I gave Rias a time table for the two week long 'field trip' she had arranged for her club. It blew my mind how much shit magic lets people get away with. Not just devils, it every single fucker that could cast a simple confusion spell, they could get away with murder if they wanted, with very little effort.
While Rias was no doubt telling her peerage about the upcoming training trip they were going to take, I was spending time with my family.
We celebrated Kushina's birthday. Natasha, Yelena, and Thalia attended along with the four founders, the available Seraph, and Ophis, who was entertaining Himari with her snakes.
I wondered if letting Ophis potentially influence Himari this early on would lead to her developing a sadistic side. She already picked up the dango eating habits from her former babysitter, Anko.
I watched my wife and my three sort-of girlfriends interact with a strange sense of accomplishment. Here I was, the protagonist of my own story. Living the life that many could only dream of.
"Aki-koi," Kuhshina called me over, "come on, you're going to miss out on the cake."
I smiled at her and started walking over. Kushina still refused to call me Joe, or Jörmungandr. I didn't really care, she sounded like Laura Bailey. The same voice actress that voiced that sexy vampire waifu that rejects your ass in Skyrim. She could call me fat ugly bastard and it would sound sexy with her voice.
Funnily enough, I was about 90% sure she was Black Widow's voice in all the animated Avengers movies. Natasha and Kushina did have nearly identical voices despite Natasha looking like Scarlett Johansson.
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The day came for Rias' peerage to be trained. I kissed my women goodbye for the two weeks and out on some black combat fatigues. I shifted myself to my regular look. I was going to have so much fun tortur- I mean training Rias' peerage.
I arrived at the mountain resort with a blinding flash of light. Rias and Co still hadn't arrived so I got ready by shifting reality around the mountain resort. I teleported the nice resort to my own private island, no sense in wasting a perfectly good vacation home.
Then I created a standard military barracks in its place. The dull gray bricks and steel doors are just the right amount of depressing mixed with intimidating. I also created several obstacle courses around the building, I replaced the nice paved road with dirt and mud.
I also created a small canteen where they could eat their meals at, a shower building with open showers, and a PT pit right in the center of the ring of obstacle courses.
Overall I did a fine job of turning the mountain resort into the Bootcamp from Hell. I even manipulated the weather to be constantly overcast or raining for the next two weeks. Rias' peerage was about to get the snot kicked out of them and it was going to be glorious.
I crafted an elaborate backstory for myself just to fuck with them some more. All my preparations completed I sad down on a rock and conjured a big knife that would make Crocodile Dundee sweat and started sharpening it as I waited for my victims…trainees.
[Scene Break]
-With Rias and Co
4 Kilometers Away from the mountain resort.
"Buchou! I'm going to train the hardest. I won't let you down. I promise!" Issei proudly proclaimed.
Rias smiled, "That's good Issei, I had to pull a huge favour for this training trip."
"But doesn't your family own the resort we're going to?"
"Not for the resort, the favour was from the guy who's going to be training us." Rias added.
"You hired someone to train us? But we don't need anyone else to train us, we can just train ourselves." Issei huffed.
Kiba nodded silently, he didn't think anyone could really teach him anything new about sword play. Koneko also felt that her martial arts skill were good enough, she just needed to train herself to be faster.
As for Rias' queen, Akeno, she already had a feeling that she knew who was training them and she didn't like it. Still she voiced her concern.
"Who's going to be training us Rias?"
"I've asked Inoue-kun to train us." Rias replied with a smile.
"Tch… that pretty boy? What's he going to do? Teach us how to be pretty boys?" Issei scoffed.
Rias giggled, "Believe it or not Issei, he was the one to save you from that fallen."
"What? No way! I don't believe it… there's no way that shitty pretty boy can fight. All he does is brood all day in the back of the class."
"No, Rias is right… we watched him easily beating that fallen." Akeno added, making Issei slump into his seat.
"Oh come on… he's good looking and he's strong, what's next? He's going to reveal that he's actually Buchoums boyfriend."
Rias blushed at that making everyone freeze.
"What?!" Three voices shouted at the same time.
Rias shook her head, "No, no, no… it not like that… he just asked me out on a date."
"And you refused right? Please tell me you refused Buchou?!" Issei practically begged.
"I-I agreed. We're going on a date before the rating game." Rias confessed, shocking everyone some more.
"B- but…" Issei stuttered out but was interrupted by the bus driver.
"We have arrived Lady Gremory, though it seems a bit different than the last time we were here."
