I wake up feeling something in my lap. Huh? Why am I only in my lingerie? I sit up to see Serene's head lying on my lap. I quickly throw her off and see that she's not wearing panties… I then quickly go over to my bunk and change into a new set of fatigues. I then go back over and wonder how I'm going to wake her up… I can see it all… Down there. I don't why but I'm not mad at her for some reason. In fact all can think about is… Her for some reason. Maybe it won't hurt to kiss her again… Just to wake her I swear! It's not like I liked the last time or anything. It's just for her best interest that's all! I take a deep breath. Though this wouldn't be a very good time to be caught. I quickly cover her lower body with the blanket. I take few more deep breathes and close my eyes and lean closer to her face. Oh God this so embarrassing but for some reason I want to do this! My face warms up as I get close enough to feel her breathing. Well here I go. I press my lips against hers. I instantly enjoy the feel of her lips. I continue to kiss her as my body warms up. Oh why do I love this so much?! I decide to put my tongue into her mouth. This feeling is so amazing I don't wanna stop I want more! Maybe I could go further. I grab the blanket covering her lower body. Wait what am I thinking I can't go this far! But then this just payback for her groping me in the shower! I suddenly feel two fingers on my lips push me away from Serene. When I open my eyes I see Serene push me off gently. "Wow Ari-Chan didn't think you out of all people would try to rape me." She says softly. Serene the pulls me closer to her head "Not now Ari-Chan, wait for when we have more privacy." She whispers to me in really sexy tone. "What if I don't want to wait?" Suddenly Dezna walks in and fires her gun three times. I quickly run back over and equip my gear. I also quickly slap myself and run outside to join the line-up. Serene follows of course after getting dressed. "Alright everyone. Since class went so well yesterday and I am in need of a few young hands I'm going to have you all train to become Recon Rangers!"
We follow silently behind her until we reach a larger training hall than the one we use. She opens the doors and we enter to see how the Recon Rangers train way more seriously than us. Their training course looks like a giant death trap. It has spike traps, Sawblades trapdoors, pits, Firing Sentries, and even Crusher traps. "That's just the course we use to train our reaction times and learn to pay attention to our surroundings." Dezna noticed my staring? "Sorry. It's just surprising how serious the Recon Rangers are." She nods and we continue. After a while we pass a firing range filled with loud gunfire. "We Recon rangers specialize in weapons that can succeed in ripping off limbs if we wish it. Heavy Guns are necessary for this." She says loud enough to just barely be heard. As we continue we eventually reach a part of the training hall that would be familiar. There are a couple of men in fatigues fighting with real weapons. One of them is welding a sword that looks broken pieces of Iron being held together by blue energy. The other is holding a sword with a ridiculously huge blade and has a blue guard. "They're at it again." I hear Dezna say. "Recruits say hello to the Dueling Brothers of the Recon Rangers: Strongarm and Kira. When they aren't kicking each other they're actually more useful than I will ever give them credit for, The room where you'll be training is just a bit further. We walk past the men who seem to keep parrying each other. After another short walk we end up at a door that looks like it belongs in a nuclear testing facility. "This extremely thick looking door is all looks. It leads to the training room. Since you guys aren't there yet follow me." Dezna tells us before leading us to a normal looking door. We follow Dezna inside and the room fit's all of our squad even if there are about 20 of us, "This is the observation room kiddies. This is so I can observe those who are in the training room and monitor their progress. Alright since you are a gunner why don't you go first Signales? Your weapons will take the most time and I would hate to have you go last. He nods and leaves.
