The next day everyone met for breakfast with Akeno, Kiba and Koneko worried for the state Blaze seemed to be in
"Did you have trouble sleeping" asked Kiba politely, Blaze's eyes having dark circles under them due to not being able to sleep at all due to yhe constant arousal she felt due to Rias using her as her personal hugging pillow for the entire night
"Yeah, I guess I have trouble sleeping on different beds" lied Blaze with a yawn
"You on the other hand looked like you slept great Rias" noted Akeno, Rias's skin seeming to almost glow in the morning light
"Seeing how strong Blaze was yesterday combined with how well this training is going even better than I could ever have hoped has made me not worry so much about the rating game against Riser so I've slept better than I have in a while" she stated as she began eating some fruit
"I can understand what you mean, having Blaze with us has made this training even more efficiant in terms of our physical training and seeing her potential when it comes to magic makes me think we have a very good chance to be able to beat Riser" agreed Akeno
"She is strong and knows about the body better than us, we can train harder without worrying about hurting ourselves" chimed in Koneko as she ate her second bowl of cereal
"Indeed, Blaze is our trump card not just through this week of training but also during the rating game, as such I am going to assign her additional training for her every night, I'm sure that by working together we can improve even further" Rias said with a smile that seemed dazzling to everyone else but to blaze looked like the smile of someone deciding anothers fate "I think that such sessions will be very helpful, don't you Blaze"
"They'll certainly make me push myself" Blaze chuckled, her voice lacking energy as she knew that Rias was doing this as a way of paying her back
"Ok, before we start training for today Blaze informed me of a way for me to train my power of destruction last night that she came up with and I want to see how effective it was" Rias declared
"Ara ara, a secret training method, should I be jealous that your choosing favourites here Blaze-chan" Akeno teased
"Let's just say, I get the feeling I might end up teaching you this method at some point, but for the moment I don't think it would work yet" sighed Blaze
"Damn right you'll teach it at some point, I'm not letting her get away from me" chuckled Herm, ready to make a contract with Akeno and just waiting for the opportunity to do so and she wasn't going to let Blaze say otherwise
"Teaching Akeno the training method will come later if it works well enough for me during this week, and only when I decide that it is necessary as it comes with some requirements and downsides in order for it to be effective" Rias affirmed while pinching Blaze under the table, something she found harder than expected due to how tight her skin was to her muscles making it hard to pinch
"You heard the boss" joked Blaze, wincing as Rias decided pinching wasn't working and instead pressed her thumb into Blaze's side
After finishing their meal everyone went outside so that Rias could show the results of her training, the effects of which was easily noticable from the size and density of the power of destruction that she was emitting as an aura, even her physical abilities seemed to have increased by a decent margin
"How come she hasn't become more toned and muscular like me" asked Blaze
"My power focuses on the area that a person is most proficient in, your area of expertise is your body while hers is her demonic power, although my power will enhance the other areas as well, that's why even though you have never used magic or demonic power before or trained in it in any way other than what you did yesterday you have alot of power and why Rias is slightly stronger even after only one night" Herm explained
"Your powers are broken you know that" commented Blaze "anything else I should know about your abilities"
"They also make it so that anyone who recieve my energy is more beautiful, that's why Rias looks more radiant this morning"
"Of course there had to be something like that as well" sighed Blaze, used to Herm's antics by now
"It seems like the training is effective" stated Rias as she fires off a block of demonic energy, destroying a large boulder that she would have had trouble doing so the day before "it looks like we'll be doing the training all this week" she says with a knowing smile
"Well there goes my sleep schedule this week" groaned Blaze
The rest of the week continued on following the training regime; sparing, learning demonic and magical spells, figuring out tactics to deal with Riser's servants whos details were known due to his arrogance and wanting to show off his peerage and spending nights being hugged by Rias to improve her powers, Rias enjoying the feeling of becoming stronger in the same way that Herm and Blaze did from absorbing lust
Eventually the week came to the end with everyone empowered to a new level, a new sense of energy present in each of them... except Blaze who hadn't been able to get a good nights sleep for the whole week and ended up looking like a zombie while Rias was the exact opposite looking like she had never felt better
"For this last day we will rest and recover to make sure we are in top condition for the rating game tomorrow" explained Rias "sleep, eat, bathe or do some gentle exercises, whatever allows you to relax better" she smiled, as everyone made their way to relax in their own ways Rias walked past Blaze and whispered in her ear "consider your punishment over, but if you ever feel like becoming my hug pillow again I won't say no" walking away to relax after teasing Blaze like that
"I'm gonna go get some sleep" said Blaze wearily to no one in particular as she went to her room to get the first good sleep she was going to get since the training started, happy about getting some shut eye but feeling a small sense of loss that she was able to do so.