Chapter 14: Training and Rescuing
17:16 Unnamed location in Sakaurami City.
A man with brown hair was running through the streets. "Damn, to think he'd be in the hospital. I wonder how he's been in the past years. So hot outside."
In the unknown realm
Muru Muru went to talk with Brron and the demons and she wasn't too happy.
"Care to explain why that perverted robot took second?"
Jackal was annoyed. "What is your aching your chain?"
"Shut up! I won't ask again. What is your friend up to?" Muru Muru asked, getting impatient.
"That's part of the game," Brron answered as the other demons including Muru Muru looked at him. "The bottom line is that no matter what kind of panic we cause is that the Holders will die and whoever the winner is we'll take their power and use it to unleash it on the human race."
Muru Muru didn't understand what he meant. "What is he planning?"
Minene was sitting on Yukiteru's back while doing push-ups.
"One..."
"Two..."
"Three..."
Yukiteru lay on his stomach. "Geez, why is this happening?" He began to think about Yuno. "Yuno..."
"Hey, I didn't say stop and get weepy-eyed about your girlfriend," Minene growled in annoyance.
"Ace, where are the others?" Yuki asked.
Ace tilt his hat. "They're searching for Yuno, trying to find some leads."
"They do have one, apparently according to Minerva's Diary, a demon is supposed to attack later today and it's the puppet demon that killed Keigo," Akame answered.
"Yeah, I'm still getting used to the fact that you and the rest of your pals are from another world," Minene said with an odd stare.
"Technically, some of us come from different worlds, Fairy Tail comes from a world of magic while Akame and I along with Leone and Chelsea from a different world of corruption." Green summarized.
"Anyway, what is the point of doing these pushups?" Yuki asked panting a little.
"Follow our lead and we'll see that 7th gets a trip to the afterlife," Minene replied.
"What do you mean by our lead?" Yuki glanced at the terrorist woman.
"Ace, Akame, Green, Chelsea, and I will help you build some muscles," Minene smirked. "Honestly, with that scrawny body of yours. 7th will be able to kick your butt until it's broken."
"Chelsea isn't here," Yukiteru reminded.
"She'll join us a little later, on top of that we can assume the demons and that robot pervert will have Yuno with them," Minene answered. "Look, if you want to make it up to the girl, then grow some balls and give me another set."
The door opened. "Uhh sorry about the intrusion, but, I wasn't able to find my son's room and the receptionist wasn't helpful much." The man looked down at Yuki stunned by what he was seeing.
"Umm, hi dad," Yuki said.
"Dad!?" Ace and Green exclaimed with their eyes popping out.
"Holy crap, what kind of angel is she, could you give me details, or perhaps could you share her?" Mr. Amano said doing a camera gesture with his fingers. He then noticed Akame. "Whoa, another girl, is she a nurse too?"
Green glared at the adult man. "Hold it old timer, that's my girlfriend."
"Oh sorry, I didn't know..." Mr. Amano said backing off. "Anyway, what is going on here?"
Chelsea arrived. "Guys, what's going on here?" Mr. Amano stared in awe. "Another girl, so cute!" The red-haired assassin looked at him oddly. "Excuse me?"
Mr. Amano sat next to the bed. "Well, I admit you made some interesting friends in the past few months since I've seen you. By the way, what is your name?"
"I'm Porgas D. Ace, but you call me "Ace"."
"My name is Akame."
"I'm Green."
"My name is Chelsea."
"Nice names especially the ladies." Mr. Amano was eyeing Minene. "I admit your friend the nurse looks nice and..." He quickly embraced the girl snuggling her like a human pillow.
"Cut that you perv before I turn your manhood into a hot dog!" Minene barked comically.
"Glad mom isn't here to see this." Yukiteru thought as he began to think about the time he and his family went stargazing for the first time. "If they called a truce, perhaps we could've gone stargazing as a family."
His mind soon came to Yuno. "We could go stargazing together until we get married."
"We'll have to wait until we're older."
"Yuno..." Yukiteru felt hurt as guilt and shame were coming to him. "Yuno..."
