Chapter 5: Shopping & Training

Okay, he needed to have a word with Mora, Leni, and Calypso about "reasonable limits." But, for girls who say they love him, they made it clear that they want him to die via dehydration. Or learn to how to say no and mean it.

"Arthy! We need more supplies before we can go," Leni, said cheering, woke up the exhausted boy.

This was torture, plain and simple. All Arthur wanted to do was to train with his Monsuta and leave town, but instead, the blonde-haired teen found himself in a shopping mall in York New City, with Leni spending all of his money. Like he even knows how much it is because Momo refuses to tell him.

Damn that pink-haired banker.

"Let's go shopping, Arthy," Arthur said in a mocking tone, "It will only take a little while. We need to shop for Mora and Calypso too. I can't believe I fell for that, Leni and her stupid Koro eyes…." And so started an hour of grumbling.

"Arthy, how does it look on me?"

Like every girl, she loved to shop for new clothes even if Arthur wanted to veto some of the clothes Leni chose for being too revealing. One particular item that caused him trouble was a short tube top that showed off way more cleavage than usual for Leni, but he couldn't find it in himself to say no to her. Deep down somewhere in Arthur's mind, he knew this inability to voice his concern would bite him in the ass sometime soon. Unfortunately for him, whether it be by some omniscient force or the universe just deciding to make today a little more interesting, he didn't have to wait long to realize how correct he was.

After getting an unreasonable amount of clothes for Leni and the others to wear for their journey, they were about to leave the clothing section of the mall until Leni stopped in her tracks. Arthur bumped behind Leni, who didn't even notice. All she did was stare off into the distance.

Worried, Leni decided to see if she was alright. "Um, Leni, are you okay there? Leni-." And without warning, Leni Pendragon shot out in a full-on sprint, grabbing Arthur's arm in the process. With speeds unattainable to any normal human in the direction she was staring at, Arthur being violently dragged behind while making sure the shopping bags he was forced to carry didn't go flying off.

Thankfully it wasn't long before Leni came to an abrupt stop as Arthur slammed into the wall next to her, still holding on to the new bag full of clothes he had bought for Leni and the others in his hands. Slowly getting up, Arthur was slightly dazed and confused with a possible small concussion saw Leni's face firmly planted on a shopping display window. From what he could see, her eyes were fixated on a female mannequin wearing some sexy intricately lace dark red undergarments.

Arthur's eyes widened as he noticed the store's name. "Oh, no," he mumbled, panic flooding him as he had found himself in front of Victoria's Secret.

"Oh, man yes," Leni said with sparkles in her eyes. Then, grabbing onto Arthur's hand, she dragged him into the store with her.

Before he knew it, he was inside Victoria's Secret, hand in hand with Leni. He wanted to leave this place and was about to tell Leni that the stuff here was too expressive, but a store clerk was already on them, most likely attracted by Leni's wide-eyed excitement for being in there thinking she'd be an easy sell.

"Hi there," a female store clerk greeted with a bight clean smile that looked well-practiced. "How may I help you?"

"Hi!" Leni responded. "I wanna that matchin' set out in front. Its totes cute! Oh, wow! Where can I find them, oh, baby, and do they also come in blue ?"

"Yes, they do; if you'd follow me, I'll show you where we keep them," Arthur could practically see the dollar signs in her eyes.

"Excellent, like, wow come on, man Arthy. I will show up Calypso and that chick perky breasts"

"Wait, Leni-" he tried to plead but realized it was too late to stop.

The boy curses his inability to say no and this world's crazy laws.

Before he knew what was happening, Leni and the clerk were already picking out the size needed for her and a few other ones she liked. There was a little bit of chatter going on between them about how lucky she was to be so well imbued. All Arthur could do was stand there and pray that his half-sister didn't want much and that she didn't ask him for his opinion on it.

"rthy~ I'm goin' to thuh changin' room to see how they fit, like and I wanna your opinion on them," His palm quietly met his forehead, hearing his prayers were left unanswered or downright ignored.

Why didn't the mall explode yet?! Or catch on fire? Hell, he would even take a stampede of raging Fireback llama's at this point again.

It was even worse when the girls inside the store kept giving him looks. He tried not to pay them no mind as he waited for Leni's torture to be done. Girls were giving him smiling and winking glances. One girl mouthed something perverted that made him blush. A group of girls huddling at the corner of the swimwear section. They appeared to foreign girls visiting because, judging by their syncing of uniforms and the nation of Malaysia was featured on their shirts. They giggled, waved, and blew kisses at the shy blonde-haired boy. Who couldn't resist not returning their friendly gestures and waved back with a welcoming smile.

