Alright guys I decided to give this sample another chapter, still on the fence about continuing this fic but I thought I might as well put a little more into it before deciding, so here you go and I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Oreimo.

Ky: "Huh?"

Ki: "I want you to be my partner."

Ky: "Why me?"

Ki: "Because I'm tired of that asshole Daiki."

Ky: "You've already made that pretty clear."

Ki: "And now I want to make it clear to him."

Ky: "Kirino there's no way that's going to happen, first of all I have to be enrolled at your school in order to be your partner and in order to do that I would have to have powers that are capable of taking care of, at the very least, a category L threat in order to qualify. Second of all I also have to be within ten ranks of you in order for us to partner up which would mean I would have to outrank like two hundred and sixty something other students and given how useful my powers are you're pretty much asking for the impossible."

Ki: "Yeah, I know that."

Ky: "Besides even if by some miracle I did become your partner you'd probably just use me as a human shield."

Ki: "You are indestructible."

Ky: "Well that doesn't seem like it would make all the hard work worth it, plus my powers are totally useless in battle, there's no way they're going to let me in like this."

Ki: "That's because you're lazy."

Ky: "How does my laziness effect my powers?"

Ki: "Because a super-human's abilities are like a muscles, the more you work it out the stronger it becomes and right now your powers are atrophied, which is why we're here at the park, we're gonna be doing some special training to build you up."

Ky: "I don't think I want to do this, I'm pretty happy with just having a normal life, being a super hero sounds like a lot of work."

Ki: "Hm, so things get a little tough and little baby wants to give up?"

Ky: "Che, you know what? If that's how you're going to be I'm going home."

Ki: "…I see then I guess you can just let mom and dad continue to see you as a disappointment."

Ky: "Hmph, I honestly couldn't care less about what those two or anyone else thinks of me."

Ki: "So you don't care if everyone thinks you're a joke?"

Ky: "…"

Ki: "Can you honestly tell me you'd be comfortable living life like that? Having everyone look down on you for the rest of your life because you didn't want to better yourself."

Ky: "That's unavoidable living in your shadow."

Ki: "So you're going to blame me because you gave up and I couldn't help but become better than you?"

Ky: "…"

Ki: "I can see it in you, all that pent up anger and hatred, you're just itching to show mom and dad up, show everyone that you're not loser they think you are, you're just scared that you won't be able to do that, better to think "what if?" than to realize it could never be right?"

Ky: "…"

Why does this feel like some kind of threshold? Why do I feel like if I walk away right now it'll be the end of everything? I really just want to go back home and enjoy the rest of my weekend, but now I really just want to stay.

Ki: "So what's it going to be? Are you going to chicken out like always or are you actually going to do something?"

Ky: "…Fine."

Ki: "Hm?"

Ky: "I'll do it."

Ki: "R-really?!"

Ky: "Yeah but not because of all that stuff you said, I'm only doing this so I can run your ass over and wipe that smug grin off your face once I surpass you."

Ki: "Haha we'll see about that."

Ky: "So what do we do first?"

Ki: "Give me a second to unwind myself, I've been tense all day worrying if I'd be able to convince you or not."

Ky: "Well don't take too long I'm actually starting to get excited about this."

Ki: "You better enjoy that while you can because once we start you'll be wanting to give up at every turn."

Ky: "Is it really that bad?"

Ki: "At first but once you get used to it you'll actually start to enjoy it."

Ky: "How long does it take to get used to it?"

Ki: "A few weeks maybe a month, are you sure you're going to be able to last that long?"

Ky: "…Y-yeah, YEAH, I'm not going to give up, I'm finally going to make something of my dead end life!"

Ki: "Alright calm down spaz, now before we start let's do some stretches."

Ky: "Right."

[Minutes later]

Ky: "{gasp} I can't {gasp} go {gasp} any further {gasp}."

Ki: "Jeez, we only ran three hundred feet."

Ky: "My heart {gasp} my heart can't go on."

Ki: "Didn't think you'd be this out of shape, oh well I guess you are a work in progress."

Ky: "Grandma is that you?"

Ki: "Alright five-minute break, just don't go into the light idiot."

Kirino dragged me into the grass just off of the walking path and left to get some drinks.

