Marcus was just getting ready to go the bed start to hear some love making coming from the opposite room. "Are you serious?" He asked himself in disbelieve. He assumes that the people love making next door was that pervert kappa Orin and some other girl. The sounds soon died before he started hearing the sound of moaning next door. He decided to just remain quiet, however his enchanted sense of hearing pick on another set of sounds coming from inside the room. "Kate-chan is that you,are-are you doing what i think your doing?" he asked her innocently. "Cause if you are...

::Two minute::
*Crack* "Ahhhh!" the sound of a whip could be heard from inside Marcus and hecate room,it was apparent that Marcus really piss Hecate off. "Kate stop I'm sorr-" Marcus yelled before his voice was cut off by something before the whipping sound continue for at least five more minutes.

:::::The next morning:::::
The next morning Marcus went to Runa to get his welps and other body injuries treated. Afterwords he then went out to practice his swing skills where he almost hit the kitsune by mistake. "Whoa Yuri-Chan, carefully i almost hit you there. You should pay attendance to your surrounding when your moving." he told her sounding worried for her before he decide on pat her on the head and scratch her behind the ear like a pet.

:::::::during training::::::::

The first train session was a test of agility, stamina, self control. Sounds simply enough, though the sun was still a bit taxing, he felt less bother by it then he did yesterday, so he believes he can manage.

”Aniki, Ori-kyun, why don’t we make a bet? Whoever is the last one to arrive at the end of the trail has to buy the others ice cream.” She didn’t bother acknowledging their agreement before turning again and running to their challenge, ”I’m going to go first, bye!”

"Wait what?" He took at least 4 seconds to ask before it was too late. "Aniki-chan she mean me right?" He asked Orin thinking that she address him as either her older brother or superior, then again she may have heard his story after all and was instead trying to address him as a criminal basically. The though of which was a bit of a sting. Never the less he rather not have to buy everyone ice cream, so he decide to run ahead using his enchanted speed to run along the path. During the first up hill segment Marcus ran up the hill as fast as he could before forgetting so slow down during the downhill segment. The results of which cause him to slowly lose control of his legs. "oh shit." He remark while trying to slow down, he then end of tripping over and rolling forward down the hill before begin sent flying of the path and landing on a thick tree branch. "Ahhh." He remarked in reaction,hanging off the tree branch from his midsection, which was supposedly lucky. If he didn't he would have taken a fall which would probably had knock him out of the race.

Orin glared daggers towards the room he had been assigned as he was far from pleased by the fact that it was the furest away from any of the girls most of all his beloved kitsune! Did they not trust him or something? Well that much was clear but he would at least have been given the benefit of the doubt... With a audible sigh Orin headed into the room, planning on getting a early sleep even with all the noise coming from the other rooms he slumped down and fell right to sleep then and there, curled up on top of the bed as it is what he found most comfy.

------------- Morning --------------

While the others readied themselves for today's training Orin was holding a very odd cellphone up to his ear, he would of course asked Zeke if he could make a call first since it was a very secure line. When ones mistress was dealing in high grade magical objects a retainer got certain perks. "Yes mistress, he is doing fine as far as I can tell.... Emotional as always, though in control, had us play along with story time yesterday before bed, it was rather cute heh." He was about to continue until Yuriha passed him bye with a greeting, the smell of her shampoo almost bringing him to his knees with a smile across his face "Good morning~" A muttering came from the phone "Yeah, it was her.... Yes I will keep in control what am I a beast?.... You didn't have to answer that!"

Not all that much later Orin went to spend some time watching the new guy train, after all he would be fighting with him soon so knowing his abilities was sure to help in coronation. However it was then that Yuriha turned up and commanded that they race to the end of the trail before setting off before a proper start! "Cheeky little thing" He said standing up, giving off a stretch like a animal bathing in the sun. "Aye, it is good since... Well it is just good" He did not want to mention but he was happy if Yuriha saw him as anything other than a man, even a brother was fine if that nickname is what it meant.

