Amanda catches the sword by the grip. She twirls and spins the sword around in her hands masterfully before stepping back energetically. She points the sword towards you above her head in a very dramatic pose. She holds a hand towards you and beckons you with one finger. “Come at me.”
“Can I please fight someone else?” You turn to Vivian, scared. “Amanda is literally a Blade succubus. Her class is built around a sword.” You had seen Amanda practice with Sarah yesterday. Amanda was born for the blade class.
Vivian hands you the other sword. “No one else is skilled with a sword. Every other practice partner would shoot magic at you from a distance. I need to see a scuffle.”
“But I will die if I fight her. She’s too good if we are fighting seriously.”
“These are practice swords.” Vivian taps the sword. “You will get bruises but I can heal you right up. That is one thing about my powers I like.”
“Bruises?” You look down at your body, imagining bruises everywhere. “Shouldn’t I have armor? Padding?”
“Pain is the best teacher.” Vivian rotates you towards the mat and pushes you on. “And don’t hold back because she is a girl.”
You look back at Vivian in disbelief. You weren’t planning on holding back. You were planning on surviving.
“Wow, d-d-did Dweeb lose a bet?”
You turn around to see Nick and Madi walking up to some of the beach chairs in the area. Nick was wrapped in a towel and shivering.
“Nope, part of his training.” Caspian answers for you. He was in his sketchbook sketching Amanda’s pose. It looked cool but terrifying for you as you would be fighting that. “Testing his sword skills.”
“Dweeb is toast.” Madi jests. She sits down in a chair and taps on her lap. “Sit here, Caveman. I can produce heat that can warm you up from the ice bucket challenge.”
“Thanks.”
Nick sat down on Madi’s lap. He leans back and lets his head rest between her boobs.
“Ahh!” Nick sighs joyfully. Steam arises from his head.
“By the way, Alfred. I heated up the sauna. Megan said I should do it for you and the maids as a thanks for taking care of us. The maids are waiting for you to go as they will probably enjoy it a lot.” Madi calls out to the butler.
“I appreciate you doing that for us. I will take my leave to go and relax so that my fellow servants can enjoy it soon.” Alfred bows and departs.
He passes by Chad and Melody in their swimsuits. Chad’s swimsuit was sporting a new logo on it. One of a particular ninja clan.
“Is the water safe to swim in, butler-sama?” Melody stops to ask Alfred.
“Master Dwayne was swimming a little earlier. I presume it is safe.”
“It is safe. Just don’t go too far in. There could be rip currents that are worse than ocean waves.” Vivian answers across the mat.
“Thank you.” Chad thanks Vivian. They begin walking past the mat towards the beach.
“Chad-san, is Dwayne-san good with a sword?” Melody asks.
“I wouldn’t say bad but mostly not coordinate.” Chad burns you as he departs, but it was true.
“Dweeb!” You hear Sarah and it sounds concerned. You see Sarah running out of the palm trees right up to the edge of the mat. She was normal height again. She looks adorable as she looks worried for you. “Why are you dueling Amanda? Did you make Amanda angry? Say you’re sorry before you get hurt.”
“It is not a duel. It is part of his training. I need to see his sword skills.” Vivian calls out to Sarah. She is trying to wash away her worry. “If he gets hurt, I can heal him. So can Megan.”
Megan walks up next to Sarah, placing a hand on her shoulder. “Don’t run too much. You need to recharge and running doesn’t help.” Megan was normal too. Davis walks up next to her. Megan then looks over at the scene. “Vivian, your lessons are a bit hard at times. You're sending Dwayne into a boss fight when his level is too low.”
“I know, but I need him and me to see where he can improve. You need to fail sometimes. You give too many treats in your training sessions.” Vivian counters.
“It works. Did you see that Sarah got really big?” Megan points at Sarah. She looked very smug.
“The whole property could see. You were like skyscrapers. I was worried you were too big and that the residents at the lake could see.” Vivian retorts. She wasn’t amused by Megan’s training results. You could hear a little bitterness in her words. You guessed that she was still angry about the pokemon battle from earlier. Vivian was secretly competitive.
“No one saw us. Besides, those people don’t look this way often. It hasn’t been a problem yet.” Megan blows off that concern.
“Want to make a bet off of that?”
“No way.” Megan uses her arms to make an X. “I will have a bigger problem to face if it is true.”
“What about this match?” Vivian gestures to you and Amanda. You were just waiting for instruction and everyone was dissing you. Amanda was holding a new pose for Caspian to sketch.
“What are we betting?.” Megan takes that bet.
“Next Pokemon battle, the loser can’t use their favorite pokemon.” Vivian states. You knew that it would be Kyogre for Vivian and Rayquaza for Madi.
“Deal, I bet on Amanda.” Megan smirks. She chose the obvious winner.
“Not so fast.” Vivian wags her finger. She wasn’t accepting that. “That would be a fool’s bet. We need to make it more interesting. How about if Dwayne lands a hit on Amanda?”
You look back incredulously at Vivian. Did she have no faith in you?
“No one is perfect. He’s going to land a hit on her.” Megan doesn’t bite.
“What about this one? Dwayne has to knock Amanda off her feet.” Dwayne levels up the difficulty of your challenge in the bet.
