The next day, Kyojuro Renjoku was done getting his own briefing for his mission elsewhere. Bowing to the master, he adjusted his sword, sliding it into his sword's sheathe holstered to his left waist and is about to head out when Shinobu halted him.

"Are you heading into battle?" She asked to the flamehead.

"Is that you, Kocho?" Kyojuro turns his head around to meet the Insect Pillar behind him. "We just got some new information about a demon and the Slayers who confronted him got taken out. We're losing rank and filers, too, now. We can't stand by and do nothing!"

"Could it be the Twelve Kizuki?" Shinobu asked with a questioning look on her round face.

"Most likely, yes. It might be a member of the Upper Ranks." Kyojuro answered with a guess.

"It sounds like a difficult mission, but as long as you're going, Rengoku, there's nothing to worry about." Shinobu may acted relieved on the outside, but actually worries for his safety on the inside.

It was Kyojuro's turn to ask now.

"Kocho, what are your plans taking in those axe-kicking and head-butting kids? You said you were going to add more Tsuguko even if you just got another one under your belt, but I'm sure that's not the reason."

"Don't worry, it's not as if I'll gobble them up, all right?" Shinobu answered sweetly.

"Well, of course you wouldn't!" Kyojuro ended off with a hearty laugh then walked away to his next mission. Shinobu watched him as he took his leave with the same exact face.

"Be careful."


"NOOOOO! I CAN'T POSSIBLY TAKE ANY MORE!" Zenitsu's screams and cries echoed inside the ward and can be heard outside.

"We go through this every single day!" Aoi scolds the blonde. "You're the most severely injured, Zenitsu! Take your medicine this second!"

Zenitsu slowly grabs his cup filled with medicine and hesitated as he stares at it with the same expression of nearly crying at it.

"Seriously!" Aoi takes her gaze away to look at Tanjiro. "Tanjiro, your medicine is right over there."

Kiyo gave him a cup with meds in. "Here you go."

"Thanks." Tanjiro accepts the kind gesture and grabs the cup. He drinks it in one chug, not bothered with the medicine's taste.

"HEY! TANJIRO'S MEDICINE GOES DOWN EASY, DOESN'T IT?! RIGHT?! IT'S DIFFERENT THAN MINE, ISN'T IT?!" Zenitsu blabbermouths. "I CALL FAVORITISM! I CALL FAVORITISM!"

'Huh. I feel bad for Inosuke there, having to listen enough of Zenitsu's shouting.' BoBoiBoy sweatdrops as he watched the scene unfold.

"Does this always happen with you?" Yaya giggled before handing him his medicine.

"To be honest, it just gets annoying but once you're around with him for too long, you'll learn to cope with his way of talking about things." BoBoiBoy said then took his medicine in one take and grimaced a little. "Ugh. This medicine is really good."

"Was that sarcasm?" Yaya smiled. "But medicine is medicine. You'll get used to the taste in no time. Besides, I'll be taking care of you for now."

BoBoiBoy looked to his right to prevent Yaya from seeing his blush. Yaya thought it was funny and sweet of how he is acting towards her. She can see how this really reminded her back when she was treating her little brother of his sickness. Yaya missed her little brother very much.

"Yaya, let's go. We still have more patients to tend." Aoi called out to the pink hijab girl.

"I'll be there, Aoi!" She stood up from her seat and went to the door. "We'll be back later, BoBoiBoy!"

As much as he doesn't want her to go yet, BoBoiBoy smiled for her. "Yeah. Oh, Yaya?"

"Hm?" She swifts her gaze at him.

"It's really nice seeing you again. After all this time." BoBoiBoy smiles. Yaya blushed before she and Aoi left.

"BoBoiBoy?" He heard Tanjiro calling for him. "How are things going between you and her? You guys look like you're having fun talking to each other." He teased.

The white-streaked hair boy almost lost it. "Tanjiro! Couldn't you pick this up at a better time?"

