Oraculi had found himself waking up to a nudge, which was followed by some quiet talking.
"Dad. Daaad." The little girl had started to shake his arm. Although he had woken up early for his trip the day before, he still wasn't used to waking up that early.
"What?" Oraculi had said it through tiredness, partially annoyed. His tone would be ignored by the girl, however, as she went on.
"You said you would start training me today." Oraculi had grunted after June had said that.
"How about you wait until the sun comes up, or when your mother wakes up." Oraculi had told her his conditions.
"Um…" June had gotten that out before another voice had come out from in front of the bed.
"I think you need to look up." Angelus had said.
"I woke her up first. She made breakfast." June had told Oraculi, and he had just sighed in response.
"Fine. I'll be out in a couple minutes." After saying that, he sat up in bed as Angelus took June out of the room. When Oraculi had equipped his desert cloth outfit, he joined his family in breakfast. More accurately, Angelus had left some for him. It was quiet. Most certainly because of how early it was, as the sun was just starting to rise. Once he had finished, June was quick to ask.
"Can we start now?" Her eyes were wide as she asked, and his answer would only make her more happy.
"Well, I guess you've been patient enough, even if it took some convincing." He looked at Angelus who had only taken a sip from her mug she had. June ignored it as she went outside. Oraculi followed her, and after they got outside, they went to spot next to the house that had some reasonable space. He told the girl to stop as she started to go a little far.
"We'll be starting here." Oraculi had told her, and then continued, "We have to start somewhere, and, thankfully, you're smart enough to work on some fighting. I'm going to teach you how to fight one-on-one with your hands. We'll get to weapons when I think you're ready." Once he said that last one, he could see that June's expression changed a slight bit. He didn't want to teach his daughter to rely on a weapon, finding it one of the major flaws of current-day Huntsmen. However, he didn't just favor people who only used martial arts and close-quarters-combat (CQC), he also found them to be dumb. He highly favored warriors capable of using both CQC styles and their weapons in conjunction, so he was going to impose that philosophy onto June.
Training had started from that point on. Oraculi wanted to teach the girl how to fight with experience, but as all teachings went he would have to start with unlocking her aura. A simple process but Oraculi wanted to train her to use it properly before fighting. It would be a couple months since he brought June out to the training grounds that they would actually spar. In their first couple of bouts, it was apparent that June was a natural. However, after a couple more sessions, it seemed Oraculi had only needed to adjust to the girls size, obviously being smaller than what he was used to. The next year would see rapid improvements in June's fighting capabilities, with Oraculi finding that she had a liking for faster, more complex styles of fighting. Her quick thinking was closing in on his in terms of ability, and soon the only thing giving him an edge would be his many more years of experience.
By the time June had reached 7, it was obvious she would outclass her father. She had practiced with a separate form of Kung-Fu different from her father's main style, and was making good progress with it, but it wouldn't be a huge advantage at first considering Oraculi knew its weaknesses. He never used it because he didn't have the speed to keep it up; however, June was pushing herself and was resisting practicing more with her fathers style, insisting it was the easier one to use. In one sparring session, June had tried to push herself harder than before.
The session had started like any other, Oraculi prompting June to hit first. She still needed to speed up in order to use the fighting style more effectively, but she was fast enough that only Oraculi's max could keep pace ahead of her. Dodging a slide forward to take out his legs, he swung his left leg around to strike June in the head. It wasn't at his max speed, so he was expecting her to dodge it. When she did so, she had brought up her resting arm to grab his leg. She managed to get it and kept it there until she could sit up and grab it with her other arm. She then motioned to swing him into a barrel roll. He was shocked by the attempt, considering that they both knew she wasn't strong enough to lift him up. However, she put considerable effort into it, and a flash erupted from June's arms as she twisted the leg and sent Oraculi into a barrel roll. He tried to recover, but June was faster. She had gotten up and knocked him down with another flashy jab, which was then followed by many hits to his back. He rolled over knocked her back with his legs to give him time to stand up and start a counterattack. When he did get, though, he looked back to see June had fallen on her back, exhausted. Her aura flickered as he went to check on her.
