The ORC team were now changing into their gym uniforms after they got into the building. When Izuku finished getting his on, he turns to Kiba, who also got finished dressing into his gym uniform, to ask him something that was on his mind while he was changing.
"Um, hey, Kiba?"
Kiba turns his head towards him as Izuku got his attention.
"Yes, Izuku?"
"Quick question," Izuku began. "Remember when you said that you hated Fallen Angels?"
Kiba raises an eyebrow at him while remaining quiet.
Noticing his silence, Izuku scratch the back of his head while shifting his eyes left shyly.
"Sorry. I was just curious. It's just that I never understood what they did to you to make you hold such a grudge."
Kiba lets out a sigh while keeping his stare on his friend.
"Look, I told you I can't promise you on getting along them, alright? Don't get me wrong, I understand where you're coming from, after what happened back at the abandoned church. It's just that I can't at the moment."
"Eh?" a confused expression was created from Izuku's face. "Um… That wasn't what I was talking about though."
"I know," replied Kiba with another sigh. "Sorry, I'm just more concerned in winning this Rating Game than my previous experiences with Fallen Angels. I wish to worry about the present more than the past."
Izuku blinked at his statement, but decided to leave it at that, sharing the same concern for winning as Kiba was.
"I understand." Izuku then slams a fist on his chest and lets a confident smirk form from his lips. "Let's get out there and do what we can to get stronger so we can beat that Yakitori Bird Brain Motherfucker!"
Kiba gives him a smirk of his own, and the two bumped fists.
"Yeah, let's fry us some chicken!"
Izuku and Kiba then share a laugh at the joke the latter made before heading out of their changing room to meet up with the others.
~Training #1: Sword combat~
Izuku and Kiba were five feet away from each other while holding wooden samurai bokken swords. One for Izuku, and one for Kiba.
"You ready?" Kiba asks him as he spreads his legs apart and holds his bokken in front of him. "I won't go easy on you."
"Hmph!" Izuku then smirks at him while he gets into the same fighting position as his sparring partner. "Neither will I, blondie."
Izuku bends his legs forward and breaks into a sprint while holding his bokken at his right side, planning on hitting Kiba with a left sideways slash.
Seeing the attack coming, Kiba maneuvered his arms left and blocked the oncoming attack, resulting in their bokkens clashing with one another. He then lifted his bokken upwards to give Izuku a downwards slash, but was blocked by the latter.
The rest of the ORC group were watching the two Devils spar with each other from three feet away. The group were mostly watching Izuku's performance in sword combat. Rias watched on with a proud smirk, Asia and Ibara both appeared to be getting ready to heal one of them in case one of them gets injured badly after the spar, Koneko just looked on with her usual neutral stare, and Akeno was mostly watching Izuku with a sultry gaze.
Izuku and Kiba continued clashing their bokkens with each other, not taking their eyes off one another for a second. The two have been constantly shifting from offense to defense depending on their current situation in the spar.
After clashing one more time, Izuku being the attacker and Kiba being the one who blocked the attack, the two jumped away from each other until they were six feet apart.
The two were now panting while sweating from their constant movement. Both were staring at each other with a smirk formed from their lips.
"Your swordsmanship impresses me, Izuku," Kiba complimented.
A soft chuckle escapes Izuku's lips.
"You're not too bad yourself."
While the two were getting back into their fighting stances with their bokkens, Izuku had an idea on how to make their spar more entertaining and wanted to share that idea with Kiba.
"Oi, Kiba."
"Yeah?"
Upon getting his sparring partner's attention, Izuku allows his lips to form a smirk.
"What do you say we spice this spar up a bit?"
"Oh? How so?" Kiba asked him with a raised eyebrow.
"By using our speed," Izuku replied as he points his bokken at him. "Your speed as a Knight vs the speed of my Promotion as a Knight. How 'bout it?"
Kiba was surprised at the young man's request. After letting his speed challenge description sink in, his brows furrowed and his lips curled upward into a smile.
"Alright then," Kiba responded as he cocks his bokken to the side. "Challenge accepted."
At that moment and the approval from Rias', Izuku and Kiba charged at each other in high speed. When they clashed their bokkens at the moment they were near each other, a loud sound of wood striking wood echoed throughout the training field.
The two bokken wielders then backed away from each other, Kiba, using his Knight trait, and Izuku, his Promotion as an Knight. The two then started circling around the field in their speed, not taking an eye off of each other for a second. One kept charging at the other, attempting to strike each other down with their bokkens.
"Ara ara, looks like they're taking their spar to the next level," Akeno said as she watched Izuku and Kiba dashing about the field, clashing their bokkens from time to time.