For the dark redhead, he bursted into laughter. "Relax! I'm just asking! So anyway, how was it?"

It took a minute for BoBoiBoy to steady his pace and relaxed back in his bed while staring at the ceiling above. "It was great. We still have a lot to catch up but it was fun while it lasted. It really relieves me to see that she's here and not elsewhere."

"You must really care for her a lot, BoBoiBoy." Tanjiro then smirked. "Could it be that you and Yaya are—"

Before he could cross the line, he cut him off with a glare. "Not. Another. Word. Tanjiro. I'm warning you."

They both had a face off with the one smirking and another glaring. Zenitsu was just spectating with a fearful expression of how slightly tense the room's atmosphere had become from BoBoiBoy's silent glare. Their stares broke off when they heard the door opened and multiple Demon Slayers entered inside.

"Well, you guys seem to be doing well!" They recognize the voice. They turned towards the Demon Slayers and was surprised to see the one in front.

"Murata!" The happily exclaimed to know he is still alive.

"Hey!" He waved to them and greeted. His ring and pinky finger were bandaged. Behind him were some Demon Slayers BoBoiBoy had saved back in the forest. Unlike Murata, they were seriously bandaged up only to their severe spots. Some of them were using clutches to walk and had casts on their arms.

There was someone among them that BoBoiBoy recognize. The rest are unknown to him or he just forgot.

"Ahh! Here you are!" She excitedly hopped to a seat and sat next to him. "Do you still remember me?"

"Uhmm.. You are..." BoBoiBoy tried to remember where he had seen her before. His eyes scanned for her face and her hair and finally, it clicked in his mind.

"You are... Ozaki, right?"

She beamed. "That's right! I'm happy you remembered!"

The other Demon Slayers gave their gifts as a way of giving him their gratitude for saving their skins back at the forest. The white-streaked hair boy was immensely grateful and thankful for the amount of gifts he was given. He mouthed all of them a thank you before they left back to their beds except for the girl and Murata.

"Here's mine. I hope you'll like it." Ozaki handed him her gift for him to unwrap. He couldn't wait for this as he already unwrapped every gift he was given. Most contained some of their personal belongings and food. But when he opened her gift, he was blown by it.

"Whoa! This is... I... uhh... th-thanks!" He accepted it fully.

"I'll be going now. Enjoy your gift, BoBoiBoy!" She winked at him before going to the door and closing it on her way out. After she was gone, he was pretty sure he heard Zenitsu growling at him.

'W-Why is he growling at me?' BoBoiBoy nervously thought when he looked at the blonde Demon Slayer. He puffed out an angry smoke and turned his head elsewhere before mumbling something underneath his breath.

Thanks to his hearing, he can make out what he's saying.

"Tch! Why is he hogging all the girls to himself?"

At this point, he felt some feeling of regret and a little disgusted after listening to it. 'Really? That's what he thinks about the whole thing?'

"Are you all right?" Tanjiro asked Murata.

"Well, I came this close to getting melted away by acid, but I made it thanks to BoBoiBoy." He turned to meet his eyes staring at him. "Thanks, by the way."

"No problem, Murata." BoBoiBoy waved and gave him a thumbs-up, his signature pose.

"Dang. Looks to me that you guys are pretty banged up last night." Murata commented.

"It looks like it's going to take some time." Tanjiro said.

"And Wild Boar Kid, in your case, was it the throat?" Murata looked at Inosuke when he felt something off about him. "What's the matter with him?"

He could just tell him that he almost died but chose not to tell him or BoBoiBoy would kill him for that. "He went through a lot, if you could please let him be..."

"But for this guy of all people to be so listless—"

"He's not listless, Murata."

A creeping shiver went up to Murata's spine from BoBoiBoy's firm voice. "Give him a break. He needs his rest."

"Uhh.. S-sure thing BoBoiBoy." Murata nervously laughed.

"Tanjiro! Who is that person?" Zenitsu asked and wondered who they were talking to.

