"What do you mean we aren't going after them right away?" Zenitsu said.
"Zenitsu we can't do that." Rei said. "I told you it's a trap. I know we have to go but we need to train. You don't know how to use your bending here and we don't know how to fight with you."
Zenitsu reluctantly agreed to her terms.
"Let's get this training started!" Inosuke said.
Tanjiro lead Mana out to the field next to a well. He tried to use his Water Breathing but, as he suspected, it didnt work in this world.
"No no that's all wrong." Mana said. "You have to work with the water around you. The water in the air. Watch this."
Mana blew on her hand and ice blew across the field. The ice blew towards Tanjiro and he cried out and threw up his sword, and the ice stopped in midair. He twirled his sword and the ice melted and then evaporated.
"How do I bring it from the air?" Tanjiro said, trying to blow on his hand, but nothing happened.
"Look out!" Inosuke said, his sword flying at Tanjiro's head.
Mana held up her hands and the sword froze in midair. "Whoa!"
Xxx
"In order to call on the elements you have to See them." Ava said.
"What do you mean A-ya?" Inosuke said.
Ava pouted. "Its Ava. As a beast you can see the spirits within nature. The spirits of the elements. Gnomes rule over the Earth. Sylphs over the Air. Undies over the Water. Salamanders over the Fire. These spirits dwell directly in the elements. In order to control the elements again in our world you must befriend these spirits."
She took him to a wooded enclosure where the spirits communed.
"I...think I see them!" Inosuke said.
"Good. Let's get started." Ava said.
Xxx
"How do I make portals?" Tanjiro said.
"It says you must control the blaze within." Kuri said reading from the Grimoire.
"I can control my inner fire!" Tanjiro said angrily.
"So prove it." Kuri challenged. "None of the others have been able to use their bending. Firestarters here have to concentrate hard to burn things. It all comes from the mind. Right here." Kuri touched his temples. "Put your hands here, concentrate, and burn the trash in the can."
Tanjiro put his fingers on his temples and gripped his head as a splitting headache hit him. When he opened his eyes the trash was on fire.
Kuri clapped her hands. "Good job! You've got the firebug!"