"Hey Kaito! I need your help!" Luka said running to him, he sat there in the middle of the central garden on a bench under a cherry blossom tree, reading a book, while Bestie laid under the same tree on the grass, looking quite relaxed as she felt the breeze gently blow over her and the suns rays beaming through the branches of the tree, she looked like she was about to fall asleep to be honest,
Luka explained the entire thing to Kaito,
"So, you're going to battle Ciara, let's see..." He said as he flipped through the unit encyclopedia,
"Here she is! Ciara's a fire-type, amplifies the strength of water, earth, fire and thunder partners, she could be a valuable asset to your team." Kaito stated closing the encyclopedia,
"Well she wants to 1v1 One of my units, should I be concerned?" Luka asked,
"To an extent yes, as her effect also helps herself, so you and Feeva should fight carefully." Kaito said,
"You could also use Metal units, they're full of energy that amplifies your units, check at the front desk of the academy, there's likely a beginner package waiting for you,
When Luka went to check, there was one waiting, she opened it, it contained the following,
1 Metal God (within a temporary summoner stone that vanishes after use),
30 cures,
And 1 summon ticket
"What's this?" Luka asked, holding the ticket, she showed it to Kaito,
"That's a summon ticket, exchange it at the machine in the summoning chamber, it'll give you 5 gems per ticket." He replied,
Luka ran there as fast as she could, excited to get her next unit, she repeated the process from before and the gate opened, revealing a girl with white hair, a light blue and pink uniform, and an umbrella that looked like a bear,
"I am Eva, are you the one who summoned me?" She asked looking directly at Luka, "Yes, I'm Luka, nice to meet you." Luka said holding her hand out to shake hands,
Eva shook her hand, and Luka felt a chill shoot up her arm and throughout her spine,
"Eva's your new unit eh? Nice, you now have 1 dark and 1 light, they cover each other very well." Kaito commented,
Luka flipped through her encyclopedia and read up on Eva, figuring out, her brave burst is water, light, and dark altogether, Ciara was fire so this was a HUGE advantage,
"Okay, so Eva, I need your help, I'm supposed to battle Ciara soon, will you help me?" Luka asked her,
"I am your unit now, so I will accept, and help you." Eva said assuringly,
"Great! We'll be meeting her at the battle arena soon, take this time to limber up, this'll be rough." Luka replied,
Once they got there, Luka saw many summoners gathering to watch the fight,
"Alright, I'll be the referee for this battle, this will be a 1 on 1 battle, the battle is over when a unit is in no position to continue, or fades out due to exhaustion, now, battle begin!" Kaito said giving the go ahead,
"Alright, Eva, do your thing." Luka said telepathically to her unit, Eva watched Ciara carefully, who immediately dashed towards her,
"Alright, build up your Brave bursts energy, hit her a few times to charge it as fast as possible, but take caution." Luka said telepathically,
Eva gracefully dodged attacks and threw kicks, gusts of cold wind, and swings with her umbrella closed up, hitting Ciara a few times as well as having them blocked, the crowd cheered as the battle raged on,
Suddenly Ciara pulled a fake out, tripping Eva with the blunt of her scythe blade and side kicking her back, "That's enough of that." Ciara said as she used her brave burst to attack Eva, Eva took the hit directly, however she staggered to her feet,
"Eva, I can feel it, your Brave burst is ready, alright, try to throw her off balance, then fire it off." Luka said telepathically,
Eva tried to bait Ciara into rushing her again, Eva let herself fall on one knee, the whole crowd gasped thinking this may be Eva's limit, Ciara smirked and decided to end this, right as she was about to finish Eva, Eva immediately threw her weight to slide tackle under Ciara, whose eyes widened in shock, Eva then side kicked Ciara square in the spine, hard enough that it threw Ciara into the arena wall, leaving a huge crack in it,
"Now!" Luka shouted out loud,
Ciara opened her eyes and saw Eva fire her brave burst, "Snow Dance!" Eva shouted,
right as Ciara got herself off the wall, a sudden blizzard slammed her back into it and ice shards began cutting and stabbing her, the winds were so wild and powerful that she was thrashed about by it, once the attack ended, the dust cleared and Eva and Luka saw Ciara on the ground, slumped back against the wall, her eyes replaced by swirls as if she was from Pokemon,
"Ciara is unable to continue, Eva is the winner!" Kaito said feeling happy for Luka, the crowd cheered wildly,
"You did it Eva!" Luka said with glee,
"No, WE did it." Eva corrected Luka, looking back at her with a smile,
Ciara managed to pull herself together and walked...well...limped over to Luka and Eva,
"A deal's a deal, I'm your unit now." Ciara said with a slight smile,
"A bit disappointed I lost, but you and your units clearly share a deep bond, whether you realize it or not, the bond is SO much deeper than you think, which is a key element for units and summoners to fight side by side, and you already realized it, so I see a bright future for me and your units by sticking with you." Ciara continued,
