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Down an unknown road

Who; Nida

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What; Sword fighting
Where; Near the Gullwings office
When; Mid June?
Warnings; None

There had been an idea in the back of his mind for a month or so, probably for longer if he thought it over. And it really hit home when he saw Mono and thought of his younger cousins Kisa and Momiji. What if somehow they showed up here? It had bugged him and the thought stayed in the back of his mind that he couldn't be a casualty like Jacob had been or even Caelan if some demon should appear again. Of course the more he tumbled it around in his mind, the more he recalled Miss Yuna being out there fighting too that night. And he'd done nothing but stayed in his little apartment, hoping nothing bad happened.

But what if children had gotten hurt? While he certainly wasn't Miss Honda, he was sure she would've been out there too that night, trying to save as many kids as she possibly could while that demon thing roamed the streets. After all, she'd gone after Kyo when he'd transformed into that awful monstrosity after his bracelet had been taken off by Shishou. And while he could fight Kyo all day long and win, that wasn't the point here. Their little petty fights were child's play compared to this place.

He had to be more useful than just growing flowers and medicinal plants.

As he'd accused Kyo, saying 'maybe it's not like a hero's supernatural power' but to 'get a clue and realize that there's only things you can do.' Right. And that included wanting to keep the kids safe. Maybe not for himself, but for adults who couldn't fight at all. Maybe they couldn't protect their kids.

What if he'd been stronger and had been able to protect his friends that night from their cruel fates?

So this made him get dressed and head out to find the one person that knew Jacob too. The man he sought had trained his boyfriend and had always been so proud to display the moves he'd learned. So it couldn't hurt to at least ask. Standing in front of the Red apartment now, he raised his hand to knock on the door. But as he went to do so, a lady came by and told him that Mister Nomura had moved to the Green apartments.

Informing Yuki as to which particular unit Nida was currently occupying, the silver haired man felt his nerves gnawing at his insides. But he couldn't fail people anymore. He couldn't run away like he'd accused Kyo of doing when the orange haired boy had said he had 'failed to protect' Miss Honda. No, he had to do this.

He stood in front of the correct green door and sighed, looking at it with a stern face. He had to do this, so he raised his hand and knocked.

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Yuki nodded at sensei's words and did as he was told. So he moved accordingly and decided that he was going to go at this for as long as it took. This was the beginning and he would see it through to the end. He had to, both for himself and those that he would help get and stay out of harm's way in the future.

"I'm here for as long as you need sen-" And then his voice cut off. "Instructor."

Well that's dedication.

"Alright then. Twice more and then we'll take a break for food and drink. And we'll talk. If we're starting with a polearm it's a whole different philosophy of combat than swords are. Usually my students have another instructor to cover those discussions of weapons and their traits with my students. But I can handle it now."

He nodded. And the offer of food and drink wasn't something he'd expected so it gave him something to look forward to other than grinding these lessons out. "A pole arm will be a completely new experience for me."

But really, Yuki was looking forward to it.

If they were going to be working together, why not eat together? It didn’t seem like Yuki was the sort of call of practice early.

“And teaching someone better with swords will be new for me. Few people start in swords and change disciplines back home.”

It was on his mind to ask if he should find another trainer for swords, but he liked Nida and thought they might learn new stuff together. This would be different if he found a sword master and would have to learn from instead of learn with.

"Well the more I can learn, the better I can be if it comes down to it."

No. Given the chance, given the weapon... Nida would steel himself for it and teach Yuki all he knew about swords. He just needed to get his heart into it. And for that he might go to Ignis, asking his lover to practice with him some after Nida acquired a sword.

"Well now that's a positive attitude. I wish more Garden Cadets were like you."

Yuki shook his head. "I never really gave much thought to how other worlds worked or much about the people in them..after I came here. But hearing you talk about your Garden cadets..it makes me wonder what they're like."

There was no judgement in his tone, it was just a simple curiousity. He'd wondered about Miss Yuna's world too when she gave details and it had all seemed pretty fascinating.

"They are... hopeful idealists thinking they'll save the world," Nida answered.

And, in some cases, canon fodder. And he hated it. Hated the very world he had come from and what it had made him.

"Saving the world..not sure if that could be done..even here." Yuki said, looking at the floor. It was a great ideal of course, but then again people lived heir lives differently than others. Could people be saved? Saved from destruction? Could they make a difference here?

"Of course it can be done," Nida dismissed. That was a pessimistic thought there and Nida wasn't going to put up with it.

"My world was nearly destroyed. Commander Leonhart and his team actually saved it. There are a lot of ways to save a world."