"He's Murata. He fought with us on Mt. Natagumo." Tanjiro said.

"I'm Murata! Nice to meet you!" Murata introduced himself to the blonde and saw something about him that is unusual. "Hey, your arm..."

"I almost got turned into a spider, and my arms and legs are still short..."

"And that's why you need this medicine!" Aoi suddenly popped beside Zenitsu, startling both him and BoBoiBoy who held a shocked face.

'When did they get here so quickly?!' He also saw Yaya approaching him and sat down on her seat beside his bed.

"I told you we'll be back." Yaya said with a grin. "We just took some supplies to the other patients while you guys are having a conversation."

Meanwhile, with Zenitsu and Aoi. "BUT IT TASTES SO GROSS! THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH GROSS A PERSON CAN TAKE!"

"Don't come crying to me if your arms don't go back to normal!"

"SO COLD! THAT'S SUCH A COLD THING TO SAY!"

"You don't know how good you have it! I mean, if you take this medicine and get lots of sunlight, there'll be no lasting effects!"

"I CAN'T DO IT!" Zenitsu then hops out of his bed then runs towards BoBoiBoy and his behind him.

"Wha—!? Zenitsu?" BoBoiBoy swerves his head to meet Zenitsu panicking.

"GROSS IS GROSS! NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT!" Zenitsu complained.

"Calm down! It's just medicine! The taste may be gross but you need to take it if you want your arms and legs to grow back to normal!" BoBoiBoy said in an attempt to calm down the rowdy boy.

"Looks like fun. Lucky you." Murata hung his head low with spiritual blue flames surrounding him.

"M-Murata?" Tanjiro nervously sweats seeing him like this.

"I was summoned to the Hashira Meeting to give my report on the Mt. Natagumo incident." Murata said in a terrified tone. "And it was like hell! Those Hashira are way too terrifying! All pissed about how the quality of the newer Slayers has gone downhill... Because there were some of us who didn't follow orders on Mt. Natagumo. And they were like, "Who trained them?""

BoBoiBoy had dotted eyes, including Yaya, Tanjiro, and Zenitsu who listened to him.

"What good would it do to ask someone of my rank anyway? Hashira terrify me!"

Speaking of Hashira, Shinobu entered herself in, earning gasps from the boys. They thought she overheard Murata speaking about the Hashira's reputation of being horrifying to some Demon Slayers and she's going to berate him about him.

"Hello!" Shinobu's angelic voice reached Murata's ears, making him jump away from his seat.

"Hashira! Lady Kocho!" Murata exclaimed.

"Hello!"

"Oh hello! Goodbye!" He bowed and sprinted out of the room in fright.

"Oh my! Goodbye!" Shinobu then turns her head to Tanjiro and BoBoiBoy from behind. "How is your recovery coming along?"

"I think we're a lot better now." BoBoiBoy answered while Zenitsu lightly blushed at her.

"Then, let's have you start your Rehabilitation Training, shall we?" Shinobu told them.

"Rehabilitation Training?" Tanjiro repeated.

"Yes!" Shinobu clapped her hands.

TWO WEEKS LATER

It had been two weeks since the group were going to be rebuild their lost stamina for having bed-ridden in so long. The only ones who agreed to go do their Rehabilitation Training were Tanjiro and Inosuke. Zenitsu didn't feel like going to train with them since he is still thinking about something back at Mt. Natagumo while BoBoiBoy chose to remain in bed for giving his body more time to rest. The strainings the Elemental Split gave him still occur from time to time. It subsided after one week but BoBoiBoy still decided not to train with them yet and stayed to make sure the pain was completely gone.

'Tanjiro and Inosuke were taken away by the Hashira, Lady Kocho, and started something called "Rehabilitation Training."' Zenitsu thought. 'Lady Shinobu's voice is totally unique. I don't think I've ever heard anything like it. It lacks regularity, and it scares me a little. But when she was treating the people who got turned into spiders, she sure seemed like a goddess. No wonder everyone ran to Lady Shinobu in tears. Not only that, but she's unbelievably cute! I bet she could make a living on her looks alone.'

