A day later, Koji was back outside; the sun was still glowing in all of it's divine beauty; the grass was swaying in the wind. The sky had barely any clouds to obstruct the view of it, overall it was a beautiful day outside.
Koji's blue eyes shined like diamonds as the sunlight reflected off of them, in fact it was hard for Lin to not notice.
Lin's attire was brown and dark green, it was not very bulky and his shoulders were exposed. He had brown pants on and giant, leather shoes.
Koji was simply wearing a light brown shirt that was fairly raggedy, but he still liked it; his pants were dark brown leather and he had no shoes on. His small, pale feet contrasted with the dark green color of the long grass.
"So what are you gonna teach me first?"
Koji said with a bit of a frown, although he loved being outside he did not particularly look forward to more physical activity.
Lin smiled, he already had developed a training plan for Koji based on his abilities.
"Well, first we need to condition that frail body of yours!"
Koji's face instantly went blank; he didn't ever plan on developing a strong body because he found muscles relatively repulsing.
"Will I have muscles?"
Some six year old's may ask this in optimism, hope for becoming strong and resilient. But Koji was asking out of worry, because in his eyes muscles were a bad thing.
"Well, maybe a little bit; not much though."
Koji let out a sigh of relief, his body would not be turned into a complete contradiction of his mindset.
"So how do I condition my body?"
He asked now out of curiosity since his worries were already resolved.
"Hit me!"
Lin replied, smiling ear to ear; his white teeth shining in the sunlight.
Koji's face twisted in sheer confusion at what Lin had just suggested; a visceral urge to call Lin a retard swelled up in Koji's mind, but he put it aside.
"Hit you? I would break my hand!"
That's right, he was not worried about hurting Lin at all, on the opposite side of things he was actually worried about hurting himself.
"Who said use your fists, fists aren't your main fighting power anyway; your elbows, knees, and shin are all more effective. Even your palms and forehead are more effective than a fist!"
Koji was dazed at this, back on earth fists reigned supreme in the world of combat; however, in this world it seemed to be much different.
"So what do you want me to do?"
Lin promptly replied to Koji's expected question.
"You kick me."
Koji didn't want to stall this matter anymore, so he just listened.
He walked over to Lin, his small figure being engulfed by Lin's huge shadow.
He put his left foot in front of his body, his right foot behind him; he then swung his leg up to strike Lin in the side.
He put all of his might into this kick, and what was the result?
He fell on the ground!
As Koji kicked the up force from it tipped his balance and he fell backwards on his rear.
Lin couldn't help it, he let out a loud laugh.
"Kid, you have a very long way to go!"
Even Ivory, who was watching from a bit away let out a small giggle.
Koji was not embarrassed in the slightest, contrary he didn't care too much about it. Rather, he was more concerned with how challenging the experience of this training was going to be.
"Okay kid, get up and try again!"
Koji sighed, mumbled a few curses and then got up; he resumed the same position as he had done before. However, this time he didn't put too much force into it.
He kicked his right leg up at Lin's side again, his small leg barely reaching his target.
A sound of pain echoed through the field as his leg hit it's giant target.
Naturally, it was not Lin in pain; it was Koji who had yelled.
This was like an immovable object versus the most stoppable force possible!
Koji didn't mind the pain for much longer, after all the excruciating pain he felt while he ascended to a Transcendent was boundlessly worse.
If he was learning martial arts right now, Lin would have already stopped him from continuing this position; but this was just conditioning so he let it happen.
Koji did the same thing over many more times until he felt like giving up; he was not someone to keep hurting himself without an extremely good cause.
"I can't go anymore, I'm tired!"
He said while trying to catch his breath.
Lin simply sighed in defeat, he was not gonna press the matter but he was still disappointed with how early Koji gave up.
"Well, we will resume this tomorrow, and the next day; the day after that too until I am satisfied with the results."
Koji didn't like how his future was looking, but he was glad he could stop kicking Lin.
"Okay Koji, now the rest of your body! Start doing pushups kid."
Koji's face contorted into utter terror!
Pushups? Right now?!
He was already extremely tired!
"No!"
He was indignant about not doing any further activity.
But Lin's command was not suppressed.
