Chapter 47: Maximum Training
Loki had stayed in her room for two weeks. She had accepted meals, only because Kahn had made her.
She didn't have to listen to him, but couldn't argue his logic.
She stood.
"Eiji needs more training. He has passed the first test twice... Well, here goes everything."
She walked out of her room, and up to Eiji. He was walking around now, and helping Tira with something.
"You passed." She said.
Eiji looked at her.
"Yeah, I did."
She grinned. "We're not done yet."
Eiji sighed. "Okay... What's next."
"Your reflexes have been heightened." She said.
"Now you have to gauge your strength and precision. Speed is no doubt, your best quality. We'll work less on that."
"So what's the lesson?" He asked.
She pulled out some hand made obsidian throwing knives.
"You'll be sparring with me. Since you're a blood master in training, I won't go easy..."
Eiji gulped. "Oh... That. Well, damn..."
"Please don't kill him!" Tira begged.
She slapped her palm to her face.
"Oh! For fuck sake! Would I kill you!?" She asked Eiji.
He shrugged. Then backed away slowly.
She sighed. "The faith you people have in me is deplorable... Come on, I won't kill you... But I might hurt you."
He kept his distance, but followed her.
She took him to an open spot.
She stood ten feet in front of him.
"Are you ready?" She asked.
"Aren't we supposed to bow?" He said.
She laughed. "Did you try that with the wolves too!? How did that work out?"
He sighed. "Okay I get the point. I'm read-"
A boomerang flew past him, and sliced his cheek.
"You weren't." She said. "Are you now."
He nodded, Keeping a closer eye on her now.
She cut him deep. Loki didn't play around, did she?
He pulled out his threads, and attempted to grab her.
She jumped, running on top of them.
"What the f-!"
She kicked him in the face, knocking him down. She placed his foot on top of his chest.
"Get up." She said.
He tried to, but her foot was still there.
"Get up." She repeated.
He tried to grab her foot, but it was solidly placed.
She stepped down. "You'll never beat me like that."
Was that a challenge!?
"I'LL SHOW YOU!" He yelled.
He moved, and tried to push her off.
She laughed. "Then SHOW ME!" She yelled.
"Or you're just waisting my time!"
"Now I'M GONNA HURT YOU!" He screamed.
Threads shot out of his chest, slamming her against a wall.
Now Eiji was serious.
He felt a slightly familiar feeling, as if from a dream.
Black wings plunged out of his back, and he let out a bloodlust cry.
She quickly dodged his threads.
"Second stage already!?" She exclaimed.
"Excellent! Now I know your the real deal!"
She flipped over him, and attempted a knife blow to the back of the head... Just enough to surprise him. Maybe...
That depended on him.
Threads shot out of the back of his head.
She felt blood magic rise as the threads latched onto her arm.
She had let them. If she hadn't, and if this were an enemy? He would have died instantly.
She used her mobile arm, and wrapped the threads around his throat... It was supposed to break him out of second state.
No. Loki had now witnessed a third stage. One that technically wasn't supposed to exist...
Threads exploded out of him, and she managed to release herself.
"Shit!" She exclaimed. "This needs to end, now."
Kahn and Kuhn ran up.
"What's going on!?" Kuhn exclaimed.
"What stage is that!?" Kahn exclaimed.
"Stay BACK!" She yelled.
"Apparently there's a third stage."
She darted across his threads like a an agile humming bird.
She looked at him, and saw two arms.
His third stage was regenerative. Slowing him down would be no easy feat.
She weaved in and out of his threads, attempting blows to the body.
He grabbed her foot, and smacked her away, and into a cave wall.
She got up. "That's IT! NO MORE NICE LADY!"
She bounced off of the wall, and kicked a path through his threads. She gave him a good thrashing to the skull, knocking him out.
She looked at Kahn.
"Heal any injuries he may have sustained, because I'm gonna mess him up when he's awake!... Then heal him again. I can't train him if he's dead..."
She walked away.
"Holy shit... She's brutal." Said Kuhn.
Kahn began healing him.
"That she is."
...
Hiro was sitting with the Leviathan's. She hadn't been back to the Warrior's much since her father had died. She spent most of her time out here now... Grieving.
Talin stood, and began growling.
"The master..."
Hiro stopped. Did he just say what she thought he had said.
"Eiji!? Are you serious!?" She exclaimed.
They stood.
"The master..." They all said.
"He is alive... THE MASTER IS IN DANGER!"
They stood before Hiro.
"Mistress Hiro." Said Talin. "Come, and help us... We have your club, and some armor. It wI'll suit you well... We found him."
She put on the armor, and held her club.
"Can we return with him?" She asked.
"This is a one way path." Said Talin. "We may not return for a while."
Hiro nodded, and mounted Talin.
"Let's get to him then."
