After the first sparring match the three boys and Ayami had with Ana and Fu, three weeks passed, there was nothing but endless training, there was no rest, only when eating, sleeping, and bathing.
Every day at six am they would wake up and redo their training, they developed bruises, cuts and severe injuries as the training went on, but they would only be given half a day to recover, causing them to focus harder and harder.
As time went on, they began to develop a slow and precise fighting style, all but Shu, of course, he began to increase in speed the more they trained, which caused him to develop a more heavy striking style with precise attacks.
As the training went on, the kids began to realize a change in their bodies, mostly the boys, specifically Ean and Arthur, they had both grown in height, Ean was no longer the same height as Shu.
5'11 inches, Arthur grew a bit more though, 6'1 to be precise. Of course, it wasn't only their height that changed, their hair as well, Ean grew a lot of it so he asked Ayami to change his hair into a unique hairstyle, which he decided to name " locks ".
Arthur did grow more hair as well but, he kept it loose, which reached below his shoulders.
To everyone's surprise, Shu didn't really suffer any changes, all apart from his hair naturally growing a bit, but not as much as the other two boys, just enough for someone to notice a change.
" Man what the hell! "
Shu yelled, pressing his index finger against Ean's chest, pushing him back a bit
" Why do you all get to grow taller and have cool hairstyles!?! "
He continued, grabbing Ean by his shirts collar, gripping it tightly as he glared up at him
" Well I mean, we all received uniforms "
Ayami pointed out, as Ean and Shu turned to look at her, she was sitting on a bed with her legs crossed smiling as the boys looked down at their clothes.
They both had on black and white battling Kimonos, which wrapped tightly around their limbs, resembling ropes more than clothes, as for Ayami she was wearing a similar outfit, but it was more like a dress on its lower parts.
" Shu, you shouldn't be complaining, you're still the strongest between all of us "
Arthur said, whilst leaning against a wall, staring at the three from afar. They seemed to be in a dorm of sorts, it had three beds, a small table, and a lamp on top of it, the walls were white and the ceiling black, matching with all their uniforms.
" That doesn't matter! I'm still not cool looking like you guys! "
Shu yelled, squeezing Ean's collar tighter, making him sweat nervously as the other two simply sighed
" Come on Shu, just let it go "
Ayami said, taking in a deep breath as she stood up from the bed, grabbing onto Shu's clothes, pulling him off of Ean
" Guys, that's enough, our training is about to start "
Arthur said as he walked over to the three, standing in the between all of them with his arms crossed
" Alright! Time for training! "
Fu yelled, before kicking up the door, of course, he had nothing on but a white shirt and black sweatpants with a black sandals, and like usual he had a piece of bread in his mouth
" Yes!! "
They all yelled simultaneously, though Shu used a more humble and depressed tone, seeing as his body didn't change like the other's.
After a while of walking, they reached their destination, which was a wide room, completely white, there were lights on every corner of the place so that it wouldn't be dark, and in the middle was Ezra, sitting down on the ground; eating beans from a big bowl.
" Who's that? And why's he eating beans? "
Ean questioned as he pointed at the man, his sword began to glow violently; beginning to shake roughly as it then flew out of Ean's waist, heading over to Ezra at a quick pace, and right when it was about to hit his face, he caught it
" Hmm, what's my sword doing here? "
Ezra questioned as the weapon grew in size, comfortable enough for him to hold it
" Who brought it here? "
Ezra added as he stared at the sword, looking at it up and down, carefully analyzing it before raising an eyebrow
" Isn't this reaper? Or is Mercy? Looks a lot like reaper, can't really tell "
Ezra said to himself as he raised the sword up, turning it around looking at it carefully, before turning his attention toward the group, smiling as stirred the beans in the bowl
" Oh Fu, sorry I didn't notice you there, looks like you brought your students "
Ezra said as he stood up. He had no shirt on, just sweat pants, not even shoes or sandals either.
With a calm expression, he walked over to Fu, stretching his hand out for a handshake, which Fu obviously accepted, gripping the bigger man's hand.
" So who's the boy you wanted me to train? "
Ezra questioned looking at the three boys, and then at Ayami, sensing their energy, of course, Shu had more, way more, so his first answer to his own question was that the one Fu asked him to train was Shu, but that wouldn't really make any sense to him.
" That one over there "
Fu replied, pointing at Ean, who seemed surprised and in awe, his mouth was completely opened, his eyes spread wide, and a gigantic grin covered his entire face expression
" You're the blue king of death!!! "
Ean yelled with excitement in his voice, confusing Ayami and Shu, but in turn surprising Arthur who heard stories about the blue king of death, massacring thousands of men on a battlefield
" I didn't expect anyone to call my nickname out like that, but, yes, I am the blue king of death "
Ezra replied as he looked down at the boy, he was gigantic, enormous, and terrifying, that's what everyone besides Fu, Ana, and Shu was thinking, after all, with one glance, who wouldn't think like that?
The man was 10 feet tall, had giant muscles, and fearsome eyes, everything about the man screamed terrifying
" Sir it is an honor to meet you, you've been my hero ever since I started hearing stories about you at the age of 9, and from the stories I've heard, you don't disappoint whatsoever, so please, I beg of you, take me in as your pupil! "