A/N: I managed to post before 12 AM in here. YAY
Anyways, thank you for those who have read the previous chapter, for those who left a thank you in my post, and also, for those who always leave me a reply!
I hope that this chapter will be able to comply to all of you guys' expectations. Anyways, I bring you the Fourth Chapter of Re:DUX! Enjoy!
Please do comment and let me know what you guys think!
(P.S: TO THE READERS: I have a hiatus starting from April 16 up to either late May or early June. I'm sorry for the long absence, but I hope that you would continue to support the fic while I'm gone. I'm going on a vacation in a province, and the word "wi-fi" or "internet" is word I have never heard of in the residents' conversations. I'll be sure to make the chapters while I'm at it, and upload it as soon as I can. While I'm still here, where internet exists, I'm gonna try to update as fast as I could, as long as my brain could handle it. Anyways, once again, I'm really really sorry.
)Btw: Enjoy the first part of the so-called training! So is it gonna be?
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Chapter IV- Training part 1
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"This place looks amazing." Kumi shuddered at the view of the jungle shifting into a battle ground fit for more than thousands of people to fit in. Akane ran around inspecting every nook and cranny of the place where they stood, while Airin was down at the floor, murmuring about thanking god for sparing her life. Jurina ran around like a monkey while Rena stared in awe of the forcefield that surrounded them. Kanon on the other hand, stood there calmly, while glaring at Yuria intensely. Yuria, realizing the heated gaze upon her, shot a smile to Kanon, which made the other girl infuriated and stop her glaring.
While Jurina was running around crazy, she thought of trying to break out of the battle grounds, which was a really, really bad decision. She prepared herself to run from a distance and smack herself on the forcefield, and when she did, a loud thump was heard, making the others face the source of the sound.
Yuria face-palmed herself,"What the hell, Jurina!" and ran to where Jurina passed out. The others followed suit, except for Kanon.
Surprisingly, even though Rena was thought to be weak and unathletic, she was the first one to reach Jurina. She raised her face up from the floor and calmly said,"Yuria, do you have a first aid kit with you?"
Finally caught up with Rena, Yuria nodded as she immediately summoned the medical kit from the mysterious glowing cube.
"Is she okay?" Yuria worringly asked Rena, who was too focused on treating Jurina's wounds to answer.
Now, the others, Akane followed by Airin and Kumi arrived at the scene and Yuria was doing her best to fend them all off.
"How is she?" Akane worringly asked Yuria, who kept on pushing the three of them aside.
"Jurina's dead?" Airin pushed as hard as she could but Yuria wouldn't budge.
"Dude, Jurina, don't die on me!" Kumi yelled.
"Jurina's fine. She's not dead." Yuria calmly told the three. "Let Rena do her work. I know what she's capable of."
The three nodded and made a 'is that so' expression on their faces. Yuria sighed as the three finally calmed down, and she thought that trying to get a hold of four idiots was too much work for her to handle.
"Churi, since you're the fastest, can you run to Kanon and drag her here?" Yuria smirked as she placed her arm on Akane's shoulder.
"Of course!" Akane yelled before she ran off.
But there are things that idiots could do, and they were pretty good at. Yuria smiled as she saw Churi arguing with Kanon, and it didn't take long for Churi to lose her nerve and drag the hell out of the poor Kanon who doesn't want to look at Yuria. When Churi finally arrived, with Kanon on the ground, Kumi and Airin had to assist the poor girl just to help her stand up.
"And so, here's the thing you four." Yuria slightly paused before saying,"Those two won't be able to undergo the training. Jurina is injured badly for trying to break out of the barrier, and right now as you could see, well Rena's checking on her."
"So?" Kanon spoke in an annoyed tone.
"So... you four are the first ones to undergo the training." Yuria smirked as she pushed the four aside, making them fall on their butts.
"You four better listen up! If you fail this training, well, you could possibly die, which is not my problem but yours!" Yuria yelled. "If you have questions, well you better ask them now!"
"Erm... Why do I have to undergo this training.. you speak of?" Airin softly spoke.
