Where my super training at (Koban)

Koban was in the midst of some training when rather abruptly the doors to the training room were thrown open as if by someone, perhaps Koban himself, trying to make a grand entrance, Koban dropped what he was doing and twisted around quickly to greet the new arrival only to see… nothing.

Nobody.

Koban sighed and shook his head “You know, there are probably better ways to get my attention right?” Koban questioned the nothingness, once again it seemed the spirit or spirits, he wasn’t quite sure, of the Pride Trooper HQ were acting up, on a whim he extended his senses outward and felt a vaguely familiar energy signature making it way closer to the base.

“Oh, so that’s what you wanted eh? It’s pretty nice having you give me the heads up when we have visitors” Koban said grabbing a towel to dry his forehead as he made his way through the building earning no real response as he did so. That made twice now that the spirit had been so helpful, granted it was usually paired with a bit of a dramatic effort but still it was nice to see that the spirit was willing to really help out, it almost felt like another member of the team now.

Koban arrived at the doorway just as a familiar voice began shouting at the entrance, were it not for his spiritual assistance Koban was pretty sure he wouldn't have heard the shouting despite the effort being put into it, with a chuckle Koban pulled open the doorway and grinned down at the visitor.

“You know Yanwang, when we decided we would train together I figured you would have wanted to start sooner, but it’s good to see you. Have you kept out of trouble?” Koban said taking a step to the side to welcome Yanwang into the base.

Koban rolled his eyes in amusement as the boy commented on how long he felt Koban had taken to answer the door, to Koban’s surprise he then said that he would be heading back to ‘Heaven’ soon, and that that was why he had finally popped back up as he wanted to prove himself to his uncle. The idea of young Yanwang as anywhere near the ‘strongest in the universe’ was perhaps a bit of a terrifying concept but a deal WAS a deal and Koban had every intention of helping the boy in his quest.

The rather simple way he had talked about returning to ‘Heaven’ was a bit perplexing to Koban, while he knew relatively little about the concept of the afterlife he DID know that Heaven was generally the name of at least where good people were supposed to go after they died, the fact that Yanwang seemed in good health meant he HOPEFULLY meant that he had some way of just going there rather than possibly expecting to pass on so soon.

Koban sighed at Yanwang’s question and just shook his head, the fact that Koban had not caught the boy or had anyone raise any major complaints about him probably meant that he had just stuck to being a bit of a prankster which was ultimately FINE. “Let’s head into the dojo, it’s a much better place for training than the doorway, Bella would strangle me if we busted the doorway” Koban said making a gesture for the young Ogre to follow him, the doorway would close on its own, either through whatever electronic upgrades they had made, or through the spirit, which exactly Koban was unsure.

Assuming Yanwang followed Koban would lead the way to the training dojo, a spacious room on the first floor of the Headquarters that at least upon first entering looked to be a very plain and empty martial arts dojo sporting strong walls and tough wooden floorboard, however while the room appeared plain it held several mystical and technological enhancements to improve the sort of training they could get up to, and perhaps more importantly, to keep it from falling apart during a spar.

“Before we get started, I would like to know, when you say you intend to return to Heaven, you DO mean you have some sort of magic transport, right? I know movement between different” Koban paused trying to find the right word, Sam had mentioned it in reference to his own home “Realms? Is possible, I just want to make sure that is what you mean and that you aren’t just unwell, training at a higher level would not be a particularly good idea if you were.”

Koban let out a loud bark of laughter as Yanwang asked if Bella was his superior or girlfriend “Neither, she did a lot of the organization to get the building in shape though so she would NOT be impressed with damage to anywhere not meant for fighting” Koban said with a shrug.

Koban would have rolled his eyes at the boys exaggerated admonishment over his question if he had not immediately launched into a proper explanation followed by a surprisingly detailed explanation of how the afterlife had once functioned and to an extent how it currently operated. Koban listened intently, while he had not had the interest to seek out information on the Afterlife prior to this it turned out to be quite interesting.

“I usually prefer show’s with a bit more action, detective shows are usually a bit slow for me” Koban said with a shrug “Maybe though, once you’ve gotten stronger and had some time, they will make a better show, this time about you. I’m sure people would find you quite a bit more interesting” Koban said with a grin figuring the young warrior would like the idea, certainly if Yanwang remained anything like how he was now it would make for QUITE the interesting show.

“But yes, lets. How about you come at me with everything you’ve got eh? I think I have a pretty good read on your power from last time but I want to see just how good you are at actually using it since the last time we went at it, I’ve gotten a bit tougher since then as well so don’t feel like you need to hold back” not that Koban was entirely certain the young fighter WOULD hold back, it certainly had not seemed like it last time, but now that they were a bit more friendly there was a chance the boy might not give his all in an attack, and that wouldn't help much.

If you want to use Yanwang’s current PL that’s fine by me, gives him a bit more to work with

It seemed young Yanwang knew quite a lot of interesting stories, whether or not they were all entirely accurate Koban had no real way of telling but at least until given a reason to think otherwise he had no reason not to believe him to some extent, especially considering the stories had no benefit Koban could tell to be a lie.

