To Rewrite the Stars of Fate 【ᵏⁱᵐᵉᵗˢᵘ ⁿᵒ ʸᵃⁱᵇᵃ】

Chapter 17

" Mask "

"Man..for the past five days, we've really been losing hard to Kanao.."

It was early in the morning and Zenitsu was the first to say something.

"Uh huh..I don't wanna go anymore, I hate it." Inosuke replied and hid under his blanket.

"Eh? But I don't think that's okay.." Tanjirou was the only sensible one left.

Zenitsu lazily sat up, "I mean, come on, there's just no hope left for us. Five days straight? No way. You can go if you want but I'm seriously not going." Inosuke huffed and agreed with him.

Knowing that he couldn't possibly persuade the two of his friends, Tanjirou decided to just go to rehabilitation training alone. Maybe they would come tomorrow, was what he kept thinking.

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"What?! You're the only one, seriously?!"

Aoi was fuming with anger after seeing that Tanjirou was the only one who showed up. "Ugh! I can't believe those two!"

Tanjirou felt small under her strict glare. "Maybe they will come tomorrow..Maybe.. " Aoi scoffed at the reply.

"Hmph! There's no need to bother with them any longer! If you don't wanna come, you don't have to either!"

He was speechless. She was pretty harsh with her words. Nevertheless, his hard-working spirit would not cease, "I'll continue! And once I'm done, I'll teach them how to win!"

Sadly, just because you're a hardworking person, it doesn't mean you'll succeed. In the end, Tanjirou kept losing for five days straight. Though he was still doing his very best, his spirit was really getting discouraged.

"It's not like we didn't join at the same time..But, how is Kanao so much stronger than me..?"

Tanjirou thought hard to himself? What made her so different from him? Her scent was close to that of a Hashira. And there was something about her eyes that seemed different, they looked unique. Then, a thought invaded his mind.

Did Y/N ever win against her? Now that he thought about it, him and the others never saw her play the "Drinking game" or the full body tag. What about her scent. He tried to remember but couldn't, he never noticed if it was close to a Hashira or not.

"Tanjirou!"

Someone called out to him, making him jolt up in surprise. It was the three girls. One of them handed him a towel. It was a girl with short hair and a pink wrap tied around her waist. As she did this, the other two backed away a little. The one with twin tails and a blue wrap said, "I'm not gonna be the one to go first to anyone anymore okay.."

"W-wait..why not Sumi?" The one with braids and green wrap asked.

"You know why Naho! For now let's have Kiyo handle this."

"Here's a towel.." The short haired girl, Kiyo, said.

Tanjirou just noticed that he was soaked in medicine water after everything that happened. He smiled and thanked the goodwill of the girls.

"How kind! Thanks!"

Seeing that his spirits were lifted, the three girls also smiled.