Note:
" Speech." = Regular Conversation.
' Speech.' = Internal Monologue.
[ Speech. ] = Dragon/ Any sealed Entities
{ Balance Breaker } = Balance Breaker/ Juggernaut Drive/ Breakdown Beast
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Vatican
Sho POV
And he flew.
He was barely to stopped from being sent across the field, curtesy to Dulio who had used his Longinus.
'I don't like it.' He grumbled as he stared at Dulio and Kiyotora, grinning as they watched him be smacked around more than a ping pong ball.
'But seriously..' He diverted his gaze towards the hulking figure responsible, for the smac- "training".
The two-meter tall, white-haired old man and extremely developed muscular build, Vasco Strada.
Over the years he had realised how absurd the Cardinal Priest truly was, one would just need to look at the titles he has received over the year to understand his absurdity.
The Church's Device of Violence, The Violence of Heaven, The Vatican's Evil Killer, The True Devil, Limits of Humanity
'Seriously how strong was the old man to get the last two titles.' He wondered before realising his stupidity.
Strong enough to chokehold a Cardre, be crowned as the strongest warrior in church's history and becoming someone strong enough that even the Maou feared the man.
The man is the pinnacle a human from the Biblical side has achieved without Divine intervention.
'Scratch that outside of possibly the Hindu Demi-Gods, even divinity boosted humans weren't as strong as him.'
"What's wrong young Sho, where did all that energy disappear?" The old man spoke with a smile adorning his face.
"Uhh..You punched it out of me." He immediately dashed towards the Cardinal, Excalibur in one hand.
He clutched the rosary in his hand tightly, as he muttered verses from bible. At the same time Excalibur fragment glowed brightly, its aura blessing the rosary and his fist.
The Holy nature of the Rosary being blessed by Excalibur and enchanted by Holy Magic, through verses of bible.
Everything coming together to form one of the most feared techniques of The Cardinal Priest.
Holy Fist.
A technique with which the Old priest in his prime, could eliminate an Ultimate Class Devil with a single hit.
A technique with which, he was able to generate enough Holy power to overwhelm Excalibur, when he is in his early 80s.
Appearing before Eminence Vasco, he thrusted his fist forward, an action mimicked by the older priest.
*Booommmm*
Two fist clashed, both fist covered in Holy aura, creating an explosion that would send shivers down the spine of High Class entities just by looking at the resulting image.
And he flew again, harder this time due to the explosion, before a cloud like substance appeared behind him cushioning him.
"I believe he has had enough for today, Your Eminence." His sensei walked forward, gesturing for the training to stop for today.
"Is that so?" The Cardinal mused as he nodded his head.
"Your Holy fist requires more training, Young Sho." He looked at the old Cardinal, smiling at him. "Too much power is being wasted, try to condense it in your fist rather than just coating your fist."
"And overtime through training and faith, your body will lead to manage and generate its own holy power. Removing the need for the use of the Fragment and Rosary, and will give you something to fight with outside your gear." He nodded his head at the old priest's wisdom, especially the last part.
A technique that isn't based on his sacred gear, something his own body would be able to achieve would prove to be extremely helpful.
Especially due to the fact, he could channel that Holy power to the sword's created by his gear which could further be boosted by the Excalibur fragment.
'If everything goes right, I could probably create a sword on par with Durandal. Especially with..' He monologue was interrupted by his another voice.
"He would if he doesn't die due to his recklessness." He looked at his sensei, glaring at him.
"I doubt that. If he survived the old man's training, I don't think there is any devil who could put him down." Dulio added coming beside him, that ever present smile freezing as the said old man asked.
"Oh. Is there something wrong with my training, Warrior Dulio?" The sight of how that smile was replaced with sweat over his face was hilarious.
"N-No, nothing wrong." Dulio hesitantly answered, causing the old priest to chuckle at the sight.
"And you say, I have a big mouth." He added, causing the Longinus wielder to ruffle his hair, something he was too tired to escape from.
"Well then, let's leave it at that for today." He nodded his head at the old cardinal. "Make sure to not slack off on your training."
"I still can't believe, you managed to replicate his technique." Dulio muttered, looking as the leaving figure of the Cardinal.