Rias kept her stare on the fight, studying their movement patterns.
"From what I can tell from watching their speed, Izu seems to be on offense more than Kiba."
Rias then turns her head towards Ibara and Asia with the former having a look of seriousness in her face.
"It seems you have something on your mind Ibara"
Rias' said towards Ibara who shifted her eyes at the redhead.
"Oh! Um...well, it appeared that Izuku-san is more likely dodging attacks more than blocking, being on the offensive might serve him in his battle...but that doesn't automatically mean that he'll always have the upper hand when he dodges" Ibara said towards Rias' with Asia saying her piece, "And I think Izu-sans opponent can always predict where he'll go next and then try to counter-attack"
Rias nodded her head in agreement with what the Church Duo said.
"I'll be sure that Koneko will make him have to block when it's their turn to spar."
Meanwhile, Izuku and Kiba have clashed once more. This time, Izuku was on the defensive side, blocking slash after slash from his sparring partner.
"Or… Maybe not," Rias added, seeing Izuku blocking Kiba's attacks by constantly shifting his arms positions to where his bokken is positioned horizontally or vertically, depending on the swings Kiba throws. "Izu looks to be doing fine in blocking with a sword."
"How 'bout his fists?" Koneko asked, sounding eager to be next to spar despite having a neutral expression.
"Patience now, Koneko," Rias said with a small smile. "You'll get your turn."
The group then noticed Izuku and Kiba have stopped fighting. Both were now panting heavily as they kept eye contact with each other.
"Let's finish this with one strike, Kiba," Izuku suggested as he cocks his bokken to his right side.
"Of course," agreed Kiba as he cocks his to his left.
The two then charged at each other with their speed abilities and got ready to strike. The fast movement of Kiba's Knight trait and Izuku's promotion caused dust to protrude from the dirt due to the pressure of their feet.
By the time they got close enough to each other, they started swinging their swords in hopes to get each other defeated.
*BAP! BAP!*
The audience of the spar had surprised and amused looks on their faces when they witnessed how Izuku and Kiba's spar concluded.
The boys had their bokkens struck at both of their stomachs. Izuku's on Kiba's, and the latter's on the former's.
The two removed their wooden swords from each other and held onto their stomachs with their left hands, still feeling the pain caused by their strikes.
Izuku took three steps back from Kiba, hissing because of the pain in his stomach.
"Damn, Kiba. You hit hard."
Kiba chuckled at the black-greenette haired boy's compliment.
"Heh. Your attack was more painful."
Smiling, Izuku drops his bokken to the side.
"Draw?"
Kiba lets out a chuckle as he too drops his bokken, nodding in agreement.
"Yeah. Draw."
~Training #2: Hand-to-hand combat~
After his spar with Kiba, Izuku was now sparring with his senpai, Koneko, in hand-to-hand combat. Since Rias, Akeno, Asia, Ibara and Kiba were doing training on their own, the two Devils were duking it out with their punches and kicks.
During the spar, Koneko grabbed Izuku by the wrist and spin around twice before throwing him towards a nearby tree. Before Izuku's back made contact with it, he was able to lean his body forward and land on the tree on his feet with one hand on the trunk. He then landed back on the ground and sets his stare back on Koneko.
"Nice fall break," Koneko complimented with a noticeably small smile.
"Thanks," Izuku said with a smirk. He then begins charging at her with his left fist cocked back. "But I'm only getting started!"
Before his fist could make contact with Koneko, she dodged to her left and appeared behind Izuku. He was able to sense her, allowing him to jump in the air to dodge Koneko's sweep kick. While still in the air, Izuku spun his body around and stuck his leg out to kick her in the face. But Koneko jumped away from him before his foot could hit her.
Izuku then landed on the ground after his spin kick and puts his guard up, waiting to see if she'll attempt to make another move.
Sure enough, Koneko decided to charge at him this time, prompting Izuku to plant his feet on the ground and form an X from his arms in case she tries to hit him with a dive kick.
As Koneko got two feet closer to him, she cocked her fist back and aimed it for Izuku's stomach. Seeing where she was aiming, he then lowered his crossed arms to where she tried to punch him. This was immediately followed by Koneko retracting her fist from him and jumping in the air with her knees bent and legs tucked.
Izuku widened his eyes in surprise when he saw Koneko fake out her punch. He snapped from his surprise and then looked up to see her aiming her feet towards his face. Luckily, he was able to dodge her two-foot kick by sidestepping, but did feel the left of her left foot graze his left cheek.
Izuku then jumped back from Koneko and rubs his cheek while keeping his eyes on her.
