A few hours later after Ren passed out he slowly woke up feeling a little dizzy. He began remembered the information he learned about his past. 'Damn my brain still hurts, Chisoko could have at least spaced the info out. I might have stayed awake if he did.' Ren got up and looked around not seeing Chisoko anywhere. That's when he heard some talking coming from outside, he walked to the source of it and hid behind a door that way they might not see him. He took a peek out of the door and saw Chisoko talking to a man with red hair and a smirk. Behind him were ten shadow casters all who seemed way stronger than him right now. He decided his best option was to listen to there conversation and gather as much information as he can.
The man with red hair rubbed the back of his head before continuing what he was saying. "Chisoko buddy are you sure that we should train the kid? I know that we all don't care about the bounty satan put on the his head but still. With him around tons are people are gonna trying to kill him and by extension trying to kill us to get to him. At the level, you say he's at he's more like dead weight." Chisoko frowned a bit then took his cigarette packet out of his pocket before lighting it and taking a puff. "That's the reason we should train him if we don't want the kid to die and you don't want him to be dead weight than we should train him so he can at least hold his own. And besides, he's more useful than Jeff over there." Jeff took off the headphones he was currently wearing and gave Chisoko a glare that told him to shut up because he was annoyed. "I'm way more useful than the kid I mean who here can do recon as good as me?..... That's what I thought!" Jeff then put his headphones back on and continued listening to his music.
Ren chuckled a bit from behind the door he was against immediately thinking that one of those people seem very dysfunctional and two. 'These people are a bunch of weirdos.' He decided to continue listening to the conversation since he still wanted information. The red-haired Male then continued what he was saying now that Jeff's minor outburst had been finished. "Now that Jeff has said his word let's get back to business. While it is true that training the kid would be useful I at least need to see how strong he is first hand I'll have him spar with Dai, albeit he'll hold back as much as he needs too to make sure he doesn't kill the kid. If he does ok against him then we'll train him if not then we'll throw him where you originally found him and just let him fend for himself." Chisoko tensed up a bit before attempting to say. "But Le-." He was cut off by the red-haired male who gave Chisoko a death glare. "Am I understood Chisoko?" Chisoko then nodded seemingly afraid of what Chisoko was able to do. "Now go get the kid we can't test him if we don't even have him with us."
Chisoko finished his cigarette before walking towards the door that Ren was currently sitting against which caused Ren to run back to the table he woke upon. He got on the table and acted like he was still passed out, once Chisoko got there he looked down at Ren. "You're in a tough spot now kid, they won't train you unless you can do well against Dai. And I'm not saying that you might fail but..... you're probably gonna fail horribly." Ren put his down since he wasn't confident in his abilities at this point because of all the people telling him how weak he was. "Alright, kid let's go there waiting for you outside." Ren nodded before hopping off the table he was on, he then walked outside and looked at Leo and his group.
Ren was very intimidated because they all seemed like strong and experienced shadow casters. Leo looked at Ren for a bit before beckoning the tall blue-haired man named Dai, he was fairly buff and looked like he could Benchpress Ren as an exercise which added to his intimidating Nature. Dai looked down at Ren before stating. "I hope that you do well enough to join us, we could always use another shadow caster in the group." Ren looked at Leo confused as to why everything was so vague and no one other than Dai was saying anything to him. "Alright look kid we don't want to disclose any information about our selves when your not even a member of our group. If you can do well against Dai then we'll go from there now without further to do.....BEGIN!!"
Ren didn't fully comprehend what was going on and before he could figure it out he was punched across his face into a wall by Dai. 'God damnit that hurt like hell! I knew he was strong but this shit! It's on another level.' Ren slowly got up before telling Sen. "Alright I need you to increase my physical capabilities by using Divas powers give me a 7x boost!" Sen nodded the best it could since it was a shadow and increased Rens's physical capabilities. He dashed at Dai and landed a solid punch on his stomach making him cough up since he didn't have his powers active when the punch was hit. Dai whipped his mouth before stating. "Not bad kid that was a good punch but I wouldn't say that it was good enough." Dai made his shadow increase his power by that of 5x before taking a step and being next to Ren. Unable to comprehend how fast he thought that Dai was at that point he was punched multiple times in his stomach before being slammed to the ground and thrown in the air.
Dai jumped up before kicking Ren down to the ground which made him cough up some blood. Dai landed and was about to stomp on him before Ren brought up his arm and did the forbidden technique and punched Dai in his lower region which caused him to reel back in pain. He was about to do more before Leo yelled. "Alright, that's enough! This sparring match is over." Leo walked over to Ren and kneeled by him. "Congratulations you passed the test welcome to our band full of misfits and weirdos. I hope you enjoy your stay. Now!" He clapped his hand together and declared. "Since the kid is officially apart of our group now we better introduce ourselves I'll start. My name is Leo and I'm the leader of the band of misfits. My powers shadow mimicry no need to continue explaining." The black-haired girl with long flowing hair was the next to introduce herself. "My name is Akame I can create shadows from nothing and then shape them at will. Nice to meet you." Her sister who had headphones on and a lollipop in her mouth was the next to introduce herself. "The names Aiko and I'm the shadow creator over their sister. I can harness Light power from the moon to increase the power of the shadow and my physical abilities, then storing the energy for daytime use. And I have no intention of making friends with you." Ren sighed since he didn't expect one of them to be so mean. Dai was the next to Introduce himself. "My name is Dai you probably already know my abilities because of our fight."