"Is it really that great?" He tilted his head in confusion, while he understood it was a difficult thing he didn't see it as impossible. "All I did was channel the Fragments powers to the rosary and my faith, and then punch things."
Dulio just looked at him as though he was stupid.
"His Eminence has tried to tech that technique to many of his students in the past." His sensei elaborated, extending his hand. "Yet none have come as far as you have."
Sho took the hand to get up, as he understood the situation. He had believed there must have been several who learned it from the old Cardinal.
"Granted you have the Excalibur Blessing to help you, but even Cardinal Decon Ewald couldn't replicate this technique."
"Wait even he couldn't?!?" He questioned his current partner.
"Now you understand it's so impressive." He hesitatingly nodded his head at Dulio's words. "To learn it you need to be able to channel the Holy power internally, able generate it on your on like a Holy weapon ."
"Something that would require extreme training with Holy Weapon and deep understanding for one's body to generate their own Holy power."
"But?" He looked at the oldest priest present, his partner.
"But you are able to skip that process because your body already understands holy power better than most, thanks to you gear." Kiyotora-Sensei shrugged. "It also helps that you thought of using Excalibur Blessing alongside side something that is holy, rosary, with prayers to boost everything."
"So I am invited to nepo club?" He joked, causing the two older priest to burst out laughing.
Though he didn't know if he joking himself?
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Third POV
"I don't know whether to be happy or angry." Sho grumbled, placing the book on the table.
" Happy of course." Dulio shrugged, chuckling at the younger exorcist's word.
It was Dulio who had recommended to Vasco that Sho could possibly learn the Cardinal Holy Fist, a sentiment further solidified by the Former Shinra.
"You- ah whatever." Sho sighed, turning towards the Longinus user. "Why are you here anyway? You are never seen in Library."
"That's not true, I am-"
"Always wasting your time wondering around and making fun of me." Sho interrupted the older exorcist.
"Ah come oonnnn, I can't help it. I can't resist when I see a new cuisine." Dulio pouted as he stared at his "little brother".
"Sure."
"Anyway, Seiko asked me to bring you to his place." Dulio spoke, getting up from his seat.
"Is that so?"
'Why would Kiyotora Sensei ask of me right now?' Sho wondered, staring at the clock.
7 : 50 PM
"Any reason?"
"Beats me." The Longinus user shrugged in response, the ever present smile on his face brightening.
'I have a bad feeling about this.' Sho looked at Dulio smiling, already guessing he was plotting something.
"Fine, let's go." Sho stood up, causing the older figure to immediately drag him out the library.
"Heeyyy!! Slow down!!"
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"I don't get it why you are so cheerful about this."
"You will find out soon enough." Dulio mused, as they approached Kiyotora Room.
'Hmm, there are eight different scents inside..' Sho pinched the bridge of his nose, as he recognised the scents. 'Kiyotora Sensei and Ewald Sensei, also the Cardinal Vasco…?'
'It couldn't be…' Sho froze up, his enhanced sense of smell recognising the figures. 'B-But how?.?'
"Don't tell me?" The young exorcist turned towards the Longinus user, who just gave him a gentle smile.
"Go on, open the door." Sho didn't need to be told twice, he immediately opened the door.
"""""""" Happy Birthday Sho/Big Brother """"""""
As soon as Sho had entered the room, his body had out of shock was frozen.
Not because they had surprised him on his birthday.
Not because the overly large Cardinal had a tiny conical birthday hat on his head. Not because of Kiyotora-Sensei or Ewald-Sensei.
But because of the five figures that stood infront of him.
His family.
His father and Mother. His twin and his little sister. And a small figure cradled in his mother's arms, his youngest brother Gengo.
It wasn't like he had spoken to them in the past years, he did speak to them through calls. He had even visited them in Japan two years back.
But meeting them face-to-face in Vatican..
Sho lunged forward embracing his father, who had knelt down extending his arms. Soon the entire Saji household followed, embracing Sho in a family reunion hug.
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An: Do drop Stones and reviews.
So, Holy fist is an absurd technique of Vasco but also quite useful. Basically the technique is just generating Holy Power in your hand, which can be channeled into you weapon or just used to punch.
So in long term, Sho would have the ability strengthen his blades by channeling his holy power and be a capable fighter without his SG.
And I intend to milk the heck out of this technique, with various sub-skills/techniques already in my head.