After the meeting went down, Rias decided on doing something like a training arc, to help prepare themselves for the rating game. They packed their bags and started hiking up a mountain the very next day.
Ryu came along cause he was bored, he promised to help train the Close-Combat fighters.
Although his main reason was to skip school.
Plus, Ryu needed to do training of his own with his friends as well, he hoped that perhaps Koneko could push him towards closer to the Threshold Strength, and Kiba could push to Threshold of Speed.
Currently, the gang was going up the mountain with weighted bags on their backs.
Rias and Akeno were going first, behind them was Issei, behind Issei was Ryu, and behind him were Koneko and Kiba.
"Huff...How...Much...LONGER?!" Issei shouted, while panting real hard.
"You're almost there keep pushing." Kiba encouraged, walking past him with little to no difficulty, also having a large backpack on his back.
"You.. huff... Said that... 5 minutes ago!" Issei whined.
"Stop being such a wimp." Koneko walked past him with an even bigger backpack.
"What the heck... Huff... Are their bags full of feathers?!" He complained.
Ryu walked past him as well, hearing him complain he let out a sigh, and glanced back at him.
"Your dream is to have a harem of beauties yes?" Ryu asked.
Everyone turned back to listen in on this.
"Damn... huff... right!" Issei confirmed.
"You won't be getting a harem at all if your stamina and strength suck, if you catch my drift." Ryu smirked.
"Perverts." Koneko said, letting out a sigh.
Issei froze for a second, a lightbulb turning on in his head, and then he took a very deep breath.
"RAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Issei let out a war cry and charged up the mountain almost immediately, overtaking everyone.
Ryu let out a whistle, "Look at him go! Looks like he just needed a little motivation."
"Nice one, Ryu." Kiba threw him a thumbs up.
Ryu returned it with a thumbs up of his own.
"Talk about a motivational speech." Rias giggled, she would definitely remember that to motivate her Pawn.
Akeno smiled as well, she continued up behind Rias and others, not talking at all.
She seemed to be thinking about something, Ryu didn't bother her.
The gang finally made their way up on the mountain, and now they were in front of a pretty large mansion and in front of it was a lake as well.
"Right, I forgot. Supernatural beings are stupidly rich."
"Is that jealousy I hear?" Rias smirked at him.
"Yes."
"That's... huge." Issei said.
"Pff..." Ryu elbowed Kiba standing next to him gaining his attention, he leaned down and whispered into his ear. "That's what she said."
"Hehehe..." Kiba and Ryu chuckled, Koneko raised an eyebrow at them but just chalked it up to them being boys.
"Let's get inside and start training right away!"
The group went inside, boys went in one room and the girls in the other one.
In the room there were 4 wardrobes, some shower stalls and a table or two in case they needed it for anything, it was a standard changing room.
"Issei, get ready you're going to have the hardest time here out of all of us." Ryu said smirking evilly making sure not to show his teeth, he wanted to make it a bit of surprise or scare them later.
Ryu took off his pants and put on some shorts, and began to take his shirt off.
The others did the same, they changed into sports wear.
"Y-Yeah I figured that halfway to the top..." He muttered, a bit dejected.
"Oh, that's a cool piece." Kiba complimented when he saw Ryu's back.
"What is- WOW!!!" Issei was also impressed.
On Ryu's back there was a large tattoo of a dragon.
"Thanks Kiba, it was the most painful 8 hours of my life, and then another 1 hour of getting my ass beat by my father, while my uncle pointed and laughed." Ryu said, reminiscing about old times.
"Ah... Rias and Akeno will want to talk more about that."
"Of course, I've hidden it long enough." Ryu said putting on a shirt.
"Let's go then, don't wanna keep them waiting do we?" Kiba said and walked out of the room with Issei and Ryu following behind him.
"I'm getting excited." Ryu said, with a smirk and an evil glint in his eye.
The three of them walked out of the room, and then out of the building.
The others were already waiting there.
"Finally you guys are here." Rias said with a smile.
"Oh! Looking good you guys." Ryu complimented, though his eyes were only on Akeno, who blushed but still smiled at the compliment.
"You too! Looks like you guys are excited huh?" Rias said.
