" - Talking
' - Thinking
{ - Zirnitra
[ - Ddraig
It's Saturday morning and i'm stuck in the student council room filling in the paper's I've missed. I've been helping Rias and the others with their mishaps for the past week so i accumulated a lot of paperwork.
Luckily for me, i was able to finish most of them yesterday. I've got till 12 to finish the rest of these papers, i didn't know why but supposedly Sona had to take me to the Occult Research Room because something important was happening.
I still had 2 hours left to finish 5 different documents. It's tedious work, having to stamp or object random queries that student's had in the school.
Most of them were club's asking for more equipment or for the school to take them to events, but their were the odd requests from students about things to do in the school. Some asked for more benches around the school, which seemed pointless but there were others like specific bins to sort out recycling and normal trash. Things like them i had to ask Sona's opinion. Normally they would be turned down but the bins piqued her interest.
"Phew..." i sighed, i had finished the paper work with about half an hour to spare. I was over the moon, hopefully i won't have to deal with a big block of them again like that.
"Since you are finished now, i have a question for you." Sona asks me after realizing i had now finished my paperwork.
"Yes Kaichou?"
"Do you know how to play chess?"
"Well, kind of. All i know is how to move the pieces and that's it."
"That's enough. Since we have time before we go, let's play a game." she says with a strange smile. It feels like a challenge, i'll never say no to a challenge.
But it makes me wonder why? Is she testing my knowledge or ability to strategize?
"Ok then Kaichou. Don't go easy on me now." I say with a smile whilst still trying to figure out what she is thinking.
I choose the black pieces allowing her to go first. I have a pattern when playing a new game for the first time.
I copy other people so in the respect of chess, i copy her moves exactly but flip it not to cause a wall.
We both start out by playing our pawns at the side. I copy her exact moves until i see all our pawns have been moved and decide to change to my own strategy.
I form a wall using my remaining pawns and keep my Knights behind them at all times. This causes her to either take out the pawns or go around using her own knights or her bishop, queen or rook which would take multiple turns allowing me to create another wall or take her pieces.
Strangely enough she uses both her Bishops to move round my wall and i take them using my own bishops.
After a few more turns, which went by in quick succession, i now had a considerable lead. I still had wall of pawns but they were now reduced to three leaving one of my Knights open. I also still had both my bishops and one rook. My queen and king hadn't been moved yet. Sona, on the other hand, had no pawns left and no knights or bishops either. She still had her rooks forming a two wide wall in front of her queen who was a space ahead of her king.
This formation of hers secured my victory. I moved my rook down to place check on her king which she intercepted with her queen.
However, time was now up and we had to go but Sona was gracious enough to give me the game. She was neither sad nor happy but seemed to be conflicted between the two.
I, on the other hand, was confused. For me, it always goes that way. I always win the first game after i copy my opponent to see their strategy then the games after i change up my play and it usually falls victim to my opponents but with the type of game chess is, i wouldn't know till i played again.
And i had the feeling that beating Sona might mean i have to play again.
We walked down the corridors of the school towards the old school building in an eerie silence. There was no one else here, just me and her and of course, Rias and the others in the old building.
When we got near the old school building orange flames erupted out the windows, Sona didn't seem bothered by this so i guessed that we were just a little late to the meeting.
We opened the door to the main room only to have our ears assaulted by Rias and a strange blonde man arguing. There was another new person in the room, she had long silver hair and was wearing a blue maid's dress.
"Hello there Sona-sama. And you too, Sora-sama, Nice to meet you." I bowed in response and i closed the door and just stood in front of them whilst Sona went further into the room and sat down.
This new blonde man was getting on my nerves. His hands were all over Buchou even though she was protesting.
"Oi, you blonde sack of shit. Get off my master." I growled at him, whilst unknown to me, my left eye turned blue and a wolves tail grew out of my lower back and Silver wolf ear's appeared on my head blending in with my hair. My top two canine teeth had grew to the length of a dogs and now could be seen even though my mouth was closed.
Everyone looked at me with wide eyes except the blonde man who burst out laughing. I tilt my head in confusion and the girls blush at me like i was a cute little puppy or something.
The silver-haired woman just pointed at my head and i raised my hand to feel for what she was pointing at but before my hand reached my head, i felt furry ears on my head. It caused me to sigh and talk to Zirnitra mentally, 'Zirnitra, do you know how to get rid of these?'
{Yes, but it may take a few seconds.} I nodded internally and shut my eyes. I felt a small breeze brush over me as i opened my eyes to everyone looking back at Rias and the blonde man.
"My lovely Rias ... would you mind telling me who this mutt is?" I growled the moment he called me a mutt.
"He is my new Knight, Okami Sora. He is also Sona's Rook." He looked surprised at hearing this. Being apart of multiple peerages must be really rare.
He continues to rub his hands all over Buchou, but now she doesn't bother to tell him to stop.
A smell starts to fill my nostrils. It smells like fire, and it's coming from the new guy.
I push it to the side of my mind, it didn't make sense how someone could smell like fire but not be on fire or burned.
"Anyway, you don't have the right to touch my master, in fact no one has any right to touch either of my masters. So you can move away before you are forced. Who are you anyway?"
I stared at the man whilst growling.
The silver-haired woman answer me, "This is Raiser Phenix-sama. He's a pure-blooded high-class devil."
'Oh that's the reason for fire then, wait, Zirnitra, by his last name being Phenix does that mean his family line are Phoenixes or have the properties/power of Phoenixes.'
{Properties of phoenixes, unlike you they can't transform but they do have wings made out of fire.}
"And he is also the husband of the next heir of the house of Gremory."
I point towards Rias and she nods.
"Ahhh ... So it's an arranged marriage. From what I've seen, she completely detests him. So i guess i don't have to worry, if this doesn't get sorted out peacefully i'm sure a fight can sort everything out."
I walked over to join my friends and stood next to them allowing Rias and Raiser to carry on.
Issei started to chuckle quietly besides me as he watched Raiser ogle Akeno and Rias.
I bonked Issei on the head and stared at him whilst shaking my head. He calmed down after realizing i knew what he was doing.
This kid and his perversion. It's going to stress me out having to deal with it.
Crash! A tea cup smashes on the floor after being knocked over by Rias who is now standing up.
"Stop it already! I will not marry you."
"I've heard it before. But that won't do will it? Your house is in a rush to evade the crisis."
"That's none of your concern, i will choose who will become my husband. Plus, i was promised that i will be free until i graduate from university."
