Chapter 3: Training

Crow smiled then looked past Morgan to see Shiro curling up on the bed. He shook his head then shouted,

"Well kid, we have three days to train and we need to start getting you ready to fight."

"Okay. Time to go I guess. Later Shiro."

She stretched out and waved goodbye. Senji led Morgan to the gym and before asking,

"So what was Shiro doing in your room kid? You two fucking or what?"

"Wait what? No we aren't we were just talking. I hadn't even thought of that before you mentioned it."

"Really? Didn't you notice she wears a tighter than skin outfit. You can basically see everything. There is nothing left to the imagination. You mean to tell me that you have never wondered what is underneath her outfit."

"No it never crossed my mind. Now that you've mentioned it, I probably will want to see her more. Do you think she is interested in me like that? It is been forever since I've even had time to think about being with a woman."

"Actually I don't know. She's kind of a mystery to me. If you want to know what a girl thinks of you all you have to do is ask. They might deny anything but at least you tried. Anyway, enough of this we should get down to training. Now bleed."

Morgan slipped on his claws and cut his palms. Senji sliced the back of his hand then another loud crack broke throughout the gym. Invisible Black was now before Morgan. He held out his other hand and then said,

"Do you have any Candy? I'm out."

Morgan dug in his pocket and pulled out six Candies and handed them to Crow. Without hesitation he smashed five of the candies. Morgan screamed out,

"What the fuck?"

"To really motivate you, I want you to break my Invisible Black, with your own super-sonic speed Branch of Sin."

"I'll try to break that attack. Now prepare."

Morgan ran at Senji and tried to strike his closed hand to take the last Candy that he had in his hand. The attack was easily deflected by something that Morgan couldn't even see. Crow could've cut him in half, but only nicked the top of his forearm. He swung six more times and the same thing happened. By the end of the day, Morgan's body was riddled with multiple shallow cuts. His body ached as he stumbled into his room, where Ganta and Shiro were sitting at the small table. They both turned to see Morgan creating a small puddle of blood underneath his limp hand. They went to stand up, but he motioned for them to stay there. He walked into the bathroom in silence. Several minutes passed before he stepped out with his blood stains only on his torn clothes. Shiro jumped up and started to giggle before saying,

"You're alright. How is it going?"

"Not bad. But Senji took most of my Candy and smashed them to bits."

Ganta spoke up,

"He did that to me when he was training me to use my next level of what he calls the Ganta Gun. You might want to really push yourself against him."

"I know. I really should find a way to break my limits."

Like clockwork, Tamaki's voice rang out through the hallways,

"Come one, come all. We do have a treat for you."

They all gathered outside to witness this big announcement. Tamaki was of course surrounded by body gaurds. His arrogant voice polluted the air when he said,

"Now to all Deadmen; if you so choose so we will be holding trials for our new experimental drug. We call it the Omega Elixir. We think it will cure your Branch of Sin."

Several skeptical murmurs set throughout the confined space. Tamaki looked around then spoke up again,

"We will be accepting volunteers for this in the next few days. Those that volunteer will receive ten Candies for their contribution to our research."

Several deadmen stepped up to go right away. They would rather destroy their gift than kill anymore. Eagle knew better. Even if this miracle drug did what Tamaki said it did, the ones who were cured would be killed soon afterward. Morgan scoffed then returned to his room to collapse into his bed. Ganta and Shiro had left his dinner alone. He choked down the food as best he could. His last bite filled his appetite. Shiro walked into the room seeing Morgan lying on his bed. She took a running start and hopped into his bed, on top of him. The act surprised him and he couldn't catch his breath.

"Sh-sh-sh-shiro. Why are you in my room so late? I thought you would want to be with Ganta."

She giggled then said,

"Nope. Ganta said he wanted to be alone tonight. So I thought I would be with you."

Her arms wrapped around Morgan and their bodies squeezed together. He gave her a gentle hug back. As she let out a soft sigh Morgan remembered what Senji had said. He didn't mean to but his eyes were averted to the whole length of her body. Senji was right. He squeezed his eyes closed and tried to put her out of his mind. He opened his mouth to ask her. He said,

"You are so familiar. Why do I know you?"

She smiled and responded by kissing his forehead. His eyes widened. He finally remembered. It wasn't a visit to Tokyo; his parents gave him up to that research lab. Shiro was one of the girls there. Shiro and Morgan used to play together with Ganta. Shiro had always kissed him like that when he was little. Tears rolled down his face. His grip on Shiro tightened. He sobbed out words of joy,

"Shiro. I remember now. I remember when we met. I can't believe I could forget you. I'm so sorry. I will never forget, ever again."

Shiro answered with one word

"Morgan."

They fell asleep with joyous memories on their mind. He didn't remember everything, but remembering Shiro was enough for now. Morgan awoke with his lips only a few centimeters away from Shiro's. He wondered what it would be like. Something about her face made Morgan feel so alive. He stood up without waking her and slipped on his claws. Shiro started to mumble,

"Mor…..gan….ki…me…..ki…me….please…ki…me."

He bent over her and gently kissed her pale lips. Even though he knew she would never love him he had to. He did care deeply about her, even though he had barely remembered her, his deep hidden urge to kiss her had shown itself. He placed his hand on her head before turning and leaving. He needed to protect her from this Hell. He knew the man to help him. The rapping at his door in the middle of the night would definitely piss him off. Morgan's face barely dodged a punch that left the entrance of the door. He shouted out,

"Damn it Senji. I need to train. Non-stop until I get it right."

Crow smiled then shouted back,

"Alright. Let's get to it then."