Ciara then faded and was replaced by a glowing red ball of light, which then beamed itself into Luka's summoner stone,
"I promise Ciara, I will do my best for you three." Luka said telepathically to Ciara after the scythe wielder went into the summoner stone,
"You take a rest as well Eva, you did great." Luka said as she recalled Eva to the summoner stone,
"Well done Luka, you got yourself your first fire-type unit, don't worry about medical attention for them, units recover on their own while withdrawn even if they lose a limb, or face extreme bleeding, they'll recover as if nothing ever happened." Kaito said as he approached Luka,
A few hours had passed after the battle with Ciara, and Eva and Ciara both made a rapid recovery, Luka felt her hunger fire up again,
"Right...magic well still forming, hope this doesn't last for much longer, well it is around time for dinner anyway, can't complain then." Luka sighed,
She made her way to the dining hall, just as active as earlier, she brought out her units,
"Well since this is a time we can relax, it'd be a good idea for me to get to know you 3 better." Luka said to them,
Feeva, Eva and Ciara all nodded in understanding, Luka walked over to a booth where Kaito was sitting, she saw Bestie and 2 others with him,
"Hey Kaito and Bestie, who are those other 2?" Luka asked looking at them,
One was a woman with white hair, and a gray uniform, the other was a woman with light blue hair and a black uniform and amber eyes,
"Oh them? They're 2 of my other units, Sefia and Iris." Kaito said, each of them nodding when their name was said,
"Dang, is he TRYING to get a harem? Or are they each like relief f*ck for him?" Luka thought,
"We units don't work that way, well...normally we don't." Feeva answered out loud,
"What? H-how did you-?" Luka was interrupted by Ciara now,
"You thought telepathically again, so all 3 of us heard you." Ciara said before continuing to eat her ramen,
"And said it somewhat out loud." Iris said with a slight blush, enough that it was barely noticeable,
"It's fine, a lot of people think that at first, but remember, a summoner typically has no say in what unit he/she gets." Kaito said as he laughed a bit,
"You seem to have Bestie out with you a lot, have you 2 always been this close?" Luka asked,
"Oh no, we weren't, we used to fight all the time." Bestie answered,
Luka's eyes widened, she couldn't believe that the best summoner she knows and his partner unit used to argue around the clock, looking at them now, it's hard to imagine it,
"I've held deep trust in each of my units since we met, Iris was once a rogue unit, Sefia I met through summoning, and Zenia was a very interesting story, she was actually thrown out by her original summoner, when I met her, it was quite a wild ride,
Flashback
Kaito was helping Bestie excel at her fire attacks in rainy weather, which she struggled holding up,
"Keep trying Bestie, you'll get it!" He said, Bestie fired off more shots at a piece of dry wood under a tarp, just then, Kaito heard something, he requested Bestie to hold her fire so he may listen, it sounded like something tumbling down a muddy hill and smashing through branches,
He located where the sound came from and ran towards it,
Zenia's side
Zenia wandered about on her own, no summoner so that took out her fast recovery that most units have,
she felt a wave of sorts course through her mind, despite having human emotions "removed", she couldn't describe it since her ability to recognize emotion was ripped away from her, since a unit has their limits without a summoner, her power level was low and could be replenished if she consumed something, she saw in the corner of her eye, a ripe bit of fruit, as the rain drops glistened off of it, the branch it was on was hanging over a steep muddy hillside, she would use her abilities to get it, but her power levels said otherwise, so she did things the old fashioned way, she climbed up the tree, and inched little by little on the branch, when she finally got it, the branch started cracking,
"Sh*t..." Zenia said under her breath as she braced for falling, she landed hard and slid down the hill, smashing branches as she slid down, when she stopped at the bottom, she was covered in mud, twigs caught in her hair, and when she checked her hand, the fruit was gone, she looked around for it and when she looked down in front of her, she saw it...smushed onto her armor, she sighed, as she started walking she fell, her legs now too weak to stand, Zenia then realized what she was feeling earlier, what others called, "Sadness", and boy was she feeling it now, no summoner, cold, a muddy mess, and so low on energy she's lucky she hasn't shut down yet, she felt something like a rain drop stream down her face, but it was warm, and she realized, her emotions were all there, and she felt alone, trying to resist showing any weakness, she sat up and her abilities to resist it before failed, she softly whimpered as her lower lip quivered, still trying to resist, but couldn't and began crying, never had she felt so alone before, she was alone before her first summoner, but being with a summoner made her realize how much she missed the company.
