As much as it comes to improvement, the white-streaked hair boy must do everything he can to succeed if he can meet the Tsuguko's level in no time. After relaying the information of the Total Concentration to Tanjiro, he was all dead set to achieving it as well. Following the next day after their training, they woke up feeling invigorated more than they should have.

It's determination that's doing this to someone.

"Isn't it about time you came to training, Inosuke?" Tanjiro asked the boar, who is laying in his stomach and thinking about something.

"Sulking and feeling sorry for yourself won't do you any good." He tried persuading him to come along. Again, the boar ignored him.

"Zenitsu, you should come, too!" He turns his attention to the blonde. He stood up from his bed and stared outside from his window with his hands on the side.

"Yes! For me, that was a good job!" Zenitsu said.

"So does that mean you'll agree to train with us again?" BoBoiBoy waited for an answer.

"Hahahaha!" Zenitsu laughed. "No."

"Eh?" BoBoiBoy frowned.

"Just tell them my injury's taken a turn for the worse!" Zenitsu gave them his excuse for not coming. "Hey, Kakushi lady over there! Would you like to have some tea with me?"

They watched him skipped out of the room with his hands still on his sides. After another failed attempt to get them to train with them, Tanjiro sighed as it is already the umpteenth time they've done this.

"Looks like it's just the two of us again." BoBoiBoy facepalmed at Zenitsu using the old fashioned injury card as an excuse to skip training.

Moving themselves outside, they decided training separately will give them more breathing room and a sense of vulnerability. It proved helpful and tactical last time and they would do it again for their sake of getting stronger.

BoBoiBoy knew what he had to do. He didn't knew about Tanjiro but he believes in his drive of improving himself. Providing himself with Urokodaki's teachings and little bits of Hang Kasa's training method, he'll start it off a bit slower.

'To use Total Concentration Breathing, I'd have to inhale lots of oxygen into my lungs and unleash for a technique or use it as a temporary power boost to my whole body against a really powerful opponent. For doing it around morning, the afternoon, and at night-time, I don't know if I can do it.'

Patiently, he closed his eyes and draw air into his mouth then breathing it out slowly.

'W-Why is it so difficult all of a sudden...?'

He continued doing his routine of breathing in and out. He kept doing it again.

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'AHHH! I CAN'T DO IT!'

He fell as his knees give in to its weight. His whole body felt like a dumbbell just happen to be dumped on him and his head was throbbing like crazy.

'What's happening to me? I thought this would be easy! But it's way harder and more painful than I can imagine! My lungs, my ears, my eardrums! They hurt like hell! Don't tell me... I've gotten soft after being bedridden for so long?'

At that moment, he experienced a sudden deep bass drop in his eardrums, causing temporary deafness for a slight second, and causing him to panic a lot and tears made its way to his eyes.

'AAAAAAHHHHH! I THOUGHT MY EARDRUMS ARE GONNA BREAK! THAT SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME!'

He checked his ears to see if it was bleeding while still in a panicked state. For a second, he thought he was going to die from using the Breathing Technique the wrong way.

'C-Calm down, BoBoiBoy... That was just a mistake. If you're having trouble, just remember the previous training regimen! Yeah! That'll help!'

"Come on! I got this!" BoBoiBoy yelled with his hands clenched. He didn't know that he was being watched by the young nurses from the side of the mansion. They looked at the boys with happy expressions on their faces.

Tanjiro and BoBoiBoy both tried again. With little more care this time around.

'Okay. Think it simple, BoBoiBoy. The way to breathe is from the lungs. If I don't get it down right, then my lungs are too weak to function. I gotta work with it! Time is of the essence! I can definitely do this! If Tanjiro can do it, then I can do it as well!'

A newfound determination crept up his facial expression. He heard Tanjiro shouting something but he didn't bother to know what it is.

"Master Tanjiro and Master BoBoiBoy are working hard every day!" Kiyo said.

"Yes! Let's bring them some rice balls, okay?" Sumi suggested.

"Good idea! And also..." Naho told them her idea.