Mr. Amano opened his eyes seeing his son looking bummed out. "Son, what's wrong, you look like you're about to cry or-"
Bonk
"Ow..." Yukiteru held his head feeling a certain punch hit him on the head was done by Ace.
"Geez, are you continue sitting on your ass and making that dumb look," Ace grumbled with tick mark on his head.
Mr. Amano was puzzled at first. "Son, what is your friend talking about?"
Akame decided to answer that. "He got ambushed by two gangsters and their bodyguard kidnapped a friend of his and he's upset that he wasn't able to save that friend."
"Oh, I see, is this friend okay?" Mr. Amano asked.
"We can only hope," Chelsea answered with her arms crossed.
Minene gave the teenager a bitter look. "C'mon, we'll be starting your training and your dad can tag along if he wants." She then looked at Mr. Amano with a deadly glare. "Also, I ain't going easy on you, make a wrong move I'll turn your ass into paste!"
"That's extreme," Chelsea said with a sweat drop.
"Sure, I get to train with my son and he gets back on his feet," Mr. Amano turned his head. "So, what will it be?"
Yukiteru was about to speak but he hesitated for a second until he found his voice. "I'm not too old to do it if you're not too proud to crawl back to mom." His father was stunned a bit. "I mean you promised we go stargazing, so, yeah..."
Mr. Amano stood up. "What the hell, let's make a deal, I'll talk to Mom if the nurse and your friends show me how much you have grown. Plus, whatever the nurse dishes, we compete against each other and see who comes on top." Chelsea's Diary went off as she glanced at it. "Hmm..."
"Though Yuki will be training with Ace and his friends first, I'm still waiting on the equipment to get to the gym," Minene spoke. "Which won't be until tomorrow."
Yuki smiled with a nod.
In a church
St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sakurami City
Yuno was tied to a big wooden cross half half-naked in a pink bra and panties. She is unconscious. Andrew approached her adoring her face. "Such a peaceful thing for a human." He licked his lips as he placed his hand on her cheek. He licked her cheek crudely. "Such a nice taste."
"Hey, pervert!" A female voice rang out in his head. "What do you think you're doing with second?"
"Muru Muru, what do you want?" Andrew asked annoyed.
"You know damn well, what I want, it's obvious that you went against your master's orders and took a second for yourself," Muru Muru yelled. "Fact is, she was supposed to be delivered to Brron and the other demons!"
"Yeah, but, I'm starting on my own and that's to lure the Fairies and their friends here," Andrew remarked. "If first isn't a spineless dick, then he and his fairy pals will surely arrive here to come and save Yuno." He started to caress her chest. "In the meantime, I'll have some little fun with my girl."
"Don't be stupid, she's not your girl!" Muru Muru shouted impatiently. "Plus, we need her Diary so 7th can use it to keep tabs on her too."
"Those lovebird morons can suck their love pride and choke it on," Andrew remarked coldly.
Later in Yuki's room
Akise and Nishijima arrived there. "I have to admit, I was taken by surprise by this call."
"Yes, Yuki's Diary was stolen, though, I would imagine the enemy that kidnapped Yuno is keeping her somewhere in the city," Akise said.
"Is Sting and the others still looking around?" Nishijima asked.
Akise looked out the window before answering. "They are, but, even with their strong sense of smell, Yuno's trail went cold. So, finding her is like a needle in a haystack." He saw Akame, Green, Ace, Yukiteru, and Mr. Amano outside on the training grounds.
"Speaking of, where is Ninth?" Nishijima asked curiously.
"She had to pick up equipment for the training, so, in the meantime Ace, Akame, Green, and Chelsea will be...hey, where is Chelsea?" Akise suddenly asked.
"She went to make a quick call to Hibiki back at the station, for what reasons, not sure," Nishijima replied.
In an apartment, Marco was reading Yuki's Diary.
"So, the porkchop is training with his friends to get stronger," He joked. "Even if he builds some muscles, he won't be able to defeat us with his pretend girlfriend. Honestly, kids are such dummies to know about true love."
