Benimaru stood over your beaten frame, looking down on you with a small scowl. "You're still too weak," he said, his voice low and gravelly.

You feel embarrassed and angry at the assessment, but know it is the truth. The cold hard truth.

A truth that you’re supposed to surpass. The whole point of this assignment was to gain something from it and it wasn’t easy..

"Get up," Benimaru commands, his tone firm but not unkind. You scramble to your feet, still shaking from the beating you had just received.

"Again," Benimaru says, getting back in his fighting stance. You knew this wasn’t gonna end well…At least not for you.

You nod, trying to compose yourself as you prepare to face the veteran Fire Force member once again..

You’d be stupid to assume this assignment was going to be easy. He was a veteran and not a nice one at that, you knew his assignment would be tricky.