Watching the new season has me thinking about how Kyojuro would have reacted to specifically Sanemi, but honestly anyone who would so much as think about being mean to Tanjiro. Because let’s say there’s an alternate universe where Kyojuro didn’t die, you know his big brother instincts would activate, and I can literally picture this being him once he finds out about the incident where Tanjiro stepped in between Sanemi and Genya and Tanjiro got hurt

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Kyojuro Rengoku x Reader pt. 5

Three nights later and still nothing has happened, but each night Y/N stands in the center of the forest clearing just waiting. She/ he/they had been out there for hours already and just when she/he/they begin to worry maybe she/he/they had gotten bad information suddenly Y/N could hear footsteps far off through the trees, and only a moment later the demon Tanjiro had described to her/him/them stepped into the moonlight - his yellow eyes glowing even brighter. " Well, well." Akaza says with a smirk " So you're the one who's been causing all this trouble.', Y/N glares at him taking out her/his/their sword. " I don't believe we've met." He says " So why is it you've come looking for me?", Y/N can't help but growl angrily rushing forward and swiping at him with the sword which he blocks with his arm. Y/N slashes him several more times on his arms and chest which he either blocks or heals in a instant, he cocks his head with an amused smile before kicking her/him/them sending her/him/them scattering several feet away.

Y/N groans in pain shakily getting to her/his/their feet, “ I have no intention of fighting you ” Akaza says “ Though I would like to know what brought you here, and why you seem to have a personal reason to be angry with me.”. “ Oh you want to know why I’m angry?” Y/N growls “ Maybe it’s because you killed the person who meant more to me than anything in this world.”, “ Oh? And who would that be? I’ve killed a lot of men it gets kind of hard to keep track.” He says with a sickening smirk. Y/N grips her/his/their sword tighter narrowing her/his/their eyes, “ Kyojuro Rengoku- the flame hashira” Y/N says. Akaza’s eyes light up at this mention, “ Oh yes. I could never forget the person who gave me the best fight of my life.” He says “ it’s a shame though. I all but begged him to become a demon, but he refused. Had he taken my offer he’d still be alive, and we could have continued to battle each other forever. I take it he was your partner? And you've come here for revenge is that right?”. Y/N continues to glare at him keeping a tight hold on her/his/their sword, “ Well, as I said- I have no intention of fighting you.” he says with a deadpan look. “ That's too bad.” Y/N says “ Because I don't intend to give you a choice.”

Y/N runs at him and the two exchange a few blows before Y/N ends up face down in the dirt and Akaza stands a few feet away facing away from her/him/them, “ Go home.” Akaza says “ I’ve gone easy on you as a courtesy to your grief, but if you push me any more I’ll have no choice but to fight back.”. Y/N laughs angrily as she/he/they get to her/his/their feet, “ Go home? Is that some sick joke?” Y/N says “ He was my home! You took that away the moment you killed him.”. “ That fight was fair as far as I'm concerned, what- did you expect me to just let him kill me? Don't be a child” Akaza asks, “ Oh I'm well aware of that, you both fought to survive. You just happened to win, I can’t blame you for that much” Y/N says. “ Then why are you here?” Akaza questions, “ I'm not angry because you won against him,” Y/N says “ I'm just angry because he's gone, and I can’t allow the person who took him from me to continue to live - simple as that.”

Kyojuro Rengoku x reader pt. 4

Though Giyu continues to try and talk Y/N down from her/his/their plans, the words fall on deaf ears. Y/N further asserts that she/he/they will be going after Akaza alone, she/he/they walk off leaving him standing there while she/ he/they head back to her/his/their room. The next morning she/he/they pack up the few items she/he/they brought from the mission before saying goodbye to the three boys and heading out to Rengoku's home town.

Through the whole service Shinjuro stands off to the side with an unreadable expression, and Y/N stands with Senjuro holding his hand with her/his/their other arm around him as Kyojuro’s remains are placed in the same cemetery next to his mother. Once everything is done Y/N stays with Senjuro in the cemetery for a good while until finally she/he/they pull him into a tight hug, “ I want you to know, I’m going to avenge him.” Y/N says “ I’m going to find the demon that took him from us, and I’m going to make him pay.”. Senjuro looks at Y/N in concern for a moment before sighing in begrudging acceptance, “ Just… take care of yourself alright?” He says. Y/N smiles sadly and nods, “ I will. Don’t worry about me.” She/he/they says. She/he/they hug him tighter for just a second before pulling away, “ I’ll come visit you again once I take care of the demon, alright? I promise.” Y/N says. He nods in understanding and Y/N leaves him making the journey back to the butterfly mansion.

