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Chapter 18 - Karl training session with Kaito

I wipe my dirtied saxophone furiously

'shit!! I've been so focused on the mission I didn't take care of my stuff!' I grumble as I blow the gold surface of the saxophone.

I glance at Kaede, he is kicking the sand left and right. some blow into the saxophone im trying to clean, and some blown into my face

'This zombie!' I snarled in my head.

I put my hand chief back into the waist bag, I was trying to hypnotize a lower prisoner

I look at the strap prisoner's eyes, my lips ready to close and blow on the saxophone.

I focus on my breath, my emotion, and blanking my thought.

I softly began to blow, pushing the buttons and playing a song.

as I play, I focus my mind to be blank. I convince my mind that I was angry and that I want to hypnotize the person that I was angry at.

I was already feeling the warmth envelope me, I see the fades of the tune starting to be visible.

the rush feeling of relief from feeling the tune broke my 'angry' mindset, making me lose focus.

"shit!" I curse out loud as I failed once again.

'why is it so hard to use urge on command?' I think frustrated

'The first time I used it I didn't even realize it! is it because I was put in such desperation and uncomfortableness? do I need to experience that or be in that mindset to use urge?'

suddenly, I feel a rush of dizziness and tiredness.

"ah....is it already late?" I said out loud.

"no actually, it's only 7 pm. You arrive at 6 pm, meaning you only train for one hour" Kaede answer my question

'Am I getting weak? only one hour and training im already this tired...urgh... what with this headache?' I sigh

'I guess I shouldn't skip training..' I sigh, louder this time

sand was thrown to my open mouth "COUGH COUGH! BLEGH!" I spit

"If you sigh again ill make sure to stuff your face with sand" Kaede, the one who trow the sand, threatened.

I keep on a flat face but in my mind, I was mad because of what he have done.

kaede poke my thin body "Your physical body is weak, we'll need to work on your body" he say as he takes my wrist, squeezing my bones.

I, with every bit of restraint left, gently pulled my wrist from his grasp.

"hows..." I grit my teeth, still angry at his sudden touch "Shows that have anything to do with using urge in command?" I continue with a sickly soft voice.

"Nothing, But in a fight sometimes your weak natural strength can be a disadvantage" he answer, rubbing his hands —that he used to touch me, mind you.— on his pants.

'I want to shove sand down his throat

"ito–Chan!" I heard a voice call me, I turn around and saw Karl waving at me.

he was with another person that I don't recognize. She was panting quietly

"Senior Burt?" I hesitantly answer back. kaede suddenly push me to Karl, I turn around but he's nowhere to be seen

'H-how?!' I think, desperately searching for Kaede. oddly enough my anger disappears

Karl's voice cut my thoughts

"oh please I already told you to call me Karl! anyway did you say you need to physically train your body? come join us then!" he offered to me.

".... there's no need for that burt–uh... Karl...san..?"

"go train with him"

"eek!" I squeals and turn around quickly, Kaede was here but now with his bang tied up

"hello captain kaede" Karl greets him coldly

"...." Kaede looks away ignoring Karl completely, I stood gapping looking at the scene unfolding in front of me.

".....rude" Karl tsked and look at me again

"So your gonna join or not?" Karl offers again, coldly this time

I nod in fear

"great! now put down that saxophone, waist bag, and that guitar case you always carry. oh and remove that bandage" Karl happily exclaims.

I nod. I put down my guitar case and saxophone. I remove the waist bag and hang it near the guitar case and saxophone, but didn't remove the bandage on my head

"I say remove that bandage it'll be distracting"

"Karl–san, I need hana–san permission"

"welp, she is on a mission right now so remove that bandage~" he forcefully remove the bandage on my head, revealing a scar

I quickly cover it with my bangs, the memories of aunt itoshi now flashing.

"ito–chan meet Goda rin–kun! She is from division 3, goda–kun meet Yuuko ito–chan, he is from special division" Karl quickly introduces us.

I gaze at Goda, she has slightly brown skin. her hair is cream-colored with one orange highlight on her bangs.