"Sure." Akeno agreed
"Hell yeah!" Issei.
"Yes." Koneko.
"Of course!" Kiba
"Damn right." Ryu.
They finally started the whole training arc.
"Rias! I'll take Issei over here first, then Koneko. Sorry Kiba, I can't really teach you anything since you use a sword, and I can't teach Asia because I don't do magic."
"Don't worry, I can do my own training." Kiba waved him off.
"And we'll take care of Asia, but first..." Rias said sitting on the field.
"We're probably all curious on how you plan to train Issei! So we'll stay here for a bit!"
"Suit yourselves."
Ryu grabbed Issei and dragged him over to the open field.
"H-Hey!"
"Let's see what I'm working with here..." Ryu said, looking Issei up and down with a critical eye.
"You're a complete newbie." Ryu said with a smile.
"...Yeah, I know I'm the weakest." Issei said with a dejected sigh.
"That's a good thing."
"Why?"
"Means you'll make the most progress." He said, before he walked backwards and stood a few meters away from Issei.
"What we're gonna doing is pretty simple, first of all we will be fight for a bit then you'll do some physical work to bulk up." Ryu said and then noticed Issei sweating a bit.
"Fighting you...? Am I gonna be alive after the first 2 minutes...?" Issei said.
"Don't be so dramatic, I'll be gentle... I think." Ryu shrugged, "Enough talk, Fight."
Issei took a deep breath and charged towards him, swinging an overhand, that connected with Ryu's jaw. However it remained stable, not even twitching just a tiny bit.
Issei hissed, his fist was in pain because it felt like he just hit a boulder.
"That was a good blow." Koneko commented.
"Yes, but not strong enough to affect him." Kiba said.
"That's a bad one, try harder." Ryu grabbed Issei's arm, raised him up and slammed him into the ground.
Asia gasped, Rias winced. Aside from these two the others watched in silence.
Issei spat out some saliva from the impact, he got up from the ground a bit dazed, took him a moment to regain his bearings.
Ryu stood there calmly waiting for him.
"HAAAAAA!" He let out a shout, punched Ryu in the stomach, and clumsily kicked his shin.
"Ngh..." He grunted, once more pain shot through his arm and now his own shin.
"He targets weak points well." Akeno said with a smile.
"Yes, he's not completely clueless." Koneko agreed, a slight smirk on her lips.
Ryu stood there once again, unmoving.
"Better, but you still got a lot more in you." Ryu said, then punched Issei in the stomach, and made him hunch over and spit out even more saliva.
It took Issei a bit more time to recover, or that's what it looked at first.
"Was that too ha-" Ryu was about to inquire, but he was stopped when a fist closed in on his face, Ryu watched as an uppercut landing right on his jaw.
His face moved back.
Issei was panting, trying to stabilize his breathing, Ryu's strike to the stomach was indeed a bit too much, but he had long recovered and tricked Ryu into thinking he needed more time to land a surprise attack, which certainly worked.
Other than that, his fists were trembling. To his untrained fists, hitting Ryu was practically abusing himself.
"Hah... made ya... move." Issei said with a smirk.
"Alrighty then, let's stop here." Ryu said with a smile.
"Hah... Hah... Already?" Issei was surprised.
"Yeah, If I punch you again you'll loose consciousness, we can't have that."
"Monster..." Issei muttered, sitting down on the grass, Ryu crouched down as well and patted his head with a smile.
"When I'm done with you, you'll be one too." Ryu said to him, "Anyways, rest for a bit the next workout will be brutal for you."
"A-Alright." Issei blushed, and got up.
"Rias, Akeno take Asia and Issei to the magic lesson you prepared for him. Koneko, you're up."
After he said that, Rias and Akeno took the two away to give them a lesson in magic, Kiba also went to begin his own training, so there was just Koneko and Ryu left.
"Alright, let me see what you can do, Kon." Ryu said.
"'Kon?'" Koneko raised an eyebrow.
"Your new nickname, don't like it?"
"It's fine." She said, raising her arms, taking her stance.
Ryu smiled seeing that, and nodded to her.
Koneko closed the distance, unlike Issei she had formal training so her footwork was very good.