Orin only took his eyes off the man for a moment before he vanished, using his speed to move on ahead "Cheating, if I do say so myself." Though it trained his powers he was not use to it by a long shot, well he may as well try to catch up... By cheating. Moving off the path he headed into the wood he started taking shortcuts and used his knowledge of the others to make sure to show up when the time was right. "Yuriha!~~~" Orin suddenly broke into a impressive sprint past everyone in a attempt to get close to the kitsune"

==Zeke==

He noticed the look Creighton had when he noticed the single pawn, but let him speak further to the point that the man threatened him if he ever crossed him.
"Understood, I do not plan to ever betray any of my peers, now lets see if one pawn is enough as I have no more"

Zeke gave the pawn to Creighton and watched as the man inserted the piece in his body, the older ones dropped out of him as the new one entered his body, a clear sign that the old master had died and he now accepted a new king.
"Seems my power is high enough to accept you with this much" Zeke said, expecting the man to know already that the stronger the king, the less pieces it will cost to add someone to his peers.

==Ophelia&Moena==

When Marcus fell of the road and got stuck in a tree, Moena used her wings to get him back on the track where he fell off, simply saying he should be a little more careful next time with a wink before checking the rest again, she had lost Orin by this point as he ended up cheating across forest, for now she figured he just got serious and moved faster seeing his chance to catch up past Marcus.

Once at the cliff Ophelia sighed once more before starting to climb, she had to think hard over each step, trying to find any rocks and such that she could grab on to without it breaking off.
In the entire climb back to the camp she only fell once to be captured by Moena, having to start over on that wall again.
When an other of the beginners group extended some kind of help she always accepted it and tried to help them as well such as sticking out a hand to Marcus when a piece of the cliff above him crumbled to a point that he could not climb past the last section, pulling him up.

Sonitus was silent all night. That said, he was a very light sleeper. Numerous times he would wake up, expecting to be attacked. After finding out it was nothing every time, he would then go to sleep again just as quickly.



Waking up was a dull affair. He mostly kept to himself during the whole ordeal. Even while they began their training he took care to not overexert himself. The result being he fell significantly behind the others, forcing them to wait a bit to catch up. Not long enough to be a bother, but still notably long.

((Hopefully not shit))

Marcus was most thankful for Moena help, without her he would have had to find his way down and risk hurting himself. He though about asking her to turn down what ever spell made Kate-chan go mad with lust last night, but he feared it would both embarrassed her and signed his death warrant. He hope that he hopes she noticed what happen last night and turn down whatever spell she turn on during Ophelia and her session(even though it wasn't her fault). "I own you one." he told her waving off her her as she flew away.

Marcus decide to simply slow down a little since he had a speed advantage, that way he make the tight turn a lot better then he usual can. he got all week/weekend the practice after all and yet like Ophelia he had trouble managing the tight turns. Marcus soon caught up with Ophelia and thankfully their was holes in the wall made to help someone his size climb up the cliff, otherwise he would have been at a disadvantage. Problem was while climb up a cliff he could not reach the top part of it without risking harm. Thankful Ophelia was on the top waiting to help bt without him having to ask, all he needed to do was trust her, so he did. he reach out or her hand and grab it, ready to gave her whatever support he can when all of a sudden she lift him up faster then could particular. "Whoa your quite strong." He pointed out. Then he begin to wonder, what if he was that short.

Creighton clutched his chest as he felt the new piece settle in, wincing slightly as he felt himself TECHNICALLY die again, then become a new peerage. Relaxing after he picks up the two old pawns, he carefully places them inside of his pant's pocket and sighs, running a hand back through his own hair. "...Well, guess you've got a rat in your house now." With a careful stride, he placed his hands in his pockets and started walking to the door. "If you don't have anything for me to do at the moment, I'm gonna go catch up. No sense wasting time stuffing my face with crackers..."

