Unholy Creature and Holy Power (can?) Mix! (Atsuko) [School]

Bernael's face would light up just hearing Atsuko's voice alone, but seeing her again was always a cherished moment all on its own. Once he was finally in the throne room and was able to look over at her, he would smile widely and wave over to her. "Hey Atsuko! Well, I came here to talk to you about something as well but I can save that for a little bit from now. Nice to see you too!" he would respond, his face showing intent determination as he would continue to go towards her. Which also helped considering she was getting up and walking over as well so he was able to meet her at the half wait point and stop.

The saiyaness' words intrigued the boy though, so she had been training alongside her sword huh? Well honing ones skills was always nice so there was a good bit of understanding taken up at the thought of the words, which made him also think about how his entire reason had been for training. He wouldn't speak up however though, as Atsuko had motioned for him to follow her to somewhere for some reason, which he of course had nothing against so he would just give a firm nod and walk with her. "Oh yeah, I was just thinking about that on my way here. He had no shortage of power of course but the gap between you and him was noticeable enough to make me wonder why he was able to just punch right through your defenses. So that is what a martial artist is like..." he would say, looking down at the ground, sort of worried of how fierce skill was in the middle of combat, which would set him apart in battle by a large margin considering how recently he had joined the group of fighters despite how old he was.

Though he would shake the thought away, that was clearly important in some way so he would listen to Atsuko a lot more. It was all intriguing him in enough ways for his mind to spin with ideas, all of this sounded extremely worth it so his focus wouldn't waver for a single second as he would clench his fists and feel as if he needed power all like that. "I noticed that your forms power was becoming a bit stronger, not too big but the power difference was of course there. Though, in the end of all of that, you needed more..." he would shake his head slowly, as it all sounded pretty out of his league as his form was incredibly lower than the others he had came across, though that was only a little bit of the problem which could be easily shaken off.

The demon boys eyes would go wide however, as reality itself would distort and make it appear like they were taken to an entirely different place from where they were. Bernael would just look around at it all, mostly awestruck at everything around him as his mind was filled with thoughts. "Reality Marble.... its... its beautiful" the boy would say, taking his time looking around before smirking. "I know its not the intended purpose but this would be a pretty romantic place for a dance wouldn't it? Just look at how beautiful it all is, just taking the time to be in here is worth it let along relaxing and breaking for a loving dance..." he would say, sort of musing on the idea of dancing with the girl he was with but slowly shaking it out of his mind considering he himself admitted that the purpose wasn't intended for that. His fists would close though, keeping the thought in the back of his mind even if it wasn't a primary focus sort of deal.

His thoughts were shot away because of Excalibur however, as he turned to look at her. "Martial Arts Master?!" he would say, eyeing over Atsuko a little bit. If Nasu was just a martial artist, but Atsuko was a master... what was the difference in power now?! It was a little scary to think on but this was a perfect chance. "So you can even teach others huh... in the ways that you learned... to give them that skill that Nasu used... for themselves..." he would slowly gulp, the more he thought on it, the more the training itself that he had came there for was approaching, was it going to be all he thought of it though? Or would it all come crashing down on his head. The type of sword Excalibur was... and what he was... they didn't mix at all in his mind, but perhaps this was going to be different, perhaps they could mix.

It was then that the Saiyan Knight brought up something that he didn't care much for in terms of what he had to think about to remember what she was referencing, but he would shake his head a bit more before speaking up once more. "No... you aren't SUPPOSED to face dangers like that alone. You may want to but a guardian shouldn't leave themselves to danger all alone like that... so thank you... for understanding that it would be unfair..." he would semi-lash out but in a worried tone. "I want to be there for you... through every moment that comes by... not just the desperate ones..." the demon boy would say, clenching his fists more. "And you know my feelings about you... thinking about leaving you to such danger all by yourself would shred at me, there isn't a moment of my life I would be able to leave you behind like that Atsuko..." the demonic human finished off, turning a bit away, looking quite serious with his words before pushing those serious thoughts out of his mind.