She was in front of Ryu quite quickly, Ryu hadn't taken a stance or anything, this was due to a bad habit of his... he almost always let's his opponent have a free shot at him, this habit bit him in the ass quite a lot of times during his youth, but he doesn't plan on getting rid of it at all.
Koneko executed a punch with perfect technique, and the strike behind had all her power as a rook piece in it, it landed directly on Ryu's stomach.
*POW* Ryu grunted, sliding back on his feet from the power behind that strike.
Koneko looked down at her fist after punching him.
"Hard..." She muttered, clenching and unclenching her fist, this was a weird sensation. Koneko never expected Ryu's body to be that tough.
"Really, impressive." Ryu said, before taking his own stance as well.
The two charged at each other Ryu went for a downwards elbow strike on her head, which Koneko avoided by moving her head out of the way, she then went for a punch towards Ryu's face.
Ryu tilted his head back at the last second, he then tried to grab Koneko but she was swift enough to evade him, and then a punch landed right on Ryu's temple.
Koneko's strength and power reminded him of the Gorilla he fought, Koneko was definitely the stronger one between the two, and since she was obviously more clever than the gorilla... she was undoubtedly much more refined.
Ryu staggered back, but was able to regain his bearing, he then went on the offensive, throwing consecutive jabs that had power equivalent to that of straights.
Koneko blocked them, that turned out to be a bad choice because Ryu was also very strong, and he was more than capable of breaking through her guard... plus her arms were already hurting from just blocking a couple jabs, Koneko clicked her tongue and when Ryu threw his last punch she went low, then grabbed onto Ryu's arm and using her legs she tried to choke Ryu.
A Flying triangle choke, a technique that is quite hard to pull off, but it almost always guarantees a victory on a person who's not guarded.
Koneko applied as much strength as she could on her legs, but it wasn't enough.
Ryu didn't expect that Triangle Choke, and he certainly felt it cutting off his oxygen supply, however he was quite used to that feeling so he didn't panic, and instead went on the offensive.
Ryu swung his other free arm right at her face, but stopped at the last second, the wind pressure coming from his punch ruffled her hair.
"Very impressive, Kon." Ryu said, letting his other arm down.
Koneko also released Ryu and hopped onto the ground.
"Your raw power is greater than mine, you're also smaller so you're more agile, your techniques are very well refined, what I recommend you to do is work more on your raw power, also work more on your speed. I have to do the same, so we can do that together." Ryu ruffled her hair, with a smile though she pushed it off.
"Don't do that, I don't like it." She pouted cutely, and turned around.
"Ah, apologies then." Ryu stretched.
"I'll go grab Issei and Asia, we'll need those two."
"I understand Issei... but why Asia?"
"You'll see."
Ryu went in the mansion, and quickly located the two who were resting after their little magic session with Rias and Akeno.
"Hey you two, you're coming with me." Ryu grabbed them both.
"Huh?"
"E-Eh?"
He dragged them outside.
"So, here's the plan. Issei, you'll go punch trees to condition your fists, when the pain becomes too much, Asia will heal you, and in turn train her Sacred Gear to heal people faster and faster. Koneko, since trees are too weak for you, I'll be your punching bag."
"U-Uhm, Ryu? Punching trees? Isn't that a bit much?" Asia asked, a bit worried for Issei.
"He'll have to slowly get used to pain, also has to make his fists stronger, learn how to punch properly, and other stuff, so this is probably the best way to do all that." Ryu explained with a smile, "I did that when I was a kid too, so I definitely recommend it."
"Anyway, enough talk. Begin."
Ryu and Koneko walked further away, leaving Issei and Asia.
Ryu leaned on a tree, and put his arms behind his back while widening his stance and also bracing his core.
"Punch away."
Koneko did just that, and started hitting him directly in the stomach.
The plan for this is simple, Ryu would further train his Endurance, while Koneko would train her power.
This went on for a long time, they of course took breaks quite often because either Koneko's fists would give out, or Ryu' body. Then they would have to go to Asia, who would heal the two, and they'd go back to training.
This went on for about, 2 more hours before they all got very tired.
Especially Asia.