"Blow into these gourds?" The boys asked. The nurses supplied them with rice balls and freshly brewed tea.

"Yes! Whenever Lady Shinobu trained Lady Kanao and Lady Yaya, she often had them blow into gourds." Kiyo explained.

"Oh, really?" Tanjiro said and munched on his rice ball. "That's a neat training technique, huh? So, you make some kind of sound?"

"Oh no. They blew into it to make the gourd explode."

"Wow, really? I never knew it would be that simple..." BoBoiBoy said, until moments later...

'E-Explode...?'

"What? You mean this?" Tanjiro said in disbelief. He grabbed one gourd and tapped on it to see how durable it is. "Something this hard?"

"Yes!" Kiyo replied. "Not to mention, this is a special kind of gourd, so it's harder than normal ones."

It wasn't an exaggeration considering how strong Kanao and Yaya have gotten so for this extra info is a bewilderment to the boys.

"The gourds get bigger and bigger as you progress. The one that Lady Kanao and Lady Yaya can explode right now..."

Then out of nowhere, a gourd that is a size of a huge chair appeared. "...is this gourd."

"GIGANTIC!" They screamed. "WE'LL GIVE IT OUR ALL!"

With their break from training over, they resumed back to their original positions and looked even more determined than ever, trained their Total Concentration Breathing state. With their knowledge regarding their own breathing, the boys threw themselves back to their old training habits. Tanjiro redid his training method of Urokodaki's while BoBoiBoy instigated his old mentor's, Hang Kasa's, training method while at the same time following Urokodaki's method.

'With Tok Kasa's teachings and Mr. Urokodaki's training methods, I'm doing those again while maintaining my Total Concentration Breathing State.' BoBoiBoy thought as he swung his bokken sword repeatedly. He was unaware that they were being watched by Shinobu from the porch while retaining her usual angelic smile on her face.

'Since there is no mountains for me to climb down, I ran around the mansion's garden! Imagine the obstacles around me are the stand-ins for the trees on a mountain!'

Tanjiro got to work on lifting on some rocks tied with rope behind him. BoBoiBoy raced on top of the mansion's fence like running on a marathon. They both did vice versa.

'Hard work! All it takes to make good effort is hard work! Never stop doing it!'

A day later, they got down training once again. And as expected, Zenitsu and Inosuke haven't made up their mind to come train with them, no matter how many times they urged them to go.

"They're not coming today, either?" Aoi sounded disappointed. Not towards the boys but to the ones who declined their proposition to join.

"I'm sorry. We'll bring them tomorrow. I'm sorry." Tanjiro bowed while BoBoiBoy stood behind him.

"No, you don't have to concern yourselves with those two anymore!" Aoi said.

"That's a bit harsh, don't you think?" BoBoiBoy commented.

"It's their choice for not joining, BoBoiBoy. It doesn't concern me as well." She responded.

"I'll work hard." Tanjiro said, still bowing his head.

10 Days Later

Many days had passed since their recovery from their previous battle. Compared to Tanjiro, BoBoiBoy is getting progressively well in his training considering his body is more athletic and more agile than Tanjiro's. His stamina gradually grew and his lungs had gotten stronger, which means he can gain in more oxygen than before for his Breathing Techniques.

"98... 99... 100!"

He swung his last swing with his bokken on his hands. BoBoiBoy puffed out a breath and puts away the bokken. After putting it on the porch, he then thinks of taking it to the next level.

'I'm thinking of trying to regain my other secondary tier forms again. I already gotten three of them but what about the two? I should start with getting Cyclone or Thunderstorm or maybe both if I'm at a hundred percent.'

Looking around the backyard, BoBoiBoy chooses a more free open space to give a more stretching feeling and more leverage to his regimen. Seeing Tanjiro using a more direct approach to his training, BoBoiBoy decided to just take it slowly and effectively.

His head racked up to who he should acquire first. Thinking back to where he last battled with the Arrow Demon, he had almost transformed into Thunderstorm out of pure rage. Perhaps if he can do it again, he can finally get his secondary tier lightning element.