A loud groan escaped his still unsatisfied stomach. Clutching a hand over it, he shuddered. "...But uh, maybe I should take some trail mix anyways." he said, scratching the back of his head bashfully. Even for a homeless guy, he had a bit of trouble outright begging for things. And a bit of a problem with malnutrition.

==Zeke==
Zeke grabbed a small bag of trail mix as Creighton remarked about it and threw it at him.
"Have fun, i'll alert my Queen about you"

==M&O==
As the group was halfway up the cliff walls Moena suddenly had a magic circle next to her ear.
"Yes, I understand master"

Looking at the group she noticed a few were getting a little tired, though not as much as she had expected.
"once were done with this section you'll all get some rest so that Creighton can catch up with us" she spoke.

from there on the group climbed further until the point that Ophelia had to help Marcus.
She was confused at how easy she pulled the boy up herself, which likely showed when he said it as well that she is strong
"no, normally i'm not, I dont know how I did this"

regardless the group continued climbing under Moena her watch.
eventually they finally reached the top of the climbing section, all that was left was following a normal walking path with no obstacles back to the field.
"follow this path back to the field, I am going to look for Creighton"
Moena then flew back past the field, planning to follow the path from the air until she found him, which was pretty soon, but mainly because of being able to fly, he was moving pretty fast to her opinion

Creighton fumbled with the bag of trail mix before excitedly tearing it open, shoving the entirety of the bag's contents down his mug. With a satisfied sounding gulp, and a wipe of his mouth on his sleeve, Creighton grinned and donned his coat once more, the rats on his back had eyes that gleamed with renewed vigor. Food was good...and a fed Sacred Gear was always good. Quickly dashing out of the house, Creighton was surrounded in a cacophony of squeaks and scrapping sounds as he fucking booked it, running so furiously that a few rats flew off his back and hit the ground, scrambling back up on their feet to rejoin with the rest of the coat. Creighton might have been weak, but he was beyond eager to train, even willing to push himself enough to sprint the whole way to the cliff, not even noticing Moena above. "Time to get back into shape!" he cackled as his rats behind him ran as fast as their pattering, tiny paws could.

Eventually they'd catch up, and cling to his pant's legs as well as the hem of his long coat, a few descending down his back to help the stragglers up. It was evident that Creighton was fairly fast, but he did accidentally stumble a few times while making turns at high speeds, showing a definitive lack of self-control. Eventually, he did slow his pace up a bit, evidently realizing going full blast wasn't the best idea, but had went a decent ways before slowing down.

Upon reaching the cliffs, Creighton looked up and took a deep breath before shifting into his rat form and running up the steep face, his paws deftly finding the holes he needed to put them into, and ascending rather quickly. Rats clung to his back as he rose up, mostly cheering him on. It wouldn't take him very long to get to the others, but he would feel somewhat drained from the climbing.

As Creighton joined the group that was relaxing on the field Moena finally landed near them.
"Alright, I think I got a rather good adjustment, Yuriha is in general ok, though a little lack of self control and teamwork as you just started moving without a care for your team members.
Marcus had some difficulties with the corners, so self control, though once you slowed down you had much better control, I guess your main issue would be maneuvering at high speed, during the wall climbing you had the bad luck with a section that broke off before you could reach the top, but that is not really your fault.
Sonitus did not took this very seriously, so hard to say, I advice you to take this more serious or else you may get more then you can handle due to us having the wrong idea.
Odin, you suddenly disappeared on me, I have to ask Zeke about you and Soni, maybe he has kept track and noticed something.
Ophelia, you lacked self control mainly.
Creighton, you did really well, had some self control issues with the corners as well, seems that was the prime problem today, but you all had a nice stamina and speed in general, the slowest that took this serious was Ophelia, but as a [Rook] I doubt that would be an problem.

Anyway, I have to report this to Zeke, you can go to the next section, just go in that path, you'll reach a large open dirt and rock field Where Hecate will test you for weapon training"

With that Moena entered the cottage, figuring Zeke would be inside.