Talin opened the portal, and all hell broke loose.
...
I had finished healing Eiji, and stood as a portal opened and closed. A familiar screaming filled the room.
Hiro, and an army of 946 Leviathan's charged at Loki.
"H-Hiro!?" Kuhn exclaimed.
She looked over. "What!? DAD!"
Loki tackled her, holding a knife to her throat.
"Is she yours!?" She asked Kuhn.
Hiro shoved her off, and readied her club.
"Damn RIGHT I AM!" She yelled.
Oh lord... This wasn't going to be good.
...
"Back off of her guys, this one's mine!"
They backed off, and Hiro readied her club.
She slammed it to the ground, launching Loki in the air.
She landed perfectly, but a rock had slammed against her face, bruising it.
"You little BRAT!" She yelled, lunging at Hiro.
Kuhn stepped in front of Hiro, the obsidian knife lodged in his hand.
She stopped.
"And what exactly were you planning on doing..." Said Kuhn, his tone low.
She pulled out the knife. And stared at them coldly.
"You might want to keep her on a leash." She said.
Hiro lunged at her.
"You STUPID-!" Kuhn held her back.
"Hiro, SIT the HELL DOWN." He said.
She sat.
He sat in front of her.
"Hiro. You've crossed the line of dangerous... This is plain suicidal. What were you thinking!?"
She looked down. "I wasn't thinking..."
Tears streamed down her face.
"I just wanted to make sure Eiji was okay... I didn't know..."
She burst into tears.
"You died! You drowned! I thought you were really... Dammit..."
She continued to cry.
Kuhn hugged her. "I'm sorry..." He sobbed.
"I'm so sorry I left you! I just wanted to protect you..."
She sobbed violently. "I know th-that! You did... You always do."
He held her close, and cried.
"Hiro... Why would you come here? Promise me you won't go outside... It's dangerous, and more than anyone could manage."
She nodded. "Okay... I won't... I love you! Please don't leave me again!"
He stroked her hair, and kissed the top of her head.
"Shhh... Never... I'm here... I'm here now..."
She had stopped crying, and leaned into him.
She just wanted to stay like this for a while... Just her dad and her...
"How's your mother doing...?" He asked softly.
She sighed. "She's a mess... Now I'm afraid, because I left, she'll get in one of her dangerous moods."
Kuhn stopped.
"Dangerous moods?"
She nodded. "Yeah... Ever since... Well, you know. She sometimes stops eating. The only ones who can make her eat are Junichi and I... She can't not eat, she's pregnant! I'm just... I'm so worried..."
She sniffed. "Junichi said the irrational behavior is a mixture of hormones, and loss... It's a bad mix."
Hiro smiled sadly. "Luckly Junichi can tell what she's craving most of the time. He waves it in front of her face, until she snaps, and eats."
Kuhn laughed softly. "Of course he does..."
"Master... MASTER!? WAKEY WAKEY!...Eggs and... Cake dumplings... French fries... Sushi... I'm hungry."
Hiro slapped her palm to her face.
She stood, and walked over to him.
"Black or white."
Eiji sat.
"WHITE! I keep saying I ALWAYS-!"
He froze.
"H-Hiro...?"
He looked around, and realized the full extent of this.
"What are you DOING HERE!?" He exclaimed.
"This is NOT where I wanted to find you!"
She sighed. "Where am I anyway?"
He looked down.
"Well, basically hell. If that doesn't spell it any clearer..."
Her eyes widened. "Really!? Holy... Really?"
He nodded. "Yeah, just be glad you weren't outside..."
"Eiji!" Yelled the woman from before.
Hiro stood. "Back off! I don't like you much..."
She laughed. "Well I don't care! I just saved your boyfriend's life, so you back off."
Eiji stood, and looked at her.
"Wh-What did I do!?"
She backhanded him.
"NEVER cast blood magic unless you're SURE it will hold! Were you an enemy, I would have KILLED YOU! EFFORTLESSLY!"
He grabbed his face. "Holy... Okay then... Ow."
Hiro thought back to his arms... The way they were bleeding.
She slapped him again, twice this time.
"And NEVER cast blood magic from SKULL THREADS! You IDIOT!"
"Ow!?" He exclaimed.
"I get the point... Sorry."
Hiro whapped him upside the head.
"That was because THAT was stupid."
She turned to Loki, and socked her in the face.
"And YOU! If you EVER hit Eiji again, I'LL PULVERIZE YOU!"
Loki stood.
"That's IT! COME HERE BRAT!"
Kahn held Loki back, and Kuhn held back Hiro.
"I'll give you this, you're strong..." Said Loki.
"But I'm watching you. You'll not hit hit me a second time... That much I promise."
Eiji gave a sigh of defeat.
"Why do I have the feeling that they'll never get along...?"