Rias, Akeno and Kiba were already in the living room, and they were quite surprised at the state these four were in.
They finally went back to the mansion, every one of them was sweaty, and just filthy from all the training.
"I could... definitely go for a bath, and a feast... maybe feast first." Ryu said, before sitting on the sofa.
"I feel light-headed and dizzy..." Asia said, and also sat down on the sofa.
"I can't... feel my arms..." Issei said, he was still panting.
"Everything hurts." Ryu joined in groaning in pain.
"My fists ache." Koneko also did, though she looked to be in better condition compared to the other three
"What'd you guys do to end up in such a condition?" Rias asked curiously, she was also a bit worried.
"I was a... punching bag for Koneko, and Issei... was punching trees, Asia was... healing us." Ryu spoke, his voice strained.
"Whew... you guys really went all out huh?" Kiba said with a chuckle.
Ryu took a deep breath and started getting up while letting out groans.
"Hah... where's the kitchen? I'll go cook..." He asked, he was swaying left and right, barely able to stand on his legs.
Akeno came up to him, and very very slightly, pushed him back, and Ryu fell back to the sofa.
She then giggled, "Hehe, you can barely stand, just sit here and relax. We will take care of the food."
Ryu stared up at her, "A goddess..." in a daze his mouth hung open and a smile stretched across his lips, Akeno immediately noticed his teeth.
"What..." She muttered, then sat down on Ryu's lap on the sofa.
"Open your mouth... right now." Akeno outright ordered, and got really close to his face.
Ryu still in a daze, from exhaustion and from Akeno just sat there not putting up any resistance.
"What is it Akeno?" Rias also went over to check, and so did Kiba.
"Look at his teeth." Akeno pulled aside Ryu's lips and showed them off.
Asia and Issei were too tired to pay attention, they fell asleep, and Koneko was sitting next to Ryu, so she looked silently, but she too was taken aback by what she saw.
"Oh my!" Rias gasped.
"That is... quite strange." Kiba spoke as well.
"His teeth has been replaced with these... fangs, and plus he has grown additional teeth." Akeno put her fingers in Ryu's mouth and opened it further.
"What happened Ryu?" Rias asked.
Ryu came back to the land of the living, and using his hand he pulled out Akeno's fingers from his mouth.
"Turns out... I might be a hybrid of sorts and... that other side of me is awakening, nothing to worry about. Info straight from my uncle, so it's trustworthy." He said, then turned to Akeno. "Please don't put your fingers in my mouth again... or I might bite them off." Ryu said.
"Oh? Just because you've grown new teeth, doesn't mean that you'll beat me. Want me to bite your arm off again?" She offered with an evil smile.
"No thanks..." Ryu backed down.
After that they both chuckled, Akeno got off of him and she alongside Rias and Kiba went to the kitchen to prepare food.
In the meantime, Ryu decided to take a quick nap like Issei and Asia.
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About 40 minutes later.
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Akeno came over to wake Ryu up, because unlike Asia and Issei he was still sleeping without a care in the world.
"Ryu." She tapped him gently on the shoulder. Ryu didn't move at all.
"Ryu." She called out to him again, this time even more loudly, but still Ryu was asleep.
She let out a sigh, and an idea sparked in her mind.
She bent down and grabbed his arm and brought it to her mouth, planning to bite him to wake him up.
Just then Ryu's eyes snapped open, he quickly sprang on his feet, grabbed Akeno and pulled her into a hug.
Akeno's eyes widened and she let out a yelp, surprised at his sudden action.
Ryu laughed out loudly, looking down at Akeno's surprised face.
"Hahaha! You really should see your face right now." Ryu smiled widely, showing off his teeth.
Akeno's eyebrow twitched and she pinched Ryu's back.
Ryu hissed in pain, "That hurts Akeno..."
"Hmph, scare me like that again and then you'll see what real pain is."
"Fine fine... I won't do it again..." He lied straight through is teeth.
"Come one, let's eat food's ready."
Ryu followed behind Akeno into another room, there was a large dining table in the middle where everyone was sitting at.
"Hey you two, we heard a scream. Everything okay?" Kiba asked.
