The next day max was in the basketball court waiting for his sword instructor he had his blade with him and he was wondering if he was really ready for this.
The doors open and he saw a man with sharp yellow eyes and an x mark scar on his cheek.
Thomas: so you are max McKnight you really made one hell of an impression kid.
Max got up and bowed to his mentor as a sign of respect.
Max: I'm ready to train sir.
Thomas: good but we won't go hard we will start with the basics.
Max and Thomas got bamboo swords and took stances though Thomas was more refined than max's.
During the training session Thomas noticed how max had a grasp on the basics so he put a little more pressure on the kid.
And max was getting thrashed by the older exorcist and with one more strike max feel on his ass with bruises on his face and gym uniform.
Thomas: let's stop for a moment I can tell you have the basics and can handle my blows but you are still a rookie so take your time and learn from this.
Max: yes sir
Max and Thomas sat down in the stands and Thomas decided to ask the kid something.
Thomas: why do you want to learn how to a sword with those black arms you can make one yourself so why do you need a sword?
Max stopped drinking his water bottle and answer his mentor.
Max: well it doesn't hurt to have an arsenal I'm planning to have an arsenal and not just rely on my fists moline has a second stomach that stores up objects so I figure that I might as well use it.
Thomas: well I can see your point in this job things can happen and I doesn't hurt to have the right tools.
Max: yeah especially since back in that territory I would have died if didn't awoke my ability.
Thomas: be grateful most rookie who stumble upon a lost knight don't exactly survive most just lose a limp or another body part that's why those who are not cut out for combat are move to information and investigation department it's more of a scouting for signs of lost souls or odd activity that's how we track down cultists.
When max heard cultists he gripped the water bottle so hard it was crushed by his grip and Thomas saw this and realized that mentioning of cultists triggers a spark of rage on max he couldn't blame him his own parents back stabbed him and that made him snap if Thomas was In his shoes he would have done the same thing.
Thomas tapped max on the knee to get his attention.
Thomas: let's get back to training I don't want you to get depressed on me kid.
Max and Thomas went back to training and max was getting better every second of the sparring session.
Meanwhile in the woods.
Bonnie: where's max?
Micheal: Miguel told me that he went for sword training.
Peter: must be for when he creates a black sword boy that will look so cool.
Sonia: well he sure is gonna miss out.
Seina: don't worry my mom while teach him once she is done with us.
Ken: you make it sound like she doesn't like to teach.
Seina: she does if anything my mom is actually good with kids so she will be okay.
Peter saw a woman in green approach and he told the group that she was coming.
Monica: nice to see you guys are ready to learn from me and I hope you can get along with my daughter she can be a handful.
Seina:[you just had to say it didn't you mom]
Some of them laugh at seina's embarrassment.
Monica: anyway I'm here to teach you about energy imbuing.
Sonia: I kinda know how to do that.
Monica: true but you didn't exactly did it on command you just used it without knowing it.
Monica grabbed a stick and demonstrated.
Monica: you know how to enhance your bodies but not your weapons this is a handy trick.
The all saw how Monica imbues the stick with her green spiritual energy and show how much control she has.
Monica then waved the stick and a small but powerful energy slash came out and it sliced two trees with no problem.
Monica: I want you to practice to imbue your weapons with spiritual energy seina here will help you since I already taught her how to do it.
Micheal: what about me I don't use a weapon.
Monica: that's fine I can give you a few pointers on your unique ability.
Micheal: how could you know?
Monica: you see my eyes? These aren't just normal eyes I have a powerful sense of spiritual energy and I can see others people's energy signature even with my eyes closed thanks to that I learned quite a number of things just by understanding my own energy flow so when I see you I see your energy has a lot of sparks that are just more than electricity.
Micheal: so you can teach me new things that my parents didn't teach me?
Monica: yes but let's go step by step.
Monica then turned to her daughter.
Monica: seina watch the others progress and teach them well I'm taking Micheal for a private lesson.