“That’s fine, sometimes you just need a good push to see some real growth. Hopefully today will be a good start for that for you!” Koban said with a grin, and while Yanwang might not have grown much stronger the boy’s REAL strength seemed to have lain in HOW he used his power, that strange bag of his with its seemingly endless supply of tricks.

One such trick that the boy brought back up put Koban immediately on guard, the lightning bolt had been a BIG hit and while now it might not have be too difficult to deal with Koban was NOT eager to take that sort of hit again anytime soon. However it seemed the boy wanted to exercise some amount of restraint?

THAT thought was somewhat contradicted when the boy revealed what looked like a rocket launcher with… a rocket bearing Yanwang’s face. It would have been more comical if the boy had given Koban a moment to really grasp the absurdity before firing, the rocket tore through the air and with a grin Koban lunged into action.

He’d delat with NORMAL rocket launchers before and if he moved fast enough he could actually grab the rocket and hurl it back at it’s user. Unfortunately, as Koban grabbed the back of the rocket it revealed itself to be anything but normal exploding into a mass of confetti upon contact.

Momentarily confused by the result of both the rocket’s unexpected explosion AND that it was entirely harmless Koban was left unprepared for Yanwang’s fist cracking him in the jaw sending him staggering back a few steps. “Hah, that was a good one. Your power might not have changed much but you have definitely gotten even better with your tricks.” Koban said with a grin as he rolled his shoulders.

“Let’s see what that bag can to on the defense now” Koban said cocking his arm back and taking a hard swing at the boy aiming to send him flying into one of the far walls.

Koban let out a low whistle as Yanwang was sent flying clearing the whole way across the dojo and crashing into the far wall, thankfully the walls were built for this sort of training and resisted being shattered by the impact, unfortunately for Yanwang however that meant that he took not just the full impact of Koban’s fist but also the full brunt of hitting the wall with no yielding on it’s part. Koban could feel that Yanwang’s power had not faltered particularly much from the blow which meant the boy was more than tough enough to handle a decent strike.

As Yanwang got back to his feet however he seemed distressed as he clutched his face, Koban wasn’t quite sure if he quite trusted that his sparring partner was quite as badly injured as he made himself out to be. He knew it was definetly possible for the hit to have knocked out a tooth but for as little time as Koban knew the boy he had learned that he was a natural trickster.

Koban narrowed his eyes as the boy brought the tooth closer, the ‘tooth’ was far too large and seemed entirely made of silver rather than being just a coating and so when the ‘tooth’ popped open and began spewing smoke Koban was only surprised by the nature of what Yanwang was doing rather than that it was a trick at all.

Koban jumped back trying to put himself out of the cloud not quite sure if it was even normal smoke or some sort of strange gas that would do SOMETHING he would certainly not enjoy only for the young Ogre to pounce on his back “You’re going to need to freshen up your offense a bit, too many tricks and your opponent will start to expect them” Koban said as he braced against Yanwang pelting him on the back of the head.

With a grin Koban decided to show off a trick of his own and using all of the speed he could muster Koban would begin to spin faster and faster trying to throw Yanwang off his back by the sheer force of the spinning.

Koban grinned to himself as he felt the sudden departure of Yanwang’s added weight on his back accompanied by the now familiar sound of the young Ogre impacting the dojo walls, he continued for a few extra rotations just in case the little trickster had managed to attach anything to his back but when it became clear no extra weight was being thrown off by the spinning Koban came to a quick stop slamming one foot on the ground to halt himself and hopefully keep himself from tipping over.



Unfortunately just a few moments before Koban slammed down his foot Yanwang had spread his caltrops leading to the hero stepping directly onto the spiked trap, Koban grit his teeth and let out a brief shout, his whole world was still spinning and now he had the sharp pain of an injured foot. With a hiss of pain Koban found a piece of ground not covered in caltrops and put his foot back down.



Deciding to vent just a small bit of frustration Koban let loose a burst of energy, not enough to initiate an actual transformation but enough to cause a gust of energy all around him from the force causing the caltrops to be sent flying all over the room spreading them out enough to make them substantially less dangerous.

“I wouldn't quite say it’s a ‘jovial stroll’ you may not have the raw power that I do but you are already very skilled with your tricks. Don’t sell your abilities so short.” Koban said with a grin, while it was certainly true that in terms of power Yanwang posed little actual danger to him the boy was incredibly hard to predict, at best Koban was getting a handle on when something was a trick but exactly what that trick would BE was another matter entirely.

“And I’d be more than willing to do this again when you return, perhaps by then you’ll be able to push me to use my full strength?” Koban said with a grin adding the small taunt at the end to both see if he could get a bit of a rise out of the young Ogre AND to hopefully inspire him to grow even stronger when he departed.

Koban readied himself as Yanwang made his declaration producing what looked like some sort of bubble blower? Were it anyone else Koban would have assumed it to be accidental but the fact it was Yanwang AND the boy seemed confident in it put Koban on guard, it was almost MORE surprising however when Yanwang blew into it and it actually produced a real bubble, one that Yanwang leapt onto and began a slow approach with.

With a raised eyebrow Koban pointed an index finger at the bubble and fired a tentative ki blast at it, whatever the bubble was SUPPOSED to do Koban was certain he wanted no part of it getting close to him, with his luck it would detonate like a bomb or secretly had some sort of itching powder stored inside it.