New Trainer?

A/N: I'm really bad at training montages lol, so I'm skipping the training. I'll probably give a summary over what MC learned in the time skip.

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10 years later:

I lean left, letting the lightning bolt pass harmlessly, and run towards my opponent. Summoning my own lightning to my hands, I try a chop to her head, getting a slap to my hand in return. The lightning infused hand slams into the ground, and the lightning disperses, with only a hole in the ground to show it.

Not letting up, I twist my body and elbow her stomach, making her grunt, and immediately jump up to kick her face.

Mother summons her winds and pushes me back, making the kick miss her body by two meters. But.. she has a surprise waiting for her.

As soon as the kick is finished, a blade of wind is released by my kick, towards the wide eyed figure of my mother. Getting out of her shock, Mother points a palm at the blade, and summons a small tornado around herself, making the blade slam into it and defending her.

Sighing in despair, I point at her and say, "I almost had you this time!"

Mother chuckles, and just dusts her shoulder. She says, "Almost is not winning, Theos. Try again."

In the years since my lessons started, I blew through everything mother could teach me. Sure, the starting exercises took a long time for me, but it was worth it.

I spent almost 2 years practicing only manipulation of trees, and plants, along with a bit of weighted exercise. Where before, in the beginning, I could just grow a small sapling and control it a little, now I could do it to practically any tree around me.

I had begun my training in actual Mokuton, like Hashirama used to do, by growing trees without the need of a seed, but it was still slow going.

Once I'd begun my Mokuton, I'd realized that I get tired really easily when using my.. Magic. I can't call it just energy, because I have two types of it. And it ain't the two parts of Chakra.

I got the Magic from my mother Gaea, with an intrinsic connection to the planet Earth, and the Universal Energies surrounding it. That also gave me weather manipulation, which I was still a noob at.

I could only just mimic the Lightning and Wind elements, but only if they're close to my bodies. The wind blade is the extent of my reach, and I had just learned to do it.

As for my mum Madonna, that was a problem. I know, there's Cosmic Energy within me, and a connection to.. somewhere. But try as I might, I cannot utilise it. Nothing I've tried has worked so far.

Not even the stupid ass cultivation shit I spent months remembering.

So, I just decided to focus more on mother's gifts itself.

Nature. My whole dominion was Nature. I can talk to animals, manipulate plants, and I can control the Elements. Control. Not just cast elemental spells at someone, control. I mean, I will be able to, once I master them.

Once mother deemed me ready to learn to control the Elements, she began with teaching me how to fight.

Despite being gentle as she is, she is ruthless when it comes to fighting. According to her, she is the strongest being currently on the planet, like Physically strongest, and can defeat each and every one of the Skyfathers in a test of strength.

She just prefers not to fight, and would rather look for a peaceful solution.

Under her, I spent 5 years learning just plain fighting, using all the tricks in my sleeves, and when to use them. As you just saw, I was still not skilled enough to defeat her. And I know for a fact, that she's holding back.

After that, she began with the actual elements. For that, I took inspiration from the anime I surprisingly still remember. Naruto.

Well, not that surprising really. I still remember what I looked like, and I remember most of what I'd remembered when I died.

It's not eidetic memory, but it's just that.. I haven't forgotten anything I knew about when I died. Before that, forgetting was fair game.

So, yeah. I can imbue any part of my body with Lightning, but on a really low level for now, and I can emit wind blades from my hands and legs. Other than that, I can just use wind walls as a defence.

So, cutting and defending is all I've learned in the 3 years I've been doing this. Give me a break, it's hard alright! It's a problem with Immortality. I do it perfectly, or I keep practicing until I perfect it. But, I do know how to improvise using just those moves.

Cracking my neck, I change tactics for this fight, and breathe in, as much as I can. Once I'm full, which barely takes a second, I blow out wind blades, consecutively, with making a random blade stronger than the rest.

As mother summons her tornado again, I imbue myself with Lightning, and jump, using the Lightning to increase the Strength of my jump. As I reach the top, I again use wind blades, only this time, to propel myself downwards, through the open top of the tornado and towards my mother.

My mother had already seen me approach though, so she takes a step back, dodging my kick, and punches her left fist at my cheek.

Lightning still coursing through me, I see the fist coming, and dodge, letting it pass to my left. Using a lot of wind to propel myself faster, I kick mother in the guts, and send her a few steps back.

Not letting her get out of her shock, I summon lightning in my arms, and punch at her head, hoping to knock her out.

While my fist moves towards her dazed head, I realize, that I'm about to punch my mother in the head, and I just kicked the womb that birthed me. But.. it was too late to stop myself now.

Suddenly, a tree erupts from the ground beneath me, and binds my arm a foot away from mother's head.

Sighing in relief, as I did not actually want to punch mother's face, despite trying so hard, I let the elements dissipate as mother gets up, dusting herself.

"Are you alright?" I ask, looking at her in concern, still locked in the tree.

Mother chuckles, and clicks her fingers. With a green flash, the dust on her clothes, and body drop down on the ground, and she looks as immaculate as ever.

