Unlike with Rias and Akeno there wasn't really much I could teach Koneko so for the first day I just watched her in her training which consisted of heavy exercise and basic concentration skills to allow her to focus on her senjutsuu. Like Rias, Koneko was very eager to learn but unlike Akeno, she wanted to get through her hatred. Koneko went through each set of training with weights, her features out and a layer of Senjutsuu covering her body. While these seems a little much for a starter in magic, this is typical for a Youkai. A Youkai should be able to work or run and do whatever they like while flowing their Senjutsuu. It doesn't seem like a practical thing to do but in truth, Senjutsuu and also Youjutsuu are completely different to magic.

Both Senjutsuu and Youjutsuu are magic in their own rights but they are radically different from other magic's because they don't need circles to deal with everything. Circles are only used for spells or abilities that that Youkai is unable to use efficiently at that time, and because Youkai are traditionally built for speed and maybe even stealth, we don't tend to use spells that take a while to cast. We never use them until they can be cast at a clap of a hand.

When it came to the second day, it showed to me how different the Youkai and Devil magic is. When I was teaching Rias, I just had to instruct her as it's all based on your imagination but with Koneko and Senjutsuu it's different. I actually have to show Koneko how to do thing and how to improve. It's a technical magic but is also a little easier to grasp than magic. Ki/Chakra is a natural part of all Youkai and we all know how to use it to a degree, we can become decent fighters by learning and training ourselves unlike non-Youkai for the most part.

I gave Koneko a simple task. I gave her 5 four plant pots all with flowers in. I made her hold one while I created a box around her with the remaining four. Her task was to use her Senjutsuu to grow the plants except the one in her hand and then vice-versa, to grow the one in her hand while leaving the outside four alone. Then once she was done with that, she was to do it all over again after I had reverted the process. The reason I reverted the process is because it's both harder and more dangerous in the malice department.

Seen as it's all about technique, I couldn't tell her how to specifically do it. I can give a rough guideline but not exact, because controlling the flow of Chakra is something we do with our bodies we must do it in a way we find comfortable. If it's comfortable then it's less likely to strain or hurt us. Though it's easy to say it, it's actually hard to find your niche and a way you find comfortable. It's easier for me to do so in a quiet space while wearing my glasses, glasses give me a sense of perfect sight so I can relax a little when looking at what I want to deal with. I don't have to pinpoint it exactly to be on the money but that also comes with practice.

This training lasted the whole day for her and she was unable to do all four at once but she had got to the point where three wasn't getting that stressful. That was actually rather good in the time we had, it showed that she was training herself well and wasn't holding herself back in anyway. I then decided to reward her by allowing her to sleep with me which was out in the woods surrounding the Gremory castle.

Because of my Tsukiyomi blood, we were completely safe. The animals even came and snuggled up against us keeping us warm. Koneko freaked out a little at the wolves but then they both freaked out at the overly large bear. That bear though was really warm. As much as it was a reward for her, it was also something similar to training as I made her keep her ears and tail out. This allowed her full body to be more comfortable with nature, when we release our ears and tail the air flows into us. In a way it actually makes Youkai more environmentally friendly, we don't make carbon dioxide due to being able to control Ki. We take in air and our bodies transform it back into air upon release, i'm still yet to figure out how that actually happens.

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The third day was a different one altogether, it wasn't that much of a teacher-student training session. Our day was to be spent running to the Forneus clan's main castle and then back after stopping for food. Forneus is actually main livestock so it was actually a fun place to run through. The animals would come to the ends of their pens just to see us go by and all seemed happy just for it.

According to the knowledge I've gained from the first shrine, animals in a 5 mile radius will feel my presence and animals within a mile of me will all feel revitalized. There is something about my aura that resembles a serene moonlight night to them.

Our running was also recorded somewhat, with us both being Nekos it was bound to cause a disturbance of some sort. This time it was only some busy talks or possible recordings from devils we passed by. As a part of the Gremory family we are famous but that's only because of the Gremory family. That is in Koneko's case but mine however, is vastly different. I'm the head of a clan and a popular figure in devil society. In my case, I am popular for good and bad reasons. The media try to do what they can to get any sort of information on me and in the end only recordings work as I have declined all invitations to go on shows or even attend interviews. While it's not my sort of thing, I decline to do so because there is no point.

At the end of the third day Koneko got a little more famous, both as a Nekoshou and with her relation to me. These recordings would also help to a degree, unknown to other beings cameras actually catch the flow of Chakra and only Youkai can see it. In turn, this allowed me to have a lesson with Koneko and help her understand by vision. It shows her the fluctuation of her aura as she moves and then also how composed it is when she is still. It also showed her that mine was condensed unlike hers, which was constantly fluctuating like a flame.

