[AQ] Training Days [Shun/Yukiya] [DONE]

[Yukiya]

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A Little Practice
+ Description: Magical powers? Changes in personality? X-eggs? This is all a bit weird don't you think? Well it looks like you should at least get used to this for the time being. Why not train to get the hang of it?
+ Train by yourself and on some poor trees: -2 Guardians, +1 Faberge, +2 Roost
+ Spar with a friend: +2 Guardians, -1 Faberge, +1 Roost
+ Help set up a training
ground: +3 Guardians, +1 Faberge, -1 Roost
+ Use this as an excuse to show off to some friends: -1 Guardians, +3 Faberge, +1 Roost
+ Requirements: Minimum Level 2 to begin.
+ Submitted by Teale

“Hurry up, Yukiya-dono!”
The little Guardian Character sped ahead of him as they approached their destination – a small patch of lawn close to school. For some reason that seemed like a perfect spot to train. And as Kanpa, said Guardian Character, had just hatched and bothered him to do something productive, Yuki finally caved to his demands. But for once his laziness did not impede him like it would. He knew that the two of them had to get stronger if they were going to help the 'senpais' in the egg business in any way, or even just to protect themselves.

But Kanpa could fly, and wasn't holding a bunch of old kendo shinais from middle school.

“You think you could take one of these things?” he asked jokingly, although he would like the help if possible.

“Sure! Let me get one!” he exclaimed, grabbing one with little arms and trying to pull it out of the bag. “This is no sweat! One, two –“

“Kanpa, stop it,” he said, plucking him off the handle. “You're a tiny thing. Don't hurt yourself.”

“But this is part of our training! I bet even Leo would agree, don't you?”

“Remember that Leo thinks rationally and understands that people – and Guardian Characters – have limits,” he said.

The little bee character – and his child Shun – would be meeting them up today. Yuki wasn't entire sure what they were doing, but he hoped practice fighting was one of those things. How else would they go against enemies if they didn't know that much?
As soon as he got to the designated location, he dropped his shinais and the water bottle he brought over. There were some trees around, but for the most part they would be surrounded by sun. While waiting for Shun and Leo to come, he thought about a joke promise he made a guy over Twitter to join kendo because there was one cute girl. Oh, and free hot dogs. But now he thought of seriously joining, even if to just to try and fend x-eggs or hunters or whoever got in their way. Just so they were more prepared than before.

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So today he promised to show up for some training. As if he hasn't felt like being beaten into the ground already. And yet, plastering another smile on his face as usual, he would make his way to the training area. A small lawn near the school. Leo of course, even when he told him to go, is still perched on top of his head, sleeping. Shun is too scared to wake him up. He would arrive at the place and wake him up eventually, but not without sacrificing a few strands of hair in the process.

"This is where we train? I thought you were joking." If practice was at the mall, Leo is going to flip probably. He took things very very seriously. And this is serious business. If Shun doesn't get his *ahem* shit together, he might just end up really dead the next time. He's been narrowly escaping everything with his tail between his legs. And that's just not gonna fly with Leo. Sure, he had his limits and always thought realistically. But in the process, he thought to never really just give up without a fight, unless it's already established that there is no chance on defeating the adversary.

"I'm late, huh? I overslept." Shun is still considerably upset, but forced himself to be here, more or less. No matter how much he smiled, Yuki and Ji Yoo are probably the only ones who can tell that it's fake. How did it get to this point? Is he really as fake as Demi told him he was? Is smiling all the time really wrong? Why is everything wrong? And instead of recreating himself, he's starting to learn so many things that he is afraid of. But it's absolutely necessary to learn such things.

Shun can only hope that by training, he'd let some steam out? But how could he when he disliked fighting? But Yuki is a part of the kendo club, right? So that means he would know how to swing the swords around. But how would that be fair?

[Yukiya]

"Overslept! Shun-dono, when there are monsters at our door, you think they will just let us sleep?" asked Kanpa, pointing at the shorter boy with one hand. Yuki pulled him away and shook his head, before pulling out a shinai and giving it to Shun.

"Have you ever done kendo?" he asked. Yuki pulled out his own shinai. It'd been a while, and it'd be good practice for him before he actually joined the club again. He was afraid the people there were as crazy hardworking as the ones at the dojo he used to go. "I should've really taken you to indoors but uh...I haven't exactly joined the club on campus yet. But you can do basic swings here. That should help when you wield that large blade of yours when you transform."