"You slippery girl," Izuku growled. "You tricked me."
"Of course I did," Koneko replied nonchalantly. "And so will those girls and other future enemies in your fights. You have to be prepared for any trick they have in their book."
Izuku nodded his head, noting her advice in his head. He has seen those battles on TV where a fighter would fake their attacks so his/her enemy would be tricked into blocking the attack, allowing the warrior hit him/her where he/she isn't protected, and he figured he would have to put up with crap like that.
"Also," Koneko continued. "Try aiming more towards the center of your opponent's body and strike with precision at your victim's core."
"Hmph!" Izuku plants his feet on the ground and brings his arms outward with his hands balled into fists and charge at her again.
While the two continued to spar, Koneko couldn't help but observe Izuku's movements in combat, his offense, and defense.
'He's doing well on his defensive state. He's constantly shifting his eyes around to try and detect any possible move I could make to throw him off.' Koneko then saw him throwing punches and kicks at her, with one of each only grazing her cheeks.
And judging by Koneko's skill in combat, he was having a hard time trying to land a hit on her. Minus those grazes he made.
After five more minutes of sparring, Izuku and Koneko decided to call it a day so the former can move on to training with Akeno, Ibara and Asia on magic control.
During their stroll back to the mansion, Izuku decided to start up a conversation with Koneko.
"I must say, Koneko-senpai, for someone who can pack a serious punch, you can be pretty tactical too."
Koneko glanced at him for a couple of seconds and shifted her eyes back forward.
"It's nothing. We all have powers that are unique to us. If anything, you're the one with the tactician." she turns her head towards Izuku. "You can also be a really hard worker too."
Izuku lets a soft chuckle escape his lips while scratching the back of his head in slight shyness from her compliment. He then looks up towards the sky with his left hand on his cheek, and his right hand on his chin.
"Though, while you are very strong, I couldn't help but feel that you were holding back, even for a sparring match."
Hearing that made Koneko immediately stop in place, eyes sightly widened.
"Wha… What do you mean, Izuku-kouhai?"
Noticing the nervous tone in her voice, Izuku then puts his hands forward in defense while a faint light blush brushed his cheeks.
"I mean, no offense, it's just that... wasn't all of the power you had. I just thought I'd throw that out there, that's all."
Koneko didn't say a word. She hung her head in what appeared to be shame, causing the bangs of her snow-white hair to cover her eyes.
Feeling worried about her, Izuku placed a gentle hand on her shoulder, making her shoot her head towards him with a slightly surprised expression.
"Look, whatever is holding you back, you got us to help you out," Izuku assured her with a smile. "If you're having any problems, make sure you tell, Rose, Akeno-senpai, Asia, Ibara, Kiba, or me about it. We're always there for you, and we'll help out however we can."
Koneko's eyes softened at the young man's kindness. She then turned her head towards the ground.
"Thanks," she muttered.
Izuku nodded in response and continued to walk towards the mansion. When he got towards the door, he noticed that Koneko was four feet behind him.
"You coming in?"
Koneko shook her head.
"I need some time alone for a while."
Izuku tilted his head at that but shrugged his shoulders and walked towards the mansion and closed the doors behind him.
With Koneko she could only stare at Izuku's retreating figure.
'My Kouhai...is special to me'
~Training #3: Magic training~
After giving Koneko some time alone, Right now we see Izuku, Ibara, Asia and Akeno near a round brown table with three blue chairs.
"Alright," Akeno said enthusiastically, clasping her hands together with closed eyes and a happy-go-lucky smile. "It's time you three to become aware of the aura and magic surrounding you and try to stream it to a focal point and yes Ibara you need this as well incase if you get into trouble with the supernatural if Izu-kun and the others myself included are not around."
While Asia was nodding her head happily with Ibara having a happy smile as well, it was Izuku who was thinking about what Akeno said.
'Well, technically I'm aware of my aura...and I know I can use magic it's just that All I need to do is to figure out how to use it'
"Visualization is the essence of all magic," Akeno explained, reverting Izuku's attention back to her. "Let the image of light flow through you and be released as magical power."
After nodding in response, both Asia and Ibara began holding their palms of their hands near each other and began concentrating on summoning a magical aura.
As for Izuku, he stared at his hand and closed his eyes.... taking deep breaths...in...and out... visualize it...find it....that was what he was thinking as see saw an image of light that was far as he walked towards it, trying to get closer until he suddenly stopped as he saw...'Mom?'
"I think I got it!"
"Me too!"
Izuku and Akeno turn towards Ibara and Asia to see that the two of them had their own ball of light with Asia's being lime green while Ibara's had a dark green color with hints of yellow surprising the former, while Akeno was happy for the two of them.
