Training

Bella began training the guys. At first it was just getting them to hold a dagger right. She didn't remember it being that hard but they've also been handling swords for a long time without change. "So you gotta be able to flip it back and forth from a stabbing position to a defensive one. Like this, " She shows them the motion and they attempt but it causes small cuts and lots of cursing.

"How did you learn how to do this Bella? This is impossible, " Notics complained. He was the one struggling the most and Bella was laughing.

"I had to for survival. The longer it took me to learn the more scars I would have. You'll figure it out I promise. If not I will start attacking you with one. After learning about the daggers for awhile next will be stealth and hiding them. We will be armed while at the academy and if Prompto wakes up before we are done I'm sending him to get the uniforms. I will have them modified to work for an assassin and keep daggers hidden."

"Oh that sounds like fun. Where do you hide yours?" Notics had seen her dagger just suddenly appear in her hand without every seeing her grab for it.

"Right in my sleeve," Bella flicks her wrist down and sure enough a dagger flew out that and she grabbed the handle. They all gasped and then laughed. "It is padded underneath so it won't cut and it only moves with a jolt. So like if I just wiggle my wrist it won't come out but there are other ways then just flicking my wrist." She demonstrated the other ways to get it out of the sleeve. A lot were smoother than the first.

"We are learning all of that in three weeks? Prompto is lucky he will have the most advantage, " Gladio sighed and kept working on the movement and eventually they all go it but it was lunchtime. Bella needed to get them to move faster at learning.

Prompto woke up not long after they started eating. "Hello my lady, is there anyway I can be of service?" Prompto was starting to becoming more proper when it wasn't just the two of them, the same way Jake did.

"Well we need our uniforms picked up. Let's go get them and then head to an tailor that works with assassins. We will also meet Master Leo, the headmaster."

"Yes ma'am. Afterwards will we be practicing?" It was weird. Prompto was her guard now though and he needed to be professional at times. It's just been a while since she had her own guard that was hers to command.

"Yes of course. I'm going be harder on you because these guys only got holding and the stabbing to defense motion down which isn't enough, " Bella got up and began to walk. Prompto stayed one pace behind just like he was supposed to until they were further away from the pub. "That is going to take sometime to get used to again. It's been three years."

"Yes it will but I will be on my best behavior whenever you need me to be. When will I be swearing my oath to you? Notics has released me from his."

"Tonight if you are in such a hurry to be a guard for me, " Bella chuckles when he frowned at her. She gave him a little shove and they walked the rest of the way chatting about different things until they reached the academy fifteen minutes later. "Hello Master Leo. It is a pleasure to see you again."

"Yes Princess Bella it is a great pleasure, " he looks over at Prompto and then back. "Which one is that? What happened to Jake?"

"Master Leo this is my new guard Prompto. Jake is safe and back in our timeline. The other three will also be guarding me but one is Prince Notics. If something is to happen to me he is currently the survivor heir until further notice okay?"

"My lady you aren't supposed to tell anyone that though, " Prompto was very stiff and still. Years of training as a child can be seen and the years of terror of the king.

"He needs to know Prompto. He controls most the magic users in this area. I trust him, he is my adoptive father here for looks. Don't question me."

"I am sorry my lady. It won't happen again," Prompto just stood next to her studying Master Leo.

"So Princess Bella why did you decide to pick a survivor heir?"

"Master Leo you know where my powers are believe to be. While I could send in hundreds of people to retrieve it that wouldn't be right. So there must be someone to stay here in protection while I get my power, " Bella sighs and then smiles to hold her composer.

"I understand. Here are your uniforms, " the secretary hands Prompto the uniforms and walks away. "I know you will be tailoring them to hide weapons. Will you also be carrying weapons Princess?"

"Yes I have been trained with daggers. Actually I have to train them in daggers. King Arawn. He hates assassins and didn't see the need to train any of his guards with daggers. Foolish mistake."

"Yes Princess it is. He isn't a very kind king though," Master Leo smiled at Prompto and Bella. "I must get back but I'm glad to see you are coming back Princess."

"Thank you for having me back Master Leo. We will see you in a few weeks, " Bella turn and left. She doesn't wait for others to leave first because they have to wait for her to leave. That is just how it is for her.

They head to the tailor and get all the details worked out and then it's time for Prompto's training. He was a natural at holding a daggers properly and it didn't take long for him to learn the motions for switching it. "Well good thing you are a natural. Next is to identify how many daggers someone has on them without seeing them. It is just paying attention to how they move, " she turned around. "Hide some daggers on yourself and then we will see how many I get right."

So that's what he did. He hid ten daggers on himself and then was ready. "Okay you can try to find them."

Bella turned around and automatically got two. One on either hip hidden under his shirt. There was another two in each sock. "Hmm you hid more than four I know that. There is two on your back. Right overtop of the shoulder blades."

"You aren't even looking at my back though," Prompto grabbed those and set them next to the other ones.

"It's not about seeing them but figuring out. I am naming the most common spots to hid daggers. There is a couple on your arms too. None near the wrist which is a mistake, " Bella smiled and Prompto took another four off his arms. "That's all of them. Now have you noticed I have daggers on me?"

"No I haven't. There is probably only four. You don't need as much protection when you have a big guard around."

"Wrong. There's fifteen. Some hidden in the same areas as you and the other five are place elsewhere. A good place is on your wrists, " Bella flicks her wrists at the same time and caught both daggers. "Here's the trick, make sure there are more than one on each side that can do that." She tosses those ones and did it again with another set. "See now if any break or get thrown from your hand you have spares."

"That makes a lot of sense."

They all trained for the next three weeks. They advanced fast and faster each time and go better at attacking. Eventually they were ready for an actual assassin to work with them and fight against. Bella brought the assassins in and smiled at all four of the boys.

"These will be your assassins. You will rotate training with them as each have a different skill and you will learn all the skills. They will treat you as a student, accept that role until they say you are now their equal."

After that was the day before they began school. Prompto and Bella would start to share a suit. They had been moved to a bigger room and Prompto slept outside the bedroom on a pullout bed. That way he would be able to sleep but still be in alert and hear if Bella screamed. So there began their school life and the boys training life.