Ki: "Here I got you a Materade, I didn't know what flavor you liked so I got you Punch."

Ky: "Thanks."

Kirino leaned up against a nearby tree and began to sip at her drink, not at all looking phased at the exercise we just did, I sat myself up next to her, my legs were still screaming.

Ky: "So when am I supposed to enroll?"

Ki: "We have until two weeks before the end of summer vacation to apply so that's only a couple of months, then there's the re-ranking tournament held at the start of the year."

Ky: "Is that the only chance I'll get to rank up?"

Ki: "No, duels can be held throughout the year but it has to be officially recognized by a teacher and has to take place after classes have ended."

Ky: "What happens if I win?"

Ki: "If the other student has a higher rank than you then you gain their rank while they drop down one and they have to give you fifty school credits, if they are a lower rank then there is no rank change but you still receive fifty credits."

Ky: "What are school credits for?"

Ki: "It's just a currency that can only be used on campus to buy food, school supplies and other things."

Ky: "…I have a lot of work ahead of me, I'm starting to wonder if all of this is just pointless."

Ki: "Why do you always have to be so negative when things get difficult, it may seem hard now but you just have to keep pushing yourself, you have to learn not to give up so easily idiot."

Ky: "Yeah, after all the idea of you finally eating my dust is just too tempting for me to throw in the towel."

Ki: "Good, keep running with that in your head and you'll qualify in no time."

Ky: "Alright I'm fully recovered now, let's keep going."

Ki: "Finally, come on we still have a few miles to go."

Ky: "Uh, miles?"

We continued the run and I collapsed several more times, I seriously wanted to give up and go home but each time I made that thought a feeling of utter misery went through me that wouldn't go away until I banished those thoughts from my mind. So I just got back up and kept running, almost like I was running away from something, she finally lead me to a grassy hill overlooking the pond.

Ki: "Okay that took a little longer than I expected but we got it done."

Ky: "Thank goodness."

Ki: "Are you able to move?"

Ky: "Yeah…Uh."

Ki: "Dead legs?"

Ky: "Yeah."

Ki: "Crap, I was hoping you'd at least be strong enough to do the next part."

Ky: "Hehe so I guess you're going to have to carry me home right?"

Ki: "Hmm, nope."

Kirino then began to walk towards the park entrance.

Ky: "W-wait, Kirino you can't just leave me here!"

Ki: "Consider dragging yourself back as part of your training, see you at the house dum-dum."

Ky: "Kirino?!...Kirino?!"

She walked out of sight and I was stuck there on the ground.

Ky: "…What did I get myself into?"

With no other choice I began to drag myself along the pathway, people staring at me as I went, I was halfway to the park entrance when I heard someone laughing at me and I turned to see Kirino hiding behind a tree.

Ki: "Hahahaha!"

Ky: "Did you really just wait here so you could laugh at my embarrassment?"

Ki: "Kind of but then I realized it's getting pretty hot and I need my personal AC unit to cool me down."

Ky: "You bitch."

Ki: "Hey I'm giving you a lift back home aren't I? So be grateful."

Ky: "I'll show you grateful."

Kirino easily picked me up and threw me over her shoulder, not wanting to get thrown off I cooled the air around us.

Ki: "How surprised do you think mom and dad are going to be when they hear that you're training with me?"

Ky: "Let's not tell them, I want to reach my goal first and drop this on them the moment they least expect it, to make sure it has an impact."

Ki: "Jeez you sure are spiteful, be careful or that might turn you into a villain."

Ky: "Could you really blame me if that does happen?"

Ki: "Yes, only weaklings let themselves succumb to the anger they feel towards others, are you really so weak to let that happen to you?"

Ky: "…No."

Ki: "Good."

She carried me through the street, the sun getting lower in the sky, even though I was burning up and my entire body ached from the training it was actually pretty nice. We finally made it back to the house.

Ki: "You feel okay enough to walk?"

Ky: "Yeah."

Ki: "Okay then."

Ky: "Oof, hey you didn't have to drop me like that."

Ki: "Stop whining, now remember to get plenty of rest for tomorrow."

Ky: "Uh, what are we doing tomorrow?"

Ki: "Don't worry you big baby, we're just going to focus on some mental training, trust me you'll be in way too much pain to do anything physical."