He put his mirror down after inspecting his hair if any of it falls down. With a sigh, he falls back down to his bed and stared at the ceiling above.

"BoBoiBoy? Why aren't you training with them?" He spoke while focusing his eyes above.

"Well, I kinda have strainings in my body lately so I didn't come with them." BoBoiBoy replied. Knowing that he sustained that much damage internally and having recovered for almost a week means he can't endanger more of his health than before.

"By the way, why aren't you training with them as well?"

He didn't receive an answer. He got was silence, making the atmosphere around them tense. Finally looking at his eyes, Zenitsu wasn't prepared to give him his answer.

"It's just... uhh... I'm still nervous."

"Nervous? How come?"

Zenitsu bit his lip. "That was really scary, you know? Back at Mt. Natagumo, I almost died from that weird spider. What if you weren't there and I had been killed from that spider?"

The other boy straighten himself in his position and sat on the edge of his bed.

'Should I tell him now?'

He thinks he must. Back when they were at the Tsuzumi Mansion, it was Zenitsu that confirmed the kill of the demon by himself and not him. By not telling him now would make him doubt himself and he wouldn't want that. Sighing, BoBoiBoy cleared his throat and retold the events that played out last month.

Sinking back to his bed, he let Zenitsu get his head clear it up of what he told him. Basically, he told him that he has been releasing his real potential while being unconscious. He told him that his subconscious had taken over his body to enable his combat prowess shown. He told him that Zenitsu is probably stronger than BoBoiBoy if he is well-polished in terms of strength and willpower, even if the former is highly doubting his ability of doing it.

"Are you all right?" BoBoiBoy's voice ringed him out of his train of thought. Zenitsu's yellow orbs transfixed to his hazelnut orbs.

"I don't know. Should I be alright after hearing all of that?" His voice was volumed down. "I keep thinking to myself that it was someone else that had done all this. I never ever consider the thought that it was me all along. Tell me, BoBoiBoy, how many times did I do that?"

He shook his head. "As far as I know, I seen you done it once back at the Tsuzumi Mansion. Perhaps you passed Final Selection because you were unconscious that time. That would've explained the lack of demons there."

Zenitsu widened his eyes. "I nearly wiped out every demon? Me? A coward who runs away at the sight of one?"

He nodded. "You may be a coward, but you're starting to be less like one when in battle. Like when I saw you handling the spider demon like slicing an apple. Now that was awesome!"

Zenitsu slowly crept up a smile, knowing someone really believes in his ability more than himself. "Thanks BoBoiBoy."

The rest of the morning was spent with them talking about recent events and some of their past reveals, mostly coming from BoBoiBoy. Zenitsu listened with every detail he had spoken from start to finish. He is well aware of sharing his story that he trusts Zenitsu well enough to let him know about it. It took a while and they both stayed silent having finished their conversation to what lasted like a few hours.

The blonde is a different story. He knew there is something unusual going on with BoBoiBoy when he first met him. The fact that he has been hiding his secret annoyed him, but it was understandingly acceptable. Now that it is all out of the blue, BoBoiBoy can rest easy that he can finally shared it with his friend. He felt like he owed him.

"That's awful." Zenitsu spoke up after hearing his story. "I mean, trapped in some timeline that you have no knowledge of? It's quite unbelievable and far-fetched."

"Like I said, I assumed that we might have been..." He looked at his blanket. "We might have been traveled back in time."

"What makes you think that's the answer you're looking for?" He asked.

"It is the closest I'm going to get! Even Yaya doesn't know too and I'm trying to find more leads but came up empty-handed! I'm so lost, Zenitsu! All of this doesn't make any sense!"

