Training Times (Ryouta, Ophella)

Beep.

Almost as soon as Kenny sent that message, the response was almost immediate, this time from Ryouta telling him to wait there so they would pick them up. Skadi and Ramona turned their head in response the D-Terminal's beep as well, and Skadi tried to look up, "Kenny, what does it say?" She asked, looking a little curious.

Kenny just looked at the message again, "He said to just wait for him. He's coming to get us in a minute." And with that, he put the D-Terminal into his bag and took a long glance at the station inside. It was almost like if he was back at Parramatta station all over again, except in lieu of humans, monsters were everywhere, and the odd tamer or two, "Still, can't help but admit this place is amazing. And hard to believe that we're actually near KIZNA's base, too. Just hope we can meet up with one of their member's today."

Skadi meanwhile put a hand to her chin, "Hey, speaking of meeting up, where's Ryouta and Valt, anyways? I was just starting to miss those guys." Kenny could only chuckle to himself remembering the last week, how Kenny and Skadi just happened to hit it off easily with Ryouta and Valt, the spontaneous, last minute bet before the battle with Cardinaldramon, the resulting forfeit seeing both of them get tossed into the river, only for the victors to join them on their own volition, and Valt's proposal to take the tamer and Digimon under his wing to make them heroes. All in record time too. It was almost enough to forget about his fears about potentially dangerous Ultimates that Cardinaldramon accidentally taught them about.

Almost.

Speak of the devil, Ryouta came in, wearing a small dogtag (or at least, looked like a dogtag) around his neck, and this time, a large white jacket, along with a giant blue dragon, resembling a much less bulky, armourless Cardinaldramon, but with a multitude of scars on him. And yet, the workers were greeting them, like an old friend. It was the Spartan Training Grounds all over again. Yet the giant blue dragon following Ryouta caught Kenny's attention, like a moth to flame. It was almost familiar in a way, "Is- is that Valt? He looks very ripped" Kenny muttered in awe.

"I think that is." Skadi replied. She didn't forget Valt mentioning his ExVeemon form to her just before he threw her in the lake, "He's an ExVeemon. They're very powerful Champion Digimon that possess sheer strength and power in combat."

"Thank God he's on our side then." Kenny remarked in response, before smiling slightly, "You know, if I was a kid, I'd be flipping out right now. Like, there's a live dragon, right then and there, right in front of me. It'd be like, the coolest thing ever."

And just as Kenny said that, Ryouta and Valt turned to see them and greeted them warmly and with a wave. Kenny and Skadi hadn't forgotten them themselves, warmly smiling and waving back (Ramona did wave, albeit a bit more calmly). "Hey Ryouta! Hey Valt! Long time no see!" Kenny called out to them. Ryouta greeted them back, before pulling out his own Infini-store, and handing her a cake box. Oh, right. Kenny thought, Skadi asked Ryouta to bring those cakes with him. Skadi's sweet tooth knows no bounds, it seems.

Skadi did not waste a single second opening the box almost immediately, and the moment she did, her mouth started to water, making Kenny chuckle again. "Wow! Thanks Ryouta!" She exclaimed happily. Valt would then tell her about the cakes and what he thought of them, making her mouth water more and gaze at them hungrily.

Jokingly, Kenny commented with a chuckle as he looked at his hungry partner, "You're not helping." He then tuned to Ryouta, "But seriously. Thanks guys. We really appreciate it. But it's best we save this for later." He took the box off Skadi, and put it into his own Infini-store, Skadi trying to make grabby hands all the while. "I'm sorry, Skadi. But maybe we should wait until after lunch to have these. I don't want you to get sick now."

Skadi still did feel a pang of disappointment, but smiled and nodded, "OK, Kenny. I understand" As per usual, Kenny leaned down and ruffled Skadi's hair, as she giggled. It had become his way of showing affection to Skadi, like his dad before him, who tended to ruffle his hair as a kid. Presumably, his grandad did it to his dad too. Valt then asked if the duo what they wanted to do first. Skadi clenched her fists in excitement. "Hell yeah, I'm ready to do some training! You ready to do some training, Kenny?" It was clear Skadi wasn't exactly the best at containing her excitement. She had been practically counting down the days before her first training session.

