Kevin would step forward to answer Ayami's confusion regarding the small girl before her. Now smoking from a corn cob pipe he seemingly got from the pouch around his stomach, carelessly blowing it all up in Ayami's face as he explained the answer to her.

"That is your patron deity. Yeah you Shimakami's always react like this, always a riot to see! Your mom spent the first hour or so trying to find Rumia's non existant mother before she finally belived her"

After this Kevin would proceed to give a final puff of smoke at the young fighter before she turned back to face the Kai. A widely grinning Goddess who, contrary to popular belief and most store sizes was not in fact a child. Ah so here we they were. The trip through Ayami's dreams had proven to Rumia that the girl was finally ready to learn the art she had passed down to her family. An art to repel the evils of the universe. A power to keep those she loved safe, as well as the world around them.

Kamigoroshi no Shinken.

It along with the Holy Swords were her ace in the hole agaisnt any threat that returned. She had made this connection with the girl's family, teaching each new generation once they became worthy. Teaching them this sacred art she developed. She did this....

....And every time the next student treated her like a child. EVERY TIME! Here she was showing her true form to a mortal and of course they were treating her like a child!

She sighed, then smiled. Well that was fun in it's own way they supposed. She could look forward to the tons of unneeded apologies later she supposed!

"Your the hero of Penguin Village Ayami! You saw how they reacted to you right? That makes you a Pengiun hero! as for the outfit... concidence. This is just the traditional training garb those training under the style must wear! Feel free to wear it outside of our training though to~"

She teased, but would also like to see it. Knowing what she had seen of Ayami so far she was sure she would come up with some truly fun uses for it. Way more than Aya at least. Really, the only other thing she used it for was a fast food gig she had when she was young!

She giggled at the young girls reaction to realizing who she was supposed to be. Ah they always did react this way. It was so much fun to see considering THEY were the ones who somehow managed to get her apprence so off! Sure she appeared that way AT first. And sure it was probaly for the best that their wasnt a giant statue of her real apperance on display in Beansprout. But come on! The family could at least make sure they wearnt this shocked by it all! Ah well, it let her have all this fun at least!

"Yes I'm THAT Rumia! you'll be glad to know I heard them but... you know you can just go to the sign ups right?"

She sighed as Ayami listed off all the features she thought the goddess was supposed to have. At first Rumia was perfectly calm about this. After all it only made sense she would be so confused, and she could have her fin whole they did so.

"Apoligies, your family took my first apprence to heart and just kinda... refused to change it after. I'd have shown my true self in your dream but..."

And then Ayami mentioned that she should have big breasts, and that was what made the kai flare up, It was only made worse that she was shaking her OWN breasts to prove her point! Into her hands she poofed a whiffle bat and BOOM knocked it right over the girls head to vent herself!

"A...are you calling me flat?! Flat is justice you fool and I'm a goddess! Your deity! Do you prey to me like this Ayami huh huh?!"

The kai kept floating about her popping her with said plastic bat back and forth, until she finally stopped and floated back to the ground.

"Hmph! Besides, it looks like yours are going to give you back pain like your mother anyway!"

The kai finally calmed down and rubbed her head, putting her hands to her hips she decided to address the young girls worries. Hopefully she woudnt have the same difficulty she had with some of her ancestors.

"I can assure you I'm your goddess, I could tell you your birthday, favorite hang out, even your robot crush. We met in your dreams.... and I'm here now because it is my duty to pass down the teachings of your family's greatest techiques to you, the next generation. Ayami it's time to teach you... the art of the Kamigoroshi no Shinken"

It was quite entertaining to watch Ayami's reaction to everything. Even with the... implications the girl was making about her figure. Aya could have at least told her granddaughter... something! The old lady knew exaclty what she looked like after all. But nope, instead she had let her mom and now her grandchild have this surprise.

Oh well, if nothing else their reactions were fun to see, Ayami's were even more energetic than her earth mom's had been! Ah but Ayami wasnt so selfish as to take all the hero cred for herself ether, that reminded her more of her other mom! It was sweet to see, but Ayami didnt have to worry-she had already rewarded the other heroes involved!

