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After the recent fight, Mafuyu was surprised when Sasha's master showed up looking to whip the Qwasers into shape.

She was called Big Ma'am and she was intimidating, taller muscular, and seemingly intimidating enough to scare the life out of you. In order to "Train" the teams she split us up for now at the spa, Marias on one side and Qwasers on the other. The best way to describe her was amazon like in build with a cock that was more girthy than lengthy.

"Katsuragi Hana, you have small breasts but the shape is good." She said studying us "Your penis is quite large though."

"Tsujido Miyuri, you're large and pride yourself on appearance but lack in pure strenght"

"You're are large as always Mutsumi but you lack in training." She added.

"And Mafuyu Oribe…" she hummed turning to me "Your size and shape is just right-."

"AHHH!" I yelped as she grabbed my breast "Ow!"

"Hmm…" she simply hummed "Such rebellious breasts."

She let me go and I sank into the water.

"Enough of you, this is a path for maidens not those like you." She suddenly threw a rock over the wall into the bath the Qwasers were in, knowing Tiyana on her ass.

"That was too much, you'll hurt her!" Mutsumi yelled.

"I don't want any casual mischief in front of me Mutsumi." She said.

"HAAA!" the orange haired girl moaned as her junk was grabbed.

"This woman is a Maria but she seems as strong as a Qwaser…" I thought

LATER

The training, specifically for the Qwasers was intense carrying giant boulders, constant sparring, control of small particles, I didn't even know how they handled it, and Mutsumi said the woman training them was a super powerful warrior who trained at some advanced religious school.

"I kinda wanna go home…" I gulped.

"You three…" she walked in front of us "A Maria is the partner of a Qwaser, so you must be able to stand with them equally. To be a hinderance is unacceptable…especially you Mafuyu Oribe, the Sword of Maria is a highly coveted and dangerous power, Athos will want you kept close…do you understand what I'm saying?"

"If I don't learn to use and control this power…I'll be nothing but a chess piece for other people's battles, a glorified prisoner…"

"Yes…Please Train Me!"

"You have a strong resolution." She rubbed my head "I like that, if only Mutsumi had that kind of resolution."

"How did this lead to me being insulted?!"

"Who said you could talk back?!" The older woman growled.

"EEP!"

"Hana Katsuragi and Miyuri Tsujido…you've been selected by the picky and greedy Ekaterina Kurae, you must have a high quality to you." She studied her "But, for her you are weak of spirit and battle power."

"I'm not doing this willingly!" Hana yelled.

"Being strong is mostly irrelevant for me." Miyuri said "Looks are enough

"Are you asking to be show hell?"

"NO!" Both yelled.

"Then let your training begin." She said.

We had to go through the same intense training as the others, sparing with Big Ma'am and training…it was exhausting but worth it, then she said that for a final test she'd seek us all out, and if she one she'd change all our partnerships around, putting Marias and different Qwasers together.

"We can't take this lightly…"

LATER

"Shouldn't we be staying together?" I asked Sasha as we walked through the forest, a wooden sword all I had to protect myself.

"The only advantage we have over Big Ma'am is numbers, we have to use it. If one team is attacked the others can close in as backup" She said "We can win."

"But…"

"This battle isn't as one sided as it seems." She held her scythe "We can win."

"Mutsumi!"

"HMPH!" Sasha suddenly looked up when she heard Tiyana's voice "Come on!"

By the time we got there Mutsumi was gone, and there was just a number 5 on a tree.

"Is this supposed to be some kind of count down?" Tiyana said "What a joke."

"I told you not to fight alone." Sasha said "But you attacked any way, now relax."

"Relax she's been taken."

"We don't have the time or energy to waste on you throwing a fit." Sasha said "We have to reach the goal before dawn."

"She's targeting the Marias first." Katja said "Makes sense without them we grow exponentially weaker."

"She's right…we're changing formation then." Sasha said "We'll walk like a triangle, put Mafuyu, Miyuri and Hana in the middle."

"This is nerve-wracking…" I gulped as we slowly went through the dark forest, never knowing when and where an attack would come.

Everyone was stressed, tried and just suffering from mental and physical exhaustion so when an arrow came out of the woods they attacked without hesitation.

"There!" Tiyana yelled.

The second she and Sasha moved forward the trees above rustled and then Miyuri and Hana were gone.

"The net is closing in." Katja hissed "This is all part of her plan, stress us even more."

"Big Mom said I had to be stronger to help Sasha…I can't be afraid."

"We're running out of Soma and energy." Katja said "And we have another five kilometers to go, we need to rest. We'll have to use Mafuyu she's the only Maria left."

"No."

"I can answer for myself Sasha." I said.

"Mafuyu is tired as well, asking her to provide Soma in this state, would be too much." She said.

"You sound like your jealous to me." Katja smirked.

"Sasha it's…alright." I told her "I can do this."

"But-."

"Internal strife, how sad."

Everyone moved quickly when Big Ma'am burst out of the pushes.

"Crap!" Sasha hissed.

It happened so quickly I could barely react, suddenly everyone was knocked out, we had lost without even really getting to fight back.

"Sasha…" I looked down at the defeated girl "I'm sorry, you tried but…I think maybe it would be best for us to…stay away from each other for a while. I want to be stronger so…until then I think…this is for the best."

I said nothing else, and turned away.

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