Kenny just sighed and chuckled. That Skadi had so much energy, she could practically power a whole city from her sheer enthusiasm. "Yeah, I think I'm ready as well. We can go sightsee later, to cool down. But I don't think the residents here would really appreciate us fighting in the middle of a train station, so why don't we go outsi-"

He stopped. Something shiny had caught his eye. Right there on Ryouta's coat was a badge. The KIZNA badge, just right there. Kenny just gasped slowly, before looking Ryouta dead in the eye. His amazement was practically undeniable. "Wait a minute: you guys are part of KIZNA? The KIZNA?" Ramona just looked at Kenny like if he went nuts. She spotted it way before anyone else, but declined to answer. But Kenny started to chuckle excitedly, "Holy shit! You guys didn't tell me you guys were part of KIZNA! That's amazing! You're amazing!" His chuckles started to grow into excited laughter. It was like if his young kid self had temporarily assumed control for a few moments. He then turned to Skadi, "You hear that, Skadi? They're part of KIZNA!"

"I know! I heard you!" Skadi felt just as, if not even more, excited to hear what they were. The fact that she had sparred with a KIZNA Digimon, of all Digimon, that past week had made her even more excited. "I can't believed I sparred with a Digimon from KIZNA! Goddramon, I'm so happy!" She giggled uncontrollably.

Finally, Kenny calmed down, and blushed a little from his embarrassing display. "Oh, uh, sorry Ryouta." He chucked as he rubbed the back of his head, "I was told on the way there we were going to where KIZNA usually is, and I heard about them during my time in the Digital World so far. And I was just hoping to meet one of them today, and you just happen to be one of those guys. Like I said, that's amazing, and you're amazing." Cue a quick sigh of happiness, before he continued, "So, uh, where should we go first?"

For someone who casually sparred with muscular lizardmen (and without being a Spirit Wielder himself), had a build that would make Machoke blush, and now turned out to be a part of one of the Digital World's biggest organisation, he turned out to be surprisingly modest about it... or perhaps unsurprisingly, considering when he fulfilled his part of the bet, he just jumped into the lake and laughed about it with Kenny, which killed any sort of a tough guy persona he had... and then Valt mentioned about Ryouta's alter-ego.

"Wait, alter ego?" Kenny spoke up. In almost the span of a few seconds, Ryouta had put on a weird mouthpiece, slicked his hair back, and introduced himself as 'Commander Tatsu', in a deeper, eerie voice, and a creepier, scarier disposition. Kenny's blood immediately ran cold, and he slowly stepped back as a fearful look spread on his face. Even the normally brave Skadi started to shiver a bit at the big scary man. "...sweet Jesus Christ." was all Kenny could get out at this point. The only one who was not intimidated was Ramona, who just glanced at the duo wryly.

It was of sheer relief that Ryouta quickly took off the mouthpiece and lightly teased them about it. The chuckles emitted by Kenny and Skadi after that was a mixture of light-hearted and heavy relief on their end. It turned out that Ryouta would use it to make it sound intimidating. "Heh. Thank God you're on our side, then." Kenny joked, with a sense of genuine relief. If anything, it just showed to him that being on Ryouta's bad side was the last thing he wanted to handle.

It was then Ryouta told them it was time for them to get out of the station. "Yeah, I guess we should. I've been wanting to check out more of this place, anyways." Kenny just smiled, and with that, the trio proceeded to follow Ryouta and Valt out of the station, Skadi looking up at Valt's Champion-level form with admiration. Weatherdramon was the closest thing to a Champion form she had, and that was a mere Armour. She was yet to reach her real Champion form, and to her, she was hoping Valt would rectify that as soon as possible.