“Deal.” Megan accepts that one. “Let’s watch the beatdown.” She and Davis walk over to a beach chair to watch.
“Good luck.” Davis gives you a thumbs up.
Vivian turns towards you. You see that she has gone into her Lady of the Lake mode. “Make sure you knock that redhead blade on her butt.” She says coldly and sternly.
“I will try.” You gulp. She was asking so much from you.
“And don’t get hurt. I know you can do it!” Sarah cheers for you. She was still on the side of the mat.
“Don’t use mage hands on Amanda. This has to be a fair match.” Megan calls out to Sarah. She didn’t want interference.
“But Xena warrior has wings? Couldn’t she fly above his sword’s reach?” Sarah was actually planning on using mage hands to help you. It would make you feel better with the fight if she did, having your girlfriend’s support.
“I won’t use my wings. This is just for fun and I can’t have too much of an advantage over Dwayne.” Amanda replies. She stops posing and gets ready to fight you. It was about to be on.
“Okay but don’t have too much fun. You might get too wild in the heat of battle. So if you break Dweeb, I won’t be Fluttershy, I will be Fluttersavage.” Sarah threatens menacingly with such a cute, gentle pony for reference. She did portray that pony’s personality quite often.
“I will make sure not to break him.” Amanda gulps. It would be best to not get her into a rage mode.
“I will stop the match before it gets to that point.” Vivian sees that it is best for that precaution. Death would not be preferable today.
“Okay. Just making sure there is some safety for my Dweeb.” Sarah claps her hands as she beams. She left the mat and sat down on a beach chair.
“Continue.” Sarah casually waves to you and Vivian. She crosses her legs sensually as she waits for you to begin.
“You are just going to casually watch me get beat up? No threats about bruises? No going Applejack crazy on them?” You comment at her chill she is after threatening Amanda.
“I don’t like the idea but Megan told me she could heal any bruises if Vivian’s training was too harsh during our training. I only need to worry if she breaks you. I don’t like it but it is good for you to learn. If you knock Xena on her butt, I get a front row seat of you being awesome.” Sarah leans closer to get a better view of you.
“Great.” The person who should be trying to rescue you was okay with throwing you to the wolves.
Vivian starts listing off the rules. You listen and mentally note the rules. That is not your focus, you’re focusing on winning against a demoness specializing in weapons. Your physical strength could not match hers. Your sword skills were no match for her. You were only strong enough to survive. But you knew you had something that could help you if you could tap into it, your divine blood. You didn’t know how to use it but you had used it before, on two occasions. You had felt a divine surge of power, then you did something beyond what you could do. You just needed a third occasion.
“Begin.” Vivian yells.
You hold your practice sword up to defend and fight. You tried to pull out that divine energy you felt before. The power to fight Amanda in a duel.
You got nothing, nada.
“Is that the best defensive position you got?” Amanda says cockily. She taps her practice sword on her shoulder.
You held the sword straight in front of you, elbows tight together, and legs far apart. Everything said you were stiff. You agreed. Your position was horrible.
“Don’t focus on trying to use your powers. Focus on what you can do right now.” Vivian calls out from behind you. She knew what you were thinking. “Your defense is weak and easy to break because your mind is elsewhere. keep your mind on the now!”
Vivian was right. You couldn’t activate your powers or call upon them. You would die if you let your mind go there in a battle. You needed to focus on the battle, not what ifs. You shift your legs, loosen your elbows, and raise your sword parallel to your body.
“Much better.” Amanda grins at you. “I won’t feel so bad knocking you off the mat now.”
Amanda dashes across the mat towards you at blinding speed.
She bends low so that you only see her large amount of red hair, blocking you from seeing her sword. She dances back and forth to hide the direction of her attack. It was already the start of the match and she was making herself impossible to read. You point your sword back and forth to try and follow the red blur.
Suddenly, the red blur is right in front of you as a looming shadow. The shadow has glowing green eyes. You raise your sword to protect your head.
Thunk!
Amanda hits your exposed stomach with the flat of her wooden practice sword. You inhale deeply as air leaves your lungs at the same time. Your feet are knocked off the ground as you are pushed back a few feet.
“GGAAHHHUUU!” You gasp for air as your legs wobble to keep you standing. Clutching your stomach where the pain is emitting from. “I thought you said you would go easy on me.” You dryly wheeze.
“Oops.” Amanda’s eyes go big and she covers her lips with fingers as she recalls that promise. You fall to the ground on your knees.
“Dweeb!” Sarah stands up at the same time you go to your knees. A ball of purple energy with red aura appears in her hand, ready to make true her threat.
“It’s alright. He just got the wind knocked out of him.” Vivian raises her hand up to Sarah to stop her from coming up on the mat. Vivian walks over to you.
“Hold back your demonic strength.” Vivian points to Amanda. Amanda was looking around embarrassed for hit you that hard and afraid of Sarah attacking her. “I am looking to see his sword skills, not seeing how well he would survive a demon attack.”
“Sorry.” Amanda holds her sword to her chest, ashamed.
“Chill out on the Shadow Ball.” Madi says to Sarah. Madi was stroking Nick’s hair. He had fallen asleep in the lap of a warm succubus. “Amanda didn’t mean to hurt Dweeb. It was an accident. She will be more careful. Also, getting wind knocked out of you is common in this sort of sport.”