"That's right, you will be free. But father and Sirzechs-sama are getting worried. They are afraid the house will become extinct. The war caused our side to lose a great number of pure-blooded devils. Even with the war finished, the rivalry still isn't over. It isn't rare for a pure blood devil to be killed and cause the house to go extinct. So the best solution is to marry other pure-blood devils quickly."
Rias and Raiser start arguing about something i can't keep up with. Supposedly the reincarnated devils are expanding in strength compared to pure-blood devils and is causing them to lose place. Supposedly not even half of the original '72 pillars' are left alive due to the war.
But this all doesn't matter, it's Rias' choice who she will marry. So we will all stand by her side until she does.
"You know Rias. I'm a devil who holds the name of the Phoenix clan behind me. I can't let it's name be scratched. I didn't even want to come to this dainty building here in the human world. Actually i don't like the human world, the wind and fire here is filthy. For someone like me who symbolizes fire and wind, i can't stand it."
The room suddenly starts to heat up and Raiser now has flames surrounding him. I step forward due to reflexes preparing myself to protect the others.
"I will take you back to the underworld, even if i have to burn all of your servants."
I smirked at the thought of a fight, ever since the ordeal with the Fallen angels, I've been itching to redeem myself.
We both started radiating killing intent but his was far superior to mine. The pressure from his body started to cool the room and my hair started to stand. Both Issei and Asia were standing behind me trembling. I increased my killing intent to counter-act Raisers and successfully doing so.
Kiba and Koneko both moved to either side of me but still a step beside readying into a stance to fight back.
"Well then, fire bird. How about we do this?"
Both Rias and Akeno both made stances to fight as i declared my lust for a fight. Sona quickly moved to the back of the room taking her tea cup with her.
The flames that were surrounding Raiser gathered round his back and formed wings of fire. I smirked at this and stepped forth and brought out my dragon wings, they barely fit in the room from where i stood.
Raiser looked a little disheartened for a second before regaining his composure.
Before we could start the fight, the silver-haired woman stepped in.
"Rias-sama, Raiser-sama, Please calm down. If both of you are to continue, i won't be quiet."
Both Rias and Raiser calm down and the flames around Raiser subside.
"...To be told this by the 'Ultimate Queen', even i would be scared. I definitely don't want to fight the people Sirzech-sama's group, which is said to be made up of monsters."
As he said this i relaxed and put my dragon wings away, now knowing that i didn't have to deal with him.
I wonder? Who is Rias' brother? Does he have that much strength? I would love to fight him, but i suppose i can't it would be rude to Rias.
"Everyone knew it would come to this. To tell you the truth this was to be the last discussion meeting. Everyone knew it wouldn't be solved so they decided to make a last resort."
"Grayfia? What do you mean by last resort?"
Oh, so now i finally know her name. I should of asked when i entered instead of getting angry.
"Rias-sama, if you wish to push your opinion forward, then how about you decide it by doing the 'Rating Game' with Raiser-sama?"
Rias lost the words from her mouth, both me and Issei stood there confused.
"It's a game that is played by the devils with peerage, they compete by making their servants battle."
Kiba explained this to us after noticing our faces. So a fight, sounds like fun.
But wasn't it only allowed to be played by mature-aged devils? Rias couldn't participate in it yet.
Grayfia continued and also answered my question.
"Just like you all should know, but seen as this is to resolve a family matter, it will be considered an unofficial game."
Rias was now pissed. She must be thinking something.
"So father and the other chose to make us do the game as a last resort when i was to decline, right? ... What nerve do they have to keep on controlling my life!"
She was really pissed now, she started to give off a killing intent.
"So Rias-sama, are you saying you decline to participate in the game?"
"Of course not, this is a chance. Let's decide this by the game ... Raiser."
Raiser smirked after being challenged.
"I don't mind if you accept it. But i'm already a mature devil and have participated in the the official game. Right now i've won most of the games, despite this, do you still wanna play."
"I will. I will make you disappear, Raiser."
When Rias said that, i filled up with excitement. I started to get giddy.
"Fine, if you win, do what you like. But when i win, you WILL marry me immediately."
They then glare at each other with scary eyes.
"Understood. I, Grayfia, confirm both sides opinion. I will be in charge of the game between the two sides. Is that ok?
""Yeah""
Rias and Raiser replied in unison.
"Okay then. I will inform the two households then."
Grayfia bows her head after confirming this. It's serious now, a big fight isn't far now. Raiser then looks at me and smirks.
"Hey Rias. Would the ones here be your servants?"
"Aside from Sona, Yeah."
Raiser laughs again. He is extremely irritable.
"Then this match will be a laugh. Only your 'Queen' and possibly the wolf boy can fight on par with my servants."
That ticked me off, a possibly wouldn't cut it. I partially transformed into a wolf again as i barked in retaliation, radiating a severe killing intent.
Raiser then clicked his fingers, ignoring me. And 15 people that seemed to be his servants appeared around him. One of them caught my eye, a small girl with blonde hair.
"Wait a second, is the blonde one with drills your sister?"
The girl with blonde hair answers me. "Yeah but how did you know?"
"Firstly the hair is a little hint, secondly you have the same fire scent radiating off you like he does and thirdly you look alike which i'm sorry to say to you because you are actually quite cute and he is bloody ugly."
The blonde girl blushes and Koneko stands on my foot as i stare down Raiser and can't help but yelp from the pain.
Issei starts crying from the corner catching everyone's attention.
"What's his problem?" asks Raiser.
"His dream is to have a harem. I think looking at your peerage moved him a little." Answer Rias who looks quite disappointed.
"Gross."
The beast girls both say in unison as they look at Raiser with a slight hint of being scared. I would be too, he is quite the ruthless pervert.
"It's ok girls, he should be looking up to me. Let's show him how close we are."
Raiser starts to tongue kiss both of them, i turn my head in disgust. He's meant to be marrying Rias and he is doing this!
Issei stares at them in awe and his tears dry up.
"A womanizer like you isn't good enough to be with Buchou!"
Issei declares whilst summoning his boosted gear.
"Huh? Aren't you looking up to the so-called womanizer?"
You are a womanizer, you bastard. Even so, it made an impact on Issei.
"Shut up, this and that are different."
"Heroes love women. That's a saying here, right? A good phrase indeed. But this is just a close relationship with my servants. Even you get adored by Rias, i assume?"
He's right and wrong. We are adored by Rias but that relationship between him and his servants is way too close.
"Hero my ass! You are just a bird guy! Fire bird Phoenix? Hahahaha! That's the same as Yakitori!"
Both me and Raiser got enraged at Issei's provocation. I stood down though before anyone other than my friends knew why i got enraged.