Zenitsu stared at him, this time with a gentle vibe. "I'm pretty sure that all in due time, you'll find what you're looking for. I don't know how I can help you with your situation but if you ever need to, you can count on me if you're ever stuck with anything."

To ever hear this from someone like Zenitsu, BoBoiBoy felt his face melted into a full blown smile. "Thank you so much, Zenitsu. You're a true friend."

And as if on cue, the door slammed open revealing Tanjiro and Inosuke looking like they were about to pass out from exhaustion.

"Welcome back, Tanjiro, Inosuke!" Zenitsu greeted them but they didn't say anything in return.

"How did it go today, guys?" BoBoiBoy asked. Yet again, no reply.

"What happened?" Zenitsu watched them tucking themselves in bed. "What's the matter? Hey..."

"Sorry..." Tanjiro's said in a tired tone.

"Don't mind us..." Inosuke responded in his raspy voice.

'W-Was it that bad?' BoBoiBoy had his lips almost quivering in anticipation for tomorrow.

"YOU GOTTA TELL ME ABOUT IT! BECAUSE I'LL BE JOINING YOU A LITTLE LATE STARTING TOMORROW! NOOOOO!" Zenitsu almost bawled.

"I don't like this." The other boy gulped.

THE NEXT DAY

"Scary! Scary! Scary! I don't wanna go!" Zenitsu followed the two boys that had their Rehabilitation Training yesterday. The other one finally made a decision to check out what's been happening to them both since his curiosity flew out the window.

It is also a good excuse to stretch his legs a bit for being tucked in bed for too long.

They've arrived at the dojo where they can have their training be held in. Aoi, Kanao, Yaya, and the young nurses are all present.

"All right, since you'll be joining us from today, BoBoiBoy and Zenitsu, I'll explain the process again now." Aoi then gives out the instructions.

"You'll start over there." She pointed at the young nurses. "Those girls will make your bodies limber again after having been bedridden for so long."

Inosuke was the first to volunteer to have his body stretched. He cried out in pain and tears escaped from his mask. They can hear the sounds of his bones making cracking noises and that sent them shivers up in their spines.

"Next, reflex training. These cups contain medicated water. The objective is to throw that medicated water onto each other, but if your opponent blocks your cup before you can pick it up, you can't move that cup."

Kanao sat on the end of a small table with multiple cups and Tanjiro sat at the opposite end.

"Now!".

Before Tanjiro can move, Kanao swifts in to grab her cup in a speed of light and splashed him on his face.

"Again!" Tanjiro braced for the signal to go.

"Now!"

He smirks as he had his hand on the cup. However, Kanao's immense reflexes blocked his hand with her hand and grabbed her cup, splashing him again.

"That's it!" Aoi then explained the last part. "Last up, full-body training. In simpler terms, you'll be playing tag. You'll be up against myself, Aoi, Kanao and Yaya over there."

Tanjiro and Inosuke groaned in pain and tiredness.

'If this is how it goes, I don't think I'm ready for this yet.' BoBoiBoy dreads the thought of getting his body bent by the young nurses or getting his face splashed in medicated water.

"Excuse me. May I ask you something?" Zenitsu raised his hand. His voice clearly devoid of all emotion.

"Is there something that's not clear to you?" Aoi asked.

"No, it's just..." Suddenly, he stood up. "Come on, Tanjiro, Inosuke."

"Huh?" "Not going." "Zenitsu, what are you do—"

"JUST SHUT UP AND COME WITH ME LIKE I SAID!" He roared, causing everyone except Kanao to react differently to his outburst.

"COME ON!" He dragged them by the hem of their shirt and pulled them. "COME ON, DAMMIT! YOU LOWLIFES! YOU DIRTBAGS!"

"AAAAAHHHHH!" "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"

This left BoBoiBoy in a disturbed state. He watched as he takes them away from their sight and brings them elsewhere.

"Is he alright?" Yaya asked him.

"I... don't know." Is his only reply. The only choice left is to follow them and see what happens next.

