𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖞'𝖗𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖕𝖗𝖊𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌, 𝖘𝖜𝖊𝖊𝖙𝖎𝖊
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It has been 2 weeks but no demons decided to attack us so I decided to enter the rehabilitation center where the three boys are getting trained under.
I took a sit on the corner while the two other kakushi bodyguards went out. I waited until the three boys entered, the tanjiro boy...the yellow-map haired boy and the boar head boy.
Aoi started to explain everything because the mop head boy is only starting today.
"And the Hashira you're looking at the corner right now is just going to watch you so please don't bother her" Aoi said while pointing at me and I just looked at them throug my cloth.
"Excuse me, may we have a moment?" the mop-head said and stood up
"Is there any questions that you may not understand?" Aoi asked
"No, I just...have something to take care" he paused "Come on you two" he offered the but two other declined
"I'M TELLING YOU TO JUST COME WITH ME!" The mop-head shouted which made me flinch a little
And he started dragging the both of them outside, we can only hear the yellow boy shouting about girls...
"Is he really like that?" I asked
"Yeah I guess" Aoi said and shrugged
A few minutes of him shouting, they went back in and this yellow boy is...acting so weird...no matter what he does he's still smiling...weird.
I watched them failed multiple times, there were only few times that they won against Aoi though. I smiled by the memory of myself being trained.
Time past by and they were tired. Of course they would so I stood up from where I'm sitting and stretched my body.
"Where are you going Akari-san?" Aoi asked
"To Kocho" they nodded and I went to look for Shinobu . Right, her clinic.
I went ahead to her clinic just to see her sitting and gathering wisteria flowers on her table.
"Ara? Hello there Akari-san! Is there anything you may ask?" She asked and smiled
"None, just missed everyone and demon hunting..." I said and sighed
"Missed everyone? You have been here with us for 2 weeks already!"
True, I have been staying in the butterfly mansion...
"And you can't demon hunt, because you might die at the moment" She said and put all the wisterias in the vase
"But I'm strong! I can protect myself this is why I became a hashira right?!" I exclaimed with my eyes wide open under the cloth.
"It's too dangerous for you already...so please don't go anywhere until it is said so" I nodded and tried to clear my mind but something was still bothering me
"Hey, um...is there any ways to stop this curse?" I asked
"I actually don't know but only Muzan knows" she said and smiled
I know that behind her smile was anger and sadness, and...her smile was the same as Kanae...her big sister
"Mmm...thanks for having my time Shinobu, have a great time" I waved a small goodbye to her before going out
As I was walking through the hallways there I saw Sanemi. He stopped at his tracks when he is infront of me and then looked down at me.
"Let's talk about something" he said and dragged me outside. We reached in the garden of the butterfly mansion.
"What is it Nemi-san..?" I asked, he didnt respond at the moment and stared at the ground "Is there any-"
"I'm sorry" he said with a...soft voice?
"W-what do you m-mean Nemi-san? Y-you didn't do a-anything...so why apologize...?" I said and looked at him straight in the eyes
"Can you forgive me? For being too harsh at you?" I wasn't able to talk because my mind is empty..."I know you won't forgive me, alright I'll leave you be-" before he could go I grabbed his hand
"I forgive you, I know how much hatred your heart so...I forgive you" I said and let go of his hand
He smiled, the smile I never seen before and patted my head.
"Alright then, friends?"
"Friends."
Suddenly a shout was heard behind the trees, not a terrified shout but a shout with joy.
We saw Kitshirou and Mika
"E-eh?" I questioned
"Great! Both of you are friends already!" Kitshirou said as she took Sanemi's hand
"What happend?" I asked
"Both of you aren't enemies anymore!" Mika exclaimed with joy
"Yeah..." I said and chuckled
Suddenly...Sanemi's smile disappeared in an instant because I know he doesn't like to show his smile to a lot of people.
[Few days later]
I heard about the two other boys that stopped coming into the training because of how hard it is. Well that happend to me years ago but I never given up until I reached the level of a Hashira.
It was night again...
I'm with the three little girls now and we're looking for Tanjiro. We saw him walking there so we called his name but he is still talking to himself, we did again but he still didn't respond.
I tapped his shoulder to take his attention to us, made him look at me and the three girls.
"Tanjiro-san, excuse me. Are you alright? We have been calling you multiple times" One of the girls asked him
"I'm sorry! I didn't hear you! What is it?" He asked
The girls was shy to give the towel so I whispered to them "you can do it"
"Your towel" they handed his towel and he smiled
"Thank you so much" he said and took the towel to dry his sweaty face
As he was drying his face, one of them asked if he knows about the total concentration breathing which made him confused. They explained what was it and he answered no
"I never went that far, is that possible?" He asked
"Yep" I answered simply
"Whether or not you can do, it will make a whole world of difference" one of them said
"So...if you use the total concentration breathing even by little, you'll get tired easily. Using it all day..." He said in a terrified tone
"There are few that have already managed to pull it off"
"All the hashiras and Kanao-san can do it"
"You can do it too!" Three of them said in unison
The red haired boy smiled and said that he will pull it off too.
Well, good luck about that.
...chapter 9/ end...