"Yakitori?! You low-class devil! That's not the way you should talk to me, Rias, you have to educate your servants!"
Buchou turned her head to the side and shrugged.
"Hey fried-chick guy! I will just beat the crap out of you with my 'Boosted gear'"
He's an idiot, but it might be fun to watch him get pushed down a few pegs so it forces him to train rather than just relying on his 'Boosted gear'.
"We don't need to have a match! I will take you all down, right here, right now."
[Boost!]
The voice from the gauntlet sounds through the entire room. I changed my stance to be able to push off from my position quickly and summoned my own sacred gear quietly.
Raiser just sighed, "Mira, do it."
"Yes, Raiser-sama."
Before the girl could hit Issei, i charge forward and punched her stick snapping it in half with my right gauntlet and shoving Issei back and down to the floor with my left. After i did this, both Mira and Issei stared at me angrily.
Before Issei could say anything, i turned to him and shouted "Back off Issei! You have barely trained at all compared to this girl. Just because you have a strong Sacred gear doesn't mean you can fucking win! Don't shame the rest of us with your actions and think before you do something."
I turned and walked to stand next to everyone else.
Issei just stared at me in disbelief because i hadn't shouted at him before. I mustn't of seemed the type to lecture him but i guess it's time i start to show them my true colours.
Raiser laughs at Issei and stares at me, "I agree with the wolf boy. You are too weak, and your actions will cause consequences for Rias. The match will be quite interesting if you were to get used to it."
Raiser then takes a second to think before talking again. "How about we have the match in 10 days? We could do it now but you wouldn't have a chance."
"Are you trying to give me a handicap?"
"Is it humiliating? A 'Rating game' isn't something simple, the wolf boy here seems to understand that. If you can't get your servants to work at their full potential then you will lose. So it's not weird to train first. The amount of potential you have doesn't matter if you can't use it accordingly. I have seen this happen multiple times."
Rias kept quiet as she listened to what Raiser said. She seemed to agree. I hadn't heard the rest of what he said, even though he complimented me, i got angry again when he called me wolf boy.
Raiser places his palms on the ground and it started to glow.
"If it's you Rias, then 10 days should be sufficient to train your servants."
He looked at me and winked before turning to Issei. He has a problem, why would he wink at me?
"Pawn, don't be a disgrace to Rias. Your hit is her hit."
"The next time we meet will be at the match."
After that he disappeared along with his servants, I turned to Issei and declared, "You, we are going to train you until you can't move for a while. There is going to be no complaints either, Got it?"
He just nods in response, i must of frightened the kid or he now actually understands the importance of whats happening.
Rias and Akeno leave the main room for about 10 minutes, probably discussing strategies before coming back and announcing, "Tomorrow morning, everyone report here. We will be going to the mountain to train."
"Yes, Buchou." We all answered at the same time.
Sona turns to me and says, "Sora, on your last day there i will come up to train you with water magic."
My eyes glistened with anticipation, "Sona-sama, Thank you so much."
I grabbed her hands and stared into her eyes whilst smiling.
"Okay then, everyone. Go home and get yourselves ready."
I didn't have much to take with me so i sharpened my sword and checked out my gun to make sure it was still working, it was luckily enough.
After i finished with my sword i placed it in its stand and packed my polish and sharpening tools in my bag along with clothes to train in along with spare running shoes and my iPod with headphones and a set of wireless earphones for training.
I took and quick bath and went to bed early.
The next morning.
Day One of Training
I wake up to cook breakfast to talk to my father and make sure everything was ready, i had an idea to surprise everyone with.
He has taken care of it and we would go pick it up in an hour. I made three portions of bacon and eggs for us and as i approached the table both my father and Koneko were there waiting.
We dug in and finished it rather quickly, as Koneko gets up to finish her packing i stop her and tell her, "Koneko, i won't be walking with you to the clubhouse. I'll meet everyone at the bottom of the hill up to the mountain, i got a surprise ready."
She quietly nods and returns to finish packing.
As Koneko leaves the house, i run upstairs and fetch my sword and bag. After becoming a devil, my sword equipment became as light as a feather.
We left and picked up what i ordered and my father dropped me off at the base of the mountain with my surprise and left.
10 minutes later everyone showed up.
They stood there surprised with what i brought with me.
"Sora, why did you bring a carriage with you? Aren't horses meant to pull them?" Asia asks me.
"Yes, it is. And like Issei, Koneko and Kiba who are carrying massive bags, i'm going to be pulling this carriage while it houses you, Akeno and Rias and our four bags." I finish with a smile and swiftly change forms into a Clydesdale and Kiba then hooks the harness from the carriage onto me and when the three girls have gotten into the carriage with their bags and mine when start off moving up the path.
We make slow progress up the hill as Issei is taking his sweet time walking up the hill. He has the smallest bag and is still the furthest back. I only know this because i can hear Asia supporting Issei from the back of the carriage. In typical Issei fashion, he is whining every step of the way.
Koneko easily passed him and was now walking at a steady pace next to me as Kiba was stopping and starting to gather herbs by the roadside. He was still further ahead than Issei but close enough to keep a good enough eye on him.
"Rias-sama, Akeno, Asia would it be ok for me to step up the pace? I'll be careful but it will get rocky and you will bounce around back there."
"Sure Sora, Go ahead. This is part of your training too." Rias responds to me from the back.
I shift from a walk to a trot. Koneko swiftly moves out of the way and joins Kiba picking up herbs as Issei sits down to take a breather.
Once we reach the mansion we would be staying at for the next week, i park the carriage just inside the wall and transform back into my human form once Asia disconnects the harness.
Asia, Akeno and Rias move to the top of the bath to wait for the rest, as i move into the middle of the courtyard in front of the mansion to practice manipulating the wind to perform attacks with leaves.
It's a lot harder than i thought it was and i moved back to stand with Rias and the others who had been joined by Koneko and Kiba whilst i was doing a little training.
5 more minutes passed before we saw Issei finish his trek up the mountain path.
I had already changed into my training gear which consisted of a black tank top, black shorts and a pair of black and yellow high tops.
Surprisingly enough, the girls came out first. Akeno, Asia and Koneko all wore the standard Kuoh academy gym uniform as Rias wore a red tracksuit.
Moments later Kiba came out wearing the boys gym uniform with Issei moving rather sluggishly behind in the same thing.
With everyone together, we moved to get started on gauging Issei's strengths and weaknesses.
Kiba tested his ability to dodge and defend by Issei failed miserably due to not being able to keep up with Kiba.
Koneko tested his strength. He was weak, his punches weren't strong enough to make Koneko guard but she had to after he set up a few boosts.