For several months Y/N spends time training in between missions. Kyojuro’s crow had been following her/him/them ever since it fulfilled its duty of reporting his death, staying next to her/his/their crow through everything and keeping a watchful eye on her/him/them as if it had been ordered to watch over her/him/them in the event anything happened to Kyojuro (which was actually what had happened though Y/N had no idea). During said missions, once Y/N has the upper hand against the demon she/he/they start questioning about the whereabouts of Akaza. For the first few missions the demons either don’t know anything or refuse to talk, but eventually one gives Y/N a lead to follow. “ Thank you.” Y/N says with a dark smile before severing the demons head from its shoulders, this continues again and again until there’s finally a demon who knows where to find Akaza. “ Good.” Y/N says driving her/his/their sword deeper into the demons shoulder “ you’ll be seeing him again real soon then.”, she/he/they then take out her/his/their smaller blade and gouging out the demons eye before taking off its head.

She/he/they wrap up the demons eye in a cloth before heading to the town where the demon said Akaza was currently residing. It takes a few days to reach it, but once she/he/they get there she/he/they get to work. She/he/they climb up onto the house in the center of the town setting the cloth down so that the eye lays in the middle, Y/N then writes a letter on a piece of parchment from her/his/their bag.

This eye is from one of your fellow demons who I killed. If you want to save more of your friends from the same fate meet me in the woods.

She/he/they also leave a small pinch of wisteria in a circle around it in hopes of it’s scent drawing the demon to it. She/he/they then head into the woods waiting for the demon to show up.

Kyojuro Rengoku x reader pt. 3

The next morning Y/N decides to go check on the boys on the infirmary. With a soft knock on the open door the three teens turned to see Y/N standing in the doorway (through some stroke of luck there didn't happen to be any other injured swordsman at the moment). " Ms/Mr/ Mx Y/N?" Zenitsu says in surprise, " Hey boys." Y/N says walking in and taking a seat at the end of Tanjiro's bed since he's in the middle of Zenitsu and Inosuke " how are you doing?" Taniiro just looks at Y/N with a mixture of heartbreak and pity as his eyes glisten filling with tears. " Better.... But shouldn't we be asking you that?" Zenitsu asks with a concerned look, just as Y/N is about to answer Tanjiro speaks up. " Im so sorry." he says " Its my fault Rengoku is gone. He died because he was protecting me, and I was too injured and weak to help him.", his head slumps slightly in shame. " Please forgive me." he chokes out, Y/N looks at him in surprise before her/his/their gaze softens.

“ Tanjiro.” Y/N says gently before placing her/his/their hand over his “ Sweetheart, none of that was your fault.”, “ We’ve been telling him that for days but he wouldn't listen! Damn fool” Inosuke says loudly. Y/N shoots him a warning glance before Tanjiro speaks up again, “ No. It WAS my fault. If I had been stronger I could have helped him fight Akaza. I SHOULD have helped him. I just sat there and watched while that demon punched his arm through him” he says shakily as a few tears fall down his cheeks. Y/N’s heart breaks hearing this and her/his/their eyes start to get teary, “ Tanjiro, look at me.” she/he/they say reaching over gently pushing his head up to meet her/his/their gaze before wiping the tears away. “ If you would have tried to help him you very likely would have died too. He chose to protect you and everyone else on the train because he wanted to, and because it was his duty. He would never want you to blame yourself for that, and neither do I.” she/he/they say(s), Tanjiro smiles thankfully as a few more tears fall. Y/N gently pulls him into a tight hug rubbing his back as he cries, “ I know it's hard, trust me. But I'm so grateful you seem to have become so attached to him in the short amount of time you had. All of you. And I know he cared just as much about you three as you did for him.” She/he/they say(s) “ Its not just anyone who could convince him to let them be his Tsuguko.”. Y/N looks over and notices Inosuke and Zenitsu are both looking at them with tears in their eyes and the most awestruck and touched expression. “ Ok, get over here you two.” Y/N says, the two boys cheer happily before jumping into the hug.

The group hug lasts for several moments before Y/N pulls away smiling as tears fall down her/his/their face. She/he/they wipe away the tears, “ Lets get you three some food and that healing medicine, huh?” Y/N offers. All three boys happily agree and the four head to the cafeteria eating some delicious food and sitting there talking for a while. After making sure the boys are taken care of and take their medicine Y/N leaves them promising to come back and check on them before she/he/they have to leave for the funeral. As soon as she/he/they leave the boys back in the infirmary to rest she/he/they take off to the courtyard doing rigorous training for several hours. “ You’re pushing yourself awfully hard aren’t you?” Giyu’s voice comes from behind her/him/them causing her/him/them to stop and turn around to face him, “ I know the name of the demon now.” She/he/they explain “ I’m going to find him, and I’m going to kill him. I’m going to kill Akaza. So I have to be ready to fight him”. Giyu’s eyes widen somewhat in surprise at the venom laced in Y/N’s words.

