Weird Training

Kanae led them to a room that looked like a dojo, with a small table in the middle of the room and on top of that were several cups of bamboo sticks filled with green liquid. In that room there were also Shinobu and Kanao who just watched silently.

Levi and Yuki found this a strange thing because they thought they would train their bodies by exercise and fighting each other. So Levi couldn't help but ask while pointing his finger toward the cups. "What is this?"

Kanae just smiled and said "Before we began the real training, I want to to test you out with reflect training and full body workout."

Levi and Yuki just looked at her in confusion so Yuki then ask. "But what does that have to do with the cups?"

When she practices with Levi and the others nothing involves cups instead they all will attack pick someone from their groub and the one who being attacked will tries to avoid it.

Kanae just smiled warmly and explained to them. "There is a medicine created by Shinobu in that teacup. You and I will compete for the cup containing the medicine." She then walked to one side of the table and sat down as she continued to explain.

"The rule is If your opponent holds your cup before you can lift it you can't lift their cup." Levi and Yuki just listening silently toward Kanae explanation, thought they still quite confused with this training. Feeling they would never know if they didn't try it first, they then followed Kanae's footsteps and sat across from her.

"Since it's the first time for both of you so I'll let you guys try to attack me for 10 times and I'll just defend."

Right after Kanae's words ended, Levi and Yuki then quickly grab the cup but before they could lift it there was a hand on the cup preventing them from lifting it any further.

Levi and Yuki didn't mind that Kanae would give them convenience, they knew that as Hashira, in other words, was the strongest human warrior against demons, with such a high rank, she couldn't be weak by any chance .

' 'Very fast!!' ' Levi and Yuki screamed in their minds, shocked with Kanae's hands that suddenly blocking their cups.

They were expecting her to be a strong, but but this is beyond even their senses at the moment. Levi and Yuki then looked at each other and nodded, they already knew what each other was thinking so no words needed to explain their thoughts.

They then started to using both their hands to trouble Kanae for prevent her from blocking their cup. But even so they couldn't trouble her one bit with that, Kanae instead looked calm like she wasn't even trying.

Then as their 10th try ended, Kanae started her stunt by holding the two cups so fast that they couldn't even see her movement and threw the contents to their faces.

Levi's and Yuki's faces contorted when they tasted the medicine that was there until they cried out while sticking out their tongues "This medicine is so bitter!!"

"I'm sorry! I didn't know it would taste so bitter." Kanae said in with an apologetic smile, she then turned her gaze to Shinobu "Why do you make it taste bitter?" She asked her sister with a pout.

Shinobu looked proud at the medice she creates, it can be seen by the way she puffed her chest up as she explains to her sister "it will make them train harder if there is a consequence when they lose."

Even though she didn't like Levi and Yuki yesterday because she thought it would be dangerous for normal people to get involved with demons, but since Kanae had already decided to train them she wouldn't be half-hearted in helping her sister train them either.

Hearing her sister reason, Kanae put a finger at her chin and thinking for a bit, after that she then nodded. "You're right motivation is required when training"

Levi just looked at Kanae with deadpan for just agreeing like that and while thought in his mind. 'Really? because the motivation is taste like a sh*t'

They continued their training for three hours, until Levi and Yuki breath become ragged while Kanae just having little sweat on her face despite against two of them for that long.

Kanae then putting her palms together and placing them on her cheeks. "We will rest for now, it's time for breakfast, after that we will continue with body work out by with you guys chasing me around until you can grab me"

Levi and Yuki just nodded tiredly by her words and followed her when she was leaving the room.

***

"Keep trying to catch me!" Kanae try to cheer up Levi and Yuki while she dodge them around the room.

After they eat theit breakfast, Kanae let them rest for 30 minutes, after that she brought them back to the room where they practiced earlier. Kanae then told them to try to catch her while she dodged.

Although Levi and Yuki not slow by human standard, but against Kanae they will never get a chance to win. When they were about to touch Kanae, she then dodged them with the smallest movement that made it seem like she was dancing.

The chase lasted for about 2 hours and Levi and Yuki were starting to run out of breath and ready to pass out at any moment, meanwhile Kanae wasn't affected at all even her breathing was calm and steady.

Seeing that even Kanae didn't lose her breath, Levi couldn't help but ask her "How do you keep your breath calm even when you move for hours?"

Kanae just chuckled slightly while covering her mouth with her hand "Fufu~ What I do now is control my breath, Demon Slayer corps name it [Breathing Style], this swordsmanship styles practiced and taught by members of the Demon Slayer Corps. the user of Breathing Style inhales the maximum amount of oxygen within a specific breath pattern to raise their physical and mental prowess to their utmost limits"

She then countiued explaining to them. "All known Breathing Style currently thought with it the Demon Slayer are drived from [Sun Breathing]. The majority of known Breathing Style mimic a certain elemen of nature like ; Water, Flame, Wind"

Levi and Yuki listened to her in awe, they just found out that just a certain breathing makes someone get stronger.

Yuki then ask exitedly, she seems to have forgotten about all the fatigue she was going through earlier. "How about your Breathing Style? As a Hashira I'm sure you have mastered your own Breathing Style, can we see it?"

(A/N : Sorry for the delay, I was busy with school and last thursday i just got sick... I just hope this is not a covid~)