Having been dragged out of a bar nearly without his permission by Ika Mazi, Reno Kitsugi had found himself once again in the power of having responsibilities. He had agreed to Ika's plan to make the Humans get stronger, and now he was apparently going to act on it. It had been two weeks since the Tokyo Incident, and Ika had still just been gathering people without spending so much as an hour making them any stronger. Determined to do it himself because it was the original plan, Reno has therefore decided that all of them must be trained personally by Reno into better sharper thinking machines of violence. He was well aware that he had limited information for each individual to work with, but he did know each one's basic strengths and a weaknesses, so at worst he still knew exactly how to fight each one even if the method he would be forced to improvise changed on the fly. The only true "challenge" was making sure Reno did not accidentally kill one of them. While he could hold back easily enough some of these humans weren't as tough as others, and they tend to do that whole "protect the weak thing" despite injuries..
Luckily short of actual death, Reno could feasibly heal their wounds himself. So that was less of a real problem. He was currently leaned against the west wall of the training arena's huge empty room of a steel box. Kite, being a monk, was going to be hard to test the physical limits of. He was also apparently quite proud of his power, but refused to go all out. Reno would have to investigate further and likely find a way to anger the boy. Rinoa was a spellcaster, and while Reno was no slouch with Kidou it certainly wasn't his specialty. Which meant that he could at least help guide Rinoa in what directions to go with her magic possibly finding out if her current "hunch" about having healing powers is accurate.. Sakura, meanwhile, was significantly weaker than the other two, but she definitely had some untapped potential there that Reno wanted to explore. She didn't seem to understand how her own power worked entirely. Must investigate further.
Kite was the first to arrive, and after acknowledging Reno was right there, was immediately taunted by Reno shouting "Training Begins Now." and backhanding him further into the room itself. Reno then took a fighting stance, which was loose and obviously had several flaws in it, and faced Kite before making the obvious and cliche "come and get it" motion with his hand. Whatever Kite may do in response, Reno knew that despite his lesser ability in Hakuda he had superior speed and strength and it wouldn't matter, he wouldn't even need to draw his swords, while simultaneously showing Kite's own strengths and weaknesses. Reno figured he could handle anything Kite threw at him, and moved on with more important things because Rinoa arrived at this junction and Reno turned his attention to her while continuing to essentially make Kite look like a toddler throwing a tantrum.
"Okay, Rinoa, I want you to show me exactly what your current limits are. I will compare them to Kidou, which you may or may not already know about due to being what you are, fricken mall cop." Even if Kite was currently throwing a wild barrage at Reno, he would be speaking while dodging Kite, and speaking loud enough to make sure that he could be heard despite any grunts Kite may make from the occasional counterattack.
Before Rinoa could reply let alone decide how to best push her limits, Sakura bumped into her from behind not quite paying attention to where she was going as she got here. After she apologized to Rinoa, Reno began trying to grab her attention next, leaving Rinoa to figure her own damn task out herself, "Sakura, I want you to explain what you think you are capable of, because I'm not sure either of us fully understand it just yet. The more I can know the more I can try to push you to get stronger." He finished, awaiting their replies. Kicking Kite in the stomach at this point to send him quite far into the distance in case Rinoa finally made a move or Sakura actually joined the fray while talking. Otherwise he waited for the either of them to speak up. Preferably Sakura. As that was slightly more important right now.
He hated being the one to have to train them himself, but since Ika wasn't doing it, all that was left was Reno himself. Shocker.
Luckily short of actual death, Reno could feasibly heal their wounds himself. So that was less of a real problem. He was currently leaned against the west wall of the training arena's huge empty room of a steel box. Kite, being a monk, was going to be hard to test the physical limits of. He was also apparently quite proud of his power, but refused to go all out. Reno would have to investigate further and likely find a way to anger the boy. Rinoa was a spellcaster, and while Reno was no slouch with Kidou it certainly wasn't his specialty. Which meant that he could at least help guide Rinoa in what directions to go with her magic possibly finding out if her current "hunch" about having healing powers is accurate.. Sakura, meanwhile, was significantly weaker than the other two, but she definitely had some untapped potential there that Reno wanted to explore. She didn't seem to understand how her own power worked entirely. Must investigate further.
Kite was the first to arrive, and after acknowledging Reno was right there, was immediately taunted by Reno shouting "Training Begins Now." and backhanding him further into the room itself. Reno then took a fighting stance, which was loose and obviously had several flaws in it, and faced Kite before making the obvious and cliche "come and get it" motion with his hand. Whatever Kite may do in response, Reno knew that despite his lesser ability in Hakuda he had superior speed and strength and it wouldn't matter, he wouldn't even need to draw his swords, while simultaneously showing Kite's own strengths and weaknesses. Reno figured he could handle anything Kite threw at him, and moved on with more important things because Rinoa arrived at this junction and Reno turned his attention to her while continuing to essentially make Kite look like a toddler throwing a tantrum.
"Okay, Rinoa, I want you to show me exactly what your current limits are. I will compare them to Kidou, which you may or may not already know about due to being what you are, fricken mall cop." Even if Kite was currently throwing a wild barrage at Reno, he would be speaking while dodging Kite, and speaking loud enough to make sure that he could be heard despite any grunts Kite may make from the occasional counterattack.
Before Rinoa could reply let alone decide how to best push her limits, Sakura bumped into her from behind not quite paying attention to where she was going as she got here. After she apologized to Rinoa, Reno began trying to grab her attention next, leaving Rinoa to figure her own damn task out herself, "Sakura, I want you to explain what you think you are capable of, because I'm not sure either of us fully understand it just yet. The more I can know the more I can try to push you to get stronger." He finished, awaiting their replies. Kicking Kite in the stomach at this point to send him quite far into the distance in case Rinoa finally made a move or Sakura actually joined the fray while talking. Otherwise he waited for the either of them to speak up. Preferably Sakura. As that was slightly more important right now.
He hated being the one to have to train them himself, but since Ika wasn't doing it, all that was left was Reno himself. Shocker.