When he walks into the room things feel different. More tense somehow. I then see why, Signales is focusing intensely, Suddenly to my surprise the training room seems to transform into a lush forest. "BEAST TESTING. LEVEL: RECRUIT." I hear a computerized voice say. As a Wolver appears in the area Signales quickly shoots at it until it is defeated and shatters. Then a lizard like monster appears and grabs his arm with it's tongue. He uses it to pull it closer to him shooting at it with his free hand. It is then is defeated and shatters. The room then Changes to some ruins. "FIEND TESTING." A little purple devil appears. It then suddenly throws a Microwave at Signales. He simply drops his guns and catches it. "Sorry but I don't take junk from Monsters so take it back!" He says as he throws it back at the little devil. It tries to catch it and is flattened. It then shatters. Then a bloated flying imp-like creature appears and flies at Signales. He picks up the guns and nearly dodges getting bit, He then slides around to the back of the creature and starts firing until it shatters. Then a Greaver appears and fires a spray of bullets. He barely dodges under them and attacks suddenly blasting apart its wings. He then finishes it off with a final paintball. Suddenly a large stone looking Spiral Warden appears and nearly cleaves Signales' head. He dodges and tries shooting at it, The Shots are blocked by it's gigantic shield. He then tries punching the shield as the monster charges at him and slams him into the wall. He shakes off the blow and gets around the back of it and starts shooting at it, Though it seems he can't damage it at all. He then notices the butterfly that has been flitting around. It then lands on his arm. He simply shoots it killing it. He then blocks the other Monster's sword with his guns and vaults over it and starts shooting at it's back but nothing seems to be happening. Until after a while it shatters. He's breathing heavily… He can't continue. "Hey kid you need a breather?" He then shoots at the observation window. "Keep it coming! This isn't enough!" I was wrong apparently. "Your funeral kid." She says as the room changes again. It now resembles a Graveyard. "UNDEAD TESTING" A skeleton suddenly raises from the ground. Signales quickly shoots it to pieces. Even after it shatters he keeps shooting until a dragon skeleton monster appears sticking up from the ground. He quickly turns to that and destroys it. He then turns to a cute pink cat ghost like creature. The moment it turns to him it's cuteness disappears and opens it's mouth to bite him. He suddenly shoves his gun into it's mouth causing it to bite down on the gun. He then shoots at it until it shatters. A bomb headed skeleton pulls itself out of the ground. Signales just shoots at it's head causing it to explode! Then a Dreadnaught appears from the ground. It roars at him and tries impaling him. He barely dodges and runs up the spear. Once at the arm he jumps at the shoulder and kicks the skull off and lights one of his firecrackers. He quickly throws it in and shoots at the inside of it until it explodes. Then a red armored Knight enters the room. Through the wall?! What the Fuck?! "You! I'll erase you too!" He screams at it as he charges at it. He dodges it's stab as he shoots it in the head. He then steals the sword. "Thanks for the sword. I'll use it to kill you!" He then slashes it a couple dozen times when it finally shatters and he quickly picks up the gun he dropped and readies himself for the next attack. The room changes into an open field as a Slime appears. "SLIME TESTING." The robotic voice says as Signales starts firing at it. Though with it being a very strong cube of jello the shots have no effect. He then quickly abandons his Paintball magazines and loads a Firecracker in the barrel. He then fires it causing it to light and it actually sticks itself in it. He quickly takes aim and keeps his distance from it. When the firecracker explode he fires his other one and quickly reloads. The slime slowly starts to regenerate as his firework goes off and it shatters. Then a yellow blob with a purple sphere appears. Signales repeats the tactic and kills it the same way. Then an upside down drop shaped Slime thing appears and fires barbs at him. He dodges and runs up to it. He then kicks it and fires his firecrackers killing it. He then retrieves his magazines as the room morphs into a laboratory. "GREMLIN TESTING." I don't know why but I get really angry when I hear that. "Now they'll get to see the true power of a Gremlin." Shut up Arika! A Gremlin wielding a giant wrench/hammer appears. It quickly runs at Signales and attacks. He quickly dodges and starts shooting. After a lot of paintballs it finally shatters. Another Gremlin appears wielding a lit torch. It launches a line of flame at Signales. He dodges and fires at it's eyes blinding it. Then he runs at it and shatters it by slamming his gun against it's head. Another Gremlin appears and throws a bunch of explosives at Signales. He fires at them as they're being thrown causing them to explode shattering it easily. Then an Armored Gremlin with a Shield appears behind him. Signales quickly dashes away and starts firing at it, It quickly puts up it's shield and fires a rocket at him. He jumps over it and runs at it. He then quickly dodges another rocket and dashes around to it's back and knocks it out. He then steals the Rocket Launcher and abandons his other gun to Equip it. He then shatters it… What? It un-shatters and smacks Signales with it's shield. He tries shooting it but no matter what he can't seem to keep it dead. I then notice a robed figure with a Wrench that seems to be reviving it every time. Signales seems to have noticed it too as he runs at it and fires point blank at it shattering it immediately. He then kills the other one. He then narrowly dodges a saw blade that was thrown by a ninja Gremlin. He then quickly grabs it by it's red scarf and kills it causing his rocket launcher to disappear. "TRAINING COMPLETE." Signales then walks out as the room returns to normal. "These fools know nothing of a true Gremlins strength. If those were real Gremlins in there that kid would be deader than dead!" Well he's still alive.