“I know she didn’t mean too.” Sarah sits back down, turning off her magic spell. “Doesn’t mean I don’t like it when I see my Dweeb hurt.” She huffs.
“I don’t like it either.” Megan comments. “But this is sort of necessary for Dwayne. Those with Divine blood have to get used to difficult trials at the beginning of their journey of growth. It gets easier way later on. Opposite of those with demon powers, easy at the beginning, harder later on.”
As they talk, Vivian comes up to and feels your belly. It stings as she presses her hand on it.
“Hmm, it's actually bruised. If you didn’t have Divine blood or the training before, you might have broken some ribs.” Vivian whispers as she examines bruising.
“Wait, this could have been a serious injury if I was normal?” You thought. You couldn’t speak without it hurting. You imagine that Twigs could really have blown Baker’s arms off with a full force spike with her draconic strength.
Vivian steals a glance over at Megan. Megan nods.
“I heard from Davis that you raided the boys room in the morning.” Megan calls out to Madi. “Nick cried out something interesting when you did. What was it?” Megan turns to Davis.
“Kaiju Monster Girl Fight.” Davis answers.
“Yes, was that part of a dream?”
Madi turns from red to blue to magenta. She wraps her arms around the sleeping Nick. “It was from a dream. We were in Tokyo and I was a Kaiju. Well, still me but at a huge size.”
“We like getting big.” Sarah giggles making that remark. Everyone starts paying attention to Madi except for Vivian.
“Tell us about it. Were you rampaging in the city?” Megan continues. She leans on her elbow to listen.
“I was. I was shooting Fire Blasts and slamming my tail everywhere. Caveman was a news reporter following the action. I made sure not to smoosh him and give him the best views.” Madi’s colors switch back to red. Her tone switches more to curiosity. “Then another Kaiju Monster Girl showed up to fight me.”
“Monster girl?” Sarah was surprised. “I thought you were sharing a dream with Amanda and Caspian.”
“We had a separate dream. We were in space.” Amanda answers. She glances over at Caspian. “Next time, the fighter ships will explode in fire.”
“There is no oxygen in space, so no combustion.” Caspian replies, pushing his glasses up his nose.
“Anyway, there was a Kaiju Monster Girl.” Megan reels it back into Madi. “Was it a succubus?”
“No,” Madi shakes her head. “The monster girl was anthropomorphic.”
“Oh.” Megan became very interested, Davis as well. “Tell us more, describe her? Was she wearing clothes?” They lean closer to eagerly hear the details.
“Uh yes, she was wearing clothes.” Madi rubs Nick’s head as she thinks. “It was a yellow tank top and violet shorts. She had a great figure. She had red hair and reddish brown fur.
Megan and Davis glance at each other and nod. Then return to listening to Madi.
“What sort of animal was she an anthropomorphic of?” Sarah asks.
“From the snout, tail, and where she had white fur mixed in, I would say a fox or a wolf.”
“She’s a dog. Don’t confuse her with anything else. She would get angry if you said that in front of her.” Megan quietly remarks. She said it as if it was supposed to be mumbled to herself but everyone heard her and became intrigued by the comment.
“I said she could be a dog.” Megan mousily smiles. “That is an option too from that description.” She tries to act as if everyone didn’t hear what she said earlier.
Everyone was focused on that conversation. You were focused on Vivian and she was focused on your injury. She had created a large sphere of water and had placed it on your chest. It encompassed your chest and your injury. As she clothed your bruise in it, you feel a familiar warm tingling sensation as you recognize the energy in the healing water. It was divine energy. She was healing you with divine energy.
“How…” You were going to ask what is the meaning of this but Vivian put a finger on your lips to stop you from asking. She was supposed to be a succubus.
“I will tell you later. Don’t ask questions right now.” She whispers.
You wait in confusion as she heals you. Who was Vivian really besides the Lady of the Lake? What were her origins?
As the healing is almost complete, you listen back into the conversation with the girls.
“If you ever want to become a real Kaiju Monster Girl, I would love to teach you.” Sarah says confidently. “Megan taught me how to do it with demonic energy. It was confusing at first, but since I have it down, it should be easy to learn.”
“I saw that. I would love to get that big. I want to surprise Caveman once with that instead of shrinking him down. He would lose it if I became a real Kaiju Monster Girl.” Madi giggles in orange before going magenta. “I would love to become big.”
“It would be great. I want to experience being super big with Dweeb. I want to hold him in my hands.” Sarah gets super excited about that idea.
“It takes a lot of energy to do it. You need to recharge before you can do it again.” Megan cuts the hype down.
“Aww.” Sarah slumps in her chair. “I forgot. I can’t take Dweeb’s stamina because he needs it for the match and training.” Sarah motions towards the mat.
Vivian had finished healing you. She got up and went back to the edge. “That’s right. He needs to be at full strength for this. He needs to be strong so I can win my bet.”
“I thought it was for him to get stronger.” Megan jabs at Vivian’s secret true intent behind this match.
“I am sure you can find something else to snack on.” Madi leans over to Sarah. “Something to hold him in your hands.” She begins to whisper to Sarah.