"Yes, a perfect question. Now, listen here folks, here's the deal. You guys are the only one who could aid me in saving the Earth. I don't wanna explain further, so for more details, ask Kuuchan. If you don't wanna help me, you're free to leave this training ground. Just keep in mind that the Earth will blow up if you decided to be selfish." Yuria calmly spoke.
"What?!" Akane shouted. "Could you please explain further? Especially the topic wherein our lives are in line?"
"You could die. The weak will die, the innocent will die, and even people with power will die."
"Why are we the only ones capable? There's a lot of strong people in this world. Why us?!" Kanon screamed.
"We've got to calm down okay, Tone it down a little. Chill." Airin patted Kanon on the back.
"It's bullshit, Airin, I don't understand why all of you believe in the crap she's saying." Kanon whispered.
Kumi then accidentally overhears what Kanon whispered and immediately shouted at her,"Even if you experienced that teleportation? Even if a battle ground and a building emerged from a jungle? What more do you want?"
Kanon sunk back as Airin tried to get her back on her spirits. Yuria on the other hand, shaked her head from left to right,"Kuuchan... What did I tell you a while ago?"
Realizing that she was also at fault, Kumi apologized to Kanon, and Yuria went back to her lecture.
"Enough of fighting, it won't do you any good. Take a good example from Churi, who is calmly sitting-"
"WHERE IS CHURI?!" Yuria yelled.
Yuria turned around to find the girl, and found her at the part of the battle grounds where trees and foliage grew. The girl seems to be amused and laughing to herself while talking to a creature. Yuria takes a closer look, and it was a Macaw, a bird that Akane have always dreamed of seeing in her life.
"Churi..." Yuria tapped the girl and said,"I'm sorry, Churi... but can you go back?"
Akane tried to say no, but she remembered what Yuria said a while ago. If she wasn't going to help with saving the world, the world where the bird she has always longed for will be gone along with it. She calmly went back with Yuria and sat near Kumi and attentively listened to Yuria's lecture.
"So, any more questions?"
Nobody raised their hands as they all looked downcast, except for Churi, who focused herself on listening.
"Okay. So before the real thing, I want you guys to eat this." Yuria said as she held up a tub of ice cream in her hands.
"Ice cream?" Akane looked puzzled as she pointed at what Yuria was holding.
"Yes. Who wants to eat ice cream?!" Yuria enthusiastingly yelled.
To Yuria's suprise, all of them raised their hands, even Kanon. Yuria placed the ice cream in the middle and started handing out the spoons and the cups. Not long after that, Kumi, Akane, Kanon and Airin were all happily chatting with each other about relevant things. Witnessing such a wonderful scene, Yuria smiled as she sat down herself. To her surprise, Kanon handed her cup to her.
"Eat some too." Kanon shyly smiled at her.
"Nah, I'm full." Yuria smiled before saying,"Kuuchan fed me a while ago."
"Is that so?" Kanon stared at Yuria before saying,"Then Kumi, feed Yuria."
Kanon's sudden statement made Yuria and Kumi blush and Airin, Akane and Kanon laugh their asses off as they watch the two awkwardly look into each other's eyes.
"Hahaha..." Yuria faked a laugh as she stood up. "So, anyways you guys are done with eating, I presume?"
All of them nodded in agreement and handed Yuria the used cups.
"The training is going to start now, but before that, I have to introduce you to your new buddies." Yuria smirked as she held the cube near her, earning a slight "what" from the others. All of a sudden, four weapons ejected themselves from the cube, nearly hitting the four of them. The weapons gleamed in with a blue aura surrounding them, and it floated in the mid air.
"So, from this point on, I shall introduce you to your new friends." Yuria said as she went near Kumi. "Your weapon's name is Ace. It's a one-of-a-kind weapon. Right now, it's a rectangular-like hilt of a katana, but it can shape-shift into any desired weapon type, ranging from heavy swords to light daggers, or even explosives." Yuria said as she handed Kumi her weapon. "Ace's abilities are kept a secret, even from me. Kuuchan said that you're going to have to unlock and wait for them yourself."