"Alright since he's done and heading to the infirmary why don't you go next Abstra?" I nod and approach the door. "Good luck Ari-Chan!" Serene says. She then runs up and kisses me. What the hell no don't kiss me in public! "For luck" she whispers in my ears. "You hear that Sana you better not screw up! Don't embarrass me in front of My Mate." I hear Arika scold me from inside my mind. She's not your mate! She's my or rather OUR Friend. Got it? "Yeah whatever. Just don't screw up." I quickly enter the room as a Loading bar appears in the center. What the hell? "Don't mind the two Dimensional Object in front of you. The room is turned into a open field with the mirror suddenly floating there. A Slime appears? Oh FUCKING GREAT! "DIE!" I scream as I charge at it and stab it killing it. The other one appears and I slash it strong enough to destroy the purple orb inside it. After that the last one appears. I quickly stab it several times and let shatter. Suddenly another loading bar appears and the room morphs again into a forest. At least Beasts don't rape people. I relax a little and kill the Wolver. Suddenly something pulls at my pants?! I quickly grab the oddly wet thing attached to my pants. I quickly light a couple of Firecrackers and slide them down the what I now Identify as a lizard tongue. After the lizard shatters I pull my pants back up to their original position. The Loading bar appears again as I ready my sword and stance. The room transforms into some ruins. I sheath my sword and close my eyes. I can already feel that things presence. I then catch the Office Chair as it flies past me. I then run at it and shatter it. The Bloated imp thing appears and I run at it. I then swat it out of the air and savagely beat it with the chair. I then turn to the Greaver and swat it out of the air as well. I just stomp on it until it shatters. The stone Monster appears. I quickly look for the little butterfly but the Stone Monster suddenly destroys the chair. If I remember correctly the back of these things are a major weak point. I run around to its back and see the butterfly sitting on a pink glowing crystal. I quickly unsheathe my sword and attack it. Suddenly I'm sent flying into a crumbling pillar. Damn it! I run at it and slide under it's legs and past it's attack. I attack the butterfly on the crystal and shatter it but am almost beheaded by the monster. I quickly try to get around this thing and fail. I then light one of my firecrackers and throw it to distract him. It succeeds as I quickly slash the crystal and destroy the monster. The loading bar reappears and the next room starts to load. Suddenly the bar freezes as the word "ERROR!" Appears above it.
Suddenly I appear in an area with metal floors. There is the sound of gears clanking in the air around me. Suddenly a hammer shatters the Loading bar as a red robed figure wearing a white mask appears before me. "What? How are you still alive?! No matter you won't survive! I will kill the both of you!" What does he mean? "Hey Sana! You still alive? Don't worry I'll take care of them! Dezna fixed the error but you were just frozen in place when we almost got a concussion. So I'll be in control for now. Thanks for the body..." Well if this is all a figment of my imagination it is some seriously realistic crap. "I will show you the fury of burning star bound in steel!" Okay make a beeline for the exit now. I try running away but it seems useless. "Running is futile! No matter what you can never escape me! I will kill you!" I can't fight him with wooden weapons… I'm going to die! Suddenly to my extreme happiness a sword appears in front of me. It has seals wrapped around it and the air is humming. This will be way more useful than my Training weapons. I walk over and pick it up. Suddenly great power fills me as the as the sword transforms into a large purple one with a purple aura and practically roaring with pure power and malice. Suddenly the Robed Figure appears before me. "I FOUND YOU! NOW DIE SISTER!" I instinctively shrink at his roaring voice which is a fatal mistake.
