Chapter 22: Chapter 22 – Taunts

Hey guys, SR here. I know that the plot might feel a bit slow paced in the recent chapters, but this is necessary for Ryo's character development. He had taught himself to hide all his feeling in himself in his previous life, making him strict. But with the involvement of Zero Two, he had started to open up more. This will in turn make form the 'ideal' main character that I have plans for.

(P.S Its not like I want them to have fluff feelings. Have mercy on me. I am a single dog with a pure body. Bruh XD. Also, Darling in the Franxx is a Romantic anime foremost.)

(P.S I included a little bit of sneak peak for our future character. Nothing more than that.)

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"I love you... Darling."

Feeling a bit shy for the first time, Ryo finally conveyed his feeling to Zero Two for the first time. But unknown to him, this almost made Zero Two faint in happiness.

"I love you too, Darling!"

Feeling super happy and super excited, Zero Two suddenly pulled Ryo into another long series of kisses.

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It took a bit of a while for Zero Two to settle down.

In the end, Ryo decided that he was finally going to open his heart completely to Zero Two. So he then also allowed to Zero Two to act as clingy as she want and even let her sleep in his bed.

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"Ryo! Ryo! Ryo! Ryo!... Just you wait. I will find a way to find you as soon as possible. Damn these bastards getting in my way and destroying my plans! But don't worry Ryo, I will definitely find a way to be with you as soon as possible. But please wait for me, I will achieve my goals and free myself from these bastards stopping me. Just wait for me. I will be there for you."

Someone's red eyes shore in the endless darkness.

It was unknown who it was but if one look carefully, they might be able to see that the given 'somebody' looked emotionlessly sitting on a throne as he/she picked up a black chess piece and moved it on the floating chess floating in an endless void.

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*Tring* *Tring* *Tring*

Waking up to the sound of the alarm, Ryo massaged his head with his right hand as he tried to recall what he was dreaming about. He was feeling as if his head was smashed with a hammer, but after a short instant, the pain resided.

'What a weird dream it was.'

Ryo felt that something was going for sure but he couldn't point out what it was.

Shaking his head internally, Ryo removed all the unnecessary thoughts he was having and looked to the beautiful sight in front of him.

Just by his side, a pink haired beauty was sleeping peaceful hugging her pillow while resting her head by his shoulder. Sadly her face was married with a frown for her sweet sleep was disturbed by the sound of the alarm, making her hug the pillow tighter while trying to go back to sleep.

Chuckling at the funny yet cute sight, Ryo turned his body to Zero Two's side after setting a reminder and stared at her.

For now, nothing matter more then Zero Two for Ryo.

Finding his love, something began to change in Ryo. He started to show more emotion when he was by Zero Two since the event last night. With all his fear leaven behind, there was nothing stopping him from showing his deeply hidden within him that he had been suppressing inside himself.

"..."

Staring for a while, Ryo took a strand of Zero Two's pink hair and swirled his fingers as he went into thought about how much his life had changed. He finally understood how his father would have been feeling when he fell in love with his mother.

'I went from a naïve fool in love to an heartbroken bastard; then from a heartbroken bastard to an uninterested fool. Then this uninterested fool had finally turned into an person in love.'

Scoffing at his situation, Ryo continued to stare at the peacefully sleeping Zero Two.

Sadly this tranquil scene was broken by the reminder vibrating on Ryo's hand, making him sign and turn off the reminder.

"... Darling, wake up. Its time for training."

Using his left hand, Ryo removed the pink strands of hair blocking Zero Two's hair as he bought his head to her's and poked his horns to her head, making her groan in sleepiness.

*Yawn*

Opening her eyes a little, Zero Two made a loud yawning sound. The bright light made her squint her eyes for a second but slowly her sight adjusted to the light, making her smile as she saw Ryo looking at her eyes showing his feelings.

Then an idea struck her mind as she smiled mischievously and bough her lips closer to Ryo's and locked them with a bit of pull.

Knowing that getting her freedom to act as she wants she will do such stuff, Ryo responded her kiss. But he quickly broke the kiss and pulling Zero Two's left cheek, he squinted his eyes and asked with a smirk, "Why is my angel acting so aggressive toward me? Hmm?"

"It's all your fault, Darling. You woke me up, so that kiss was a punishment for Darling."

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Not shying away from Ryo, Zero Two smirked at him and replied back.

"I see. Looks like I have a lot of punishments due. When will I be getting my remaining punishments? I am waiting for it!"

Knowing that he had been taking care of waking Zero Two up, Ryo smirked back, making Zero Two chuckle in amusement.

"Hmm. I cannot be such cruel to Darling. I will punish Darling only when feel like it. Humph. Anyway, if Darling is so eager to receive such punishments, if Darling carry me to the bathroom, I will give Darling a kiss."