"...I do... I want to become a knight of the round. To be able to wield my sword and my body in the name of how you were taught. I don't care how hard it is and I don't care how long it will take. I feel... I feel ready to do this. Thank you for helping me with this... it means a lot to me you know. You wont need to ever make me accept either... I accept this with open mind and open heart... with an open mind helping me make the decision." Bernael's smile turned even more determined as his talking went on. "I will undertake this training, even if it takes a long time and its earned through hard work that strains me so... I desire it, I came here to train alongside you... and if this is what it was meant to be, well... I feel honored to be a member." Bernael would then nod again, fully accepting the terms that the lady was giving to him, as he understood them well enough.

He didn't know how to start however, so he would just stand tall and look towards her with hard cut and locked eyes that spelled all on their own the word 'ready', but he wouldn't leave his eyes to do all of the talking. "Atsuko... whenever you are ready to start training me, I would be honored... even if it right this very moment, I will give it my hard work, and time of day to get through this, alright!?" he would say to her, getting into a ready position as he would wait for her instruction.

Bernael would slowly chuckle at the swords words, honestly she was quite interesting to be around after all this time, and he still found her quite intriguing but that wasn't the topic that was at hand. "Well I am glad that I understand it well enough.." he would reply before the sword spoke up again, which shot Bernael into a little chuckle again, this time because he wasn't expecting it at all, though the prospect of it was nice in the end of it all. "Well I hope that even without that aspect of me, I would be fully ready and able to go through with the style... however, I am glad to know that you think I've gotten so far... so as to say I stole the heart already" the boy would say, casting a smirking gaze over towards Atsuko, either to tease her a bit alongside the sword or to just be curious about the words and if the sword was right. Either way, he would push beyond it soon enough.

"Well then Atsuko, since I am the first up, I can also be a testing phase, to see if what you're doing is good! Though, I have no doubt in my mind that you will be perfect for it... you were a great trainer back when we first met as well... remember? You and Tau taught me things I didn't know because I didn't know a single thing at the time... And both of you taught me... so very well. All this time I've looked up to you as a teacher at times... time to show me I was right!" the boy would say, feeling quite determined with his words as if they were fully true. Though he had no real doubts with it anyways, he didn't just have to feel that they were true, most of him believed that Atsuko was a good teacher and that all of this would be a huge benefit.

He listened over her words and just nodded to her, the entire thing was a pretty sad event and he didn't want to go too much into it, but he understood her side perfectly well, he felt the same way in all honesty but didn't want to push his friends away, he understood how people felt when somebody close to them died. He just clenched his fists up a little bit, nodding as he thought about it. "I know I don't have to fear of it much now... but if I did leave back when you asked me... you wouldn't be here with me..." he would say, gritting his teeth gently as he shook his head. "I... I only don't listen to you when you want to do those things because... I don't want to lose you... I don't want to be sitting somewhere one day going 'hey I wonder where Atsuko is right now, she hasn't checked in for quite a bit' and never know that you didn't make it... but knowing that I didn't help you... during that fight that took you... would tear me up even more... I couldn't lose you, it would destroy me. Even though I stayed in our last one... you almost lost your life... if all of us left you... I don't know if you would have made it to becoming a super saiyan." Bernael would be clenching his fists tightly, shaking his head slowly. "I am sorry... I just... I don't want to lose you... you're the one I love... I just can't... accept that... those are my reasons." he would say, shaking his head feeling he was an idiot or something before getting back into a peppy and excited mood.

"Simple huh? Well that is good, I would like to start off with all of the easy to learn stuff first, and after that we can work into the harder stuff as this training advances" Bernael continued on, hitting his fist against the others palm. "I can't wait to learn the stance however, if that will help my combat, then everything will be alright for this..." he then just got into a listening mood, slowly nodding as he listened to her explain the style, giving a gentle nod to show that he understood her. "So we'll start off with a set of skills after showing me stance maneuvering. That sounds pretty simple for now... I will follow along as instructed then" the boy would reply before falling into a gentle silence. It was time to get to training then? Well that was pretty sweet!