"Yes, Ryu startled me." Akeno said, sitting down on one of the two empty chairs everyone left for them.
"You were planning to bite me."
"I was most certainly not."
"You were! I saw you."
"You must've dreamt about it."
"Enough you two, eat before everything gets cold." Rias interrupted them.
"...Fine." Ryu said.
"Thank you for the food." They all said in unison and started dining.
On the table there was a lot of meat, fish, vegetables and everything necessary after a workout.
"This is some good stuff, who made these?" Issei asked.
"Akeno cooked the meat, I cooked the fish and Rias..." Kiba begun then glanced at her, she flinched and looked away.
"Kiba you can cook?" Asia asked. "That's surprising..." She continued, she then helped herself to a serving and tasted it.
"Oh! It's delicious!" She said, eyes sparkling
"Thank you, and why's it a surprise?"
"Cause you look like a prince." Issei said.
"Stop stereotyping handsome men." Kiba said with a sigh.
"Fish is as tasty as always Kiba." Koneko also complimented him.
"Thanks Koneko, I'm glad you like it."
Ryu then glanced at the bowl of salad, that really... really looked bad, the vegetables were almost mashed.
"Rias did you make this sorry looking salad?" Ryu asked, gesturing to the salad that was on his plate.
"Hey! It's not 'Sorry looking'! " Rias said.
"Rias, there is a whole tomato in the bowl." Ryu picked up his fork and stabbed into the bowl and brought it out.
"Ah..."
"It tastes good enough though, so don't worry about that." He threw the tomato in his mouth and swallowed it after chewing a couple times.
"It was my first time..." Rias muttered to herself.
"Sheltered princess." Ryu said with a smirk, and an invisible arrow stabbed straight through her heart.
Akeno almost burst into laughter but managed to hold it in.
"ANYWAYS!" Rias said loudly, and looked at Issei. "Issei, what do you think after training today?"
Issei looked down at his hands, let out a sigh and looked up at her with a very serious expression.
"I've come to two conclusions." He begun, made a dramatic pause.
"Oh? And what are they?" Kiba asked, leaning on his arm and looked at him with a smile.
"I'm the weakest one here... and Ryu's an M."
"Eh?" Rias let out a sound of surprise.
"Oh my." Akeno put her hand on her lips, and glanced towards Ryu.
Ryu almost choked on his food. "I AM NOT!" He shouted at him.
Asia looked at Kiba and leaned over, "What's an M?" she asked him.
A sweat drop slid down Kiba's forehead, he wiped it and answered.
"It's best you don't know."
"Oh..." Asia was abit disappointed.
"It's okay man... we all have our fetishes." Issei looked at him with a gentle smile.
"I'm really not into that!" Ryu denied it crossing his arms in an 'X' Shape.
Koneko hummed, thinking about it for a second. "Issei might have a point."
"See? Even Koneko agrees with me." Issei smirked.
Ryu let out a sigh, "You guys aren't good friends."
"Hey, we said we support you and won't change our views about you, In my book that's a sign of a good friend." Issei said.
"Right? Also, Akeno's pretty into S&M." Rias said.
"...So, that's why you were..." Ryu muttered realizing why Akeno was so keen on biting him.
Akeno just stuck out her tongue, and smiled innocently.
"By the way, now that dinner's over shall we head to the hot springs?" Rias said getting up.
"HOT SPRINGS?!" Issei jumped up, full of excitement.
"Oh? You want to join us Issei? I don't mind."
"I do mind." Koneko said, she then narrowed her eyes at Issei, "Don't peek, or I'll punch you."
"Aw..." He was dejected.
"You've even got hot springs here? Admittedly I've never been in one." Ryu asked, astonished.
"Sure do, let's go. You'll definitely like it!" Rias said, and everyone got up to follow her.
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In the Hot springs.
"Oh man, this just hits the spot." Issei said, sitting in the spring.
"Have to agree with you there, It's a great way to loosen up after the training." Kiba who sat next to Issei said.
The corner of Issei's lips twitched a few times, he then looked at Kiba sitting there and smiling innocently.
"Kiba, this hot spring is quite spacious right?" Issei asked.
"Why yes, it is indeed quite big."