I tested his resistance against magic, i fired weak versions of fire, lightning, wind and water. He was fine against fire but pretty poor against the rest, especially water even though it was my weakest.
Akeno tested his and Asia's ability to perform magic. Asia was way ahead of Issei, her power was close to mine and Akeno's. Issei couldn't control anything but from what Akeno said he had an incredible ability to peel vegetables.
Rias tested his stamina and strength last. He performed the tasks she set, like 300 hundred push-ups whilst having a giant boulder on his back, but did them slowly. Probably due to his fatigue from his other tasks.
When we had finished testing Issei we returned to the mansion, I sent everyone into the living area to rest while i cooked.
I put on my earphones and started listening to music while cooking. I was cooking a variety of food. There was meat from a boar that Rias had hunted earlier as well as some fish that i caught. I used the herbs that Kiba and Koneko found as spices for the meat and fish.
I listened to a lot of songs in the two hours i was cooking and preparing the food but the only song i sang to was the last one i heard. One thing by One Direction. (Don't hate, my taste is practically everything bar screamo.)
I've tried playing it cool.
But when I'm looking at you. I can never be brave.
Cause you make my heart race.
Shot me out of the sky.
You're my kryptonite.
You keep making me weak.
Yeah, frozen and can't breathe.
Some things gotta give now.
Cause I'm dying just to make you see.
That I need you here with me now.
Cause you've got that one thing.
So get out, get out, get out of my head.
And fall into my arms instead.
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is.
But I need that one thing.
And you've got that one thing.
Now I'm climbing the walls.
But you don't notice at all.
That I'm going out of my mind.
All day and all night.
Some things gotta give now.
Cause I'm dying just to know your name.
And I need you here with me now.
Cause you've got that one thing.
So get out, get out, get out of my head.
And fall into my arms instead.
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is.
But I need that one thing.
So get out get out get out of my mind.
And come on come into my life.
I don't I don't don't know what it is.
But I need that one thing.
And you've got that one thing.
Oooooooh, Ooooooh.
You've got that one thing.
Get out, get out, get out of my head.
And fall into my arms instead.
So get out, get out, get out of my head.
And fall into my arms instead.
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is.
But I need that one thing.
So get out get out get out of my mind.
And come on come into my life.
I don't I don't don't know what it is.
But I need that one thing .
And you've got that one thing.
As i finished the song, the food had finished cooking and had started evenly putting the food out on plates and spare plates for people to take if they wanted more and i picked up my head to see everyone standing in the doorway smiling as they heard me singing.
I sigh in response "I gotta stop singing while i cook food. Issei help me take the food through, you too Kiba. Girls, you can go and sit down."
We all moved through into the dining area and placed the food down and sat in accordance to our Pieces, Rias, the king, sat at one end of the table and Akeno, the queen, sat at the other end. Me and Kiba sat in the first chair on either side of Rias, Koneko and Asia sat in the same way either side of Akeno. Issei sat in the lone chair between me and Asia. As soon as we were seated we dug right into the feast i had prepared for us. I also made a ton of rice so we could all have multiple refills, it was a good job i did because Koneko and Issei rushed through their food.
"Sora, this food is great. You would be a great stay at home husband."
My eyebrows twitched at this. This kid sure is cheeky to say something like this when the only good quality he has is that he can sometimes, on occasion, be nice.
"Oh Issei my boy, we both know i'm better suited to be out working, both physically and mentally." I chuckled as i finished eating and made my way through to the kitchen to drop of my plate.
When i returned to the dining area, everyone was else was finished but some food had been left over which was good. That meant i could concentrate on my training and if anyone wanted food they could get it themselves.
"So then, Issei. From today's training what have you found out?"
"Ahh Buchou ... I am the weakest." Issei replied as he looked down in his seat.
He wasn't wrong though, but it was expected. We have been using our powers for a lot longer than he has and plus even though the time between him and me becoming a devil was small, i had already trained somewhat in martial arts and swords.
I spoke back to him honestly, "That's true Issei, but that's expected. You can't blame yourself."
He turns to look at me as i was still standing by the door.
"Me, Akeno, Kiba and Koneko all have more battle experience than you, so it's expected for us to be stronger by a decent margin. You and Asia have pretty much no battle experience, you more so than her because of your fight with Raynare. Even so, you have your Boosted gear and Asia has her Twilight Healing, these things can't be ignored. Our opponents know that. My powers are probably the only thing they don't know about seen as i haven't used it to it's full potential yet, but that'll change during the rating game."
I seem to have touched a nerve when i mentioned the Fallen angel but Rias cuts in before Issei can say anything.
"Sora is right, but i need you to at least have the power to run away if need be."
"Run? Why? ... Is it hard?"
Rias nodded at his question.
"Running away is also part of the strategy. Retreating isn't a cowardly thing to do, it allows you to set up a new formation and try something different. There are ways to win a match like that. But running away with your back to the enemy is hard, especially if they are stronger than you but if they aren't then it's easier. So running away is also part of the strategy. So i will teach you and Asia the timing to run away as well. Of course, we will teach you how to fight head on." Buchou sure know her stuff but i think when Sona comes here in a few days, i'll ask her more about strategies.
"But Buchou, what about Sora? He joined around the same time as me, shouldn't he learn when to run away as well?"
"Think Issei. One of his sacred gears can form a wall to defend himself and his other allows him to transform into another animal. He will have to teach himself and also it's easier for him since he can turn into a smaller object if need be and fly away."
Issei seems to understand. My growth is going to happen in a different way to his, his will involve others for pretty much all of his training. Only around half of mine will involve others. Evolutio sure can be complicated, just like a double-edged sword, help me one minute but stab me in the back the next. I guess i'm gonna have to read up more on animals, i wonder if there are any encyclopedias here if not i'll phone Sona and ask her to bring one with her.
"Alright then! Seen as you now know what's going to happen, let's shower. It's an outdoor bath so it should be wonderful."
Issei's face brightened up again this time with a lecherous expression.
I sigh, i swear this kid's actions are going to make me age quicker than i want to.
"Kid, i will catch you and tie you up to the posts outside if i catch you trying to peek. Kiba, keep me informed of his actions. Since it's nighttime, I've got some different training to do before i bathe."
I walk out the door and back outside before anyone else moves.
"Evolutio: Wolf form."
I transform into my typical wolf form in a flash. I can feel the surge of power inside me, i howl in excitement.
I start running through the forest and change directions at random intervals to check out my reaction times and ability to stop myself from crashing into a tree. This new power and speed was insane, it was hard to control at first but once i got into the groove it was simple. The trees stood no chance even when i used basic spells. My elemental fang and claw attacks had more of an impact now too.