Though as he looked over her style, he understood that his sword was probably going to be needed for now if he wanted to fully replicate it. Thus, he would slowly shuffle his feet into a poor attempt in regards to her footing, if looked at by any random person it would probably appear pretty good and like a direct copy, but for someone who actually knew the footwork and the stance, well, it probably looked like a cheap ripoff that wouldn't help at all, an imitation perhaps. Like chocolates that have the same look, texture, and a brand name that is nearly identical, but the taste can never match up to the real deal. Either way, his feet were spread as so, just in a way that didn't show balance, like he would be easily tipped over and would just stumble at the feeling of a hand on him. Though in terms of how he held his sword, that was an entirely different thing. His sword wasn't exactly fit for a 'natural' two handed position, so he held it as a more one hand at the very top, right before the blade would start, and the other hand holding it as far in as he could, though he would be able to adapt it better as time went on anyways, it was just the best he could work with for the time being.

It all looked pretty sloppy, and even Bernael felt it wasn't that great himself at all yet, but he had to wait to get pointers for the most part on his positioning, if he just tried to fix it he would probably be messed up in a different way than just the stuff that was already wrong, like his foots positioning was a little off even though he was spread apart, or his shoulders being misaligned for holding the sword in the first place. It could be countless how many things he did wrong for the time being, but he wouldn't worry too much on it as he would be what was probably an important thing for himself at least. He was calm, relaxed, and determined all at the same time to get through this. Though that was only for now, he didn't know how much more there was to go through, for all he knew there was going to be an entire days worth of training to do, all of which would break him up to get tired over time. He didn't mind however, this was his time to show that he could keep up in terms of training and learning, even if his power was faltering, it wasn't going to just make him fall out altogether.

"So Atsuko... Excalibur developed this style to better have you wield her, right?" the boy would ask, holding the position as best he could while trying to talk. "If that is the case, why are you teaching this to other people? Isn't it supposed to be kept sort of... secret arts, I understand if that it entirely wrong but I just feel like I am not exactly... worthy, for this kind of event you know?" the boy would continue on, shaking his head very gently as he talked before just falling off balance because of his head shaking, only to regain his composure before falling completely over, just to get back in the stance. "Also I know I am barely starting off with this, but how many steps are there left? This is the basics and simple stuff... what is after that?" he went on to ask, before falling into a serene silence, awaiting either a reply or just for the training to continue on.

The demonic human's face would flush a little bit, after all that time, the saiyaness saying it so bluntly just caught him a little bit off guard, enough so that he forgot the entire fact that he literally just blurt the entire thing out a moment ago to his hearts content. Well, that might have been his fault for the most part but for now, he just needed to move past it all. For the most part though, her words were right in what her compromise for all of this was. "Right, get everyone all nice and trained up... in that case, we'll be able to get through this all pretty well!" the boy would say as it would shift into gear for the next stuff to happen. For the most part he was about right considering that he needed to be talked to and fixed in pretty much every way. Well, at the very least he was getting help, which most of the time during training he had to do it all on his own and expect that it gotten better even though he was just fumbling about with a sword and his movements without any training or anything like that.

As he was shown the stance, he would just slowly nod and look, no, feel and experience how his body was, copy it through his mind and get it caught up enough that he could feel it in his memory, this was the way to be, how he should act and move in the middle of combat. Without any of that, he wouldn't be able to keep the sword stance up for much longer. However, it seemed that he was going to learn it down pat as long as he was given a little bit more time. Though she was right about one thing, he was relying a bit too much on his instincts for the time being, considering that he just looked at her form and tried to do it to the best of how he knew to feel. With the new positions he was in now however, it was obvious that it was a bit unnatural to his body, but it should be able to fit in all on its own once he got to use it a bit more. Thus he would relax into the stance to feel how it would be to stay in the stance outside of combat, without tensed and prepared muscles.