"Oh don't worry Ayami, I've rewarded the Bunny Hero and Saint Hero!"

She giggled playfully, Ayami had likely already seen the costumes in question, and given she knew the other heroes in question would probaly make the connection quickly. As for the design of the outfit? Why it was perfect if you asked her! It flattered Ayami's form greatly after all.

"But what better to show just what town your the hero of Ayami? It shows your heroic penguin self! As for the skirt... what's so wrong with that? I mean, that just means Zeni would get plenty of panty shots yes?"

Rumia giggled at her statement, giving a knowing wink at the elemental when mentioning her crush. And the hope Ayami had that at least the males in her family were spared? The sly grin on Rumia's face should soon crush that hope to piece. She shrugged, a wide smile on her face.

"The men in your family worw short shorts, they hated if, especially your ancestor! Oh but then he got used to... even started wearing it during demon slaying without care... really it was slightly disturbing how comfortable he got..."

She rubbed her chin, deep in thought for that moment before a giggle escaped her lips once more at the memory. When Ayami expressed surprise at how easy it was to enter the tournament Rumia gave a dramatic pause, posing and patting her head, speaking in a drawn out, sorrowful.... but also clealry screwing with Ayami tone. It was complete with her pretending to wipe away tears.

....Yeah she was messing with her.

"Yes dear.... sweet Ayami sadly... it's that easy! I'm so sorry to bring this revelation upon you..."

The whiffle batting' would once Ayami apologized several times in a row, the kai giving a 'hmph' as she floated back down, then tossed the bat away. It wasnt like she could help how she was born more any other being! Sure she could modify her body if she really wanted to, but that would be blasfiming the great tree she was bour from! She was made from its roots, she would not insult it by using her magic to modify herself.

"You say that now, but wait till your older and they get bigger! Why your grandma had to ask me for help in her later years in reducing them! As much of a CRIME as I thought it was to do so, it was your grandma so I indulged her. At the rate your going... You'll probaly have it even worse~"

She was teasing Ayami, but she loved seeing her reactions. They were just to adorable. Her eyes sparkled at the way Ayami desperately tried to stop her from talking once she brought up Zeni. Ah young love was just so beautiful. Especially shy and flustered young love. But she would indulge her student in this mattered, it was only so fun to keep using the same tease after all. But not without leaving a few parting words.

"Fine fine ill stop talking about how much you looooove your little girlfriend~"

Ayami was ready to begin her lessons huh? Well chances are she'd regret that soon. Perhaps, because of the penguins she had begun to thing this training would be smooth sailing. If she did well... she'd be wrong.

"Kevin, everyone front and center!"

The penguins lined up around Ayami and Rumia. Rumia herself sat down and began to mediate as she spoke to her student.

"Our first lesson will be teaching you to sense energy. ah you already know the basics I assume, but this is something more than simple ki sensing. Your going to learn to sense Primordial Demon energy... God energy like my own... and demon energy like the ones these little penguins have! Well its diluted, but still good for our purpose~ This is all energy youd not normally be able to sense well. For now you'll only be able to see that energy as colors, but it's a great identifier. Gold, means your seeing someone like me. Black is a Primordial being and red is a demonic being! Now if your ready to begin I want you to follow me, sit down and focus"

Once Ayami did so the goddess would continue, maintaining her own meditation.

"This is a special divination techique, for it to work you must go beyond simple ki sense. You'll need to look into the life force of each person, specifically the life force of me and these penguins. For now I do not need you to accurately read our power, that will come in time. For now you simply need to reach out to us, reach out with yourself, read us... we are not so different from you, we are simply... made another way..." once you can begin to see our colors let me know, and we can move on. I will monitor your progress myself... and do not worry if it takes you time to do so, were going to take all the time you need sweet Ayami~"

Once she finished her instruction Rumia returned to her sitting position to watch the Elfin's progress.

She was eager to see how this most recent generation would develop, would it come to her naturally? Or would she need more work? Only time would tell.

"Once you can see our colors... we'll refine it until its engrained in your mind!"