"Do it now, don't make me have Ivory fight you again!"
Koji immediately started doing the pushups, no way would he fight that beast of a girl again!
His small arms struggled to keep him in the correct position as he began to do them. If he was any heavier than he was, most likely he would fall flat on his face after only five.
After around 20, Koji couldn't do anymore.
Lin shook his head, this was not exactly ideal.
"Kid, we're gonna have to work on this too..."
Overall, Koji was very flawed in the physical aspect.
But then Lin smiled again.
"Okay, onto the next conditioning practice!"
Suddenly, Koji saw Ivory get up from the stone she was sitting on; her dark green eyes shining with violent intent.
"Ivory here will kick you in the stomach three times, then we'll be done."
Koji wanted to scream as he heard this, what the fuck!?
He had to let this monster girl kick him?
This was like letting a tiger loose on a little kid!
"No way, she is not kicking me!"
He instantly replied, there was no possible way he would let this happen.
Lin was stubborn too.
"Fine, only once and tomorrow you can have a rest day."
Koji was overjoyed at the possibility of a rest day, but he was still afraid of Ivory's might.
Ivory suddenly spoke up, her voice piercing Koji's ears like a sword.
"No, I want to kick him in his privates!"
Koji's eyes widened as if he had just saw a murder happen right in front of him; what did this little shit just say?
'Kick me in my privates?! You little devil! How could a girl her age be so violent in the first place--I've never seen something like this!'
Koji's thoughts flowed like a river, he was petrified at this girls audacity.
Lin let out a nervous smile; he already had his speculations about what Ivory was going to say--this was something he didn't expect though.
"Uhm, Ivory; let's not do that... Maybe next time."
Ivory instinctively grumbled as her request was instantly shut down.
But Koji was still questioning the matter.
'What? He just said maybe next time; these people are insane! Everyone knows it's wrong to kick a guy in the privates!'
Of course, Koji's view was actually contradictory to his impulsive thoughts; although the idea of kicking people in the privates was truly deemed as malicious in modern day society, he couldn't care less about that. If it hurts them, it hurts them; if you win, you win.
But wasn't it a bit vulgar to subject someone to this type of treatment when you are already promised a free hit and no consequence?
Koji's internal debate about the matter continued, not bothering to check himself back to reality.
Well, reality would wait no longer for Koji.
Suddenly, Ivory swung her right leg up, her leg making a gust in the wind; it was like an alligator pouncing at it's unfortunate prey.
Her slender shin connected with Koji's small stomach, an absolutely devastating blow.
Koji winced like he was just shot!
He let out a grunt of utter pain, his face scrunching up and his body curling into a ball like he was a snail.
An overwhelming sensation of pain struck Koji's senses like a lightning bolt.
The vagary of Ivory's actions, the audacity, the brutality of them.
All of these notions were condensed into two feelings that assaulted Koji like he was a defenseless ant.
Pain and Nausea.
Koji couldn't bare it anymore, the immense need to throw his own guts up engulfed him like he was the only salvation to it's everlasting hunger.
Due to this, Koji was beyond helpless and was consumed by the erratic need.
He hunched over quickly, his mouth opening wide.
But suddenly, the intense feeling of nausea, the need to throw up had vanished into thin air.
"Kid, you could warn us before you decide to let your guts spill right in front of us."
Koji looked up, his vision being blurred by the suns rays and his mind still foggy from the feeling that had just spontaneously fainted away.
What he saw was a green ball of vines, it had released a green aura into Koji's body.
He quickly regained most of his senses, and also came back to mind.
'Stupid little bitch Ivory!'
Rather than dwelling in the curiosity of what had just healed him, his mind shifted towards anger.
Koji had an unsavory view towards violence, he also despised the concept of being angry at small things.
But it was like a fire burning in his mind, the impulsive urge to get back for what she did to him gradually grew stronger.
But although the spite in Koji's mind was at an all time high, he was not an unreasonable person.
'Stupid whore!'
He cursed at her in his mind, but he gradually calmed down.
'I can't just hit her back, not only would Lin stop me but she's just a child.'
His anger started to slowly become more subtle as he considered the situation at hand.
However, what he didn't expect was to hear a sound from Ivory.
She was actually crying!