Hiruma had to practically drag the smaller half-dead teen to the arena where they had set up sets of weights and bench press type of machines. "Noooo Hiruma-san you know I can't do anymore than 10

kilos which is already pathetic as it is!"

"Fucking chibi shut up or I'll shoot right here and now!" The blond shouted irritatedly emphasizing his action of reaching to get his gun. This definitely silenced the sulking thief. "I rather die now than die from embarrassment.." He muttered sulkily "What the fuck you just said?!" "N-nothing!"

Hiruma's turn was way before Sena's and when his name was called out he strode confidently toward the bench press, Doburoku standing by waiting. "Oi fucking trainer put on 70kg." The ex knight frowned at the name but took another swig of his sake jar and did as he said. The blond laughed as he easily bench-pressed the weight while the drunkard noted it down. "kekeke."

As the boy waited for his turn each time the other students weight was measured and recorded the little thief shrunk even smaller. 'So far the least anyone had actually pressed was 20kg- that's double my best! Seriously god if you are out there now is a good time to prove it!'

Of course there was no act of god to help the poor pickpocket and finally it was his turn to step up to the bench press. The ex knight recognized the low-spirited small kid and decided to be a little less… harsh. "So- what weight?" Doburoku asked in the kindest voice he could muster without sounding like he was talking to a tiny child (though he really did feel like he was)

"...(mumble) kilos..."

"Uhh can you repeat that ?"

"...10 kilos please.." The brunette inwardly cringed as he heard some soft laughter and murmurs at the lightweight. The trainer nodded wordlessly which somehow made Sena feel even worse.

Finally it was over, the pickpocket sighed with relief- he was pretty accurate in his aim and he was proud of his speed, though he had no clue what creativity meant he was sure that it wouldn't be as bad as this recent humiliating experience.

There were two parts of the aim exam, long range and short range in which the crowd would be split into two to compete in each half. Sena smiled when he heard he'd be put together with Hiruma in the first group strangely comforted by the presence of the demonic teen. However his grin quickly faded when he realized he had to compete with everyone in his group for the long-range section. He wasn't sure about the quality of the other prospective students but if they are as good as Hiruma he really was royally screwed.

"You brats get to choose two choices: gun or arrow- be warned though the gun trial is harder than arrow."

Immediately without hesitation Hiruma took a gun, closely followed by a strangely dressed individual who looked suspiciously like a cowboy Sena once saw in a picture book he loved. "Okay so first two to step up is Hiruma and... Kid?" The cowboy nodded in approval at the addressed name Sena giggled quietly- even his name was just like from his beloved picture book however he quickly stopped face flushed when he noticed the amused yet confused look on the cowboy's face toward him.

As everyone slowly chose their weapons the brunette hesitantly chose the gun- it was the only long-range weapon he could use because Hiruma said and quote "Any long-range weapons that aren't fucking guns are for fucking pansies." Unquote.

Sena after choosing a small compact gun much like the one he'd practiced with before quickly jogged over to the shooting grounds where Hiruma and Kid were beginning to start the exam.

From the looks of it the arrow exam was quite straightforward as it was just normal archery with the target set in varying distances. There were 10 in all each further than the next and certain number of points given depending on where the arrow hits which is totaled to your score.

The gun one was pretty much the same thing except for one minor detail- the targets where painted on animals. (Btw they are using paint bullets so no imaginary animals were hurt in the making of this chapter.)

Each animal had their own set of allocated points depending on where you shoot at them (e.g. shooting a bull's-eye on a cow will give 20 pts but shooting a sparrow will give 200 pts) and unlike archery the guns men most complete a certain number of points in a time limit.

The pickpocket watched in awe as the two contenders readied their guns and began firing. Each shot was accurate and precise, shooting almost any animal in their line of sight with almost 100% accuracy.

Finally after Doburoku signaled then to stop it took a few minutes for him to calculate the total amount of points accumulated. "Hiruma gets 3439 points and Kid gets 3710 points. Both have broken the previous record of 2890." The ex knight said while noting it down with a pleased expression. A large wave of claps and wows were heard throughout the crowd. "Kekeke" Hiruma chuckled however the thief could see his green eyes weren't smiling -probably he was pissed that someone actually beat him through gun work.

"Now who wants to go up next?" The drunkard turned toward the now silent crowd. No one wanted to go up right after that. Finally after a minute of awkward silence the brunette pulled together his courage and raised his hand. "I'll go."

In the corner of his eye he could see the devilish teen grin at his action as if approving. Doburoku looked a little surprised at the shy small thief's bold act however he too smiled, grateful for someone to step up to the challenge. The fast teen came up to stage preparing his gun however he couldn't fail to hear the harsh murmurings of the crowd who recognized him as the scrawny kid who could only press 10 kilos. Finally someone else also volunteered- a very tall lanky teen with an obnoxious aura and a very long nose who exclaimed very loudly "Well at least I won't look that bad compared to this weakling!" A few chuckles broke out, mainly from his entourage but they were enough to make Sena want to go to a dark corner and hide.

As the two teens readied themselves the brunette realized with a shock that the stuck up male next to him wasn't even holding the gun properly! 'Could it be... Some of these guys have never held a gun?'

As the time to start began the smaller boy's suspicions were confirmed as the rich aristocrat began to miss almost every shot he took or at most managed to barely graze the animal. Sena feeling a bit more confident began to concentrate more on his own aim than worrying about the one beside him. At first his shots were a bit off mark but as he quickly adjusted the teen was able to consistently shoot quite accurately at the smaller, speedier animals allowing him to rake up a higher amount of points fast. Before he knew it he found himself quite enjoying the thrill, predicting the animal's speed and direction effectively using minimal movement, he even managed to almost get the sparrow - much to the surprise of the general audience.

'Kekeke if this silenced the fuckers I can't wait to see their reactions during the fucking speed exam.' Hiruma thought to himself as he chewed on his sugarless gum which he had smuggled into the building.

"And time's up!" Doburoku announced as the two teens dropped their guns.

"Hanasaka Tengu you got... 10 points." The ex knight looked at the kid in almost amusement as if satisfied to know the arrogant rich kid was knocked down a peg. "And Sena Kobayakawa amazingly you got 2121 points!" The brunette practically beamed though he felt a little down as he compared it to Kid-san and Hiruma-san's score. 'Guess I'll have to work harder then.' He sighed content.

Finally the long range test was over where the average number of points for the guns men were around 600 points much to the disappointment of the trainer as the only reason the average was so high was due to certain highly talented individuals bringing the overall scores up compared to the rest of the rich spoon fed prospective teens.

'I sure hope Shogun's doing better over their than me' the drunkard sighed after a few gulps of his sake. 'He was right though- there are more than a couple of unpolished gems in all this crap.'

What? I posted this chapter so soon? Well Yes- yes I did cuz today was… a day off school!

Soz I know nothing on weghts and crap (probs cause I don't excersise lol) so it may not make sense.

Anyway surprisingly Sena is a pretty good marksman and obviously Kid had to come into the story at some point because he is sooo amazing. Anyway next will be the short range aim challenge which I'm kinda meh about- I'm more worried about the creativity challenge like what the heck am I gonna do for that?!

So the next chapter will be quite short mainly around the short range challenge – sorry~

Anyway thanks for reading- please comment, enjoy and if you got any suggestions I will try my best to fit them in somewhere (unless it's something like asking for a character death in which I would then look horrified and ask why you so cruel?)- ok moving off topic again lol

Again thanks keep up the support people who have made it this far!