"Are you OK?" Oraculi had said it from afar, keeping his distance to make sure it wasn't a trick.
"I… give up." The girl sounded exhausted as she struggled to get it out. He let his guard down and sighed while he walked over. June had her eyes closed as she had laid there.
"Well, I have a couple guesses for what that was, and, considering what your plan was, I'm assuming you already know what that is." Oraculi had put an eyebrow up, showing he was waiting for a response. June had chuckled and opened her eyes.
"Maybe I do. I wasn't expecting it to take up that much, though." June was being honest with him. He was putting faith in his daughter that she would take bare of reading and studying things on her own, and this had told him she was. Finding and discovering her own semblance was quite impressive. He helped her up as they went back inside, as June needed the rest.
Since that one day, June had kept on using her semblance to reduce its cost. However, the price of going at such speeds would never be minor. Even after two years of training, it was clear that it was a powerful fallback, and not much else. In those two years, though, June had improved exponentially everywhere else. Her natural speed had increased, which allowed her to master the fast pace form of Karate her father couldn't.
For her ninth birthday, Angelus had made her a blue hooded cloak. June loved it to death, as her mother sewed it herself. Her father didn't give her much, but he would end up giving her an unexpected gift only a couple days later: She finally beat Oraculi. With a base speed just under her fathers max and experience fighting him, she pulled through in a sparring session and beat him. It was no fluke, as she beat him the session after that, but every once and a while Oraculi would pull a win. With her constant showing of skill, she was ready for a weapon.
The day had started like any other: Angelus made breakfast and June rambling to her that she was better Dad. Oraculi stayed silent. When father and daughter went out to practice, June had been suspicious of him immediately. He had put on more clothing, and took more of a defensive stance, something he hadn't done since he started training her. The round started and June rushed towards Oraculi. He put up a block, but she faked a front punch and flanked him. Too fast to dodge, he took the hit. Instead, he used it as a chance to grab her hand and bring her in front of him. Now, he would reveal his plan. Keeping her in place with his strength, he unsheathed his weapon. It was a massive greatsword that, despite its side, Oraculi had handled it effortlessly.
The sight of the weapon surprised June, and she went straight to using her semblance to escape his hold. Once she got out from his grasp with a quick movement, she got some distance from him to see what he would do. With June wanting to challenge herself, she didn't say anything about it being unfair and stayed silent, signalling that she was willing to fight against him. He smirked to himself as he took a stance with the sword, proud that she wasn't willing to give up. She went for his legs with a side sweep, but Oraculi didn't move. He knew it was a fake, but June had a different plan. Usually, she would go behind him. This time, however, she would move herself to make it look as though she went behind. When Oraculi glanced to his side, June went for his sword from in front of him. She grabbed the sword on the blade from the sides to prevent being cut. After she grabbed it, she would use her semblance to disarm the Huntsman.
Oraculi had smirked again while still looking behind him. It was then that something shot from the hilt of the sword, and it had sent an electrical current through the weapon. The girl had been shocked and had taken the brunt of the charge. Of course, it wasn't enough to get rid of her aura, but it was damaging enough to knock her back and out of the fight. Although not lethal, it was still a lot to take in for the girl, so she was out of commission for the rest of the day. Angelus, although wanting her daughter to get better, didn't like what Oraculi did, as it was quite harsh. With June fine, though, she wouldn't complain too much, just taking care of June as she recovered from the fight.
For Oraculi, it was actually a good sign. The fact that she was willing to fight someone with the advantage confidently was good. However, he hoped the experience would teach her that she should think of the unthinkable when dealing with other Hunters weapons. With that in mind, he would finally get her a weapon.
His timing wasn't a mistake. A settlement had been keeping its place for some time, and Oraculi had an old friend there that could help him with getting June's weapon. After a day of rest, he told Angelus about his plan.
"Angelus, I need to tell you something." Oraculi had gone to her while she was taking care of some errands.