Such a bundle of energy Ayami was, it was a joy to see. Didnt need a reward huh? Well she had already received it anyway! Though it was always refreshing to see a mortal not so obsessed with what they could get out of something. It just made the goddess all the more confident that she was ready to inherent the techiques she had passed down to her family. She was a kind and honest soul. She could use more work on her confidence regarding having a girlfriend, but that would come with time. What was nicest to see was just how pure and genuine the young woman was.

She would see her potential relized, for she was jsut the sort of person to fight back agaisnt the coming darkness

"Well well I'd very much like to see your outfit sometime Ayami!"

As for fighting styles... Rumia had seen many over her life. Poor ones, strong ones. Styles used by heroes and villains alike. Across the universe she had seen how many fought. Ayami was not yet the strongest she had ever seen, far from it. But it would be insulting to say she wasnt gifted, especially for someone born in an era of peace like this one. She had been impressed by her endeavors, and after meeting herself... she knew for sure she was ready.

"We have have a lot of work, you have a long way to go... but I'm very impressed with your progressed, you've made more than earthlings have in a very long time!"

She was proud to say that, and it showed in the smile on her face!

When Ayami questioned if Rumia was a weirdo the goddess replied with a shrug and a grin. She supposed that would be an accurate way of describing her. she was certainly 'weird' as far as gods were concerned, but it was hardly her fault most of them were such sticks in the mud!

"I prefer pervert, actually. But I'm willing to bet your girlfriend woudnt mind the view ether! Ones body is beautiful to those they love after all, in all aspects!"

Yeah the kai purposely used the word girlfriend rather than the androids name, to make sure Ayami realized her slip up. She loved teasing the more innocent souls~ The kai then blinked in confusion, as if what Ayami had said next was the most obvious think in the world. Well of course they looked cool! What student of hers woudnt look cool? her costumes were top tier after all. Of course all her female students were cute to go along with it, even sexy!

"Well yeah of course! they were the students of this goddess after all! What else could they be? Your mother and grandmother were quite the lookers in their day as well!"

Ah... Aya was clearly trying to keep her granddaughter safe. She wasnt entirely sure on needing to prove ones self, but she did know they wearnt dearh matches. In her experience the fights ended when one of the participants were ether knocked out or removed from the ring. It was sweet of the older woman, but Ayami would evenually need to spread her wings and grow. It certainly wasnt a matter of thinking Ayami was to weak... that was far from the case from what she could tell.

"Hmmm... if your sure you wish to enter, then yes I'll talk it over with Aya, see if I can convince her. Can't promise anything though! That womans as stubborn as they come"

Ayami's reaction was priceless, and elected a giggle from the kai. So innocent, so smart but so innocent. She was going to have a lot of fun during her training, that was for sure.

"Ah then you'll just have to keep me in mind wont you? I'd hate for you to be slowed down, though maybe you could make a whole new fighting style around a large chest?"

So-much-fun.

Though she didnt say anything allowed, she noted the announcement that Ayami and Zeni were engaged. As Ayami was her student she'd need to prepare a gift for her, something to share with her android lover. She had just the thing in mind, but first they needed to finish up the Elfin's first lesson!

"Study huh? well... we'll just have to see hmmm? I think you'll find in time this techique will be all you need for this"

The kai chuckled at the girl's antics, then made herself comfortable to observe her progress. At first she seemed to struggle but, The kai was sure that between her recent training with her grandma and the experiences she had so far she would get the hang of it. She would soon be rewarded as the Elfin gradually improved as time went on, when she called out her confusion at what she was seeing Rumia knew she was seeing it clearly, even if not perfect yet.

"Our life, our energy. Energy youd usually never be able to feel or sense. But through this techique it is possible, you can see the energy of gods, good... and dark. You will also be able to see the true face of Primordial demons apart from the regular ilk. Ok stop, thats enough for the moment, it must be taxing"

But for her first time she was doing wonderful. She gave Ayami a few minutes to rest, during which she would address any questions or concerns she might have had so far. Once she had the oppurtunity to recover Rumia would proceed to the next part in their lesson, Instructing the penguins other than Kevin to assemble in front of her as well as handing Ayami a blindfold modled after the penguin attire she already wore.



