Justice stood in the middle of a forest clearing. Today was the day he would be evaluating the progress of his students after only a week of basic chakra exercises. Though he knew they were beyond just the basics. He had been observing each of them in his free time during the week. It was safe to say they were ready for more of the advanced lessons. He looked around noting his surroundings. The clearing was rather large and surrounded by a thick forest. There was also a rocky area that led to a cave and a wide stream to the side of the clearing. The girls had outdone themselves with finding this area to train.

He looked in front of him to see his students arriving with Tione leading them. Tiona had gotten him earlier that morning to follow her so that he could determine if it was suitable.

He looked to the sky it was almost noon and would likely be a while before they finished. Clapping his hands together he spoke "alright everyone." He stated getting their attention. "Today we will be evaluating where each of you stand after a week of practice. Unfortunately not all of us are here as Gareth and Riveria stayed behind to deal with some of the familia's business."

Aki raised her hand as the others looked to Justices right. Seeing Justice nod she spoke up. "Um two questions, first what are we going to be doing? Second why are they here?" She pointed to his right where Bell and Welf were standing sheepishly. They had the day off, but before the day could actually start they were basically kidnapped. Justice had appeared out of thin air and snatched the two away just after they finished eating only telling their familia he was borrowing both of them.

Justice smiled "That's easy, first answer is that your showing off." He stated much to their confusion. "Second is that these two will be observing and joining in."

"Um what do you mean?" Line asked.

"Simple I've already seen that each of you are proficient in the tree walking exercise. I've also observed that you have each been drilling yourselves in water walking. However I've noticed that some of the materials from the library have gone missing frequently so I would like to see what you've all be practicing in secret." Justice stated while smiling. "As for these two, Welf here needs to learn why he has to start wearing armor so you guys get to practice some of the non lethal techniques to help toughen him up." He stated cheerily ignoring Welf's look of horror and Alicia's sadistic smile.

He then put a hand on Bells shoulder "As for Bell here, well he needs to practice with people his own level. Plus I'm hoping that him being pushed will help unlock his racial skills." He stated.

Alicia excitedly threw her hand in the air. "Can I go first!?"

Justice eyes her for a second before shrugging "Fine just no killing or bodily mutilation." He stated.

In response she smiled at Welf sending shivers up his spine. She may have forgiven the fact he was born a Crozzo, but that didn't mean she was just going to let him off the hook.

"Alright Welf, just remember what I've taught you. Trust your instincts." Justice stated encouragingly while shoving Welf into the middle of the clearing.

"You do realize she's going to kill me! I am not doing this." The Smith yelled back trying to walk away.

"Fine, that just means your stuck training with me for the next week straight alongside Bell." Justice stated instantly making Welf turn around and walking to face Alicia.

Bell had walked over to join the members of Loki Familia that were spectating. Line had moved to stand beside him. She had changed the most out of the bunch in the past week. Having realized that her clothes were impractical now that she had something that she could actually fight with she had changed them. She had borrowed several history books from Justice's collection and had found a picture of a female ninja. She remembered that she was extremely skilled and had her exact bloodlines. Her name was Mei Terumi, Line had decided to copy the outfit she had worn. Line now wore a blue battle dress with a mesh undershirt and leggings. The only change in the outfit she made was that she wore a pair of black shorts instead of a skirt.

"Mister Cranell is his training really that difficult?" She inquired.

Bell blushed slightly at the sudden appearance of Line. "A-ah you can just call me Bell please um..."

Line giggled at his reaction "Line, Line Arshe." She stated holding out her hand.

Bell took it hesitantly and shook her hand. "Well it can be difficult at times." He stated with some hesitation. Though Welf quickly yelled to the group.

"Difficult?! He breaks bones, heals them, and then has us keep training."

The other looked at Justice in slight apprehension. Each having the same thought 'is he training them that differently?'

"Now, now, that's only because you guys made mistakes that otherwise could have gotten you killed. You're all still relatively new, if I don't drill how to fight into you then you'll never learn." Justice stated while shrugging. "Besides would you rather be capable at fighting or wind up dead?" He asked.

"Alright you two begin!"

Welf drew his great sword and charged Alicia.

Grinning Alicia went through a series of hand signs ending on the hare sign. "Water Style: Raging Waves!" Suddenly a large stream of water shot from her mouth slamming into Welf who was washed away.

As he stood up he heard Alicia yelling "Wind Style: Breakthrough!" He looked over to see a giant gust of wind spiraling towards him. Acting swiftly he crashed his sword into the ground in front of him. He held on as the wind tried to blow him away. As the wind stopped Welf stood up quickly just as Alicia swung her sword down on him. He lunged backwards just avoiding the blade. Welf felt a cold chill as he slipped backwards. Feeling the tip of a sword pressing into his throat he opened his eyes to see Alicia standing over him with a smirk plastered across her face. As he stood up he saw ice covering the ground.