"Sure, but, don't forget that two girls were able to get the drop on us," Ai reminded of Wendy and Carla.
"Ah, they just got lucky since I let down my guard," Marco scoffed with a cocky tone.
B
Yuki was practicing throwing fists like a boxer. "This is the training to throw fists with both hands." Ace was doing a boxer stance with his hands handcuffed.
"Ace, what is the handcuffs?" Yukiteru asked.
"Just to keep my magic sealed," Ace replied. "As you know my magic is known as Flame Body which turns my body into fire. Just like my devil fruit logia the flame-flame fruit." He then gave the teenage boy. "Enough of the chit-chat, keep practicing those punches."
Yukiteru kept through his punches. "Looks like the muscle mass in your arms needs to improve. There are two increase your strength and speed within your arms which give you faster and stronger punches." Ace explained as Yuki continued to throw his fists. "Now, swing your arms back and forth slowly to loosen the muscles in your arm. Do that, you'll be able to throw your fists faster."
"Sounds cool," Yukiteru said as he slowly swung his arms back and forth. "Loosen the muscles..." He threw fast fists. "How was that?" He noticed Ace looking at him with a gaping mouth. "Uhh...Ace..." A smirk was shown on his face. "Well, not bad, for a rookie. Keep it up."
They took a 30-minute break.
they drank cold water and an energy bar.
Akame was next training with Yukiteru.
"I'll train to use a weapon like this," Akame added holding two wooden swords.
"What's with the swords?" Yuki asked.
"These are for your training." Akame tossed one of the wooden swords to him which he barely caught. "Did Yuno ever use a knife?"
"Y-yeah, she did she was always good at using one. Not to mention she was deflecting the knives that 7th was able to throw at her." Yuki replied remembering Yuno's speed. "Yes, using a sword, knife, axe, or gun isn't just knowing how to use it, but, knowing what enemies could do to disarm you."
"Disarm..." Yukiteru said a little nervous.
"As in knock your weapon out of your hands or likely cut off your limbs to throw you off your balance," Akame concluded. "So let's practice!"
The two did slow swings with their wooden swords. Akame taught how to use his sword to block an opponent's attack. "When your enemy is attacking, you have to be careful to block it the right way. Say that you block while standing up straight, then your enemy swings their sword the opposite way, blocking it might be troublesome. Plus, if you don't block the way they're swinging their weapon it could throw you off your balance or hurt you."
Yukiteru was panting. "Man, I guess I need to train a little more." Akame had more ideas. "I can also teach you how to sense your enemies' aura. Which is a spirit energy within your body, sensing it could give you an edge in a fight or if any nearby enemies might do a surprise attack."
"Sounds scary," Yukiteru thought with a gaping mouth. "Alright, how long will that take?"
"Quite long, but, so, allow me to demonstrate, Green?" Akame sank into her shadow.
Green walked on the ground and took still with his eyes closed as he felt a faint presence as he turned around evading a wooden sword that came straight out of the ground. "That's demonstrating of sensing a person's aura, if it's faint be on your guard, if you hesitate you might not live to see it coming." He approached Yukiteru. "Also, I'll teach you about strategies to use in a fight. So, I'll give you advice on how to think quickly on your feet or counter your enemy's attacks."
Chelsea arrived about thirty minutes later. "Sorry about that, I was making a quick call." She approached Yukiteru. "I'll teach how to cunning, which I can assume that's not your thing. However, outsmarting your enemies works in a battle. When you notice your enemy is stronger than you, you must be able to outsmart them."
"How do I do that?" Yuki asked.
"One thing at a time," Chelsea said with a calm expression. "Also, I think I know of a way we can track down Yuno. She has a Diary, right?" Hearing that got Yuki's attention. "Yeah, why?"
Mr. Amano watched his son train with his new friends. "I admit, his friends are interesting. He looks like he's having fun."
M
Hibiki was looking into the details of Yuno's Diary. "I see, GSP, a tracker more like. Kinda reminds us of the radar tracker we used during our war against the Alvareze Empire." He was using his Achieve magic on a computer. "Let's see..." He began to get a reading. "Well, that's more like it."