Marcus felt belittle thinking that he had somehow gotten weaker and lightly, for the fact that Ophelia was about to lift him up so easily. Like an anime character he sat down hugging his knees, with the darken shape over his face, as he willow in misery before snapping out of it during the next screen.

The next training was going to be weapons training with Kate-chan, he wonder if thing was going to still be awkward between them cause of last night. Nevertheless he decided to use his enhanced speed to get over there quickly, enjoying the breeze as it blew in his face. It was obvious that Marcus was enjoying his new powers. "Running around at the speed of sound." he sung.

As Marcus moved at the speed of sound, he found himself suddenly blindsided and knocked against a tree.
when he looks up at who it was he would find an very angry looking Hecate.
"I swear, if you told anyone about last night, ill kill you, so better keep it quiet" she whispered in a manner that it was like a quiet yell.
She watched/ listened to his reaction before getting even closer so that she could whisper in his ears.
"That side of me, only you and Z know off it, please keep that quiet as well" she whispered softly before letting go of him and moving back to the field.
If Marcus would have looked at her face when sge moved away from him, then he would have seen her blushing and looking at him, her eyes showed a still angry and threatening expression, but Marcus may or may not have seen something else in her eyes...

"Your first" she said to him once the group was present

*Wam!* Marcus had ended up slammed against the tree. He soon found Hecate right above him.

"I swear, if you told anyone about last night, ill kill you, so better keep it quiet" she whispered in a manner that it was like a quiet yell.

The she-devil words actually sent a shiver down his spine. "yes...mhhh Senpai" He told her respectably. Thanking himself for not asking Moena about what happened last night. But still she looked kind of cute the way she blushed and looked at him, then again he looked kind the cute the way he would look away in embarrassment after three seconds of looking at her.

The group soon came, and Hecate announce that it was his go. "Wait me?" He asked her sounding surprise. he then scratched behind his head. "So how are we going to be doing this?" He asked her. Wonder if they were either going to be using real weapons, or training weapons that will surely become lethal in her hands anyway.

Yuriha had trouble trying to keep up with Marcus speed on a flat field using only her legs, while excelled in maneuverability thanks to her tails, she couldn't be as fast as knight under such conditions, she tought about dropping on all fours agains, because she could go twice as fast if she did that, but since it would give those behind her a free pick of her underwear, Yuriha thought better and dropped the idea, for now at east.

Nevertheless, she was still the second to arrive and when she got there Marcus and Hecate were staring each other weirdly. Yuriha's ears twitched with curiosity as she approached them and asked, "Aniki, He-chan, why are you looking each other like this?"

Then, as she remembered one of the books she'd read, Yuriha said, "I don't want Aniki and He-chan to love each other if you forget about me."

"Anyway, I'm looking forward to fighting you, He-chan. I want to show you a trick that I've learned with Wolf-sensei." Yuriha said as she found a log under a tree shade and sat on it.

"Don't worry, Aniki, Moe-nee had me bring a first-aid kit just in case!" She shouted while waving her arms, trying to cheer Marcus.

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.@demonspade64@Drake Baku

"Third... Guess that is what I get"

Sure he was not last but it seemed his attempt to avoid being caught out cheating had left him in only third place which disappointed him a little, still it was much better than having to be punished. Spotting the others Orin started to make his way over to them, pushing up his glasses when he heard Yuriha talk about the pair loving each other. "My my what a development. So fast Marcus you put me to shame that is for sure." That should have really hurt the guys pride given it was coming from someone like Orin.

Given he was not the first one to start training Orin made his way over to sit next to Yuriha "Ah, looks like I am buying the ice cream. I do hope you keep it in my price range Marcus.... Not you Yuriha, you can get anything you want~" He was not disappointed by that prospect at all though.