And then Kenny, Skadi, and Ramona stepped outside into the city of Ys. And it was more spectacular than either the human, still trying to comprehend the whole scale of the Digital World, or the partner Digimon, who never stepped hoof in the city until now, had ever imagined. The city, accustomed to every Digimon of shape and size, practically made the steel walled Terminus City look like a bog-standard town. Just as Kenny thought he had seen it all, the Digital World and the residential Digimon would up and pull out the rug underneath him. At this point, he would be surprised if he wasn't surprised by what the Digital World would hit him with next. He was immediately snapped out of his daze by Ryouta, gesturing him and Skadi to get into an 'air cab'. And he quickly just rubbed his eyes. Was he dreaming? This sort of thing was something that wouldn't be out of place in a set of a very expensive sci-fi movie.

But first he had to take care of something. He turned to Ramona, "Hey Ramona, you coming?"

"Eh, you guys go ahead." Ramona shrugged at them, "I'll probably get some shopping done. I'm kind of running low on supplies. Call me when you guys are done, OK? I'll meet you back here." And with that, she turned and flew off to own little excursion. As for Kenny, his head was still spinning as he and Skadi climbed into the air cab and buckled up, Skadi just patting her partner's knee to help ease his nerve. The more he got deeper into the world of Digimon, the more he had to convince himself it wasn't a dream.

Then Ryouta asked about what they could do first, sightsee or train. Skadi just looked at her partner knowingly. "Well, it seems Skadi is really eager to start training, so yeah, maybe we should start training first, then we could wind down with a bit of sightseeing, if that's OK with you." Then he turned to Skadi, "But no bets without my permission. I swear, my dad was commenting about that 'weird pond smell' in the house the other night." He joked again, causing Skadi to giggle cheekily.

"Aw come on!" She commented, "You enjoyed it! Remember?" She proceeded to rib Kenny until he relented, in which he started chuckling himself.

"Okay, yeah, I admit it. I did enjoy it." He just felt more welcoming to this 'new Kenny' that had been developing inside of him. 'Old Kenny' would never approve of this. He'd probably be running off in fear, or trying to fight back pathetically the second Ryouta grabbed him, And blubbering the second he hit the water. Skadi, in a way, was the foundation that 'new Kenny' was being built upon. And only just recently he was starting to notice it.

But questions about KIZNA had been building up in his head constantly, so why not use that now to try and break the ice while they waited for the air cab to take them? "So, Ryouta, Valt," he started, "What's it like working for KIZNA?" Probably a dumb question to ask, because of all the attention muscular young adult got (seriously, he was like a minor celebrity at this point), and the little chat with the friendly Ranamon on the Trailmon, but hey, straight from the horse's mouth.

Valt seemed really prideful about Ys, and to be honest, he had every right to be. Although him namedropping Hikaru (one of Bezil's 2 biological dads) had hit Kenny and Skadi like a ton of bricks, after talking about a 'misbilling' for the city. If he was the leader of KIZNA, then did he really run the city itself as well? Then he had to take the form of a majestic entity, rivalling even Gods. He had to ask that later.

As the airship took off, Ramona had listened, going off to follow the signs as was required. She did need a bit of time all to herself, and she did feel the bits were weighing her down a little bit. Kenny and Skadi waved as Ramona flew off into the station, and she turned a little and waved back with a genuine smile. Despite her snarkiness, she had grown quite an attachment to the boy and lamb duo.

If anything, she remembered to get them a little something.

Kenny and Skadi’s memory of the bet that left all parties (except Gam and Ramona) soaking wet had managed to jog Valt's own memory, suggesting that this time, the loser would be pelted with snowballs. Immediately Skadi blurted out "That sounds go-", before Kenny clamped his hand over her mouth again. And Ryouta seemed to be on the same boat, as he pointed out that the snow there was too salty to use.

"Well, how about we save that for Snowflake Vill-" Another mouth clamp. While it may sound like fun, Kenny wasn't easily going to admit to it. But Skadi was essentially the bridge that got Kenny to interact with others more. And if it wasn't for her, he'd probably remain lonely for the rest of his days.