Vivian coughs. “That is the reason for the training and match. Let’s renew our effort in that regard.” She had been caught by Megan. She has to keep up that appearance of seeking your benefit but you knew that Vivian wants to defeat Megan in a pokemon battle.
Vivian claps her hands, like the master of a dojo. You stand up while being discontentedly relieved at your recovery. Happy at not being injured but unhappy about being put back in the situation that got you injured. You level your sword towards Amanda.
“I guess I have to do my best if I want to survive this. So let’s do this.” You melancholy pump yourself up.
“Make sure you use Conan’s sword for reference.”
Amanda was striking a very dramatic pose for Caspian. The moment she learned that she survived Sarah’s wrath; she immediately went over to Caspian to draw her. She was thinking of this match as more of a game than brutal training like you.
“Uhm.” Caspian, drawing in his sketchbook, sees you. He points towards you. “They are waiting for you.”
“Oops.” Amanda drops the pose. She goes to the starting positions. “Sorry, I got distracted. I will make sure this time to not use my full strength. I will go easy on you.”
“I appreciate it.” You go into a defensive stance. You were thankful that you *probably* wouldn’t get a serious bruise like before. You were dismayed that it had to be this way. It hurts your pride a little.
“Alright. Get in position!” Vivian bellows.
Amanda moves her practice sword next to her hip. She imitates that she has it in a sheath. You recognize that she was going for a sheath drawing attack as she lowers her hips. You have seen this referenced a lot in anime and manga. She was going for flashy moves.
“Begin!”
Amanda pulls the sword out from her hip and has it swinging towards you. You watch her arm as she does the swing. You use that to guess the angle of the swing.
Clunk!
Your swords collide. She had gone for an underswing and you caught it barely. Your sword is pushed back by the power behind the blow but you were strong enough to keep the sword there to protect you.
“Good job. Are you ready for this?”
Amanda pulls the sword quickly back and spins around. She is quick on her spin to not allow you to strike her exposed back. You see the strike coming diagonally down on her left side. You raise your sword up to block quickly.
Whack!
“Dweeb is doing it!” Sarah cheers for you on the sidelines.
Amanda twists her wrist and barely brings her arms back. She loops the sword around to swing diagonally on her right side. Where your sword wasn’t angled properly to block.
Thump!
“Ow!” You wince backwards from the blow to your shoulder. It hurt but it was a way less powerful than the blow to your stomach.
“Point Amanda.” Vivian declares sadly. Amanda turns around to strike a playful pose to Caspian.
“Dweeb doesn’t got it.” Sarah groans dismally.
“What was that move?” You rub your shoulder.
“It wasn’t anything fancy besides a twist of the wrist.” Amanda returns her attention to you. “You will have to watch out for those. Those are what normally get people. A shallow strike still leaves damage behind, physically and psychologically.” Amanda points out the significance of those strikes.
“I see.” She was right. Your shoulder was a little sore and you didn’t trust your defense. The shallow strikes were useful. “That is a good reference.” You get back into your defensive stance, determined to not pay attention to that blow.
But focusing on not paying attention makes you pay attention to the thing you don’t want to pay attention to.
“Get into position.” Vivian yells.
Amanda holds her sword in front of her in two hands, kendo position. You move your sword in the same position.
“Begin!”
Amanda does a quick flick of the back upwards and then down straight along the length of your sword. You were expecting her to flick her wrist to the right or left, not to go up and then back down. So her sword hits you directly on top of the head.
Bonk!
“Ow!”
You step back and rub the injury abashedly. It looks like you stood still and took a hit straight on your noggin.
“Point Amanda.” Vivian declares dispiritedly.
“You thought too much about the previous blow and the wrist movement because you focused on not thinking about it.” Amanda puts her hand on her hips as she nails why she got you on the first swing.
“Yes.” You groan at the result of overthinking.
“I would say don’t focus on it but it is clear that you would focus on it if told not to. I say try clearing your mind. That might help but there are no guarantees.” Amanda gives another lesson. “Your mind might be stuck in a loop for a bit with overthinking.”
“Great.” You roll your eyes at your psychological situation she tells you about. “More wacks to my head.”
“It might get you out of your head if you let her hit you really hard!” Madi taunts from the sidelines. “For educational purposes.”
“I prefer not to learn that way, Twigs.” You yell back. “I am sure you said that to be entertained.”
“Maybe.” Madi chuckles and turns orange.
For the next 30 minutes, you dueled Amanda over and over. After every bout, you got better at your defenses. It would take at least 7 clashes with the practice swords before Amanda hit you. Huge improvement from the beginning but you hadn’t landed a hit on her.
“Don’t just block, parry.” Vivian calls out to you before you start another round.
“There’s a platypus on the mat?” You joke as you look around for a semi aquatic mammal agent. Sarah giggles at the reference.
“No, parry Amanda’s attacks instead of blocking them.” Vivian sighs as she ignores the joke. “Do you know the difference?”
You turn your head around to her. “I do not. I normally play video games so it is just a different button to me.”
“Okay, got to teach you this. Blocking is where you stop the attack outright.” Vivian gives an example of punching her fist into her palm. “A parry is where I push the attack away to redirect it.” This time she uses her wrists to push the fist to the side. “Does that help?”