"That being said, if you are going to train the newbies in weapons I think it is best to do so now... There are a few of us that may tire you out" He knew for a fact some of the family were tough, godly so, so having just one training instructor was going to be a bother. "If you like Yuriha I can take over your training~" Of course he had other motives other than worrying about the teachers...

(OOC: still going to try, but it may suck, please bear with me in such a case)

As Hecate tried to walk back to the field she had failed to notice that Yuriha had gotten close enough to see her holding Marcus.
She decided however to ignore the girl but froze when she spoke about the two being lovers.
Orin, who joined them just a sec later replied about the same thing which was the straw for her.
Her gear instantly activated and the flames were bigger then normal, towering above her making her seem twice as large as she turned around, giving off an typical anime/ manga situation where a girl is pissed enough that he hair turns all Medusa and the eyes glow.
"SHUT IT, SUGGEST THAT CRAP ONCE MORE AND YOU'LL BE RESPONCIBLE FOR BURNING THE FOREST DOWN AND THAT IS IF YOUR STILL FUCKING ALIVE BY THE END OF IT"!!!
Today seemed to be a bad day to piss Hecate off....

After that Hecate decided to ignore Yuriha about wanting to spar with her and having the first aid kid, she knew that whatever she was going to say would come out wrong and evil, while the girl only was trying to be nice.
But Orin did ticked her off enough to get a reply.
She grabbed something from a nearby bush and in a flash, thanks to the [knight] piece, a small dart flew past Orin, a few strands of hair were all that was hit, but the message was clear "Well see who tires who out, beginner..." she said.
From that point on she looked him right in his eyes "Today are tests, the training is tomorrow, if you want to train fox girl, then prove your worth it first"

Ignoring the rest she moved to the field and positioned the group in the center, from there on they could see signs hanging above some bushes.
The bush she grabbed a dart from before also had a sign, the sign depicted a kunai.
"Alright rookies, this is how we do things, each sign means in that bush are weapons, there all real but dulled for practice, the rules are simple.
You pick your weapon, then we fight, see how you stack up, if you lose your weapon you can grab a new one if you can, you can do this 3 times max or you lose, if either side gets to push down and is forced to stay down, you lose, if you admit defeat you lose, hit one of the bystanders, you lose.
simple as that, it wont matter if you win or lose, this is just a test to see how far you can endure when going against me.
we all go in turns and once we done this I got the next test set up a little further.
as you can see, this is a dirt field with rocks, use it to your advantage if you can, use of gears are allowed, is what I want to say, but Z made me promise to ban it during the test, feel yourself lucky for that, have yet to met someone able to move faster then me when I use CLoakRush, well lets begin, Marcus, pick your weapon, your A knight and proud of your speed, your gear is a sword, so pick something fitting, one wrong pick and youll only lose faster"
She did not mention what kind of picks would be bad for him, but that was to make things fair, she wont say anything for the others about that, well if they ask she may give them a tip like she did with Marcus now, but this way they got the gist of it.
For Marcus she had guessed using the hammer weapons would be a bad idea though, they are heavy and blunt, but perhaps he may surprise her.
"once you got your first, expect me to move"

The moment Marcus picked his first weapon, she moved at her Knight speed and tried to slash at his back.

Then, as she remembered one of the books she'd read, Yuriha said, "I don't want Aniki and He-chan to love each other if you forget about me."

Marcus had looked both surprise and embarrassing after she said that, he took a minute to pick the right words to say. "Come on, Yuri-chan i sure me and senpai wouldn't forget you just like that." He told her as it was the most effective sentence he could come up with to stay well equipped with everyone.

"Don't worry, Aniki, Moe-nee had me bring a first-aid kit just in case!" She shouted while waving her arms, trying to cheer Marcus.

"My my what a development. So fast Marcus you put me to shame that is for sure." That should have really hurt the guys pride given it was coming from someone like Orin.