"You found something?" Jenny asked.
Hibiki smiled though he didn't look at his girlfriend. "Yes, it'll take a while, but, I will be able to track Yuno's Diary down and hope that the enemy is holding her captive won't notice it." He then had a serious yet concerning look on his face. "Also, did you look for information on Mr. Amano?"
Jenny had some papers in her hands. "Yes, from the look of things he owes a lot of debt. If he's not careful, he could get his life in a jail cell."
Soon it was sunset.
18:30 Sakurami Police Hospital
Yukiteru was resting while eating some turkey sandwiches and orange juice. "Nice food. Akame knows how to make a sandwich." He chowed down on it. "Hmm...good." He began to think about Yuno and her cute giggle echoed in his head. "Yuno..." He felt like crying again before he remembered what Ace told him before the end of the training.
"No crying..." Ace warned. "Real men, don't cry! Crying is wussies, honestly, that's what 7th was calling you. However, if you want to prove that jerk wrong, then stop acting like a weakling and face your opponent dead in the eye. Face them like a man would."
Yukiteru looked at his hand. "He's right, Yuno hasn't trusted me as much as I didn't trust her. She said she believes in me, but, I haven't felt the same way about her. I was hiding behind her like a human shield. Even so, I need to know if she loves me for real or if those words she keeps saying are just words but nothing else." He knew what he had to do. "Hmm, I wonder if Fairy Tail has any other weapons that could work, not for killing but as Chelsea said, effective to throw your enemies off."
The next morning.
Yukiteru woke in his bedroom. "Looks like my training with my dad will be today." He then got a call. "Hello...yes...Gajeel, what you found her location...good, where is she?" After a small conversation. "Alright, also, can you do a favor, would you guys happen to have any weapons from your world that I can use?"
Minene was at the gymnasium dropping off the equipment. "Geez, where is that little wuss?"
Mr. Amano was sitting on the bench. "Geez, he'd say he would come, maybe something happened." Nishijima arrived at the gym and approached Mr. Amano. "Excuse me, you're Yuki's father, right?"
"Yes, sir and you are?" Mr. Amano asked.
"Forgive me, I'm Nishijima chief of the Sakurami Police." The officer said showing his badge. "I was asked to deliver a message to you that Yuki has something he must do, but, he'll see you tomorrow instead."
On the road
Yukiteru was riding with Yukino and Kagura. "I know my training was a little good even though it was for one day." He thought a little nervous.
Kagura noticed his nervous look. "Hey, don't start getting cold feet." She said snapping the teen out of his state. "This enemy isn't going to be someone you should take lightly, so, be on your guard and stay strong."
Yukino glanced at Yuki. "Yuki, she's right, I know you're scared, so am I. Facing powerful enemies is scary, when we fought against the Alvarez Empire, we heard they had powerful wizards that would be no pushovers. My master and friend Sting, Rogue, and the rest of Sabertooth were overpowered in one day. However, we kept fighting."
Yuki was amazed. "Wow, the earthland wizards are amazing. They're so brave despite how powerful enemies are, though, they can get scared. But, they kept pushing forward." He looked at his hand looking at his palm, it was shaking but he closed his palm. "I have to be strong, for myself and Yuno." This time, he had a chance to prove himself worthy of fighting. "Kagura, Yukino, I have a request for you two once we arrive."
A short time later.
St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sakurami City
Yuki and his friends arrived at the church once they got there it was falling apart, some parts of the roof were still intact. "This is a bit creepy."
Kagura had to agree on that. "Yes, but, then again, it makes a perfect hiding place since nobody has used this cathedral in years."
Yuki held the katana that he borrowed from Akame and a small bag of items he was going to use against Andrew the Android Machias. "This is it." He felt utterly afraid but entered keeping his composure.
Kagura and Yukino were sitting on old benches that were outside the church. "Good luck."
Yuki walked through the main entrance hall and came across the altar. Just then the lights on the walls light up. "What the hell?"