That was when Kenny popped the question about working for KIZNA, and… good Lord, that was quite the doozy to listen to. Ryouta had clarified that he didn't exactly 'work for KIZNA' and Valt would ask a rhetorical question about working as a boss at a store. "Hmm… well, back home, my dad always did tell me that when you get your first job, you'll finally be able to support yourself, and not just financially. So I'd say it be the latter, if I'm correct."

As Valt went on about his and Ryouta's role in KIZNA, he proceeded to elaborate on the details, including pointing out they were the team 'cadre' and elaborating on that detail, the team's humble beginnings, the expansion into a full-fledged organization, and mentioning the (other) leader, Itou Yuuki, all the while Kenny and Skadi listened keenly. The more Valt had told them about KIZNA, the more amazing these people seemed. No wonder people like the friendly Ranamon on the train seemed to fawn over them.

Valt would then tell them about 'merely joining KIZNA' while pointing at the adjacent building.
Despite the fact that it was only used for job interviews, it still looked pretty damn impressive from the outset as Kenny and Skadi looked outside, the former letting out a small but amazed "Wow." as he looked at the building. Nothing in the real world back at home compared to this. Ryouta would then explain that in order to join the team proper, somebody had to directly invite you to the team. And you know what? Kenny did seem interested about joining at this point. He nodded keenly as Ryouta finished up, but before he could say anything...

Valt had made quite the proposal to Skadi at today's training: if she managed to digivolve into her proper Champion form in the training session (so no falling back on Weatherdramon), he would try and get the duo onto the team, and Ryouta agreed. Immediately, Kenny's eyes widened in surprise, and Skadi gasped loudly. She wanted to reach Champion for a while now. She wanted to get stronger, not just to protect the world, but Kenny as well. She didn't hesitate. "I accept!" She proclaimed excitedly. "I shall not let you down today, senpai!."

Kenny could only chuckle happily as he ruffled Skadi's hair happily. "Well, I guess if she's up for it, then I'm up for it too, then. Thank you, Ryouta." He told him, "I've put a lot of my faith in Skadi ever since we became friends, and I really think it's going to pay off big time today, now that you mention it."

He hoped so. Inside, he prayed to God, Buddha and Arceus that he wouldn't hold his partner back by mistake.

When Ophelia had gotten the message, she would've been snuggled up to her sister - Cassie - in their room. The Spadamon and Gomamon-X duo would be in a practical nest of pillows, blankets - anything comfortable and warm that they found and could get their hands on. Soft purring would be audible as Ophelia and Cassie groomed each other - Ophelia running her claws thru the fluff atop Cassie's head and her chest to detangle it, whilst she combed a clawed fin thru Ophelia's mane. It was a calm and soothing bonding activity for them - something the whole family would do sometimes, when snuggled up in the den.

As the D-Nexus would beep though, Ophelia's ears pricked - and she'd glance down to her pouches, set next to the 'nest' - having taken her belt and armor off, so that Cassie wasn't uncomfortable snuggled up against hard metal. Cassie, too, seemed to notice this - glancing over to the pouch as well. "Did someone message you..?" She would ask - to which Ophelia mentioned "Think so." The Spadamon would reach over to the pouch - digging out her D-Nexus to glance to the screen. Huh, it was from Valt - was it one of those surprise training sessions again...? Ophelia would read over the message - before her ears would prick, and her tail tip began to swish excitedly. A couple of juniors? More training?? Hell yeah!

Cassie would glance over to read the messages as well, before giggling a bit. "I guess we better start getting ready, and head out there, huh?" She'd muse - eliciting a laugh and a fistpump from Ophelia - "Hell yeah we are!" - as she hopped up out of the nest - already getting everything together. She would put on her armor piece by piece - rolling her shoulders and stretching her muscles as she did - before fixing her bandana so that it wasn't underneath her breastplate, and putting on her belt - attaching her pouches and sword at her hips. "C'mon, let's get going!" Ophelia would call, already out the room - Cassie would have to call "H-hey, wait up!" with a laugh as she scrambled after!. On the smooth floors of the Sanctum, it was hard for her to find traction to carry herself along, as though it was ice - but she didn't want to scratch up the floor by digging her claws in, either!

