Adam trains almost everyday with the trio of kids, though Ghost remains the only one to ask to learn Iaido from him, the other two simply wish to better themselves with their own fighting styles.

He also spars with others he had already met. The sparring sessions allowed him a more private glimpse on his new allies… friends (yes they are his friends)... abilities.

For starters Xiang beat him when they fought again, she argued that previously he caught her by surprise on their first fight. Besides he was wounded and she didn't want to accidentally murder him.

Her weapon of choice is a three section staff with a hidden blade at both ends, the staff is fireproof which she took advantage of in their match, breathing fire on it and turning it into a flaming nightmare. The name of the weapon is Ifrit, but Adam insists on calling it "The Flaming Nightmare".

Rosso is not blind like he previously thought. The woman is actually an albino and uses thick bandages during the day to cover her sensitive cherry red eyes. She is an excellent shooter with or without a blindfold, during the day she fights using her hearing, at night she can take the blindfold off, but she doesn't always do it.

She belongs to a class of warriors called gun mages, a subdivision of what would be a weapon mage. She made a demonstration on how uttering a few words some tattoo-like markings appeared on her body and she called forth different firearms, she could also make her shoes change to host a different array of guns as their heel.

Rosso has taken him under his wing to help him sharpen his shooting skills, he doesn't possess her acute hearing but he does have a great aura control that allows him to inspect his environment. He can use an ability similar to echolocation with his aura, which is how he fought and chased Blake without having to use his sight and compensated when necessary to protect his blind side.

Adam isn't bad shooting at a distance, despite only having only one functional eye, which could mess up with depth perception, but Rosso showed him a few tricks to get better.

Rosso gifted him a pair of handguns to carry around for extra protection. He also received several throwing knives from Sinner in a previous training session, he too has trained as a weapon mage. Unlike Rosso, Sinner uses a larger variety of weapons.

He now needs some new clothing to accommodate the extra weapons and keep them hidden from sight.

Mizer of all things he considered the man could be, battle mage isn't among them. Imagine his shock sparring with the man and he starts casting spells left and right. The experience is not different to fighting against someone with a weapon with multi dust cartridges or against multiple people, but he could cast the spells at a rapid rate using both his voice and manipulating his inner magic and the magic all around the environment.

For the moment Vicious has declined sparring with him again, giving him time to build himself back up and avoid a potential panic attack.

For that reason today he is planning to go and spar with Mizer.

The trio of kids are busy with their classes and won't be around to train with him until the afternoon.

He takes a communicator from his pocket, the device is very similar to a scroll and texts Mizer, hoping the man is around and not busy. As he pockets the communicator, it buzzes loudly, he is about to take it back out when a loud explosion rocks the place. He doesn't duck or move to take cover, his first instinct is to draw out his blade as he does, he parries a hit from a spiky tail, he pushes back at the teryx before it can try to claw or bite him. The grimm let's out an annoyed sound and stupidly tries again only to be cut in half by a quick movement from Adam.

Adam jumps back dodging another attack while doing so he casts a quick glance at his surroundings there are flying grimm invading the air space from the castle. Determined he takes a stance, after taking a deep breath verifying that his aura is active he explodes into motion. His target is a group of teryx that are looking for a place to land.

Adam sprints to the trunk of a nearby tree using the trunk as leverage; he is upon them in an instant, too fast for them to react and slashes them to pieces. When he lands he takes the communicator out and reads a warning message that some grimm have slipped past the defenses in the borders and are within the city and the castle. The citizens are urged to act with caution and if necessary and able to help in taking them out.

The sounds of fighting, roars, magic, dust and explosions fills ears. Making up his mind he chooses to honor the orders of his guardians, well friends, there he said, and stay inside the perimeter of the castle defending it. Taking in another breath to steady himself he uses his aura to feel the inhabitants of the castle, grimm have no aura but the people do. He searches for those that seem to have taken damage or aren't that strong.

He finds one not far away from him, not wasting precious time he sprints jumping over tiled roofs and stone walls. When he arrives he finds a couple of workers from the castle that have banded together shielding an injured soldier with a deep wound on his stomach.

One of them has grabbed the soldier's weapon, a two handed sword and she is brandishing the sword to keep the grimm at bay. A young looking man is using a metal bar to help her put, while the remaining two girls are tending to the soldier's wound, tearing what clothing they could to wrap around the wound and keep staunch the blood flow.

A pack of griffon and sabyr has them surrounded. Adam shoots Wilt out of its scabbard with Blush, this time the blade instead of aiming to stun it pierces the lunging sabyr's neck, with a quick tug he frees the blade as the grimm disintegrates. He fires Wilt in the open mouth of one of the griffon's, he parries a couple of hits from the grimm to charge his semblance. He doesn't use it yet, saving it if the situation turns dire.

Instead gathering his strength he throws his sword in a spinning motion cutting down several of the grimm. Two sabyr that didn't get hit jump at him, he ducks under the first one avoiding it's claws and fangs before punching it hard enough to puncture it's abdomen with his metal fist, the grimm falling with a heavy thud and dissolving. The other one as the sword is approaching Adam, he waits for the precise moment to interrupt it's motion using his metal arm, kicks the hilt of the sword and impales the grimms head. He gathers his blade and sheaths it, having gotten rid of the nearby grimm.

He looks at the group of people near him. "I can open a path so you can get to safety", nodding, the two girls that had been tending the soldier gently drape his arms over their shoulders, while the girl with the broadsword and the man with the metal bar guard the back. Adam leads them to where he can sense a high concentration of people.

He takes care of any grimm that dare to approach them. Unsheathing Wilt for devastating slashes, too fast for the naked eye to follow and resheathing it once more ready to cut.

Successfully he takes the group to a large conference room that is being fiercely protected by soldiers, he is left in awe by the number of people that have taken their beastly forms and the size of several of them, so far he has only seen Xiang's form, he doesn't know who is who since he hasn't seen them change, maybe using his aura he could figure it but there is no time to waste.

He takes off again being used to fighting alone, he is not sure on who he could ask for help or if he is overstepping boundaries. And then he isn't alone anymore, Mizer lands beside him, in his right hand a staff with a double headed ax at each end, made out completely from bones and almost as tall as him. He seems to have discarded his shirt , only wearing short pants that reach mid thigh, that show very muscular legs and more scars and he is also barefoot.

Adam does a double take but the words die on his tongue. It's not his business but he can't help to wonder why the hell Mizer is fighting barely wearing any clothes or shoes for that matter. Mizer looks at him with intense golden eyes. "Still alive I see", he says in a teasing manner.

Adam just nods unsure on how to respond. Mizer places a hand over his shoulder smirking. "Good job protecting the people, let's take the trash out!", he takes off, Adam following him closely.

Author's note: There is a reason why Mizer is dressed like that, but I will explain later. And I know some people wanted action, well I hope you like this part.

I took some inspiration in Bayonetta for Rosso's weapons