Rose woke up in her bed. The week of learning how to serve Lady Aphrodite was over. Now, it was time for her to train with Cupid as her personal mentor. It turned out that Cupid was her right-hand angel, who could pretty much do everything, ranging from fighting to spreading love. He could fly fast, was always there. The only thing he wasn't good at was cooking.

Rose sighed and walked into the bathroom in her room. After showering, brushing her teeth, dressing, and flexing her golden wings, she stepped out and brushed her hair. It still glowed, especially after the shower. Rose thought for a moment. Something was missing... Her hair never listened to her that well... Oh! That's right! Her laurel crown! Rose walked back into the bathroom and picked up her pink laurel. She couldn't forget this.

She wrapped it around her head neatly, letting little bits of her hair cover it. She admired herself in the heart-shaped mirror for a bit before opening her door and flying out.

She met with Cupid in the weaponry storage.

"Alright, Rose," Cupid began, holding up a golden bow with heart patterns on it. "This is your weapon," he said. "The Angel Bow."

Rose walked up to Cupid and took the Angel Bow from him. It seemed to fit well into her hand, and considering the theme of Lady Aphrodite's temple and role, it seemed to fit nicely to Rose as well.

"The Angel Bow is a weak weapon, not very good when fighting real enemies. But it has an excellent homing system. It'll help you aim much better, and if you're able to rapid-fire, you'll be able to pull off quite a bit of damage to your opponents, though the shots are slow and easy to dodge," Cupid explained. he held up his staff. "Mine is an Ancient Staff. It slows me down when I fight, unless I learn how to swing at my opponents with it. My charged shots hang in midair and can paralyze my opponents. Notice something about the differences between our weapons?"

Rose lifted the Angel Bow a little bit higher, comparing its gold sheen to her wings. It was identical. "The bow seems to be weaker, but I can home better with it... On the other hand, your staff is more powerful, better for defense, but heavy, and it limits movement," she mused.

"Exactly. So you're gonna have to keep that in mind whenever you pick a weapon. For now, you have an Angel Bow to make things a lot easier for you. But later on, we'll give you something a lot easier to work with when fighting an actual opponent. Now, even though the Angel Bow has a homing system, that doesn't mean that you should slack in accuracy." Cupid gestured for some Echidna girls to bring a dummy shaped like an enemy from the Underworld Army, something Rose recognized as a Monoeye, identical to the one that first attacked her and paralyzed her wing.

"You'll have to shoot this bad boy with that bow of yours. It's gonna home, but the straighter the shot you have with it, the better. If you have some kind of curve, that won't do when you're fighting an actual enemy," Cupid told her. He got out his signature bow. It looked similar to the Angel Bow, but smaller, and a little more complicated. "Now watch me," he told her. He raised the bow and pulled his fingers back even though there was no apparent string visible on it. A golden string appeared out of nowhere in between Cupid's fingers, surprising Rose, but not surprising her more than the gold and red heart-shaped arrow that appeared as well, the sharp tip of the heart facing the dummy. In a second, the string disappeared, Cupid let go of the arrow, and in a second, the arrow pierced the dummy quickly. A single, perfectly straight streak of light was left in its wake. Rose followed the arrow with her eyes.

"Whoa..." she muttered. "How cool!"

Cupid nodded. "It's not just cool, but powerful. However, this bow has a downside. It's not that great at homing, which means I have to use my own accuracy, and as fast as it shoots, it's difficult to work with if you're a beginner," he explained.

Rose's eyes widened. "B-but it was a straight shot... T-that was all your own accuracy?!"

Cupid nodded again. "Yes. It's important to use weapons with weaknesses like these that you actually can control, in order for it to be easier to use more difficult weapons. For instance, some of our Echidna Warriors drag around clubs all day, sparring with them, in order to build their upper-body muscles so that it'll be much easier to use them in actual battle, or so that you'll have better and faster reflexes with your actual weapon of choice."

Rose nodded in understanding.

"You ready to try and shoot the dummy yourself?" Cupid asked.

She nodded again.

"Good. Follow my lead," he said, taking a proper shooting stance. Rose copied it as perfectly as she knew how, even the wings flexing upwards. He drew back the invisible string on his bow, and so did Rose, the golden line appearing in between Rose's fingers. An arrow similar to Cupid's appeared on her bow, made of pure magic and energy.

"Now..." Cupid said, taking aim. "Fire!"

Both released their arrows at once. Rose noticed that her arrow was much slower, though not so slow to the point that she could've dodged it in her current state, than Cupid's. She had also aimed quite high, which made the arrow curve downward and hit the dummy straight in the center.

"Aw..." she muttered. "I aimed too high..."

Cupid flew to her height and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry," he said. "You'll get the hang of it!"

The rest of the day was spent with Rose shooting at the dummies, Cupid giving her tips, and occasionally shooting at them himself as well. Eventually, the day grew dark and Cupid excused Rose for the day.

"Alright, I think that's enough training for right now," Cupid told Rose. "Eat and sleep well, because tomorrow, you're getting up early."

Rose nodded. "Yes, Cupid. Thank you."

Cupid grinned his childish smile and waved her off. Rose flew back to her own bedroom and flopped onto her bed.

She wondered how Pit had handled those monsters a week ago...

(Sorry this chapter is so short. The relationship will go slowly for now. I'm going to gradually build up momentum before Rose and Pit kinda... well, fall in love. So don't ask why it's taking too long... please. Thank you! Sylvia out!)