The only problem in doing so, he has to do it while being in an Elemental Split.

'I remember Ochobot saying it to me once that in order to use my first tier elements to its utmost limits to gain their secondary tier forms, I have to be in my Elemental Split or I would risk straining my body again. Well, I don't want that to happen to me again. Last time didn't work out so well.'

He measures his breathing to getting ready for his Breathing Technique. While in doing so, he didn't notice or didn't hear the sounds of the young nurses coming to check up on his progression. They usually sat at the porch or stayed on the side of the mansion's wall to not be detected by him or Tanjiro. While they grew more attached to the boys because of their kind influence, they let themselves open for their own entertainment of watching them train while going off-duty on their nursing routine.

"Master BoBoiBoy is really working hard every day, isn't he?" Kiyo said.

"Don't forget about Master Tanjiro! They're working to get even stronger!" Sumi said.

"Hey, what is he doing?" Naho asked while pointing at BoBoiBoy. She and the others stared intently at what he's about to do.

"Elemental Breathing, Fifth Form, Penta Split!"

With that, he jumped high in the air and dropped down on a circle he made himself. Out came five elements of himself. It's easy to identify who they are with their signature colors of their patient attires.

Meanwhile, the young nurses had an awestruck moment. Never in their whole lives they see just one person cloning themselves. It left them speechless.

"You guys know the drill now." Earth said like a commander-in-chief in front of them. "Fire, Water, change!"

With affirming nods, they subsequently transformed into their secondary tier forms with relative ease. Earth even changed himself into Quake to even out the odds, excluding two certain elements.

"What do you have us to do?" Lightning asked, slightly jealous of their new forms.

Quake smiled. "Just like last time, each of us, and by each I mean you and Wind, will be sparring against Blaze and Ice and we'll see what happens from there."

"Oh, I see..." Wind muttered. It didn't go quickly unnoticed by Quake.

"Hm? Is there something wrong, Wind?" Quake asked.

"Is that really it?"

He raised his eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

Wind clarified. "I mean, is that really the best solution for us? You know that didn't happen last time when we transformed. It happened with us because of our unstable emotions. Take Lightning for example."

"Huh? Why me?" Lightning pointed at himself.

"With his attitude, he can easily transform if he's angry enough to do it. But what does that make me? The only for me to transform is to make me very happy or if we completed our first tier elements." Wind almost choked in his words.

"Wind, I—"

"No! This isn't the only way! You think that if I spar with either of them is for me to change into like you guys? No! I don't want to be the only one feeling left out of the group! Not to mention, I barely did anything when it comes to battle! I'm more of a liability than any of you..."

They were stuck in a momentary shock for what he said. Blaze tried reassuring the young wind element but failed miserably. The young nurses tried to process what they heard yet it only brings them to more confusion than what it makes sense for them.

"Wind, please come here for a second." Quake's voice was gentle. Wind lifted up his head and with a shrug, walked to meet Quake. The latter placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Don't think that you're useless to us, Wind. In fact, we were happy for you being here with us. Your cheery and upbeat attitude is what makes us happy and laugh. Those moments we spent a long time ago? You really know how to crack someone a smile."

Wind looked at him with widen eyes. "Quake..."

Quake gave the blue elemental a grin. "Listen, you're very important to us. Without you with us, then we would've been as dull and not so carefree like Lightning here."

He laughed while Lightning yelled in the background, earning a chain reaction from the rest, including the young nurses.

"Thanks Quake!" Wind gave him a quick hug. Quake reciprocated back gently and lets him go to rejoin with the others.

"Now, let's get to work, people! We still have more training to do!"

Wind looked ready, but on the inside, he still had a shadow of a doubt.

Quake noticed it. "We'll figure something out, Wind. I promise."

That reassured Wind. "Thanks."


2 Days Later

Two days passed. The weather today is a bit cloudy as dark clouds blanketed the blue sky and the sun.