Next, Yuriia approached Kanon. "Your weapon's name is Diabolic, it's a handy scythe. It packs a lot of power, but it takes time for it to unleash wreckage. It's a truly destructive weapon that has another side to it, which is the complete opposite of Diabolic. The name wasn't revealed to me and the added abilities weren't revealed to me as well. Non-chan told me to never, never ever try to tell Diabolic all of your problems and evil thoughts."
Next to Kanon was Akane, who was still focused despite all odds. "Here is your weapon, and the truth is, Airin made it for you."
Airin hung her mouth low at Yuria's sudden statement, and Akane blushed again. "Well the name is Bird. You know why. Anyways, the weapon is specially forged for you by Airin, as I mentioned a while ago. It's a pair of holy guns that is said to protect you from all harm. Hence it's name, bird, the weapon grants the user the power of flight and speed, and vitality. The other special ability of Bird is not revealed to me. Only Airin knows what it does. The downside of this weapon is the lack of destructive power, though it is also a powerful weapon of it's own."
Airin, who was still shocked that she forged a weapon for Akane, was handed a weapon by Yuria saying,"This one's made for you by Churi."
"The name's Kamen. As for the reason why Churi named it Kamen, it's because of your nickname Hentai Kamen. Anyways, Kamen is a sword forged with air and lightning. It's supposed to grant you speed and power in a destructive manner since Churi said that you were so weak. Churi also put your vitality into consideration and added another ability for the weapon, though it wasn't revealed to me as well. It has a secret mode wherein you have to wear something to unlock a special ability, which is a secret for now."
"Well, there's your weapons. It has your own DNA printed into it, and the weapon knows if you're in trouble, if you're weak, if you're stupid, or if you're incapable of anything. It also understands all of your feelings, and if it finds out that you're weak, it will disobey you. And trust me, you don't want that to happen to you."
Suddenly, Ace approached Yuria and spoke,"Yuria-sama... where am I?"
Kumi's weapon talking all of sudden causes chaos between the supposed to be trainees. They panicked and hit each other like crazy, only for Yuria to break them up.
"I'm stupid for not mentioning that your weapon speaks. I'm sorry for that seriously."
Diabolic hit Ace with it's handle,"Ace, why the hell did you have to speak. Now Yuria-sama's in trouble."
Bird exclaimed as she went near Akane,"Wow! So that's how Churi-sama looked like when she was younger, huh!"
Kamen just followed Airin and said,"Airin-sama, Churi-sama told me to call you a hentai. I'm deeply sorry but it was her orders."
Airin grabbed Kamen by it's hilt and said,"Nah, no worries pal. I'm used to it, and I am one anyway."
Yuria clapped her hands and summoned her own weapon to the fray. It was a katana, with a red and black hilt, and the blade itself was red, with a mix of black and glowing blue.
"And finally, I introduce you to my pal, Peace."
Peace spoke up and said,"Yuria-sama, I was sleeping you know."
"Nobody cares." Yuria replied coldly as she forcibly grabbed the katana by the hilt.
Ace, Diabolic, Bird and Kamen all laughed as Yuria practically bashed Peace to the ground.
"You're awake now, Peace?"
".... Haaah. Yes. Yuria-sama..." Peace heaved.
Ace went near Peace to comfort her,"You okay?"
"Yup, this always happens. Go back to Kuuchan-sama." Peace replied back.
"And so, for your first activity with your partner, I have planted a lot of traps in the foliage and trees outside. It's a test of courage, and you have to find a certain object in there. The first clue is it's in the middle of the forest." Yuria replied as she held Peace up high and pushed a button on a remote she was holding. "Once I bash Peace down to the ground, I'd better not see your faces unless you wanna be die!"
Airin, Kumi, Kanon and Churi nervously gulped and ran as fast as they could in order for them to escape Yuria's wrath. Yuria laughed as they hurriedly ran outside, and put Peace back in her scabbard. After seeing the last of the four of them, Yuria ran to Rena's side.
"How's Jurina?"
