Chapter 23: Chapter 23 – Operating a FranXX for the First Time

Hey guys, SR here. I wanted to say that since it has been a long while since I last saw the Darling in The Franxx anime, I might name some of the stuff wrong, but I will still try to seek ways to as accurate as possible to the canon. I don't want to make it too much AU influenced as possible.

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"[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.

In front of them, various workers were running and working on holographic screens. The station on which they were was blaring with red lights and loud alarm noise, while the facility was vibrating and experiencing tremors at regular intervals.

In the center of the commotion, Ryo found himself in front of the regular Standard FranXX that was piloted by regular parasites. The standard FRANXX model in front of Ryo was dark grey in color and was slender with yellow goggles.

It wields a spear which can shoot orange harpoons made out of magma-energy, the normal and most regular weapon of the FranXX. The harpoons are also capable of emitting powerful electromagnetic energy used for busting Klaxosaurs.

"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 and survive as long as possible."

"Once you die, you will be respawned into the faculty with a cooldown timer of 1 minutes to help the parasite adjust themselves."

"This will be your first time operating the FranXX, so please be calm. Focus on your partner. Follow their movement and entrust yourself to your partner."

"Plaese note, the time spent in the Virtual gear is accelerated. One hour in the Gear will be 1 minute outside. So the parasites could relax themselves and not hurry."

As soon as the the announcement was made, Ryo's screen transitioned to the cockpit of the FranXX they will be operating. In front of him was none other than Zero Two sitting in an awkward position. The very next second, the hood of Zero Two's suit moved to cover her head as the screen on her back lit up.

If Ryo was truthful to himself, he really wanted to fist bump Werner Franxx for being a true man of culture.

'All these evolution of human paid off its effort. We have finally reached the peak of technology, the Butt controller!!! Hehehe *Ahem*'

Bonking himself internally, Ryo controlled himself from chuckling, he watched Zero Two turning her body and smiling at him evilly as she swayed her butt, almost making Ryo blush in embracement. Thankfully he controlled himself from from getting a nose bleed.

"Are you ready Darling? This will be the first time you will be riding me."

"We will now commerce the deployment. Please connect yourself to your partner."

But one of the announcement was made as the two control sticks by the hips of Zero Two. Breaking the naughty air around them, making Zero Two pout. noticing the pun she used and how the situation was destroyed the very next second, Ryo chuckled in amusement.

Looking at the joy-stick like controller popping in front of himself, Ryo smiled and looked at Zero Two seriously and replied, "I am feeling honored to ride my little angel.", with that, he grabbed the joy-sticks and adjusted them to the comfortable distance.

As soon as he grabbed the joystick, lights on the spine protector started to glow in an upward movement until it reached the  he felt an unnatural connection to Zero Two. It was as if he was able to sense what she was going to do next.

"Ahhuu"

As soon as Ryo and Zero Two connected, Zero Two felt as if electricity was flowing through her spine, making her moan loudly, making Ryo curse internally. On the other hand, soon Zero two's sight changed to that of the FranXX.

"Stamen and Pistil Connection Percentage: 99%. Rating: Outstanding. Para-Capacity is fluctuating rapidly but still in sync. Operation commencing. It is advisable to trust your entire selves to your partner completely."

"This is the first trial. For that, you will first be allowed to get yourself comfortable on how you will be operating the FranXX. For that you will be going through the tutorial first."

Listening to the announcement made, Ryo looked back at Zero Two who was breathing rapidly in front of him. Then with a bit of red ears, Ryo asked, "Ze-Darling, are you ok?"

"Huuu. I am fine, Darling. It just felt so good connecting to Darling that it sent shiver down my spine.", Taking a deep breath, Zero Two stabilized herself and replied mischievously. Her FranXX face popped by the side of Ryo in the form of a window.

Knowing well that Zero Two was going full on teasing him today, Ryo cursed internally.

"Just you wait. Naughty girls needs to be punished. I will be punishing you after we get back to the room."

Huffing, Ryo replied with a smug expressing, making Zero Two giggle.

"If you are ready, say 'Ready' out loud. You will be deployed to the tutorial area."

Looking at each other, Ryo and Zero Two nodded at each other and with returning to their serious expression replied together, "Ready!"

{LINK ON! *Ahem* can't stop myself from doing it. lol.}

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As soon as they said that out loud, the gate in front of the FranXX opened.

But the sight in front of them made Ryo frown. The sky of the sight was red as blood. There was smoke comming out from various different area of the stampede.

In front of them there was a super large horde of Klaxosaur covering all the area their sight could see. Although most of them were the Conrad-class, the smaller sized ones, there were some Mohorovičić-class, the medium sized one in the horde.