"Hello? Isora to Arisana. You alive?" I lift my head to see that I'm back in the Recon Ranger Training room. "Are you okay? You just suddenly changed your color scheme kicked massive ass then turned back to normal and dropped to your knees." I quickly stand and brush back my hair. "Sorry about that. Don't worry about me." I then walk back to the room everyone is staring at window slackjawed. I walk over to Serene who is so happy she's almost bursting at the seams. "Ari-Chan that was so awesome! You just powered up like a anime superhero, you're so awesome!"She says with sparkly eyes. "It wasn't that impressive." I say slightly embarrassed that she's comparing me to an anime again. "It was like a super saiyan power up from Dragon Ball Z!" She says excitedly. "I'm super sand? Let me back in control! Lets see if she still compares me to sand after I'm done with her!" You know Arika it's not an insult. "I'm no saiyan. I don't get spiky hair and the Full Moon doesn't turn me into a giant bloodthirsty monkey." I tell her making my own references to one of the most popular animes ever. "I guess you're right. Please don't be mad at me for saying but you looked a lot like a Gremlin when you transformed." What? "Just because I turned blonde? Are you saying all blondes look like Gremlins? Dezna's a blonde too you know. You going to say that she looks like a Gremlin?" I say to push her on the defensive. "No it not because of your hair color, it was how you were moving it was similar to the way the Gremlin simulations moved." I wouldn't know about that. It was Arika's Fault. "Well at least she's impressed."Sure,,, Whatever you think. "I doubt it. I just let my reflexes take over." Which isn't a total lie… I think. "How could you see her? She was jumping and dashing and flying all over the place!" Some Girl says. What was she seeing? "What are talking about she may of been quick but I saw all of her movements." Serene answers. "Even so she was still super quick." The unknown girl says. Sure I could read her nametag but she isn't exactly worth my time. "Alright girls I'd hate to cut this conversation short but Good news Cadet Sora. You get to go next. If you do pass we'll be able to have a new record." Dezna says cutting into our little group. "Yay I'm next, wish me luck Ari-chan!" she says before kissing me again on the way out. "Good luck." Knowing her she may need it. Dezna then of course starts setting up the simulation. The room goes through the loading process it puts her into the ruins first. So she's fighting Fiends first huh? Serene pulls her sword out waiting for the monsters to appear. The purple devil appears. "So I'm fighting Fiends first huh? Perfect just what I wanted now to have payback on these bastards." She says. Serene quickly dashes at the devil and hits it with her sword. The devil tries to throw a old computer monitor at Serene but she breaks it's arm making the monitor fall on the devil Serene then smashes the monitor down into the ground destroying both the monitor and the devil. "Well. She must not have needed that good luck she was talking about earlier... Well that remains to be seen." I whisper to myself. The bloated flying imp thing appears. Right as it appears Serene shield bashes it into the ground and at point blank shoot it multiple times while holding down with her shield till it shatters. "Damn even I'm not that brutal… Then again I don't exactly have a gun either… I really need to deal with that at some point. " I whisper to myself again. "Well so you say. I'd say her and I could try and outdo each other on who can kill more brutally. But I don't have the time to bother with things like that." Arika says as she chimes in. The greaver appears next. The greaver tries to dive bomb attack Serene but she sidesteps it and slashes one it's wings off. It falls to the ground as Serene throws multiple firecrackers on it shattering it."Wow nice move." I say as a few others around me agree. The stone monster and butterfly appear. Serene throws multiple firecrackers into it's face binding it Serene then dashes behind the stone giant to the butterfly which she grab it with her hand and crashes it. "Well it seems she's dealing with these monsters like most rookie Recon Rangers. Maybe Olzo won't mind if I steal his top recruits." I hear Dezna say about Serene. I wonder who the top Recruits are that she plans on stealing. I couldn't be one of them could I? I quickly go back to focusing on Serene. I need to stop letting my mind wander. Serene then