Everyone looked out the window and gulped. They weren't looking at a mountain resort where they could train in peace. They looked at what looked like a concrete prison, high walls surrounded the main buildings with wicked looking barbed wire circling the tops.
"D-did we take a wrong turn?" Rias asked shakily.
"No… this is the place, or was the place. Did Lord Lucifer change something?" The bus driver asked aloud.
"No, not that I remember…" Rias answered.
Thunder and lightning crashed, shaking the bus and illuminating the prison-like structure in an eerie way. The two large doors slowly rumbled open and a figure walked out seemingly unfazed by the rain.
The figure pulled out a megaphone and put a radio up to its mouth.
"ALRIGHT YOU MAGGOTS, YOU HAVE APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN SECONDS TO GET THE FUCK OFF MY BUS."
"He's not serious right?" Kiba asked.
"TEN…"
"I think he is." Koneko nodded, a fearful look forming on her face.
"NINE…"
"Hurry up! Get off the bus, I have a feeling we don't want to find out what happens when he reaches zero." Rias called out as she grabbed her bag and ran out.
"SEVEN…"
"Tch… who does this guy think he is!" Issei shouted indignantly.
"FIVE… FOUR…"
"Aahhh! Damn it! Fine!" Issei jumped out of the bus followed by Kiba and Koneko. Akeno had rushed out after Rias."
"Okay we're all out!" Rias called to the figure in the distance.
Suddenly the bus disappears, Rias' eyes widen in shock. That had felt like teleportation magic.
"YOU HAVE FIVE SECONDS TO GET IN LINE FROM TALLEST TO SHORTEST IN FRONT OF ME."
"What?!"
"FIVE…"
"Fuck!!!!!" Issei shouted before running towards the man.
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I smirked at the panicked dash they made towards me. I would start making the time limits increasingly impossible as the day went on. I want them to know that no matter what they did they would fail in the tasks I gave them.
This was mostly to teach them that giving up was definitely not an option, especially since I would make sure to make their lives a living nightmare if they even thought about quitting.
"ONE." I reached the count down.
Issei hadn't made it to the line, he was still nearly two hundred feet away gasping for air. I made sure to also thin the atmosphere in the mountain and to bring them all down to human levels in terms of their physical abilities.
"You have failed to achieve the target objective. Everyone get down into a push up position…" I commanded, "you'll keep doing push ups until Issei gets into formation." I flared my power just a bit to get them to obey. They immediately dropped and started doing push up.
Koneko reached ten before I spoke again, "You didn't count out so we'll be starting over. Everyone will do them as a group on my count. When I say down, you go down, when I say up, you go up. That will count as one push up am I understood?."
Everyone voiced their complaints, Issei was still gasping for air while walking slowly, ignorant of the fact that I was punishing everyone for his laziness.
"I SAID AM I FUCKING UNDERSTOOD?!"
"Y-yes sir?!" Rias shouted in reply.
'Good enough for now…'
"Down." Everyone went down until they were inches above the ground.
"Up." They went up.
I didn't say anything, Kiba, the twink, finally realised what they needed to do and shouted;
"One!"
Hiding a smirk, I called out, "Down!" 'Wait a few seconds…' "Up!"
"Two!" More people shouted out, finally getting what I wanted them to do.
"Down!" I paused, this time for longer making people start to groan as their arms shook. I looked over to Issei who was now stumbling quickly over.
"HURRY UP MAGGOT!" I shouted at him making him jump.
"Up!" I finally told everyone.
"Three!" The shouts were weaker this time.
There was a sigh of relief, but that quickly turned into a groan as I called out again. "Down!"
"Hurry up Issei!" Kiba shouted through gritted teeth.
"Since Issei wants to take his time, we're starting over… DOWN!"
I could feel everyone's anger towards Issei growing. Holding a smirk I cross my arms and continue making them do push ups.
They did around seven before Issei finally reached everyone else. He looked confused as to why everyone was glaring at him.
"Okay listen up… from today onward until I dismiss you, you are all worthless. Dirt will hold more value than you… you are all pieces of shit that I will transform into the world's finest killing machines."
Kiba raised his hand, "B-
"Are you eyeballing me you fucking twink!" I shouted at him making his mouth snap shut.
Issei snickered but froze when I turned to him.
"Did I say something funny Turd?" I made sure to direct a bit of killing intent directly at him.
Issei shook his head, "n-no…"
"What was that?"
"I-I said no?"