Marcus assume he that Orin was talking about his speed and not how he manager to catch a girl interest. If the number of accidents Marcus got himself in could prove one thing, it was that he wasn't to bright. Marcus then put on a warm smile scratch behind his head as he prepare to thank him for what he assume was his positive comment. "Oh thanks Orin, I-" Marcus then cut himself when suddenly ...

"SHUT IT, SUGGEST THAT CRAP ONCE MORE AND YOU'LL BE RESPONCIBLE FOR BURNING THE FOREST DOWN AND THAT IS IF YOUR STILL FUCKING ALIVE BY THE END OF IT"!!!
Today seemed to be a bad day to piss Hecate off....

By the end Marcus stood still frozen in place, his hand behind his neck and his goofy smile locked in place, he also appeared to be grey with stone like texture. It appeared that Hecate scared him so much he literally turn to stone.

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Marcus begin to calm himself to take on Hecate-senpai.

"Don't worry, Aniki, Moe-nee had me bring a first-aid kit just in case!" She shouted while waving her arms, trying to cheer Marcus.

"Oh that nice..." He told Yuri-chan without even thinking about. "Wait what?" He asked Yuriha-chan wondering if the first-aid kit was just has an precaution or if Boss actually expected them to get injuries during training, specify during this part. "No matter, if thing go south i can just run right, after it do seem that only a few of us has super-speed." he said to himself.

She grabbed something from a nearby bush and in a flash, thanks to the [knight] piece, a small dart flew past Orin, a few strands of hair were all that was hit, but the message was clear "Well see who tires who out, beginner..." she said.

Marcus then froze for a second after he said he move very quickly. "Did she just..." He wonder out loud.

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After she explained the rules it seems that it was going to take Kate-chan a bit of extra effort injured him, noticed i said a bit. Thankfully the rules Hecate had place on herself, give him the moment to take. Lets see what he knew about Kate: she not so mean she thought she was, She at least had some patience, and yet Zeke warned the group that she could be a bit brutal. That made him wonder, was she going to do what she going to do for there own good. Was she going to possible brake his fingers cause she cared, They heading into the jungle not the school playground after all so if she does something, it was for the best.

He then walked around weigh his opinions, focusing on not the weapons quite, but the branches surrounding them. He suspected that she was show only enough mercy not to now kill them, so as soon as he grab something he suspect she would use her speed to harm them, therefore he had to grab a weapon he can easily pull out of the bush if he even hoped of staying alive. "Fuck I was hot." he said, it appeared the tension was getting to him, so he took off his shirt and begin rolling, causing the the sweat to pour out of it, when all of a sudden he made a brake towards the dull sword he could easily pulled out. With his shirt still in hand he grabbed the pulled and yanked it out quickly, before quickly turning around to block, he did so by holding the blade horizontal in front of him while using his left hand to support so he may have hope to stand his ground. blocking her at the speed she was going would likely hurt, but if Kate knew anything is that Marcus had a lot of endurance He then move his legs back like he was going to knee her in the stomach, but that was a fault move. He just wanted her to jump, if she did then he would try to go after her and use his wrapped up shirt like a whip, and swing it at the sword at her hand in order to disarm her. When he was wrapping his shirt up earlier he wasn't doing it to get the sweat out of it, he was wrapping it up to use like a makeshift laundry towel to whipped someone butt with. He had Kate to thank, she made him swear like crazy think to the fire show she made.

Her gear instantly activated and the flames were bigger then normal, towering above her making her seem twice as large as she turned around, giving off an typical anime/ manga situation where a girl is pissed enough that he hair turns all Medusa and the eyes glow.
"SHUT IT, SUGGEST THAT CRAP ONCE MORE AND YOU'LL BE RESPONCIBLE FOR BURNING THE FOREST DOWN AND THAT IS IF YOUR STILL FUCKING ALIVE BY THE END OF IT"!!!
Today seemed to be a bad day to piss Hecate off....

It was thank to that Marcus had sweated profusely. He sure hopes that works, cause that was the only idea he was about to come up with.