Justice spoke up as the two were starting to walk back over in his direction. "Impressive Alicia it seems you've gotten the hang of your elements. It also seems you've started practicing on your blood-" he was interrupted as Welf slipped on a piece of ice.

Alicia who had turned to see what was happening was knocked over by the falling Welf. Both turned red as they realized the position they were in. Welf turned red in embarrassment as he had fallen on top of Alicia accidentally grabbing her chest. Alicia turned red all the way up to her ears in righteousness fury.

Welf quickly shot up "I-I-I-"

"Y-y-you are so dead, you damn PERVERT!!!" She screamed as she shot up and slapped Welf all the way to Justice's feet with a chakra enhanced slap.

Welf stood up shakily as Alicia began to stomp towards him. Justice quickly put himself in between the two. "Okay that's enough. Alicia it was an accident, calm down."

"He groped me!" She yelled indignantly.

"It was an accident, I tripped on your ice." Welf yelled from behind Justice.

Alicia tried to get to him but Justice stood in front of her slightly releasing some of his spirit pressure to hold her in place. It seemed to work as Alicia backed up.

"Calm down." He told her gently. Which she nodded slowly to.

She started to walk away before facing Welf slightly "sorry." She mumbled just loud enough for him to hear.

Justice turned to Welf "You did good thinking on your feet." He stated before leaning in. "As for her I would apologize later when there aren't so many people around." He whispered to the young man who was massaging his cheek.

Welf nodded and then walked away and sat down against a tree.

"Okay, Aki your next. Bell fill in for Welf." Justice stated making both walk forward into the clearing. They faced each other before getting ready.

"A pleasure to finally meet you Bell." Aki stated smiling at the young man. A gesture which Bell returned.

"You as well Ms. Autumn."

"Just call me Aki, everyone does." She stated happily. She like many of the other members of her familia had been wanting to meet Orarios record holder. She had briefly seen him on the eighteenth floor, but had not had the chance since.

"Alright you two get ready and begin."

Both charged at each other and clashed. Bell was starting to push Aki back before he suddenly felt a cut on his cheek. He jumped back to get away from her. That's when he saw what looked like a veil of wind covering her sword.

She then suddenly slashed her sword sending out an arc of sharp wind hurdling towards him. Bell jumped over the blade and rolled as he landed just in time for Aki to finish a string of hand signs. "Fire Style: Fire Ball" she shouted as she launched a large ball of fire at Bell.

Seeing what was coming Bell raised his hand "Firebolt" he shouted as a stream of fire shot into the middle of the fireball causing it to explode.

Aki was slightly blown back by the explosion. She was about to look for Bell before she felt the cold steel of a blade on her neck. She turned her head slightly to see Bell standing behind her.

"Okay I give up." She stated as she sheathed her sword. Bell started to do the same with his daggers. However just as they touched the sheath Aki yelled "Got you!" She then burst into smoke as a log took her place and Bell found a sword against his throat.

"What was that?" He asked in amazement.

Aki laughed as she sheathed her sword and offered Bell a hand. "That was a substitution. It's supposed to be one of the easiest jutsu, but at the same time extremely useful."

"Wow that's amazing." He stated while taking her hand.

The two turned as they heard Justice clapping. "Good work Aki you used two elemental jutsu as well as demonstrating impressive control over your wind nature. Not to mention that substitution was executed perfectly." He stated to the cat girl. He then turned to Bell "Your usage of firebolt was clever good job." He told him before looking between the two. "Is there something I'm missing here?" He asked gesturing to where they were still holding hands.

Seeing they were still holding hands the two let go quickly. "No/no!" They shouted quickly while Justice was laughing.

After separating Aki quickly rejoined the others. She was too embarrassed to notice the small glares and looks of jealousy from the other girls. The ones who were jealous were mainly Line and Tiona. It was Lefiya who was slightly glaring at Aki and Bell while thinking 'Womanizing human'.

Bell rejoined his Uncle waiting for the next person when Justice spoke to him. "Wow you really are a ladies man Bell."

Bell looked puzzled "huh?"

Justice looked at his nephew as if he was a fool "You didn't notice it?"

"Notice what?" Bell asked still clueless.

Justice facepalmed at his nephews innocent nature. In the week he had been around Bell it was obvious there were a number of young women after his affections. First there was Haruhime who he had been told was saved by Bell. Second after a talk with Riveria it became obvious that Lefiya was interested as well. Third there was Lili whom he wasn't sure about as she had a tendency to rudely interrupt any moments Bell had with any female. The fourth he would send back to heaven before he allowed a relationship between Bell and Hestia, mainly due to her smothering Bell. It was worsening his growth mentally and his growth in maturity especially around women. Finally there was Tiona, whom he had no problems with as she might be very excitable, but she is also a good person. 'How could anyone raised by Zeus not pick up on these things?! Then again with Hestia interrupting him every time he so much as greets a girl it's no wonder.'