Ky: "Definitely not looking forward to that."

We entered the house and made our greetings.

Ky&Ki: "We're home!"

Kirino went to the living room to greet our parents while I went upstairs to clean up and the night went on as usual, dinner, TV and bedtime. The next day I was awoken by a loud sound.

{BIIIIIIIIIIIP}

Ky: "AH! WHAT THE HELL?!"

Ki: "Ahahahahahaha!"

I looked at the side of my bed to see Kirino laughing her ass off, I couldn't hear her since I was temporarily deaf, while she held an air horn in her hand, pissed off at her prank I attempted to get up and tackle her but then I fell to the ground in pain.

Ky: "Aaaaah, crap, crap, that hurts."

Ki: "Hehe you okay down there?"

Ky: "So much pain."

Ki: "Alright stop whining, here I brought you some cooling packs."

Ky: "What?!"

Kirino dropped a bag full of strap on coolant packs next to me.

Ky: "Wow, uh, thanks."

Ki: "Can't have you backing out now because you couldn't handle the pain."

I wrapped the packs around my legs and back, the pain immediately left my body, Kirino then pulled out some mats and placed them parallel to each other.

Ki: "Alright time for the next part of the training, here take this bottle of water."

Ky: "What do I do with this?"

Ki: "Your powers are thermal based, so you need a temperature sensitive item to focus them through."

Kirino pulled a metal rod out of the bag and sat on the mat close to the wall.

Ky: "So since your power is super strength you need an incredibly strong item to focus it through."

Ki: "Heh, looks like you are a little smart, yeah I used to do this with a piece of rebar but I had to upgrade to this special steel alloy made in south Korea, it's the only thing that gives me a challenge."

Ky: "Whoa that stuff must be strong."

Ki: "Okay I'm going out later which doesn't give us much time so let's start."

Ky: "Yeah."

Ki: "Alright now close your eyes, clear your mind, hold the bottle with both hands and imagine the energy draining out of it and into your body."

I focused and felt the bottle begin to cool in my hand, while I could hear the creaking of metal from where Kirino sat, after a while Kirino stopped to check my progress.

Ki: "Hm, it's cold and there's a few ice crystals."

Ky: "I was able to do that before."

Ki: "Well it's all about baby steps, we keep doing this and eventually you'll be able to freeze this thing solid, okay now let's reverse things."

Kirino sat back down on her mat and picked up the rod that is now in the shape of a coil.

Ki: "Now close your eyes again and this time imagine energy flowing from you and into the bottle."

Again I focused and this time the bottle began to heat up, after a while I felt the bottle began to shake a bit and the plastic began to bend in my hands, the sound of the bubbling caused Kirino to stop and check my progress.

Ki: "Wow it's actually starting to boil some and plastic is bent."

Ky: "I wasn't able to do that before, usually I could only bring water to a simmer."

Ki: "See I told you you'd get better, okay I have to go now but I want you to keep doing this while I'm gone."

Ky: "Yeah alright."

The next few weeks went on like this, exercise and meditation, most of it I had to do on my own since Kirino was only here during the weekend and every day the thought of giving up went through my head, that none of this was worth it, but I would always get that feeling of misery when I thought that. So I just kept pushing myself even when Kirino wasn't there to kick me in the pants and, like Kirino said, I eventually got used to it, heck I began to enjoy it, my body felt lighter, cleaner and everything just felt great. It's Saturday and right now Kirino and I are just finishing up our regular ability meditation at the park.

Ki: "Wow almost frozen through, if we keep this up you might actually gain a few ranks at the tournament."

Ky: "What rank did you think I would get before?"

Ki: "Well including me there's currently 243 student's enrolled and as of now 56 others have passed their qualification tests so by the end of summer that would make 299 and that would make you the 300th student, so yeah rank 300."

Ky: "You expected me to be the lowest ranking?"

Ki: "Well yeah, your powers aren't that incredible, at least not right now."

Ky: "We still have a few more weeks till the dead line."

Ki: "Yeah, maybe it's about time we turn the dial up on our training."

{Bzzzt Bzzzt}

Ki: "Hm? Crap, there's a monster attack at the local bank."