"Hm?" She gave back a quick response.
"I was planning to bring June to one of the nearby settlements. I know someone there who owes me a favor, and he should be more than willing to make a weapon for her." After Oraculi told her that, she stopped what she was doing and showed she was excited when she turned around. Her demeanor changed when she realized his phrasing, though.
"Wait, bring?" She sounded confused, and she was hoping he wouldn't tell her what she was expecting.
"Yes, I'll have to bring her… while you stay here to take care of the house in our absence." He told her this and she wasn't excited about it. If it was a problem with Grimm, Oraculi wouldn't have left her there alone, but the estate had been handed down for the odd reason that Grimm would avoid getting close.
"You must be planning on it taking some time if you need me to stay here." She sounded depressed while adding, and Oraculi was quick to feel guilty.
"I'm sorry, but this is the only time that we can take care of this. I checked myself and Grimm activity is low, and I've made sure there's enough food and water for you to be alone for a while." He was right, and with the dirty work still needing to be done, someone had to take care of it.
"Alright. As disappointed as I am that I can't go, June does need to meet other people. And getting her a weapon is a nice addition, so I think you should go." She told him how she felt, and Oraculi had what he needed. Even with the locations odd effect on Grimm he still didn't like the idea of leaving Angelus alone, even if it was something he's already done before. With that done, he went to tell June about where they would be going the next day, and she seemed quite happy when he told her.
"Really!?" June had been ecstatic when Oraculi told her about it.
"Yes yes, but don't get too excited. We'll have to go by camel, which means that trip will take a day, give-or-take." Even with this addition, she still looked very excited to finally leave. She immediately started to pack and Oraculi had went to pack as well. He was expecting her to want to leave soon, but she was ready far faster than he was expecting. He was planning to leave the next day; however, June would constantly annoy him to leave, and Angelus probably wanted them to get the trip over with, so they ended up leaving after half-a-day.
Their trip would start nearing nightfall, an ideal time to start as temperatures in the endless desert would be mild. With the camels going on, they had made good time when night fell on them. Although June was excited, she had gone to sleep a couple hours afterwards. However, Oraculi would be staying up to keep on and make good time. Once the sun had started to come up and after he had dealt with some Grimm along the way, he woke June up.
"Wake up, June." With a nudge after saying that, the girl had woken up, but she was still a little groggy. It was then that they stopped moving, and June was awake enough to realize the sudden stope.
"Why're we stopping?" She asked rather confused, but Oraculi stayed silent as he got off the camel and motioned for June to do the same. She listened and followed his lead. Once she was off, he looked in the direction they would be going and when she followed his gaze, she saw a Beowolf. He stood still while crossing his arms and closing his eyes. She knew what he wanted and, as prepared as she felt, she was still unsure about fighting a Grimm. It would be her first time, but she went at it with confidence.
By the time she figured out what Oraculi wanted, the wolf had noticed them and had started to come at them. There was hesitation in its movement and the extra bone white armor it had all over its body only confirmed that it was a smarter beast. With a sudden semblance-assisted burst, she rushed the the wolf. It had slashed at the girl when she got close, but she was faster. Dodging it with ease, she went for the beasts legs and had hit it many times with sped of chops, as it was too durable to be damaged by normal, unassisted attacks. Her sped up hits had done damage to the beast, as it had roared in recoil. It responded by moving its leg to cut her off. Not wanting to use her semblance, she let it hit, and it had gone in to slash at her.
In a flash, she put herself closer to the sweeping claw. With the Grimm expecting to hit her later, the claws had not closed in on her. She sped up another jab and had put her hand directly through the Grimms paw, even piercing through the armored exterior. Oraculi had even raised an eye to the attack, knowing how fast something as blunt as a hand had to go in order to do that. The Grimm had pulled back the claw in pain and June took her arm out. Even though it was hurt, June wasn't doing much better. It never got a devastating hit on her, but she was exhausted from using her semblance. Without a weapon, or any dust, it would be near impossible to kill it on her own. Before she could go for another attack, an arm had held her back. Oraculi had come up behind her.
