Under the watchful eye of their "master" Arturo, Ion and Zephyr would spar every evening to keep their skills up and to practice the lessons they have learned so far. Ion couldn't help but feel a kinship with Arturo, he seamed like someone Ion had met before but couldn't put his finger on it. Arturo also didn't say anything to them about their past, even when Ion or Zephyr tried to get the conversation going that way, though he would get Ion and Zephyr to talk about their past and Arturo always seamed to listen attentively and cared about what they had to say. As they were sparing one evening, Ion noticed Arturo looking off in the distance with an happy expression on his face, instead of his usual attention and analyzation of their sparing. Ion trying to get the better of Zephyr, was starting to get overly aggressive in his attacks, which left an opening for Zephyr to knock him down to the ground. Before Ion could react, Zephyr plunged his scythe down towards Ion's chest, stopping just short but breaking the skin and drawing some blood. Ion then winced as Arturo chastised him for being too reckless as his attention turned back to the boys sparing. Ion got up and went off with Zephyr when Arturo told them to go wash up for the evening and get ready for bed. Zephyr helped Ion clean out his small chest wound, wrapping a bandage around his chest to stop the minor bleeding. Arturo came inside shortly after, placing what looked like a greed medallion into a drawer by his bed. When the boys asked about what that was, Arturo changed the subject and told them that after these 2 years they spent training together, them now being 16 were ready to taking their experiences to the next level as he was going to recommend them for in-statement in the Contract Hunters as junior level Hunters, where they could take on small contract and get some real world experience. As becoming Contract Hunters was the dream of their departed friend Flint, a dream that the both of them vowed to carry on, were excited at the prospects of that dream finally coming true
