I have pretty much guided training squads. The final training squad I created is Ashley, Kylie the girl with a long ginger hair with a clip on it and Brenna the girl I fought. All of them can work together as their element don't differ and are just transformation magic in general. Damian and Ricardo will be on the same team. I have feeling their personality may differ though. Through what I have heard, Ricardo is quite an angry person. He gets angry at smallest of things and that's one of the reason why he beat down of the students in his previous school. He was even put under house arrest for a whole year. That guy...His too much to handle when his angry. I sigh.
"Alright everyone gather with your squad." I say as everyone comes together. "So here are your instruction, squad A, Casey, you will be using sound magic and then Jao Zao, you will be deflecting those with your mirror magic, once deflected, Jason will be using his psychic magic to manipulate the wave lengths that will be sent to you. Obviously, because of the mirror Casey's sound magic's frequency will be way higher then normal as it is deflected from something that will add more sound to it." They looked confused by what I am saying. "That's alright but how did you know that their abilities are as you say? Have you been spying on them?" Damien asks. "What?" I am confused. "Well, sound manipulation could be a completely different magic or mirror magic will be a completely different magic from what we think." I sigh. These are basically, in the advanced magic books that my mother hold. I have read many of them and have always wanted to try various experiments on it. This is one of it and I am sure it will work but how can I explain that to them. "I never thought of it like that..." Jason says. "It's a pretty good idea, let's get to practising then." Jao says with a bright smile and Casey and Jason nod. Damien looks confused. "We don't even know it will work or not and your trusting this man?" Damien asks. "We won't know until we try." They say. Damien sighs. "Whatever." Training squad A leaves.
Now, "Training squad B, Hister you will be the medical support so always be behind the others. Medical supports are much more important then they seem to be and that's why Jacob, Erica and Livit you have to find a way to combine your magic together." I say. "What does that mean?" I am pretty sure Erica understood as she is smiling. "I got it, come on, I will show you what it is like to combine our magic." She says and leads them. "Hister! Wait! You will be with me. Once I am done assigning everyone their tasks follow me." I say. Hister nods.
For training squad C, "Ajay, using your sand magic is really important and you may be our main man as I believe your a perfect frontline fighter, You will cover us with your sand magic, then, Luis you will use your Earth manipulation magic on which Bob you will stand on and travel on then if you see any floating enemies take them down with your samurai magic or else as a front liner, you will fight through it and then Richard you will use your gravity magic to bring that earth that is manipulated down on any ground enemies." They nod.
Oh yeah, I have training squad D too... "You two, both of you have to find a way to bond with each other, more like Ricardo, learn to control your anger and Damien your attitude may take us down." I say. "WHAT THE-?!" Before they anything else I interrupt them. "Now as for how you two will combine your magics, as a prankster you will have to do what you did with me back there and help Ricardo with fight his opponent. Basically, Damien you have to be Ricardo's spine." I say. They don't argue and move on. "Tsch whatever." Damien says as he moves.
"Now the remaining 3 of you, all of you have transformation magic. So to put it simply, you have to use your animal instinct to help each other. Ashley has speed, Kylie has strength and Brenna you have flight, so I am sure you will be able to figure out how you three can help each other. If you haven't, you have to basically figure out a way to cover each other's weaknesses. Understood?" I ask. "How does that help me become stronger?" Brenna asks. "You will understand when we reach the tournament." I say with a smile. "For now, I have to give instructions to remaining students." I say. "Hister!" I call out for Hister. "Y-Yes!" Hister says nervously. "Follow me." I order her. "Y-yes!" She begins to run behind me.
"His got the perfect skill to lead a squad." Caster says to the headmaster. "You don't have to do this Caster, you do realise it right?" Headmaster asks Caster. "Do you think so there is another way to this?" Caster asks. "We will find another way." The headmaster says. Caster smiles and begins to leave. "Don't worry, though before I go, I plan to pass down this power to a special one and there is still a lot of time for the war." Caster says as he leaves the office with a smile. "Will you ever stop sacrificing everything for our country...Caster...? Tsch! I wish there is more I can do for you..."