As he got outside of the house, he listened to where he took them and followed the source of the sound. He turned to a corner and found them beside the dojo's exterior wall.

"SIT UP STRAIGHT! I SAID SIT UP STRAIGHT!" Zenitsu said like he's commanding them. "YOU MISERABLE BASTARDS!"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Inosuke's reply was him getting a punch to the face and he spins to meet the wall, slamming his back.

"INOSUKE!" Tanjiro worries for the boar. Unknown to him, Zenitsu starts activating his Breathing Technique as smoke released from his mouth.

"What's going on here?!" BoBoiBoy ran over to them and squatted down to see if Inosuke was hurt.

Tanjiro glared at the blonde. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, ZENITSU?! TELL INOSUKE YOU'RE SORRY!"

BoBoiBoy tried taming the flailing boar with all his might. "Inosuke...! Calm down!"

"HUH?!" Zenitsu's eyes burst open. "YOU GUYS SAY YOU'RE SORRY! APOLOGIZE TO ME! HOW DARE YOU ACT LIKE YOU'D COME BACK FROM HELL WHEN YOU WERE IN HEAVEEEEEEEEN!"

'W-What...?'

"ALL YOU DID WAS FROLIC WITH GIRLS ALL DAY, SO WHY DID YOU LOOK SO HAGGARD?! GET DOWN ON YOUR HANDS AND KNEES AND APOLOGIZE! COMMIT SEPPUKU!" He jumped and swings his arms around like a madman.

"HOW CAN YOU SAY SUCH A THING?!"

"SHUT UP, YOU GOODY-GOODY, TALKING FOREHEAD! JUST SHUT UP AND LISTEN, GOT THAT?!" He grabbed Tanjiro's hair strands and starts pulling them. "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 WHOLE FREAKIN' BODIES!"

He spins his hair. "EACH GIRL HAS TWO BOOBS, ONE BEHIND AND TWO THIGHS! THEY SMELL SO NICE WHEN THEY PASS BY, AND IT'S MAD FUN JUST TO LOOK AT THEM!" He pulled it out.

"YAAAAAAAHHH! HEAVEN! SHEER HEAVEEEEEEEN!!!" He makes ridiculous movements in the air.

"CUT THE CRAP! YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY SENSE!" Inosuke screamed despite the raspiness in his voice. "WHEN YOU LOSE TO SOMEONE SMALLER THAN YOU, IT DESTROYS YOUR SOUL!"

'Is that true? Huh...' BoBoiBoy thought.

"OH, POOR YOU! INOSUKE, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN CHUMMY WITH A GIRL BEFORE, RIGHT?!" Zenitsu then mocked the boar. "RIGHT, YOU WERE RAISED IN THE MOUNTAINS! NO WONDER YOU'RE A LATE BLOOMER! AAAHHHH! I FEEL SO SORRY FOR YOU!"

*SNAP*

"HUUUUUH?! OH PLEASE, I'VE STOMPED ON FEMALE KIDS BEFORE!"

"THAT'S THE WORST THING YOU COULD DO! NOT GOOD, NO GOOD! THAT'S NOT GONNA GET YOU ANY GIRLS!"

"HUUUUUH! I CAN GET AS MANY GIRLS AS I WANT!"

Unbeknownst to the boys, the girls inside the dojo were able to listen to their conversation and some of them felt disgusted at Zenitsu's view towards girls.

"Oh my." Yaya chuckled nervously.


"Please train me well!" Zenitsu danced around like a ballerina and giggled. Obliging to his request, the young nurses had bent his back, stretch his legs in a splitting position and squeezing any parts of his arms and legs while Zenitsu giggled throughout the process.

"It's all good! All good!" Zenitsu felt like he's in a blissful moment of being tortured but enjoyed the company of the girls.

"That guy has what it takes." Inosuke said. "I'm always fighting back tears from the pain, but he's laughing."