"Alright Excalibur, I wont go around giving this information to anybody then, I'd rather just bring them back to you two if I get to mastering it then, would prefer for you two to test their trust over me. But, aside from that, I am glad that you made a compromise Excalibur, I wont let you down... you either Atsuko!" he would say, pumping his fist a little bit to acknowledge more out loud that his determination to learn this style was going through the roof for the time being, and he wasn't going to let them see him fail for the time being. But not only that, he needed to believe in himself a lot more. He told himself that he wasn't even worthy of this training but he should change that mindset all the way around, if he was able to master this, well, he would need to go quite a long way and not turn around. Though, perhaps a long way doesn't have to be a long time per say. The boy was determined to do as much as he could, as fast as he could. Perhaps even going as far as mastering it in a single training session.

"Three steps... beginner, intermediate, advanced.... and then a mastery course? Got it! Sounds simple enough!" he would say, getting a determined grin across his face as he would have relaxed his body, he was getting pumped up now however, so his body would be coursing his energy through his body, prepared to take any punishment that it needed for this single moment. As Atsuko Atsuko was moving away, he would slowly get into the same stance she was in, memorizing it from visual and physical aids that were helping him out for the time being. The boy would slowly hold his sword how it was meant to be, his shoulders aligned the right way to be holding the sword, feet spread enough apart to be considered basic for the stance, in terms of what they were learning. At that moment he could feel it inside of him, he was able to control the basic martial arts stance that he was taught by Atsuko. Or he felt that he could, it wouldn't be able to come out until he finally made the attack.

"Alright Atsuko! I'll show you what I can do. I've got the stance now let me show you my swing." he would say before pushing off of his feet, from the stance where it was held, he would keep a generally the kept movement style that made sense for how he was holding his sword and how his feet were originally placed. All of it looked pretty good and he swung the sword to try and hit Atsuko, knowing full well that no matter what he did she would be able to counter it for nothing against herself. That much he very well knew, if she had mastered such a fighting style and was this powerful, his basic stance sword swing wasn't going to have anything against her. With that in mind, he didn't hold anything back, he just swung his sword as swiftly as he could so as to make it follow along with his movements, to be able to move like that. He didn't need power behind it, he felt like that much was true, so he used a swift swing, to allow the sword to be of its own entity as he swung. It was still a full powered swing in terms of what he launched, but the tactics used were more that of a swift fighter that wanted to make it a swift slice with a small sword more than a slam swing with a giant great sword. [Learning BG Martial Arts]

It was only a matter of how the master of the school was to judge him at this point, would he be able to make the final cut or would he be left in the dust? He had no way of knowing but the swing was already going through. Though, the outcome of it would be unknown to him until Atsuko did something in any way, whether it was a dodge or a counter or a block of some kind. In the end all that was left to do was get judged on his current form and way he used it all.

>Using [BG]Martial Arts 13,518 pl

Slowly, Bernael would ease himself out of the strike that he had given and recede back into a causal standing position, nodding slowly. "Thank you... I am glad that I was able to grasp at least that, though I am getting really into this, enough that moving into the techniques is a good step for now, I am prepared~" he would say, not exactly speaking in a cocky or smug tone, but more just trying to persevere with his determination to get through it all. He had only gotten through one step in the first place, he had a lot more to do anyways. Throughout his mind, thoughts were running rampant however. Was he even going to make it through the skills anyways, well, of course he was! He was going to knock every last one of them out of the park and then some, till he had all of them mastered and he had the mark of mastery that Atsuko had talked about as the final step. He was just constantly smirking to himself as he thought it over, it was very uncharacteristic of him to be this determined about something. Though, it involved Atsuko, progressing his skills up to keep at least a powerful notion on his own, so perhaps those were fine enough reasons for him to want to progress, which was why he was so okay with spending a year alongside the girl.