"... She's fine..." Rena said. "She wasn't seriously injured, she just fainted."
"I see..." Yuria smiled as she patted Rena's back,"Good job. You do have a talent for this."
"So... want me to introduce you to your partner? Are you ready?" Yuria smiled.
"I... I also want to help." Rena gulped as she stood up. "Letting me treat Jurina for a reason... Yuria, you're smart."
"Yes. The power was inside you all along. You didn't need any weapon or whatsoever. But... would you a deny a weapon forged for you by Jurina herself, I wonder?"
"If she specifically made it for me then..." Rena paused and looked at Jurina before saying,"Then I will happily accept it."
"Since you were aware of your powers from the beginning, then I'd cut to the part where you need to control it. You hid it pretty well, Rena-chan~" Yuria smiled.
"I know your secret, Yuria." Rena leaned to Yuria and said,"But I trust you. I believe that you wouldn't do anything stupid."
"I won't. I have changed, Rena." Yuria smiled as she handed her the weapon,"I believe that you have seen this dagger somewhere?"
Rena looked shocked as she grabbed the weapon. It was a gold dagger, and from hilt to blade the weapon was shining as a thousand suns.
"Jurina carries one in her bag." Rena said, astonished by the appearance of the dagger.
"Yes, it is indeed that dagger in her bag. But in the future, she reinforced it into a powerful weapon and nearly poured all of her soul into it. It was a weapon made for you." Yuria smiled.
"It was the last gift her dad gave her... why is she giving it to me?" Rena said as she was on the verge of tears.
"That's how much she loves you... Rena. That's why it's name it's name is Saiai." Yuria smiled as she offered her shoulder for Rena to cry on.
Rena cried and told Yuria a lot of stories that she has already heard about from the future Rena and Jurina, but nevertheless, she still listened to Rena's every word and by doing so, Rena calmed down.
"Rena, can we start now?" Yuria smiled as she stood up and held her out for Rena.
"Yes. I'm ready. Let's do this."
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Meanwhile, on the thick foliage and plantation, Team KuuAce were having troubles because of the traps that Kumi clumisly activated.
"Get yourself together, Kuuchan-sama!" Ace yelled.
"I am trying to... Ace!"
Suddenly, a rock hit Kumi in the head as she was sitting down to take a quick rest. In the rock, there was a piece of paper tied to it. Could it be? Kumi removed the paper and unraveled it's contents.
What you're looking is X.
"What the heck?" Kumi angrily fumed after she saw the paper's contents.
"What is that, Kuuchan-sama? Let me see!" Ace forcibly peeked at the contents of the paper.
"X?... Haven't we seen a X mark before? Let's go!" Ace yelled.
"What? What X Ace?" Kumi asked.
"J-Just follow me, Kuuchan-sama..." Ace sighed as it led the way to the cave.
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Team DiabolicNon was progressing smoothly, and Kanon found her item as she was scurrying around the thick jungle. She was on her way to the battle grounds when a huge gorilla just screamed when it saw her.
"UHO UHO!"
"Uh-oh. Trouble! NON-SAMA!" Diabolic shouted.
"I KNOW, DIABOLIC!" Kanon yelled back. "RUUUUUN!"
Kanon dragged Diabolic as far as she could to shake the gorilla off, but realizing that the gorilla was not planning to give up on chasing her, she shouted at Diabolic.
"Can't you do something useful?!"
"I can, if you could properly yield me!" Diabolic yelled,"Try to grab my hilt and swing at that gorilla!"
Kanon felt intrigued at what would happen if she did, and it was not as if something bad would happen anyway. So she figured, why not give it a shot?
She held the scythe at it's hilt and swung it at the gorilla. She was surprised at the sudden glowing violet light that surged to the gorilla. The gorilla didn't have any chance to dodge, and thus it was cut in half gruesomely. Feeling sick from the scene, Kanon ran away from what she killed just now.
"Non-sama... don't worry." Diabolic said in a soft tone. "I'm here for you. We're both responsible. Stop blaming yourself."
Kanon smiled as she said,"Thank you. Now, let's go."