He smiled as much as he could too, but Yuki knew that they were both smiling to just pretend they were okay. For a while, Shun had been showing signs of lethargy and would be quiet for long periods of time. It worried him.

"But first, put down your sword for a while. We should stretch first," he said, placing the shinai on the grass as gently as possible. "...do Guardian Characters need to stretch too, Kanpa?"

"Of course! You don't think we can't pull a muscle just because we're little characters! Kanpa exclaimed. He raised his arms and pretended he was pushing a boulder up a hill. And then he lunged, and held one of his feet for a few seconds, and stretched across his arms, back, and did a few jumping jacks. But no one was following him.

"...is something wrong? Aren't we supposed to be training?

"You did that so fast that I had no idea what you were doing," he said, shrugging.

"Oh. Well when enemies are all around us, I think it's important to get to the important part and start swinging our swords, right?" he said, "We should just both transform and fight each other in a practice match! That's when you can understand each other's true power...when you can gauge the strengths and weaknesses so that we can always improve and destroy those who come against us! Ahhh! Just thinking makes me want to fight!"

Yuki just sighed and pulled him away again from the two. "What he means is that you should get the basics down first, and then we can do that whole...hot blooded challenge thing," he said. Although secretly he agreed with Kanpa, thinking that fighting each other would actually be kind of fun? Like some kind of shonen manga tournament arc where two friends are forced to fight to get the top prize. ...wait, why was he thinking about this now? There was a real problem they had to face!

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"It's called beauty sleep. I had too much. Now I'm too beautiful." Shun's attempt at cracking a joke is somewhat decent. "You don't deserve a beauty sleep, Shun. If anyone needs it, it's me." Having to listen to Shun complaining for the past few days has been causing him to lose sleep, too. "All you did all day yesterday was nap on my head." At the mention of this, Leo gave him a kick to the face. "And all you did yesterday was complain." Shun had gotten used to the kick of the heel from Leo by now. Anyone worried about it actually causing injury should just forget it.

"Nope, never taken kendo. The only sport I know how to do well is competitive shopping." No one else could match his speed when it comes to seeking out great deals and running towards them at the mall. But everything else? Mediocre or below average. "Leo, Yuki's right. Why can't I have a smaller sword?" Leo glared at Shun. It's there and there's no way he'd  do anything about it. "If you need the muscle to swing it around, then I suggest getting some muscles. I wish I had a less scrawny guy swinging it around, but we're stuck with each other, right?" He crossed his arms, unamused. "It's so big I'm pretty much anchored. And heels. Come on." Oh no, you don't talk smack about THE heels. "Oh please. How are they any different from the ones you wear to dance practice?? You could stand to be more coordinated and balanced. That's why they're there." It feels more like a medieval torture device when you think about it. But what can you do?

"Stretches. Right. Wouldn't want to get a cramp or something." Shun soon followed for some stretches, but Leo isn't really doing that. Nor does he want to. "Ah, was that a challenge, Kanpa? Unfortunately for you, Shun's transformations are not to be wasted on some barbaric show of powers. For once, I agree with Yukiya there. Build up and practice, then maybe we'll talk about it." Leo huffed at the thought of just duking it out. Mostly because at the current state he could gauge that if Shun faces any opponent with significant amounts of speed, he'll pretty much be there all day, not being able to catch them or properly hit them unless some miracle happened. Same goes for their opponent if they don't have a good attack power. Chipping at their defenses would probably be next to useless. But then again, they could probably stand to learn from one another.

"I'm not very good at--" Shun looked down before Leo spoke again. "If I hear one more demeaning talk, I swear to god, you'll be on your own and good riddance if you die." Oh wow. Such words definitely stung. But Leo knew that if he didn't continue with this brand of tough love, Shun will probably get more confused and more upset. "Okay! Okay! I'll fight!" He picked up one of the kendo sticks, his positioning is definitely no good, he doesn't even know where to begin. "There you go. Now that you're somewhat determined, I propose we all just ease in to the transformation later. It wouldn't mean much if we expend all energy right away."

[Yukiya]

Kanpa sighed. He still wanted to transform already, but Leo had a point. Endurance was a skill he wanted to build up for him – and for Yuki, especially if they got caught with the hunters again. So he just cheered up, and gave a thumbs up toward Shun as the boy tried to get in a correct stance. “Not bad, Shun-dono! This is your first steps becoming a great swordsman.”

Yuki nodded, although it was obvious that Shun had no idea what he was doing. Well, he admitted as much earlier? “You carry a heavy sword, right? So you should carry a big shinai as well,” he said, pointing to the wooden sword Shun was holding. “'sides, this is all I have.”