“ Y/N…” Giyu says hesitantly as he looks at her/him/them in concern “ It’s one thing to take on a 12 kizuki when there is no other option, it’s another to intentionally seek one out. Especially an upper rank.”, Y/N glares at him in anger. “ Tomioka… He took Rengoku from me. From all of us. I understand it’s dangerous but I will end him.” Y/N asserts, “ It isn’t just dangerous.” Giyu points out “ it’s reckless and careless.”. “ You didn’t have to watch him bleed out and die!” Y/N snaps with tears in her/his/their eyes “ So don’t talk to me about being reckless and careless.”, Giyu gives her/him/them the same pitying look that everyone has been giving her/him/them since the news went around. “ I know.” He says sadly, “ Giyu. I can’t let him continue to live after what he did. I have to kill him.” Y/N says.

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Kyojuro Rengoku x reader part 2

Link to part 1- https://www.tumblr.com/kaycode1999/732108080384491520/kyojuro-rengoku-x-reader-pt1

Y/N slowly blinked open her/his/their eyes seeing the suns rays shining through the room. The dream/memory was so vivid she/he/they almost felt him holding her/him/them, so warm and loving like he always was. Now that she/he/they was/were awake everything felt so cold and empty along with the knowledge that he was gone. She/he'd/they'd never see his beautiful smile again, never get to feel his warmth as he held her/him/them, never hear his voice again. she/he/they wanted to scream, cry, throw something- to do anything. But she/he/they couldn't, there were no tears coming, no yelling or screaming, and no energy to actually get up to start throwing things. Not that that would help anything anyway.

Glancing around the room Y/N notices her/his/their clothes are folded and placed on the chair next to the foot of the bed and her/his/their sword leans against it. The glass of water on the table next to the bed catches Y/N’s eye, and suddenly feeling how dry her/his/their throat was she/he/they quickly downed the drink before putting the empty glass back on the table. As she/he/they put the glass down the sun light hits the ring on her/his/their finger drawing her/his/their eye to it. Y/N freezes just staring sadly at the ring for a moment before laying back down and rolling over to face the wall while wrapping the blanket around her/him/them.

She/he/they stays like that for a couple hours just wrapped up in the blanket fiddling with the ring until a knocking on the door catches her/his/their attention. “ Come in.” Y/N calls in a hoarse voice sitting up against the wall behind her/him/them. Shinobu slowly opens the door walks through with a tray of food and a pitcher of water. She walks over setting the tray down on the table and takes a seat on the bed, “ I wanted to bring you some food and something to drink. I didn’t think you’d be feeling up to getting out and interacting with anyone for a little while.” She says with a sad smile. “ Thank you Shinobu.” Y/N says quietly before looking down at her/his/their hands, there’s a few moments of silence before Shinobu puts her hand over Y/N’s causing her/him/them to look up at her. “ I truly am sorry about what happened.” She says with soft pitiful look, her/his/their breath catches in her/his/their throat at this and the same pain in her/his/their throat returns. “ Thank you.” Y/N says quietly before clearing her/his/their throat “ How…. how are the boys?”, “ There were some extensive injuries, but they will recover.” She says “ For now we’ve done all we can. It’s just a matter of taking time to heal.”. Y/N nods and sighs with relief, “ I’m glad they’re ok.” She/he/they say(s) smiling sadly “ They’re good kids.”. Shinobu nods in agreement, “ I think I’ll leave you with the food and water for now. I have to take care of a few things, but if you need anything please come and find me.” She says. Y/N nods in understanding and Shinobu gets up and crosses the room closing the door behind her.

For two more days Y/N stays in the room (which luckily had its own private bathroom), unable to go out and face anyone. Shinobu stopped by a few times to bring food and water, though Y/N could only eat a small bit of what she brought before she/he/they just couldn't handle anymore. Finally, she/he/they have to get out of the room so she/he/they wait until its late into the night before quietly making her/his/their way out of the mansion and into the courtyard. She/he/they walk around for about half an hour just wondering in the cool night air. She/he/they start to round a corner almost running smack into Giyu. She/he/they take a step back in surprise as he does the same, “ Tomioka?” Y/N asks “ What are you doing out here, and this late?”. “ I just got here.” he explains “ I heard what happened to Rengoku… I wanted to come see how you were doing.”, Y/N’s face falls at this and she/he/they can't help but let a few tears fall as the pain in her/his/their throat returns.

