Thirty six hours had passed. It was a regular Wednesday morning. Sun had just risen, the sky was blue and there were no clouds.

Flare and Seryu wore training gear and sparred in the same park, where they had previously fought Sheele and Mine of Night Raid. Since it was their day off, they decided to train and get better by pushing each other to the absolute limits.

Flare wore black training shorts with a white line, white socks and black training shoes with white laces. He was topless, showing his abs, due to hard work and training. "Are you ready, Seryu?"

Seryu had wore training green shorts, a green short tank top where it shoes her lower abs. She also wore green training shoes with black laces and white long socks. Her auburn hair had grown a little longer and put in a ponytail. Her eyes burned with justice and determination. "You bet, Flare!" Seryu eagerly replied, as she hopped side-to-side.

There were no people and no animals of any kind around, except for Seryu's recovered Imperial Arm Koro, which Flare somehow retrieved and recovered from the Revolutionary Army. Koro watched from the sidelines and cheered on both Seryu and Flare to do their best, despite not being able to talk.

"Hey, Seryu."

"Yes?"

"Let's make this challenging. If you can land a punch on my face, you can be the winner of this sparring match." Flare pointed at his face.

"Alright!"

"Bark! Bark, bark!" Koro cheerfully howled as he cheered on both Flare and Seryu with a black pennant cheering flag stick in its waving paw.

"I promise, I won't use my Imperial Arm." Flare chuckled.

Seryu giggled. "I know you won't."

Ten seconds later.

"Hyah!" Seryu yelled, as she made the first move by jumping in the air, delivering a strong kick towards Flare's head, who ended up blocking it with one of his arms. She quickly jumped back and landed on her feet, like a cat. She charged again and grunt as she threw punch after punch. Kick after kick.

Flare spent time guarding himself from Seryu's attacks. He could tell that Seryu has gotten physically stronger and a bit faster, during the past three months.

Three months ago, after the death of Najenda... Seryu received punishment for insubordination and losing her Imperial Arm, Hekathonkeires. She was nearly kicked off the Jaegers for good, but Flare managed to convince Esdeath to let her stay. At some point within three months, Flare had recovered Koro from the Revolution, while Seryu was attending rehabilitation.

Flashback

Seryu had just walked out of the rehabilitation facility. She wore her Jaeger clothes, she had a bag full of her belongings. She looked forward to see Flare at least a yard away, with Koro by his side. It was like a dream, turned into a reality. Tears of joy streamed down her face. She dropped her bag and immediately ran towards Flare. She cried onto Flare's shoulder as he embraced her.

End Flashback

"I'm happy that you made it out of rehab." Flare said as he dodged one of Seryu's kicks.

"Thanks for waiting for me." Seryu then attempted to deliver a strong punch towards Flare's chest. Flare was able to block it with. After feeling the power of that last punch, Flare could feel Seryu's true strength.

"I can tell that you're really motivated today, Seryu." Flare noted as he sparred with Seryu. He could tell that Seryu had gotten physically stronger and a bit faster.

"Of course I am! Back then, I couldn't save you, and I failed to stop Night Raid from taking Koro. Now that both Koro and you, my boyfriend are back in my life... I must get stronger to protect them, no matter what!"

Seryu Ubiquitous can continue to fight for long periods of time, such as half a day, thanks to the body modifications that Dr. Stylish has done.

A few seconds later, Seryu threw a barrage of strong punches and kicks towards Flare. He was on the defensive, as he guarded and dodged most of Seryu's attacks. As he tried to dodge, he started to lose a little balance and nearly tripped over a rock.

"Hah!" Seryu yelled, as she then landed a successful punch on Flare's face.

Flare landed on his but, after taking the punch from Seryu.

Seryu paused and placed a hand over her mouth, as she then realized something. She landed a punch onto Flare. "Did I just..." She looked at her cybernetic hand, then looked at Flare, who remained silent for a moment. "Flare? Are you okay?"

Flare paused for ten seconds. Then he laughed, which caught Seryu off guard. "Looks like you won this sparring match."

"Huh?" Seryu paused, the laughed as well. "I guess I did win." She walked then towards Flare and offered him a hand.

Instead of Flare taking Seryu's hand to get up, he grabbed her hand and pulled her down to his level.

"Waaah? Flare!" Seryu was surprised as he pulled her down. She landed onto Flare's chest.

"Gotcha!" Flare said as he caught Seryu within his arms.

"You're embarrassing me!" Seryu laughed.

"Come on. This is what I do with my sisters."

They rolled around on the ground a bit and laughed, because they were having a good time. After they stopped laughing, they realized their faces were really close to one another. Flare was over Seryu's body. Their eyes met again, as they were close to one another. Their noses were centimeters apart and they both didn't utter a word. Seryu brought her head up and kissed Flare's lips. He kissed her back.

"You wanna go back, or you keep going a little longer?" Flare smiled.

Seryu nodded her head, yes. "Yes."

They continued to make out for another forty seconds. After that, both of them and Koro sat down on a wide park bench and drunk bottles of water.

"That was really fun." Seryu smiled as she enjoyed herself.

"I kinda needed it, too. Especially with with all the trouble continuing to go around the capital. What about you?" Flare asked.

"Yeah." Seryu panted a bit. She turned her head towards and looked at Flare. "I really enjoy having you as a sparring partner, Flare." Seryu smiled at him, as her body rested a bit.

"Thanks for telling me that." Flare smiled back at Seryu, who giggled.

"Really. With General Esdeath away, you're the best." She pecked Flare's cheek.

Flare looked around in the park and noticed a new clock tower being constructed. He suddenly reminisced when he first fought Night Raid and some of the destruction that happened within the park, including the old clock tower falling over. "It's been months since we've been here. When we fought Night Raid."

"Oh yeah... We did fight Night Raid, here and won." Seryu suddenly reminisced, too about when they fought. She looked to the clock tower. "It really has been a while, huh?"

"Yeah. We captured a member of Night Raid for the first time. We almost risked our lives, but we still managed to pull through in the end."

"Yeah. Justice had prevailed!" Seryu jumped up from the bench.

"Yeah, I guess it has." Flare stood up and stretched his arms and looked at the sky. "Well, I guess we should be on our way."

"Mm-hmm," Seryu nodded.

Flare then got down on a knee and placed his hands on his back.

"What re you doing?" Seryu asked.

"Come on. Get on my back." Flare offered to give Seryu a piggy-back ride to the palace.

Seryu blushed. "Wha-why?"

"Since you're the winner of our sparring match, I'll carry you back to the palace? I mean, you transported us, here."

"But, wouldn't be easier, if you transport us back to the palace?"

"I mean it would, but I'd feel a little better if I just carried you back."

"Are you sure? I'm kind of heavy..."

"It's alright. I'll be fine." Flare chuckled.

"...Okay." Seryu gently hopped onto Flare's back, one leg at a time. She wrapped her arms around his chest and her legs were at Flare's waist. Her chest were pressed against his upper back.

Flare silently grunted as he lifted himself up, with Seryu on his back. He grabbed Seryu's legs, which were at his sides. "Ready?"

"Yeah." She then looked at Koro. "Koro? Stay close."

"Bark!" Koro replied.

Flare started on his walking trip to the palace from the park. As he walked slowly, he could feel Seryu's chin resting her head onto his shoulder. He chuckled to himself as he looked forward. Koro stood close and walked by Flare to the castle.

Author's Note: I just wanted to dedicate this chapter to those who are fans of Seryu. She hasn't been forgotten.