I practiced for an hour before returning to the mansion to bathe.
As i entered the house i saw a beaten Issei tied up on the floor with a letter on top of him.
"Sora, he tried peeking on us but i beat him before he could see anything. Koneko."
As expected, when it comes to doing perverted things he doesn't care about the consequences.
True to my word i took him outside and transformed back to tie him to the post and then i went for my bath.
As i left feeling rejuvenated i saw Rias enter the living area looking a little gloomy.
I then quickly went outside to untie Issei before going to see her.
"Hey Issei, you ever going to learn?"
"Shut up, bishounen. This is the only way for guys like me to see girls like that, they practically throw themselves at you but you don't do anything, it's ... it's unfair." He snaps back at me, angry at the beginning but finishing off with a sad tone.
"Anyway, im going to untie you now. We need to see Buchou, i just saw her head into the living area looking a little upset."
Issei nodded and followed me. We entered the living area, and Rias was there like i thought but she was wearing glasses. She noticed us come in and stared at us, i waved then went to look at the bookcase checking to see if their was an animal encyclopedia. Issei walked over to the chair opposite Rias and sat down.
"Buchou, do you have bad eyesight?"
"No, they just help me concentrate."
She then chuckled before closing the notebook she had been writing in.
"To tell you the truth, reading these won't help me at all." Rias said it with a sigh.
After not finding what i wanted i moved over to the chairs and sat next to Issei. Issei is confused by this statement, he's stupid and has a bad memory. Great, it's like working with a child.
"Why is that?"
"If the opponent is another high-class devil it would be fine, but the problem isn't that."
"Then what's wrong?"
"Raiser himself, or should i say that the problem is that our opponent is Phenix."
Rias then took out a book and pointed to the picture and both me and Issei looked at it. It was a picture of a fird bird with it's wings spread open. There it is, that's why i couldn't find it.
"Rias-sama can i borrow that book afterwards? I might find something to transform into."
"Sure, of course but first Issei needs to know about the Phoenix." I nodded and she continued. "A long time ago the mystical beast, Phoenix, was looked upon by humans as a bird the represents life. The tears of a phoenix can heal any wounds, and the blood that flows within it's body give eternal youth to those that drink it. It became a legend and that's how it's told in the human world."
I chime in to help the discussion proceed, "But there was also another clan that was different from the mystical beast phoenix. They were devils that held the rank of Duke, and were counted as one of the '72 Pillars'. The 'Phoenix' for the devil's side."
"The humans gave a different name to the devils' phoenix to distinguish it from the mystical beast. They gave them the name 'Phenix'. But the mystical beast has the same abilities as Raiser's clan. In other words, immortality. We need to fight someone like that."
This scares Issei a little, he finds it hard to comprehend, "That's cheating, immortal? That's pretty much invincible."
"Yes, they are basically invincible. Even if you attack them, their wounds heal right away. Their flames won't leave a bone behind. Raiser has 8 wins and 2 losses under his belt. That's the official record of his Rating Game results. He lost those 2 games on purpose as kindness to one of the houses he is close to. He has already become a candidate to obtain a title in the official game."
Issei's bottom jaw drops. I wasn't as stunned but i didn't think he was that strong.
"I felt uneasy when i heard that Raiser was chosen to be my fiance. I think father chose him because he knew something like this would happen, and with Raiser being immortal they thought there wouldn't be a way for me to win. When the rating game became popular, the ones who rose the most was the house of Phenix. There weren't many games when it was first introduced. In the game where the King participates, the strength of Phenix becomes clear. The house of Phenix is the leading group in the ultimate class. Immortal, devils realized how terrifying this power was for the first time."
She pauses to let it sink into Issei, the way she talks feels like she is telling Issei we stand no chance at all. It sounds like she has given up.
"You know, it's not like we can't defeat Raiser?"
There we go, she's back to her cheerful self. She chuckles after looking at Issei's conflicted face.
"Are you serious?"
"Yes, their are two ways to defeat him. They are to beat him down with incredible power and the other is continuing to take him down until he loses the will to fight. The first method requires the strength of a god, the second one is to save our stamina until Raiser loses to will to continue fighting. Our only chance is to beat him down until he loses the will to fight."
"Buchou."
"What is it Issei?"
"Why do you hate Raiser? Why are you against the marriage?"
One of the dumbest questions I've ever heard. We already know it's an arranged marriage plus if she liked him we wouldn't be going through this right now. Buchou sighed at his question.
"I'm a person from the house of 'Gremory', that name will follow me everywhere."
"Do you hate it?"
"Yes and no. I'm proud to be a Gremory but it's also something that burdens me. Everyone looks at me as someone from the house of Gremory and not as an individual. That's why i enjoy life in the human world so much, I'm free and i'm treated as an individual. It's a nice feeling, not one you'll find in the devil's only time i can feel like myself is here in the human world."
Rias turns her head to the side and sighs whilst staring off into the distance. It's different from us, our parents aren't someone major in their community. We don't have a huge responsibility on our backs telling us what's right or wrong, we can just do whatever.
"I want to be with someone who loves me as Rias. That's my dream, unfortunately Raiser only looks at me as Rias from the Gremory and he loves meas Rias from the Gremory. That's why i hate it, it's like my feelings don't matter to anyone. But still, the pride of being a Gremory is very important. It's complicated but i want to cherish my dream."
The house must be in quite the problem if it's got so bad they don't listen to their own daughters opinion.
"Uhh Rias-sama ... Both me and Issei like you as Rias."
As i said this she stares at me in wonder.
"I mean we don't have any idea at all about what's going on in the underworld but we love you as you. And we couldn't and wouldn't ask for you to change
because the normal cheerful you is best."
Issei nods along as i speak. I couldn't think of anything else to say, Issei seems to have to the same problem. Rias' cheeks started to turn red, this proved she was thankful for what i said but apparently Issei did not. Still as oblivious as ever.
"Huh? ... Buchou? Did Sora say something wrong?"
"No ... It's nothing."
I smiled as Rias panicked not knowing what to do, it must of been the first time she was genuinely complimented.
"But the opponent for our genius Buchou, someone like that is a hard obstacle right?"
"Of course, it doesn't matter how strong or smart i was. Immortality is going to be a problem."
"Rias, Issei you guys should go to sleep. You can carry on this conversation tomorrow it's really late."
The two looked at the clock before getting up saying goodnight to me and going to their own rooms to sleep.
I stayed up for an extra hour flicking through the books, not learning much just a little more data about the phoenix before falling asleep on the chair whilst reading.
