Chapter 86: Manifesting

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Koneko walked in, shutting the door behind her as she allowed her true features to show. "Hey." She murmured with a vibrant blush as she saw Lelouch was in just his underwear.

He was skinny, skinnier than Issei and Kiba, but there were signs of muscles on him that kept him from looking like a stick.

He looked good. Her ears were perked up, tense as she listened for anyone walking by the room, her tail was twitching from side to side.

"Sorry bout earlier, Shirone." Lelouch murmured through a large yawn, covering his mouth. "Forgot to head left instead of right." He stretched his arms across his chest, feeling so much better after that soak in that hot springs.

'I wonder if there were rejuvenating spells cast on it?' He thought to himself as he tried to fight off his exhaustion for a little while more while his friend was still in his room.

"It's okay. I didn't mind." Shirone whispered as she stood in front of the man who made her heart flutter. Lelouch's eyes widened at her admission.

Suddenly feeling nervous, she added on to her earlier statement. "I know it was an accident, and you left right away. I know the perv wouldn't have done the same." Her voice went dull when she mentioned Issei.

"I see your point." Lelouch mumbled through a yawn, looking at his friend tiredly. "Why're you here?" His voice slurred slightly as he found his tongue rebelling against him. A tired snort escaped his nose at that thought.

'Maybe now isn't a good time.' The Nekoshou thought to herself as she noticed her friend's exhaustion. "I just wanted to say good luck tomorrow, training will be tough but I know you'll be able to do well." She said as her courage failed her. Turning, she left the room to head to her own bed, bidding the Knight goodnight.

As the door shut behind her, Koneko sighed. 'I'm a coward.' She thought as she looked down at the floor.

The Devil slowly made her way back to her bedroom, angry at herself. 'I'm afraid.' She silently admitted. Koneko was afraid of what Lelouch thought of her, whether it was her physical appearance or other things about her that she wanted him to like.

When he had accidentally walked in on her changing into her sleeping clothes, her heart had stopped.

Seeing him, dressed in nothing but his pants, a towel thrown carelessly over his shoulder, and a basket carrying the rest of his clothes in his arms had caused her throat to tighten and her heart to flutter rapidly.

His hair had been all mussed up from the water and steam and his body had been glistening as he had yet to fully dry himself off.

Akeno's humming sounded out from the girl's room, prompting Koneko to look at the sadistic Devil's door before opening her own to go to bed.

The fifteen-year-old Nekoshou slipped out of her thigh-length white bathrobe, but decided to keep her black panties on as she crawled under the covers.

The steam had soaked her well and she was too sweaty to want to wear anything else right now. She barely wanted to sleep under the covers.

Rolling around in the silk sheets as she tried to get comfortable, Koneko closed her eyes to try and force herself to fall asleep. 'Why would Lelouch ever like me?' She wondered why she had ever entertained the thought as she drifted to sleep.

Day one of training was proving to be utter hell.

Lelouch grunted as he carried a boulder that was tied to his waist up a hill next to Issei. His magic had recovered thanks to the healing properties of the hot spring, according to Rias, but because he had been cheating she was forcing him to build up his physical strength and Akeno was on standby to zap him with lightning if he showed any signs of using magic to increase his strength.

"Come on, you can do better than that!" Akeno sent a bolt of encouragement to Lelouch.

Lelouch twitched as he managed to bend himself out of the way and avoid having his ass shocked. Again. He glared as he heaved his way up just a little bit further, turning to give Akeno the evil eye as she giggled while sitting on his boulder.

"I will beat your ass into the ground." He growled, his eyes flashing before another bolt of lightning nearly singed his hair. He jumped forward with a yelp, finally reaching the top where he collapsed to the ground on his hands and knees.

"Promises, promises." Akeno jumped off and watched as Issei collapsed next to Lelouch, both of them panting in exhaustion, Rias jumping off of his boulder. "Alright, now that the first part's out of the way, it's time for the two of you to destroy the boulders!" Rias said, grinning at their hateful glares the two sent her and Akeno's way.

"No magic, no powers, just your bare fists." She giggled, making herself comfortable on the ground as she prepared to supervise with her Queen.

Lelouch grumbled as he undid the rope, sighing as he was freed from his constraints. "This is gonna hurt." He mumbled, watching as Issei started up a little before him and shouted in pain after punching the boulder. Setting himself in a stance, he threw a hard punch forward as strong as he could.

The boulder didn't even budge. More dirt came off the boulder than anything else and, as Lelouch held his knuckles, he groaned. "This is gonna suck."

Four hours after he and Issei had their bleeding and bruised knuckles healed by Asia when it became clear neither of them was going to break their boulders, Lelouch found himself with Koneko alone in the woods while Issei was inside with Asia and Akeno to learn about manifesting magical power.

Once again, he was forbidden from using his magical power to augment his strength, but, as he jumped to the side to avoid Koneko's right hook, he realized that his speed advantage was greater which allowed him to dodge Koneko's powerful, but slow, attacks.

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