If one see the stampede and count approximately how many Klaxosaur there were in the horde, the first word that would come out of their mouth would be 'Thousand'.

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Thankfully, the Facility which they were deployed from was protected by a spherical yellow shield. This sphere was the tutorial ground for them. As soon as the tutorial was over, the shield will be removed and the Klaxosaurs outside the shield who are currently motionless will instantly rush toward them.

"Commencing the tutorial. the current scenario is the Year 2102, the second most largest stampede ever to be noted in the History of Mankind. Please complete the following actions and stunts to complete the tutorial. After that, you will be given 5 minutes to prepare yourself to face the stampede."

As soon as the announcement was made, a window popped by the side of the cockpit. The first actions were easy, that was to move, run and make various different running styles like making a zigzag style.

Looking at the windows, Ryo looked at the Zero two and asked, "Darling, are you ready?"

"I am born ready, Darling."

Proudly saying that, Zero two smiled at Ryo as making him smile back at her as they returned back to the serious pace.

Using the joy-stick, Ryo started to operate the Franxx.

*Bam*

Although it was a bit hard to operate the FranXX, they were able to take the first step without any problem. Making Ryo and Zero Two gain confidence as soon they took their second, third and so on steps till they get used to operating the basics of the FranXX.

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The tutorial went smooth for both Ryo and Zero Two. From normal steps, they learned how to run, slide on the ground for faster movement, do flips, fly, use boosters to change directions, and use the spear for various actions and attacks.

It took them an hour to master the basics.

And as they were done mastering the basics, they were instructed to do various advance actions like using two different actions to support each other out and enhance the actions. This again took an hour for them.

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"Congratulation Code Zero Two, Code Zero Three. Your records will be saved in the achieves to prepare best training course. The tutorial has come to an end. The protective shield will go down after 5 minutes. Please prepare yourself for the stampede wave. You will be fighting for 3 hours and your record will be updated according to your scores."

"Good Luck!"

Listening to the announcement, signed in relief. And freed one of his hands from his controller to loosen up the tight suit covering his neck. Then he looked at Zero Two who straighten her back a bit and removing the stress that was on her spine as she has been in an awkward position for too long.

Standing up, Ryo hugs her softly and asks, "Stressed?"

"... Hn."

Staying a bit silent for an instant, Zero Two loosen her body and melted her body into Ryo's body and nods. Unlike their usual training, the battlefield is a complete different thing, specially for someone who is experiencing it for the first time.

The training ground was complete silent, giving it a creepy vibe with the red sky. It was as if they were in hell.

Thinking for a while to figure out a way to make Zero Two feel less stressed, he continued to hug her from the back and stroke her arms slowly, making Zero Two feel much more relaxed. Listening to the soft breathing sound and the soft heart beating sound in Ryo's chest, Zero Two feel warm.

If she could, she would have stayed like that for a whole eternity.

"Attention, the cooldown period is one minutes. Please prepare yourself for further assessments and combat."

Ryo slowly let Zero Two leave his embrace. Looking at her disappointed face, Ryo chuckled.

Moving his hands through her neck to her tail bone along the spine, Ryo stroked her back and with reaching out to her ear from back, in a soft voice he whispered, "My dear angel, if we do great in the battle, I will let you hug me for as long as you want today and will even show you a new way to 'Kissing'"

Listening to Ryo whispering in her ears and stroking her back following her spine, her body trembled as she felt a tingle went down her spine. Then with a red face, she hid her face from Ryo's sight and shouted, "L-Let's destroy these Klaxos, Darling!"

Laughing, Ryo seated himself into his cockpit and held the controllers.

He was really enjoying teasing the pure minded Zero Two.

"Haha! Let's destroy these Klaxos, my dear angel!"

Saying that, Ryo smiled crazily as he felt adrenaline rush his body as he saw the shield crash down into small particles and Klaxosaurs roaring in the distance. It has been several years since he had experienced a good battle.

Feeling the excitedness of her lover, Zero Two prepares herself. She was also feeling excited, but for different reasons.

'Infinite hugs and a new was to 'Kiss'. Hehe.'

With a crazy smile, both Ryo and Zero two rushed the FranXX toward the roaring hoard of Klaxosaurs.

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Note: What do you feel about today's chapter? I had to take multiple breaks to think about various different scenarios in my mind on how both Ryo and Zero Two will react to the planned situation that I had in mind. 

It took me 5 hour, twice the normal amount to write the chapter today. Had no sleep till 4 in the morning. I am feeling so sleepy that I feel like my body is floating in void lol.

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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