Taking a better look at Shun, he saw a few things that needed to be corrected. “Okay, first thing,” he said, “Put your right leg in front, and lift the heel of your left foot. And the sword should be held at a 45 degree angle.” He didn't know if he should teach if he only had a year of practice, but who else was there? “We can't really do footwork in the grass, but we can swing, at least.”

He picked up his own shinai. “So what what you do is put the sword over your head,” he said, demonstrating it, before slashing downward. “And back down. And step forward every time you do it. Back in practice, we had to do hundreds of these every day. But if you could do fifty today, that's a good goal to start with, I think.”

It took him back. These were the days when he was still wanting to become a mangaka, and with every motion he did he rushed all his practice swings – actually, it was similar to what Kanpa was doing right now, taking a stick he picked up and whacking it up and down as Yuki explained his instructions. He pointed to Kanpa. “Take your time. Not like this guy.”

“But we got to hit them before they can hit us!” Kanpa exclaimed, but Yuki pinched him by the collar and dragged him back.

“You can just follow what I'm doing first,” Yuki said to everyone. Kanpa stopped and watched Yuki practice swing, hitting the same spot in the air as much as possible. What Kanpa didn't know is that after ten swings Yuki's arm already hurt. Probably it was what he got for not doing kendo for so long. After he finished, he looked at Shun. “You think you got it?”

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All of the information Yuki just said blew over him as he failed to catch whatever he was saying. 45 degree angle? The sword? Why is there so many rules? He thought swinging it around would be just fine. And this isn't even fair since the sword or shinai or whatever is just heavy. "I'm not in transformation, this is so heavy!" He never picked up anything heavier than a shopping bag full of clothes or a full grocery bag as himself, so this is new. He tried to swing it, but dropped the shinai on the ground as it swings down. "Oops." And when he's transformed, it's like the thing is weightless.

"Does it matter which leg I have up front? I mean, aren't we just supposed to hit faster?" Shun agrees with Kanpa and Leo agrees with Yuki. So what are they going to get done? "And fifty swings on this thing? That's brutal. I won't even have the strength to lift my hands up for another selfie." He didn't want to get tired, and yet the two things he's lacking on is focus and stamina. Not to mention...Agility. He was slow. Even slower than a snail probably. Well maybe not.

If anything he was so unbalanced in terms of strength distribution that he might as well have a peg leg or something. Yuki has seen it before. An almost unbreakable defense and a powerful attack, but not much else to support it. And when he's not the bee, he's just a weak scrawny boy. "Nope, I don't got this." He tried to swing again, and instead flung the sword at Leo who...Gracefully avoided it. Damn it. It's at times like this where he wished that the heavy sword would hit Leo until he's unconscious or something, just to stop the incoming lectures.

"Watch where you swing that thing, you idiot!" Yep, he's just waiting to make Shun feel even more riled up. Well, maybe enough that he would take the practice seriously. "Oh yeah? I'd like to see you swing it around. But that's right, you can't. Cause you actually have to be human sized to do that." A hint of sass in his voice and Leo gives him the 'get back to work' look. And then they got back to being quiet again. Whatever. Might as well continue, he can't stay scrawny forever anyway.

[Yukiya]

"Yes, Leo. You must be human sized to hit Shun-dono...so transform with him! AND LET'S HAVE A BATTLE BETWEEN THE BEST OF FRI--"

"Okay, that's enough," Yuki said while pulling a struggling Kanpa. He really just wanted to fight, didn't he? Kanpa floated dejectedly while Yuki picked up the shinai Shun dropped. "We could just work on the stance at least."

He helped Shun hold it correctly. "Since you asked why it matters what leg you start with and why you hold it in a certain way - your character change is strong, but slow, right? Kendo is all about speed. You can hit those guys faster if you keep your sword in that 45 degree angle. If your left heel is always up, you can use your foot to launch yourself and attack before they can fight back."

"So if you up your speed, you can be a real hero and beat all those stinky Egg Hunters! Is basically what Yukiya-dono's saying," Kanpa said, crossing his arms while nodding. "By the way, Yukiya-dono only knows these things because he was gonna use that knowledge in my story!"

Yuki glared at Kanpa, and once again dejectedly floated away. But the mention of his old manga reminded him of the events leading up to their encounter with the Egg Hunters, and he looked at Shun and Leo. "...I just...have a question before we start. If you don't mind," he said, "...why...did you run away from us?"