Wind and Lightning showed little progress for their elemental training, but they've amplified their powers so that way they will push their limits to hopefully boost and speed up their powers. Quake coached Blaze and Ice on how to they handle their opponents, mainly the other first tiers. Wind was up against Ice while Lightning was up against Blaze. Even in a tag-team, Blaze and Ice proved to be overwhelming for them.

"Ha... Ha..." Wind panted for air. "They're... so... tough...!"

Lightning gets to his feet and tried surprising attacking Blaze with his speed. Blaze blocked his kick with his arm and pushed him back to give them room. The lightning element dodged every hits from the fire element and countered his kick with a roundhouse kick, which Blaze saw that one coming. It was Lightning's for executing the move when Blaze had the upper hand of disarming his defenses and pummeled him with punches above and below his body. Blaze finished him off with a good punch to the face, sending Lightning flying towards the ground.

"Ugh... Dammit!" Lightning spits out the dirt that entered his mouth. "Why do you guys have to be in your secondary tier forms?! It's so unfair!"

Quake walked forward. "It's the way to guarantee that you'll strengthen yourselves by going up against a really strong opponent. It'll get you nowhere if you fight against Blaze in his first tier."

Lightning clicked his tongue. "It's also a bit unfair to Wind! Look at him! He also can get nowhere if he trains like that."

Wind heard of his rage-inducing comment about him and beamed him a smile. "Hehe... I'll be alright, Lightning. It's actually... fun."

With seeing his smile calms Lightning's nerves a little. On the inside, however, is his anger completely bottling up with how much they've been getting themselves handed on by the second generation elements.

"Pfft... Pathetic."

All eyes and ears turned to Blaze. He had a smug face.

"I'm really enjoying beating your ass like there is no tomorrow. There's nothing more fun than just hearing someone like you whining about how a sore pitiful loser you are!" Blaze laughed loudly.

"WHY YOU— COME'RE!" Lightning has his hands ready to attack Blaze. Quake intervened and holds him back from trying to lash out on Blaze.

"Lightning! Please calm down! Blaze!Apologize to Lightning this instant!" Quake's motherly manners took over.

"What's the matter tough guy? You can't touch me now that I'm stronger than you!" Blaze continued to mock Lightning. Anger clearly spelled on his face.

"Blaze!" Wind tried to interfere when Ice held up his arm, blocking him from moving. "Ice! What are you doing?!"

"Don't. He's trying to rile him up." Ice said.

Wind softens up but still displays worry for his elemental partner. "What? Why?"

Ice sighed. "This idiot had this marvelous idea in his head and told me about it." He whispered Blaze's plan into Wind's ear of what Blaze is doing to Lightning. Now understanding the idea, Wind reluctantly stepped back and let the scene unfold, overall, concerning Lightning's emotions.

"Why you! Once I get my hands on you, you're dead meat!" Lightning thrashed wildly onto Quake's arms. Blaze still held that smug smile on his face followed up by a mocking attitude.

"Gonna cry, tough guy? You know I'm the strongest here and you're not!"

"Blaze, this is your last chance to say your sorry! I mean it this time!" Quake desperately tried to repel the wild elemental's thrashing.

"Let go of me, Quake! I'll pound this bastard into the face of the earth!" Lightning yelled.

"Hah! Weak."

And at that moment, he stopped all motion. Quake tensed up as he lets go of him and backed away from his intimidating aura.

"What did you say...?" His voice was filled with venom.

"Huh? Are you deaf or something?" Blaze walked forward.

"What. Did. You. Say?" Each word spouts poison to any ears available. The dark clouds seem to be corresponding to Lightning's every word.

"Ice, this doesn't sound good! Maybe we should stop them from escalating things any further!" Wind felt the tension thickening and the obvious discomfort.

"No. It's a way to bring him out of him." Ice calmly said, not worrying for a tad second.

With every passing second feels like a ticking time bomb that's waiting to go off any second now. Not one word escape from anyone. Quake wanted to dismiss this situation, however, he finds himself unable to when Lightning and Blaze were in a middle of a heated moment. If he were to step in, it'll make matters even worse.

