Yui smiled down at her metal blade, running a silky cloth over it once more. Hades would never break his promise to Yui, and she received a new sword in a few hours. It was a blade like no other she had seen before. An authentic Greek blade, called a Xiphos, was given to her promptly, along with her own training room and a book on new sword styles.

The Xiphos was a double edged, one-handed sword and was completely different from what she had used before. It felt weird in her hand, but she enjoyed it nonetheless. It was two feet long and a little heavy for her arm. Hades had sent her a note promising her different kinds of swords so she could try out as much as she wanted. She loved it's look and was nearly gitty when she found that a new blade should be arriving in just a few short days, giving her plenty of time to work with this one first.

The training room was large but simple- a few stands to put her swords down on, cleaning tools, a few dummies made of cloth and hey, and a whole lot of space for training. Different mats were put down for her, some soft and slick and some hard and ruff. It seemed like a whole lot of work had been put into the room, but it must have taken less than an hour to put together.

Yui had just finished her practice and was calming down for a while. The sword took a while to start moving correctly for her, but she felt like she understood the basics now. She couldn't wait to show Hades her improvement with her new blade.

"Please stop taking away from Master Hades' work."

Yui stopped and frowned. She had tried to forget what Berna had said to her earlier by putting her all into the blade, but she just couldn't take her mind off of it. She had no idea she could be distracting him- the thought hadn't even come across her mind before. Was she really hurting his work?

She shook her head and began to run her cloth down her sword. She gasped and pulled back, feeling a sudden sting through her finger. She pulled it close and watched as a small, red line grew on her finger. She started as a small drop of blood rolled down her finger, amazed.

"I bleed still..." Yui whispered, watching as the small cut stung. For some reason it both felt right and wrong to bleed after death. She was not only not a ghost, but she was dead. She wondered if the body was more of a prop than a tool now- instead of keeping her alive it now served as a comforting mechanism.

"Never thought I'd see someone so entranced by a cut before." Yui quickly shot up, turning to the door to find herself face to face with a brand new face.

A young looking man, who appeared to be the same age as Yui, stood in the doorway, leaning against the frame with an amused smirk on his face. He wore a white shirt with a light blue ribbon tied around it. He had on a dark blue pair of pants and a large, brown coat. He had a friendly face, chestnut colored eyes and a freckled face to go with his spiky, orange hair.

"I haven't seen you around here before, are you new?" He asked, striding into the room.

"I think I am. I don't know how long I've been here." Yui admitted. The man nodded, smiling. He stopped in front of Yui and put out his hand.

"I'm Drake." He smiled. Yui smiled back, placing her hand in his.

"I'm Yui." She smiled. Drake nodded and pulled her hand close to his face, inspecting the cut.

"Doesn't look too bad- not that you could die again anyways." Drake chuckled. Yui smiled back. Somehow, even though it was wrong, death humor was surprisingly light hearted sounding to her when he spoke. Drake looked past Yui at her sword, his smile growing by the second. "Your a swords woman?" He asked hopefully.

"Yes, but I've never used this kind before." Yui nodded.

"Well that explains why you're in here. I'm a swords man myself and I've used this room for quite a while now. I'm sure that they're fixing up your own room right now, but feel free to use this one as much as you like." Drake smiled.

"O-oh, this is your training room?" Yui stuttered, suddenly feeling embarrassed.

"Yeah, but like I said, it's fine if you use it. It's nice to have someone to practise with." Drake whinked. Yui smiled and nodded. Finally, someone besides Hades she could take too who seemed to like her! "You like swords than?" He asked, walking over to Yui's Xiphos and picking it up.

"Oh yes I do! Though I've only used katanas and wooden swords before, so this is all new for me." Yui admitted, blushing. Drake nodded and head up the sword, slicing it through the air a few times, pivoting on his ankle and swinging around the blade skillfully. He looked as if he was dancing with the blade- his movements were so fluid and precise that it was breathtaking to watch. Drake nodded as the sword, nodding to Yui.

"This is a good one. It's hard to use but at least it's well crafted." Drake said, handing it back to Yui.

"Yui know a lot about blades." Yui pointed out, inspecting her blade.

"Well I was a great Greek swordsman." Yui looked up at Drake, eyes wide and mouth hanging slightly open.

"Y-you're a soldier?" Yui asked.

"WAS, I died a few thousand years ago." Drake smiled, as if it was nothing. "Though, unlike most Greeks here, I'm grateful for my fall. I died protecting my kingdom and frankly it hurt fight so much." Drake shrugged. "Probably why I'm aloud to stay here- I have no ill will towards Hades."

"Really?! I was worried that no one liked Hades-san down here!" Yui said, giving a sigh of relief while placing a hand over her heart.

"'San'?" Drake said, blinking. "You know, you sound and talk a lot like a Japanese person would." Drake pointed out, pointing at Yui.

"Well, that's because I am." Yui smiled. Drake stared at her for a while. Now it was his turn to be blown away by her heritage.

"Wait... Than your that Kusanagi that Berny was talking about- the one Hades brought here!" Drake exclaimed, scratching his head. "Man, you're nothing like how I imagined. I thought you'd be some stuck up little princess from the way Berny talked about you. Then again, I don't think Berny likes anyone." Drake said, patting her on the head. "I suppose I should say 'welcome to the underworld' than!" Drake smiled. Despite the news she received about Berna bad mouthing her, she could still pull a smile to her face.

"Thank you."

Hey guys! So what do you guys think of Drake? I just kind of added his in in the moment, so I have no idea where I'm going with him. ,=D

So I knew a guy whose username in Minecraft was Xiphos and I never quite got why he called himself that until now when I just happened to look up 'Authentic Greek sword' and the first thing I saw was 'Xiphos'. It was so weird! XD

But anyways, I hope you're all enjoying this story and I hope the pacing isn't bad.

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