"Can you still keep up with me?" Jack shouted at a drenched Lily wearing the same tanktop as last time which is capable of waking up something in the room. [If you don't get the joke....good 4 you]
Jack and Lily is currently at the abandoned Factory 2 months, 20 days after their talk on the bed. Lily had already finished with the normal body training method and is now learning the Ninja Village's skills and techniques, body training too.
Inside the factory, one could see several 5 m wood standing upright on the ground, amounting to around 30 with each having the diameter of 50 cm, filling up the entire room.
One could see 2 flashes, one white and one black running through the room and every a quarter of a second, one could hear 4-5 hitting sounds and 1 second before the sound was heard, a piece of wood had already been hitted once or twice.
Both of them had been doing this kind of routine every now and then, changing the methods when Jack felt that it is enough for that period of time.
Jack felt that either his tutoring and teaching materials is really good or Lily is just that talented. She is now around half of Jack's power 2 months ago, meaning she had gained 3 months worth of Jack's training in just 2 months. Granted in those 6 months Jack did not work as hard as Lily but still, its incredible.
It is not just Lily who is improving though, Jack himself had been working extra, extra hard to balance his laziness for the 6 months training, he now can move 20X the speed of light, around 6.860m/s, meaning his speed had more or less doubled!
If measured, Jack's power is 100% while Lily's is 25% meaning she is just as strong as 1/4th of Jack's and that's nothing to scoff at. With that kind of power, Jack is 100% she can fight toe to toe with Puri Puri Prisoner at the very least not lose, but anyone else other than that, he wasn't sure.
Jack's Madara persona also have a lot of improvements, from his original 17th rank, he now ranks 14, just above tank top master and below Flashy Flash, Metal bat ranked up once though, passing Puri Puri Prisoner.
He often beat up monsters and villains at night when Lily's asleep and as more of them came out during the night, he could get more and more nutritional foods whilst increasing his rank.
True to HA's promises, every month, he came into the HA HQ and they provide him with at least 8 demon leveled corpses.
Also, Madara's hero name is Venom as per Jack's request, there is no way he took the name Night Shapeshifter as his hero name just because he can manipulate his body and works at night! Never! said Jack!
Also also, Madara's appearance is that great and charismatic that he reached 2nd on the popularity polls, its not like Jack cared or anything as he knew it is not his real face but its worth mentioning, probably.
"Okay, Lets stop here for today, We've been doing this for about 6-7 hours." Jack stopped his movements as he hugged Lily from her back, grabbing her waist and pulling her to his embrace.
Lily smiled as she was pulled into his embrace, but she didn't want to lose, she turned her head around and kissed Jack's cheek, twice, while putting her hands above his.
Jack never thought of his nor Lily's power increase is the important part of these two months, yes it's pretty important but not for them.
Their relationship had increase into from just friend, if that's where they started from, into best-best friends, Just one tiny step and both of them will be in a relationship, or what Jack like to call it, Lovers.
Lily now already knew that Jack like, scratch that, Love her but she didn't know why Jack hadn't asked her to be his girlfriend, she always waited for that day to come yet no, he never did so, she even wonders if he's really serious.
Though she speculates that Jack is not serious with her, she didn't really (want to) believe it and she would know the answer to it tomorrow, why?
Today is 14th of May which means tomorrow is 15th of May, Lily's birthday and she want to confess to Jack and make him her boyfriend if he hadn't ask her out first.
"Lily, we've been training our body for almost 3 months, lets take a break for 5 days and use the 10 days discovering your new powers, as at end of them month as i have something special to help us train." Jack said as he returned Lily's kiss by giving her a peck on her sweaty forehead.
Every since Lily told Jack about her new power, they had tried many different things to figure it out and discover it's full potential but to no avail, nothing worked hence they decided to just go with the flow.
Lily rubbed her forehead and made a pouting expression which only makes Jack chuckled as he give her more kisses. These kind of interactions had been their other routine ever since a month ago, and they enjoyed these kind of moments very, very much.
As they were on the way home, running on their own two feet, Jack told Lily
"By the way, I can't accompany you today, I have something else to do." Jack suddenly said, immediately crushing the plans Lily had made with Jack.
"Can i come?" Lily pleaded, Jack thought 'Uggh...her puppy eyes are irresistible but sorry Lily, not this time'
"Nope" Jack answered as he flash her a smile
"What rank are you right now?" Asked Jack, trying to take her attention somewhere else
"B-Class 1st rank, i will probably advance today as i have nothing to do due to someone." Lily answered as she hissed at Jack,
'It seems like it didn't work' Thought Jack as he smiled wryly in his heart
Jack laughed at her and consoled her, saying that he will make it up to her tomorrow, Lily seemed to remember something and asked
"Do you know what day is tomorrow?"
"15th of May right? is it Tuesday?" Jack answered as he tilted his head in a confused manner, and asks her "Why?"
"Nothing" Lily said as she pouted and turned her face away.
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"Bye, I'm going out." Jack said his goodbyes to Lily and left the house quickly
Lily waited for a few seconds then came out and searched for Jack, she wanted to follow him to see what he will be doing, juts out of curiosity
Lily locked the door and searched for Jack which she found just a few seconds after looking around, she followed him closely as to not be noticed by him, she used Jack's ninja skill and techniques against himself...
At first, everything was going smoothly until after Jack had left the city, she wonders where he would be going but didn't know as she had lost him, she knew even if she used her full speed, she can't even hope to catch up to him
Feeling angry, she went back home to change her cloths and then bought a train ticket to A-City to get her advancements.
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*2 Hours Later*
'Why is the train so slow? I could've arrived here in just around 20 minutes or so!' Lily complained in her heart, she had not ride a train in ages and didn't know how her speed compared to the train and how much faster she is.
