HLPRP part 10
Plan a failed. Tomoki lied to sohara when he said they would now begin to focus on unlocking sohara's powers , when in fact that's what he was trying to do all along. the orders for ikaros to attack sohara with her abilities, and the hand to hand combat training she just finished with astrea ,were all planned by tomoki to see if sohara would be able to bring out her powers when in a pinch. It didn't work, so now the only thing left to try was the less harmful way: meditation.
''ok sohara this is it'' tomoki said.
''you sure you're ready to go? Tomoki asked concerned.
''yeah I'm fine'' sohara said.
''you said it yourself tomo we don't have much time'' sohara said.
Tomoki nodded and turned to ikaros.
''hey ikaros do me a favor and give me some really good earplugs for sohara? Tomoki requested.
''yes master'' ikaros said.
Upon tomoki's behest , ikaros pulled out one of her transport cards and summoned what looked like a very high quality pair of earplugs. Tomoki took the earplugs from ikaros and turned back to sohara.
''here you go , these should block out all the noise'' tomoki said.
''wow tomoki your really thinking this through'' sohara said.
''thanks'' sohara continued as she put the earphones on and went off on her own.
Now tomoki's attention turned to chaos, the only one of the angeloids who had yet to undergo any training since it began.
''alright chaos your up next! Tomoki said.
''ok!'' a cheerful chaos said.
''hyori would you mind sparring with chaos for a while? Tomoki asked.
''sure'' hyori said.
''thanks'' tomoki
Chaos transformed into her adult form and the sparring match with hyori began. Tomoki and the others watched the two match each other blow for blow. Meanwhile sohara tried to focus on meditating as a way to get a grip on her powers. Despite the earplugs and a determination to complete the last phase of her training, sohara for some reason would lose focus every time she tried to concentrate. Tomoki saw his best friend struggling and went to check up on her. He gave a signal to hyori and chaos to stop sparring for a moment before gently taking out one of sohara's earplugs.
''hey you ok sohara? He asked.
Sohara stayed silent for a few seconds before saying ''tomoki I don't think I can do this!
''you can'' tomoki said
''but tomo I've lost track of how many times I've come up short with this now'' sohara said.
''I don't care!'' tomoki said firmly while resting his hands on sohara's shoulders.
''you have got to give it another shot sohara I know you can do this! Tomoki continued.
''c'mon we need you'' tomoki said.
Sohara contemplated giving up but ultimately decided to give it one more go. Tomoki put the earplug back in and sohara said ''thanks tomo'' before starting up again. With her focus now greatly intensified , sohara put everything she had into this last attempt at trying to take command of her power.
''I have to do this, everyone is counting on me!'' sohara thought.
As memories of her friends spun in her mind , a green aura appeared around sohara.
''tomoki , astrea , nymph , sugata , ikaros all of them , they need my help! ''sohara thought as the aura around her manifested itself into her angeloid suit.
The angeloid clothing sohara was wearing upgraded itself to a full-fledged combat attire. She felt the free will that came with owning her abilities. But just feeling it wasn't good enough, now the time had come to test her dominance.