The stadium was the obvious choice for training in, and Zero was currently at a console, inputting new default settings that would register when the two of them were active. They were just the basics to make sure no one would be irreparably hurt - Zero's damage output was at minimum, healing items would be dispensed at the end of each session, and in the event that anyone was knocked out or fatally injured, they would be automatically resuscitated.

Zero was still dubious about this whole teaching thing, to be honest, but Kiyotaka simply wouldn't let go of the idea. It was true that the boy had gotten hurt under the reploid's watch, so he did feel some lingering responsibility - but it was the words of the human's future counterpart that troubled him the most. Maybe some things were fated. And if they were, then at least he could make sure that Kiyotaka was armed to fight it.

For today, they were both armed with beam swords, courtesy of the stadium, for this initial step.

Once Zero was finished with set up, he walked onto the fighting stage. "First things first: I'll be assessing your skills," he said, picking up a longsword model with a shining blue blade. "This is not a spar. Come at me as though I were your enemy. Understood?"