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Team AkaneBird was progressing at a much faster rate than all of the others. Akane, taking advantage of Bird's power of flight, she decided to fly and scope the whole area before swooping at the thing she needed to get. From above, she saw how many were the traps that was set by Yuria, and it made her shiver in fear.
"Is Yuria... planning on killing us?" Akane asked Bird.
"No, I don't think so, Churi-sama." The double pistols answered back. "This is training, Churi-sama."
Akane nodded before saying,"Hmm. Is that so."
After a few minutes of being in the air and flying freely, Akane found eyed something fancy on the mountain.
"Look, Bird. Something's up there!" Akane enthusiastically shouted.
"Churi-sama, your sight is indeed something. Well, shall we go?"
Using Bird's power of speed, which felt like their teleport to this mumbo-jambo of a place, they arrived at the spot that Akane pointed at in no time.
"This sack... has Yuria's chibi face on it." Churi smiled as she opened the sack. "It is indeed this one. This piece of paper says so."
"Let's go, then, Churi-sama."
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The last team, HentaiKamen, was progressing fast than was expected as Airin learned how to wield Kamen properly. On the way back from retrieving the Yuria sack, Airin decided to ask Kamen some questions regarding the future, and the one who forged her: Akane.
"Hey, Kamen. Since it looks like we're in a lead anyways, can I ask you a bunch of questions?"
"Sure, Airin-sama."
"So, what was my relationship with Churi?" Airin curiously asked the sword.
"Hmm... I'd say that you two are really close."
"How close, exactly."
"So close that you eat each other's faces? I'm sorry, Airin-sama but I forgot the term for sucking each other." Kamen calmly answered. "And moaning at each other as well."
Airin blushed in a deeper hue of red as soon as she heard it.
"I know, Airin-sama, that you love Churi-sama. And you don't love Yuria-sama either. I think that you were only attracted to her appearance." The sword calmly evaluated.
"Shh, Kamen. Don't tell this to anyone."
"As you wish, Airin-sama."
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The only team who isn't progressing smoothly and was only about to grab the Yuria-sack was the KuuAce team. Ace remained in her hilt form as Kumi didn't know how to activate her at all, and therefore none of her abilities were used along the mission.
The last hurdle from grabbing the Yuria-sack was a small person who called himself the guardian. Gathering up all of her courage, Kumi swung Ace, and to her surprise, Ace transformed into a blue and white katana.
"Ace! You finally transformed!" Kumi yelled.
"Congratulations, Kuuchan-sama. You've finally unlocked my Katana form." The weapon laughed before saying,"Now, beat the pulp out of that small fry!"
"That would be awesome!" Kumi enthusiastically swung Ace back and forth and after a few trial and errors, she managed to stab the guardian and immediately, it dispersed into the wind.
"Finally, the Yuria-sack!" Kumi yelled.
"Let's go, Kumi-sama, we don't have any time to spare!" Ace shouted. "Press the button below my hilt!"
Kumi curiously examined Ace's hilt and she discovered a secret compartment wherein a button was hidden. She pressed the button and she was back inside the forcefield, and she saw Yuria sitting down with an amused look on her face.
"Congratulations, Kuuchan. You're the first one to arrive." Yuria smiled.
"Thank you, Yuria." Kumi said as she flaunted a thumbs-up sign.
"So, do you want a reward?" Yuria smirked as she held Kumi by her shoulders.
"A reward? I get a reward? Wow! Sure!"
Not knowing what was about to happen, Kumi anticipated Yuria's reward. Yuria then cradled Kumi's cheek and quickly planted a kiss on her lips. Kumi was taken aback by Yuria's action, but nevertheless, she kissed back.
As they pulled away, Kumi pinched Yuria's cheek and Yuria awkwardly smiled at her and said," Swo, Kwuchwan, twhewre iws ywour rwewarwd."
Kumi blushed she continued to assault Yuria's other cheek. "Take this~ Take this~" Kumi yelled.