"A good start, but without a weapon, I didn't expect you to do much. You did make my job easier, though, I will admit." After telling her that, he reached for his sword, which was retracted on his back. He extended outwards and walked forward. The Grimm, after recovering, realized the challenge. Although it was smart, its craving for violence overshadowed its thoughtfulness. It had charged headfirst towards the Huntsman. He responded by stopping and keeping his place. Once it had jumped for him, he sidestepped and it had completely missed him. With his sword below the Grimm, it repulsed off the ground and shot up at the belly of the beast. The quick slash went cleanly through the Beowolf, cutting it in two. Its body had almost crashed into June, but it had disintegrated before it could.
With the Beowolf gone, they could begin on their trip again. It would take another half-day before they reached the settlement, and, when they got there, Oraculi would take them straight to his friend. June was excited to have finally gone somewhere, but constant warning from her father and mother told her that Vacuo was not a nice place. The impression from the settlement had only proved that. It didn't look pleasant, with many people either working or giving the both of them hard looks. There was one who tried to ask what they were doing there, but all Oraculi had done was ignore him. He started to get hostile, but he was quickly silenced by Oraculi after he moved to show his greatsword. The man's grunt and agitation, though, had told them that he was more annoyed than scared by the Huntsman.
After a little longer they had reached a forge, and Oraculi had gotten off the camel to go in. He told June to wait as he did. Then, he came back out a little while after with someone behind him.
"This is June." Oraculi had told the man and he showed a dim smile behind a work ridden face, his brown hair smudged and dirty.
"Hmf. Well, it's nice to finally meet you." He had put out his hand to signal a handshake but didn't have to crouch like her father since he was shorter. She was confused but took his hand. It was a weak shake and, if not for being told she never left her home, could tell that she was sheltered.
"I expected your father to teach you more than fighting." He kept his smile at the joke.
"Don't push it, Amica, she's just nervous. And probably tired." Oraculi was quick to respond, always having an explanation. He rolled his eyes and motioned towards June.
"Come with me behind the forge and we'll get that weapon worked out." Amica had told her and started to head back. She looked nervous about it. When she looked at her dad, though, he had nodded to go with him. With her father's trust in Amica, and her wanting to get a weapon, she was able to ignore her nervousness, at least a bit, and follow him.
He didn't want to have an unfair advantage in their upcoming weapon matches, so he stayed outside to keep the design a mystery. He was curious, however, with what the girl would come up with, considering a child's vivid imagination. It took about half-an-hour before the two of them had come back out, and June looked excited. Oraculi smirked as they started to leave. Amica was done for the day, so he led them back to his home. It was a short walk and the group was greeted by August, Amica's wife, when they got there.
She had stuck out quite quickly. Her personality seemed different than the harsh exterior the rest of the people had shown. Even though she was nice, June still found it weird, as it was highly contrasting the environment. Her looks were different too because she had fully cleaned hair and it was combed finely.
Oraculi picked up on June's curiosity and confusion, "August is from Mistral, June, and she was raised there too."
"Yes. It's a lot more formal than this place." August had responded to the comment with disappointment, seeming as though she didn't want to be there.
She let them in and Oraculi was quick to find the guest room. June was tired but she wasn't going to bed that second. August told her that they had already eaten and that she would make her something small with her husband, who always came home after dinner. In the meantime, June had explored the house. There were a couple rooms, not that big, and it wasn't long before she had ran into someone else. She was another girl and she looked as old as herself.
"Oh, are you the person mom said would be visiting?" The girl had asked her, not really shocked by her presence.
"Uh, yes?" June wasn't sure what to say, but her confusion in the sentence had gone over the girls head.
"OK! My name is Mai." Mai had taken after her mother, both in looks and personality, as she answered with a smile. Her long, brown hair was well taken care of. Another thing reminiscent of her mother.