The notion of a new couple of sparring partners had Ophelia excited, though - almost enough so that she had considered actually arriving on time! Out of context, that might've sounded somewhat irresponsible of her, to purposefully wait out the 15 minutes... But in truth, Ophelia enjoyed the idea of getting extra training - she enjoyed pushing herself to her limit, which she sometimes felt that Valt was a bit coddling over. She could take it, she liked pushing herself! Yet he always seemed to insist on limiting herself, (which sometimes led to her secretly training on her own, or wrestling with Cassie, elsewhere - until she felt satisfied.) Though... there also was the possibility that these time limits were actually Valt joking around, which Ophelia never did really give much thought, either.

Either way, though, it would be - as Valt indicated - 15 minutes before Ophelia would arrive. She could already pick up Valt and Ryouta's scents, as well as the scents of a couple new individuals - a human and a digimon - as she walked in the front door of the Gym. The duo would make their way to the elevator in the back - Ophelia flashing the badge on her bandana - before getting in... She was never told which floor to go to, though, but... She supposed the best guess would be to start from the 7th floor and work her way up.

Thus, 15 minutes after Valt's message, the elevators would open to reveal the Spadamon and Gomamon-X duo. All the way here though, the notion of having a couple of new sparring buddies, a couple newbies to help train, had excitement building in Ophelia. To the point that, the second the doors opened...

... Ophelia would near-instantly be on Kenny and Skadi, the hyperactive Spadamon practically pouncing on the nearest of the duo! "Mrrrow!" "O-Ophi!" Cassie called - startled to see Ophelia get so ahead of herself like this, and would begin to come over to make sure nobody got hurt. And Ophi said that SHE was bad about bowling people over! "E-Everyone okay here??" She'd call to the trio.

"Eh? Ah, no it's nothing, just a strange feeling that's all..." Ryouta admitted inside the elevator. "Thing with seventh floor is that it's something of a huge privilege. I don't really know if I can get used to it so to say. It felt almost cheating. Do you get what I mean? I dunno..."

Ryouta leaned on the wall of the lift. "I grew up in... less than economically blessed family. I still remembered I used to have to share my meal with my younger siblings... my father got swindled by his business partner you see, so it ended up with our family bankrupt. I mean, we were moving to Shibuya, sold our house in Nerima, and we have this great, shiny new store and new house, and suddenly it all goes down. Debt left and right, we have to sell our house, sell the store, and we moved to small, cramped apartment... six of us. My father, mother, me, and my three younger siblings. My youngest siblings, twins they are, was still very young you see..."

Ding, the elevator opened. Ryouta the rest came out first before he get out himself.

"well, we're doing a bit better now, but thinking it again, I guess because of this humble beginning I don't really feel right with this privilege... but at the same time if I don't have this sort of privilege, then it's just like saying that I'm not really a leader I guess? Leader after all need certain privilege and something to show off... but even so it felt odd to me... eh well..."

Ophelia's appearance however just snaps him out of it. "No no, just let her be, she's harmless, well, not to enemies though" Ryouta commented. "Just... very excitable."

Valt was the one who took the cue and instead gently lifted Ophelia by her sides and put her down gently to the floor beside him. He pat her head in affectionate manner. "Well, as you can see you two, this is Ophelia, nicknamed Ophi. Over there is her sister Cassie. Ophelia is your senior disciple, so she's like your senpai while I'm your dai-senpai or something. Anyway, Ophi, this is Skadi, this is Kenny, they're your juniors. As senior disciple and junior disciple, please give them pointers in case I'm too busy in case they need it later, alright?"

"So, ahem, with Ophelia here, I guess you guys are ready to see what the seventh floor is like. The seventh floor are mostly the training floor for KIZNA cadres. From weight machines, to treadmills, to striker machines to increase your defense, we have it all. Farther down over there from the lift section is the sparring area. So, thing is, I'll declare our menu for now, Kenny... and Valt will train Ophi and Skadi."