"I, I, I, me, me, me…. I mocked him. You are no longer individuals… you are now part of a team and there is no place for individuals on a team. Do you understand me?!"
"Yes Sir!" Everyone but Issei sounded off.
I stomped over to him leaking as much Killing Intent as I could without permanently killing anyone.
"I can't fucking hear you turd… I said, do you understand?!"
Issei looked like he pissed himself, "y-Yes Sir!"
I spun around and caught Kiba glaring at my back,
"What?!" I shouted at him, "You think I'm pretty or something twink?"
"N-no Sir!" Kiba shouted, looking more annoyed than angry.
I sneered at him, "So you think I'm ugly, is that it!"
"No Sir!"
"Then why the fuck are you eyeballing me twink!"
"I-I don't know Sir!" Kiba shouted out before realising his mistake too late.
"There it is again… an individual. Everyone except twink here, DROP."
There was a collective groan, "Down!" I called out.
Everyone went down, I glared at Kiba making the blond go pale. "You think you're hot shit? Huh? You think you're better than everyone else here because you have a shitty Sacred Gear?"
"N-no Sir!"
"UP!", everyone shouted out 'One!', "it doesn't look that way twink… well, don't worry. I'll make sure to stomp that shit out of you."
"DOWN!"
[Scene Break]
Everyone collapsed on their bunks with groans of pain. Rias was really starting to regret asking Akimitsu for help. Who ever this man was, was clearly hired by Akimitsu to make their lives as painful as possible for the next two weeks. They had hardly gotten through the first day and they were all exhausted already.
"Everything hurts…" Koneko grumbled from her bunk.
Everyone's clothes were stained with mud, Drill Sergeant Golf as the man had called himself, had made them run through three different obstacle courses. The rain had turned the dirt to mud and no one had made it through the courses cleanly.
"Th-that man is a real devil, there's no way he's human. He kept up with us in the obstacle courses." Kiba groaned.
Rias had been shocked to learn that they were all going to be staying in the same building and in the same room. Issei and Kiba shared a bunk, Akeno and Koneko shared another, and Rias got her own bunk.
The demon drill sergeant had dismissed them for the day and told them he would drop by unexpectedly. He added that if he caught them doing something prohibited, that everyone would get punished, even the people who weren't involved.
"We should all get washed up and ready for bed." Rias suggested.
"Where are the bathrooms?" Akeno asked.
It took them a while to find the washrooms, by then it was nearly midnight. They took turns showering since it was an open bath. The girls went first, Issei had been too tired to even think about peeping.
When it was the boys turn, Kiba had to drag Issei out to the showers since the newest member of their peerage was nearly passed out cold.
The next morning they were woken by the lights being turned on and a shrill sound of a whistle. Sergeant Golf was there in his all black uniform and an unimpressed look on his face.
"You have thirty seconds to make your beds and get on the red line." He told them.
They had wondered what the red line was for the night before, now they knew. Thirty seconds to make a bed was practically impossible. Especially since a few of them didn't even know how to make their own beds. Sergeant Golf, finished his countdown and blew his whistle again.
"You have failed to meet the target objective. Get on the line."
There were cries of protest that were immediately hushed by the harsh shout of 'push up position'. They instinctively dropped onto their hands.
Rias' arms shook with effort as she pushed herself more than she's every worked in her entire life. Around her, her peerage was dripping with sweat and grunting in pain as they continued to do push-ups for their sadistic trainer.
"Recover, Now you have thirty minutes to get cleaned up and dressed, when I come back in here this barracks better be spotless or you'll be doing push-ups until I'm tired."
With that he spun on his heel and walked out of the door. Leaving everyone a panting mess. Issei was on his face either crying or laughing hysterically. Kiba was breathing hard but slowly recovering. Akeno looked disturbingly aroused and Koneko was laying flat on her back sleeping.
Rias sighed, she knew this was her fault. She was way too lax with her peerage and didn't train them enough. She was determined to make it through this training camp and showing everyone that she wasn't a lazy brat.
Sergeant Golf came in thirty minutes later on the dot. Everyone had showered and gotten dressed, unfortunately no one had cleaned the room. An evil smile formed on Sergeant Golf's face as he told them to make it to the canteen to grab their breakfast.
Rias and her peerage lined up at the canteen and were let in by two men wearing black masks. They all looked similar in height and build. Rias wondered where Akimitsu had found these people.