"Our next step will be getting you accustomed to that sense, were going to work on making it second nature to you... it will take some time of course, so dont expect perfection straight away. this cloth will blind not only your eyes, but your usual ki sense as well. This will force you to use only the techique I just taught you to fight. Now then... your going to fight these ten penguins until you defeat each one, your allowed access to any of your other abilities... but you will only be allowed to see with that sense, good luck~ This part took your grandma days to finish!"

Rumia would step back, and the penguins would surround the Elfin, once Ayami put on the blindfold.... the training would really start!

"And... begin!"

[Together the combined PL of the penguins adds up to equals Ayami's, so feel free to have the challenge reflect as such. Also feel free to have the training take over the course of the day or more if you so wish, the point is to get her used to it after all! As for techiques the Penguins use ki attacks, but mainly stick to the multitude of tools they posses on them and in their phany packs, so feel free to get creative with them, their playful and derpy things, but powerful as a group none the less-have fun!]

Rumia had a lot of exprence with the type of energy Ayami's family radiated. Even so Ayami had her own special touch, her own eternal battery going on. Her additude was an infectious personality that Rumia was very much enjoying the company of. She was a breath of fresh air from all the stress she had been through lately.

"Nothing would make me happier than to see your strength enter the realm of gods like me Ayami~

She truly meant it, even more than simply for the dangerous times to come, she loved nothing more than watching her creations grow. Well... techciully Ayami wasnt one of HER creations, but she did live on her planet, and was raised by humans-so it was close enough! Besides, Rumia already thought of her as one! Really the only downside was that she was... rather ignorant in the field of love. Well... that wasnt complelty accurate, more than anything it seemed she was ignorant in the field of PHYSICAL love. Their was nothing wrong with that, though she coudnt help but wonder if it was natural, or due to the influence of her grandma... Still it didnt mean she coudnt tease the water elfen none the less.

"Oh don't you worry, with me around you dont have to bother about with the restrictions of gender. Why if you ever want children just let me know! Well, assuming Zenk doesnt already have the needed equipment anyway! Besides, this type of interaction is about so much more than simple reproduction~"

Ayami began to ask her a question, but quickly cut herself off. Given she had just been talking about her family, she assumed it had to do with their own performances in these test. If so Rumia was proud of her for not asking, spending all her time comparing herself to her family would do Ayami no good. She needed to learn and grow in her own way, walk down and forge her own path. Because of that... she would not have told her even if she asked, she simply belived in her students own ability that much. She would not comment on this aloud however, the only acknowledgment being a knowing smile on the kais face.

Rumia quickly guessed the subject, not only that... but she was intrested in learning more about the 'Dark Goddess' as well. This caused Rumia to sigh, though not in annoyance, laced in her tone was more gr ik ef than anything. The kai woudnt lie to her student, despite what they had to do they still had to know the truth of everything.

"Akisei, her name is Akisei, I know its tradition but if you prefer to use her name you may. Why is she the way she is... that is a long story... I tell you what, I'll tell you her story as we go through your training ok? To start... once their were born two kai, both born to look over the same place, to look over and guide the mortals, like you. One of these kai was much more capable and deserving of the position, the other was stumbling, often making mistakes despite knowing what she was supposed to do... despite this, they were still both assigned this amazing position.... It was something that festered in the more capable kai for a while... but she evenually got over it, she even grew close to the other kai that was her partner. What she found herself unable to get over... was the performance of her other fellow kai"

Rumia paused, smiling, then booped Ayami on the forehead with her finger.

"And that's all for now! if you want to know more well... you'll just have to get to it won't you?"

As for demon slaying? Rumia had always allowed her students to follow their hearts on how the they handled them, so long as their threat was removed Rumia didnt mind if they were killed or pacified, if anything she preferred they were pacified, Rumia had never been a huge fan of snuffing out lives if it could be avoided. Their were exceptions of course, and she was no fool. But if it could be avoided? Yeah she liked that route.

"Whether you use my teachings to kill them or to pacify them I leave to you. My techiques are not for the express purpose of killing demons, it is to nullify their threat. If you wish to take that more difficult road... then it is what you must do, trust your heart. However..."

