Two weeks later
For two weeks we have been doing rehabilitation training and I had also been sneaking my own training not that anyone else was aware of since I mainly did it in the middle of the night. I also continued to receive flowers every second day as well as cookies that made me smile and think back to when things weren't so tough. I'd also written a note and had Kuro deliver it to Urokodaki but I hadn't heard anything back from him and when Kuro came back he was empty clawed so I could only guess what sensei was thinking. Today was going to be Zenitsu's first day of training and my last day of training. I could have finished weeks ago but I figured that doing it over and over again without going full out would give me something else to do instead of sleeping, drawing, moping, mixing medicine or studying mine and demon blood.
"Scared, scared, I'm scared" Zenitsu whimpered, clinging to my shirt since he thought it was something terrifying with the way Tanjiro and Inosuke had been acting. I understood it was soul crushing to be beaten by someone younger than them but they were acting, was like they had seen the devil himself.
"All right since you'll be joining us starting today Zenitsu, I'll explain it all again now. You'll start over there, those girls will get your bed ridden bodies limber again" Aoi explained before Inosuke got stretched making wounded noises with tears in his eyes.
"Next is reflex training, these cups contain medicinal tea, the objective is to throw the medicinal tea onto each other but if your opponent blocks your cup before you can pick it up you can't move that cup" She continued to explain. Tanjiro then tried the game with Kanao only to be splashed with the tea twice in a row.
"Last up full body training, simply put you will be playing tag. You'll be up against myself and Kanao over there" Aoi finished explaining.
"Excuse me, may I say something?" Zenitsu asked, all the life had left his eyes but I could tell from his aura, he was annoyed and angry.
"Is something unclear?" Aoi asked.
"No it's just, come on you three," Zenitsu said.
"Not going," Inosuke said.
"Just shut up and come with me like I said! Come on, dammit you lowlifes! You dirtbags!" Zenitsu yelled, grabbing us along the floor.
"What the hell are you doing?" Inosuke yelled while Tanjiro just yelled and I stayed silent making sure not to jolst my collar bone.
"Sit up straight, I said sit up straight! You miserable bastards!" Zenitsu yelled.
"What did you say?" Inosuke growled before being punched by Zenitsu and flung into a wall.
"Inosuke!" Tanjiro yelled in worry.
"What'd you do that for, Zenitsu? Tell Inosuke you're sorry" Tanjiro demanded while going to Inosuke and making sure he was okay.
"You guys say you're sorry! Apologise to me! How dare you act like you'd come back from hell when you were in heaven! All you did was frolic with girls all day, so why did you come back looking so wrecked? Get down on your hands and knees and apologise! Commit seppuku!" Zenitsu roared, getting worked up. He could say all he wanted about frolicing with girls because I wasn't into girls so it was hell.
"How can you say such a thing?" Tanjiro demanded.
"Shut up you goody-goody talking forehead! Just shut up and listen, got that? You're allowed to touch girls! You get to have your bodies massaged, when you play that cup game you get to touch their hands! When you play tag you get to touch their bodies! All girls have nice chests, great butts and strong thighs, they smell so nice when they pass by and it's a joy just to look at them! Heaven! Sheer heaven!" Zenitsu yelled while doing spins in the air.
"Shut up!" I roared out, making him go silent.
"I get that you are excited so why do we go inside and you can try the training yourself" I said with a sigh wanting to get this over and done with.
"I look forward to training with you" Zenitsu sang once we got back into the building. The three girls that were helping to get our bodies limber did everything they had to do and Zenitsu just continued to laugh and glow all throughout it.
"That guy has what it takes, I'm always fighting back tears from the pain but he's laughing" Inosuke commented.
"Trust me I think it's better that you are holding back tears" I said with a blank face matching Tanjiro.
"I shall take you on," Aoi said when Zenitsu got to the reflex training.
"I would never splash tea on a girl," Zenitsu flirted while holding Aoi's hand making Aoi look like she was ready to punch him and I wouldn't blame her if she did. Next was full body training which ended up with Zenitsu diving on Aoi only to end up punched and slapped.
"I'm gonna win too" Inosuke declared getting fired up and sure enough he did manage to beat Aoi. Unfortunately for Tanjiro he was the only one struggling with the reflex training since I decided not to hold back. Zenitsu and Inosuke both got pulled to a stop when they versed Kanao but I quickly blocked her hand on the cup and grabbed my own cup placing it on her head like I did for Aoi. This made everyone shocked as they looked at me but I didn't care as I got ready for the full body training. When it was time to start I quickly dashed away from Kanao using my surroundings to my advantage. I lasted the five minutes I needed to get away from her. Next was my turn to catch Kanao and it only took me three minutes to get her, making them once again shocked.
"Your amazing Hikaru" Tanjiro beamed.
"Not really I just have myself trained well, I have something to talk to Kocho-san so I will excuse myself first" I said before leaving the room.
Chapter 19: Recovery
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