Valt grinned at the two and brings them further in, to where the sparring area is.

Meanwhile, as for Ryouta, he of course leads Kenny closer to the area, but not too close obviously.

"So, first day as usual will be easy enough. We're just going to check how strong are you, how durable you are, what's your stamina and such. Oh but first, before you start training I guess it's best if you wear these..." Ryouta passed over some armors that looked like... martial artist safety armor, but it have more parts than those. Chest parts, legs parts, shoulder guards, arm bracers, and of course the helmet.

"In total it weights about five kilos I think. Good enough for added weight don't you think? We're just going to do things slowly. Let's start with some warmups and stretching. Do you know how to?"

Deeper in, Valt patted both Ophelia and Skadi.

"Skadi, I know you're already up against some other Digimons in spartan training ground, and I heard you also have some good experiences in real battle... However, this time, I want you to fight against someone that's probably as damn tenacious as you are if not more. Ophelia is well suited for this. You guys will spar, but don't go all out.. If any of you guys had enough, just say 'stop'... but I think I'll call the stop first because I feel two of you doesn't know when to stop really..."

Either way, Valt opened the arena border.

"Any projectile that passed the wall will be neutralized, so there won't be any misfire or anything like that. Either way, if you agreed to this, step in. If you got any questions, you may ask it before entering."

As Ryouta explained his story to Kenny, the latter looked a little downhearted himself. This was the same guy who, from what Kenny had seen so far, got a lot of love at both the Spartan Training Grounds and the Ys Station. And Kenny would practically kill for that sort of respect from anyone that wasn't his dad or Skadi.

But in the present, the presence of the lioness had practically lightened his mood, telling him how she was harmless, and the lioness happily greeting him herself, Skadi loosening her grip and giggling at her partner's embarrassing stance as he blushed. A small white glint gleamed off the bandanna, and the man and sheep's eyes laid onto an all-too-familiar badge, not too dissimilar to Ryouta's own: the KIZNA badge. She was one of them as well. As Valt lifted Ophelia off the ground and pet her on the head, Kenny himself took the opportunity to lift himself off the ground. "Heh, thank God then. Although, my butt does hurt a little from that tackle, I must admit." He chuckled.

Valt would then introduce the two pairs to each other, the lioness and the hairy seal being Ophelia and Cassie, respectively, and, according to the ExVeemon, Kenny and Skadi would be their juniors, a senpai, if you will. As Ophelia and Cassie introduced themselves, Kenny and Skadi opted to do so likewise; Kenny smiled at the beaming Digimon duo back, "Nice to meet you, too, Ophelia and Cassie. My partner here's Skadi, and she's a Valaismon."

Skadi was a little (read: a lot) more enthusiastic, running up close to Ophelia and lifted her hand for a high-five from her new friend. "Me too! Gimme five, Oph!" Kenny just chuckled and shook his head. Ophelia and Cassie were getting their first taste of pure, unfiltered Skadi. But who were these guys supposed to be?

He had to ask Skadi quickly. After all, he felt it might be a little rude to scan them openly without permission. "Hey Skadi, what type of Digimon are Ophelia and Cassie supposed to be? I gotta admit, Ophelia looks really adorable." This time, Hawkeye's words about using certain terms when referring to other Digimon rang in his head, so he made sure to word himself to not come off as rude.

No matter if she was successful in her hive-five or not, the Valaismon would then turn her attention to Kenny in response to his question and comment, gesturing to the fun-sized lioness, "Ophelia's a Spadamon, a Weapon Digimon who wields their trusty blade in combat," then she gestured to the hairy seal, "And Cassie's a Gomamon-X. Their claws are said to be tough enough to break through solid ice." Then she turned back to them, "We met Ryouta and Valt-senpai back at the Spartan Training Grounds. I sparred with Valt-senpai, and then he said I was great, and he made me one of his disciples!" She announced proudly. Being trained by a master who would was awesome enough, but being trained by a member of KIZNA itself? Now that kicked a whole new level of ass.

