Heroes May Cry

Reunion

It has been six months since Latte had accepted Akuma's training.

Latte started her day by running up and down the mountain in the morning. Followed by kata training. A meal. Next, a beating from Akuma or what he calls sparring. More kata training based on any flaws Akuma sees during the spar.

That would end Latte's training with Akuma for that day. But then Oro would make her go through his regiment.

He would make her lift boulders while she meditates. But the worst method was forcing her to meditate under a waterfall. Her vampire DNA caused her pain from the running water but the Devil DNA from Lucius reduced the pain.

Every night ends with Lucius giving her a massage to soothe her sore muscles and drinking his blood.

Lucius wasn't lazing around while Latte trained, he has his own training.

Lucius would spend his morning practicing Shēn Wài Shēn Fǎ. He could barely make a single clone before leaving for Spain. But the proper clone would be sent to take care of Mary.

If he could make additional clones, Lucius would fight the additional clones that weren't taking care of Mary.

Once his clone training was done he would practice his fire and ice manipulation, mostly fire manipulation. First with the new True Samādhi Fire, the everlasting flames.

He would select a target and burn it with the True Samādhi Fire.

Then used Aoi Honō to extinguish True Samādhi Fire and only the flame, avoiding the target.

Only once he succeeded in canceling each fire he would then practice his ice. His ice practice would be him making sculptures. He would make sculptures of people he knew.

He would eat lunch with Mary and Latte.

Lucius would then practice with his Devil Arms till Akuma was done with Latte. It was then that Lucius would train with Akuma, combat training till night time.

He would end his day by giving Latte a full body massage. But knowing she was still going to be tired the next day, he would feed her his blood. He would alternate the days on who would sleep with Mary. He also made sure to take his medication every night and morning.

Every Saturday, Latte and Lucius would spar as to measure her progress. Latte would fight with no restrictions but Lucius would have restrictions on him. Most of the time, Lucius was blindfolded when he fought Latte and non-lethal moves.

Latte felt insulted at first but that quickly ended when Lucius flipped her on her back, tossed her out of the ring, tricked her out of the ring, tripped her out of the ring, grappled her, and simply dodged her strikes.

Latte is still an amateur while Lucius is an experienced fighter/killer.

Sunday, was their rest day. These days would alternate between spending a day as a family aka taking Mary to a park or a zoo, Lucius taking care of Mary while Latte would go out, Latte taking care of Mary while he goes out, or they leaving Mary with Akuma or Oro while they have a date night.

And every few week the group would travel to another country, either by running or by boat. Latte hated the boat rides.

That is how six months went by.

On the last day of training.

Latte has a more toned legs and arms with a flat stomach. And she can keep up with Lucius's stamina. She can now run like a cheetah without losing breath. She no longer fights like a drunken sailor but like a proper combatant making proper counters and strikes. Very few of her movements wasted more energy than necessary.