However, it was time for him to watch over a technique, something that Atsuko called Invisible Air, which made Bernael instinctively start trying to sense ki, as well as enter his second strongest form as his hidden potential surged forth, his body staying in its normal look and everything, just his power was spiking rapidly. Even though he wasn't that powerful in that form in terms of the other form he had and of course Atsuko's super saiyan form, it at least let him keep his sanity and mindset, with his white and calm ki aura spiraling around him as it sparked up, his eyes following around Atsuko's movements a bit considering he was stronger than the form being used by Atsuko for the time being. [Hidden Potential Pl: 675,930]

His ki sense alongside his power level allowed him to follow the movements pretty easily, as well as feel where ki was being used and how it was being moved around. It honesty, for the time being at least, it seemed like a pretty simple maneuver for him to copy for himself, though this was the beginners class of Invisible Air so he was entirely prepared for it to get harder and harder as time went on. Bernael would sort of look down towards his own blade, trying to imagine it for himself after seeing the flurry of slashes. Though he would fall out of Hidden Potential almost immediately Excalibur called to him asking if he thought he got all of it. "Well, I don't know how much I will be able to do with it, but I think I got all of it down to a pretty good point" he would respond. However, seeing Atsuko's stance would make him smirk very gently, as he would slowly move himself into the same stance, though of course it was the beginners version of said stance.

Slowly he would just nod to himself, staring down at the blade he was holding with a gently smile on his face, he felt like this was going to be his true test, even after the attack phase, this was actually ki structure and skills. Of course, that was going to be a lot harder to master than just swinging his blade with the stance. Thus, the boy took a few moments to listen over Atsuko's words. "I'll go over it a bit before I do it, Atsuko, though from what I sensed and could see for the most part, I should be able to pull it off in just a little bit!" the boy would say, slowly moving his sword and pushing his ki through himself and up into the sword itself, channeling until the swords energy would disperse. He wasn't failing at it per say, more like he was controlling how far it went till it dispersed as he wanted to go through the motions until he got a pretty good grasp on what to do.

In a short amount of time, the boys smirk would grow, as he would nod to himself slowly, which at this point he was able to make the energy into a little bit of air fluctuating around his sword as he would sit in the stance calmly. The sword was just as it normally was, but the energy flowing around it was there in the form of wind just like Atsuko had demonstrated. Bernael knew he had to attack Atsuko with it however, but he didn't want to transform to get the show on the road, he had to conserve his strength and his mindset for when he really needed it, and for now it was better used not trying to hurt the one he loved. But, the attack itself was meant to be full powered nonetheless, even if he didn't transform, he would use what was leftover of the attack to rush towards Atsuko, still keeping a calm paced in his movement and trying to keep some form of the stance as he moved in towards her, his sword lashing out and trying to make the same flurry of slashes that she had made earlier, albeit slower and weaker of course but not because of true faulty parts of the move, and more separation of power that made him slower and weaker when attacking. [Learning OT-1 Invisible Air]

"Well then Atsuko..." he would say as he moved back a tad bit, trying to put a small bit of distance after the flurry of strikes, not knowing if he did anything with it at all, or if it was even good at all. Once more he needed to get some sort of judging from the master to get a gauge on how he did. "How did I do?" he would gently question as he receded back into a casual standing position.

>Using [BG][OT-1]Invisible Air 33,796 pl = -1 Stamina
3/3 ---> 2/3

Slowly, Bernael would chuckle as he rubbed the back of his head, feeling a bit sheepish at the thought of him doing well, and being expected to be able to complete the beginner course. Well, he wanted to do as much as his body was capable of for that day, and then maybe go on to do a bit more training, or talking if he was allowed to. Though he didn't exactly require such things for the time being, he just wanted to train with this girl and prove himself, even if he didn't need to prove himself to her, well, he felt some sort of requirement in his heart to try and do so. Thus, he would slowly remain in his casual stance, still his face a bit sheepish as the girl had complimented him, just nodding. "Thank you for the compliment... Atsuko" he would say, looking a bit away not trying to really make eye contact for the time being as it would show even more how his mind was acting. However it would slowly start breaking as the girl decided to talk to him once more, the boy facing her a bit more to watch once more for her demonstrations that he needed to follow.

