intense...

after the kokabiel incident.. a lot of things happened such as xenovia became a devil and knight in Rias peerage, Irina had decided to go back to the church alone as xenovia had decided to become a devil which she despised....

everyone thought that the 4 Excalibur pieces were destroyed...(god knows where they are?).

.....

early in the morning hope wake up did some stretches, did jogging and exercise...

it was his daily habit to from childhood...

...

after getting ready he left the home to go to his academy..

hope- hope that today's day would be normal..

quatz- like you?

hope- yes.

quatz- then forget about it.

hope- 'tch'..

.....

after entering the classroom he sat on his chair..

he felt as if someone was staring daggers at him..

he tried to look who it was...but didn't find him..

hope- quatz who was staring me?

quatz- a pervert..

hope- I'm not talking about you, other than you..

quatz- 💢💢...

hope- hey what happened?

quatz- YOU!!! IF YOU HAD MET ME WHEN I WAS ALIVE, I WOULD HAVE ROASTED YOU STEAK!! AND WOULD HAVE EATEN YOU WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT!!!!!

hope- oh..but who was staring me?, this time seriously..

quatz- 'tch' it was that pervert girl named Aika...

hope- okay, but you should also stop staring me...

quatz- 💢💢 no!! I'll keep staring you untill you die!!

two figure came infront oh him as he was poking quatz around..

ise- g-good morning..*forced himself..because he was nervous..

Asia- good morning hope san.

hope- yeah good morning..

both thought 'why is today's morning so cold!'

.....

after the lectures were over a blonde haired handsome guy came towards hope as he was getting ready to leave....

kiba- hope san, you know me right?

hope- ah kiba, yes I know you..

kiba- so as decided will you come with me?

hope- sure.

after that hope followed kiba, they reached in an open space behind the ORC (occult research club)..

kiba- Hope San plz spare with me...

hope- okay, but why?

kiba- I know you are a very good swordsman...but I want to test the waters myself..

hope- okay but I can't use my katana as school does not allow me..

kiba- don't worry I have arranged wooden swords for that matter.

...after that both picked up thier swords and they took thier stance and started sparing...

*Tak *Tak *Tak (wooden swords).

the swords didn't last even 5 mins..

they kept picking up wooden swords to continue thier sparing....

30 mins passed like that..

that time Rias peerage/ORC members came to see what was happening...

they saw many of wooden swords broken all over ground...

rias- what are you guys doing!?

hope- sparing..

kiba- though we are not reaching the conclusion because swords keep breaking..

rias- kiba from when did you started behaving like ise? you could have asked my permission before, so that you can use real swords here..

ise- eh? what did I do?

kiba- sorry buchou I forgot...

rias- let it be, now I give permission to use your swords, I'll talk to the dean later.

hope- okay...

hearing that kiba called for his sword which came out of no where..

hope had to remove the wrapping on his swords to use it, he then adjusted it to his waist..

after that both took thier stance, kiba took a normal two handed sword stance while hope took the iaido stance....

after the start signal from Rias...

kiba charged towards hope, hope was on total defensive play..

after 5 mins hope and kiba moved away from each other.

what happened after that, shocked everyone..

kiba again charged towards hope but this time he didn't defend, he dodged, he kept dodging..and it was time when hope kicked kiba on his abdomen and pointed his sword on him..

kiba- you win....

xenovia- I challenge you! take both of us against you!

hope- okay..

quatz- crush that arrogant girl partner...

hope- you don't need to ask for it..