throws more firecrackers at it's back before it's turns around. The stone giant tries to swing its sword at Serene but she sidesteps it and slashes it back multiple times shattering it. After the fiends are defeated I see Serene smile rather mischievously. "Heh heh, how do like it seeing your underlings destroyed by my hand huh?" I hear her say to herself. "Um Okay I don't know what to say to that. She might need something aside from luck." I whisper to myself as the next room loads. Serene is now in the laboratory. The wrench wielding gremlin appears. Serene looks at it curiously at it until it tries to whack her with it's wrench but she blocks with her shield then shoots it with her gun making it fall back. "You are a lot like Ari-Chan…I wonder why?" She says. I instantly feel everyone's eyes focus on me breaking me into a cold sweat. "What the hell are you guys all staring at me for? She's the Psychopath." I say effectively turning everyone back to her. Serene then finishes of by stabbing it. Next the gremlin with the flamethrower comes out. Serene quickly avoids the gremlins flame and she throw some firecrackers at it's fuel pack causing it to explode. "Sorry but just because you're similar to Ari-Chan doesn't mean I'll hold back, besides Ari-Chan is cuter." She says as the gremlin shatters. I feel everyone glaring at me again… "Okay why the hell are you staring at me for this time?" I ask the crowd. "Well she was comparing you to a Gremlin but instead of getting mad you seem to be grinning slightly." Really? I quickly try to straighten my face. "She said I was cuter than it at least." I say trying to get them off of my case. They go back to staring at Serene. The bomb wielding Gremlin appears. The gremlin throws multiple bombs at Serene who backflips away the explosives Serene then starts shooting at the gremlin keeping a safe distance from the explosives. It then tries to pull out more bombs but Serene dashes at the gremlin and hits it down with her sword then lights it's whole pack of bombs before dashing away. The pack explodes shattering the gremlin. "Well that's a way to do it I suppose." I say thinking that it shouldn't be attempted outside of training from what Arika has told me. The healer and rocketlauncher gremlins appear. Serene goes straight for the healer who tries to run away from her, the other one tries to shoot Serene but to its dismay Serene dodges all the rockets. One of the rockets Serene dodges hits the healer stopping it dead in it's tracks. Serene then slashes it shattering it. Serene then turns around to face the other one, who keeps firing at Serene. Serene dodges all the rockets again and jumps over it's head and then stab it in it's unprotected back when she lands behind it. She then shoots it till it shatters. "Maybe she didn't need the good luck after all." She seems to be going through all of this pretty easily. Though she isn't out of the woods yet. Serene then puts her hand on the hilt her sword which she puts back in her sheath. Then saw blades appear out of nowhere which Serene dodges and then quick draw attacks the source knocking the ninja gremlin out of camouflage she then shoots it covering it in paint make it's camouflage useless. In a fit of rage the ninja throws multiple sawblades at Serene who blocks and deflects them with her sword and shield. Serene then throws a firecracker at the ninja who dodges it but as it dodges Serene throws one of its saw blades that fell to the ground at the Gremlin cutting off it's right shoulder. She then dashes up to it and cuts it's head off. "Doing good girl. Just some more tests and we'll be done here. Behold everyone the Knight of Love and Passion." Everyone with the exception of me groans in unison. I remember her making an idiot of herself on the first day. Well I guess her title was just for show. "I may just make you and your friends part of my Recon Rangers!" Dezna says as she finishes talking. "Who would've thought that your friend would lie to us like that? Then again she might just be trying to lure us into a false sense of Security." Oh keep a lid on it. Other than when she's fighting she's normally a bit of a pacifist. "Sorry I had to kill you Mister Gremlin, but I had no choice." Serene says before the room changes. Serene is put into the graveyard. "So Undead next huh? Don't worry I'll free your souls!" Serene says. The Zombie thing appears. Serene shoots it multiple times as she runs toward it. When she's close it she slashes it shattering it. "You shall