E-1: Here I also want to ask whenever I may do training montages should I make it several smaller parts or make it one very (Sana is)Beeg part?
*Back at the training cube*
Mike: Alright kiddos so starting right now, I'll be the one training you all. I'll be training you in your weakest areas so that those weak areas of yours are not as exploitable. *Cracks his neck* This should be fun...
Hibari: Uhh... So we're going to have a different training routine for every one of us?
Mike: Precisely.
Minori: Oooohhh~! That sounds fun!
Mike: Maybe to you, until you start feeling pain that is.
Mirai: Pain!? Ha! I'm used to that-
Mike: Physical and Mental pain.
Mirai: A- HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY!
Mike: What? You need to learn and grow if you wanna be on the same level as everyone else.
Murasaki: But I'm sleep-
Mike: *Takes a deep breathe* This'll take a while for everyone to get used to...
*On the other side of the training cube*
Katsuragi: *Kicks at Hikage* Heh! Your not so bad! I thought you got rusty!
Hikage: *Blocks her kick and throws her away* And I thought you'd have died from all that perversion you've been doing.
Katsuragi: Hahaha! Nope! That ain't happening!
Hikage: But I'm glad that didn't happen. Becuase I would've been without a damn rival. Everyone's got one. If you died, I'd be the odd one out.
Katsuragi: And no one's likes being the odd one out- Well of course there's "certain" scenarios where you'd like to be the odd one out-
Hikage: Cut that out. I prefer to make this entertaining. *Readies her knife and licks the blade*
Katsuragi: Ughhh... I don't know why are you into that but I ain't gonna ask! *Rushes towards her and kicks her with a flying kick*
Hikage: *Jumps over the kick and slashes at Katsuragi*
Katsuragi: Woah! *Moves out of the way of the slash and spins around before kicking her in the head*
Hikage: *Blocks the kick and jabs her in the stomach*
Katsuragi: Tsk, *Holds her hand in place and jabs her in the stomach*
Hikage: Tch, not bad. *Pulls back her head*
Katsuragi: Two can play at that game! *Pulls her head back*
*The two then headbutt each other which sends them spiralling back*
Katsuragi: Woah~ I'm a bit spinny~ *Shakes the dizziness off* But that doesn't mean anything!
Hikage: *Shakes the dizziness off* The same can be said for me.
Katsuragi: Here we go! *Dashes towards her and kicks her in the knees*
Hikage: Grk, *Stumbles slightly*
Katsuragi: Gotcha! *Kicks her in the head*
Hikage: Ah! *Rolls on the floor but quickly recovers and dashes towards Katsuragi with her blade in hand* Here we go!
Katsuragi: Hehe!
Hikage: *She then quickly slashes towards Katsuragi*
Katsuragi: Holy hell- *Narrowly Dodges the slashes* You've gotten faster!
Hikage: And your agility and reaction has gotten better!
*As the two continue fighting with one another, another pair was doing the same in another part of the cube*
Imu: Whoo. *Readies her pole* Are you ready for round two?
Yozakura: Mhm. Yes I am. *Readies herself*
Imu: Then come at me with all you've got!
Yozakura: *Throwing a barrage of punches with her large metallic gauntlets*
Imu: *Quickly blocks each and every one of the strikes*
Yozakura POV: Shoot, she's too fast for me to simply fight head on. I need to play this smart. *Throws a punch*
Imu: *Blocks the strike* Hm, if it's for Miyabi's sake, I'll win this fight! *Strikes towards her with her pole*
Yozakura POV: Now's my chance! *Grabs the pole and pulls her closer towards her*
Imu POV: N-Not good!
Yozakura: Here's my chance! *Punches her in the face with her gauntlet*
Imu: Grk! *Spits out blood and is sent back flying and lands on her back*
Yozakura: Shoot! Uhh... Are you okay!?
Imu: Yeah! Of course I am! *Stands back up* But that kind of winded me- *Eyes go blank and falls out cold*
Yozakura: Oh dear! *Runs towards her and catches her*
Imu: *Wakes up slowly* Huh? Aren't we meant to be like enemies or something?
Yozakura: That's in the Shinobi world. Here, were just sparring partners.
Imu: I see... Well since we're not enemies I guess I can atleast do this. *Raises her head and pushes it into the bottom of her chest* Hehe~
Yozakura: *Blushes like hell* What the hell!? *Bonks Imu*
Imu: Ow...
*Back with Mike*
Mike: *Sighs* There... After 10 minutes I finally set up everything else...
Hibari: O-Okay, S-sorry we were so troublesome...