"Like I said; You. Are..."

Blaze then shouted in his face.

"WEAK!"

Then he punched him in the face.

That set the spark inside Lightning. His bottled-up rage flared to life. Every cloud in the sky brought lightning bolts, which are coloured red for a reason. The thunder shrieked intensely, sending multiple vibrations towards the ground. Red lightning sparks around him and he's shaking violently. Teeth gritting in anger and fists clenched that his knuckles turned white.

"AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" He screamed followed by a lightning strike, piercing down from nowhere and enveloping Lightning whole. The others had to avert or cover their eyes from seeing the blinding light. Once the light died down, they turned back towards their fellow element, with a major difference in his looks.

No one can see the expression in his face as it was shadowed from his black bangs. The only difference is his patient uniform, completely doused in crimson red and black in different sides with red lightning patterns on part of his clothing. When he had opened his eyes, the once yellow colour was replaced with a murderous crimson red.

"Thunderstorm...?" Wind managed to breathe out a word, almost shaken up from the transformation and the lightning earlier.

Since they've created a commotion, everyone, literally everyone, from the Butterfly Mansion ran out the back porch and see what all the fuss was about. They also happen to see the young nurses huddled up against each other, obviously afraid of something

"What's going on out here?!" Aoi was the first to speak.

"Oh my! What's with all the noise out here?" Shinobu dropped her smile when she sees multiple BoBoiBoys like last time.

"BoBoiBoy! What happened?" Tanjiro wanted to search for an answer. Zenitsu hid behind Inosuke out of fear. Kanao simply gazed at the scene before her yet on the inside she's actually worried for what has happened here. The young nurses huddled up, utterly terrified for their lives.

As for Yaya, she seemed surprised and shocked than scared.

"I-Is that... Thunderstorm?" She mumbled.

Next thing they knew, Thunderstorm vanished from their sights. Various thunder noises zipped past their ears as he zapped his way around them. With him moving around too much completely disoriented their vision.

'He's too fast! Faster than before!' Blaze thought with immense worry and sweat trickled down his head. He had pushed him too far, he's afraid that he'll be the first victim to be electrocuted by him.

His worst fear was confirmed when Thunderstorm zoomed past him and he's right behind his back. The moment he moved from his spot, red electricity shot up his entire body. Blaze's bloodcurdling screams spreads entirely around them.

"NOOOO! SOMEBODY STOP HIM!" Wind couldn't take it anymore and begged for someone to cease the fierce element.

"Who's the weakling now...?" Thunderstorm sadistically said as he watched Blaze still getting electrocuted. Nobody dared to come close to him, not even the Insect Hashira Shinobu, or Tanjiro.

Quake took this as an opportunity to sneak up behind Thunderstorm and gave him a chop in the neck, rendering him unconscious before he can even react and fell down, not before changing back into Lightning.

Blaze stopped his screaming when the electricity left him. He got down on one knee while desperately heaving for air and shaking with the leftover bolts of lightning that embedded him.

"Oh my god! Blaze!" Yaya rushed over to him and offered him her aid. The rest of the BoBoiBoys were left with themselves thinking how it would play out when they stopped Blaze from provoking Lightning like that.

Their training will be on hold after the whole ordeal has been discussed with. Shinobu warned them not to train in such dangerous ways they can do, making BoBoiBoy hung his head down in shame. It was partly his fault that he let it happen. Actually, it was mostly his fault for disturbing any other patients inside the mansion while they were trying to have their recovery.

The next day after Thunderstorm's entrance, it is now Wind's turn to have his next upgrade. Unfortunately, none of them have any idea on what to do. The last time when Wind turned into Cyclone was when he was overjoyed by eating Yaya's cookies (with Adu Du and Probe adding the unstable emotion formula in the cookies)

Right now, Wind is on the rooftop in a meditative stance, sitting down with his legs crossed and eyes closed. This was Quake's suggestion because the only thing he can come up for him is to be one closest to one's power. Wind didn't get the meaning but eventually with time, he got it.

