Demon Slayer : The Silent Journey

[Seiji's POV]

(1 month later)

"Come on~ Literally what else can you do?" I asked as I followed behind the Wind Hashira as he angrily walked along the dirt road.

"Anything other than what you want me to do!!" he seethed by himself as he took huge, forceful steps which were a contrast to all the elegant and probably soundless steps that other Hashrias usually take.

"Why wouldn't you just teach me? You have no excuse, lil bro."

"How about this, it's because you're not worthy all right, How about that?" He said, "And don't call me lil bro!! "

"Trust me, that doesn't sound as cool as it sounds in your head. You lost to me, remember?" I said and I could see him visibly vibrate as he marched forward, faster.

"Speaking of which, don't you remember the bet we made before our fight? The loser does whatever the winner says." I said and he paused.

Then turned towards me, "Don't fucking try to gaslight me, you little twerp!!"

I sighed and whispered to myself, "...if you're already this dumb, why aren't you just dumb all the way?"

"I fucking heard that!! Ahragahitttahhh!!!" he stomped his feet three times before turning back and walking towards our destination again with quick steps.

He couldn't do anything. Because right now, under the order of Lord Ubuyashiki, we were companions on the same mission.

I did not know if it was luck or if it was the meticulous plan of some higher being but I was paired with Sanemi just when I needed. I had gotten extremely good at using all of the other breathing styles I knew except Wind Breathing so I wanted to improve on that.

I had copied Wind Breathing from Sanemi during our fight but those were only two forms - the first form and the fourth form - along with the conceptual pattern of Wind Breathing and constant breathing.

But there were still more than half that I needed to learn.

It has been nearly a day since we met up but I still could not convince him to teach me Wind Breathing. We were on a mission so I didn't expect him to slow down just to teach me but he could talk about the concept and show me the different forms now and then and it would be enough for me.

Then we would use the demons we encountered as training dummies and I would learn the breathing style in no time. At least that's how I learned from Giyu.

But no, Sanemi refused to even entertain the idea.

I would convince him eventually though.

We continued our journey to the first destination of our mission and we reached it the next morning, around three hours away from sunrise.

Our destination this whole time was the location of groups of demons found by one of the lower ranks.

We cleared the hideout of demons during the three hours before sunrise but unfortunately, we were unable to slay all of them as some successfully escaped us.

After that, we ate and rested the entire morning before we continued our journey at late noon.

The mission we were assigned was a long-lasting one. It was basically to clear all of the demon hideouts that had been located so far, both by the scouts and by the lower ranks.

The mission was assigned to us because we were both known for our ability to complete missions quickly and this particular mission needed to be completed as quickly as possible to avoid more deaths.

Also, it was because Sanemi knew Wind Breathing which was incredible against groups of demons and so did I, at least I was decent in Wind Breathing.

The mission was expected to last for a few weeks at least if not a month.

"You have to teach me Wind Breathing. It is vital for our mission and it will allow us to slay all of the demons next time. This is no time to feed your ego, if I learn it, it will only be the benefit of the Demon Slayer Corps as a whole." I said, still following behind him because he refused to walk side by side with me.

I think he considered walking side by side to be a show of kinship and equality, you know 'We are walk together, shoulder to shoulder' kind of thing.

So far, he was only letting me walk behind him.

"You are deaf so you never heard your own voice but let me tell you, your voice is annoying as hell!! So stop talking before you piss me off!!" I saw him say by looking at the contraction of his throat.

Well, he looks pretty pissed off already. So I refuse to stop.

"Come on, put away your pride and I will put away mine." I said and paused a short while before saying again.

"Please, teach me."

"....."

"....."

And....he walked off.

Honestly, how troublesome.

"Just to let you know, I can also teach you a lot about swordsmanship because currently, your skills are shit." I said. His skills were shittier than even the weakest Hashira because most of his demon-slaying life, he used different means to slay demons.

I think I've read somewhere that Sanemi was slaying demons since before he even knew about the nichirin blades of the Demon Slayer Corps. He would use a variety of weapons and traps to slay them.

"I don't need to learn anything from you." was his cold reply.

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In the end, I never was able to convince Sanemi to teach me.....at least that's what he wanted me to think to save his own stupid pride.

But in reality, I convinced him!! He never verbally accepted but that same night, he lured demons towards us using his blood and he slew every demon that appeared with breathing forms, regardless of how weak they were.

Normally, it would only take a simple slash to kill them but he used his breathing forms to slay them. And not just one form either but multiple forms of the Wind Breathing.

He never accepted it but I could see that he was giving me the chance to copy him. He knew I could copy him since I used the forms I knew to clear the first hideout last time.

So in the end, Sanemi became my teacher without ever becoming my teacher.

Honestly, what a fucking tsundere.

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(1 month later)

A month was more than enough for me to fully learn Wind Breathing. There were lots of demons to practice on and I used mostly Wind Breathing during our mission.

I think I managed to form a unique bond with Sanemi during this time.

"Oh fucking finally! The mission finally ends!! That means no more sassy weird-eyed boy following me around like a shadow!" Eh, maybe not.

Sanemi cheered as we walked away from the demon hideout. It was the last of our mission. It took us a month since more locations were discovered during the mission but we finally destroyed every known hideout.

"I'll miss you too buddy."

"Deaf boy, that's not what I said," he said while glaring at me.

We were walking side by side.

You may already notice but he was a lot tamer than a month ago. Our relationship grew in a weird way I never expected. I didn't know if we could be called friends or not but...

"I think he loves me now."

"Don't make me kill you right at the end." he said, his glare intensified.

Oops, but not really. I meant to say that out loud.

Well, maybe he was yet to fall in love with me but at least he was tolerating me now. I think that's the most you could get from a tsundere like Sanemi.

"Let's go get some spicy ramen to celebrate." I said, knowing full well Sanemi could not do spice at all. He may be hot-headed but he had weakness to hot food.

"I'm not hungry." he said, refusing to admit that he couldn't do spicy food.

"You mean, you can't eat spicy food?"

"That's not what I said!! How do you keep mishearing what I said when you are deaf!!" He yelled.

"Oh, don't worry. Then let's go get red bean mochi and other sweet foods. I don't like it but you can eat all of them like a little girl." I said.

Interesting fact, Sanemi has a sweet tooth and his favourite food was red bean mochi. He also liked ohagi (rice ball with red bean paste) and other sweet food.

But such was the pride of the Wind Hashria that just because I compared liking sweet food to being a little girl, he would never eat them in my presence

"Fine!! Let's go get spicy ramen." he said and walked forward to lead the way, trying to act enthusiastic and pretend that he was not weak against spice.

Heh, I'm cruel, aren't I?

Well, I never claimed to be perfect. Seeing him force-eating spicy food was such an entertaining sight that I couldn't miss it in this world with limited entertainment.

Hmm, to be nice. I will grab a few red bean-paste rice balls for him.

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In a blink of an eye, two months passed,

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Author : This chapter is a two-month time skip. That means 1 year and 4 months worth of Timskip still remains.