“Not really.” You shake your head. Using her fists made it look like a martial art thing, not swordplay.
“Let me help.” Caspian calls from the sidelines. He puts his sketchbook away and hops on the mat. He eagerly walks over to you. “I have studied it a lot for my drawings so I know how to explain it.” He asks for the sword.
You were surprised that he would try to give an example of how to do a parry as he didn’t like physical activities. Probably he likes teaching or sword fighting was a passion of his. Either way, he would like to know out of the group what it is besides Amanda.
“Sure.” You hand him your practice sword.
Caspian grabs it and immediately the tip falls down to the mat. “Gosh, this is heavier than expected but that is how training swords work.” He huffs as he raises it up into a wobbling fighting stance. “It might be hard to give an example like this but I will try.”
He merrily turns to face Amanda. “Are you ready to show him an example?”
“I…uh… can but I… don’t want to-to hit you. I don’t want to-to look like a b-bully.” The confident, powerful amazonian turned it into a bumbling, nervously lovestruck giantess. Her sword wobbled so much it didn’t look like she could hold it.
“Swing very slowly and don’t put any weight behind it. We are going for a slow-mo demonstration. There shouldn’t be any strength behind it. Besides, I can never think of you as a bully.” Caspian tries to reassure her. “Come, we will show Dwayne the difference between a block and a parry.”
“I don’t know. I am scared my strength might be too much for you even like that.” Amanda legs buckle underneath her from her sweet nerd standing boldly to her. You could see admiration, fear, aroused, and concern all over her.
“I trust that you will control your strength. If you did, I know it would be an accident.”
“But I don’t want to hurt you even if it is an accident.”
It didn’t look like Amanda was going to budge on this. She didn’t want to hurt Caspian at all. Caspian was really wanting her to help show this example. You were wondering how Caspian was going to convince her that she could swing.
Caspian looks to the side, face blushing all over the place and a small trail of blood from his nose. A man embarrassed by what he was about to say. “If you don’t hurt me, how about I allow you to give me a b-blowjob.”
Caspian closes his eyes in awkwardness, Amanda blinks in confusion, and you all are dumbfounded. Did Caspian really offer himself like that? The nerd with no flirting ability just said something so lewd out loud.
“I can’t say no to that.” Amanda livens up. Doubt is gone.
“Succubi can be pushovers sometime.” You comment how easy it was after involving a blowjob to get her to do what Caspian asked.
“How shall I proceed?” Amanda gives some example swings of where she should swing.
“Diagonally this way.” Caspian motions the direction.
“Okay.”
Amanda does the slowest diagonally swing you could imagine. You could block that attack with your eyes closed. Amanda was being super cautious with her swing. Caspian raises his sword to greet her sword.
“A block is where you aim to stop the momentum of her swing entirely. You try to keep your sword firmly there, not wavering.” Caspian explains. The swords were locked together. “Most of the time they won’t lock but they will retreat back to try again. This is good for immediately defending.” He motions for her to go again. “A parry can help change the strike to your advantage and make you be on the offensive.”
Amanda goes again, the same swing. This time, Caspian brings the sword up again, but angling a bit differently. When the swords collide, you see that they are not perpendicular. Amanda’s sword starts to slide down the length of Caspian’s sword before it detaches, the swing continues to go but no longer heading at Caspian.
“Parries change the direction of swing slightly or off course, they don’t stop it. They leave your opponent extended. You are also on the inside of their defense.” Caspian moves the heavy sword forward to show that he could swing and hit Amanda.
“I see.” That was a very good visual. You had a good idea of what a parry was now.
“That was a good example.” Vivian claps her approval. “Did you practice swordplay?”
“Uh no.” Caspian blushes from the praise. Amanda puffs her cheeks a bit in annoyance of Vivians praise. “Mostly from reading and watching videos.”
“You got a good eye at spotting small details if you can learn from watching. It is a good skill to have. We need to sharpen it though so you can decipher it quickly in a fight. That ability pairs well with a Blade succubus.”
“Really?” Amanda switches from jealousy to admiration of Vivian. “How so?”
“Blades are super strong if they can exploit weaknesses. They struggle if they can’t find any. If you have someone good with observation, they might be unstoppable. That’s why Caspian should take notes of this fight to learn how to find weaknesses. Would you find that fitting for your training?” Vivian gives Caspian a task to do on this beach.
“Yes.” Caspian excitedly answers. His training regime would really suit him.
“Good, start by making notes of how Amanda can get past Dwayne’s defense quicker.”
“Ugh.” You groan at the idea of receiving more bruises from Amanda’s sword. “Is the idea of everyone else’s training is to hit the gang’s precious Dweeb more?”
“No, my training involves Caveman.” Madi pats her lips with a small napkin. Nick was no longer sleeping on her body. He was sleeping in between her thighs. She had sneakily shrunk him to child size while he slept. “You are safe for now.”
“I wouldn’t mind hitting on Dweeb for my training.” Sarah bounces her breasts to get your attention. You wouldn’t mind her training hitting you, especially if it involved those soft pillows.
“Hmm, what is going on?” Nick yawns. He was waking up very tiredly. He would soon be very much awake upon realizing his state.