BoBoiBoy eyed the procedure. Sweat started dripping down his forehead and soon spreads all over his face.

'I'm not ready to die early! Nope! Not today!'

"Not so fast, BoBoiBoy!" He heard Yaya, and what's worse, she has a sinister smile on her face.

"You're not going anywhere until you get your body all worked up again, am I right, girls?" She said to the young ones, who nodded eagerly for his turn.

"Y-Yaya... Maybe next time..." BoBoiBoy fails to make an excuse.

"Nice try." Yaya walked over and pulled him. She forced him to lay down on the mat.

"I'm gonna regret this..." BoBoiBoy gulps on what is going to come next.

"Don't worry. They'll make sure to make it as less painful as possible!" Yaya clapped her hands happily.

'With that look and how it played out earlier?! That doesn't make me feel better in the slightest!'

"Okay! Please give him your best, girls!"

The girls then excitedly piled themselves around the white-streaked hair boy, who in turn, has his whole expression morph into pure anguish.

"P-Please be gentle with me—AAAAAAAGGHHH!!"


The next stage is the reflex training.

"I shall take you on." Aoi will be Zenitsu's opponent.

"Begin!" Naho gave the signal. Aoi made the first gesture, although, Zenitsu reacted faster than her and blocked her hand from moving the cup. He grabbed his own but stopped an inch to her face and he grips her hand with his own.

"I would never splash tea on a girl." He said with sparkles around his head. Aoi left a disgusted face at his attempt of being a womanizer.

Finally, it was BoBoiBoy's turn. His face was all scrunched up from earlier.

'My arms... My legs... My everything... hurt...'

Yaya shot him a cheerful grin. "Are you ready?"

BoBoiBoy shakes his head, clearing up any thoughts and focused on the cups. "Yeah! Let's do this!"

"Begin!"

*Splash*

BoBoiBoy didn't see that coming as his face was all covered in water. He looked at Yaya, still keeping her smile on her face and didn't look like she was trying. For once, he felt happy that Yaya had beat him.

"Sorry. Looks like I was too quick for you." Yaya said.

"Next time will be different." I smirked at her.

Next up; the final stage.

"Now then, full-body training!" Aoi and Zenitsu prepped themselves for a game of tag.

"Begin!"

With the go signal unleashed, Zenitsu zoomed out of view, surprising Aoi. He dashed behind her and caught her in his arms from the side.

"I win!"

Aoi beats the ever living universe out of Zenitsu.

"I won the battle but lost the war!" He was covered in bruises.

'Don't fret. It's just like a game of tag. What could go wrong from this?' He thought as he looked at Yaya in front of him. She still kept her smile and calm posture much like Kanao.

"Begin!" They heard Naho giving the signal.

BoBoiBoy tried to get a running head-start and sprinted to Yaya in full force. As anticipated, Yaya dodged from the side making him miss his hand in touching her arm. He used the momentum to twist his body's direction and tried again, only for him to miss again. He tried many trajectories in his limbs to gain more speed but Yaya had the upper hand. He's really surprised at her improvement from all these years from training. For being a Tsuguko, he didn't expect to have much great benefits. Yaya's speed greatly surpassed BoBoiBoy. He struggled trying to lay one finger on her. He spotted a weakness to her defense. With a yell, he outstretched his arm, hoping that it will reach to her.

It didn't come to fruition as she maneuvered herself easily out of the way and BoBoiBoy tripped himself down to the floorboards.

"Yikes!" Yaya hurriedly run to his side. "Are you okay?" She extended him a hand and he accepted it, pulling him up.

"I'm fine, and thanks. You're so fast, I can barely keep up with you." He praised her ability. Yaya lightly blushed.

"Well, I am a Tsuguko." Yaya stepped out of the area to let someone who hadn't had their turn yet. BoBoiBoy mimicked and found himself standing beside her.

"I'M GONNA KICK SOME BUTT, TOO!" Inosuke shouted in excitement. He powered all of them with nothing but forceful strength against Aoi.

