CHAPTER 9: Ciel's Training
With the transporter up and running, Zero and the Resistance leader, Ciel got back to their base twice every week to ensure if everything's okay. Since there was nothing eventful happened while they were away, Ciel had to finish up some paper works.
Nonetheless, she liked the calm environment of the feudal era.
"Aw, the air here is so fresh, not like anywhere around the base."
"You think so?"
Ciel lifted her head a bit from the grass to see Aile and Sango.
"Yeah."
"I'd been dreaming about a peaceful world, where there's no war. Zero and I had been fighting for one, but there's no ending to it."
"I see what you mean, Ciel."
The gold-haired girl sighed. That is when Aile came up with something.
"Hey Ciel, you do know how to use the Biometal, right?"
"Sure I do."
"How about we have a test fight? Since you're not yet experienced in using sabers, I'd recommend that both of us use busters."
Ciel looked at Aile's happy face. Surely enough, her eyes were somewhat pleading her to agree with her plans. Ciel then nodded.
"Okay." She replied Aile's request simply.
"Great! Let's go to my favorite place!"
Without warning, Aile started pulling the gold-haired girl's right arm. Sango followed behind the younger girls on Kirara's back.
They didn't take too long to see a clearing with long grasses. However, some patches seemed being cut off, possibly by swords.
"I train here everyday with Vent. He's much skilled in sabers while I can handle a buster really well." Aile boasted.
"You sure do aim things a lot."
"You can say that again, Sango-chan." Aile said. "Wait a minute… Ciel, where's Zero? I thought you always been with him all the while."
"Zero's off back to the base. He had some repairs to be done, so maybe it'll take a while."
"Hey, Ciel."
"What is it, Aile?"
"Y'know, you and Zero looked like a perfect couple."
"!"
The shorthaired girl dressed in blue shirt and white shorts laughed.
"W-w-wait! You…"
"Misunderstood? Sorry, Ciel. Sometimes, I can feel that kind of feeling you had with him..."
"…"
"Okay you two. Enough talk. You just said that you wanted to practice, Aile." Sango chastised.
"Okay." Aile said, taking out Biometal Z and X. "You're ready? DOUBLE ROCK ON!"
Ciel did the same with Biometal ZE. "ROCK ON!"
With a flash of bright light the two transformed into their respective forms. Ciel turned into Model Zero, with slight changes. Like Amar's Model Zero, she had a small diamond mark on her jewel but the vest had been unzipped like Model ZX. Due fact that she's a female version of Zero; Ciel was slimmer than the red reploid was.
"I'd never knew you look even better in Zero's form."
"You sure? I feel awkward with them though…"
"Well then, shall we start?" Aile asked as she whipped out her ZX Buster. Ciel did the same.
Aile taught the basics about the handgun handling to Ciel. Few minutes later, the gold-haired young scientist was off to have a gunfight test. The two of them charged their sabers to the max.
"Ready, Ciel?"
"Okay."
"Let's go!" Aile shouted, firing the plasma bullet to Ciel. She quickly rolled away before releasing her charge shot.
Ciel charged her buster again, but she only charged halfway before firing it to Aile. Aile deflected the shot with her own full-charged shot.
"That was wicked. I guess that if you have two busters, you can make things really interesting."
"Really?"
"Actually, you already had the two of them, Ciel. It's on your left holster." She said, pointing at her left leg. "You should know better about yourselves for instance."
"Okay…" Ciel said. Maybe I need to do some research on Model ZE's abilities… or should I ask Zero about all this?
Aile cast a gaze at Ciel. She secretly charged her buster to the maximum point as Ciel fumbled on the second handgun buster.
"Heads up!" Aile shouted in alarm, firing the charged shot at Ciel.
Ciel suddenly leaped to her sideways and at the same time, she shot the busters. Model ZX was taken off by the surprise shootdodge and she was hit by two small energy shots out of six.
As Ciel in Model ZE rose up, she apologized to Aile.
"I'm sorry!"
Aile sighed."If you are facing an enemy, should you apologize? Geez, you're not suitable for combat, you know."
"…"
"Give her a break, Aile."
"Okay, Sango."
"Now you're really getting into it, Ciel! You just need few target practices so that you can aim well."
Just then, Zero appeared. He saw Ciel in Model ZE, in which he was not too surprised at all.
"Hi, Zero! Did you saw everything?"
"I just came here, Model ZX. But, I can see Ciel doing the same move like that Amar – the one who got Biometal FE." He said. "To be a balanced fighter, Ciel , you need to be good at all the weapons you had."
Ciel blushed. "Can you teach me on using the others, Zero?"
"Whenever I had some spare time."
Aile transformed back to her human form. Sango and Aile looked at Ciel, who was hugging Zero's arms.
"See? I told you she liked him, but she doesn't want to confess."
"…You're right… the two of them looked really like a perfect match." Sango exclaimed.
A/N: Okay! Another chapter is up and running! So sorry about the late wait, but I can't use a computer for a week at school because the access center was once again closed when the teacher taking charge of it was away for a month. Now, I'm going to fire up the rest! TQ!