Lincoln arrived home luckily no one was there, because he looked like he went to hell and back. Exhausted wasn't near enough to describe him, his body was racked with fatigue and it looked as though he was about to collapse from whatever he had been through. Drained would be a more appropriate term to his condition but it barely scratched the surface of the endeavor he had been through.
Today was Sunday meaning training for the whole day. Unlike last time where he only did basic exercises today on the other hand was like bootcamp.
[Flashback]
Cut to field where Lincoln and Kyouka were gathering things for their training today. Range training was the first on curriculum while he learned the basics of using his tsukumogami, now was the time to put those basics to the test. They set up their targets a short distance from where they practice. They were all placed at random in varying distance and position, these weren't carboard cutouts or anything resembling a dummy rather just a bunch of random objects cobbled together to make it look like one.
With that settled all that's left to do is start the training.
"Ok, Lincoln let's start your training." she said, wiping some sweat from her brow
"Let's do this!" he said, as Kyouka transformed into her object form and he picked her up.
"High Pitch Impact!" exclaimed Lincoln as a shattering sound hit 2 of the dummies obliterating them instantly.
'He's really improving.' thought Kyouka
He repeated the same process over and over until the only ones left were those on the outskirts of the field. A smile crossed his face as he blew again, this time multiple concentrated bursts of energy shot out using the momentum of High Pitch Impact to propel themselves towards the remaining targets obliterating them completely.
"That was much better than my first attempt." Lincoln commented, remembering his first try only for it to backfire completely.
"This certainly shows the progress you made; you have excelled faster than I anticipated." Kyouka said. "Now, I will teach some of my more advanced techniques."
She taught him how to use Transparent Trembling where the user sends vibrations coursing through their body thus increasing their attacks, Eight Extreme High Pitch Impacts is her most powerful move which creates an extremely high pitch sound that generates a vibrating wave extending like an earthquake, and some of her utilitarian ones such as Silencing Performance, and Silence.
[End Flashback]
While not as harsh as Kiriha's methods. It was just as excruciating like any full day training. Through the repetitions he gained muscle memory, no longer suffering strain when running or kicking, and his muscles were developed correctly. His mind and body were now refined for the life of an exorcist.
He was flopped on his bed passed out from the rigorous training he had. Kyouka too was tired having exhausted all her spirit power during training, now she would need to recharge that. The only problem is that she has no idea how much of it is in Lincoln, or better yet how would he react to how it's done.
Lincoln woke up still sore from the training, but could walk fine. He took off his dirty clothes neatly folding them and put on a fresh pair. His stomach grumbled and Lincoln remembered that he hadn't brought food with him during training. So, he headed down to the kitchen while passed out the rest of his family arrived home including Lori who missed her Dad's cooking. The rest of his siblings went to their respective rooms while Lori talked to her parents about recent events in Fairway.
As his siblings were in their rooms doing something like Lisa with her experiments, Lucy writing her poems, Luna jamming, and so on. When dinner came Leni informed everyone to head down, she noticed that Lincoln didn't respond and went to go tell him. Just before she entered Kyouka hid under the bed to avoid being seen. Leni thought he was asleep and decided not to disturb him. Once the coast was clear Kyouka came out from under the bed and breathed a sigh of relief.
Lincoln arrived just in time for dinner to start.
'They must have just arrived' he thought, before joining the rest of the family.
Tonight, was special because Lynn Sr. made his world famous Lynnsagna.
"Lynnsagna's here!" he declared, carrying the tray of his namesake meal.
"Yeah!" They all cheered.
He each gave them a big slice, so that they don't fight over the portion size again. After giving Lincoln's share they, all started.
"Say Lincoln, I've noticed your body has changed. Have you been working out?" asked Lynn, curious of her brother's improved body and wanted to know where he trains.
"Yeah, I've been really hitting it." he said.
"Odd, you've never shown that much interest in sports let alone physical training." Lisa said adjusting her glasses.
"Anyway, what type of training do you do?" Lynn asked
"Its mixed."
"Dang, it takes real determination to pull that off." said Lynn as she slapped him hard on the back praising him for his efforts before finishing her meal.
Dinner went smoothly that night. Lori told them some juicy college gossip while the rest of them ate. Lucy said the poem she made the previous night, receiving positive remarks from her family saying that it was remarkable and down to earth she blushed from the praise.
Lincoln meanwhile was half done with his food he stood up pulled his chair and left with plate in hand.
"Hey why is Lincoln going up? He hasn't finished." Lori asked, wondering about her brother leaving the table with a half finished meal.