"Awesome!" Akeno applauded. "Look at you two go with little lights! I think you both have a lot of natural talent for this, Asia, Ibara!"
"Yeah, that's amazing you two, I'm impressed"
Both Asia's and Ibara's face turns bashful with light red cheeks at Izuku's compliment.
"Oh… Thank you, Izuku-san."
"Yes thank you for your kind words"
Izuku nodded with a smile in response to the tow former nuns thanks. He then went ahead to try again on conjuring his aura by doing how Asia and Ibara did it: place his hands in front of him with his palms four inches apart.
'Okay, they were able to do it this way, so I should be able to do it as well. Alright, here goes.'
As Izuku took a deep breath and began to concentrate on trying to make a ball out of his aura. Judging by the frustrated look on his face, how his body was shaking due to the struggle, and the fact that he kept at it for twenty seconds, he appeared to be having a hard time doing it....was it because he saw an image of his Mom?
"Having a hard time, Izu-kun?"
Akeno begin to talk to Izuku and suddenly wrap her slender arms around the green haired boy, making said boy jump at the sudden contact.
Asia and Ibara were surprised with Akeno's actions, unsure how to respond to what's happened. With Akeno displaying affection that was on her face, with her sultry smile formed from her lips, her warm gaze directed at Izuku, and the forward motion of her body, making her breasts press against his back. As for Izuku himself…
"Um… Yeah…" he replied to her question with a shy tone and pink cheeks. "I kinda am…"
Akeno lets a cute giggle escape her lips as she traces her fingers on Izuku's right hand, causing the latter to tense up and have his cheeks turn a darker shade of red.
Unbeknownst to him,both Ibara and Asia were giving off a jealous aura while a cute pout was on their faces when they kept watching how affectionate Akeno was being to him.
"Remember, it's all about visualization," Akeno explained. "Think about whatever you want and see it happen in your mind."
"Okay…" Izuku said, still acting bashful since he can still feel Akeno's breasts on his back. "But is there any limit on what I can think about?"
"No, not at all," Akeno replied happily, continuing to stroke Izuku's hand. "It can be anything you want. Just think about it, and then concentrate."
"Alright," Izuku nodded in affirmative. "But… I'm gonna need you to let go of me… Please."
"Oh? Am I making you uncomfortable?" She asked him teasingly as she tightens her hug around his torso.
"N-N-No!" He replied almost immediately. "I just need some space so I can concentrate, that's all."
Akeno lets a playful pout form on her lips as she slowly removes her arms from him.
The young man sighed in relief after she took four steps back to watch him try again, Before he could begin, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that Asia and Ibara were both staring at him with furrowed eyebrows and a pout.
Confused, Izuku turns his head towards them with a raised eyebrow.
"What?"
They both jumped with wide eyes upon hearing Izuku speak to the two of them and quickly looked away shyly while their cheeks were turning red.
"N-N-Nothing!"
Izuku could only raised another eyebrow at their stuttered reply.
'What the Hell? Something was definitely up with them a few seconds ago.'
Not wanting to pressure the two, Izuku shrugs it off and placed his hands back in front of himself, his palms four inches apart.
'Alright, Akeno-senpai said that I could think of anything I want, and I have to see it in my mind in order for it to literally happen.'
Narrowing his eyes further, Izuku processed his thoughts on what he wants to see in between his palms.
Taking a deep breath to see his mind once again and then he saw a figure infront of him but he couldn't see much of them since they were blurry to him but he saw that their mouth was moving which made him concentrate on what their saying until he understood and said it out loud.
"Unleash thee"
As soon as he said that his eyes widened as he saw a red orb in the palm of his hand that it made him smile but After a few seconds the red orb starts spinning around and it suddenly expanded further into a ball that almost was the same size as Asia's and Ibara's green light orb, but a little bit smaller. While Izuku I was glad he was able to conjure up the magic that resides in him...he was wondering why that figure said that word to him.
~Training #4: Using magic for hobbies. Mostly cooking for this session~
Wrapping up the magic training, Akeno left the kitchen to continue training on her own, allowing Rias to coach Izuou and the Sister Duo on their next training session: Using magic everyday tasks.
"...," Izuku was looking down at the pink apron Rias put on him, with Asia wearing a red one and Ibara wearing a green one "Do I really have to wear this? You are fully aware I'm a dude, right?"
Rias giggled at Izuku's misfortune.
"Come now, Izu," Rias said with a wink. "I don't think it looks bad on you."
Izuku was now glaring daggers at her, earning another giggle from the redhead.
"You damn Devil."