Ky: "What should I do?"

Ki: "Go on ahead home that's it for the training today."

Ky: "Okay then."

Kirino ran off towards the bank and I made my way to the house.

Kirino's POV

Still dressed in my work out clothes I ran towards the bank, when I got there I could see Daiki waiting for me and a giant lion like monster had its head stuck through the smashed up entrance to the bank.

Da: "Hey there sweet stuff, I like the outfit."

Ki: "Shut the hell up Daiki, so what's the situation?"

Da: "It appears that a Juicer Bug infected lion escaped from the zoo and chased a bunch of people into the bank, thankfully since the area has been evacuated they're the only ones in there."

Ki: "Wait, I thought the Juicer Bug was wiped out."

Da: "I thought so too but you can see all the signs right there on its body, this guy is infected."

Ki: "Well this should be easy enough, you freeze it and I'll smash it."

Da: "Sounds like a plan."

We both ran to the beast, Daiki stopped aimed his hand at it and froze it completely, once that was done I jumped into the air and slammed my fist down into its back causing it to shatter like a glass figure.

{CRACK}

Ki: "That was easy."

Da: "Good, now I can get back to my shows."

When we were about to head back we saw a bunch of people in black outfits run out of the bank with a bunch of large duffle bags and towards a van we didn't notice was parked at the side of the building.

Ki: "Hey get back here!"

I ran towards them and was fast enough to grab one guy and throw him to the ground but the others were able to get to the van fortunately Daiki was able to freeze the tires before it could get away.

Da: "Hehe not today criminal scum!"

?: "Kensuke use it now!"

I looked back at the guy on the ground and he pulled out a syringe full of green fluid which he began to inject into his neck, he began to spasm and he seemed to grow bigger then within seconds his body expanded massively. When he finally stopped growing he stood up to twenty feet with ten-foot-wide shoulders, all his clothes were torn up along his own skin and his eyes looked unfocused, I stood there in shock before I finally came to my senses.

Ki: "…Daiki freeze it now!"

{SMACK}

After I had said that the juicer punched me sending me flying at near sonic speed into the building across the street.

{SMASH}

Da: "Holy crap."

As fast as he could Daiki incased the juicer in ice while I climbed my way out of the pile of rubble I was in.

Ki: "Damn that actually hurt, I think my arm is broken."

Before I had time to recover the ice around the juicer began to crack before it smashed its way out, once it was free it looked to Daiki and began to charge at him but before he could reach him I shoulder charged it out of the way and into a building causing the entire thing to collapse on top of it.

{SMASH}{Crumble}

Ki: "Daiki I need you to…"

I looked to where Daiki once stood to see that he was no longer there.

Ki: "Of course, I better call for some back up."

I reached into my pocket for my phone only to feel I smashed to pieces, I then looked up to the observational drone and began to wave but it seemed nonreactive.

Dammit that bastard isn't even paying attention.

I then heard the juicer punch his way out of the collapsed building and I turned to look it in the face.

Ki: "…Whelp looks like this might be it…later Kyousuke."

Kyousuke's POV

I walked the streets almost halfway home just enjoying some music from my mp3 player when I was suddenly overcome with a weird feeling, my hair stood on end, my heartbeat began to quicken and I my mind was flooded with the thought that Kirino was in trouble.

What is this? What the hell is going on?

Feeling worried I rolled with these emotions and began to run towards the bank, when I made it there I saw Kirino standing in front of a giant, hulking, humanoid creature, she looked a little beat up, her arm looked broken and she had a weird look on her face. The creature then raised one enormous arm, reacting quickly, I ran to her and pushed her out of the way causing the creature to smash me into the ground instead.

{SMASH}

Ki: "Kyousuke?"

The creature lifted its fist off of me, again lifting for another strike.

Ky: "Kirino are you okay?"

{SMASH}

Seeing her chance Kirino quickly got up from the ground and kneed the monster in the arm as hard as she could, causing it to break.

Ki: "Payback shithead!"

The creature staggered, holding it's arm in pain, giving Kirino another opening to kick it square in the chest and straight into a building.

Ki: "Haah, thanks for the distraction Kyousuke."

Ky: "No problem, K-Kirino your arm is broken!"

