Chapter 7: Dark Magic Training (Parts 1-2)

Chapter 7 Part 1

In this event, I am not present, so it will be narrated by an omniscient and dark... eerie... evil... repulsive... disgusting being!

Damn it, it could easily be me... Except for the omniscient part, because I'm not really in these events that will be narrated next, or am I?

A beautiful morning envelops the small town of Ana no mura in orange tones.

It's a perfect day for Rasec, along with Seji-sensei, Hiroki, and the spirits of their diamonds to continue with yesterday's training.

But today we will focus on the training carried out by the girls in the group.

We're talking about Miru-chan, Sumire-chan, and the recent addition who, despite not having a diamond, is part of the team, Chisato-chan.

Sakurai Miru, awake early and cheerful as always, is in her room getting dressed to go out.

Ai watches her happily as she gets dressed and then goes downstairs to the living room with Miru.

— Mom, Dad, I'm leaving! — says Miru while putting on her shoes.

— Alright! Have you finished your designs? — her mother asks while preparing breakfast.

— I'm almost done, Mom, I hope you like them!

— Be careful out there. — says her father as he comes out of his room.

— Yes!

— We'll be back! — says Ai as she leaves the house with Miru.

Miru cheerfully heads to Sumire's house, as usual, Miru greets everyone on the street along with Ai.

When she arrives at Sumire's house, she knocks on the door, and Sumire's mother opens it.

— Ah, Miru-chan and Ai-chan, welcome!

— Good morning, Nekoyashiki-san! Is your daughter here?

— Of course, she's in her room, you can go in if you want. — she replies with a smile on her face.

— Thank you! Excuse me.

Miru takes off her shoes and leaves them at the entrance, proceeds to go upstairs, and knocks on the black door.

The door wasn't completely closed, and when she knocked, it accidentally opened.

Looking inside, Miru sees Sumire repeatedly plucking the sixth string of her electric guitar with maximum distortion, pausing between plucks, and moving her head with Yasuragi to the rhythm.

Miru and Ai are stunned.

Then Sumire starts playing a rock song with power chords, spinning around her room with Yasuragi and her cat, Nyakoshi.

After a while, she realizes that Miru was watching her and stops playing.

Sumire is left speechless with a blank expression.

— H-hi, Neko-chan... what are you doing? — asks Miru timidly.

— W-we were just having fun... — Sumire responds.

— I-I see...

Sumire puts the guitar in the case that's on her bed, turns off the amplifier, and looks at Miru somewhat embarrassed.

— What do you want...?

— We have training today, Neko-chan.

— Eh?

Sumire throws herself on the floor with her cat.

— But my body still hurts from yesterday...

Yasuragi approaches Sumire and whispers in her ear:

— But you were just dancing and jumping with that heavy guitar...

Sumire lets out a small scream, her face showing a surprised expression.

— B-but... I already made plans with Chisato... — says Sumire while rolling on the floor again.

— Then she can come with us!

— What?!

Miru takes Sumire by the hand and almost drags her.

— Ah, wait!

They go out the door, and Sumire's mother wishes them a good trip.

— Nooo, mommmm!

While Miru carries Sumire, Ai carries Yasuragi.

— Wait!

They finally arrive at the Fujisaki residence, Miru knocks on the door, and Mr. Fujisaki, Makoto and Chisato's father, opens it.

— Hello, Neko-chan! I see you brought another friend, eh, is something wrong? — asks Chisato's father, seeing her so tired.

— Uh... don't worry about it, haha... Is Chisato-chan here? — asks Sumire with a trembling voice.

— Of course, are you going to play or something?

— We're going to the gym, and we wanted her to come with us! — Ai responds cheerfully.

Chisato arrives at the door wearing headphones at such a high volume that you can easily hear what she's listening to.

— Eh? — says Chisato, confused to see that they're talking about her.

— Can she come? — Miru asks her father.

He takes Chisato and hands her over to them, saying:

— Take her, let her get some sun...

He closes the door, leaving his daughter with them.

— Hi. — says Chisato with her typical expressionless face.

— Alright, let's go! — says Miru very excitedly as she carries Sumire and drags Chisato.

Sumire is crying while Chisato remains expressionless as always.

Already in the gym, they change into their workout clothes.

Their training outfits are tight, and Sumire expresses her complaints.

— This is too tight! — she says while trying to stretch her clothes from the back.

— What are we doing here? — asks Chisato.

— We came to train! — Ai replies cheerfully.

— I'm not good at this.

Saying that, Chisato falls backward to the floor like a vampire.

Miru tries to lift her and cheer her up.

— What is she doing? — asks a woman approaching them.

Sumire, who had a tired expression, changes dramatically to one of amazement.

— S-Satonaka-sensei?

Satonaka-sensei, a gymnastics teacher at Adachi Institute and a first-year social studies teacher, besides having great attributes, has enviable flexibility and energy for any teenager.

— Nekoyashiki-san, did you finish your homework before coming here? — Satonaka asks Sumire with a serious face.

— Yes, Satonaka-sensei!

— Then we can start! — she says, changing her face to a cheerful one, and for the teru teru bozu ghosts you brought... I know! Give the girls support and keep track.

— Yes! — Ai and Yasuragi respond.

— Great! Then I will be your trainer today. Let's start with some stretches.

Chapter 7 Part 2

The girls proceed to do the stretches with Satonaka-sensei.

The trainer performs the exercises excellently, Miru works hard and does them well, Sumire barely reaches her ankles, while Chisato doesn't even try.

