Chapter 5: Blocking

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- 1 day later -

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- 1 day later -

Yuri was using her demon side to use hand to hand combat in attacking her trainees so they can practice their blocking. She was striking the trainee who was picked from the others so easily that she had to stop before he got too hurt.

The trainee was on his hands and knees trying to catch his breath. "The fact that you are out of breath yet I haven't used my strength to its full potential is alarming."

"What?! You've been going easy on me?!" The trainee panicked. Yuri placed her hands on her hips. "If you don't get this right by tomorrow, I'm going to have to retake Mr. Uzui's lesson from the very beginning." She glared with her demon slit eyes.

The trainee's face went pale. He didn't want to start all over. "I'll do better!" Yuri smirked. "Good, let's try this again." She was getting ready to train until she saw 3 new faces at her door. "Quick break." They all sighed with relief as she began making her way to the door to greet them.

Tanjiro was excited to meet Yuri. "I heard Miss Machida is new. I'm sure she could teach us things that we don't already know." Zenitsu was a bit nervous. "I heard she's part demon... What if she tries to kill us?!" He was sweating. Both Tanjiro and Zenitsu were going back and forth.

Inosuke was just staring. He sees her coming for them. He was seeing her walk slowly; like a dream. His heart raced once she got close. He saw stars and hearts. 'This...Hashira...is...'

Yuri smiled warmly at them. "Welcome to my training. You must be the new trainees. Tanjiro, correct?" Tanjiro was excited to meet her. "Yes! I am looking forward to learning from you, Miss Machida!"

Inosuke: '...is...'

"Such determination, I think you'll pass in no time." She turns to a nervous Zenitsu. "I take you to be Zenitsu. I heard great things about your skills. I am curious to see what you have to offer." Zenitsu was taken aback at how sweet she was. He nervously laughs. "As long as we don't get tortured, I'll be just fine."

Inosuke: '...is...'

Yuri giggles. "Well, if you can block an attack then you just got the basics of it. We will improve it further here." She turns to look at Inosuke. Her eyes widened by the boar's head. "I've heard of you. You're..Inosuke. Right?"

Inosuke: 'IS!'

Yuri was concerned with him wearing the mask. She couldn't see his face. "Um, I think we should first meet without this mask." She begins to remove it. Once his face appeared to her she smiled at him. "There. Now you can just show your handsome face while training."

Inosuke was blushing hard and was drooling a little. 'BEAUTIFUL!' Tanjiro wasn't expecting Inosuke to be so quiet. He chuckled nervously. "I think he's so focused on getting this training done, he hasn't said a word."

Zenitsu sees that face on Inosuke. He too thought Yuri was beautiful but his eyes were for Nezuko. He whispered to Tanjiro. "I think Inosuke likes her. Didn't know the guy had a type." Tanjiro blushed and was trying to shrug it off. "I'm sure he's just shy-"

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