Midorikawa yawned as he hung onto Kuga, sitting down at the dining table. 'Gud mawning~'

'Morning.' Replied Shou as she placed breakfast in front of him and Kuga.

'Thankz~' came back as Midorikawa's barely hearable reply.

'Thanks for the food!'

Inukai was already fully awake, stretching as he sat down. 'Woke up to a nice morning, but dunno why my bones hurt like hell...'

Osamu readjusted his glasses. 'Mine, too.'

'Who knows,' said Shou, inwardly smirking.

A loud beep made Yuzuru take out his phone. 'What the-'

'Language.'

'Sorry.' Yuzuru glanced towards Shou with a cold glare, but she pretended not to see.

'Yuzu-kun, after breakfast, I'm going to Tamakoma for a little visit. And of course, I'll train as well.'

A while after Shou had joined Border in the Tamakoma branch, Commander Kido thought that Tamakoma had been getting too many strong members, so he switched out Shou and asked her (more like commanded) her to join headquarters instead. Shou was fine with that, though Yotaro was extremely saddened about it and made her promise to visit every month (he literally cried a river, not that he was going to admit it though).

'Alright,' replied Yuzuru.

'Shou-senpai, mind if we go together?'

'Sure.'

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Fortunately, the run to Tamakoma wasn't too long, since they decided to jog there as training. If Osamu was in his trion body with his sweat replaced by trion, he would've bailed out already due to extreme trion loss.

'Are you sure you're alright, Osamu?' Asked Kuga.

'I'm pretty sure I'm fine.' He answered between pants.

Totally not fine.

Chika was already at the door. 'Come on!'

As she opened the door, they were greeted by the sight of Konami yelling at Karasuma.

Again.

'You tricked me, didn't you!?'

They all let out a sigh.

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Yotaro sat next to Shou with a piece of doriyaki in his hands. Raijinmaru was next to him as always.

Usami broke the awkward silence. 'Welcome back!'

'...'

'Yeah...'

What's with the lack of enthusiasm? Asked Usami inwardly.

'Anyways. Shou-kun, I'll be checking your trigger later on. Are you still using your custom made Trigger?'

'Yes. Shiori-chan, would you mind if I asked you to increase the number of slots in my Trigger? I want to add some new ones.'

'Hai hai! Coming right up!' Said Usami as she saluted.

'Shou-senpai, how does your Trigger look like?'

'It's a scythe,' answered Shou. 'It's kind of like Konami-senpai's Sogetsu's connected version but with no connector and blade version.'

'I see,' Kuga said, making his duck face while crossing his arms.

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'I'm done~!' announced Usami, stretching her arms. 'Here's your newly modified Trigger, Shou!'

'Thanks. You mind if I try it out now?'

'If you need a sparring partner, I'm more than willing to do that.' Said Konami, her arms crossed and leaning on the wall. 'We still haven't settled out last 10 round match yet!'

'Thanks, Konami-senpai. But that 10 round match... I thought it was a tie?'

'Huh! No way! Shiori, what was the result?'

'Hai hai, it was 5-5, a tie!'

'No way!' Shouted Konami, She pointed at Shou immediately. 'Shou! You're having another ten rounds with me! Now!'

Shou sighed heavily. 'Do we have to?'

'Yes. And now!' Konami exclaimed while pulling Shou with her towards the training rooms.

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Osamu watched in awe as axe hit scythe. They're totally on a different level...! 'What's the current score?' He asked.

'Shou 4, Konami 4,' answered Usami.

Seems like he had a long way to go.

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Shou spun her scythe in front of her, blocking Konami's Asteroid effectively. 'Seems like you've been training a lot lately, Konami-senpai.'

'Of course I have,' she stated in a matter of fact tone while continuing to attack Shou with her Sogetsu's axe form. 'I really want to chop you down right here and now.'

'Oh? Let's see you try then.' They both charged at each other, swinging their weapons.

Konami, bail out.

Phew. Seems like I was lucky this time.

'Shou! I'm gonna slice you up in the next round! Be prepared for that!'

She's always been like that, huh? Good for her, she never changes.