(This is where the 2 flashbacks meet)
Kaito and Bestie found Zenia, sitting there on her knees, wiping tears from her eyes as she bawled, covered in mud and what used to be a fruit smeared on her armor,
Kaito flipped through his encyclopedia quickly and found Zenia's page, she didn't look nearly as tough as the rough sketch depicted her, Kaito decided, perhaps she could join him and Bestie, Bestie told him telepathically that she sensed loneliness and sorrow from Zenia,
"Zenia? Will you join us?" Kaito asked, holding his hand out to her,
Zenia looked at his hand then at him a few times, but accepted after thinking.
End of flashback
"So since then, she has trusted me deeply and I trust her." Kaito said,
"But she seems to have no emotions though." Luka said feeling confused,
"That's because she only opens up to me, otherwise, she keeps to herself." Kaito answered,
"Sometimes units don't trust anyone but their summoner, Zenia is one you would not expect." Sefia answered as she cut into her steak,
"Hard too believe anyone would ever throw her out, she's SO powerful, you'd have to be stupid." Luka said, feeling a little pissed,
"Zenia is the powerful unit you know now, because me and her trust one another, remember, ALWAYS remember, trust is what holds a unit and summoner together, otherwise, they're weak divided, that's why Eva survived Ciara's Brave burst, you both trusted one another, so she managed to remain standing against that powerful attack, because she wanted to make you proud, and felt much more confident with your presence." Kaito said,
"Hey Kaito, I've been meaning to ask, which units do you have? I mean, do you have 12?" Luka asked,
"Yes, I bring each of them out 2 at a time typically." Kaito answered,
"But Bestie's always out, why?" Luka asked,
"She isn't the biggest fan of the summoner stone, so I let her stay out with me most of the time." Kaito answered,
"You know Bestie, being out so much has perks, you got what it takes to meet a nice male unit." Luka winked teasingly,
Bestie blushed slightly and looked away,
"I-I-I...just...ummm well..." Bestie was tongue tied and flustered,
"Aw come on Bestie, you know you'd like it, maybe a little action...in bed." Luka teased,
Bestie got more and more flustered and blushed deeper silently gesturing for her to cut it out,
"As we've said, we units don't reproduce, or have a love life unless we had a lover before becoming what we are now." Iris answered,
Luka nodded assuringly, "I know, I was just messing with her." Luka said laughing a little,
"Ahem, I just need a moment." Bestie said, fanning herself and trying to get her act together,
After everyone finished, they called it a day, Kaito returned to his room, it was a quaint but nicely decorated bed room, dark green carpeting, dark sand colored walls, a bathroom and a window with a nice view, he set his summoner stone and glasses on to his nightstand, went into the bathroom for a shower, however, he felt a strange presence as he stood in the shower, almost...unearthly, not a unit that's for sure, as his units remain within the summoner stone at night, even Bestie, he shrugged it off after a bit,
He stepped out of the shower with a towel around his waist as he used another to dry his long silver hair, but suddenly, he blinked and saw a human-like individual with a purple skull-like face with yellow eyes staring at him in the mirror, standing next to his reflection he turned towards where it should've been, but it wasn't there, he turned back to the mirror and the human-like figure stood right in front of him,
"It's me..." It whispered in a raspy, yet sinister voice, it laughed for a second and lunged at him with a shout, Kaito opened his eyes and saw he was right where he was standing when the figure showed up, his heart pounding, he calmed himself, got dressed and hopped into bed under his silk blankets,
"Whatever it was...I don't like how it looked, something felt...evil about it." He thought, he pondered for about an hour before actually falling asleep,
Little did he know, the same thing happened to Luka, at that moment, Luka was in the shower and saw a silhouette of a figure standing outside of the shower curtain,
"Okay, guys, you got me, good scare." Luka peeked out from the curtain to see the same skull-faced individual, her blood turned cold as ice even though the shower was steaming hot,
"Do I scare you...Luka?" The figure laughed before in the blink of an eye, it vanished, Luka's heart now pounding, she got dressed, hurried towards her bed, and hid under her blankets like a scared child, peeking out, watching the bathroom door where the light remained on.
To be continued...
Welp, there we go, chapter 2, what did you guys think of this one? Lemme know in the reviews.