"I don't wanna do training!" Mitsuri protested.
"Well, I need some, I'm rusty!" Rengoku said with a laugh.
The flame pillar had finally returned from his extended medical leave.
"It wasn't a request, all the pillars are doing another round of training as per our master's instruction." Giyuu said plainly.
Tanjiro gulped as he looked at the others. He had just barely gotten better and now he was forced into some training.
"Well, I'm looking forward to it!" Shinobu said with a giggle as she watched her friends reaction.
Tanjiro had to get a (much different) blade for his training since his new one was still being forged, it was a temporary replacement.
"I don't see why you're complaining considering how many of those demons are lurking around lately." Sanemi interjected.
"Last time it was hell!" Mitsuri complained.
"Training?" Muichiro asked.
"Yes, with the appearance of many Upper ranked demons recently our master has concerns of our safety." Gyomei explained.
"And how should we go about this?" Tanjiro the least experienced pillar asked.
"Same as last time?" Sanemi guessed.
"No, we are to train in pairs with each other and swap partners every day for 18 days." Gyomei explained.
"18 days, swap every day, 10 hashira total." Shinobu did the math in her head.
"So we train with everyone else at least twice?" She asked.
"Correct." Gyomei answered.
Although he wasn't the strongest, Tanjiro was excited, this would be his first real task as a Hashira.
He would get to meet and train with the others.
He had only briefly seen them at the meeting a bit back so this was a good opportunity to get off on the right foot.
"Yes Kyojuro?"
The flame pillar had his hand up to ask a question.
"How do we know who our partner will be?"
A fair question in all honesty.
Giyuu nodded before pulling out a few sheets of paper.
"I was instructed to pass these out to everyone, these papers will have who you are training with in each day." He explained as he walked around and gave the others their papers, each carefully labeled to who it was to be given to.
"Tokito, Kanroji, Kamado, Kanae, Iguro." Sanemi mumbled to himself as he read his slip.
They listed from the first day to the last day of the training who to train with in order.
As Tanjiro read his slip he didn't recognize the name.
"Kanroji?" He asked aloud.
"Over here!" The pink haired woman shot her hand up and waved.
"Oh." He said as he walked over to her.
Iguro stared at the boy with an undecipherable expression.
"Can you read mine." Gyomei asked Kanae quietly.
"Kyojuro." She read him the first name.
"Thank you." He replied as he was handed back the paper.
Giyuu looked to his paper, he sighed as he read who it was.
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2nd Chances
FanfictionGiyuu lay dying on his 25th birthday recounting all the good times he spent with his friends before and after the final battle with the demon king and his servants. Yet, as he takes his last breaths and finally finds solace in the life he's lived, h...