“My training regime doesn’t always involve someone beating you up.” Vivian jumps in before Megan could speak. “I want to get everyone’s level up. That involves cross training at the same time. This is just a coincidence. You, Caspian, and Amanda have goals in training that coincide with each other.” Vivian didn’t want to appear to be your bully.
“And my joke would come in too late now.” Megan slouches back in her chair.
“It’s fine. As long as Caspian doesn’t give the notes during this training session. I would like to get a hit in.”
“I can work with that. I will have them review the notes after the training.” Vivian agrees, happy you weren’t angry with her.
“Yes, we can review the notes afterwards.” Amanda looks over at Caspian with a lewd grin. She spoke slowly and libidinously. “Alone.”
Caspian gulps with a small trail of blood coming down his nose. She will be cashing in his offer very soon. But everyone else’s attention went elsewhere.
“Twigs, you shrunk me again!” Nick yells.
(30 minutes later)
The training continues against Amanda. Your sword skills have increased incredibly, being able to hit a few blows on Amanda with parrying. It was nowhere near her level but you weren’t as helpless as before.
Thwack!
You parry a diagonal upswing. You guide the swing upwards. Amanda’s sword arm is raised high, leaving her wide open.
“Ha!” You swing your sword down at her chest. It doesn’t reach it though.
Your swing is halted because Amanda uses her free hand to catch your wrist.
“Huh?” You’re surprised by the loss of momentum. But you can’t let that faze you, this is a duel. Amanda was probably about to bring her sword down. You look up to see where it would come so you could dodge.
Instead, your feet slip underneath you.
“Wah! OOF!” Your feet go comically up before landing on your back.
“Hey, that’s cheating!” Sarah objects to how you got on the floor. Her fist glows red.
“Probably but I just wanted to show Dwayne that parrying isn’t always a guaranteed opening.” Amanda confesses. She did a sweeping kick at your feet to trip you. “I didn’t do it to harm him.”
“It’s fine. The move is legal but can sometimes be viewed as a cheap shot. The legs are a legit target.” Vivian steps in. “It is a good lesson though. In a real battle, everyone uses what they possibly can to win. Grabbing the opponent’s hands or tripping is used to survive. Don’t be afraid to use it.” She walks over to you rubbing your back. She offers her hand to pull you up.
“If you make it sound dishonorable, why use it?” You accept her hand and allow her to pull you up.
“First off, to survive. Second, your skill level. You are a little better than what you started at the beginning but there is way more to go. You are still a beginner so improvisation with that in mind is better than having your opponent disarm you with a simple flick of the wrist.” She rotates you towards Amanda to fight her again.
“Here I thought I was becoming mid-level.” You disappointingly whine to yourself. You could cry symbolic tears at how sad your sword skills were.
Then you felt hands on your hips, they were adjusting your position. “Also your legwork needs working. We can improve that later but the critical thing is to lower your hips and bend your knees. You are keeping them straight. Easier to knock you over.” Vivian was personally correcting your lower half.
“Sorry.” You depressionally respond. Her hands on you would probably feel good but you were lost in thought about your abysmal beginner sword skills.
Vivian notices your sad tone. “Don’t let yourself get lost in darkness at your current level. It can be depressing thinking that you are not where you thought you were. If you get stuck there, you won’t improve. Instead, focus on something you need to defend, protect. Desire to always become stronger so you can surpass obstacles and opponents that try to harm what you hold dear.” Vivian puts a hand on your back to encourage you to think differently.
That thought made you glance over at Sarah. She was innocent and pure, growing to understand the world she entered. Despite what she has learned or what is expected of her to be, she kept that sense of right and wrong despite influences that could waver them. You wanted to protect that.
“I see what you mean.” You smile as you cherish your love for that sweet girl.
“Good, hold onto that. Never let it go.” Vivian pats your back before heading back to her coaches corner. She sounded depressed now.
Sarah didn’t notice your tender gaze. She and everyone else were watching Chad and Melody return from the water.
“How was the water?” Davis calls out to them.
“It was great!” Melody pumps her fists joyously. “Ocean-san was kind and didn’t send big waves. I was able to enjoy it to its fullest.”
They walk up close to Madi and Nick. Chad glances over at the child size Caveman. “You’re smaller.”
“And you look exhausted.” Nick comments on Chad breathing deeply and having a sluggish gait.
“Uh, swim lessons.” Chad quickly responds from the corner of his lips, skittishly.
“Nap snack.” Nick replies deadpan.
Melody continues to talk over to Sarah, Megan, and Davis. “But the salt water is not good for my fur. It will split the ends and make it curly. I won’t be able to do it all the time.” Melody gestures to her tail.
“A curly furry tail and hair. It will be so fluffy and cute.” Megan rolls her fingers together like an evil mastermind but her eyes glisten with the imagination of cuteness.
“Don’t you dare think about doing something to make that happen.” Davis jabs Megan’s ribs with his elbow.
“I will text Alfred to bring the portable shower after his sauna.” Megan rubs her rib as she corrects her thoughts to be productive for Melody.
“Why don't we ask Vivian to use her power to create a shower?” Sarah suggests, ignoring Davis elbowing Megan.
“Why can’t you do it? You are a Caster.” Melody sits down in a beach chair. Chad grabs one and drags it next to Melody.