Maybe it was a little rude to ask about their individual species, but there were like millions of Digimon roaming around, and for someone still getting used to it, it wouldn't hurt to ask for him, still, "Sorry about that, guys. I'm still trying to learn about all the Digimon so far. It just seems that everywhere I go, there's like a new Digimon I have to understand. Not that I mind, of course." He just glanced at Valt and Ryouta with a sly knowing smile. Unless Ryouta and Valt had told Ophelia and Cassie between the first spar and right now, only the 3 boys and 1 girl knew about the full details about what happened, including Skadi's last minute bet, and the subsequent aftermath,

So it was agreed. Valt would train Ophelia and Skadi, while Ryouta would train Kenny. Skadi practically bounded along happily following Valt as she and Ophelia. Kenny meanwhile, followed Ryouta for his own training. But he kept glancing between Ryouta and Skadi, noting about the latter's unconstrained excitement. His mind snapped back to now, however, as Ryouta informed him what the training would be like, and handed him some armour. "Thank you." He said, before taking the armour and putting it on him. It felt a little heavy on him, but hey, he would eat whatever was on his plate. And besides, last time, when he felt Ryouta pick him up to toss him into the lake... well, let's just say he was still a bit surprised Ryouta didn't snap his spine in half by accident..

As for known warm-ups and stretches? Well, Kenny wasn't much of a sportsman (other than going to watch the NRL and rooting for the Sydney Roosters and heckling the Parramatta Eels as a wee lad with his dad), and P.E was hell, but... "Yeah, I do know a few stretches myself." He lifted an arm over his head, and grabbed his elbow with his other, pulling it a little bit further, then holding it for a few seconds, before switching to his other arm and repeating.

As for Skadi, she was no less receptive to Valt's head pats as was Ophelia, letting out an euphoric, eardrum soothingly bleat as she rubbed her head on Valt's palm like a puppy to it's owner. And like Ophelia, she also listened thoroughly to Valt's instructions, because why not, she wanted to impress him, and she wanted her and Kenny in on KIZNA, but then Valt had to mention about how neither side didn't know when to stop.

"Understatement of the freaking millennium, Valt!" Kenny called out. Probably not the best time to call out when you're supposed to be training with someone, but he couldn't resist. Skadi giggled a little at that comment. And the second Valt opened the border, the second Skadi leapt in. Kenny just looked at his partner and smiled, "Good luck, Skadi."

Ophelia seemed to opt to let Skadi attack first. And the first thing that came to mind was the Arkadimon fight and the Cardinaldramon fight. When Skadi charged at Arkadimon, she left herself open to an attack that destabilised her data for a bit. And when she fired that stream of energy at Valt when he wasn't taken off guard yet, he dodged it without a second thought. And she was ready to show everyone here what she learnt so far. Immediately taking in a large gasp of air, she then belted out her first attack: "ECHO BLEAT!!!"

This time, her bleat was a little bit more restrained, as she was sparring rather than trying to kill, unlike with Arkadimon. But it was no less ear-splitting and loud and powerful as her bleat rocked the air and shockwaves flew at Ophelia, aiming to knock her off her feet, and leave her open to attack. Either way, she was excited, and she hoped Ophelia would give her a chance to digivolve to her true Champion form this fight.

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Skadi opts to take the first strike with a powerful Echo Bleat aimed at Ophelia, aiming to knock her off her feet.

Echo Bleat: Bleats loudly, sending shockwaves at the enemy, which is capable of causing damage and/or, disorientation, including knocking them over on their feet. Flying Digimon may be affected by screwing up their flap patterns from the disorientation, knocking them onto the ground and leaving them open to attack. This latter effect can also affect Champions (albeit not as much), but not Ultimate and above. Does not incur friendly fire. (2 post cooldown).

COOLDOWNS:
Echo Bleat: 0/2