A Cook, A Doctor, A Ghost and A Ronin.

Way of Bullshitting

Meanwhile

Zoro is headed straight for his personal training grounds in the bamboo forest not too far from the mansion they were all staying. He wanted to furthermore train his proficiency in using Enma even further. There's still a lot of things he wanted to achieve. He need to keep on becoming stronger and stronger, for the sake of his dream of becoming the strongest.

He knew that he cannot solely focus on Haki after discovering something that would be a tremendous advantage to him. And that is Sun Breathing, the strongest Breathing Technique and the origin of all Breathing Technique that Zoro accidentally learned when he catch a cold.

He agreed to take Tanjiro under his wing since the boy was so eager to train with him again. It's a plus for him since he could train using the Sun Breathing as well. Finally, he arrived at his favorite training grounds, the bamboo forest that's untouched by anyone but him so far. He's going to train Tanjiro right here.

*Rustle*

Why can't I just be left alone, huh? Zoro thought to himself. On the road earlier, he could tell that someone is following him from behind. From the next bush to the next bush. He's already far beyond annoyed by the antics that Daki had caused in the morning earlier. Sometimes he wonder why is trouble always seems to caught up to him. It's not like he did anything wrong either. He's a good person, through and through.

"Alright, come out. I can tell that you're here." Zoro demands the one who's been following him for the last few minutes to finally reveals their identity. Zoro didn't detect any animosity nor hostility, so he knew that however they are, he's not here to fight. But Zoro still could tell that this is going to be a pain in the fucking ass.

*Rustle*

"Ah! You got me!" Muichiro shot up from the bushes with a smile, he knew that sooner or later Zoro would have caught him in the act sneaking around. Zoro is stunned. If it's Tanjiro or the other two, he would have expect this kind of behavior, but not Muichiro.

"Muichiro?" Zoro raised his eyebrows.

For the first time, Zoro is dumbfounded by Muichiro's smile. The Mist Hashira smiled brightly which made Zoro uncomfortable. The boy is usually cold and indifferent to anyone. So why did he act like this? It's making me uncomfortable. He's creepy. Zoro thought.

"Did you eat something wrong today?" Zoro asked. Muichiro probably eat something wrong, maybe some of Law's experimental medicines or something. No way in hell that the boy would be so bright and cheerful like a normal kid. 

Ever since the day Zoro saved Muichiro, the boy acts quite different when talking to him. Often smiling brightly. It is probably due to the stuff that Zoro has said to him earlier before. Unlike when he treated other with cold tone and deadly gaze. As much as he's a Hashira, he's still a little kid. Which can act childish at times like having a favorite person and such.

"Nope!" Muichiro answered with a smile. Which made Zoro retorted back. He didn't know what's going on today. He's getting a streak of bad luck from the moment he woke up to day. Firstly he had a thing with Daki and now, Muichiro? Why God? Why would you put me through such trials?

"So.... Why did you follow me?" Zoro wants to knew why Muichiro have been following him all the way here. He demanded an answer from the young boy.

"I've decided!" Muichiro jumped out of the bushes, declaring that he had decided on one thing.

"Decided on what?" Zoro inquiries more.

"I wanted you to teach me the ways of bullshitting!" Zoro was taken aback by the answer. Muichiro wanted Zoro to teach him how to talk shit towards somebody. He was inspired by Zoro after the Swordsmith Village incident.

"I wanted to learn on how to be as foul mouthed, shit talking, piece of irredeemable scumbag like you!" Zoro was stabbed by those words. Is that how the Mist Hashira viewed him all this time? He didn't know whether should he took that as compliment or an insult from the Mist Hashira.

"Weren't you supposed to be training the weaklings? Why were you here? Others won't be pleased if they find about this you know?" Zoro knew that Muichiro is responsible on teaching the weaklings for the Hashira training.

"Uhm....I gave them a recess for a bit! Since they're too weak to stand against me anyway, I gave them a chance to train among themselves!" Muichiro gave him his excuse, which sounds pretty reasonable.

*Tap!*

*Tap!*

*Tap!*

"Zoro-san! I'm here!" Tanjiro arrived. He is gasping for air. It seems that he sprinted his way here. Tanjiro noticed the Mist Hashira that's talking with Zoro. He smiled seeing the Mist Hashira is looking cheerful. 

"Ah, you're earlier than I expected." Zoro praised Tanjiro for being earlier than he expected. Tanjiro had learned from his mistakes. He won't repeat the same mistake that he did with Law. Who knows what kind of punishment awaits him if he's late.

"Tanjiro-kun, how are your injuries?" Muichiro asked how Tanjiro is currently doing. Currently, the only two people he treats nicely is Zoro and Tanjiro who opened his eyes.

"Ah! I'm fully recovered. Thanks for asking!" Tanjiro stretch his body, preparing for the rigorous training that Zoro would put him through.

"Say, what are you doing here?" Tanjiro finds it peculiar that Muichiro is here. He should be aiding others in Hashira Training and not in this training grounds.

"I want him to teach him the way of bullshi-

"Oomph!" Muichiro's mouth is covered by Zoro.

"He just wants to join us in training. I didn't see any problem with it." Zoro said. His hand is shutting Muichiro's mouth. Muichiro did request him to teach him how to insult someone. But right now's not the right time.

"Does that mean you agree?" Muichiro put Zoro's hands aside. He is ecstatic that Zoro agreed to teach him how to be foul-mouthed as he is.

"Huh, what choice do I have? I'll train both of you in a different ways." Zoro gave up. It's not like this kid would take no for an answer.