"Uh… OK. My name's June." She had taken to copying what the girl was saying. Her parents tried to teach her how to properly greet someone but she was more focused on training and learning to fight than trying to meet people, or learning how to meet them. "I think I'll just keep looking arou-"
"Wow! You're hair looks beautiful!" Before she knew it, Mai was messing with it. She didn't stop her, not knowing what to do in that situation, so she just let the girl mess around with it.
"What do you do to take care of it?" Mai had asked her from behind.
"Um, just wash it. My mom occasionally combs it for me, but I've started doing that m-" June was cut off by Mai again.
"Really? You do nothing else? My mom says that there are many things someone can do to change their hair. You can't get any of it here, though. Which sucks." Mai had gotten a little depressed saying it aloud but then went on, "My mom tells me a lot about Mistral. I wish I could go there. It sounds a lot nicer… Wait! I'll be right back." She disappeared, going farther into the house. June took a seat on the ground while she waited. In that time, she heard arguing between two girls, or one. The voices were very similar. It wasn't too long before Mai had come back with a comb and not too far behind her was another girl.
She looked almost exactly the same as Mai, except for the fact that her hair was cut short and not attended to as well as Mai's. She stayed back, keeping a frown and glancing off when she realized that June was looking at her. Mai wasn't going to let the girl be an introvert, though.
"This is March, my twin sister." Then, Mai tried to push her out, but March was stronger and stood her ground. "Come on, it isn't that bad." Mai had tried to convince her to move.
"No!" March had responded loudly and suddenly. With that, her sister had given up on her and she went back over to June. What was weird to June, though, was that March had stayed there, even though she didn't like it. It wouldn't be too long until the twins mother had come to look for June.
"The food is done, June. You I hope you don't mind eating with Amica." August told her and June followed her to the dining room, which was also the kitchen. Amica was already at the table. He was checking his scroll and analyzing something on it before he looked up and realized that June had come in.
"It's not much, but there are only two of us." He wasn't wrong, as it was just baked beans and green beans. The girl began to eat as March had come in.
"Hey dad." March had walked past June, trying to ignore her.
"Heya, March. What are you on about today?" Amica asked as though he knew what was coming. She tried to talk quietly but it wasn't enough to keep it from June.
"Do you think we could practice some more today?" March had asked her father. He sighed before answering her.
"I'm sorry, girl, but it's too late to do that, and I have to start an order tomorrow." He had then looked at June before he started to talk again, "Actually, it's for our guest here." He then looked June. March had followed her father and was confused by the comment.
"Really?" She had asked.
"Yes. Really. If you want, I'm sure June here wouldn't mind sparring with you in my place. You need the practice against people other than me." Amica had recommended to her.
"You wanna be a Huntress too?" Marches eyes went wide. Although, the girl still tried to hide her excitement.
"Yeah." June had responded, not knowing what else to say. Even though March was obviously happy that the girl shared an interest, she still kept her suspicious attitude. However, she asked one more thing before going to her room.
"Would you like to practice tomorrow?" She asked the blue haired girl.
"Uh… Sure." June was still confused about the girls personality. With that, March had left the room, but before she could, Amica had told her where June would be staying.
"Oh, and March, June will be staying in you and your sisters room, so make sure she has something to sleep on." He told her. She huffed in anger hearing that. Once she had left completely, Amica started to talk to June.
"I hope you and March can get along. She's very interested in Huntsmen and the job, so I hope that will let her open up more to you." June nodded in response, and she stayed silent for the rest of her time at the table. After eating, she left and found her way to the sisters room. When she got there, March had been messing around with a fake sword while Mai had a sleeping bag ready. She then got a pillow for it.
June didn't really change, only taking off her cloak and some of her clothes, and it wasn't long after that June had fallen asleep.
Although June fell asleep fast, she wasn't used to sleeping anywhere other than home, so she would end up waking up early. Even though she was punctual, March had gotten up before her. She didn't know what to do. Nobody else was awake except for them. March had then caught June off guard by talking to her.
"So, is my dad really making you a weapon?" It seemed she opened up more when it was a one-on-one conversation.
"Yeah, he said he would." June had confirmed.