It was mainly out of curiosity, but he was worried whatever was bothering Shun would affect him in practice. Heck, maybe if he was angry about it he could use it to his advantage.

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"But I'm never in control too much of the time, so I don't think that's a thing??" When transformed, he seemed to only want to follow his own formula. He would chain himself up to the enemy just so he can smash them into the ground at close range with his high attack, but all of that would be predictable after repetition, right? "When I fight, I just do? I'm not sure how it's done." And to top it all off, the eerie quietness of that form leaves nothing to the imagination.

"What story? He's making a story about you?" Shun raised a brow at Kanpa, but Yuki's glare shut him up. No use in asking, then. "I ran away because you guys are confusing." He simply said. "Ji Yoo looks ready to hang me off a bridge and you keep saying things will be okay. I don't know who to listen to. So instead of causing trouble, I thought about just going by myself." He swings a few successful swings, thanks to Yuki. "It may seem dark, but lately I've been thinking that things would probably go just fine without me." He meant to just fight to the death, but that didn't happen.

"But I don't have to be human size to kick you in the face, Kanpa. Don't test me or my heels." Of course, he isn't serious about kicking Kanpa. He wouldn't really do it. Only if Kanpa stops with the fiery pits of friendship talk. To the anti hero bee cyborg that is Leo, friendship is just not as important as everything else. It's probably the least important to him. Or is it? "Shun, only I get to decide when you can jump off a cliff and die. So don't get any ideas." Ah, classic Leo. Always to the point, and super harsh. "I won't. Not anymore." Shun pouted.

"I'm tired of being treated like the baby 24/7. I'm sure I'm a useful human being. I'm just not sure in what department." And he probably should just tell Yuki what his life was like before Seiyo. "Before coming here, I never really knew right from wrong. my parents never really cared about complaints or mistakes. They think it's a learning process. I stole some toys and the entire neighborhood hated me for it. But my parents treated me like I live in a bubble. That everything is alright for their little baby. I'm sick of it. I never really told anyone, because I thought they probably don't want to hang out with someone who's stolen. And someone who couldn't tell if what they're doing is right or wrong." Knowing that, would it make a difference to their 'friendship'?

"But in the end...I can't even face the consequences of my actions without crying or being scared. Without hiding behind someone. I want to be taken seriously, and well...That's not how you do it."

[Yukiya]

"Huh, really? ...then...surely the character transformation takes some toll on your body, right?" he asked. With Kanpa, Yuki got really tired easily and he needed to pass out for a long time. "...if you could train just for stamina, that would be fine too." Character transformations were a strange thing that Yuki didn't really understand. Maybe it was different for other people. But at least Shun was hitting correctly and not paying attention to what Kanpa said...

As he listened to Shun's reasoning behind what happened during the egg hunters attack, he stopped swinging his shinai to process everything Shun had been going through. His parents didn't even teach him basic discipline? If Yuki ever did something like steal his mother would probably...well, to be honest, his parents were pretty nice and the worst he'd ever did as punishment was do more chores or work at the restaurant more. But still, there was a punishment.

"I think...I think the fact that you know that something's not right is a good step forward," he said. Ah, but didn't he just say that he was confused between Ji-Yoo's more critical stance on Shun's actions versus his own reassuring words? He paused for a second to gather his thoughts a little more. "As to who to listen to, I think that's up to you. This is just my opinion, but I wouldn't want you to disappear. You can still change to whoever you want to be. I mean, look at yourself now. If you had the option to steal again, would you do it?"

In the meanwhile, a slightly dejected Kanpa floated in mid air. "Aww Leo. Those hurt..." Probably Leo just didn't understand the meaning of friendship. He was one of those guys like in the animes he watched with Yuki, where they were cold and calculating, but they usually had some kind of weakness. ...those were also the kinds of guys that got high ratings from female fans, based on the sites Yuki and him browsed. He didn't understand why, but he was still determined to make Leo his friend!

"Hey Shun-dono! It's okay! I cried a lot too in the past. A friend of mine...she was corrupted by the dark sorceress in my land because she had  this really cool fire powers.  I hated it. She was a swordswoman like me, and a good cook. She was really nice, and I tried to talk her out of it, but the grip the sorceress had was too hard. We tried everything, but in the end, we had to fight her...some decisions are hard. We cry and try hard to avoid it, but in the end you're gonna make decisions you'll regret. But you have to keep going. And when you do enough of those decisions, you'll stop crying so much and learn a lot from your experiences." He gave a thumbs up to the boy and grinned at him.