This conversation sparked something. If this world could be saved, wouldn't it be interesting if they could pull it off then? And if so..

"Then how do you propose we save this world, Sensei?

And Nida was free to get mad about the title.

Save this world?

"I..."

Nida's eyes fell to the mat. Then he sighed and looked to Yuki again. "Stand up straight for a moment, then try and get in the stance again while I think?"

The problem was he didn't know how to say 'I don't know that I can save anything.' Because it hadn't been his role. His job was support at first. Then a mercenary. But a hero? Nida? No.

He'd seen the eyes go to the floor and something about it irked him. But he did as he requested because he was the student here and he was here to learn. However, a part of him chewed over a statement he'd made to the stupid cat once about not being a superhero and how there were things only he could do, which were about Miss Honda.

Funny how that was turned around on him now.

"I think it's possible for some people to save the world," Nida said at length. "I think each world and each time has a hero that is meant for it. Perhaps you are that hero."

But Nida? No. He knows better than to think that.

Yuki turned to look at Nida and his expression was one of confusion. Now he somehow thought his sensei had lost his mind. "I'm not hero material. But you train people and you're in the guard. Plus you went after that big monster that showed up so wouldn't that qualify you as a hero instead?"

"That doesn't make me a hero," Nida answered, his voice soft. "I know what I am. And what I was. I'm not a hero."

Please, Yuki, don't make him say the horrible things he's done and he is.

"I am a man tied to duty, nothing else."

"Okay." Yuki replied. He remained totally unconvinced, but he wasn't going to argue with the man. This was his teacher and he was supposed to be learning though in a sense he was learning how the man saw himself and it made Yuki sad even if he wouldn't give a voice to that emotion.

Of course seeing how Nida saw himself made one sad. Sometimes Nida had to wonder if the reason his fiance loved him so much was because he saw and recognized that sadness in Nida and wanted to take it away. Which was a bit upsetting, but he thought he could accept it, could live with it.

"I'm sorry," Nida sighs as he gestures for the young man to resume his ready stance that Nida taught him. He'll correct it of course. "In my world, when it was ending, everything was sort of... Well it had sort of happened? Time loops, they suck."

Immediately Yuki readied himself but he listened. He had no idea what Nida was referring to as far as an ending to his world and a time loop. But the sigh had been enough to tell him he'd better stop questioning everything. It seemed the man was sad enough already without his adding to it.

"You don't have to talk about it anymore if you don't want to."

Somehow he had the feeling he stepped over the line somehow.

"No, I feel like you need to understand," Nida said, but his eyes said he really was evaluating Yuki's form. His stock reaches out again to tap Yuki's legs slowly into position.

"My world has sorceresses. Women corrupted by magic. One tried to end the world. Her powers were related to the manipulation of time, and she wanted to boil all of time down to a single instance where only she could exist."

"That sounds pretty terrifying." Yuki replied, making sure he kept his form. "And..I guess you couldn't tell why she'd want to do such a thing." That made no sense to him and he really tried to fathom as to why a person would want to be in a place where only they existed. It just seemed pretty pointless.

And lonely.

"But..she's not here is she?" He almost put sensei on the end but had stopped himself just in time.

"She was crazy," Nida answered with a shrug. "But she was defeated. And in the moment time restored itself it sent someone I knew far back into his own past. Where he said something that established the Gardens. Basically defeating her created the event that would lead to defeating her."

And that would one day lead to her existence. It was annoying.

"Ultimecia, here? Fuck no. And Hyne help us all if she ever was. Her magic is potent."

The events sensei was describing sounded fantastically confusing and definitely mind warping, even as time itself had been warped. It was weird to think about and it was certainly headache inducing at the very least.

But then Nida sounded pretty emphatic when talking about this Ultimecia showing up here. This somehow made him want to get all of this down pat. He wasn't a superhero, just as much as he'd told the annoying cat he wasn't one. But too, he'd said there were things only he could do. Yuki was going to have to take his own advice here.

"The way you talk, she can't be defeated at all." Even though she had.

"She was defeated. Time is safe. But one day she will arise in her time, and the only thing that will stop her is what has already stopped her," Nida answered. The future past is all a mess.

He moved forward and let his hands push at Yuki's shoulders so they could be in the right position.

"But if she shows up, I'll do my best."

He let Nida push on his shoulders and wanted to tell the man that he'd be right beside him. But he figured his presence wouldn't matter as much as long as he had Mister Ignis there with him so he didn't say anything, he just nodded.

"That's all anyone can ask."

Sensei.

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