"Well, even if I do master the beginners portion, I look forward to the rest of the steps as well!" he would say, keeping that same determined physical and mental structure that he needed to get through such martial arts training, especially with how it was going, he had only gotten half of the beginners portion done, and after that he needed to go into the intermediate, advanced, and mastery categories, It was a lot to take in but as long as he kept this determined mood in mind, he would be able to get through it like anything else they had persevered through in the past. Though his stamina had started to dwindle at that point from a single blast, there was only so much that the boy could do before he would pass over tired or need to rest if only to replenish and charge in his own ki. But that wasn't meant to be the point of all of this anyways, so he would just look on with his arms crossed in a way that showed casual but steady watching, he was ready to take in the next move. "Well then, Mana Burst did sound simple enough... can't wait to get a handle on it as well!" he would say, holding his fist in a proudly ready way, one that showed he wanted to get the skill down pat as soon as possible to continue on with his current training with the saiyaness.

Thus, he would recede into silence as Atsuko went on to demonstrate the power once more, it looked honestly beautiful, her light blue aura always made him quite happy as he looked upon it, even if it was being replaced by that of the golden super saiyan as of late. In their own ways of course, both of them had their personal beauty, though he had to admit to himself that it was the user that made it all that way, not the colors themselves. Not to say that the colors of their own respect aren't very nice to look at, it was just an added bonus on top of the girl that his eyes were set upon for the time being with a smirk on his face. His body would get into position however, as his eyes didn't really need speed or anything like that to watch a move that she was using this time, though his ki sense would still pick up in a way to get an understanding of it all. Ki sense was pretty vital for learning any move that he would get from another by viewing them, especially considering how their ki flow could be separated off from a pattern that his own would have. His stance would just be held, as he watched on with careful and prepared eyes, his body preparing itself to launch his own assault at a moments notice.

Finally, as Atsuko was back in her own stance, he would nod to her. "I need but a moment, to understand it a little more for myself. I'll do my best though!" he would shout out to her, before flaring his ki aura all the way up as he could. His ki aura was a very rare thing, he never really used his base form in fighting, and never really flourished a ki aura. The only things seen before by him were the purplish ki aura of his demons heart, and then the white with purple streaks aura that came out of his hidden potential. Finally there was of course the dark red aura that would pierce out of him in his Full Fledged Demon form, but he would rather not think too much on that. Those were all beside the point however, as he would slowly have his brighter red aura flare. It wasn't like that of his full fledged demon form, which was a darker more pungent crimson, this was a bright red, like that of his actual hair as long as it was in opened air and not in the darkness of a corridor or something like that.

Then, his aura would flicker a bit, twitching around as he tried to use it, wanting to expel it just like she had done. However, for a little while it just kept flickering and wavering, not exactly being able to form itself in a way like she had been able to do. However, he denied faltering that much, he needed to continue on and continue his training, not a second would he let this all end here. With that, his determined mind would be set back on track, and his aura would expel forth in a large effect, it was burning in a blaze of what could be considered fire, even though it was just ki energy moving around as so. "Here I go, once more Atsuko! I wont let you down!" he would say as he pushed of, taking his steps towards Atsuko, moving in and trying to put forth a much more powerful slash than usual, swinging through the entire attack with intent to hit its mark as he knew this wasn't going to be anything bad for the most part, just a skill being put to a test. [Learning OT-1 Mana Burst]

>Using [OT-1]Mana Burst 33,796 pl = -1 Stamina
2/3 ---> 1/3

Slowly, the demon boy would stagger, his energy wasn't exactly at its peek, he was almost entirely drained for the time being, so he needed to give himself a little bit of a breather if he was going to do anything else, though the break would likely be a short lived one, one that he could just spend time talking to Atsuko in, like the good old days that he could remember clearly and then would desire to come back at times, since it had been a while since the two of them were alone and had a chance for a really good talk, in fact if he recalled correctly, the last 'alone time' they got was when Excalibur had awoken, and a lot had happened since then, so much so that he couldn't believe that the time wasn't exactly large in terms of how long they spent together in the time chamber.

