The Soul Reaper

Training

It was bright and early in the morning. The still red sky, which never changed, was bright. Y/N woke up to the strange new room. It was bland, but better than the cell he slept in the previous night. Quickly getting dressed, he left the room. In the hallway, The 4th rotation of guards was returning to their rooms, and the 1st was heading to their posts. The guard shifts were weird here. Four six hour guarding shifts, with 18 hours of downtime. Y/N wasn't part of that loop. He made his way through the halls and into a large room. Odette Was waiting for him.

Odette: Good morning. How was the room?

Y/N: It felt very bland. The mattress was soft though.

Odette: You can decorate. We aren't some corporate entity.

Y/N: Good to know. So what're we doing today?

Odette: We're going to see what you're good with.

Odette: Modern armies and old armies tend to force soldiers to standard equipment. We believe that you use what you're good with.

Y/N nodded as he listened.

Odette: Look around you. Soldiers come to this part of the mansion to train. You will not see more than 5 soldiers wielding the same weapon at once.

He looked around. Soldiers were using different fire arms. Many used melee weapons like halberds, or glaives.

Odette: We'll start with guns, then melee weapons. You won't like melee weapons.

Y/N: Why is that?

Odette glanced to the other end of the room, and Y/N followed her gaze. Clara was surrounded by many soldiers, wielding an axe. She was easily beating them all, despite their numbers.

Y/N: Yeah, let's start with guns.

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A good few hours later of Odette watching him shoot many guns, she determined that he wasn't good, but wasn't bad either. Now it was time for melee weapons.

Clara: Lovely.  Grab a weapon and try to kill me.

Y/N grabbed a sword, and she did the same. Clara would go easy on him, parrying mostly, but then disarming him easily.

Clara: Nope. Next.

This process repeated many times. Axes, glaives, halberds, maces, short swords, spears , all of which she easily beat him at. This was until he picked up a war fan.

He began to match her in movement. The fans were agile, and light. He found himself moving easily with them. He started to get more hits on Clara, and she struggled to block him.

Clara: Alright, pass. Next weapon.

They went through a few more weapons, until they landed on the scythe.

Y/N: This should be on brand with the whole soul powers, taking souls thing.

Clara: Whatever. Lets go.

Y/N started with a forward thrust with the spear point of the scythe. Clara sidestepped and Y/N spun the scythe in his hands to maneuver the scythe behind her. She ducked before tripping Y/N off his feat. He landed on his free hand and flipped back up. She brought the scythe up barely nicking his shirt with the spear point.

Y/N brought the scythe down onto Clara's pinning it to the floor and delivered a kick to her gut. She stumbled back and let go of her scythe.

Clara: Shit. That was good.

Clara grabbed her axe, and pointed it to him.

Clara: Let's see how you do against my best.

Y/N held a defensive stance, and Clara charged. She brought the axe down and Y/N sidestepped. He thrusted the blunt end of the shaft into her rips, pushing her back.