Hecate launched a jump slash, swinging her dulled kanata down to him only to be blocked by his sword.
"Good reflexes" she said quickly with a grin, only to suddenly notice how he moved to knee her in her stomach.
She quickly stepped back, too late to realize it was just a faint and got her own sword knocked out her hands by the whip.
"not bad" she said as she quickly kept jumping backwards.
She had the advantage of knowing from her mind where each weapon was and real battle experience, but she also knew that without her gear they would be at the same speed, well that was her guess, she had no idea what Marcus his base speed was without the knight piece, meaning he may be faster by nature compared to her so she had to keep her eyes on him while moving to her next pick.
If he was indeed faster then she would have to settle with an other weapon then she was going for and hope she could reach it before he would get her pinned down.

As it ended, he was faster forcing her to dive away from his attack and reach towards the next weapon.
If she could make it then she would grab the Celtic short sword and roll to intercept his next attack, thanks to her experience from the training she had gotten before, that much would be easy, hitting his sword during the roll, maybe it gets knocked out of his hand.

off course if she could not make it then she would likely be pinned down....

Orin was clearly enjoying himself as he teased Hecate, and even as the dart was thrown past his head his smile and otherwise elegant demeanor remained, though he was sweating a little at just how close that was! It was more out of mistrust of the skills skill than the weapon though, he even let out a small huff in thankfulness that it did not hit him, well apart from his hair...

Stroking his hair to check not too much was taken off Orin watched the fight, all the while trying to slip a hand around Yuriha's shoulder, however before he could finally do so he was stunned by the fight. Marcus was a rather inventive fighter it seemed, he had used his very clothes to his advantage and disarmed the girl. "What a interesting turn of events~" He would hate himself later for not taking the advantage and putting a arm around Yuriha when he had the chance...



Soon enough it was Orin's turn to take center stage, though as always he seemed rather unphased by the prospect and even started to talk as he headed towards his starting locations. "By the way, you called me a beginner before. Hecate I have been wondering, do you know what I do for a living by any chance? We have not talked much you and I so I was wondering if Zeke told you anything about me?" He asked casually as he took a few steps back, towards the pushes none of the weapons really suited him until he spotted what seemed to be a normal stick on the ground.

"Ah, perfect"

He had kept his front to Hecate, having learned that she would not hesitate to strike from behind he used his foot to flip the tonfa into his hand. "I suspect it is because Zeke was worried I would steal you away from Marcus? I assure you, I only have eyes for my sweet Yuriha, so I am sorry" A grin crossed Orin's lips, a silver tongued manipulator befitting of a demon of the old stories is what he appeared to be. Attempting to upset the girl, to push her buttons and drive her to take this more than just a test~

Yuriha was paying close attention to the fight between Marcus and Hecate, so she didn't notice Orin's lecherous attempt of placing his arm around her shoulders, yet she effortlessly dodged it when she turned around to pick a pack of strawberry candies at her backpack.

"Say ah~ Ori-kyun!" Yuriha said as she playfully placed one of the candies inside Orin's gaping mouth.

However, "!" Yuriha couldn't help but gasp when she saw Marcus taking off his shirt and baring his torso covered in sparkling sweat right before her eyes, "Aniki you...!" She said while covering her eyes and blushing.



Yuriha was still a bit flushed when Marcus's fight ended and Orin stepped into his place, to confront Hecate, but when the still unclothed boy sat next to her Yuriha's face went from slight rosy to beet red and she said while stuttering, "A... A... Aniki, you were gre... great! I... bet even He-chan was surprised." The fact that she didn't watched the conclusion of their fight, thanks to having her eyes covered, didn't even registered on Yuriha's confused mind.

Just as Orin and Hecate were about to clash weapons for the first time, Yuriha got up from her place and yelled, "Ganbare, Ori-kyun! I know you can beat He-chan!" She kept cheering for a time, until Hecate shot her another death glare that silenced the puny foxgirl for good until it was her time to stand and fight.