"So, does that mean you're starting out on becoming a Huntress?"
"No? I've already trained a lot with my dad."
"Oh… Without a weapon?" March was confused by the lack of weapon.
"Yep."
"That's kinda weird. Anyway, do you wanna fight a bit later?" Marches sudden enthusiasm was surprising.
"Of course!" June had responded with the same enthusiasm, though, wanting to finally fight against someone other than her father.
They had talked a bit more and soon after everyone else was awake. August started by making breakfast for everyone. All except Amica, who had already gone to the forge to start his day. After eating, March asked her mother if her and June could practice against each other. August took one look at Oraculi, who nodded in agreement.
"Alright, March. Just make sure to listen to Oraculi." She told her, knowing she had some problems with authority. March agreed, although in some protest.
The three of them had gone out and found a sparring area. There were some people there already, who had quickly shown they were Hunters by demonstrating their fighting ability. Oraculi had kept silent, June following him while March had done the same. Vacuoan Huntsmen were even tougher than the average person there, so they weren't into socializing very much. Ignoring them, March had showed June the fake katana-like sword she brought for the occasion.
"I didn't bring one for you." March had told her, seeming depressed at the thought.
"It's fine. I don't fully know how to use a weapon yet, anyway." June had tried to make her think it was fine.
"Alright, you two," Oraculi had started to talk to the both of them, "I believe it would be best for March if she used her weapon in this fight." March had looked confused from this, thinking it would be a disadvantage on June's part. To her surprise, the girl agreed to the terms. Although she started to like her, this had made March a little mad.
"Now line up at different ends and I'll start you off." Oraculi had told them, and they followed. "3… 2… 1."
March had ran forward while June took more of a defensive position. Oraculi would know they would be safe, mostly because Amica had told him that Marches aura had been brought out by him, and that she could use it herself. March would start by taking a slash at June's abdomen. She dodged by backing up and letting the weapon pass by. The girl was faster than she thought, however, and brought back the sword and thrust it towards June. She side-stepped and dodged again, this time dropping down on her right foot and sweeping the girls legs with her left. Oraculi had called it once June grabbed the sword and held it at Marches neck.
June flipped sword to show the handle to March. She took the sword back with a snarl, very much not liking her quick defeat. June was confused, thinking the girl must've been hiding some speed. Although, with her quick defeat, March thought they leave then, June had something else in mind.
"Hey dad, do you think that we could spar a bit before leaving?" June wasn't loud but the other Huntsmen there had heard her.
"Hm. I guess it wouldn't be bad to get some more practice in." Oraculi had agreed to the bout. Now, the Huntsmen stopped what they were doing, as they were curious. They weren't curious about the fight, thinking that it wouldn't be entertaining, but they were curious about who Oraculi was.
March had been put on the sidelines this time while Oraculi and June lined up across each other. Oraculi flipped a coin in the space between them, starting when it hit the ground. Within the second it hit the ground, June was in front of him. The Huntsmen watching had immediately coughed from the rising dust. When they finally got a view of what was happening, Oraculi had been struck multiple times. He parried a blow from the girl, sending it back with a counter. As usual with their fights, Oraculi would still get hits, but with aura and the small amount of hits he actually got in, they wouldn't do much.
She was knocked back by the move, and the both of them had taken a quarter-of-a-minute to come up with something. They were ignoring the faces they were getting from the small audience they had. The Huntsmen were sharing Marches shock, as this girl was demonstrating skill above a Huntsman.
"I didn't know she was that good." March had whispered it to herself, in shock by the girls sudden movements and quick thinking.
June then rushed her father yet again. He prepared for another series of blows as she went for a strike to his front side, which he promptly attempted to block. Before she hit, though, she disappeared behind him. It was predictable, so Oraculi had expected the move. He went down to a crouch to knock the girl of her legs. To his dismay, however, this was also a fake. June had used her semblance to dash behind and back in front of him to create an illusion of some kind. When he fell for it, she had struck him in the chest and arms. More specifically, the pressure points. Oraculi's aura was damaged plenty from the multitude of the attacks that hit him. He swung his arm back to hit the girl, which worked in getting her away, and she retreated back for another time of strategizing.