For a moment her tone turned serious, almost cold as she addressed the girl. This was important, and it must not be treated like a joke, or in any way that woudnt be taken to heart.

"You must never show mercy to a Primordial Demon. If you do they will kill you, they will take any oppurtunity they can to remove you as a threat to them. Unlike demons today they are made of nothing but evil, Demons have a built in bias towards evil, but they can learn better. Primordial Demons are born in it, forged from it and live in it. They will not show you kindness, they will not show you anything but whatever they can to destroy you, understand? I know how kind you are, I know of your promise to your girlfriend. But hear me, do not let them take advantage of that promise to kill you both, ok? If you show mercy to one, if you leave yourself vulnerable.... it will mean losing everything you care about"

She hated to be so cold about this, but she had to know the truth. She had to know what had to be done so that she and those she cared about would not suffer if they faced one of Akisei's strongest servants.

On to Ayami's training, Ayami questioned being blind, naturually but ultimalty accepted the blindfold, the first real step in her training starting in that moment. Rumia didnt expect Ayami to finish this phase anytime soon, it took even the best of her students a few days to fully master how Divine Pulse worked. It wasnt that she looked down on Ayami, it was simply a difficult techique to get the hang of, every techique in this art was. That didnt mean she didnt admire her determination to do so. Everytime her penguin friends blew Ayami down enough that she stopped, Rumia was their with some water, as well as to look over her wounds and insure she could keep going. She did not heal them, as that would invalidate the training, but she would have ended things for the day if she took to much.

No, taking a bomb apprantly was not to much.

She watched as how at one point the Elfen let rage take control, and payed heavly for it as it backfired on her compelty....She shook her head in response.

"Focus! your more than an active tea kettle yeah? Look inside yourself, I know you can do this"

The kai came over and wiped the dirt off Ayami with a smile, she was still good to go so she left her to it.

"If you can see them, you can see any demon. If you can see me, you can see any god"

She left the elfen with those words, then went back to observing her progress. She watched as it began to come to her, chuckled at the excitement she felt. On a nearby rock Kevin watched while smoking on his corn cob pipe, a small smile on his face as she began to overcome his allies.

One by one she began to counter them, one by one she began to strike them down with gusto. Yes she was truly seeing, Rumia coudnt be prouder right now! It all ended with one final, powerful blow on the final penguin that sent him flying off to the ground with the rest. As soon as the last one landed a roaring clap would be heard from the Goddess' hands in congratulation of the Elfen's accomplishment.

Ayami would see the small kai standing over her with a grin, she nodded the affirmation in case Ayami was to tired to hear-but of course she said it to.

"Yes Ayami, you win~ I'm proud of you"

Kevin had already gone about treating his allies, which left Ayami to he healed up personally by her goddess. Once Ayami was in a coherent state well... she had earned more of the story hadnt she?

"We will continue training tommorow, but for now you've earned the next bit of the story"

Rumia took a deep breath, and then continued.

"These two goddess' went on to create humanity. They were very proud of their creation, to them they were perfect-the best example of how crafting a mortal should be. They watched as their creation grew and overtime they grew closer as well... in time falling in love with each other. The more capable kai coudnt get over her feelings for the other Kai's but for her fellow goddess she felt nothing but love. But... the stumbling goddess... betrayed that love after a long time, and it became one of several factors that sent the more capable goddess spiraling down her path of darkness..."

She smiled lightly, if a bit saddened at that point. She patted the Elfen on the head.

"Now then get some rest. This was only the begining dear Ayami... things only get rougher from this point forward~ You'll need all your energy for tommorows training..."


The kai stood up, then grinned widely.

"Because tommorow you'll be training agaisnt Kevin personally for your next techique"

She let that hang in the air a moment before snapping her fingers, poofing Ayami into a comfortable room on her abode for the night.
What told Ayami Rumia was still right there? Why, Rumia herself!

"Sweet dreams! remeber to count Zeni's till you fall asleep!"

[Rumia used her Art Of Creation:Cure to heal up Ayami for the next day!]