When Orin finally stepped out of the 'arena', it was Yuriha's turn. Gasping, the foxgirl made her way to the center of field and stopped only when she was looking Hecate straight in the eyes, "He-chan, I hope we'll have fun!" she said before putting on a pair of combat gloves that where hidden in one of the bushes.

"Don't expect me to go easy on you just because you didn't picked a weapon, you cheeky brat!" Hecate yelled before lunging at Yuriha with all of her speed, since she knew that the fox girl was more than able to hold herself in a brawl.

"Hehe, I knew you would do that, He-chan," Yuriha said as she used her tails to mask the path of her counter-punch, when Hecate tried to get her from behind just like she did with the others. It appeared that the short tempered blonde had thing for penetrating her foes from behind, but Yuriha couldn't even begin to fathom the reason for this...

Anyway, Yuriha used the momentary distraction to duck under Hecate's blade and then land a hard uppercut at her solar plexus, momentarily knocking the air out of the fiery tempered girl's lungs.

Yuriha then backed away and allowed Hecate to recover before resuming their fight. Hopefully now, after receiving a punch strong enough to split a tree in half, Hecate would remember that when it came to base stats Yuriha was second-to-none on Zeke's party. When Hecate's gaze met Yuriha's eyes again, the foxgirl's face was full of a feral joy as she bared her fangs and said in a quasi-growl, "How about we begin the real fun now, He-chan?"

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However, "!" Yuriha couldn't help but gasp when she saw Marcus taking off his shirt and baring his torso covered in sparkling sweat right before her eyes, "Aniki you...!" She said while covering her eyes and blushing.

Marcus could help but sigh. "Come on yuri-chan please don't make this weirder then it already is." He thought

------During his fight--------

Marcus couldn't believe he was successful, However it was far from over. Marcus could easily win this by pinning her down, so he watched her closely until she prepare to move and waited for her to move. Like Hecate predicted, Marcus was likely faster since he was force to focus on his foot work,rather then his brawl due to his like of size. He almost had caught, by he hesitate but a split second that give her the moment she need to dodge him and causing him to land on his face, this stun him for at least two seconds before he quickly got up to his feet, he reacted quickly she grabbed the sword and tried to hold it out in front of him, but she end up knocking his blade out of his hand and into the air. "Arg Shit..." he remarked as his disbarment got his hand string.

With quick think he tried to counter her would be attempt to pin him by moving lower, and pushing himself forward while he then same level as her legs. That way he can use her momentum against her, to help him attempted to grabbed her leg and flip her over his own body. If this happen he would have enough time to spot another sword he could use, this one would be a bit heavier then the last.

If he wrong however, and she doesn't attempt to pin him he could pay dearly for this mistake, for he would not be able to mental prepare himself for an attack which my cause him to fall over, with his head near her lower leg and be open for punishment, this time lest kinky and more hitly.

------During Odin fight--------

"I suspect it is because Zeke was worried I would steal you away from Marcus? I assure you, I only have eyes for my sweet Yuriha, so I am sorry"

Marcus of going red in the face, Marcus went blue out of fear. "Now that guy is just asking for it." he pointed out he remarked.

Yuriha was still a bit flushed when Marcus's fight ended and Orin stepped into his place, to confront Hecate, but when the still unclothed boy sat next to her Yuriha's face went from slight rosy to beet red and she said while stuttering, "A... A... Aniki, you were gre... great! I... bet even He-chan was surprised." The fact that she didn't watched the conclusion of their fight, thanks to having her eyes covered, didn't even registered on Yuriha's confused mind.

"Regardless, of rather not he won or lose Marcus would soldier it thought and thank her in a cheerful demeanor. "thanks, hey what wrong with you?" He asked clueless before he remember that he wasn't wearing a shirt, the he had one was left pretty dirty during the fight. Marcus felt a bit awkword about how he was being treat but he can't stay she blamed him.

OOC: I'm going to wait a little before responding to Yuhari fight.