"Looks like you arrived, little wuss." A voice rang out. The lights lit to the back revealing unconscious Yuno who was half naked. Yuki's eyes widened seeing her not just because she was in her underwear. She saw her dazed but she looked like she was worse than he was. "Yuno!" He began to run until he saw Andrew land down from the ceiling. "Not so fast you little ankle bitter!"
Yuki felt pissed off as he glared at the Machias. "What have you done with her?" Despite the demanding question, Andrew didn't flinch. "Acting like you care are you, well, that won't work on me. Though, to answer your question, I was just having a little fun with her cute body." He licked his lips pervertedly.
Yuki felt more pissed than he was. "Well, too bad you won't enjoy her anymore because I'll take you down and take her home!" He unsheathed his katana sword and pointed at the android. "So, spare me your crap and fight me!"
Andrew was amused rather impressed. "Well, if it means that Yuno gets to see her pretend boyfriend die in front of her. Then it's something I can't miss, so I hope you can back up those words!" He put his right shoulder out and a hole opened. "Fire Sphere!" The hole fired a several magic fire-like spheres. Yuki rushed through as fast as he could. "Wow, my speed seems to have increased a little even though it was short training I did." He felt a strength like he never felt before. "Take this!" He swung his sword at the android.
Andrew transformed his left into a blade blocking and used his free hand to punch Yuki in the stomach sending him crashing into a bench. "Looks like you might've improved some skills. Sadly, it won't be enough to defeat me." Andrew said. "Unlike you, I'm a machine with magic power, and if you think that's something you should worried about. I have other bad news to share. As you know the Machias Wall is immune to lightning power. As for me, I'm also immune to lightning, but, I'm unaffected by fire, water, wind, shadow, and light magic."
Kagura overheard this and felt utterly worried. "So, Ace, Sting, Rogue, Yukino's celestial water spirit, and Wendy's magic power wouldn't work against him. So, other magic powers might work."
Yuki got back on his feet despite his injuries. "Yeah, but, I won't turn away..." He groaned ignoring the pain.
"Keep acting tough human teenager!" Andrew proclaimed. "Once you're dead, Yuno will see that I'm worthy of her love, not some jackass spineless human like you!"
Yuki felt a bit hurt by that remark. "Yeah, that may be true..." Hearing that caught Andrew and gave him a questioning look. "I have always been the person that doesn't want to get involved with others because I was a coward...scared of getting hurt." He looked at the android with the best-determined look he could give. "Besides that, Yuno stood by my side. Yes, she's crazy I admit that!"
Outside Kagura, and Yukino were standing by the windows hearing Yuki's declaration from the cracked windows. Little did they know Marco and Ai followed them and were eavesdropping. "Figures that ass of a teenage boy would say that. He's all talk and no bite."
"Hold on dear, let's see where this is going."
"Honestly, what is going on between Yuno and me is something I'm still trying to figure out and perhaps I don't have a proper answer to give you or the 7th!" Yukiteru continued. "Then someone told me that I should continue to live without regrets no matter the hardships I will face. I will be a man and become stronger to protect Yuno! It's what 7th said to me, I also protect Yuno, not just let her do everything herself!"
Marco wasn't expecting the first diary holder to mention him. Ai had to admit she was slightly impressed.
"So, stop with all of your talk about what love is!" Yukiteru held his sword and pointed it at the android. "Honestly, I don't think you understand than you think you do!" He put his feet apart. "Shave!"
"What?!" Andrew exclaimed as he looked around.
Yuki was in the air and wrapped his leg around the android's head. "Reject Dial!" The force was strong enough to release a shockwave sending the android crashing through the wall.
"Ow, my arm!" Yuki cringed in pain. "Damn it...I guess I shouldn't use this again for a while." The pain in his arm went away after a few minutes.
"I admit that was a strong blow," Andrew came out of the hole in the wall looking pissed off. "Sadly, my android body is made of strong steel. Even if that Reject Dial, it'll take more than that to defeat me." He put his hand out gathering electricity in his palm and then releasing it in the air as a few lightning bolts struck down in a circle. He realized the lighting bolts were getting closer to Yuno. "Damn it!" He rushed over to Yuno and cut off her chains releasing her. He caught her in his arms. "Yuno..." He placed it in a nearby hallway avoiding the lightning bolts using the Shave technique. "My legs are feeling numb from using this technique. However, I must continue this fight."