One of the Huntsman that were there already had went to grab his friend to see the fight. His friend had been requesting a weapon repair from Amica. He overheard the blabbering, hearing about a mostly black haired man fighting a very young girl with blue hair. Now he was curious, so he took his lunch and followed the Huntsmen to where it was happening. Sure enough, it was the two he thought it was. With Amica spectating, June was more than willing to put on a show.
By the time he had got there, they were about to have another bout. It was difficult for Oraculi to keep up, but he wouldn't go down without a fight. June confronted him up close and had lowered her speed this time. This would make their fight slower to allow Oraculi to fight back fairly. However, June was mostly doing it for show. The fight had turned into about two minutes punching, parring, and dodging. The two of them had lost a very minimal amount of aura, being evenly matched with her personal handicap. Since he had more pride in his daughter's skill, he was more disappointed about her holding back than showing off, wanting Amica to see how powerful she truly was.
"June… No more holding back." Oraculi had said it in his commanding speech, showing he was serious. He was hiding his curiosity, though, as he didn't know the last time she used her semblances full speed. June had looked back at Amica, who found himself next to March. He had a more stern, emotionless face.
She looked back at her father, standing up straight and closing her eyes. She let out a long breath. She disappeared, afterimages showing up in some of the places she was. She was unfathombably fast, Oraculi was rushed and overwhelmed in an instant. It was only a little under four seconds until Oraculi officially gave up, however, and June had fell to her knees as her aura flickered a bit. Amica came up to make sure June was okay, but she had stood up as if she was completely fine a couple seconds later. He then looke towards Oraculi.
"What did you teach her?" It was supposed to be rhetorical and he sounded concerned when saying it. Oraculi would know he would be questioned once Amica saw June fight.
"I'll explain my reasoning later, and when we're alone." He told his friend. He went up to June as Amica left.
"That was… So cool! Where did you learn to go so fast! How did do that! What else can you do…" March was barrating June with questions, and she was getting closer to June's face with every one.
"Alright, alright. You can leave June alone for now. We have to head back in the meantime." Oraculi had gotten the curious girl off of June. She would have to thank him later.
The rest of the day wasn't as fun, or excitable, as the morning with chores taking up most of the day. It felt like an eternity until nightfall for June, especially since March had been nagging her about her early fight. June didn't think illfully of her, though, and was mostly confused, thinking she was only average. Thankfully, Amica had gotten back shortly after it turned nighttime and he was able to keep March off of June. Although she was exhausted, June had asked him about the state of her weapon.
"Well, the chassis is mostly done, just have to add some finishing touches. Then, tomorrow, I have to take care of the internals you asked for." It was clear he was proud of his work. Even with his fatigue he was willing to boast. She had gotten very excited, knowing that meant he was almost finished.
The rest of the night went as before, with the exception being that June and Oraculi had eaten their dinner with the family. Afterwards, the kids went to bed, but June found herself too excited to sleep. She got to sleep after an hour of trying, though.
Her problems wouldn't be over yet, as she woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. She tried to be quiet and not wake anyone up, something she was rather good at since she wasn't very heavy. Her trip would be interrupted as she heard some talking near the kitchen. When she did, she stood just outside the entrance. The person who started talking sounded as though they were just laughing, quitely, albeit.
"It's been awhile since we could just talk." A voice that was most certainly her father had told the other person with him.
"Yeah, it really has been." Amica had added on in a happy manner but his tone would take a change, "I hate to ruin our mood, but you still haven't told me about June." The girl kept silent, realizing that she shouldn't interrupt it for curiosity's sake, so she stayed in her place to listen. Oraculi had sighed before talking.
"I had a feeling that you would after seeing our match up." Oraculi had told him in a worse mood.
"Of course I would. You basically trained her to kill other Huntsmen." Amica had said aloud, and Junes eyes had gone wide. He continued, "Especially if that story of her fighting a Beowolf is true."