Letting the tree free me, she says, "You hesitated, Theos. Why is that?"

I notice that her voice has genuine curiosity in it, and she was not being patronising.

Sighing, I look down, ashamed, and mumble out, "I did not want to hurt you."

I feel a hand on my head, as mother chuckles. Damn my 4 feet height. She kisses my forehead, and says, "While I appreciate the sentiment, by hesitating while training, you are only holding yourself back."

Seeing me still looking down, Mother sighs, and kneels down in front of me. She pulls my face so I'm looking at her, and says, "I cannot be hurt, Theos. Not by you, not by the Celestials, and not by the God Killer your Mother faced. At least, not until they destroy the planet itself, and even then, some of my essence will live on."

Wiping the blood from my cheek, she smiles and says, "You don't have to hold yourself back while training, Theos. Even if you do hurt me, I can heal myself as long as I'm on this planet."

"I know that, okay. I just.. I cannot lose you too.." I yell the first part, but mumble the last.

While I do remember my previous family, and I loved them dearly, I'd only been with them for 2 decades. I've known Gaea as my mother for over 7 decades now, and I've seen Mum Madonna in my dreams for just as long. They are my parents now, and I've already lost one. I'm afraid of losing the other, despite knowing she's immortal.

Mother sighs, and stands up. I feel her magic rejuvenating me, and healing my wounds, as she says, "Well.. no need bickering now. You've already passed your test and we can move on to your next lessons."

"Huh? What- how did I pass the test? What test?!" I ask, looking more and more confused at her admission.

Mother chuckles and gives me her hand, which I hold. She starts walking us towards our house, and says, "Our spars were to make you think on your feet. You think I haven't seen the wind blades anywhere else? While it was a surprise that you've thought to use them this early in life, it was not something I did not see coming."

I listen attentively, taking her words to heart. She is billions of years old, while I'm 70.

As I look at her in wonder, mother says, "My goal for you, was to hit me successfully. And you did it, harder than I'd expected even. So, good job, son."

I beam at her, forgetting the earlier hesitation, and ask, "How did I do then, mother? In detail, please?"

Seeing my pleading eyes, mother rolls her own eyes, and says, "You were adequate, if I don't consider your age and size. Your strength still needs work, and your stealth is abysmal."

Seeing my slowly dropping face, she adds, "If I do consider your age and size, you did spectacularly. I especially like the way you utilise the Elements creatively. Where did you learn that, by the way? But, your elements still do need some work. It's too weak to harm any animal, let alone Gods and demons."

"Haha! Yup. The creativity is all mine! I did not copy it from anywhere." I say, nodding to myself, and chuckling a bit nervously.

"Hmm.." Mother looks at me, and just shakes her head. She sighs, and says, "Not even entered puberty and began lying to his poor mother." Making me stumble a bit.

Ignoring my stumble, mother walks through the open door, and sits at the table. Inviting me to sit in front of her, mother says, "Now, the next step if your training is harder than anything you've ever done before, and I'm going to get another teacher for you."

"Why?" I ask, with two emotions openly showing on my face. Curiosity, as I haven't met anyone else in the last couple decades, as it's been 20 years since Oshtur visited.

The other Gods don't know about this Island, or even it's existence. Heck, they don't even know I exist, which is how I'd prefer it.

If these Gods are anything like the ones I read about, then they're really territorial, and wouldn't hesitate while trying to kill me. Trying, because I don't think mother will let them succeed.

Mother pats my head softly to bring my attention back to her, and says, "This is a subject I'm not much experienced in. The one I'm bringing is the foremost expert in the subject, even amongst all the Gods. Plus, she owes me a favour... or a hundred."

Ohhhkay.. now I'm curious, and it shows on my face. I'm shit at hiding my emotions, at least for now. I ask, "What subject are we talking about, and who are you calling?"

Mother chuckles, a bit darker than I'd expect her to, and says, "Physical Combat, Theos. Fighting. While I taught you the basics, and made you think on your feet, this new teacher will make you the best fighter on this planet."

Softening her eyes, she looks at my horrified face, and says, "You will curse her, a lot. But in the end, you will most definitely thank her, Theos. Be ready, Scathach will come pick you up in a week."

Scathach? Who the fuck is that? Wait. "Pick me up? Where am I going? And when was this decided?" I ask, looking at the woman in front of me incredulously.

Cheerfully, mother exclaims, "Why, I just decided it, my son. I have yet to talk to her, even. But don't worry, you won't be far."

Saying that, mother shoos me out towards the waterfall, as she begins preparing the food.

Scathach. I've definitely heard that name, and I even remember searching for it on the wikia website. But for fuck's sake, I cannot remember who exactly she is!

Well, I'll find out in a week anyway, if she agrees that is.

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A/N: Scathach is someone lauded as one if the best Warrior Gods, but surprisingly, she's way too much underused. I've read just one Marvel fic where she is the trainer, and it got dropped after like 6 chapters.

There isn't much information on her Marvel counterpart, so I'm going to take most from her actual Mythology, and some of my own twist.

No, she won't be the Waifu, as I barely know her character.

Anyway, Tata!