Joben who had white hair and seemed pretty average was the next to introduce himself but it seemed like he thought it was a drag to do so. "My names Joben and I can coat things in my shadow and slowly absorb there energy gaining their power. So I'd like to think I'm pretty strong." Ren chuckled at Jobens statement thinking he was kinda funny. Though Jeff was gonna introduce himself next he was cut off by the hyperactive kauai. "Hey! My names Kauai and I can see, talk and fly with my shadow! Pretty useful right!?" Although he was a little taken back by Kauai he thought she was charming and that her hyperness was kinda cute. Next was the purple-haired woman named Persephone she seemed a little annoyed by Ren being there but still Introduced herself. "The name is Persephone and I can control peoples minds with my shadow, can also read minds, and alter people's memories pretty cool right."
Ren smiled lightly because he thought that Persephones powers were awesome. Ito smirked before putting his hand on his forehead. "My ability is shadow counter! All attacks are absorbed and sent back with 3 times the force but I can only use it 5 times a day." He frowned at that but he decided to let things continue. Jeff's eyes sparkled when he realized it was his turn to go. "Hey, my names Jeff and I'm the most useful person here by far. I can change my face and build with my shadow which means I'm great for recon and." He was cut off by Jun who covered Jeff's mouth with his hand. "I had to stop him otherwise he would keep going for hours. Anyways my names Jun and I can consume things with my shadow my current limit is a small building so I still have a lot of training to do before I'm at my maximum potential." Ren thought to himself for a moment before thinking. 'Yeah I do to and I need to get stronger quickly."
The last person there to introduce himself was Aramis who seemed nice enough. "Sup the names Aramis and I can like create shadow and physical weapons out of shadow mass pretty cool right?" She popped a gun air bubble that she was blowing. Leo sighed before clapping his hands together once more putting an end to the formalities. "Alright now that everyone is done introducing ourselves to the kid let's start training him. We should probably teach him to coat himself in his shadow without going insane." He thought for a moment before snapping his fingers telling the Squad to attack Ren all at once which they do. Chisoko just stood against a wall smoking his cigarette.
All the other members of the squad began attacking him, Dai increased his physical abilities by 8, Akame created shadow wolves to attack Ren, and everyone else attacked him with there shadow abilities. Ren tried to punch ito but his attack was countered and he was sent through a gate and before he could get up Dai was behind him and kicked him in the back kicking him directly to Joben who absorbed half his energy before kicking him down.
Ren coughed up blood before telling Sen to coat him with its body so he doesn't get his ass kicked. Sen then coasted Ren with itself and as he got up he spoke in a demonic voice. "All of you are dead!" He dashed at Aiko and put his hand around her neck, he slammed her into a wall slowly choking her he then punched her chest multiple times while laughing like a maniac. Aiko was losing air at an accelerated rate but then Ren was slammed to the ground by all the members and was promptly knocked out. He woke up a few hours later with large bruises on his waist. He looked around before seeing the members of the squad and Aiko who was looking at him angrier than ever holding her neck. Leo walked up first and sighed. "Well the result ended about as good as I expected though I hoped that you wouldn't hurt anyone but that hope was a little stupid I must admit." Ren looked away ashamed that he ended up hurting someone even if he was insane and couldn't properly control his actions. Leo clapped before smirking. "Alright everyone outside it's time to actually train the kid after that everyone gets drinks on me!" The rest of the squad and Chisoko smiled before yelling in excitement. Leo began walking outside before beckoning everyone to follow him.
Once they all got outside Leo asked who wanted to train Ren in basic combat before they started drinking. Chisoko volunteered and decided that it would be basic training like teaching Ren how to properly throw a punch. He and Ren walked to the training area and Chisoko sighed. "Alright Ren show me how you throw a punch." Ren tensed up before throwing a straight punch at Chisko which made him frown because he was doing it all wrong. "Alright Kid this is how you throw a punch first, Keep your chin down and your hands covering your face, like a boxer. Have your knees bent slightly so that they are balanced, after that you actually it would be better to just show you." Chisoko threw a punch at Ren the proper way and sent him stumbling back. "Alright now try to punch me" Ren tried to throw a punch but it was blocked, he tried again, and again and again and again. Chisko sighed before telling Ren. "Alright try to attack me, I'll see what you need to improve on." Ren readied himself and got into a runners pose before dashing at Chisoko. He threw a punch at him that was swatted to the side he threw another one which was also swatted before finnaly trying to throw ome more. Unfortunately for him Chisoko ducked then kicked him to hard he almost went through the wall. Leo looked at the sight of Ren in a wall and sighed before clapping his hands together. "Alright everybody let's relax we can continue training tomorrow." Everyone but Ren cheered as they rushed inside and started drinking like they were sailors and junkies. Ren of course was very cautious of course but he was getting pressured by Akame and Persephone along the lines of. "C-come on Ren it's just one drink i-its not like it'll hurt you." He eventually took a drink immediately becoming drunk. Everyone began to sing a song that everyone is this world knew. "If your happy and you know it punch your friend" They all punched each other. "If your happy and you know it punch a friend." They all punched each other once more. "If your happy and you know it and you really wanna show it if your happy and you know it punch a friend!" Everyone punched each other once and passed out smiling. Today they could relax but tomorrow,tomorrow was when Ren would finally get answers from his parents.