Yuki would be inspired by this if it wasn't for the fact that this was a plot point he was thinking about adding to Kanpa's manga at one point. He had to just keep swinging his shinai and not think about it too much. 'Trying to not avoid problems', huh...

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"Like you said, it doesn't last very long. Because no matter how hyped up I am, I get tired much faster than everyone else. I guess, that's what you give in exchange for high power and defense?" And he's not speedy either. But he could literally just tether to someone and weaken them if he does hit them. That's why he is always thinking up ways to not draw the fight on too long. "I don't know, it's starting to sound like RPG stats, if you ask me." Now, Shun doesn't actually have any consoles to play games on, but he often watched other people play. He did know what's up with games, but actually played them? Nah. But there are the phone games. He only got the free ones and everytime he changed phones, it'll always be reset. He just kind of gave up on them entirely.

"I....Feel like there's something more going on with my parents. I don't want to doubt them at first, but it kind of grew the more people hate them. And me." He is hoping to be completely independent on them one day. But that's just a faraway dream at this point. "I still cry and whine like a baby, but I came here to run away from them, and everything has been happening at such a fast pace. I think being able to fend for myself is still an impossible dream." What could be worse than actually proving his parents right? That he still needed them?

"I just didn't like being treated like a baby again. So I guess in addition to being confused, I'm just sick of that feeling." Anyway, he picked up the shinai again after a brief break to get back to the training at hand. "'Dying to a noble cause isn't bad', what do you think that means?" He picked that sentence up during literature club with Ji Yoo. It's the oddest thing, and the only thing he could understand. "I'm sorry, I've been feeling like it's pointless for me to you know...Live."

"Nonsense. Without your existence, I wouldn't exist." Of course, Leo tried to say something a little more encouraging, but he's not the best at that, so it just felt....Kind of mean spirited. "And you, Kanpa. I don't care if it hurts." Please just ignore Leo, though. If anything, he's more of the tsundere type to the bone. "Even by ourselves, I never stopped believing we could beat those dumb hunters." But they didn't. And they couldn't have. "So this talk of death and darkness needs to stop, cause it's making me sick. And I'm the grumpy one."

"But Kanpa, regret is bad. I'm not used to it." Why does regret exist? Sure, Kanpa's over the top explanation actually meant a lot and he listened to it carefully, but why is he always making bad decisions? "Everybody probably knows what it feels like and can just move on. But...I'm so used to having decisions made for me and defended for everything, it feels kind of empty not to have that. But what I want is to be independent. It's so difficult..."

[Yukiya]

"Know this, Shun-dono! Even if you're hurt or you mess up, your true friends will never, ever leave you! That includes me! So make mistakes! Just pick yourself up and keep going until you find your true path! Ahahahaha!"

Kanpa burst into the air, hitting and kicking as some form of training. As to what he was trying to work on was beyond Yuki. ...though Kanpa had a point, he probably didn't understand that it was hard to adjust these kinds of things. He noticed that Shun was trying to swing his shinai, so he observed his form.

"You're already getting better, you know," Yuki said, "You've got a lot of goals. But it'll take a while to get there. So try to aim for a checkpoint. Like 'I'll swing 50 times today'! ...actually, that's not a bad idea," he said, rubbing his chin. "...but, can you promise me something. Don't say you're better off dead or whatever. You're not. You can change. You still have time to change and be that independent person."

Yuki swung a few times. He kept saying things like that, and he wanted to believe it was true...for Shun. But was it true for him? Was he able to be a different person too? Actually, what is it that he wanted to be? Back then, his goals were so easy to understand. He was gonna be a famous manga artist, no matter what. But he fell in the shadow of a prodigy. And he had never gotten back up.

He swung his shinai slowly until the tip touched the ground, and his eyes were staring out into the sky. The traces of the sun's heat touched his skin and a breeze rippled through his clothes.

"...Yukiya-dono?" Kanpa asked, whizzing by him. But Yuki just looked away from him, before silently swinging once more.

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"They won't leave me?" How does Kanpa know for sure?

"I am...?" If Yuki sees this, how come he doesn't? He doesn't feel like he made any difference. "Let's see...I'm still bullied, I still rely on other people to save my sorry butt, I still cry like a baby..." He's just listing all of the negatives without thinking. "How do you know I'm actually getting better? After all, I caused so much trouble for you and Ji Yoo, and even Demi." If people say 'hey, at least you know you're wrong', that's just not going to cut it. It's not enough. "I don't want to be praised for something I failed to do. But I don't want to take responsibility for my failure..." He's deep in his own thoughts now. What does it all mean? "It's not enough to just be able to tell right from wrong. I need more than that."