Tanjiro sighed. The fact that he couldn't win any one of them is embarrassing for him.

"Cheer up, Tanjiro." BoBoiBoy walked over to him. "I'm also losing as well. We both suck at this."

This earned him a laugh. "You're right! That means we'll have to train harder if we were to catch up with them in no time!"

"Well said, my friend!"

The young nurses looked at them with gleeful faces for seeing them so optimistic.

They proceeded the training as normal. When their turn got to Kanao, that's when things started to get serious for Tanjiro and BoBoiBoy. They can't seem to get past her, no matter how many times they tried every ounce of their strength. For BoBoiBoy, trying to beat Kanao is the same as trying to beat Yaya as well. Their reflexes surpassed them both.

Five days later, they continued on with their Rehabilitation Training. It was slightly easy getting pass Aoi, but it turned into hard mode when they are up against Yaya and Kanao. The boys ended up getting their faces splattered in liquid and planting themselves to the floor from full-body training. Giving the time they done this, Zenitsu and Inosuke both stopped training one day.

"Z-Zenitsu? Inosuke?" Tanjiro said as he saw them leaving. Not knowing why.

"Maybe they're still tired?" The other boy assumed.

With a questioning look, they both got themselves ready for another round of their training. Kanao and Yaya looked at each other, knowing what the outcome of this already.

"Thank you for a good work-out..."

They both walked elsewhere to clear their minds off from their training. BoBoiBoy, with sweat covering his whole face, is in deep thinking.

'I understand that Yaya is trained by Lady Shinobu, but how is she able to withstand every one of my moves against her? She made it look like child's play, even Tanjiro had a hard time trying to catch her. This also leaves me thinking that I might've gone rusty or maybe they're just way faster than us both.'

'About Kanao... apart from Yaya, she sure is impressive with her reflexes. Her speed also matches Yaya's, and her eyes...'

"Master BoBoiBoy?"

'Her eyes... They're too different than any eyes I've seen.'

"Master BoBoiBoy?"

'They're just like... they...'

"Um..."

A pull from his arm snapped him back to the present. BoBoiBoy blinked to see who touched his arm and sees Sumi and the rest of the young nurses.

"Master BoBoiBoy, are you all right?" She said with concern. "We've been calling to you over and over."

Feeling stupid for not hearing them, he turned to them. "Ahh! I'm sorry! I was thinking about things. What is it?"

The nurses fidget themselves until one of them handed him a clean towel. "Here's a towel for you."

"Oh! Thanks a bunch, you guys!" He happily took the towel and wiped off any sweat on his face. "You're all so kind!"

They radiated a beam of happiness from hearing him complimenting them.

"Um, Master BoBoiBoy, do you maintain the Total Concentration Breathing state around the clock?"

"Eh?" His eyes dotted like the rest of them.

"Morning, noon, and night. And all through the night while you're asleep. Do you use the Total Concentration Breathing Technique nonstop?"

BoBoiBoy stood in his place. "No. Not once. I never done that. Is something like that possible?"

Kiyo nodded. "Yes! We're told that being able to do that makes all the difference in the world!"

Now he is really shaking in his feet. "Just using that technique required a lot of effort, but to hear something like that exists and I have to do it around the clock?!"

"Some people have already mastered it." Naho said.

"All of the Hashira, Miss Kanao, and Miss Yaya!" Sumi said.

"Please work hard at it!" They said in unison.

"Ah, I see!" BoBoiBoy flashed them his smile. "I'll be sure to give it a try. Thanks girls!"

They squealed in delight. Afterwards, they left to find Tanjiro and leaving him in his spot.

"Around the clock, huh..." He muttered before walking back to his sleeping quarters.

"So that might've explained why I couldn't catch up to Yaya and Kanao. If that's the case, I gotta train harder than ever. I just hope Tanjiro gets the memo as well."


Next chapter coming soon.

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