Chapter 10 Sparring 2

[Senjuro POV]

I saw both the boys panting in front of me. I have been sparring with them or more like kicking their asses for 2 hour straight without even attacking them.

I just dodge and give them love tab from my wooded sword. I mean I was only was able to do that because the only person I am really fighting is tanjiro. Zenitsu did not use any breathing style or forms. He tried but its was just pathetic. I really need to beat some swordsmanship into him.

"Okay, I do have a base line understanding of your skills now. Now I want both of you to rest and think were you need to improve and till then I will make a training plan for both of you." I said and turn around walking away from them.

In two hours I was able to understand were both of the boys needs to improve.

Let start with Zenitsu. He is just dead wait if he don't get unconscious and this is the biggest problem right now. I need to give him at least the basic skills so he can protect himself.

I also needs to do something about his cowardice side. Not sure how I am going to do that but I do know that this kind of guys only actually show courage when they have something to prove or they are angry as hell.

So for the time being, I am going to teach him the basic breathing style and swordsmanship skills. And while I am doing that I will beat some courage into him. The most simple way is to make him get used to pain.

Our fears are imaginary and mostly are in our mind. I need to make his mind strong enough so he don't feel the fear. And the first step to do that is the make him familiar to pain.

Tanjiro on the other hand is a different story. The boy is pure and also got talent. The real problem is that his breathing style do not sit well with him his him. He is a child of fire not water. But Hino Kami Kagura is too much for him right now.

In anime he was able to combine both sun and water breathing. I could let him on that direction but first I need to talk to him about hino kami kagura and also needs to teach him total concentration constant.

Without total concentration constant there is no chance for him to combine the two breathing techniques.

And with that I started writing all the training I need them to do and after 30 minute called them.

"Okay listen you two. I am done with here and this are all the things which I want both of you to do." I said showing them a piece of paper in my hand.

Giving them both their respected piece of paper I told them I want you both to start this training in the way I describe in the paper.

"And do that fast. We don't have a lot of time so start doing it." I said and once again turn back without saying anymore.

And for the next 4 days, I assist them and train them until they almost drop dead and can't go on any more.

For Zenitsu, I give him 2 simple task. Intense physical exercise, specially lower body with him breathing in his thunder breathing style and also teach him how to dodge.

I wanted him to feel pain, so the only think he fear is training and when given a choice between fighting a demon and training, he chooses demon slaying. He should have a mindset that the training is more dangerous than fighting a demon for his life.

And for that I for 4 days straight, constantly beat him with a wooden sword. At first I was pretty much giving him love tabs. But when you constantly get hit by a wooded sword which feels like honey bee stink. No matter how strong you are, people will get irritated.

My only logic was that if you learn how to dodge then demon won't catch you and thus you will stay alive.

But the intensity of the training with pain mind you increase as you got better at avoiding my hits.

As time pass my strikes was getting heavy and the speed of the attack was increasing. I give him a face mass which block his normal breathing and he could only fully take a breath if he is using a breathing technique which was teach him how to do total concentration constant in a fight.

I did not teach him any swordsmanship though because that's something which will take time. And making sure that he know how to dodge when a demon attack him.

By the ending of each day he did not even had enough energy to run away.

By the time I am done with him if he do not turn into a masochist then my boy will be going ultra instincts against demons.

Not the attacking half but at least the dodging half which is totally fine. He will attack when he fall conscious anyways.

That also a think which I wants to teach him. To switch between his conscious and unconscious half depending on the situation.

But that going to take time and mare 15 days of training, between which I have to handle inosuke when he will arrive and travelling the the free inn, is not possible.

By the end of the 4th day he was already doing some amazing dodging and when he fell unconscious because of the pain or some attacks which I intentionally attack him to make him unconscious.

I was able to see his real battle strength. And I can say that all those intense physically training really improve his attack speed and power.

That was also the only time which I needed to use breathing style and chakra to avoid his thunder clap and flash. Its amazing see how he can understand me even when he is not conscious.

He even use thunder clap and flash once to run away from me. That was also was the only time in which I used a breathing form against the boy to catch him and bring him back.

Tanjiro on the other hand was different. He had motivation to train so I did not have to beat the reason into him.

For him, my training was totally focus on his breathing and tempering his body so he can use sun breathing.

I gave him the same face mask which I gave to Zenitsu. And let me tell you this mask works like wonders.

I personally make those mask for my own training. After understanding the general working of the breathing styles I understand that breathing style require strong lungs and breathing control. This mask help us to build exactly that.

I ask Tanjiro to practice total concentration constant and gave him a intense full body workout in which we was needed to wear the special mask and keep total concentration constant the entire time time unlike Zenitsu.

In fact in Tanjiro case he was not suppose to take out the mask at all. Not even when he is sleeping.

He was quickly able to learn total concentration constant. Not enough that he can do it all day but enough to do it through out a fight.

On the 5th day I finally give those two a little rest only because inosuke finally arrived.

This also give me a understanding about the timeline of the story.

I now know that I can start moving towards the inn with this three newbies.

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[Inosuke POV]

as come to the Drum Demon Layer, saw three kids doing training. More like 2 were doing training and 1 was beating them really hard specially that other blond kid.

I really wanted to fight with them. I could say that there are demon slayer by the breathing style there are using.

And if they are here that's means they already took care of the demon.

As I make my way toward them when I saw the blond kid who seems to training them look at me and then look away like he did not saw me coming at all. Like I do not exist at all.

That made me mad. I am going to fight that one first.

I quickly move toward him and ask. "hey you, you are demon slayer right".

I ask with a loud and rude tone but he only response with a simple "yes" without even looking at me.

"hey did you not listen to me. Did you kill the demon in this house already." I said with even louder voice.

"yes what about it" he finally said turning back.

I did not say anything more and after saying silent for few seconds. Then I shout out loud.

"fight me " and then without saying any thing more I jump onto him.

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