Concentration clouded his mind as he let the full nature of the wind enter his head. The weather also proved to be useful and helpful with all the clouds blanketing the sky and wind picked up in multiple directions.

'Become one with the wind...'

To become one with the wind makes it challenging for anyone. For Wind, he is known to be a quick learner and is adapted to the high sky.

'Become one with the sky.'

Wind concentrates hardly. The breeze swifts passed him in every opportunity it shall get.

'Three...'

The wind element stood from his position, feet ready.

'Two...'

He puts one hand on the rooftop panel and readied his stance to ascend to the next level. A small blue gale appeared underneath him. He snapped his eyes wide open.

'One!'

With that, he jumped.

Soared high in the sky.

He can feel it.

The air.

The eagle that weaved pass him.

The sun that hit his face with its proud radiating beams, entangling him with a ray sense of hope.

Wind took a deep breath and prepares his descent down to the Butterfly Mansion.

"Is he...?" The other four elements watched their fellow elementalist fall down from the deep depths of the high atmosphere.

"He is. He's falling down." Quake couldn't help but to grin.

"But what if it doesn't work?" Thunderstorm expressed concern.

"If that happens, catch him if he fails so we'll try again some way or another." Quake answered. "But this time, there's no need for that anymore."

"What?" Thunderstorm held a shock face, followed by his other selves.

"Because now, here he comes!"

Little hints of confusion left their faces as they glance up once more to the falling elementalist. Wind descends like skydiving from an airplane with no parachute to decelerate and cushion his landing. He held a nervous yet excited face as the presence of the Butterfly Mansion entered his peripheral vision from the blocking clouds. A surrounding gale formed around him and mimicked his falling speed. From an angle, it had look like a tornado is about to appear at any minute.

"Aaaahhhhh!! He's gonna crash right above us!" Blaze exclaimed.

"Thunderstorm! Save him now!" Ice, having known to be the quietest and most reserved elementalist in the group, screamed for the lightning element to come rescue him.

Before Thunderstorm can do anything, Quake stopped him by putting his hand on his shoulder and shook his head.

"Quake! What are you doing?!" Blaze practically screamed at Quake's face. "He's gonna die from that height! We have to catch him now!"

"I know!" Quake shuts him down. "If we interfere now, there won't be a chance like this again. So it had to be now than never. Do you understand?"

Blaze didn't look convinced by this but held back for a reason. "Dammit!"

The way down became increasingly clear that it's becoming more dangerous than they should've let on. Wind zoomed in their eyes and before he knew it, a loud crash was heard and dust flew everywhere, covering them. Just like yesterday, every inhabitants inside the Butterfly Mansion came out to see what's happening and was surprised immensely to what they are witnessing.

"*cough*cough* WIND!" Both Thunderstorm and Blaze scurried to the crash site. Everyone from the inside had mixed expressions of fear, worry, anxious, and shock.

"QUAKE, YOU BASTARD! I SHOULDN'T HAVE LISTENED TO YOU!" Thunderstorm raged.

"Calm down, Thu—"

"DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! HE GOT HURT BECAUSE YOU TOLD US TO STAY PUT AND LOOK WHERE IT GOT TO HIM! HE'S HURT!"

"Wait, where did he go?"

When the dust cleared up, Wind was nowhere to be seen from the small crater. Panic instantly washed over both the red elementalists and wandered to where the wind elementalist may have—

"Hey! Up here!"

A cheerful voice was heard. The second they turned their heads, the more surprising it gets. Quake just let out a smile as his hunch is correct.

What stood on top of the rooftop is a toothy grin they all come to know. His patient attire changed. Instead of the standard colour, his was dyed in sky blue with few yellow and white liners. Much like Thunderstorm, wind patterns were plastered at his sides.

"I did it..." He whispered until it raised in volume. "I did it. I did it! I DID IT!"

"I knew you could do it!" Quake had a proud smile at his smile. He jumped back down from the roof and looked at them happier than ever before.

"Cyclone!"

