Well enough

"So, how is it buddy?" Eliza asked as Ashley took his first bite of the pancake. At this point he was fully aware that this was less of a actual question and more of her just fishing for praise, something that Ashley was perfectly fine with giving to her. "It's great Eliza." Upon hearing the reply she gave him a half proud, half genuine smile before cutting into a slice of pancake herself.

After that the breakfast was rather normal for the pair. They chowed done while making some small talk, even if it did feel a little **** at times. As they got closer to the end of the meal, Eliza grabbed a tissue and wipped some syurp off of her lips. "Welp, that was pretty good if I do say so myself, but now it's time for some training. C'mon buddy." She said as she stood up from the chair. "Oh, we're still doing that?" He questioned before getting up and following his mother outside. "Of course I am! I kmow this is new for you and all buddy, but self defense is vital in this world. Besides, maybe if you actually got a good work out every once in awhile your weight would even out?" She teased, causing him to place his hand on his hip. "Okay I get the self defense thing but that was just under the belt! Besides, it's not like you don't have any fat on you!" Ashley snapped back.

"Yeah, so? Im a girl. We should have some meat on our bones, gives us some ompf. You however are a boy, you should be big, tall, and muscle-bound!" As she amped up her teasing, Ashley could only roll his eyes and sighed. "Oh come on buddy. Im just joking with you. Well, mostly, I know for a fact that some people love the curvy look on a guy. But seriously you need to get off your ass and train with me instead of laying around reading like a nerd. I didn't raise a nerd." He couldn't help but let out a chuckle at the last part of her comment. A part of him wanted to bring up the fact that he has saw her reading many of the books he has collected over the years whdn she thinks he isn't looking, but for now he simply bit his tongue.

They soon went out the front door as the two started to walk around the house. "Okay, fine I give you that I need to get more physical, but who do you know that would like a curvy look on a guy? I am the only person you know." She snickered as waved her hand in the air, almost like she was trying to bat away the subject from the air itself. "Trust me, I know. Now get in your stance and I'll go grab my training sword." With that she strutted up to a single cherry bloosom that stood in the middle of their backyard, soon bending over to grab her blade. A action that gave him a perfect view of her under ass that was able to peak out from under her bow.

"Okay, so what I was thinking........" Taking that as a sign to get ready, Ashley quickly went from staring at her to getting into a fighting pose. His hands balling up into fists as shd held out her training sword. It was much like her normal blade, made out of glass and could channel the elements through it. But unlike her actual sword, this one was dulled. Even when it struck him, and it did, alot. It never drew blood. "Since we've been focusing on you drawing out your mana for the last few days I was thinking about you trying to perform some moves on me this time instead of just your normal punches, y'know, mix some things up with me."

The boy let out a hum and cocked his hip to the side playfully. "His that all I get? Just try and do some special moves? No suggestions or anything? Man, you're kinda a shitty teacher~" Eliza rolled her eyes and brought her sword up. Ready for combat. "Hey, it isn't my problem that you wanted to fight with your hands instead of following in my footsteps." She quipped back. "But while we are on the subject, any questions you'd like to ask before we begin?" The taller woman questioned as one thought popped up in his head. "Actually I do have one."

"Shoot."

"If training and self defense is so important why are you just teaching me this now?" This question seemed to take her back a little bit. Causing her to stuttered a little and her cheeks to flush ever so slightly. At first he never really cared about it, but as they became more common and not just a one off thing, Ashley became more and more curious about the nature of these spars. "W-well, I uh, I, um........... You where too young! Yep, too young! Your old enough now and that is why we are doing this!" She answered loudly. Loud enough to actually hurt his ears. "But don't most demons start training at like 5 or something? Much early then what I am starting a-"

"No more questions! En garde!" With that as his only warning, Eliza rushed forward with a simple stabbing attack. A strike that he barely was able to roll out ocf the way of in time.

And thus, began their training session for the day.......