"Not bad, using that technique," Andrew said seemingly impressed. "My turn..." His left hand turned into a thin cannon. "Wind Stream!" He released a strong stream of wind at Yuki. He dodged to the left dodging it, though he fell hard on the floor. "This guy is tougher than I thought."
"Flash Dial!" Yukiteru got another Dial which shined a bright flash.
Andrew cackled amusingly. "Idiot, I'm immune to light powers meaning I can see through the brightest light!" Once the light was gone, Yuki was gone too. "Where'd he go?"
"Impact Dial!" He used an Impact Dial releasing a strong force within the android's body sending him crashing into the other side.
"Using a double trick to outsmart me, I have to admit I wasn't expecting that," Andrew stood up feeling not too damaged.
Yukiter figured this guy wasn't going to go down easily. "Now, it's time we get serious."
"Same here!" Andrew's body became robotic and the human-like skin on his face became robotic too only left was his hair. He opened his mouth. "Lightning Laser Beam!" He let out a lightning beam of energy.
"Shave!" Yukiteru quickly vanished away avoiding the beam and reappearing behind him. He swung his katana seemingly hurting him. "Not bad, but, this trick won't work for long." He was grabbed by the neck and lifted in the air.
"Yuki!" Yukino cried as she was about to help until Kagura pulled her arm. "No, let him do this. Unless he gets a corner, we can't help him when he decides he needs it."
Yukiteru felt almost powerless. "Damn it, I almost got him, but, it seems he's strong." He had a faint smile. "However, if true I can outsmart my enemies then I'll try for Yuno."
"Time for me to blast your head off!" He opened his mouth as an orange beam of energy was powered in his mouth this time. "Anti-Material Laser!"
Yukiteru took out a grenade and threw it as hard as he could and luckily it went straight into his mouth as it exploded making contact with the laser.
Kaboom
Yukiteru landed on the ground quickly and evaded the explosion but just barely. Once the smoke cleared from the explosion, the android was seen with his head blown off and the rest of his robotic wasn't moving. "I won..."
Yukino blinked a few times before she ran over to the teenage boy raising her arms. "You did it!"
Kagura walked into the alter with a smile on her face.
Marco was stunned while Ai just smiled impressively. "Well, it seems the kid has spunk after all." Her fiance didn't say a word instead he walked away. "My love, what is it?"
Yukiteru went over to see the unconscious Yuno and lifted her in his arms while on one knee. "Yuno...Yuno...wake up, it's me, Yuki." Yuno woke up a little. "Yuki...you're here..." He held the girl in his arms. "I'm sorry that I couldn't protect you at the mansion. Honestly, I should've tried better against 7th, but, this time, I'm here to save you."
"Is that so?" A voice from the robotic's body was heard. "I can see that you gain some skill. However, fighting the real me won't be so easy."
Yukino had a feeling about this. "So, this guy was a fake."
"More like a puppet that you defeated, you see I have the power Machias Puppet. It has the same powers and strength as mine. However, fighting the real me won't be so easy. So, first, I hope your skills keep improving once we finally meet, we'll fight to the death." Despite how scared Yuki was, he kept his composure. "Yeah, I intend to get stronger so I protect my friends and Yuno. Even though, I still have a lot to learn. So, until then, I have to get going." He picked up Yuno and carried her out. "Yuno..." He pressed his face against hers. "Let's go."
Muru Muru was watching from the pink and purple tint room. "Well, looks like first grew some balls."
DEUS put his robotic claws together. "It would appear so, but, how long can he keep at it?"
After a day of training and support from Ace, Akame, Green, and Chelsea. Yuki's friends located where Yuno was being held and fought with Andrew. After a tough fight, it was revealed that the robot was a puppet. Yukiteru leaves with Yuno, Yukino, and Kagura leave the cathedral. What will happen next time, find out.
End of chapter.