“I can. I only got ‘Hell’s Mist.’ It is literally a mist cloud to block one’s view. I have been mostly focusing on ice magic when it involves water. That’s why I suggested Vivian. She is a water elemental. I also did you use a lot of power for my training. A big drain.” Sarah smiles happily about her training allowing to temporarily become a true giantess. “But I do have enough power to create ice cubes that could melt into cold water.” Eager to get her back for the ice bath.
“I think I will wait on Vivian.” Melody quickly turns her attention back to your training duel with Amanda. “How is Dwayne-san doing?”
“Dweeb is blocking very well and learning about parrying. He is so cool!” Sarah fawns over your improvement. She hops out of her chair and starts bouncing up and down while waving her arms.
“GET A HIT ON XENA AND I WILL GIVE YOU A BLOWJOB!”
“Sarah.” You blush at the sexual provocation. You can see all the succubus smile humorously at your embarrassment.
“That’s not going to help him concentrate.” Madi comments
“What? You want it with boobs?” Sarah pulls the top of her swimsuit up and flashes her huge naked boobs to you. “I can definitely raise it up to a tittiefuck.”
“Now he can’t think of anything else.” Madi turns green as her tail coils around Nick to block his eyes. It coiled around his entire head.
“Sarah, we’re right in front of everyone.” You cover your eyes while still holding your sword at the public embarrassment of Sarah casually talking sex.
“It’s in front of our friends. They understand.” Sarah winks.
“Not everyone’s girlfriend is a succubus. There is so much my plumber can take.” Megan says. She was attempting to cover Davis’s eyes, who was objecting to Megan’s attempt because her hand was kind of slapping him since she wasn’t looking at him.
“Oops, my bad.” Sarah puts her top back on as she sits down, a little ashamed. “I will double check my surroundings next time.”
You sigh. You will have to deal with those embarrassing moments more in the future. Sarah was so earnest with her love that it didn’t bother her when she said those things. It was awkward at the moment but you also loved that about her. She was true to herself.
You refocus your mind into protecting that. You needed to get stronger so that Sarah would never lose that.
“Are you ready after that? I am not going to make hitting me easy. I have my blowjob already lined up.” Amanda taunts by striking a cool pose. She motions with her hands for you to come at her.
“I am ready.” You throw the embarrassment away and steel yourself on that pure image of Sarah that you needed to protect.
“Go Dweeb! You got this!” Sarah continues her cheers to encourage you.
“How is that going to help after putting a distracting thought in his head?” Madi looks over at Nick. Nick was tapping against her tail to let him go from the serpent grip. “Oops.” Madi turns blue as she frees her boyfriend.
“Huuu…” You breathe out deeply as you close your eyes. You were focusing on pushing out all distractions. The only thing in your mind was protecting Sarah, protecting her from an imaginary foe.
“Begin!” Vivian yells.
Your eyes open. The image is strong in your mind.
“Huh?” Amanda pauses for a split second. She was about to attack but stopped.
You were going on the attack.
“Heh.” Amanda grins as she steps back and prepares to defend. “About time.”
You take two steps and raise your sword up for a very apparent overhead swing.
“YES DWEEB!” Sarah screams excitedly on the sidelines.
With the image strong in your mind, you feel your divine energy surge from your core. It quickly expands and floods every limb of your body. You feel stronger, more flexible, and more importantly, everything seems slower.
Your attack was too simple. Amanda will easily snuff it out with a block and counterattack. It needed way more depth to it. You need to utilize your sudden strength and speed. It would level you up a bit closer to Amanda’s power. You played a lot of fighting games. You needed a trap.
You jump to the side, twisting your wrist for a horizontal slice instead. Your sword was going towards an exposed side.
“Oh no you don’t.” Amanda quickly responds to your feint. Her defense and sense of swordsmanship was able to respond to an option she hadn’t been expecting. She pivots to your blow.
That is what you wanted.
“Haaa!”
Clunk!
Your swords collide and then you push, locking the swords together.
“Woah!” Amanda is surprised by the sudden aggression and strength.
She has to take a step back. That is what you wanted. You struck right when she was pivoting to block your attack. She only had one foot on the ground. She had to quickly stabilize herself awkwardly.
You didn’t let up. You stepped forward into her personal space and stance. In doing so, you create very little space in between you, Amanda and the swords.
“You know this is ill-advised in swordplay.” Amanda tilts her head towards the swords. Both of you were pushing hard against the other. Amanda looks a bit surprised at you being able to hold it there against her when she accidentally bruised your ribs by a single blow. “Locked swords are Hollywood and anime fanfare for dialogue.”
“I know.”
You had two hands on your practice sword. You let go with one and placed it on her chest. You pushed really hard to drive her away.
“Hey!” Amanda whines as you grab one of her large tits. She let go with one of your hands to slap it away. She expected you to rub and knead her breast to make her body feel awkward. It would probably work on a succubus but that wasn’t your plan. By the time she aims to swat the hand away. It was off her. You were only shoving her away.
“Huh? What? wa waa—” Amanda was confused at first but then replaced by a cry of becoming unbalanced.
When you got into her stance, you put your foot behind hers. By shoving her away, her foot would get caught on your firm foot. In addition to making her footing bad by the timing of your swing, she was destined to fall. It was something you had learned from Chad from his football career. Attack lower if your opponent is bigger than you.