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Airin arrived shortly after Kumi, but realizing the scene unfolding in front of her, she decided to keep quiet and observe what was going to happen. She then found Churi who looks fine, and Kanon who was wearing clothes tainted with blood and whispered to them. "Shh."
Akane excitedly nudged Airin and said,"It just started, right?"
"Yup." Airin whispered back,"Kanon, you have to hide as well or we might get caught."
The young girl nodded and decided to follow the older people's actions. When Yuria finally kissed Kumi, Airin and Churi were squealing while Kanon was smiling as Kumi returned the kiss.
"They're official! They're off-" Akane raised her tone.
"Shh! Churi, they're gonna hear us!"
"Don't you think that it's time that we enter the scene? I mean, they're finished and all." Kanon tapped the two.
"Well, let's go in then." The two agreed as they entered the battle grounds.
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Trying not to rouse any suspicion, Airin, Akane and Kanon entered calmly, though a tint of pink could be seen on their cheeks for they have witnessed something amazing. Yuria realized this and said,"What happened to you three?"
"There was this plant.. and this get caught on this plant... and the plant was itchy." Airin stammered as she tried to reason out.
"Like what Airin said." Kanon made a confident smile to Yuria.
"I trust you three." Yuria stared at the three and bored her vision into theirs. "I, TRUST you three."
"I'm sorry, we were peeking, we saw you two kissing and and..." Akane spurted.
Airin facepalmed herself while Kanon just hid her face between her hands.
"I see. It's okay." Yuria confidently reassured the three. "I'm not going to kill you guys or anything. Instead, I thought of letting you guys find food for tonight's dinner."
The three sighed as they silently left the scene, and Airin muttered a,"IT WAS WORTH IT, WASN'T IT, GUYS."
The two nodded in agreement as they once again went to inside the jungle once again.
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Suddenly, Jolted out of her sleep, surprising Kumi who was looking after her for the moment, since Rena was out on a special mission with her weapon, as what Yuria supposedly told her.
"HUWAH! Kumi!"
"Hey, welcome to Earth, buddy. WE MISSED YOU!" Kumi yelled as she hugged Jurina tight.
"Hahaha, so what happened while I was out?" Jurina said as she hugged back.
"Well, we were done for the first step of the training." Kumi said as she pulled back from their hug. "You are the only one without a weapon now, Jurina."
Jurina sighed as she whined,"Uwaa, I want a weapon as well!"
Yuria, hearing that Jurina finally woke up, stood up and went near her and handed her weapon. "This is your weapon, Bara. A pair of gloves with an invisible layer of knuckles. It packs a powerful punch with stability, strength and speed. Hence the name, Bara, the invisible forcefield in the knuckle area is like a rose's thorn. It's other ability is granting the user healing abilities and vitality. There is much more to this weird weapon that you created yourself, but you didn't provide me any info whatsoever."
Jurina immediately put it on and felt a weird power surging within her. The gloves then turned from it's normal black color to a glowing white and blue hue.
"Now, get out there and help the others find dinner!" Yuria commanded.
Jurina ran to the exit while shouting,"WAAAA IT TALKS!"
"Kuuchan, let's go to that building over there." Yuria said as she pointed at the other place that emerged when Yuria clapped her hands.
"What's inside that place exactly?"
"It's supposedly a hotel." Yuria smiled as she said,"We're gathering the beds inside the battle grounds."
"Why?" Kumi asked curiously.
"For safety measures. Since something inappropriate might happen... you already know that Kuuchan."
"Ahh, is that so." Kumi smiled as she grabbed Yuria's hand. "Let's go then!"
Yuria smiled to herself as she found herself once again found herself in love with the same person all over again. She gripped the hand that held hers, and she didn't want to let go of it. She felt the hand grip hers back and she smiled as she truly felt happy once again in her life.
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TBC~---
I managed to somehow pull through even though my brain was telling me to stop.
@minamiyuki-san: Thank you for replying and enjoying my story so far
@saeseki-san: Yup, since Jurina and Rena have been friends for a very long time. Haha, making Churi jealous was actually a request from a friend. I'll try to keep up to your expectations, and thank you for replying
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