Seina: ok.
And through out the day the four were taught how to imbue there weapons however so still didn't get the grasp of it like ken he was still relevantly new and he has practiced with his spiritual energy but this is the first time that he is pushing his energy to the limit.
After that it was the evening the group finished with there training and they all went to relax in the entertainment district this is an area where it had arcades bowling alleys and bartering cages. And many other fun things.
Currently the group were in a bowling's match and Sonia was in first place and Bonnie is in dead last.
Bonnie: it's not fair you assholes are strong physically.
Seina: well you should train your body if you want a better score.
It was Michael's turn and he was 4th place right behind max who was in 3rd place.
Micheal grabbed a bowling ball and focused on the trajectory of his shot and when he thinks he has a good shot he throws the ball.
Micheal watched as the ball was rolling and he was hoping that it didn't fall into the lane and his shot hit almost all the pins but only missed one.
Micheal snapped his fingers in frustration.
Micheal: damn only one that's gonna be hard to hit.
Max: Micheal you okay you look a little tired.
Micheal: huh? Oh yeah it's because of miss Monica's private lessons i kinda pushed myself so yeah I'm a little tired.
Sonia: well most of us are hey peter go get us some drinks.
Peter: why me?
Sonia: consider it punishment for hiding your ability from us.
Peter: just for that!? I already told you I don't have much control over my clones it takes a lot of mental energy to even separate my consciousness into them.
Sonia: I don't wanna hear it go get us drinks.
Peter: fine but you owe me money Sonia.
Peter reluctantly left the bowling alley and when to a nearby convenience store to buy drinks when he payed for the drinks he was going back to the bowling alley but someone stopped him.
???: excuse me!
When Peter turned he saw a girl in purple punk outfit with a guitar case and he noticed that she looked unfamiliar with the district.
???: do you know a near by guitar shop is?
Peter: yeah here is one near by.
???: I'm so sorry for the trouble but can you take me there I'm kinda not good with directions I'm kinda new in town.
Peter could have say that he is busy but he decided to keep Sonia waiting as petty revenge for making him waste his savings.
Peter: sure I can take you there just follow me.
???: thank you so much I'm sorry if I'm distracting you from anything important.
Peter: no it's fine really.
Peter was leading the punk looking girl to the guitar shop and Peter didn't know what to say to this girl but to his luck the girl decided to start the conversation.
???: I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to tell you but my name is Rebecca.
Peter: nice to meet you Rebecca my name is Peter.
Rebecca: nice to meet you too so what's with the bag?
Peter: my friend told me to get them drinks as punishment for keeping something to myself.
Rebecca: that kinda sucks but you are at least lucky to have friends I've barely had friends back in my home town.
Peter: why did you move here.
Rebecca: well it's because my dad wanted me to move a better place our home town had a lot of bad things like people disappearing into thin air and strange things happening my dad just wanted to make sure nothing happened to us.
Peter figured that lost souls had something to do with it he heard from Micheal before the training that two seniors were sent to investigate it and so far nothing came he guess that this girl's dad felt the place was dangerous so he left with her to the city.
They talked and walked when they family made it to the guitar shop.
Peter: well this is it.
Rebecca: thank you Peter.
Peter: no problem.
Rebecca went into the shop and Peter decided to go back to the bowling alley.
And when he got there he saw that Sonia was glaring at him.
Sonia: what the hell took you so long!?
Peter: give me a break you told me to get drinks you never told me what kind you wanted.
Ken: he has a point.
Sonia: what ever just pass me one.
Peter grabbed a soda can and threw it at Sonia who caught it.
Peter looked at the score board and he saw his name was above Micheal.
Peter: who was playing for me?
Max: me
Peter: thanks man I owe you one.
Max: you can thank me by passing me a cold one.
Peter: sure
Time passed and the bowling game was over with Sonia still in first place and through out the night Peter couldn't get Rebecca out of his mind because while they were talking he could feel like he was being watched and he got a bad feeling about this.