Mirai: Eh!? I wasn't troublesome at all!
Murasaki: You kind of are though... Your so loud...
Mike: Eh, it's fine. I've seen more troublesome people... But we'll talk about em at a later date.
Murasaki: Good... Because I'm still-
Mike: Nope. Sorry for what I'm about to do but, *Snatches Murasaki's pillow* I'll be keeping this until we're done.
Murasaki: Eh..? No fair... I still wanted to-
Mike: Sleep? Yeah that's gonna get ya killed 9 times outta 10 and that chance is hella likely like for real girl.
Hibari: I-I wonder what mine's gonna be-
Mike: I need to build up that courage of yours Hibari so expect to be get a hell of a fright today. *Chuckles*
Hibari: Eeeehhh... I don't like the sound of that...
Minori: What about me!? What's mine gonna be!
Mike: Your enthusiastic. But you'll see.
Minori: Awww man!!
Mirai: So? What about me? What's mine gonna be?
Mike: Uhhh... You'll see.
Mirai: I don't like the sound of that-
*Fast forward a bit later*
Mike: Alright Hibari, your up first. *Puts his hands together and makes a few signs*
*Mike's shadow then expands and then changes shape and form into a large looming figure standing over Mike before jumping up and landing infront of Hibari*
Hibari POV: *Looks up at the gigantic figure looming over her absolutely terrified* A-A-A-Ahhh... S-S-So big... S-S-So scary...
Mike: That's your first test. You need to be brave, you need to learn how to face what you are afraid of. You have to learn to trust yourself.
Hibari: *Looks at Mike* B-B-But what if I'm not..? W-what if I'm just not cut out for this..?
Mike: Then why do you do it in the first place? What is your motive in becoming a Shinobi in this world? What is your goal at all? Do you actually really wanna be a Shinobi at all?
Hibari: I-I-I...
Mike: You don't have to give me the answer. You have to give yourself the answer though. So ask yourself the question again, "What is your motive in becoming a Shinobi in this world? What is your goal at all? Do you actually really wanna be a Shinobi at all?"!?
Hibari POV: *Looks down and holds her head* Why I wanted to... I-I never wanted to! I-I Never wanted to do this... I-I just had to... F-for the name of my family! B-But why... why do I actually keep me going... Why do I keep going... It's always just so scary...
Mirai: She looks like she's having a goddamn existential crisis.
Mike: Your about to have one too.
Mirai: Wha-
Hibari POV: I wanna keep going... B-But not for my family, I-I wanna keep going because I don't want to disappoint all the people who believed in me! I wanna do this! Even if I still have a long way to go... I'll do it! *Looks at Mike with a big bright smile*
Mike: Hm? *Tilts his head and smiles* You finally got it?
Hibari: Yes! Yes you bet do! I'll do it! Even if it is scary! I'll be brave! I don't wanna push anyone down any further because of my incapability!
Mike: That's the spirit I was looking for! I thought it'd take a bit longer but what the hell!? The faster the better!
Hibari: *She looks back at the shadow figure* T-Take this! *She runs up to the figure and punches the figure in the chest*
*The figure then dematerialized and returned back to Mike as his shadow*
Hibari: H-Huh? What happened..?
Mike: Oh that's simple the whole thing was a test. The physical training comes later. I just need all of you to face your biggest weaknesses first before we get onto training.
Mirai: So there's no real training involved!?
Mike: Facing your weaknesses head on is training.
Murasaki: *Yawns* Yeah... I know... It's just so hard to resist sleeping...
Mike: Next up is Minori.
Minori: Woooo~!! Let's do this then! I'll show you what I can do then Sir Techno!
Mike: Don't call me sir. Mike or Techno is enough. I am not a fan of formalities.
Minori: Gotcha!
Mike: Alright. Let's continue on. Let's keep moving.
*As they continue Yagyū can be seen from a distance staring at Hibari*
Yagyū POV: I'm so proud that she's becoming more brave right now... She's so cute...
Mike: *Looks at Yagyū* Hm?
Yagyū: *Flinches slightly* Sorry, I'll head back to my group.
Mike: Oh? Uh, alright sure. Feel free to come by though if you feel concerned.
Yagyū: I will. But I know you are more than capable enough to do it.
Mike: Gotcha. *Looks back at the group* Alright let's get this training on the roll!
--------To be continued...
Eldrick: Author's note here I did not expect this story to go on for so long but here we are. I wanna finish this story soon so that the story I mentioned a bit back at the end of "Two Sides of the Same Coin" (Which you should read if you wanna read it) can finally be started on.