11 Chapter 11:A weapon's prodigy

3 years went by, and Kurokiba improved immensely as she also started hunting stray devils for food and taking other contracts with Kuroka. They had begun hunting a month after Kurokiba awakened her kagune and so far they had a perfect record and millions in cash. Kurokiba was now 14 years of age, but her physical appearance would fool one into thinking she was older by a year or two.

From there Kurokiba learned many fighting styles to make the most of her power to wield any weapon, so far she was adept at using rapiers, broadswords, katanas, ninjatō, scythe, bows, guns and cqc. This rapid advance in skill had earned her approval from her various teachers, they hailed her as a monster only seen once every 5000 years. She also started practicing creating her own magic. Her comprehension allowed her to take regular magic circles and add her own twist to the formula. Since humans didn't rely on a flexible magic system like devils, youkai or angels, Kurokiba had to work harder. She wrote down dozens of theoretical combinations of different magic circles, some failed in a spectacular explosion and some succeeded and boosted her power to a new height.

For some reason her talent with the spear wasn't as good as with other weapons so she had left it alone for now. Her physical prowess alone was enough to handle most strays and her magic also acted to support her fighting style.

She had learned to use lightning and fire spells with Kuroka's help. The two spells blended well when using her favourite sword which was the rapier.

Kuroka and Kurokiba would spar once every month and so far she could hold her own against the nekomata, their fights usually ended in Kurokiba losing but once in a while she would pull a surprise mid fight and win using the element of surprise. She used her kagune to shield, attack and manoeuvre while fighting. Unlike most people her extra appendages allowed her to make sudden stops, quick turns and they could be used as weapons to tear people apart.

Kurokiba hadn't failed to utilize on this and created a footwork specially made for her to easily change her stance, speed and weapon of choice mid fight. This made her unpredictable and a very dangerous opponent to fight against.

Today Kuroka had turned 14; it was her unofficial birthday since she didn't know her real day of birth just age, she now stood 50 centimetres taller than before and her black wavy hair reached gently over her shoulders; her black eyes stared ahead intently as she gripped two 60 cm long ninjatō in her hands, these blades were made from the bones of the first stray she had dealt with 3 years ago.

17 meters before her stood a very relaxed Kuroka, she licked her forearm playfully as she eyed her opponent. She had also grown sexier and more elegant in these 3 years. Her enchanting figure, playful smile and easy-going aura was very charming.

Seeing this, Kurokiba made the first move as she dashed towards Kuroka. She turned into a blur and suddenly appeared before Kuroka swinging the ninjatō on her left had downwards diagonally, Kuroka decided to jump back and evade the strike but Kurokiba quickly used her kagune briefly to change the trajectory of her swing. With a jump and a swing of the blade on her right. Kuroka was forced to block since she couldn't evade the second strike in time.

She used a staff to block the attack and casted three small fireballs to burn Kurokiba to a crisp. Nimbly evading the attack by using Kuroka's thigh as a foothold; Kurokiba jumped back and landed a few meters away from Kuroka.

"You've gotten faster." Kuroka commented as she fixed her relaxed stance and took on a more serious one.

"Yeah, it's been two months since you left with that white dragon weirdo and I had plenty of time to better myself." Kurokiba said smugly as she pointed her sword at Kuroka.

"Hmph! don't act cocky just because you got a little faster. I'm still going to beat you." Kuroka stated as she prepared a spell.

Saying nothing more, the two just stared at each other for a few seconds before their fight resumed once again.

This time Kuroka took to the sky and started raining down senjutsu infused fireballs along with beams of lightning. The training ground was quickly decimated as the two fought. Kurokiba ran around and used her Kagune to block most of the attacks, the extremely intense flames singed her Kagune a little but she recovered from those burns quickly.

The two reached a stalemate as both parties couldn't get an advantage on the other. Since Kuroka kept her distance and fired a barrage of spells she left Kurokiba no room to attack. Although Kurokiba had a few long range spells at her disposal close range fighting is where she truly excelled. She had speed, strength and endurance as part of her racial gift mix those qualities with her dexterity and Kurokiba could undoubtedly go against beings of monstrous strength and hold her own using her refined techniques to close the gap. Her magic was also nothing to scoff at but sadly she wasn't as talented at it as she was at wielding weapons, but that didn't stop her from adding magic attacks to her arsenal.

She now looked more mature, with plentiful breasts, a curvaceous body and round ass. Her short stature really didn't do much to dampen her charm, instead it made her much more attractive; her great figure and sultry temperament would drive any man insane, she also had a manly and refined feeling radiating from her which surprisingly blended well with her beauty.

Both Kuroka and Kurokiba had bonded over the years, their relationship going just beyond benefactors to something akin to sisters in arms. For them it was no longer unusual to do a lot of things together, and just hang out as friends would.

Kurokiba had also been a victim of this sly nekomata's charms on more than one occasion over the years, as a young girl going through puberty while also having to deal with her attraction to Kuroka, Kurokiba had found the experience from her prior life to be helpful in resisting such thoughts. That resistance was slowing being waned down by her instinct to have Kuroka to herself.

The two had gotten closer over the years as they relied on each other and risked their lives with every mission they went through, all over the planet and even sometimes in the underworld. Alas no matter how close they got Kurokiba had held herself back on multiple occasions not for the fact that she was about five times older than Kuroka she also couldn't bear to involve herself with other women after her wife died in the previous world. It also didn't help that Kuroka was obsessed with having powerful offspring, something that would be impossible for the current Kurokiba to give her, she could find alternatives but it would take a while, so in the end she summarized that it wouldn't work out between them. But even against such odds and undeniable facts, Kurokiba planned to claim Kuroka's heart today, she would confess her feelings and hope Kuroka felt the same.

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