Blaze bomb-rushed into him with the tightest hug he can muster. Thunderstorm made sure not to let anyone see him as he let out a blissful sigh for seeing him being safe.

"Can someone tell me what's going on here?" Tanjiro spoke on behalf of everyone here who are just as confused as he is. Thankfully, Ice filled them all on in on what's been happening for the them. They did get the memo but only some people were basically mad at them for doing the same stunt they pulled off the other day.

"Move aside, Blaze!" Yaya cuts them out of his hug from the fire elementalist and checks up on the wind elementalist.

"Do you feel hurt anywhere? Any injuries? Any side effects? Anything?!" She shot him loads of questions regarding health matters.

"I'm okay!" Cyclone beamed her a smile. "In fact, I never felt better in my entire life!"

Yaya was relieved, and so did the others.

"Welcome back to the bandwagon, Cyclone." It was Thunderstorm that said it.

"Yeah! I'm glad I'm back!" Cyclone grabs his hand and played around, much to the other's annoyance but he didn't mind his company. It's his special day so he might as well make the best of it.


After a whole bunch of explaining, they all went back to their separate ways of doing what they do for the day. BoBoiBoy merged again and was examined by Yaya in a clinic inside the mansion. A simple check-up was proceeded and the results weren't fatal to his injuries, however, it did damage his limbs from all the excessive training he endured.

"Good news is that you appear to be stable enough to walk on your own two feet. Bad news is that your limbs had taken a turn for the worse and you're gonna have to hold off from training for a few days." Yaya handed him the news.

"Wait what?! But I thought—"

"Orders from Lady Shinobu." Yaya held up her palm in front of him as a gesture to stop him from saying too much. "As far as your training goes, it seems like you've done exponentially well to get to my level. But we'll see to that if we ever get a chance to spar. And not to mention, the reason is to why you're being suspended from training is because you caused a lot of damage to the backyard. As punishment from Lady Shinobu and I, we've come to an agreement that you'll be the one to fix what's been destroyed outside after your recovery is done. Is that clear?"

Hearing this, BoBoiBoy almost could not believe it.

'Th-This reminds me way back when we were in 5th Grade! I guess being the class president has its on ways like being a moral compass.'

"I said, is that clear, BoBoiBoy?" She said firmly.

"Y-Yes, ma'am!" BoBoiBoy said.

"Good." She returned her sweet smile.

After a few minutes of Yaya organizing her things on the desk and BoBoiBoy lying on the bed, the latter sat up and moved to the edge of the bed. He affixed a look of guilt towards her.

"I'm sorry I worried you." BoBoiBoy softly said.

"Huh? How do you know?" Yaya tried not to act surprised.

"I can tell by your mutterings. You're obviously worried if I injured anything from the inside, right?"

"H-How did you know?"

He pointed at his ears. "I have a great sense of hearing."

She frowned. "You could've told me when I was taking care of you back at the ward. How long did you have it?"

"About two years ago. I got it from training with Mr. Urokodaki. It was really great to have this enhanced sense as it helped me a lot on my missions with Tanjiro. Wanna hear about it?"

"Oh really? Do tell." She took a seat that's right behind her and listened attentively.

30 Minutes Later

"You had quite an adventure, BoBoiBoy." Yaya smiled. "And... can I ask you something?"

"Yeah." BoBoiBoy shifts his seat. "What is it?"

"Why did you spare a demon?"

It was a simple question that required a complicated answer.

"Because... Because..."

It didn't take her a moment to realize that he looked sad while asking him that. Surely to herself, there was a reason with him letting one demon go.

"It's because... she deserved another chance to live as a human and not as a demon."

Fortunately to BoBoiBoy that it was Yaya he's talking to. If someone were to interrogate him instead of her, he'd be already been violating the Corps' rules. He can entrust this to her because he know that she can't snake this to the others, especially to the Wind Hashira. That's the last thing he will deal with if that time ever comes in the future.

"BoBoiBoy..." Yaya leaned in closer.

"Hm?" He mirrored.