“ Not the greatest.” Y/N says with a quiet sad laugh reaching up to wipe the tears away. Giyu gives her/him/them a sad look, “ Do you want to keep walking around for a little bit?” He offers. Y/N nods and they start walking the way Y/N was originally headed. A few moments of silence pass by before Y/N speaks up, “ Did you really come all this way just to check up on me?” Y/N asks. “ Shinobu pointed out not too long ago that I’m not exactly…. Well liked within the core. Or even in our group of fellow hashira for that matter.” He states “ You and Rengoku were the only two people I really considered friends. The only ones who seemed to actually enjoy talking to me. I felt I owed it to you to be here for you in this difficult time.”, “ Thats not really saying much, Rengoku liked everyone.” Y/N laughed before a weight comes crashing down on her/him/them causing her/him/them to freeze.

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Giyu looks back noticing she/he/they are no longer beside him seeing she/he/they are frozen with a heartbroken look on her/his/their face. She/he/they slowly bring a hand up to cover her/his/their mouth crying into it shaking slightly. Giyu looks at her/him/them in concern gently putting a hand on her/his/their shoulder. Y/N swallows hard reaching up to wipe away the tears, “ I’m ok.” She/he/they choke out before clearing her/his/their throat “ I’m okay.”. Giyu continues looking at her/him/them for a moment before begrudging nodding in acceptance, as much as he hated it he could see she/he/they weren’t ready to talk about the loss she/he/they experienced. The two continue walking around for several hours before parting ways and Y/N pretty much falls asleep the second she/he/they get into bed.

Kyojuro Rengoku x Reader pt.1

*Reader is Kyojuro’s spouse (only married for 6 months) having to say goodbye to him after the battle with Akaza*

: Pretty angsty so fair warning

Y/N made her/his/their way up to the front of the train just as the sun was rising, after rounding the corner she/he/they saw Rengoku on his knees in the grass a few yards away and Tanjiro kneeled in front of him. By the look on his face Y/N knew something was wrong, “ Rengoku!” Y/N yells running toward them. Tanjiro stepped back to make room for Y/N to take his place in front of Rengoku, his eyes full of tears though he tried his best to keep it together for her/his/their sake. Y/N knelt down in front of the flame hashira noticing the blood around his mouth and injured eye, she/he/they reached out toward him as her/his/their eyes were drawn to the blood soaking his shirt by his stomach and stopped cold in her/his/their tracks.

It’s too much blood. This- this isn’t right.

Y/N looked back up at him and could tell by the look on his face she/he/they were right. She/he/they cover her/his/their mouth with her/his/their hand as the tears start to gather in her/his/their eyes.

No

“ Kyo.” Y/N chokes out through the painful lump in her/his/their throat, His breathing was becoming more labored she/he/they could hear it. “ I’m sorry to leave you like this my love.” Rengoku says with a sad smile. The tears start to fall harder now out of Y/N’s control, Kyojuro reaches up with one hand wiping the tears away on one side and Y/N puts a hand over his keeping it on her/his/their cheek and leaning into his touch. “ You saved everyone.” Y/N says “ Everyone on the train survived with no major injuries.”, he smiles with a relieved sigh and Y/N notices he was being drawn to look at something behind her/him/them. “ Kyojuro?” Y/N says quietly getting him to look at her/him/them again, he then began analyzing her/his/their face like he was trying to memorize every inch. “ I love you.” Y/N says in a broken voice “ I love you so much. I always will.”, he looks at her/him/them with an adoring gaze. “ I love you too, my darling flame.” He says pulling her/him/them closer and placing a kiss on her/his/their forehead, Y/N gently wraps her/his/their arms around him in a hug careful to avoid causing him any more pain from the injury. It’s only a minute later that Y/N feels his head slump slightly as it gently rests on her/his/their shoulder, “ Kyo?” Y/N asks quietly. She/he/they put her/his/their hand to his chest and she/he/they could feel he wasn’t breathing anymore. He was gone, Kyojuro- the one she/he/they loved more than anything, was gone.

The most guttural heartbroken scream rings out from Y/N as she/he/they hug(s) Kyojuro tighter with tears streaming down her/his/their face. With every fiber of her/his/their being she/he/they was/were willing for this to be just some terrible nightmare, or even a hallucination caused by the demon. Anything that meant there was a possibility she/he/they could wake up and he’d still be alive.

She/he/they don’t know how long she/he/they stayed like that, just clinging to Kyojuro while sobbing. It wasn’t until the Kakushi gently pulled her/him/them away from him that she/he/they actually moved from his side. The rest of the day passed like a waking dream, and before she/he/they knew it she/he/they was at the butterfly mansion being checked over for injuries with Tanjiro (and Nezuko), Zenitsu, and Inosuke.

Kyojuro Rengoku: *exists*

Me:

The perfect man doesn't exi-

I’m convinced that if Kyojuro had an SO they would always have to walk together like this

His and his SO’s arms always linked as they walk together because he’s so loving and a true gentleman

God damnit not me sobbing rewatching Rengoku’s death again. Absolutely balling this death will never not hurt