Chapter 29

"And it's not my fault that you're my brother, I didn't ask for it, I didn't even ask to be born but here we are and I love you," Isa countered and stopped walking. Inosuke then stopped walking and looked at Isa in shock as everyone else stopped walking and stood intently.

"Whatever," Inosuke sighed and turned away. "Let's keep going."

"No," Isa replied sternly and grabbed Inosuke's arm.

"Let go of me," Inosuke snapped and tried to break free from her grasp.

"Inosuke, listen to me," Isa pleaded and Inosuke stopped trying to break free. "No one ever asks to be born or to be anyone's sibling, no one asks to meet people they meet in life, no one asks to be related to the people they are related to, but in the end, you have to learn to deal with what life throws at you, so if you want to know why I love you, then ask." Isa then let Inosuke go.

"T-then why do you love me," Inosuke sighed.

"Because you're the only real family I have, and I'm glad you're my brother, I wouldn't choose to have it any other way if I could," Isa answered. "The reason I love you isn't because I meet you and you're my brother, it's because I chose to deal with it and deal with you, it's because I chose to try and understand you rather than push you away, and also I loved you before we found out we were siblings, so I love you because I didn't choose for you to be in my life."

"That was beautifully said," Kinote replied.

"To be honest, I never thought of it that way," Tanjiro commented and set down the box with Nezuko. "It's night, we should stop for tonight." Nezuko then came out of the box.

"Inosuke, you okay?" Kinote questioned.

"I'm fine," Inosuke sighed. Nezuko then walked up to Isa and looked at her.

"It's nice to finally meet you," Isa replied. Nezuko then beamed and hugged isa.

"What was that?" Zenitsu asked as Nezuko went to stand by Tanjiro.

"She liked what I said," Isa answered. Kinote then looked back at Inosuke.

"Does that mean you love everyone?" Kinote asked. Isa turned and looked at Kinote.

"Where'd you come up with that?" Isa questioned.

"You just said you loved him because you didn't choose for him to be in your life, but you also never chose for the rest of us to be in your life either, so?" Kinote replied.

"You're right, that does mean I said I love everyone, but that also does not imply that I love everyone equally either, I love Inosuke more than the rest of you," Isa replied.

"Then who do you love the least?" Zenitsu asked.

"You," Isa replied.

"Why?" Zenitsu asked.