Ki: "It's just dislocated alright so calm down."

Ky: "You need to get out of here you can't be fighting like this."

Ki: "Yeah, plus I need to call in for some help, you think you can distract it long enough?"

Ky: "Yeah, now get going."

Before Kirino could escape the creature seemed to materialize behind her and had its fist drawn back for a punch but before it could strike I pushed Kirino out of the way again taking the blow which planted me into the remnants of an already collapsed building.

{SMACK}{CRASH}

Ki: "Kyousuke!"

I climbed out of the debris and ran at the beast, it made another swing at me but I dodged at the last second and wrapped my arms around it's wrist.

Ky: "Kirino go now!"

She came back to her senses and began to run as fast as she could, the monster began to swing me around with incredible force hitting me against everything until I finally lost my grip and flew into ruined wall. I got up and saw the creature snap its broken arm back into place before lunging at me and giving me a powerful uppercut that sent me flying hundreds of feet straight up, then it jumped into the air next to me smacked me back to the ground with both fists.

{SMACK}{CRASH}

My impact created a large crater in the pavement, I got back up and stared down the beast when it landed next to me.

Ky: "Is that all you got you prick?!"

In response it wrapped its fist around my body and began to repeatedly punch me into the ground.

Ky: "Hehe my grandma hits harder than you!"

Frustrated that I wasn't dead yet it again began fisting me into the ground then it grabbed me by my leg and began smacking me against everything, a telephone pole, the sidewalk, onto a car's hood and finally it threw with immense force right at Kirino.

Ky: "Kirino look out!"

{CRASH}

Ki: "Aaaaah!"

I crashed into the pavement just under Kirino launching her several meters forward into wall and shattering the pavement within thirty feet of me, buried in dirt I was dazed and couldn't seem to get my bearings, the beast caught up and seeing that I was incapacitated it aimed its sights on Kirino and began to walk towards her.

Ki: "Ow, {gasp}."

It stood in front of her with a dead stare and raised its fist to deal the killing blow, Kirino could only sit there in fear and in pain.

Ki: "Kyousuke, help me."

Ky: "{gasp}."

Her voice penetrated the earth above me causing something to resonate in my chest then everything went black.

Kirino's POV

There I sat, having made my final plea for life, I readied myself for what was about to happen.

Ki: "At least he tried."

Just as the juicer brought it's arm down I heard a low, loud boom and the next thing I knew there stood Kyousuke his right arm folded over his head blocking the giant fist, he stared down at me, his irises seemed to be generating an electric blue glow and his face was completely blank. Seeing that I was okay he then quickly unfolded his arm causing the juicer's fist to fly up into the are making stagger backwards and with an impossible amount of strength he turned around and punched in the stomach sending it instantly crashing through half a mile of buildings.

Ki: "Whoa."

I looked at him in awe and then notice that the ground beneath his feet was completely undamaged which was perplexing but before I could say anything Kyousuke started to walk towards the beast as it began to lift itself from the rubble. It looked really irritated and charged at Kyousuke, once it got close to him it attempted to punch him but when it connected to his face nothing happened, no smash, no shockwave, no cratering, Kyousuke didn't even budge.

Ki: "{blush} That's so cool."

It punched him again and again until it was beating Kyousuke with a flurry of punches before finally clenching both of its hands together and smashed them onto Kyousuke's head as hard as it could, but still nothing. It was then that Kyousuke made his move and swung his hand up chopping both of the juicer's hands clean off, then he drew his arm back for a punch and in seconds completely froze everything within a two hundred foot radius except for me and the juicer, finally he thrust his arm forward and connected with the juicer's stomach. For a second nothing happened then suddenly a hole appeared in its stomach before its entire upper body splattered backwards spray-painting everything behind it in red and a powerful blast of air tore through everything a thousand feet ahead leaving nothing but piles of debris. The lower half of the juicer that was left then began to spray blood before falling backwards on the ground, then Kyousuke turned to me, the glow in his eyes disappeared and it looked like he was back in control but he doesn't seem recall the previous events.

Ky: "Huh? What just happened?"

Ki: "Kyousuke."

Ky: "Kirino? What are you still doing here?! I told you to go get help!"

Ki: "Do you not remember what you just did?"