"Then... why exactly are you sitting right next to me?" Issei questioned.
"We're friends, friends sit together." Kiba answered innocently.
"Sure, but... WE'RE NAKED OVER HERE!" Issei stood up In the water immediately.
"Ah? What're you guys doing? Showing off your danglers?" Ryu asked coming in to the spring from behind the rocks, his private parts covered with a towel, strangely enough he was already wet.
"NO!" Issei yelled turning back to look at him.
Ryu whistled, "Nice dangler bro." He complimented.
"Tha- WAIT HUH?!" Issei realized what he said.
"Hey Ryu, were you at the lake?" Kiba asked.
"Yeah, it's a good one, deep and wide enough to swim. Speaking of that, Issei tomorrow we're gonna be swimming."
Ryu took off his towel and went into the spring and let out a groan,
"Oh dang... now I see what the hype's all about."
"DON'T CHA...nge the... sub..ject." Issei got quieter and quieter, and his mouth hung open. He was shocked.
"Oh?" Kiba let out a sound as well, his eyes widening.
"What... The heck is that thing?! A bison's penis?!" Issei shouted loudly.
"Dude! Watch your words, no swearing allowed in this fanfic." Ryu casually broke the third wall.
"Sausage parties are permissible but profanity isn't?!"
"Damn right."
"I have to agree with Issei, that is very strange." Kiba agreed with him.
"I don't make the rules." Ryu shrugged.
"There are no rules." Kiba looked at him with a straight face.
The two stared at each other for a while, both expressionless.
And then they heard Issei, he was near the wall.
"Ryu! Kiba! You know what this is right?" He was calling out to them.
"It's a wall Issei." Kiba told him.
"It's a big wall." Ryu's voice came over.
"WRONG! THIS WALL IS THE... BARRIER TO MY DREAMS!" Issei shouted.
"Dude, Kon's gonna beat the perversion out of you if you keep that up."
"RYU! DON'T TELL ME... YOU DON'T WANT TO PEEK?! WHAT KIND OF A MAN ARE YOU?!" Issei shouted at him.
"A NORMAL ONE!" Ryu shouted back.
"NORMAL'S BORING!" Issei said.
"Anyways Issei! You're gonna have a big problem!" Ryu spoke, with a large smile.
"Yes, and it's between Ryu's legs." Kiba joked.
"Worse!"
"What could possibly be worse?!" Issei shouted.
"Tomorrow, you're gonna be doing a shit load of cardio, and other strength exercises, no punching trees." Ryu said.
"Ah."
"So... are you ready?
"'Yu'?" Issei questioned, tilting his head, "Who is Yu?"
"Kiba, do you know anyone by the name of 'Yu'?"
"Afraid not Issei, perhaps this person is a friend of Ryu's?"
"I don't know Kiba, Ryu? Is this 'Yu' a friend of yours?"
"Very funny you two." Ryu said.
Kiba and Issei giggled like gremlins.
"We'll see who's gonna be the one laughing tomorrow..." Ryu had an evil smile on his face that displayed all of his beastlike teeth.
A shiver ran down Issei's spine.
"Is it just me? Or is it a bit chilly?" Issei asked, sitting down on the floor.
"It definitely is a bit chilly, we should be getting out soon enough." Kiba confirmed.
"Agreed, I want to go to sleep." Ryu spoke.
The three of them got out, dried themselves up, got dressed and walked back to the mansion.
After a walk to the mansion, Ryu immediately went to bed.
And that is how, day 1 ended.
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Day 2.
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"Ugh..." Ryu groaned, slowly opening his eyes as the sunlight went through his window and hit him directly in the face.
He laid there for a bit, looking at the ceiling then let out a sigh, and began getting up.
And then he felt a familiar weight on his chest, he looked down and saw Akeno peacefully sleeping on top of him once again, this time she was wearing a purple nightgown, it was the same color as her eyes normally were.
She was also drooling.
Ryu let out another sigh, "Looks like I'm not getting up any time soon..." He muttered.
Then there was a knock on his door, "Ryu, are you awake?" It was Koneko's voice.
"Yes." Ryu called out, and the door was opened.