Chisato stays lying on the floor, staring at the ceiling with Nyakoshi sleeping on her chest.

— Why aren't you doing anything?! — Satonaka yells, blazing with fire, at Chisato.

— I'm already tired... — Chisato replies as she slowly closes her eyes, and the cat meows.

— But you haven't done anything!

— It was a long walk... — the cat meows again, almost as if agreeing with Chisato.

Sumire approaches her and says:

— Come on, you have to do it! If you don't, you won't be able to do dark magic!

Chisato opens her eyes and, excited, sits up, sending the cat flying.

— That's true!

Chisato starts doing sit-ups, gradually increasing the speed until she creates a huge gust of wind around her, and it becomes imperceptible to see how many she does because of how fast she goes.

Everyone in the gym, including Sumire and Miru, is stunned by the speed at which she moves.

— Great, I love that fighting spirit! — says the trainer, watching her with great excitement.

— How many sit-ups has she done? — Ai asks Yasuragi.

— I don't know, I lost count at three hundred forty-three, and that was before she broke the sound barrier...

Hearing that, everyone turns to look at Chisato with surprise and amazement.

— She reminds me of myself when I was young. — adds the trainer.

Time passes, and the girls continue stretching while Chisato doesn't stop doing sit-ups.

When she finally stops, they proceed to do something else.

After stretching a bit more, Satonaka-sensei takes them to a climbing rope.

It's a really long rope.

— Alright, the next thing is this rope here. Watch how you have to do it.

Satonaka-sensei starts climbing the rope. Being very flexible, she does it without any problem.

— That looks hard. — says Chisato before falling to the floor again.

— Remember that if you're going to fight with us, you need to be flexible.

— And don't forget the dark magic...

— Ah!

Chisato ignites with determination and runs to the rope, starting to climb.

Despite the rope's strong grip on Chisato's skin, she climbs without any problem, reaching the top and finally sitting on the gym beam, observing everyone with their astonished faces.

— H-how did she do that?! — questions Miru, very surprised.

— Ah, impressive! — says Satonaka-sensei.

— Chisato, you're amazing!

However, Chisato is unable to come back down.

— C-could you help me down?

After being exhausted and sweaty, mostly from getting Chisato down from the beam, Satonaka-sensei takes the girls to what appears to be a bar.

These are gymnastics bars. The goal is to spin around and land on your feet when you let go.

Miru spins slowly, but when she lets go, she lands on her feet, and her expression of joy for being able to do it is more than evident.

On the other hand, Sumire and her cat try to spin but fail.

Very incapable, tired, and sore, Sumire falls seated on the floor and finally lies down, not getting up for a while.

When her cat Nyakoshi can't take it anymore, he lets go and falls on her head.

— Nya! — screams Sumire.

She takes her cat and says:

— I should start putting you on a diet...

While Miru drinks water and Sumire talks to her cat, Chisato does the spins much faster than Satonaka-sensei.

No one in the gym is surprised by what she does anymore.

Finally, when she lets go, she spins three times in the air and lands perfectly on her feet. After that, she lets out a big sigh.

— Can I do dark magic now?

— Not yet, let's move on to something else! — Satonaka-sensei tells Chisato while taking her hand very excitedly.

— It feels like we're at a fair... — says Sumire, quite tired.

To take a break from so much physical exertion, the girls relax by jumping rope.

Miru does extravagant shapes with the rope as she jumps.

Sumire gets tangled up with her cat; the rope squeezes her skin so tightly that she's unable to move and free herself.

— C-can someone help me...?

Meanwhile, Chisato jumps rope faster than anyone has ever seen.

The power with which she does it is enormous.

She creates a huge gust of wind with the rope and releases an enormous amount of energy that seems surreal.

Yasuragi and Ai try to keep count.

— H-her jumps per minute are over eight thousand! — exclaims Yasuragi, surprised.

— What, eight thousand?! — Ai says, also very surprised.

Chisato gradually slows down until she finally stops altogether.

She wipes the sweat from her forehead while panting from exhaustion.

— I think that's enough...

— Chisato, that was amazing! — exclaims Miru, quite impressed.

— Her family is very athletic; remember her brother is the captain of the school's soccer club. — Sumire tells Miru.

Chisato, hearing this from Sumire, says:

— But my grandfather didn't live long by leading a healthy life, it must be witchcraft.

— Mr. Fujisaki is like a hundred years old... — Sumire responds sarcastically.

— All he remembers is which yogurt he likes...

Satonaka-sensei approaches the girls, very excited.

— You did a great job, let's take a break from all this!

They go to the gym benches to drink water while Sumire looks at the men in the place.

They are all really strong and impress many of the girls.

— What are you looking at, Neko-chan?

— Ummh, the men here lack something...

— I-I don't think you're old enough to be focusing on those things! — Miru replies.

Sumire turns to Miru.

— Are you attracted to any guy here?

— Umh... not really.

— Then, what kind of guys do you like?

— Eh... w-well...

Their conversation is interrupted by the flash of a camera, it was Satonaka-sensei who took a picture of Chisato next to Sumire.

— What was that? — asks Chisato, with her usual expressionless face.

— The photo of the gym's first place! — Satonaka-sensei responds to Chisato, quite excited.

Despite being quite expressionless, Chisato blushes and gets shy from the photos being taken of her.

— Then I guess it's okay.

After that break, the girls will look for a way to cool off for a while before going home.

Is the shower scene coming up?

How exciting!