“Waa-” Amanda drops her sword as her arms rotate in circles to try and rebalance. Her leg was kicking outwards to try and keep stable. She was rolling on the ball of her heel as she goes backwards. The fall was inevitable.
Whip!
Amanda’s wings pop out instinctively. They begin to flap in reverse to push her back up. It works. She moves upwards.
“Whew. I almost fell over.” Amanda sighs in relief as her feet become planted. She didn’t fall backwards. “That was a good hit. I have to give you kudos on that one, Dwayne.” Amanda raises her fist to to fist bump you a congratulations. “Solid point.”
“I got lucky.” You wipe your brow. Your divine energy lowers until the flood inside is gone and there is no creek running of power. It was like it was never there. You accept the fist bump.
“Dweeb got a hit in!” Sarah cheers at your accomplishment.
“Color me impressed.” Madi nods approvingly.
“I wish I could put this on my blog.” Nick comments. “Simple man trips amazonian.” He paints the title.
“He got better.” Chad claps.
“That totally counts as Amanda getting knocked off her feet.” Vivian gestures over at Amanda. She was talking directly over to Megan. “That means no Rayquaza for you.”
“Only one foot got off the ground. We agreed to two. So that means no Kyogre for you.” Megan counters.
“Amanda said she wouldn’t use her wings. She was falling over until they popped. I count that as getting knocked off her feet since she cheated.”
Vivian and Megan march towards each other as they argue over the technicality of their bet. The whole training and watching training was replaced by this argument.
“Is it cheating if I break my own rule?” Amanda whispers over to Caspian.
“Isn’t this supposed to be about my training, not a bet?” You whisper over to Sarah.
“Yes, but I think this is a pride thing.” Sarah crosses her arms to bounce her breast a little.
“Amanda said she wouldn’t use her wings. The wings were used to stop her from falling on her butt.” Vivian slaps her hand really hard to emphasize her point.
Megan puts her hands on her hips and leans forward to speak directly into her face. “That rule wasn’t established in the bet.”
“It was made for the duel. It applies to the bet.”
“The terms of the bet were made before that rule. It doesn’t apply. Otherwise, I could say that throwing in a Koopa shell onto the mat nullifies the bet.”
“That is totally different from Amanda making that rule. Just admit you depend too much on Rayquaza to win a pokemon battle.”
“You’re one to talk when you use Kyogre. Amanda making rules doesn’t affect our bet.” Megan turns towards Davis. “Davis agree with me here.”
“I think that this is an abuse of my status as a boyfriend to gain votes.” Davis starts sweating as he was thrown into this controversial argument. “Shouldn’t you be asking me what I think?”
“Dwayne, agree with me.” Vivian was quick to copy Megan to add numbers to her side.
“Uh, ditto with what Davis said.” You point at him. “I think this is an abuse of the student-teacher relationship. Shouldn’t you ask Amanda? It mostly involves her.” The bet resolved around her more than you. She should have an opinion.
“Diverting answering, typical of guys when the girls fight.” Amanda sighs. She steps forward to put her say in the matter. “I-”
“How about we settle this in Smash bros?”
“You are too good at that. Make it Mario Kart.”
“Deal!”
Megan and Vivian ignore and cut off Amanda. They were bent on settling their score themselves. They didn’t want to listen to anyone else. Once they agreed how to settle the argument, they booked it from the mat towards the beach house.
“Sorry about that. Megan is very passionate about her video games and allowing herself to do what she wants. But I have to go and make sure she doesn’t kill Vivian if she loses at Mario Kart.” Davis apologizes for Megan. He starts running after the two girls.
“I am sure that Vivian being secretly overly competitive isn’t helping.” You comment as they leave.
“Yeah, to the point that she forgets that it is her creed to help train King Arthur’s descendants. She didn’t give you any pointers after pulling off that sick attack.” Pint-sized Nick adds. He flashes his gaze quickly backwards to see Melody trying to compare height.
“Yes, it was impressive. How did you accomplish that? Amanda is stronger than you but you nearly knocked her over.” Caspian asks. Amanda puffs her chest out with the praise.
“It was a sudden surge of divine energy. I have been randomly getting them. It happened when I flipped the baseball jock and volleyball. I don’t have control over it.”
“So a random power boost?” Chad suggests. He was sipping a sports drink.
“Maybe.”
“I don’t think it's random.” Caspian interjects. “There has to be a cause. Vivian says his power is tied to his emotions without training. We have to find that emotion.”
“I think the emotion is whatever Dweeb was feeling when I cheered him on.” Sarah plops her breasts right on top of your head and hugs you. She happily had her hypothesis. “It has to be me cheering.”
“It could be.” You chuckle at her cuteness and her cute idea.
“We can’t throw out that idea. It is a possibility. I will start making notes on when it happens. We have to figure out how it works.” Caspian starts writing in his notebook.
“Yeah, I don’t want any random surprises the next time we duel. I hate getting hit by a 9 from judgment.” Amanda comments about a certain black 2D fighter.
“I find it funny when it happens. Besides that,” Sarah’s hand glides down your chest, causing a stir in your dick. “I’m hungry.”