Koneko stood there for a bit, then she came in.
"So this is where she was." She said, standing next to the bed and looking down at Akeno still sleeping.
"Yeah." Ryu confirmed, then an idea sparked in his mind.
"She's... drooling."
"Mhm."
"Kon, can you hand me my phone real fast? It's on the drawer over there." Ryu said to her and pointed at the drawer.
Koneko nodded, went to the drawer in question and got his phone.
Ryu then snapped a picture of Akeno's face, planning to show it to her when she woke up to mess around a bit.
"Hopefully she wakes up soon, I don't want to disturb her." Ryu said.
"Alright, I'll let Rias and the others know." Koneko said and went out.
It took another 15 minutes, before Akeno stirred in her sleep, she slowly opened her eyes.
"Good morning." Ryu greeted him.
"Good morning, Ryu." Akeno said, then she got up and stretched.
"I assume you slept well." Ryu said, getting up as well and grabbing his phone, he then showed her a picture of her drooling.
"Delete that immediately!" Akeno shouted, with a blush.
"Not gonna happen." But he refused
"Please? Hubby?" She tried a different approach.
"No, too cute of a picture to delete it, would go to waste." Ryu said with a smile, as he was walking towards the bathroom he heard a voice from behind.
"...Don't show it to anyone." Akeno spoke quietly.
"No worries." Ryu waved it off, and went into the bathroom.
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After everyone had breakfast and such, they all continued their training, this time Ryu kicked Issei into the lake that was right in front of the mansion and had him swim around for an hour, then he let him rest for a while and had him do physical training, because his body was quite lacking compared to someone like Kiba's, but that was a given since Issei had no martial arts training, or anything similar ever in his life. Issei was a blank canvas that needed to be painted on, and the painter was Ryu, arguably the best physical fighter right up there with Koneko.
As for Koneko and Ryu, they went ahead and got some weighted wrist bands and such attached to their limbs, but before that they found a very convenient boulder that just happened to be nearby, obviously there because of plot convenience.
Then they took turns, punching said boulder to train their strength, and the weight helped train their speed, which they both desperately needed. Asia was with them this time, and healed their hands when the damage got too much, and of course, this helped improve Asia's healing abilities.
Kiba was off doing sword training of his own, he was a swordsman doing swordsman stuff.
Akeno was training her magic, working on perfecting her spells to shorten the casting time and improve her output, sometimes she also did physical training, Ryu recommended this because a Queen piece in a devil's peerage has the characteristic of a Knight, Rook and a bishop, so it would be for the best if she took advantage of that.
Rias was doing the same training as Akeno, improving casting time and output of mana into their spells.
That is how the second day came to and end.
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Day 3.
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Rest day.
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Day 4.
Issei punched trees, Koneko punched Ryu, Ryu tried not to die.
Asia healed them.
Kiba probably kissed swords.
Rias and Akeno, did magicy things.
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Day 5.
Cardio, calisthenics (Issei) Strength, Speed (Koneko and Ryu).
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Day 6.
Rest day.
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Day 7.
This was a bit different, Ryu sparred with both Koneko and Issei and they went really well.
Issei made great progress in these 7 days, his hands still ached, but he managed to push through it when punching Ryu who was holding back quite a lot, and he could actually trade blows with him for a bit before eventually becoming overwhelmed.
Koneko's strength and speed improved as well, while her improvement wasn't as great as Issei's it was still quite significant.
Ryu's Strength had hit the limit, he could feel it instinctually he could feel it, soon he would be able to reach it, his Speed was a bit behind, but it was still up there.
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The next week was the same as before, the exact same routine and training.
None could deny the improvement they had, especially Issei.
Kiba was faster than he ever was, his skill in the sword was much greater as well, Koneko's herculean strength had taken leaps and bounds, her speed had improved considerably as well, Issei's strength, mentality, fighting technique, endurance, stamina, speed, everything had increased. The blank canvas, wasn't so blank anymore thanks to the excellent painter that was Ogami Ryu, and speaking of him, well... let's leave this for later, shall we?
And now, the day was upon them whether Rias Gremory marries Riser Phoenix, depends on the result of the rating game that was agreed upon.