'for some reason, I feel like she is annoyed' I think as I gaze at her sea-blue eyes.

she is wearing a white short sleeve t-shirt with a hoodie tied up on her waist, and black short pants with a white strip on the side.

"ito–chan remove your hoodie and tie we are gonna do 3 laps around the training grounds!"

'Only 3 laps? I can do that–' Then I realize how big the training ground is.

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"HAH! HAH HAHHHHH!" I breathe loudly, I feel like my limbs are jittering

I glance at Goda, but she doesn't seem bothered by it

'Didn't I see her pants too? DID SHE ALREADY RUN A WHOLE 3 LAP AND DO IT AGAIN??'

"ok ok! That was great! let's do 10 push-ups!" Karl said while clapping his hands

'i...I can't do push-ups right now...hah...tired..'

"w-wait...hah.....–" the lines of pleading dies from my mouth as I saw Goda doing push-ups

'AFTER RUNNING AROUND THIS WHOLE GODDAMN BIGASS TRAINING FIELD?' I stood, mouth gaping in disbelief

"What are you waiting for ito–chan?" he says with a smile

I feel a chill running down my spine looking at Karl's smile

'he will be the death of me after Kaede....' I force my body to be in the push-up position

I push myself up mumbling "One..."

I feel my arms give up on me.

I fell flat on my chest with an "oof!" continued with a loud groan from my mouth

"welp you sure are weak for someone that Daisuke–sama to recruit" I heard an unfamiliar voice

it was Goda's voice 'Never expected her to talk...'

"Don't be rude goda–kun! even if he already received his first training he is still new after all!" Karl patted Goda's back with a grin, I can feel Goda's expression of me crumbles just by her gaze.

in the corner of my eye, I see the Division 5 door opening.

'hmm.. isn't lady aoi a division five captain? I hope it's her' My gaze fastly move to anticipate

it wasn't lady aoi, it Kaito

'oh shit! am I gonna get a scolding too from him because I skip training?!'

my body tense up when our eyes locked

"you..." he started, all the tiredness fades away and I ready myself to run

'I care about my dignity! I don't want to get scolded by a brat!!' before I can run, I feel something drop to my head.

as soon as the 'something' touches my head, I feel my body stop moving.

'Isn't this...hana–san ability? how–' I feel the back of my clothes being clutched

"hows your little break shito?" kaito whisper angrily into my ears

'I DON'T WANT TO JOIN THE SHIT NICKNAME GROUP!'

"Tanaka he already got a scolding," Karl says lifting the hat from my head, suddenly I gain back my control over my body

'wait...THAT WAS KAITO ABILITY? HE CAN COPY OTHERS ABILITIES? wait he probably uses urge' My shockness dies down

"TSK! STILL!" Kaito stubbornly turns his head

"It's not your responsibility to scold him anyway" Goda mumbles

"WHAT WAS THAT PUNK?" he marched to Goda

"You have a perfectly working ear" She avoids Kaito's gaze while saying that

"EVEN IF HE IS IN THE HAND OF THAT SMOKE-ADDICTED FREAK ITS ONLY TEMPORARILY! AND TECHNICALLY HE IS STILL MY APPRENTINCE!" kaito yelled, goda only cover her ears

'poor goda....why are there so many angry people in here?' I wondered

Karl drags Kaito away from Goda "Well he is training with me right now so~" he teases

'WHY HE ISNT DOING ANYTHING BUT MAKE IT WORSE?'

"THAT DOESNT MEAN HE'LL STOP TRAINING WITH ME YOU GUILD FREA—MMM!" he covered Kaito's mouth before he could finish that sentence

"you sure have a big mouth" Karl mumbled coldly

"Since your being such a brat and making my dear goda–kun mad—"

"I'm not mad"

"—ill let you supervise Yuuko while we're training since you want to feel like his master" Kaito only grumbles as an answer

"ill take that as a yes," Karl says smirking

'IF YOU JUST WANT TO SUPERVISE ME JUST SAY IT! DON'T MAKE A DEAL OUT OF IT! And what does he mean by guild frea—'

"Well, let's continue our training! it's only been 8:03 pm after all!"

'ITS ONLY 8:03 PM?'