"Underwater?!!" The two teens exclaimed
" what are we fighting that's in the water old man?!! " Tobi lashed out at the Alfstrat.
" calm down boy, " Alfstrat gently waved his hand at Tobi.
" Your sister is the one going underwater not you "
"What?! " Tobi said in disbelief
" why can't he come with me ?" Crystal stepped closer to Alfstrat, wanting to suffocate him with her aura
*cough cough*
" If you want him to come, I... I don't see why not " Alfstrat humbly said.
"But why are we going underwater though? Can't we train on the ship ?" Crystal raised her arm in questioning authority.
" you'll see why when we get there, in the meantime..."
Alfstrat brought out three sea suits that looked like scuba diving suits, it also came with an oxygen tank that could last about three hours, while training it lasted one and a half hours.
" you kids should put these on "
A little while later...
" aren't these a little too heavy on the back " Tobi was bending over with his whole body trembling as the oxygen tank was too heavy for him to put on? He was shut up by the sight of Crystal quickly putting on the crude scuba diving suit.
This was not fair to Tobi, he was smaller in size than Crystal, shorter than her even though he already started puberty a year ago... and still had his childish voice.
'Well, this stinks ' Tobi thought to himself.
" Ne, old man the suit's slipping off of me " Tobi showed Alfstrat
" No, it's not, you're just too small for it " Alfstrat did not bother looking at the suit
' that's why it's slipping! ' Tobi thought to himself
'Sigh, maybe I'm not meant to go with Crystal, Afterall I'm just going to be a burden on her since her concentration will be making sure I'm protected rather than getting stronger... I should just tell her to go without me' Tobi thought, his face was gloomy, and had a smile no more.
'' Lil' bro what's wrong? " Crystal tilted her head at Tobi's sad expression
" ...sis ?"
" I'm all ears "
" you can go on without me, " Tobi said as he squeezed his fist tightly with his head down.
Crystal, being the big sister that she is, winks at Tobi?
"huh?"
" you're scared you'll be a burden isn't it ?"
" hicc yeah... it's so stupid, I want you to get stronger so that you won't be killed if anyone finds out your identity but I just can't help to see you leave me... hicc I feel so dumb and useless... I can't believe I'm tearing up at such a little thing right now " Tobi wipes the tears from his eyes as he speaks
"hmm" Crystal places her two hands on her waist, she was contemplating what she could do to make Tobi feel better...
' being a big sister is not easy '
Crystal pats Tobi's curly brown hair changing its appearance to look rough and covering his face entirely.
" Lill' bro do you wanna hear a secret ?"
"What secret ?" Tobi muffles his words, slightly raising his head to see Crystal's big smile
Crystal got really close to Tobi's ears
" You have a monster in your heart listen to what it's trying to tell you "
" A monster? "
" yeah. The Monster of Courage is rising deep in your heart " Crystal said as she hits Tobi's chest.
" Go, listen to what the monster is saying I'll be waiting, " Crystal said as she put on her goggles and headed into the water with Alfstrat.
" good luck, my little monster, " Crystal said to herself with a smirk.
The two left the Tobi on the ship and headed for the water.
...
A while later underwater, Crystal swims ahead of Alfstrat, she gets a little ahead of herself, not paying any attention to what Alfstrat.
" excuse me, young lady would mind slowing down for a bit, " Alfstrat said whilst he stopped swimming.
" oh? Has the lesson started? " Crystal said
She turned towards Alfstrat and stopped swimming until she was at a comfortable distance from him.
" so, what are we doing now-"
" any moment from now" Alfstrat had a smile on his face as he whispered t himself.
" huh? What are you talking about-"
BAM BAM BAM !!!
" Ataay boy! go get her " Alfstrat jumped in the water, punching in excitement!
A large Terrack had appeared at top speed smashing into Crystal's left rib cage and hitting her into other rocks.
* cough cough *
Crystal coughed out some blood as she went unconscious,
[ what just happened ?]
' Punch the Terrack! '
[ what Terrack ?]
' you've been hit by a Terrack !'
[ Shit! why didn't I see it in the first place ]
Immediately the Terrack hit Crystal with the final blast of rocks, Crystal braced her hand and smashed it in the right eye of Terrack, the Terrack backed away, it twisted its body to get rid of the rocks in its eye.
Before it could be done with discarding the leftover debris, Crystal dashed towards it like lighting, with two huge rocks in both her hands, one by one she threw the rocks at the head of the Terrack and the body.
But, she seemed to have forgotten that the body of a Terrack is practically indestructible, once the dust cleared the Terrack wasn't within Crystal's sight.
[ where did it go ? ]
' Below you! '
[ woah! calm down big guy I forgot you're made out of metal ]
Crystal said sarcastically.
The Terrack came rushing towards Crystal beneath her with its mouth wide open, razor-sharp teeth and jaws strong enough to break a diamond, Crystal ran for her dear life,
" Forget this! It's scary! " Crystal shouted as she swam for her dear life, but the Terrack was catching up with her and would nearly bite her legs sometimes but she would get away.
' why are you running ?'
[ huh? ]
'Don't you know, you're an Ackerman'
[ who's there ? ]
'I am your Voice '
[ Voice? ]
' Yes, I am to you throughout your life journey '
[ wait! You're the one who told me to leave the island ]
' Yes '
[ why? ]
' now's not the time, focus and show that monster the taste of an Ackerman's blow '
[ A punch? ]
[ Alright then ]
Crystal stops swimming which confuses the Terrack, she took a deep breath and said to herself
' This is probably gonna hurt a lot, but here goes nothing '
Just as if a jet was taking off, Crystal directed a single force in one punch and aimed it at the terrack with so much speed! Even Alfstarat could not see what was going on.
'what just happened?' Alfstrat said to himself
That one punch sent the Terrack 50 meters away from where Crystal hit it,
[ Crap! My hands hurt! but I still have to punch this behemoth ]
Just like lighting, in a flash Crystal dashed towards the unconscious Terrack and continuously punched from every direction she could think of; its head, eye, back, abdomen, etc at a very fast speed! There was no time to see where Crystal was because of how fast she was moving, as she swam really fast she also created a trap of bubbles that surrounded the whole Terrack which confused its vision.
Eventually, Crystal was able to make a dent in the side of the Terrack,
[ yes! An opening ]
You could say that she saw the future of she was going to defeat this monster, she was going to keep on hitting on the dent until she was able to punch it into half.
'' ARGHHHH '' Crystal shouted as she kept on punching the Terrack with so much force that the protectors she had on her hand broke off, now she was punching into the dent with her bare hands, her muscles tensed up three times their original size and her knuckles began to bleed.
[ What in the world?! Why is it so strong!!]
[ My Knuckles are going to be numb after this... a good thing Tobi won't let that happen... I wonder how he's doing... damn it, focus Crystal! ]
'' ARGHHHHH, COME ON BREAKTHROUGH YOU DUMB FISH!!! '' Crystal screamed.
Eventually, the metal skin broke apart and with one final blow, Crystal hit the Terrack, she directed the momentum to the torn skin and the blast came out of nowhere! and tore the Terrack into half.
'' LET'S GOOOOOOOOO ''