Daisuke opened his eyes and could still feel the two sisters by his side, sleeping soundly. At the other sides of the room he could see Satoru already up and out of bed, strapping on his sword as if readying himself for battle, and Hina, still sound asleep. Satoru looked beside him and saw Daisuke, looking back at him.Mikasa and Hina were still both sound asleep, and the atmosphere showed that it was still dawn, maybe and hour or two before sunrise. This most likely meant that Daisuke and Satoru had barely slept for three hours that night, which made the young man wonder if he had gotten a long rest in the previous afternoon. "I thought I was going to have to wake you up, brat" Satoru said to Daisuke. "Come on, we have a long day ahead of us."Daisuke sighed as he gently got out of bed, careful not to wake the other two.Mikasa had told him before bed that her husband, Satoru would teach him more about how to weild and idea sword. Part

"Aya, what sort of wood is this?" asked Hina, who obviously knew the answer to that question, but was just using it as a means of teaching the amateur archer. "Hawthorn wood" Aya replied as she picked a piece up and examined it closely. "I think it is." "Good" Hina commended, still picking up pieces of wood and metal. "Any idea why we chose this kind of wood for our arrows?" "Because wood from the hawthorn tree is especially strong and tough" Aya replied as she picked another piece of sharp wood. "Good" Hina said. "It is also because it burns with the highest level of heat when used to fuel fire. Now, how would this be effective against stronger opponents?" "It would be most effective by its durability and affinity to both hardness and heat" Aya responded as she stood erect, looking around for any stray piece of wood or metal nearby. "You have spokem correctly, Aya" Hina said. "Now look around you. The

For the next three days the wild elven trio taught Daisuke and his companions, giving them the basics of everything they had known for a long time and leaving it to them to practice and learn by themselves, even though they barely had time to master it all. By the end of the second day, Hina and Aya had finished making a new quiver full of arrows, all refined pieces of wood with a sharpened tip. She was now learning to shoot them like regular arrows, and thanks to her talents for archery she easily became good at it. By the start of the third day, Daisuke had won his first sparring session with Satoru, and the two seemed to be getting along much better than the others had expected. By the end of that day, after a heavy supper, the both of them got drunk, and in their drunken state showed themselves the kind of fondness they never would if sober. It was a moment the rest of them would have etched into their minds and use to tease the both of