Day two
I woke up with a kink in my neck, i can also hear wooden swords clashing against each other. I get up and quickly wash my face before heading out to see what going on. I walk outside to see Issei training with Kiba while everyone else watches. I walk over to Koneko and whisper to her to follow me and i walk into the forest and find a clearing.
"So Koneko, do you think one of us can win this time?" I said as i partially activate my wolf form and took a stance ready to fight whilst activating Triumphant Wall.
"I don't know, i think we will have a draw again." Koneko says whilst taking a stance of her own.
There is a small aura coming out of her, but i can't tell what it is.
We start fighting, our fists are flying at each other at a lightning speed. We don't guard against each other, no point, this can help us take punches. Every couples of punches i feel like our fists hit each others as our flurry fists hit each other. If i wasn't wearing my gauntlets i wouldn't stand a chance, her ability as a rook was incredible.
In the midst of our fighting, i ask her about the aura she is giving off, "Koneko, if you don't mind telling me. What's that aura you are giving off?"
It seems the question caught her by surprise as my fist connects with her chest and sends flying into a tree a few feet back.
"Koneko, i'm sorry. You don't have to tell me anything you don't want to."
"It's ok Sora. I can tell you a little. It's Ki, it can be controlled by using Senjutsuu. I don't use it because it's evil and has caused problems for me in the past."
"Hmm ... You are going to have to learn it soon enough though, Koneko. I'm not saying this to try and force you to overcome what happened. I'm just saying that everything has a good and bad side to it. You may of experienced the bad side but you can experience the good side too. With friends and family, you can overcome anything. I'm here for you, i'll protect you and help you through any bad situation your in."
I tell Koneko this to try and cheer her up as she was obviously saddened by me bringing this up, to cheer her up further i planted a kiss on her forehead before moving back into the small opening and taking another fighting stance ready to continue. Koneko did the same whilst blushing, her whole face and turned red and you could actually tell she was embarrassed by her expression. Hopefully this means she is opening up to me.
We go back to our fist fight and continue in the same manner as before. This continued for another half an hour before we both got tired and gave up, causing another draw between us.
Day three
Today's schedule was fun for me. I got to fight Kiba again. It's been a while since i last used Brutal Fang. I thought this could be a good time to improve my moves and possibly teach Kiba some. Issei was being trained by Koneko, and it sounded like she wasn't having any mercy on him as i could hear him scream. Asia was being trained by Rias and Akeno, they were teaching her better magic control and were also teaching her defensive magic.
Me and Kiba started off just guarding against each other with our swords just to see how fast our reactions were to each others attacks.
When we finished this i activated Triumphant wall to my right arm and held my sword in my left hand.
"Kiba, how would you like to learn some of my moves?"
"Sure, what have you got?"
"I have some sword techniques and some physical ones involving your fist i can teach you. We'll deal with the sword technique first."
"Alright show me what you got."
"Remember when you first saw me fight? I performed something called Frigid Blast, that's the ice version of the standard attack which is called Final Gale."
Kiba nods to me as he listens intently. It's weird having someone listen to me, i don't like it. I don't want to teach me, i just want to fight. Grrrrr. I shook my head of my thoughts and continued with my explanation.
"Ok now this is what you do. You cut an 'X' into the air and then punch the area where the centre of the 'X' is. Now whilst you do this, you have to envision a green 'X' appearing from where you punched. Start small then with each success think bigger, once it hits a meter in height it will automatically start to increase the distance it travels. It starts of at 5m but can end up going 10m, it's possible to go 12m but it causes a lot of stress on your body."
I move out from in front of him and gesture him to try it. He tries and tries again. Both times were unsuccessful.
"Don't get disheartened Kiba. Envision it slightly smaller than you are now and it should work."
Kiba tries again and this time he does it and a 'X' about the size of 10cm is formed and flies around 5m before dissipating.
"Well done Kiba, i'll teach you another one before you can try and perfect them."
Kiba nods looking slightly fatigued.
"Alright, this one is a little trickier. It's a lot trickier for me than it will be for you, because i changed it up to fit me. This attack is called beast, mine is called Lone wolf strike. It's hard to describe so i'll show you."
I take a step forward with my right foot and punch upwards just in front of me but my fist doesn't go past my jawline, as i do this a blue spectral head of a wolf appears in front of me and rushes forward a metre before disappearing.
"That's it, copy what i did and think about your inner beast, the standard form is a lion so go with that."
Kiba takes a second to compose himself before he does the same action i just did, this time he was successful of his first go.
"Alright well done, we can take a break now. So what did you think?"
"They were incredible, Final gale gives me the ability to fight and enemy a distance away from me. Can you tell me what beast does exactly?"
"Sure beast, performs a knock back. Its like pushing someone away from you but this does damage and with more times you use it, it becomes stronger because you are more in touch with your inner beast. Plus, if you call their name whilst executing the attack they will get stronger because you are putting more feeling into it."
"Are there others you can teach me?" "There are but not right now. You've got these to perfect but once you've recovered i'll show you an instant finisher i have but it involves something i haven't showed the others, so we will call them over when it's time to do it."
I don't look back at Kiba. Teaching someone isn't so bad but when i have to teach the something outside the effect of wolves then it just irritates me.
"So let's go and get the others. You get Issei and Koneko, I'll get the others."
Kiba sprinted off into the forest. He must be really excited to see my finisher. I walked slowly back to the mansion to get the girl's together.
When i arrived at the mansion, i found the girls relaxing in the living area. Not wanting to have a big conversation and wanting to just show them, i said "Follow me, I've got something to show everyone."
I walked outside and back to the area where i was training with Kiba. When i arrived Kiba was already back with the other two.
I told them to sit down and wait whilst i set everything up. By the time i was finished setting up the training dummy, everyone had now gathered and sat down waiting for me to tell them why i had called them here.
"Now then, i called you here to show you two things. Overlimit and my own personal finishing move, Savage Wolf Fury. It's actually a Mystic arte, but if i was to go further he would get confused." I pointed at Issei whilst i said this.
I took a deep breath and started, "Overlimit." Wind flew off me in all directions causing the others to cover their faces. My body started to radiate a gold aura.
"This is Overlimit. The only way to perform my Mystic artes because they cause too much stress otherwise, it also allows my to use my other artes at full power without stress."
I stepped towards the training dummy and stood next to it. "Now i have to perform a high level arte before i can perform a Mystic arte, it works as a trigger to something you'll see soon."
I step away from the training dummy and perform an arte, "Lone Wolf Strike." I uppercut the air in front of me and the spectral wolf appear and cut two lines in the dummy. I took a deep breath and time around the dummy stopped, leaves that were falling in it's vicinity stopped in mid air. The others stared in awe, their eyes widening.