Justice looked at Bell "Bell we're adding something to your training." He stated and held up a hand to stop the question he already knew was coming. "I'll fill you in later." He then looked to the group. "Alright, who wants to go next?"

Tiona raised her hand and started jumping up and down. "Me!me! Pick me! I want to fight Argonaut!" She yelled excitedly.

"Alright Tiona you're up." Justice stated while smiling. Her attitude was definitely infectious.

The two squared off in front of each other. Tiona had opted to use her fists rather than use her Urga. Having trained with her in preparation for the war game Bell was cautious. He knew he couldn't take her head on especially since she was definitely stronger and better at unarmed combat than him.

"Begin!"

Tiona shot off towards Bell with her fist reared back. Bell quickly dodged to the side to avoid the punch. Having missed her target Tiona hit the ground instead forming a crater. She had spent the week they were looking for a suitable location by practicing her chakra control since she and the other three didn't have access to any of the new materials in the library. As a result she spent the entire week self learning how to make her punches stronger.

Not wanting to get crushed Bell put as much distance as he could between himself an Tiona. "Firebolt!" He shouted as he shot his spell towards Tiona. She dodged and tried to close the distance. Bell however had no intention of letting her. He may not have been as strong as her, but he definitely had the advantage in speed. Bell continued to fire his spell repeatedly until finally a misstep left Tiona open. He shot a Firebolt hitting her right in the chest throwing her backwards. Worrying he had harmed her Bell rushed to her only to be punched backwards.

Tiona stood up completely unaffected with the exception to a few scuff marks. "Got ya Mr. Argonaut!"

Bell shakily stood up winded from her punch. "How I thought I hit you?" He asked confused. He knew he didn't put everything into that firebolt but it still should have hurt at the very least.

"That's easy Lefiya figured out that you can use chakra to keep yourself from getting hurt." She stated happily before charging Bell once more. Unfortunately for Bell he was still too dazed to completely dodge her this time so he ended up being hit again this time knocking him out. "Yes!" She cheered happily as she skipped over to Bells unconscious form. She sat down placing his head in her lap and began stroking his hair.

"Uh what are you doing Tiona?" Finn asked watching from the sidelines.

Hearing her captain she perked up smiling happily at her triumph "This is what happened anytime Mr. Argonaut got knocked out during our training before the war game." She stated happily making Finn who knew about the training look at Ais as he knew she had been training Bell longer than just the war game.

A few minutes later and Bell started to stir before sitting up. "Ow what hit me a minotaur?" He asked.

"No it was an overly excitable amazon who your lucky didn't use her full strength." Justice stated.

Bell seemed to realize what had happened as he blushed and stood up.

"Good job Tiona it takes impressive control over your chakra to strengthen your punches and even more so to shield your body." Justice stated causing the Amazon to grin happily before skipping back to the others. "You okay Bell?" He asked slightly concerned.

"I'll be fine thanks to your training my pain tolerance is through the roof." Bell replied while smiling slightly.

"Good, in that case Finn I want you to go up against Bell next." Justice told his captain who nodded and approached the center of the clearing.

"Begin!"

The two captains dashed towards each other weapons in hand. Finn thrust his spear forward only to be parried by Bells daggers. Bell used the chance to get closer and sweep at Finns legs only for the older captain to jump step backwards and slash his spear at Bell cutting his cheek slightly. The two continued throwing and deflecting each other's blows. They appeared to be neck and neck to the spectators as they were moving so fast the only ones able to keep up were those level six and above. For those few however it seemed that Bell was losing ground gradually. While Bell was definitely fast enough to keep up Finn was far more experienced and his spear made it impossible for Bell to get close. Then suddenly Finn disarmed Bell and kicked him with a chakra enhanced kick sending him flying away.

Bell stood shakily once again with blood running down his forehead as Finn launched himself at his unarmed opponent. Time seemed to slow down for Bell as he heard a voice deep within his mind. 'Are you really okay with losing again? Don't you want to be stronger?' It asked.

'Yes I want to be stronger I need to be stronger. Not for myself, but for Wiene and the Xenos, for my famila, and my family.' Bell replied in his mind.

'You are worthy, now speak my name!'

Bell then heard it clear as day he heard the name of the voice and shouted as Finn approached. "Multiply Lostvayne!" He shouted as a short sword appeared in his hand. It had a black and gold hilt with the symbol of a dragon eating its tail on the side. It had a single edge with the back of the sword having small ridges and several holes in the middle of the blade.

Finn found his spear blocked by the mysterious sword just before he felt someone kick him from his left side sending him skidding across the clearing. He looked up and was shocked to see not one, but two Bells standing before him. Going through a quick set of hand signs Finn stopped sending out three wolves made of lightning "Lightning style: Running Wolves!".

As the wolves closed in two more Bells materialized. The group of wolves and Bells clashed creating a shockwave that kicked up large dust cloud.

As he covered his face Justice could only smile widely as he thought 'Things just got a lot more interesting.'

A/N: well here is the first part of this chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed it and thank you for reading.