"I want to be normal. Right now I'm not." What is the definition of normal? A person with a good life and have some sense in their heads. People who know how to right their mistakes and know when to take blame. "Yuki, I'm sorry." His eyes teared up a bit as he drops the shinai on the grass. "I have too many goals and I don't know if I can reach any of them." He went through so much crap in life, only now he really shows any sign of breaking under the pressure. "I act like it's all fine, but it's not. I can't really promise that at all." For once, it's an expression other than happy or crying over trivial things. "I'm really kind of jealous of everyone. I can never fit in."

"Do you know, what you want to be in the future? Because I don't. Everyone is already planning ahead. But I'm not even at the starting line." He picked up the shinai again to try to channel his anger and sadness into the swings instead of voicing it out. For a while, it turned quiet. "It's so confusing. I mean...Why do you still stick around? Have you seen the bullies and people after me? Don't you want to be around normal people?" In a way, he's sort of thankful that Yuki didn't just desert him. But at the same time, WHY NOT?  "I'm sorry for getting all emotional. I'm so lost." And all this time, Leo only chose to stay quiet rather than talk some more. Something isn't right with Shun, but maybe, Yuki and Kanpa can help him drag the horrible thoughts out. He couldn't do it alone.

"It's kind of strange to have actual friends. Cause I never had any real ones. How do I know, that something is genuine or not?" It seems impossible, right? Maybe this is really too many questions. After all, it's not like Yuki is a psychiatrist.

[Yukiya]

While Shun let go of all the questions he had about life, goals, and dealing with people, Yuki kind of just...half-listened. The other half of his was bombarded with questions that Yuki had about his own life, and where he was going. Some things Shun said triggered more of those questions. Especially about the future. Yuki had not thought about his future in many years, and he kept trying to run away from it as much as possible.

It took Yuki a while to reply. He kept swinging as he once did. Kanpa followed suit, but kept looking back at both egg bearers. Once Yuki had finished enough, he just put his shinai back in his case.

"I think that's good for now. We could do this more often. We don't want to defeated by those Egg Hunters again," he said, gesturing for Shun to give him the shinai, but then stopped. "You could keep it, if you think you want to practice at your dorm. Would you?"

He slung the case's strap over his shoulder. The sun had fallen somewhat, but it was still hot. Technically, they could still keep going. Yet Yuki couldn't stop thinking about these dark thoughts in his head. If it were a more tense situation, Yuki might've exploded. But it was Shun. He was so innocent sometimes, and its not like his questions weren't valid. He just...didn't really know how he should deal with them, or at least felt like that.

"Just know...you're not the only one suffering from doubts and anxiety. Maybe since this is the first time you've had to deal with some of these things it's more painful, but we're here for you. We can help you find the right path. But in the end, you'll be the one having to make decisions for yourself, and figure out what you really want in life."

It still felt a bit hollow to him, these words. But it was something his mom said, and he generally thought his mom was a strong person whose advice could be heeded.

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"Ask the hard questions, and nobody really knows the answer." He mumbled, kind of half expecting there to be a concrete answer. Shun kind of guessed that it was too much for Yuki to even handle, what with the many questions he had for the other guy. He should be paid by the minute with all the gold in the world if he had all the answers. "Yeah. It's my decision, but no one ever told me HOW to make them and not regret it." Honestly, he felt a little tug in his heart. Having people 'there' for him, just didn't quite satisfy him at all. Shun wanted to know more. A lot more. He wanted to reach the level of 'normal' that most people are in.

"No, of course not. Next time I see them, at least I know that talking is useless and I should just get to the beat em up part." He sighed. Other than swinging a sword around at an invisible target, most of the training time is eaten up by his rambling. He didn't really get much from it, but whatever. Guess he could just go home with even more confusion. "Why isn't there a manual about 'how to life', cause I think I really really need one."

"Alright, I guess I'll go then." He can see Leo just rolling his eyes in one corner. Leo isn't the best when it comes to listening to the myriad of questions. Leaving with a somewhat unsatisfied feeling, he thought that maybe it's for the best that he doesn't try to ask other people about it anymore. Maybe he should try growing up by himself. But what will that get him, if he doesn't know the first thing about HOW to grow up mentally. It's all giving him such a headache, that's for sure.

With the sun going down, he left the training area. Maybe he can ponder the rest of his life choices when he gets back. Maybe over some pineapples to make it extra painful. No pain no gain, right?