Making amused and speechless by her reply, Zero Two stretched her hands toward Ryo, as if telling him to carry her, making Ryo sign and stand up. Then after doing a bit of stretching for an instant and removing all the laziness remaining in his body, he picked up Zero Two in a bridal carrying style and carried her to the bathroom.

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It didn't took too long for them to take a bath.

After that, they finally reached the training quarters, finding Arato and Kiara waiting for them while the elite team of special klaxo-hybrids were present in that room. Although both Ryo and Zero Two were on time, they still only arrived at the last few minutes.

Although it did made Ryo miss a chance to get the first wave of his UPs due to the initial disappointment of Arato, he didn't mind it. He had already accommodate enough UPs for him to not worry much.

It took full four hours in the training in which all of their limits were tested. Their body had to go through various training equipments and then they were trained in martial arts by their instructors.

After clearing the training, they were presented with protein bars. Working and pushing the body this much with empty stomach could lead to some problems, so to help their bodies get energy while not making them consume too much food, they were provided with the bar.

Although it tasted a bit bitter, once consumed, all of the students started to feel their body regain energy instantly.

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"This machine in front of you is called 'Virtually Artificial FraXX Training Pods' or VAFTP for short. After testing your talent in operating the Franxx, you will guys will be trained physically in the morning and after a resting time of an half an hour, you will operating this Virtual Gear to train yourself to perform your FranXX jobs, but this is not the end. You are expected to operate the Practice-Bot by yourself, which could be operated by only one parasite rider."

"And after mastering the Practice-Bot, you will finally be allowed to practice Franxx."

Showing a long empty Cylindrical tube with various gears in the mechanical structure, Arato introduced them to the Virtual Gear which would allow them to learn how to operate the Franxx. Each gear had two place for the parasites to sit on, one for pistil and other for stamen.

"Now if you please, Two and Three, please prepare yourself for the talent test. I have the data of the Code Alpha and their group member by me, but I do not have the data regarding your talents on operating the Franxx. Although you might have gone through the tests previously, I want data as recent as possible."

Introducing them to a metallic structure with multiple-circular circular wheel which could help move the piolet in all the direction that could be achievable, Arato helped both Zero Two and Ryo to adjust themselves on the structure.

Then he tapped the side of the device and after tapping the condition of the machine, Arato pushed the 'Start' button, making both Zero Two and Zero Three to spin 360 degree in various angle. But it was not the end, the slow machine started to fasten up and accelerate slowly and steadily, making them spin in various directions.

After a long, the machine finally slowed down, making Ryo and Zero Two thankful that they had not eaten anything. As they left the seat, sweat covered their body as their body were a bit unstable and had wobbly legs. They were barely able to stand because of how fast the spinning was.

Although they have gone through the process previously, the test that they went through was just on another level.

"Haha! You both are quite impressive. I am impressed that you didn't threw up as the machine was moving in the later part. I have seen many well trained parasites throw up. I do have to say that you Klaxo-Hybrids have quite a durable and strong body. So all in all, your talent in being able to operate the Franxx is at a terrifying level."

Clapping his hands, Arato happily announced their results.

Indeed having the Klaxo-Hybrid bloodline was a huge advantage to both Zero Two and Ryo. Their body stats were several times higher than the normal humans.

*Swisss*

Suddenly the hatch to the Virtual Gears opened, prompting both Arato and Kiara to walk up to the Alpha and his group and reading their results out loud.

"[Score]: On average, you guys did quite well. Times Killed: 10, Enemies Killed: 101, Conrad-classes killed: 96, Mohorovičić-classes killed: 5. Quite a good score for rookies. If it was other normal parasites, they would have died probably 20 times killing such a large amount of enemies at once."

Praising the first Virtual gear practice, Arato nodded in impressiveness and allowed the elite group to leave. But as if they had something on their mind, the elite group replied that they wanted to see the good results of their fellow friends, clearly indicating toward Zero Two and Ryo.

Looking at the smiling Alpha, Ryo clearly understood this was their plot to provoke him to unleash the potential that they might be hiding. Thus, giving them an uninterested look, Ryo calmly walk into the opened hatch of the VAFTP and wear the VR helmet.

On the other hand, Zero Two looked at them with a face full of disgust. Then seeing Ryo entering the VAFTP, she also walked into the hatch open for her, the frontal part of the VAFTP and positioned herself after wearing the helmet of the machine.

As soon as they both entered their position, the cylindrical tube closed as the screen connected to their inner helmet lit up with an internally holographical scene. But as soon as the screen lit up, both Ryo and Zero Two were astonished to see what the situation whey were in.

"Attention Code 002 and Code 003, you are our final line of defense. You will be deployed directly in the middle of the stampede. Your goal is to kill as many Klaxosaurs as possible."  

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We are now in an unknown territory! What will Ryo do? Will he be able to calmly face the calamities coming his way that had been planned for him? Continue to watch drago-*Ahem* Code: Infinity Reboot.

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