Once they were inside the canteen, They each were instructed to grab a tray and were given portioned amounts of food. Everyone got the same amount and not a bit more. Then Sergeant Golf came in and told them that they had ten minutes to eat and finish their meals.
They sat down quietly and started to eat, they were too afraid to make a sound in case their trainer heard them, and would make them do more push-ups. It was only six in the morning according to the wall clock and they had already done nearly two hundred push-up.
"This is bullshit!" Issei loudly complained.
Kiba shot him a look, before hissing. "Issei sit down, you're gonna get us all in trouble."
"No! Fuck this… we're supposed to be training. Not whatever this is." Issei shouted.
Kiba froze, Sergeant Golf had appeared behind Issei. His eyes shining with a malicious light.
"What it sounds like is you're done eating…" he looked at his wrist watch, "and in three minutes. That's a new record. But since you're done eating go outside and line up. We're going to start your training."
Sergeant Golf, walked outside without another look at them. Everyone glared at Issei who gulped, he knew he had fucked up. Especially when Koneko gave him a dirty look.
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I took a lot of joy in tortu- I mean, training, Rias' peerage. I had pulled from my own experience as well as from one of my favourite movies, 'Full Metal Jacket', on how I would get them to understand the gravity of the world.
I was nearly done breaking them all down and getting them to act like a team. A few of them just needed that final push, and it seemed like the pervert had given me the perfect fuel.
They lined up outside the canteen, already in the height order I had given them the previous day. They had hungry looks on their faces and I couldn't help but to feel a sense of amusement at the fact that a bunch of devils were willingly letting themselves get tortured by a divine being.
"I will be handing you all a weapon, specifically a sword. Each of you will care for this sword as if it were your child. You will clean it, maintain it, and you will keep it at your side at all times. If I see someone misplacing their sword… well you know what will happen."
"Yes Sir!" They responded.
I handed each of them a standard arming sword from a sack. They didn't seem to care that I was pulling a lot of swords out of a coin bag.
"Now we will be marching to the training field where I will mould you worthless sacks of shit into the finest devil warriors in the land, and do not get me wrong… I am not your friend, I am not your servant, and I am not here to babysit you.
They looked fearful, satisfied that I had their attention I continued.
"I will be conducting this training course and weeding out the weakest links. Unfortunately I won't be able to get rid of you so I will just be beating the absolute fuck out of you until you learn how to not drag everyone else down. Am I understood?!"
"Yes sir!" They shouted in response.
"Good, now in an orderly fashion march to the field behind your barracks. I'll meet you there, Rias… lead them there."
I walked away as Rias began to walk them slowly to the field behind the temporary barracks I had set up. I turned around and grinned at the spectral form behind me.
"Well Gunny, how did I do?
"I think you're doing great, stomp on them a bit more but don't overdo it, remind them that they're worthless until you say otherwise."
"Roger that, anything else?"
"No, keep up the good work, and by the way… I think you would have made one hell of a Marine son."
"Thanks Gunny."
I let the specter fade back to the afterlife, turning to where Rias and her peerage had marched off to I grinned and rubbed my hand together.
"Welcome to hell…" A maniacal laugh bubbles out of my lips.
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Omake: Issei's Blanket Party
"Quick, throw the blanket over him." Kiba whispered.
Akeno nodded and readied a wool blanket over Issei's sleeping form. Koneko took the other end and got ready to hold down the four ends to prevent Issei from moving.
Rias looked worried, "Guys should we really be doing this?"
"Someone has to beat the lessons into him." Akeno looked at her with a determined look. Koneko and Kiba nodded.
Rias, sighed and raised her tube sock that contained a bar of soap. She nodded, Koneko pulled the blanket down restraining Issei. The perverted boy woke up and Kiba clamped a hand over his mouth. Kiba nodded to everyone and Akeno and Rias started beating Issei with their makeshift bludgeons.
Kiba stuffed a spare sock into Issei's mouth and got his licks in, then he and Akeno took Koneko's place. She looked at her bludgeon hesitantly.
Kiba glared at her, "Do it! He's screwed you over more times than everyone else."
She nodded silently and struck Issei three times as hard as she could, making Issei cry out through the gag. Then a figure popped out of the darkness and hit Issei too.
Everyone's eyes widened when they spotted Sergeant Golf with a similar bludgeon in his hands. He looked at them and said;
"What? I hate the little bastard too."
Everyone shared a look before shrugging, they returned to beating Issei with their bludgeons until they felt he had enough. Issei cried himself to sleep while everyone walked back to their bunks.