"I'm aware of what I taught her and the reason we're here is to fix the fact that she can't kill Grimm easily." Oraculi had sounded annoyed, almost angry, with that comment. Amica had sighed after hearing him.
"Right, I'm sorry. Just… Why? You must've put an emphasis on fighting other people." Amica had kept his concerned stance.
"No, no. I should be sorry. I guess my pride in her fighting ability felt offended. Besides, the only training she has is fighting me, so I couldn't really train her to fight Grimm without risking her life." Oraculi had said, disappointed that he had an outburst like that. June, on the other hand, didn't know how to feel, between figuring out her father was proud of her to Amica's earlier comment.
"That doesn't fully answer my question, though." Amica had raised an eyebrow to that. Oraculi had sighed in protest.
"I don't need to tell you something you already know." With that remark, Amica had his answer.
"Huh. Well, I knew those eyes had a silver color to them. So that's why you started to train her." Amica had added, and then continued, "Although, I'm still surprised you decided to."
"It wasn't the only reason that I went with her training." Oraculi stopped for a second, as though he was still resistant to talking about the fact he was training her, but had gone on, "Angelus had tried taking her to see a settlement when she was five without telling me. Apparently, a pack of Beowolves had taken her by surprise, and then, from what she said, a white light engulfed them. Next thing she knew, the Grimm were gone and June had passed out." There were no audible cues from either of them for a couple seconds.
"I see. Five. That's… Extremely young." There had been shock in his voice, as he knew how impressive that was.
"I'm aware." Oraculi had sounded disappointed yet again. He then went on, "I couldn't hide it from Angelus anymore and she also became the main reason I started. Another shock was how fast June had recovered. Within the day she had been just fine."
"Oh god… She's a prodigy among prodigies." Amica's voice had been quiet, even more in shock than he was before. He had said something else after, though, "And you're still concerned with the people that hunt you?"
"Of course I am!" Oraculi had sounded concerned, and annoyed that he had to explain himself, "Considering we don't even know the people trying to kill Silver Eyed Warriors, we have to be prepared for anything!"
"Right, right. I got that, it's just… She's nine, Oraculi." Amica had told him.
"Yes, and I'm extremely proud of that fact." Once Oraculi added that, June had gotten a little happy. It was, however, undercut by the mood of the conversation.
"Still. It makes sense to a point, and I understand why, I just can't help but feel… Weird about it." Amica expressed how he felt, and then put his thinking onto Oraculi, "And considering your resistance to her training at first, I can guess you feel the same."
"Well… I can't deny that. But my pride in her still remains." Oraculi was confident in himself and June.
"Right. Anyway, when do you plan to tell her about her eyes?" Amica was curious what his plan was.
"I guess I planned to tell her after she was fully trained, to make it so she wouldn't rely on them, and to convince her that she should keep them hidden." Oraculi was clear but June couldn't help but reveal herself to clear something up. When she walked out from her spot in front of them, she saw that they were sitting at the table. However, they got up when she walked out.
"If you and mom don't have silver eyes, how do I have them?" June was genuinely curious. Oraculi and Amica looked at each other, which Amica then shrugged and motioned that Oraculi was the one who had to deal with this.
"I'll let you two talk. I have work to do tomorrow." With that, Amica left the room.
"How-" Oraculi had started to talk fast and angrily, but he stopped himself and calmed down before continuing, "How much did you hear?"
"Oh. Um…" She took a second of thinking, "I heard you guys talk about my eye color, which I think is important, and I also… heard… the Huntsmen killer thing." June was smart enough to know what that meant, and Oraculi knew it.
"We'll talk about this later, just go to bed." Oraculi sounded disappointed and started to walk off.
"Wait, what about my ey-" She was cut off by a stern glare from her father, which made her change what she was talking about, "I was actually going to the bathroom, so can I?" He sighed and nodded his head. She then went to the bathroom and found herself trying to go back to sleep in the sisters bedroom.
She had the same problems from before, but with entirely different reasons…