"Oh, he's saving it for later." said Leni
"Well, it wouldn't hurt to have it every now and again." Lori said before returning to her plate.
Once reaching his room he found Kyouka lying on his bed.
"Welcome back!" she greeted
"I'm back!" he returned
She diverted her attention to the new meal for her. After passing the plate to her she eyed it curiously before taking a bite and was delighted by its taste and texture.
"Mmm." she said. "What is this?"
"That's Lynnsagna."
"Lynnsagna? I haven't heard nor seen something like this before. It must be a delicacy here." she said
"It is sort of. It originated from Italy and has become staple in the world." he said
Kyouka continued eating, taking in every portion and enjoying while doing so. Finished she thanked for the meal and Lincoln took the plate to be cleaned by his parents. He headed down and gave it to them as they were busy cleaning the plates. After handing his plate to them he went back upstairs where he will have to endure another trial of living with a tsugumomo bathing.
He had to wait that out since his sisters have formed a line in front of the bathroom. After waiting a while, the window of opportunity came and he finally got in the bathroom. Hopping into the tub, he felt the water soothing his muscles along with Kyouka who was busy massaging him. Since his muscles were still sore from the training, she took the liberty of bathing him.
"Are you still stiff." she asked, while rubbing his shoulders
"No not anymore, though some areas are still sore." he replied
"Ok I'll massage those while you do-." she stopped when Lincoln turned around and squirted water into her eye.
"Hey! What was that fo-." her reply was greeted by a splash of water from Lincoln as he laughed at her predicament.
She spit some water out of her mouth and gave him a serious look. "Why did you that?" she asked.
"Enough with that serious attitude. Besides the look on your face when I splashed water on you." Lincoln laughed again only to be cut short by Kyouka dunking his head in the water.
"That's for hitting me with water." she said before turning on the shower blasting him with a torrent of water. "And that's for saying I can't unwind."
"I didn't say that." he said but was cut off another splash from her. He shot back with a smirk the two were engaged in a water fight.
The fight was cut short by a knock on the door.
"Lincoln is someone there with you?" Luna asked from the other side of the door.
"Quick, hide!" he said pushing Kyouka down in the tub.
She slightly opened the door enough for her head to stick out. Lincoln was pretending to rinse himself when Luna entered. "Hey Luna how's it going?" he said with a fake smile.
"Sorry to be bothering you little bro during your bath time. But I thought I heard the sound of a girl's voice was here with you." she asked suspiciously
"No. That was just me doing a girl's voice." he said sheepishly
"You're on if you think I'm beat." he said in a poor imitation of Kyouka's voice.
"Ok." Luna shrugged before leaving
"Whew." he said in relief before Kyouka resurfaced.
"That was close." she said
"Yeah, shall we continue." he said, which she obliged
After drying himself he changed into his orange pajamas slipped on to his bed, pulled the blanket, and turned off the lights drifting to sleep. This did not come to pass as Kyouka woke him up. "What is it?" he asked her
"Lincoln, I need you to bond with me." she said
"Didn't we already do that?"
"That was half of the recharge. I need you to fully restore me."
"What do you mean?" he asked in confusion.
"There's another way. I'll explain." she said
After 15 minutes of explaining Spiritual Intercourse
By the time she was finished Lincoln's entire face was now brighter than a red sun.
"We are not doing that." Lincoln protested
"Look I know your nervous." she said, trying to calm him down
"Nervous? You're telling me to do it with you!" he muttered
"You just need to pleasure me not go all the way. Beside the whole point of Spiritual Intercourse is to transfer spirit power between us." she said
"Besides this is the only way to restore my energy. If you don't then I'll turn back into a normal flute."
Lincoln pondered this one it went against all of his morals. Two she was from another world and this was the way it worked there. After much debate he obliged. Lincoln then stripped down until he was naked and Kyouka did the same. They both got on the bed with Kyouka on top of him. Lincoln first started with her chest then done to her other areas. Kyouka started from the top then made her way down. Both had to keep it down risk getting discovered. She was half full by the time Lincoln was back at square one. Kyouka had to teach him where to pleasure her and how.
While the two were busy bonding in the forest outside of Royal Woods a small tear appeared. Pouring out of it was a black fog and quickly just as it appeared it closed. This will be the greatest threat to this world and its up to Lincoln and Kyouka to contain it.
The scenes with Spiritual Intercourse I had to keep it under wraps otherwise I'd change the rating. Don't forget to review this is ScoutNout