Irene's pov

I left the prison holding and went home. I was in too much of a happy mood. I felt that this would be a good start to have Minerva test her skills. I could tell that she wasn't one to use manners but I say it was a fair deal but I wondered on how I would be strict and test her in the morning. I wondered what else to think about bringing.

'I look forward to the meeting in the morning.'

I was too focused on the training session that I lost track of time only for Erza to tell me it's dinner time. I agreed to the idea of extreme work outs.

Minerva's pov

The next morning I left the prison holding and went to the park that the woman wanted me to meet her at.

When I got there I saw her and she had this weird smile on her face.

"Good morning, Minerva."

I was confused.

"Uh...hi..."

She raised a brow.

"Your greetings and manners are pitiful."

I slightly frowned.

"Never really had to use them growing up, what's the point now?"

"Use them on your elders."

"So in other words you want me to get on my knees and kiss every ass of every entitled adult I see? I think I'll pass."

I turned to leave but something was thrown at me, hitting me in the head.

I looked at her only to see that she had more rocks.

"I didn't say all that and naturally I would like for you to respect me but I can clearly you see that you're the type of person that rather much earn respect instead of just giving it out so openly."

I turned to face her.

"That's right."

"In that case, let's start with the basics. From this day forward I am your legal guardian so anything you end up doing I will be the one you answer to. I will be training you personally until I feel that you are ready to go on missions with me or even solo."

I blinked.

"Missions? What kind of missions?"

"Rescue missions. Mountain, flood relief, hostage and fire. Any mission that requires a high skilled team to come help people who are trapped."

I was impressed but why did she want me?

"Why me though? I mean just the other day you were chasing me because I was running from the cops? Wouldn't that stop me from helping others?"

Irene smiled at me.

"Minerva, when you were in trouble or watched the news how late would the cops be when the victim called for help?"

I looked away. She was right, cops were either always too late to help or help never came to those who really needed it. I looked at her.

"Way too late."

"So when I had you to take that test you scored very high in survival. As for that chase the other day, I feel that you could put that same energy into survival mode of yours and be able to help others."

I blinked then lowered my gaze to the ground.

"Someone like me? I...couldn't."

"Why not?"

"I only know about survival because I tend to run away from the threat."

"In that case let's start training you to fight the threat."

I looked up and saw her getting rope and tied it around my waist. At the other end she had a weight that was 100 pounds. I was confused and she looked at me.

"In this workout I want you to run three laps with this weight tied to you."

I just looked at her in shock.

"You can't be serious."

"Oh I am, start running."

"You make it sound like it's a life or death thing."

I saw her toss something far behind her into the trees.

"It is now."

I blinked then there was an explosion and I took off running.

That running task took almost a half hour to do. When I was done I dropped to my knees and Irene came to me.

"Nice work. How are your pushups?"

I looked at her.

"You..."

"Good, you're breathing. Keep that up."

I got into a push up position and began pushing.

She was timing me and after one minute I fell to the ground while she checked the time.

"Nice, 55 in one minute. If this was the military PT test you would be getting the Warhawk Honor award."

I looked at her then she had me to do leg lifts.

"I want you to give me everything you have for this work out. I want to see where your limits are right now so that you surpass them in the future."

I was in so much pain but for some reason I wasn't sure what to think anymore about Irene. However something told me that she was telling the truth and that she wanted me to surpass what I could do right now. I looked at her only to see that she came towards me only to grab me by my shirt and yank me up to my feet. I winced in pain then she smiled at me.

"This was just a test to see where you are but how bad will you be willing to train under me to surpass your limits?"

"I want to surpass what I can do now."

"Good girl, but first there's something I want you to call me."

"What's that?"

She slammed her knee into my stomach and smiled.

"Call me Captain."

"...got...it..."

I passed out after that.