'A-City, I've never been here before, had Jack been here before, probably not, he directly got into the A-Class, what rank is he currently in anyway.' Lily took out the phone Jack gave her and opened it.
Her background is a photo of Her kissing Jack in the cheek and it is one of the best pictures she had ever taken with him. Lily opened up the HA's website and searched for Jack's hero name, Unknown, she knew why they gave him the name but thinks its stupid.
She herself didn't have a hero name, before she met with Jack, she had always dreamed of being a hero capable of protecting civilian with her own power as well as a super cool hero name, almost all kids her age should've had this kind of dreams but that all had changed.
Now, all she wanted to be is Jack's one and only Lover.
Lily easily located the HA HQ as it is a pretty easy thing to do considering it's towering height, she went inside and asks for a rank advancement, she didn't know what to do as this is her first time.
The receptionist girl recognizes Lily as she is ranked 1st in the B-Class and immediately brought her to the 11th floor to wait for the advancement test while asking for a signature.
Lily was flustered, she had never been asked for these kind of things before and seeing the anticipation on the girl, woman who is older than her by around 10 years she giggled and gave her a sign.
After giving her the sign, Lily went inside the elevator and pressed the 11 button, she waited for a while and the elevator arrived, she wanted to come inside but seeing the man in front of her she gulped.
'King, S-Class rank 6th, the strongest man on earth....OMG!!!' Lily exclaimed in her heart, she now knew the feeling the receptionist girl had felt before as she is currently feeling the same thing
She sighed as she did not have any autograph paper for king to write on and excitedly made way for King to pass, even before King passed by her, Lily could already feel the King's Engine roaring through the room but...something's off thought Lily
'Why does it feel like he's...nervous. No there's no way King will ever get nervous, he's practically the strongest man on earth, After Jack of course.' Lily shook her head in her heart, dismissing her thought of the nervous King while not forgetting to praise her Jack
After the 'meeting' with king and arrived at the 11th floor, she was greeted by the same room design Jack had waited in before, she was told to wait for 10 minute.
Lily feeling bored, she opened up her phone and looked at the fashion trends today, she wanted to buy new clothes with the money she earned through HA today and wear it tomorrow for her birthday she wanted to celebrate with Jack.
She then remembered the Black Reem Off Shoulder Short Dress she had bought but never used as it is too revealing, and decided to just use it tomorrow, buying new clothes will just waste her money it is still brand new after all, oh and because she remembered Jack's expression when he saw her on the dress..'.so cute' she thought
From Jack's answer to her question before, she knew that Jack didn't know her birthday which make sense as she had forgotten about it until today.
She regretted not telling him beforehand, if she did they might've planned something for it, probably. She didn't want to tell Jack now as it is only 1 day before the day, if she told him, he might get some ideas about her.
Lily found herself a clothes she liked, though it is a bit too....adult..y? to her but she wanted it. She search for it later and buy it if there is one for her tiny size.
Before she knew it, 10 minutes had passed and she was called in to do an interview.
What greeted her inside is 3 men and 2 women sitting down, most of them are old but 1 man is not and she could recognize him from miles away, Sweet Mask.
"Welcome Lily, please sit, you must've traveled a long way here as your base of operations is mainly in Q-City." Sweet Mask said with a pretty charming smile, she smiled back at him as it is the polite thing to do
"Not really, Its not that far." Lily answered. 'if your train is as fast as me!' Thought Lily to herself
"Lets just start as to not waste anyone's time, first question, do you really want to advance into the A-Class, i understand there will be many benefits if you become an A-Class but with those benefits, more pressure will be put on your shoulder, no offense but you're just 12, almost 13, which is not...ideal to say the least." SM asked and at the last bit of his sentence, he made a concerned face
Lily thought for a while and smiled again as she answered "Yup, I'll be advancing to A-Class as for the burdens, i can handle it."
"Well, okay if that's what you want but be warned that we won't be lenient to you even if you're just a little girl, if you didn't reach up to our expectations in the A-Class we might demote you" SM flashed another smile, he then continued
"Second question, why Q-City."
Lily pondered for a while again and decided to give a half lie. "I live there so why not."
"Next, what if we decided to move you to another place, another City." SM asked
"Is it a must?" Lily asked back
"No, not yet at least."
Both of them went quite for a bit and after a few seconds, SM broke the silence after getting a nod from the 4 people beside him
"Congratulations, from now on, you will be an A-Class rank 38th hero." SM suddenly said in a somewhat cheerful manner, she didn't think the interview would just be this so she asks
"The interview is done? So fast."
SM chuckled and answered "I can more or less guess what the other party I'm talking to is feeling and their future prospects and you are one of the people with great potential."
Lily just shrugged his compliment off, she didn't really believe what he said but just accepts it on the outside.
She then left the room, leaving the 5 people to chat to themself.
"So fast? Usually it would take you 10 to 15 questions to make a decision." An old man in his 50s asked SM
"Yeah, even though she's a little girl she felt really powerful, not as powerful as me but better than most A-Class, i wonder how she got that much power while still in the early stages of puberty." SM nodded at the old man's remark and suddenly his phone rang.
SM take a look at the caller and then rushed out saying that it's his TV producer and bid them goodbye saying he won't be back until a long time.
While all of this is happening, Jack had already finished his preparations for tomorrow, the day he will state his feelings for his girl, Lily.
*Bonus*
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*Bonus*
King's thoughts when he saw the small Lily who is around 30 Cm shorter than he is
'So short....she looks like one of the characters in the new moe-moe game, Ugh, I can't wait to play it, hope i can get to the happy ending in one try!'
If Lily knew what king was thinking at the time, she might just want to us her techniques on him