The Malaysian girls gushed at Arthur Pendragon.

"I knew I should have stayed home today." the boy can only sigh at his weakness. Arthur quickly averted his eyes again lest he fall into temptation.

He got to get out here fast, or else Leni will try to take them home with her.

"Just remember you swore to yourself that you won't be playboy anymore." The boy mumbled to himself. A weird mixture of frustration, panic, sexual arousal, and shame clouded his mind. The slight sound of the changing room door opening made all his previous thoughts focus on one of sexual arousal.

Again Arthur cruses his reincarnation memories and his blasted genes!

Leni laughed. She leaned and made her way beside Arthur, wrapping her arms around his shoulder. She smelled of strawberries and bubblegum. Something very expensive, something a girl could buy only at Chanel. She pressed her nose at Arthur's cheek. She eyed the direction of the traveling girls as well.

"I am quite jealous with you, Arthy," she purred. "Not telling me of the attention you are getting from-" She added, "- that fan club of yours."

Arthur paid no attention to what the blond summoner said all that he was doing, staring at the underwear she picked out.

Knowing that Arthur's attention was now on her, Leni struck a sexy standing pose. "Well, Arthy, how do I look?"

"You look amazing." He answered honestly but panicked as he realized what he was saying. "I mean, you look great. I mean, uh, good…? I think? Let's just go and pay ." He stammered, not knowing if what he said was more or less embarrassing.

Leni gave another hug "Thanks, Arty. Now just wait there, I have to get changed out of these-"

"Oh, thank god."

"So I can try on the other stuff this nice lady helped me pick out. Next up, this bikini," Leni emphasized as she held up a blue and white string bikini to show him before she tried it on.

Arthur Pendragon released a tired sigh. "God, please give me the strength to endure this torture," Arthur thought and prayed, and as luck would have it, somebody answered his prayers.

That is until he got to the cash register where the Gods had indeed left the boy behind to suffer.

"That will be that will be thirteen thousand dollars."

The male teen gave a bewildered look at the female clerk. "What?! LENI, I'm not paying for this. This is way too much for me to spend," Arthur gasped at the price. "I already spent seven hundred twenty-five dollars on the other stuff we got at the other stores, and I still need to buy supplies for my team Leni. Even if I'm am rich."

"Arthy, please, pretty please," Leni begged with her hands clasped together as her eyes started to tear up for added effect. "I can't live without them in my life."

"I agree, you should buy them for your girlfriend, sir. After all, there is no price for love."

"She's not my girlfriend," Arthur corrected the clerk only to receive an odd look from her. "And before you ask, no, she is not my wife."

"Yeah, oh, baby, us right here have more of a master and slave relationship goin' on here. We've even got a chain and everythin'. It's bougie AF! Oh, wow!"

"Leni!" Arthur called out in shock as Leni said that not really liking the comparison to master and slave. He knew very well that she saw herself as the master here.

"Oh, like don't worry about me… I'm sorry, oh, baby, what is like wow! your name?"

"It's Joy." She answers.

"Right, like Joy. Like I was sayin' don't worry about me. Because I'm always thuh master in like, ya know, this relationship."

"Please stop."

"You should have seen last night, oh wow!"

"No."

"It was a wonderful night."

"Don't do this to me."

"He was chained to the bed with me on top of him."

"There is so much context that she's leaving out, but I gave no consent to any of it."

"With his childhood friend and his fiance were watchin' us thuh entire time. I won't lie, fer shure it was like wow! hot and I was surprisingly into it, oh, baby, and they soon joined in on thuh fun."

Joy caught on to what Leni was doing to her... boyfriend? Lover? Love slave? She didn't really know. All she needed to know was she was getting a fat sale from this. As well a good stories to tell her friends on her lunch break, so she played along.

Plus, the boy is pretty cute when he blushes, and his glare is very unthreatening. It reminds her of the time a puppy was showing his angry face at a cat. So cute.

"Hot, tell me more," she leaned further, intrigued by this story.

Leni was about to tell her more but was stopped when Arthur's hand covered her mouth. Alright, stop!" Arthur shouted and just paid for the entire thing in cash. Then, grabbing the money from his backpack, Arthur put a stack of bills on the counter. "Here, 15k! We are leaving!"