be purified!" Serene says as she prepares for her next enemy. Next monster is the skull dragon. Serene starts shooting at it while dodging it's blasts. When it's head flies off toward Serene blocks it with her shield protecting her as it shatters. Well It seems her shield is taking some abuse. We might need to buy some replacements at the Quarter Master. Next is the cat ghost. Serene is about to shoot at but stops. "Aww, it's so cute I wish I didn't have to hurt it." She says before it jumps at her. Serene blocks the incoming attack then slashes it multiple times shattering it. "Sorry I had to hurt you Kitty. I hope you can rest in peace now." Serene says feeling remorse for hurting the holographic ghost cat. I want to ask why she gives a damn about the cat and not the butterfly she crushed but hold myself back. The bomb zombie appears and runs towards Serene trying to take her with it. Serene shoots it with a flurry of paintballs then throws firecrackers at it shattering it. Next the Dreadnaught appears. Serene dashes up side steps to the back of the Dreadnaught and slashes it repeatedly. The Dreadnaught turns around and swings it's lance at her, luckily she blocks with her shield sliding back a few feet her shield now as a crack in it. Serene then jumps up on to the Dreadnaughts shoulders and forces her sword into the spot between the helmet and chest shattering it. "Alright I won YAY!" she says happily. She's oddly happy for still having a while to go. Serene is then put into the forest. A Wolver appears but suddenly errors and glitched characters appear around the wolver. The screen Denza is looking at starts flashing red with multiple error messages. "GODDAMN PIECE OF JUNK!" She says and slams her sword into the control panel. The monitor-like screen turns off and then turns back on with the words "Jalovec OS" on the screen. It then turns back on to show Serene still fighting the wolver though it looks slightly more normal, "Sorry boy but I'm gonna have to put you down!" Serene says. The Wolver jumps at Serene she puts up her shield to block the coming attack but as it hits her shield it breaks and the wolver bites into her arm. "Hagh! BAD BOY!" Serene screams in pain. Serene then rips it's jaws off of her arm and shoves firecrackers into it's mouth she then stabs it into the floor and shoots at it while it's pinned killing it. Oh God Serene… Please just survive. "Damn it! Don't just stand there! Do Something! Better yet let me do it!" No Arika! I'm not about to let you loose again. Serene rips off her left sleeve and nurses her wound and wraps it with the sleeve to stop the bleeding. "Thank goodness for all the first aid training Mom forced me though." Serene says out loud. See Arika? She's fine. She knows first aid. "I don't care if she knows first aid! I'm going to save her! With or without your help!" Just cool it Arika and sit still for a few seconds. I get back to focusing on Serene. The lizard appears and tries to take Serene's pants with it's tongue but Serene grabs it and pulls it to her while holding her sword out impaling it making it shatter. Serene rubs her eyes a bit before the room changes.I grip my shirt at my chest worried about Serene. I hope she doesn't get raped by the Slimes no matter how much she wants it. Serene is now on the field. Serene seems to be a little dizzy… "Damn you! If you aren't going to save her from those pink freaks I WILL!" Jesus! Just Shut up for 10 seconds! If she gets in danger WE will save her. For now just pay close attention. I might need your strength. I think as Arika and I prepare for what's going to happen. I focus more on Serene than her test. I will rush in at a moments notice if need be. The pink cube slime appears. Serene starts shooting it but is missing horribly. "Wh-Why can't I hit any of them?" She says disoriented. Serene then takes out her sword and tries swinging at them with the same luck. "Uragh! Can't hit.. why?" Serene says now holding her head in pain. She then collapses as the slime forms tentacles and starts remove her clothes. "I'M NOT GOING TO LET THIS HAPPEN!" Neither am I!
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We quickly dash over and grab the Jalovec out of the computer and smash the window. We then destroy the slime and stop in front of Serene. "Nobody touches Serene! Anybody who touches her will answer to US!" We say glaring at everyone until I feel a slight pinch in my shoulder. We then notice it's a dart as everything quickly starts fading and we pass out.