Then i start Savage Wolf Fury. I disappear cut the dummy and reappear again on the other side, i continue to perform this action slowly doing it faster but instead of doing it in a straight line i change it and cut in the form of an x.
This is shown by the shape of the grass because once i enter the dummies vicinity i disappear. I repeat this action 20 times and stop turn around " Savage Wolf ..." i push off from where i stand and disappear for a second before reappearing again. ".. Fury." as i finish i lower my sword the time around the dummy starts again and the cuts i made open up and the hay inside falls out.
Once i finished the gold glow stops and i turn to the others, "Well then, that's what i wanted to show you. Overlimit can be sustained for half an hour but it automatically finishes once i perform a Mystic arte."
I walk over to my bag of supplies and take a bottle of water and chug it down before speaking again, "Kiba, seen as i have taught you some artes you can perform mystic artes. The thing is it will cause you a lot of stress, so when i have free time, i'll think about make a blastia which will contain the ability to use Overlimit. The blastia is just a bracelet with red jewels on it."
I lie down and pass out, teaching is tiring stuff. Though i guess it was more stress than anything.
Day Four
I wake up back in the mansion, the others must of brought me in after i passed out. If i remembered correctly today was the day i trained with Rias.
The only day of teaching i could stand but only because it was for my master. I walk out of my room to find Rias there about to knock on my door.
"You are awake now. You ready to train?"
"Yes, Rias-sama."
She nodded and walked out into the courtyard in front of the mansion.
"Rias-sama, Zirnitra told me before we left that he can help you with your Power of destruction. Supposedly, he has worked with the Bael clan in the past and his own flame had similar properties to the Power of Destruction."
My gauntlets appear so Zirnitra can confirm what i just said {Yes,that is true. My own dragon flame has the same make-up as the power of destruction, the only difference is mine has fire as well as destruction.}
"So Rias-sama, is there something in particular you would like to learn or strengthen? The dragon knows a few Defensive uses for it."
"I would like to learn a way to use my power for defense."
I allow Zirnitra to take control of my body to help Rias with her training. Zirnitra only shows her one type of defensive magic using her power. It was called 'Orbs of Destruction'.
Rias already seemed familiar with it so she learnt quite quickly but improving it took quite a while and it also caused me to take quite a beating.
Zirnitra's way to gauge her strength and to see why her progress was so slow was to use my body as training dummy and by hell did it hurt.
Zirnitra was also confused as to why she wasn't progressing as well as he thought she would. My only thought was that she lacked the ability to defend so it was pretty much incompatible.
She started of with three orbs circling in front of her before she eventually got it to five.
Zirnitra thought that was a good place to stop {We will stop there for today princess. Continue this in your own time but don't go for more than 8. It's too much for you to control, i will tell you when you should be able to go past 8.}
Rias thanked Zirnitra and left leaving me to be train by myself. I spent my time working out the kinks to be able to transform into a Phoenix and started making another Mystic arte.
Day Five
Today, i decided to train Issei due to the weather being perfect for me to go for a run.
"Issei, Boost as many times as you can before you start to feel tired."
Issei nodded and began boosting, two minutes later and he finished boosting.
"Sora, im done. I boosted a total of 12 times."
"Alright then, rest your power and rest for a minute."
[Reset]
I turned around and looked at a small map of the area and decided out route.
"Ok Issei, we are going for a run. Keep up with me the whole time, the moment you get tired call me and we will slow down BUT we will not stop. Now Follow."
I don't give him time to object because i was looking forward to running. We slowed down too many times to count be he finished.
I made him run for twenty minutes through the forest surrounding the mansion and ran down to the lake which we circled two times before sprinting back to where we begun.
"You can relax now. Once you've got your stamina back, you will boost again." I threw him a bottle of water to help him recover his stamina.
Whilst he recovered i took the time to perform maintenance on my sword. Mystic artes always cause my blade to rust a little, so i have to treat it the day after or it won't have an effect.
Five minutes later and Issei is ready again. I got him to boost again.
"Ok boost again." Issei nods and starts boosting.
"Alright, this time I've got 15 times."
"See Issei, stamina is a big thing for you. Starting tomorrow you are running for an hour everyday, not like we did because it will overwhelm your muscles."
Zirnitra spoke to me mentally {Kid, he is nearly there. The dragon is about to awaken.}
I smile before asking Issei a question "You ready to meet Ddraig? The dragon that lives in your gauntlet."
"Wha-? How?"
"Boost one more time, this time though, imagine you are in danger and you need the power to save your friends."
[Dragon Booster, Second Liberation]
Issei's gauntlet changed again, it now went passed his elbow with more Yellow horns. Now the claws looked more sinister and a second green jewel appeared near his elbow.
"Zirnitra, Wake him up."
{Oi, Ddraig. Wake up you little shit.}
[Ughh ... Zirnitra? I hope that's not you.]
{It sure is Ddraig my boy.}
"Zirnitra? You know him?"
{Yeah, i used to play tricks on him a lot. Well that was before he decided to fight the white one.}
[Shut it! This kid doesn't need to know about that just yet.]
'The white one? Who is that?'
{Ddraig's rival, they fought and caused the three factions to turn on them.}
"Ummm ... Ddraig, why can't i know who the white one is?"
[You just don't! You will learn in due time.]
Ddraig sure is a grumpy one. I'm glad i got Zirnitra, even though he can be an utter dick at times, he is quite the joker.
"Alright then Issei, we are done today. Talk to Ddraig and he can teach you some stuff. Lastly, Ddraig when Issei has spare time can you tell me about what Wales was like when you were around?"
[Yes, i can do that. I'll send it in a message through to Zirnitra, he can tell you whilst you are sleeping.]
I say my thanks and leave. 'He's done such a bad dragon, especially if i can learn more about Wales.'
{He is fun to mess around with, easily irritated.}
'What did you do to him?'
Zirnitra told me about his jokes on Ddraig, they were similar to ones humans would play on each other. Some of them were extreme at times like setting him on fire for no reason.
It seems like Zirnitra can go a little too far with his pranks. I hope he doesn't prank Ddraig anymore because i don't want to deal with Issei.
Day Six
Today was my practice with Akeno, somehow i felt like it wouldn't go well. She isn't the type of person i want to talk to at all, even if i was made to.
The day passed by slowly. I learnt nothing new and neither did Akeno, but only because i refused to tell her anything. I obviously knew stuff which could help her but i just didn't like her.