However it seemed time to slightly move on into the next skill to learn, but since it didn't need the stance at all this time, he would slowly go back into casually standing position as he would nod. "So, we just need something to heal with it right? I guess that shouldn't be too hard, I am sort of a weak punching bag as I am right now any-" was all he got out before he would hear her next words, as well as see her actions. "...Ah, so if we concentrate a lot we should be able to heal much bigger wounds....... but, d-did you have to cut yourself? I know we needed someone that could be healed from an injured state, but I don't want you to hurt yourself... I could have done it..." the boy would say, slowly shaking his head. "Nevermind, I am just being weird because I don't like to see you hurt yourself, even if it is very slight, I just don't like you being hurt you know?" he would say, slowly nodding as he would walk towards and sit near her, facing towards her as he was ready to begin his next training for the time being.

He would slowly look around, trying to think of how he would be able to do all of this as she explained it. He honestly felt like this was going to be his weak suit, something that would be impossible for him to get past, though that wasn't the right mindset to be in, so he would just slowly nod. "So I have to do a prayer and ask for the sheath to help me and my allies, and just lend it my energy to help heal my friends? That sounds quite nice in fact, I don't mind if it must be used wisely though, I will use strategy and find openings to do this" he would say, nodding firmly as he thought about how the skill should be used in the midst of combat, it honestly sounded a little hard at first, though the demon boy wouldn't mind, as long as he was able to train through it for a little bit. Though she was right about one thing as her smile would make him feel a little infatuated, always enjoying seeing a smile on her face. He had never once meditated in his life, he honestly felt like maybe it would hurt him, holy stuff burned him in the past and he didn't really know of the praying words power in light of what it would do to him.

"Well, I indeed haven't meditated yet... though, thank you for teaching me!" he would say quite excitedly before entirely calming down. This was the time for a different kind of determination, where as the other time was filled with desire and excited feelings, this was a calm and silent determination, showing perseverance and patience in his conscience. Slowly, his eyes would shut, but not in a forced and struggled way, in a calm and serene way that would show that he was relaxed, almost like someone would close their eyes to go to bed after a long day when they were tired and could easily pass out. His breathing wasn't very slow like he was accidentally holding it or anything, but his breathing wasn't fast or prepared like he was when he was excited. It almost appeared as if he could be asleep if someone looked upon him, though of course he wasn't truly sleeping, he was just in this relaxed state where the only thing he could feel was the relaxing tone that Atsuko was speaking to him in, something that made him feel purpose, just her voice brought him calm feelings and made him happy, but the soft way she presented herself in this time made him feel almost perfect, though of course he needed to also pay attention to her words.

However, with what she was giving him, his mind was sort of confused at a time. Was the prayer his own to make up as he saw fit, and just hoping that he could make it well enough to fit the quota. Well, there was no use just sitting around and waiting for a failure or something like that, he needed to try. But before he could, he felt little pricks around in his body, and before long he felt like his entire body was on fire and burning from the inside out, like it was going to kill him if he kept doing this, his demonic energies clashing with the meditation process as an inner war would be raging on. But he would persevere, even with the pain not showing up on his face, he kept a calm demeanor as everything would tear him up from the inside out. But that feeling, he believed that was what it meant to be ready, it was a better time than any to attempt to use Avalon and heal Atsuko. He felt like what he was thinking of was pretty cheesy, but he was going to give it the best shot he could. In a very gentle and soft tone, he would start to utter his words of prayer to the sheath.

"Avalon, I plead for you to hear my words and lend me your powers. I offer my very energy as the fuel to your strength. I ask of you to help me, help me cure Atsuko of the wound that resides in her arm. I understand your powers must be used wisely, but I ask you to do the request asked of you, please heal Atsuko" was all he would say out to the sheath, as his inner forces would stay at work, burning him deeply inside as he struggled to stay in the prayer position until all was done. He was unsure of if he had even done it correctly, but that would remain to be seen for the aftermath. [Attempting to Learn ST-1 Avalon]

>Using [ST-1]Avalon = -1 Stamina
1/3 ---> 0/3!