Dodge!

"Dodge!" Kiba shouted, rushing at Issei with blunt blades, and Issei yelped and ducked to avoid being clobbered. They were in an abandoned area of town, and they had been at it for an hour. As such, Issei was covered with bruises, and some burn marks.

"Dodge~!" Akeno chirped, sounding way too enthusiastic about it as she brought lightning down at Issei. He moved to try to take a flying leap aside, but was too slow, and was painfully zapped.

"Ack!" he yelped, writhing on the ground.

"I said dodge!" Akeno shouted at him in amusement.

"Yeah, hearing you wasn't the problem!" Issei snapped, truly hating his life at the moment.

"Dodge!" Kiba shouted, leaping at Issei, not giving him time to recover. Why would he? Their enemies wouldn't. Issei barely managed to **** his screaming and zapped body to roll aside as Kiba brought the weapons down.

Asia and Rias watched from the side as Issei screamed and did his damnedest to stay a moving target, even after taking hits. "...I hope you guys don't hurt him too badly," Asia said in concern.

"That's what we have you here for~!" Rias remarked. "Tortur- er, I mean, training, can last SO much longer with a healer on hand!"

"Dodge!" Akeno cheered again, blasting more lightning at Issei, who this time managed to lurch away from the point it would strike.

"...where the heck is Koneko?" he then realized, asking his question aloud, and looking around. She had been participating, but he hadn't seen her for five minutes, which he hadn't noticed due to his efforts to avoid Kiba and Akeno. And one lesson Rias told him before starting the training? An enemy you didn't know the location of in a fight was NEVER a good thing.

"Oh Issei?" he heard, before freezing and slowly turning to see Koneko grinning at him absolutely maliciously, holding a giant steel beam from the damaged area over her head. He whimpered in terror. "DOOOOOOOODGE!" Koneko shouted, hurling it at him as he shrieked and ran like hell to avoid getting squished.

"Oof, Koneko might have gone a little overboard with that one," Rias winced as they watched the overkill projectile crash to the ground, Issei barely managing to avoid it.

"You think!?" Asia shrieked. Needless to say, the next few hours were absolute hell for Issei. And even though it was only the first day of this training, he knew it would be years before he could hear the word "dodge" without flinching.

Damn you, Pavlov...