She was strong enough though already, i didn't know why she even asked if i had anything to teach her. When i thought about it, there was only two possible reasons.
Firstly, i taught everyone else something bar Koneko but to be fair, i did brighten her mood around her ability to use senjutsuu, so she felt left out. Lastly, she just wanted to get closer to me. Like Rias, she was quick to trust and like people.
It bugged me, you can't put trust into people you have just met. That's the reason i was attracted to Koneko rather than the rest of them. She was slow to trust. She was someone who was worth to work for.
In the end, Me and Akeno stopped training early on and went back to the mansion to cook the food for the night.
Day Seven and Eight
These days were training day. I only days i had to train by myself. I spent the first day perfecting my new Mystic arte. The level of my fire magic helped greatly for perfecting it but i still didn't get how it worked.
The ability to take my opponent with me confused me greatly, Zirnitra's reasoning just made it all worse. I never really was a science guy. This day passed really quickly but i couldn't say the same for the next day.
The last day by myself to train felt like it went on forever, but it was in a good sense. I spent the day applying and unapplying enchantments on my sword. Most of the time it backfired but i tried and tried again with each type of enchantment before i performed it successfully three times in a row.
I went in the order of Fire, Lightning, Water, Ice and Paralysis. I paralyzed my hand a number of times, i relied on Zirnitra to deal with it. Even though I've been with this guy a while now, i still barely know anything about him. He seems like the type of guy to just tell you about himself when he felt like you were friendly enough.
I'm happy that i don't know so much about him though. It could change how we talk to each other and i don't want that, plus i'm not really bothered but it does annoy me at times that he will always know what i'm thinking, how i feel and what I've been through yet i know nothing about him.
I stayed in my room the whole day, i needed the piece and quiet. The previous day nearly ruined my concentration when the top of a mountain was destroyed, Zirnitra said that was Issei's doing.
That night i spoke with Kiba about doing something for Issei, i did this to try and make it so if Issei was to train in the future it would be with Kiba because of the sword. Plus it would also allow me to do what i like.
Day Nine
Today was the day Sona would come and help me out with magic. She arrived around midday through a magic circle.
"Hey Sona-sama, What are you going to be teaching my today?"
"I'm going to train you in water magic and i also have something to give you later."
Something to give me? I wonder what it could be, it's not like I've done anything for her to grant being gifted something.
I didn't have long to train with her before she had to get back. Sona taught me a defense spell and two mid-level offensive spells.
She taught me to create a wall made of water which i consulted with Zirnitra about, and now i could use it as a guard function so it was easier to use.
The two offensive spells was a whirlpool-esque move which instead of forming from the ground and going up, it formed from my hand and was directed to the opponent. It was rather easy to dodge though.
The other move was like a tsunami, it wasn't as strong but definitely had enough power to knock someone over if they didn't expect it.
My present was something i didn't expect but was awesome.
"The thing i'm going to give you is a special dimension, it allows you to store things in like your weapons. There will also be enough room for a familiar when the time comes for you to get one."
"Thanks Sona-sama. So how do i open it when you give me one?"
"You just have to think about what you want, but for weapons you need to create a summoning chant."
Hmm .. A chant, sounds fun.
"Alright then, put your left hand on your chest and close your eyes. Now clear your mind and i'll do the rest."
I did as she said. The next minute i felt her hand on top of mine and i could hear her chant something, it turned out to be the devil's language when i asked Zirnitra afterwards.
When Sona moved her hand away it was done.
"Ok, so when you want to store anything all you have to do is think about putting something in the space and a magic circle will form and you just put it in the magic circle and it's done."
"Thank you Sona-sama, I'm ready for the game now. I can't say the same about the rest though."
"Why not?"
"Koneko seems a little restless. Rias-sama is thinking about the situation too much and is losing concentration. Issei is still too weak. Kiba is fine and Akeno, well i just don't like her so i don't know."
Sona was confused at my statement, but she agreed with me.
"I agree with you about Issei and Rias. Issei isn't experienced enough and Rias is too emotional."
I nod in agreement, i prefer Sona to Rias. She is a better King, thinks more but keeps her composure in front of others even if she is troubled. Which i would never know because she has a good poker face but she also keeps to herself.
"...Sona-sama. I would just like to let you know that if you were in the same situation i would do the same thing. I would stand by your side the whole time."
I said this and walked off back to the mansion waving. I didn't want to deal with any emotions, that was if Sona would of expressed any.
We stayed at the mansion that night and left early in the morning.
Day Ten
Today was the day before the big match. We had today to relax and finish our preparations. Kiba came with me and Koneko home after we got back from the training and we got right onto making a present for Issei.
"So Kiba, we are going to make a sword for Issei but i'm going to keep hold of it."
"What type of sword are we going to make him?"
"I was thinking of making a red dragon version of my Brutal Fang. I fits him like mine fits me."
"Sounds good to me."
We got started straight away, we had lots of fun. I got to know Kiba a little better and i think i can trust him now. The making of the sword went by without a hint. The sword looked great. It looked identical to my Brutal fang save for the fact it was red and based on a dragon.
"Think he'll be happy about it?"
"He better be. I didn't just use some of our supplies to get an 'oh ... thanks'. If i do i'll kill him with it, right on the spot."
When we finished i saw Kiba to the door and said goodbye.
Before i could go upstairs Gofannon called me from the smelting room.
"Sora, I've got some swords to give you."
"Really?!"
"Yeah, i don't lie. They are both magic swords i found myself when i went rummaging for ones, though one you might remember yourself."
I only one i remember is when we went to Ireland when i was 10 but i don't remember what it looked like.
"Here they are. This one with the blue tint is called Great Deluge and this one which looks like it was made at once and not put together is called Claiomh Solais."
I held Great Deluge in my left hand and Claiomh Solais in my right. I could feel the magic in both of them, as the name suggests Great deluge was a water sword. The sword in my right hand made me feel a little scared.
"Claiomh Solais is a sword with the properties of light, it is also said to be able to open the Dimensional Gap so only use it as a last resort."
I was shocked by this. How could we come across this? After Gofannon finished his explanation, i put them both in my personal storage space and took my sword back up to my room where i figured out chants for my two swords. I stayed up late into the night researching what i could on Phoenixes.
The day to prove myself had finally arrived.
Alright guys here is another chapter, it's a lot longer than i had planned but i didn't want to split the training into to separate chapters.
Next chapter we will see Sora kick ass with his new moves and show off a new form ... or two.
Just in case from reading you think about summoning chants for the swords, it's ok I've already got them.
Ok, I've tried spacing out like I've been told about. So if there are still any problems with it please tell me.