The conclusion she came to was experience but that wasn't really true. She was right in the fact that experience can give you a condensed aura that doesn't leak a speck but it can also give you an overwhelming aura. Mine is condensed so early on because of my powers, my know-how is a lot stronger than my physical application so it goes to show that I can mentally control easily. This also shows that it's easier for me to control the flow of Ki by simple meditation rather than with a physical motion.

This goes hand in hand with what I was teaching Koneko with the plants. She was a physical user so she used her hands, she would have to place her hands out to allow her to take control. I have to use my concious to take control, I envision it as its happening. If you look at it from how I say it, it's almost like i'm saying i'm smarter than Koneko. Where as I think it's true here between us it's not always like that. Most people who use their minds are people who are more imaginative, it's really got nothing to do with intellect.

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Then it came to the fourth and fifth day of my training with Koneko. They weren't anything special at all, they just consisted of us doing normal training like all the others were doing but whilst controlling our flow of Ki. We were doing this to further my own control and get Koneko to the point where a simple mistake won't cause her to go berserk.

The past few days have held small instances where a part of her would spike but with everything that's happened to Koneko, she was quick to force it down. She's turned her own hatred into her resolve, whether that means anything for Kuroka I do not know but it could turn out to be great for them.

Though whether anything would come from it quickly is being put into debate in my mind. As sisters, I can't see Koneko saying no to Kuroka altogether. Koneko shut herself away because of her sister. She slowly started to open up with my presence, possibly because of the familiarity she feels from us both being Nekoshou. This leads me to believe that, like Akeno, Koneko can't completely move forward until she faces the person who made her get this way. Anyone looking on it from the outside would be surprised, you'd expect Akeno to be more forthright about this due to their personalities.

Behind close doors, Akeno is still a little girl. She hasn't really aged since that day but created a new self which started at that age. Koneko continued to live but by locking her emotions away to restrict further pain. It was both very similar but they both went different ways to lock out a part of themselves. Koneko's was much easier to come back from plus her feelings haven't been etched into her heart for as long as Akeno's has. This whole problem will only be resolved with time, anything that's resolved quickly isn't truly a problem.

Both girls have the chance to move forward, they also have the ability to move forward and they are both doing so but only Koneko is doing it at full steam. I have told both of them the truth, both from opinions outside of the ones seen. They both neglected to look at it from the side of a vital person involved. I understand that they wouldn't come to it straight away but personally I think they should have seen my point much earlier, before they even met me.

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The day of the match reached us much quicker than we had imagined. Everyone … nearly everyone was ready for this match. Akeno was still seeming a bit off, even as we stood in the magic circle waiting to be sent off. The mood of our group was a tense one, it wouldn't hold the same conclusion as the one with Raiser but still important all the same to Rias. This was a fight to withhold her pride and to beat her childhood rival for once. Rias knew she had the upper-hand just by looking at paper but it comes down to actual people. With Sona's intellect and Rias' growing maturity, our power is reduced even with the training. This fight will come down to the strategy and whether my involvement is necessary.

This Rating Game is Sona's time to shine, it's her time to overshadow Rias. Rias has a lot more fame in the Underworld than Sona does, she also has the fact of 'owning' me in her peerage whether it's for reasons I like or not. Sona is like a dark horse in this fight, her specs seem terrible put next to ours but her strategy more than makes up for it and it's something not widely recognised by the devils.

Sona is the reason that I will be laying back in this fight, I have other reasons to but they are just to mask the true story. Sona is a much more deserving person, she should have the fame that Rias does. I may dislike devils but I hold respect for Sona, she's intuitive and stern.

"Yo Gin-nya."

I came from my thoughts to see Asahi looking straight at me from the Fallen Angel part of the crowd that was wishing us luck before the match.

"I know that no-one else here other than Azazel knows this because you like your privacy, hell even Issei doesn't know what today is."

"What are you getting at Asacchi? I'm about to be teleported."

A small smile appears on his face before opening his mouth.

"Happy Birthday Gin."

A second after he finished talking we were teleported away into the Rating game.

Phew ... that's the end of the 3 chapters of training. I was able to dive into Ki, Extra Demons and Tsukiyomi.
All in all this chapter went well for me, ending in something that's a surprise for all devils in the story.
As I've seen from the reviews, people have wanted to get back to the Canon and that will happen starting next chapter.
Next chapter will be the rating game and then straight into Volume 6.
Volume 6 however will be completely from Gin's view meaning no understanding into the goings on much.

I'm off to start the Rating Game, look forward to the changes. Ciao-nya.