*SLAP*

A surge of pain washed over his left cheek that made a red mark. BoBoiBoy held it and hissed before looking at Yaya with her furious eyes staring back at his'.

"WHY?! WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THOSE THINGS?!"

"D-Doing what?" BoBoiBoy asked in confusion and was caught off-guard from her angry outburst.

"Like sparing a demon's life is the worst decision you had ever done! How long will you keep doing this act of mercy towards anyone that had bloodlust for humans, BoBoiBoy?! The same can be said for the bad guys you spared back in our world!"

"Y-Yaya, this one is different! Different than the rest of the demons I've encountered!" He tried to reason with her.

"She may have been faking her act, BoBoiBoy! I know this because demons do nothing but lie and deceive you to find a way to save her own skin! I can't believe you would do such a thing! Remember, this isn't our world anymore! This isn't a world where aliens aren't going around killing people just because you said they were our friends before. No, BoBoiBoy! This is reality!"

"Listen to me! I can tell if she's lying or not using my sense of hearing! And so far of what she is acting towards me and how she speaks is all nothing but her real self! And I'm well-aware of the fact that I gave Adu Du and Probe a chance before! It's for them to redeem their wrong ways! Listen, I tried!"

"I... I..." This time, she had nothing to rebuttal and gave up there.

"I know it was risky, but I know this was the right thing. Look at it this way, she had plenty of opportunities to kill me if she wanted to. Like when I hugged the demon, she could've killed me right then and there, but she didn't. Knowing that means she couldn't bring herself to do it. I seen some demons done it yet I know when to strike if they deceive me with anything."

"You say that like it's so easy to tame demons." Yaya said.

"H-Hey! There were some times that I would be careless of my own choices of what I'll do with a demon!" BoBoiBoy rehashed on his last statement. "They were really hard to convince, yes. But once I had my sense of hearing enhanced, I can tell that much to the demons who are either lying or telling the truth. If I didn't have it back then while I was training, I'd be in big trouble."

"O-Okay..." She said, not knowing what to say at this point. Silence echoed inside the clinic once again. It was deafening in growing seconds. Either they were lost in thought with each other or staring off into space.

"I'm sorry."

His attention shifted back to her. "Huh?"

"I hit you."

"Oh! That's alright!"

"No! It isn't! I got so... angry and... frustrated. I didn't know what I was thinking! I should've known better than to hit you like that on purpose!"

"It's fine, Yaya!" He half yelled. She stopped talking and sat frozen in her seat.

"I get it. I acted like it was right for me and you thought it was so stupid for me to do. I understand why you should be angry at me. But one thing is for sure, is that this is what I am. I'm not a senseless guy who puts everyone in danger. I just want people to live better lives. That's why I gave them a second chance."

He paused to get his thoughts in order or maybe he is just done talking. Yaya just stared at him. A feeling of anger and guilt strangled inside her. She wanted to scream at him more, to open up his eyes to know that this isn't the same reality they grew up to know.

But there is something about him that is holding back her urge. His kindness. The one attribute that carried in his person. How can she stay mad at him because of his ways of helping people? Of course, some of his ways were... forgiving but it's the most sensible.

"I should head back to my room now. I'm sorry if I ruined your day. And thanks for the check-up." He stood up and went to the door. He paused for a bit before turning the doorknob and left the clinic.

Yaya felt like she drilled a hole into herself. Her earlier action and words must have upset him. She felt a pang of regret in her heart and looked at the door of where he had gone out.

As BoBoiBoy walked back in his own room, he reflected back to what she had said. What if his mercy towards his spared person will come back and bite him one day? What if Eiko was actually putting an act to persuade him to release her from being killed? What if being kind towards someone will be his downfall? What if—

"Stop!" He banged his head on the wall. He hoped no one was around to hear him.

"You're just overthinking things, BoBoiBoy." He muttered to himself. Without another word, he headed back to his ward. Fortunately, night-time had already fell.

He went to his bed and the moment he laid his head on the pillow, he slept like a log.


Another delay like usual. Sorry for the long wait guys.

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