Zato Cero a delinquent who attends Kouh Academy. He's admitting a strange energy which catches Rias' attention, however he's not so cooperative. He wants little to do with anyone and distances everyone that tries to get close to him, why?
"We need to train." Rias states to her peerage. "As we stand now Riser will mop the floor with us." Rias Explains as Zato just rolls his eyes at the second part of her statement. "So, we'll be heading out of town to a secluded manor in the mountains in order to train," Rias tells the group.
"Secluded manor in the woods?" Zato asks within his mind. "That actually sounds pretty nice, its been a while since I let loose during my training," Zato tells himself.
"We'll leave tomorrow morning. Pack everything you need tonight and meet on the outskirts of town at eight sharp." Rias tells the group as they all nod.
Everyone in the room leaves and Rias is left alone. She looks down at her desk and puts her face in her hands. She thinks about how the only real chance she has at victory is Zato, but she knows little to nothing about him or his combat capabilities. "I've put all my faith and hopes into Zato, all I can do now is hope everything works out," Rias says with a sigh.
Back with Zato and Asia, the bishop is packing a small backpack with everything she'll need. Cloth, toothbrush, hairbrush and so on. After the meeting with Riser, she was worried, not just about Rias since Riser seemed like a man who's not only a jerk but sees a woman more as objects than another person. What really scared her was the fact that Riser would be going after Zato due to what he said about him. Soon her packing became slower before she completely stopped. She just looks at the ground full of worry.
"Yo, Asia you good?" Zato asks. The nun turns around to see Zato with a bag flung over his shoulder. He's wearing a white shirt with a long v neck collar, with black designs on each side of it. His pants are just normals jeans.
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Asia just looks at Zato thinking about how she hadn't seen him out of his sleepwear or school uniform. "What? Did you think I was gonna wear my school uniform for this training cabin?" Zato asks as he flings a semi-large backpack over his shoulder.
"Zato...how strong are you?" Asia ask
"How strong am I? What brought this up?" Zato asks as kneels down next to Asia
"Do you think you're stronger than Riser?" Asia goes on not making eye contact with Zato.
"I think so, but you never know." Zato begins. "For all, I know he could be holding back his true strength and use that very strength during the raiding game to destroy me," Zato states as he puts his hand on Asia's head. "But you don't need to worry, I hate people like him, and even if he is stronger than me, I don't plan on losing," Zato tells the nun as she hugs him, this surprises Zato since it's been a long time since anyone has hugged him.
"Please, please just be safe. I-I don't want to lose you." Asia says as Zato feels small parts of his shirt become wet. Zato just pats her head. This reminded him of when he was a child his friends had just recently been hurt and he feared it was all his fault, in a way it was, but his mother just hugged him and told him it would all be alright. Now he's doing the same for someone else, it made him oddly, happy.