Leni grabbed Arthur by the collar and pressed her lips to his. She took both of her hands to grip on his chest as she flicked at a nipple. While kissing her, he heard the squeals from the traveling girls as well as others.

"That bitch!"

"Lucky whore!"

"I wish I was in her position."

"Oh my, in public."

The kiss was finished as she bit his lower lip. She licked her lips and rubbed her belly. "Yummy! That should feel me up for the rest of the evening. Later, Arthy babe. Surround him, girls!"

She teleported out of the store. The boy can only just pinched his nose in frustration. As he turned, he saw the traveling girls surrounding him. All were in smiles. He watched as they took their cell phones and jammed them to him with information of personal contact Infos.

"How can this get any worse?" he thought as he was beginning programming his number to their phone.

"Hey, let us pick some outfits out. Can you pay for us, cutie?"

Why can't girls just call him handsome instead of cute?

With the rest of their friends, Leo and his brothers watched their master shake his head at his mates.

"Why are the masters mates here?" Mani, the bull Monsuta, asked, confused. He also wonders why the master has many marks on his face.

"GO Arhty! Go! Go! Go, Team!" Everyone but Longfang sweatdrops at the antics of Leni, Mora, and Calypso.

Right now, Calypso and Mora, who have woked up from last night, are wearing cheerleading outfits with Leni in tow.

"Ok, today is the day we start training. I want you all to spare with each other." Arthur said to his team. The blonde-haired teen pointed to Volti, who was on Leni's shoulder. "Since that Koro doesn't want to fight, he will not train with us. Everyone but Leo. I want you all to fight spar until you can move. Try to mix up and moves as well."

Seeing them go around the field, Arthur looks at the spider dragon.

"Alright, Leo today we-"

"Chirp!"

Arthur and Leo were suddenly being swooped upon by a pair of Falconeers, who seemed to be determined to grab at the both of them with their extended and painful-looking talons.

"What's that about, we didn't even attack them?!" Arthur questioned as Leo let loose purple sparks in its jaws as the Falconeers swooped at him again.

"Venoshock!"

Leo fires a stream of purple, poisonous liquid from its mouth at the avian opponents.

The two birds were hit, and after the shock promptly flew away as the two just blinked.

"Well, that was weird." Arthur scratched his head. Shrugging he pointed to a tree.

"Time to learn to Iron tail. So let's start practicing! Also get your threads moves up and running."

They stayed there for a few hours, oddly not encountering any more aggressive Monsuta, to which Arthur got a mental answer to as to the cause of it.

The territorial instincts of Monsutas outside of Camelot were stronger than normal and thus were prone to attack people who entered their territories if wild or tamed (And dealing with unfamiliar people as guard Monsuta).

Mildly unsettling, but not too bad...at least until they ran into Wild Rhydon or Hydradregion, then it would suck a lot.

He also discovered the Index constantly emitted a scanning signal that would take notes on any Monsuta a trainer was to come across. So, even though Arthur did not need to have the Index scan the attacking Coltur or Zigger, it would still say on its own: "this trainer has encountered Coltur and Falconeer along with Koro and Calfire."

Why did the Index need to keep track of that anyway, considering that it was more of an encyclopedia than a research tool?

Or was it? He forgot sometimes.

His memories were still a jumbled mess in a lot of ways, so he wasn't sure why the idea of the Index is able to use its encounter radar thing to catalogue Monsuta's health, strength, age, the status of wild or tame, and other scientific curiosities in a non-invasive manner came to him as a possible answer.

This reincarnation soul merger thing is still biting him the ass.

By this point, the light was starting to fade, and Leo had managed to partially learn the use of Iron Tail; leaving a sizable crack in the dead tree, but nowhere near ready to use in battle.

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The Widow Dragon is a very aggressive Monsuta, attacking anything that enters its territory. It has a sturdy build and takes pride in its strength, being able to take down foes even without the use of its deadly toxin. It has enough power to easily scrap a car. Widow Dragons have very hard, armour-like skin. Due to its viscous nature, it's known as the Widow of the Skies. Even though is highly venomous, it is known to be playful and enjoy making new friends once captured. Still, one should try to stay away from its poisonous bite.

Poison/Wind Monsuta

Current Moves: Quick Attack, Air Slash, Poison Claw, Vacuum Wave, Thread, Toxic Thread, Iron Tail (Not Mastered)