Next, Rengoku took Tanjirou and carried him getting away from the other hashiras, who literally ran after and followed him. Muichiro had rocks in his hands, while the others had their katanas ready to kill Rengoku.

Chapter Text

They’re back at the hashira headquarters again, months after what it seemed an endless (and really painful) training and Zenitsu just knows that there’s going to be some sort of trouble as soon as the hashira start telling everyone that Tanjirou was basically the best at everything.

He sighs… They’re not wrong; he saw Tanjirou wake up before everyone else, give everything he could to become stronger, faster and better… He knows Tanjirou did everything the Pillars asked him to do, but he also knows more than one of the other demon slayers noticed the heart eyes and the way the hashira voices soften considerably every time they talked with Tanjirou.

Some of them even flirted with Tanjirou in front of everyone (it was mostly Uzui) and he’s sure they noticed except Tanjirou of course… But that’s not the problem he should focus on at the moment…

When even Shinazugawa growls something about Tanjirou not being as weak as the others (he’s the only one that still refuses to admit out loud that he actually likes the boy, but he doesn’t fool anyone at this point) some of the demon slayers start complaining.

“There’s no way a simple mizunoto did that…”

“I’m a kinoto! I’m sure he didn’t do better than me!”

“They’re biased!”

Of course, those cowards don’t say it loud enough for the Pillars to hear, but Tanjirou does hear and he starts looking almost guilty…

“I’m sure they meant that everyone did good,” he smiles at them. “I saw some of you with Himejima-san! You did ama–”

“Just shut up!”

Zenitsu stares at the boy and the girl in shock and even a few of the other demon slayers glare in their direction; they must be real horrible people because no one acts like that in front of Tanjirou, especially after talking to him after a couple of minutes.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to ups–”

When the boy pushes Tanjirou away, Zenitsu almost smiles, not because he tried to hurt his friend, but due to what was going to happen to him. Probably to both of them.

“You’re dead,” Zenitsu tells them, noticing the way the other demon slayers move away so the hashira can see what’s going on.

Because they have noticed.

Rengoku is suddenly at Tanjirou’s side, asking if he’s alright, while Tomioka crosses his arms over his chest and demands an explanation from the now terrified kinoto.

“We didn’t mean–”

“Don’t even bother,” the wind hashira growls, looking like a feral creature behind Tomioka. “They have told me what happened. Leave them to me, Giyuu.”

“I’m mad at them for hurting Tanjirou,” Kocho says. “But also irritated because they clearly think we can’t be fair… That’s an insult to all the hashira…”

As the young slayers plead for their lives, Rengoku takes Tanjirou in his arms, promising to him that they will be fine, and tries to silently sneak away with him.

Tokito notices immediately because even though the mist hashira is really distracted, he seems to be aware of where Tanjirou is all the time.

“What do you think you’re doing, Kyojuro?”

“Bring him here!” Kanroji pouts at the flame hashira, trying to follow him. Iguro looks like he wants to jump from the tree he’s on, but it looks like he’s waiting for the perfect moment.

Zenitsu rolls his eyes as he sees Rengoku’s intention of running away, while Tanjirou looks in confusion at Uzui who’s already taking both of his swords out.

Despite being the most skilled swordsmen, the Pillars really act like children sometimes…

Perhaps they will calm down a bit once Tanjirou realizes he actually has them all wrapped around his little finger…

Or maybe not.

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