Ky: "What are you talking about?"

Ki: "Look behind you."

Kyousuke turned around to see the devastation he had caused, the path of destruction went almost half a mile, three hundred feet of which was covered in the juicer's blood and entrails, he then looked down to see the giant hands and lower half of the juicer lying on the frozen ground still leaking blood.

Ky: "What happened here? Did you do this?"

I shook my head in denial.

Ky: "Then did I…"

Ki: "Y-yeah, Kyousuke you have super strength! Maybe even supreme level super strength!"

Ky: "Kirino you have to be pulling my leg or something because there is no way I could've done this."

Ki: "I saw it with my own eyes Kyousuke, you sent it flying through all those buildings with one hit and totally obliterated it with the second."

Ky: "And why is the ground frozen?"

Ki: "You did that before your second hit, I don't know why you did that but it somehow greatly increased the power of your punch."

Ky: "Kirino that's enough, ugh my head hurts I'm…I'm going home, gah!"

As Kyousuke turned to head home he slipped on the ice and fell onto his back.

Ky: "Ow."

Ki: "Pffhahahaha, ah!"

I ended up slipping too but I couldn't stop laughing.

Ki: "Hahahaha!"

Ky: "What are you laughing about? You slipped too."

Ki: "Haha, I just realized…I almost died!"

Ky: "I'm not sure that's really something to laugh about."

I ignored him and just continued to laugh at the situation.

I was on the verge of death and my clumsy goof of a brother comes in and saves my life, now in the aftermath of his epic battle I end up slipping on the ice patch he created.

Ky: "Yeah you definitely don't sound like you've just lost your mind."

Ki: "Hehe shut up idiot."

Ky: "Alright let's go home before you end up pulling a cat's head off."

Ki: "Hahaha! Haaah, uh hey?"

Ky: "Yeah?"

Ki: "Carry me."

Ky: "{Sigh} Fine."

Kyousuke squatted down allowing me to climb onto his back.

Ky: "You ready?"

Ki: "Yeah."

Ky: "Okay up we go."

Ki: "Whee haha."

Ky: "Jeez what's up with you?"

Ki: "I just feel really happy right now."

Ky: "Well tone it down some you're creeping me out."

Ki: "Hey don't call me creepy you jerk."

{Smack}

Ky: "Ow, hey watch it! You know I can drop you any time I want right?"

Ki: "Alright I'll behave, now take me home I'm exhausted."

Ky: "No, I'm taking you to the hospital to get that arm of yours looked at."

Ki: "Hmhm, oh is my big brother worried about me?"

Ky: "Shut it."

Kyousuke's POV

The next day Kirino and I were sitting on the couch watching TV and Daiki's face was all over the news, everyone praising his victory over the category M juicer monsters and calling him a prodigy hero.

Ky: "Heh, so you were pulling my-"

{Crackle}

Ki: "Grrr, that bastard!"

At seeing Daiki claim the credit once again Kirino crushed the remote in her right hand.

Ky: "K-Kirino calm down, maybe you just imagined all that stuff happening."

Ki: "No, it's one thing taking credit for my victories but now he's gone too far, go put on your workout clothes Kyousuke we're going out!"

Ky: "Are you sure we should be training with your broken arm?"

Ki: "We only have a few more weeks until the deadline so there's no time to waste, SO GET UP OFF YOUR ASS AND GET MOVING MAGOT!"

Ky: "Y-yes ma'am!"

I quickly got off the couch and ran to my room to get dressed for training.

Jeez what's up with her? She's not usually this pissed off when Daiki does this kind of stuff.

I then noticed the bottle of water I used for meditation sitting on my desk.

I wonder if my powers have progressed some after that battle.

I went over, picked up the bottle and focused on removing the energy, I suddenly felt a cold sting causing me to drop the bottle, I looked at it lying on the floor and was surprised to see that not only was the water completely frozen but the entire bottle was covered in frost and emitting a small amount of mist.

Ky: "Whoa, did I just do that? ...Maybe she wasn't kidding."

AN: And that ends part two, I'm actually starting to enjoy writing this, though I just enjoy writing in general so don't feel bad for me if you don't like it, so maybe in the next update I'll give this fic an official name, so see you then.