"So…" Asia began, getting everyone's attention. "Can we really use magic for hobbies? Even cooking?"
"Absolutely," Rias replied happily. "Magic comes in handy anywhere. For this lesson, you three will be cooking us all a tasty meal." She begins to walk away while waving her hand at the three. "Have fun, and good luck."
Izuku, Asia, and Ibara, waited until she left the room, shutting the door behind her. After waiting a few more seconds, Izuiu looked down at his apron with his annoyed look still intact.
"Yeah, to Hell with this."
Without hesitation, Izuku violently grabbed the pink apron with his left hand, tore it off his body, and threw it to the side.
He then heard giggling from the two girls that it made him sigh, "Yeah Yeah laugh it up, let's start cooking"
He said which got the two girls to nod their head, the two of them then took a look at the food and equipment Rias set up for them. On the counters lie fresh potatoes, onions, and other ingredients to make something tasty, and on the table lied an open metal pot full of water.
"Okay, let's give this a shot."
Asia decided to start with the pot of oil, approaching it and hovering her right hand to the top of the pot.
"Water, please boil."
As if listening to her command, the water in the metal pot started to boil, producing thousands of bubbles.
"Yay!" Asia cheered with a fist pump. "It worked, Izuku-san, Ibara-chan"
"Well done Asia" Ibara clapped while hovering her hand over a few ingredients and saw that they were doing at her command with a smile on her while getting a compliment from Izuku which made her blush and caused her hair to move a bit.
Izuku then congratulated Asia as well which made her happy.
Izuku then turn his attention towards the nearest piece of food and as an Onion and stared at it for a bit and grabbed it, 'Ok, just like what I saw with Asia who requested for the water to boil and Ibara doing the same with the ingredients was because they both had to concentrate on their magic on their hands...ok just like summoning the flames from before...'
With that Izuku stared at the onion and concentrated and saw an image infront of him and then...
*SHFF!*
Izuku, Asia, and Ibara widen their eyes when they saw the onion in Izuku's hand suddenly peel, showing its green texture.
"Whoa…" Izuku blinked his eyes rapidly at the onion, surprised at how easy he was able to magically peel the brown off with just magic.
"Hang on a moment."
Izuku then went to grab a potato and did the same procedure he did with the onion, and two seconds later, it too had its skin peeled off perfectly.
Izuku lets out a confident chuckle.
"It's that simple, eh?"
"Alright, Izuku-san!" Asia applauded. "I knew you could do it."
This made Ibara to nod her head in agreement.
"I will admit Midoriya-san, while it looks as simple as peeling the skin of a crop, I'm glad you were able to do it."
Izuku let's out a wide smirk with narrowed eyes.
"Alright then, let's crank this up a notch!"
He then immediately aimed his open palms towards the first pile of onions he could lay his green eyes on and used his magic to peel all of their skin off at once. He then started going "Woo hoo! Woo hoo! Woo hoo!" As he did the same procedure on a pile of potatoes. It was then rinse and repeat on the other piles of crops.
"Um, Izuku-san?"
But Izuku didn't hear Asia call to him. He was too busy peeling off skins of onions and potatoes with a happy-go-lucky smile on his face for what seemed to be countless of seconds.
"Izuku-san?!" Asia tried again a little louder, but he paid no heed.
"Holy Hell! Who would've thought that this would be so much fun?!"
"MIDORIYA!"
"What?"
Izuku finally stopped what he was doing when he heard Ibara shout out his name. His eyes than widened as he found out why he got his attention. He scanned the entire kitchen to see the many skins of potatoes and onions scattered all over the floor, along with the many peeled crops resting on the counter, table, and deactivated stove. He then chuckled shyly while scratching the back of his head with closed eyes and a sweat drop after seeing both girls having a few peelings on their heads.
"Heh heh heh… Sorry about that you two. I must've gotten a little carried away."
This made Ibara to form a pout from her lips and letting out a sigh.
"Perhaps a bit too carried away?" She said as she removed the peelings from her head along with helong Asia removing the peelings from her head as well.
Asia thanked Ibara while looking around around at the freshly peeled crops. "My goodness, what are we going to do with all of these?"
Still chuckling shyly, Izuku walked to closet saying: "I'll go get the broom." And he did just that, sweeping the peelings into a pile and throwing them away afterwards.
After shaking his body around to get the smaller peelings off of his back, Ibara looked over to Asia, getting the blonde's attention.
"Well, you we might as well get cooking with those ingredients. No point in letting them go to waste, right?
"Y-Yeah."
And with that Izuku, Ibara and Asia went ahead to use the ingredients to the best of their ability, hoping that in the end, the food will taste great.