Behind the school grounds,
I took Hister behind the school grounds where Ilora, Cyan and Sophie have been waiting for me. "So, is she joining too?" Ilora asks. I nod. "Yep, at least for the first phase of your training Sophie and Hister will be joining." I say. "First phase?" Cyan and Ilora say at the same time. All three Sophie, Cyan and Ilora look confused. "You heard me, I have planned training in two phases for Cyan and Ilora and three phases for the others." I say. "What?" Ilora looks at me with her cold eyes. "I believe that Ilora doesn't need teamwork, her power lies in working alone-" I am interrupted by Ilora. "Don't need teamwork?" Ilora asks as her face shadows. "Don't you dare joke with me!" Ilora raises her head. "I AM ALSO A PART OF SQUAD RIZING!!!" That scream busted my ears for sure. "That's the first time big sis has actually said that." Cyan says with a chuckle. "I understand...Guess...It's alright if you don't go through the third phase right Cyan?" I ask Cyan. Cyan smiles. "Don't worry, I know you need to have your own time with the team and I am not a part of your team after all. So it's all good." Cyan says with a smile. "Alright then, let's begin." I say.
10 minutes later,
All four, Hister, Ilora, Cyan and Sophie stand in front of me. "All of you girls, the first thing I want to see is your martial skills." I say. "So, take your turn and try to hit without using your magic. You can only use your fist or feet." I say. "I will go first then." Cyan says. Cyan comes running towards me. She tries to punch but I dodge it easily.
*Swoop*
"Gotcha!" Cyan then uses her other hand to lift her left foot of the ground and keeps the other foot still. She tries to high kick me.
*Swoop*
I easily catch her foot.
*Catch*
She's quite flexible with her moves but she has no idea of how to use that flexibility to her advantage. "Good job there, now next." I say. "How was it?" Cyan asks. "I will answer that after the others are done." I say. "Fine...Whatever." Cyan sighs.
"I will go up next if you don't mind." Sophie says.
*Swoop*
Sophie actually took a stance. Seems like she is quite good at martial arts. Once, I see her in action I will know. Sophie comes at me. She's slow. She tries punching my face. I easily dodge it.
*Swoop*
She tries it again with another hand, I easily dodge it again.
*Swoop*
She's pretty good at hand-to-hand combat but...There is one problem. I stop Sophie's punch using my hand.
*Catch*
"All good, whose next?" I ask. Hister steps up. "I-is it really...Okay...T-to...You k-kn-" I interrupt her speech. Her nervousness is making me annoyed. "It's alright, show me your best." Hister looks nervous. She runs towards me trying to punch me but fails as I dodge it. She might be the one I need to help the most. "I ca-can't..." She says as she stutters. "Don't worry, you will be fine." A month should be enough for her training. I look at Ilora who is holding her right arm. "Your up next, Ilora." I call her out. Cyan sighs. "You see, big sis's speciality is that she is the most powerful rookie in our year but her biggest weakness is that she doesn't know anything when it comes to hand-to-hand combat." Cyan says. "I see..." Hister isn't the only worst case I have gotten here then huh? Ilora too. I smile. I walk towards Ilora and pat her head. "Huh?" She looks confused. "Don't worry, I will make sure that you learn to fight in close combat." I say. Phase one of the training huh? Something that, I need to focus on for this month at the same time help each and everyone cultivate their magic. This is going to be one hectic ride for me for sure.
"Alright then, Cyan, you have the capability of being a pretty good hand-to-hand combat master due to your short height but you rely too much on your instinct rather then putting your flexibility to good use." I say. Cyan smiles. "As for you Sophie, your sacrificing speed for power, you need an add in some speed along with power." I say to Sophie. "Understood!" Sophie says. "Hister, you will need to work hard to make your body strong. You can't just rely on your teammates, understood?" I ask. Hister nods her head. "Now finally, Ilora...As harsh as this may sound, you maybe strong with your magic but if you don't know to defend yourself in close range, your as good as dead in a battle. That is what let Flora defeat you, your biggest weakness. No, your just weak in general, that is why, you decide to use magic and not hand-to-hand combat to fight against others. I want that weakness gone by tomorrow when I come back to train you, for now, cultivate your mana." I say. Ilora's eyes stay widen as I leave. I sigh. She's feeling down huh? "Hey Ilora!" I call her out. "Forget about who you are and become what you really what to be. That is how you will overcome your weakness because dreams can overtake on your weaknesses." I say waving my hand as I walk back to the dorm.
Cyan smiles, "His a good instructor, are we really even sure that his a student at this academy? Because his knowledge way surpasses ours." She says as she puts a lollipop in her mouth. "I agree!" Sophie says. "He is scary...But I feel a friendly aura around him...I-it makes me feel safe..." Hister says. Ilora smiles. "I can't lose..." Ilora says. Everyone looks confused. "What?" All three girls say at once.