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GXP 8 chapter 9

9 "Fuku · special trainig"

Seina woke up to find NB crying out for help 
"What ?! What is going on?"
"Good morning, Seina, Fuku-chan ...please go to the cafeteria this is going to get noisy."Hakuren and others smiled, pushing seina and fuku out the door"

"wait but what about NB ... ...."
"Oh, that... Kiriko found it lurking on the outside wall with special equipment.... this is going to get ugly..."
"we decided that NB is a hindrance to your mission and are taking it away for a while. you can get the detailed explanation from Kiriko later when your on the Kamidake. please go about your morning as usual "Gyokuren whispered and smiled softly.
"Uhm...ok... I understand."
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"Good morning" A receptionist greeted seina
"Please go ahead" Seina was ushered towards the transfer gate...Seina didn't know it, but almost all of the apartments residents were assigned as Seina 's guards, they were dedicated to Seina.
 Fuku jumped off Seina and then stepped onto onto the bio-metric plate. The gate started to react. Fuku was a biological key for transferring to the Kamidake. However, if Fuku and the main ship were perfectly in sync, Fuku herself could act as the gate but for now they had to use an external one.
Seina, who was transferred to the Kamidake bridge, headed for his seat.

"... ... when no one is here, it feels quite strange.."After putting Fuku on the table, Seina looked around.
"Captain, I'm sorry for the noise this morning."
"No, that's fine, but ..."
"I thought about consulting you on this in advance, but because fuku's emotional condition is unstable, I decided that I shouldn't talk about our work at home. I didn't want that kind of psychological state witnessed by Fuku." Seina noticed Fuku looking at him uneasily.
"It's all right, Fuku" Seina spoke to Fuku with a bright look.
"In fact, were thinking of making full-scale subsystem for Kamidake's, we need full access to the systems for that, so we didn't want to put any unnecessary stress on Fuku."
"Fine... you can go ahead and do it."

"good, then let's start.... Kamidake, launch!"the ship launched out into space
"Captain, would you go collect the monitoring equipment?"
"Oh ... sure."
"OK, here they are. Please pick this up."A small container floated about 1 kilometer in front of the Kamidake. They took it on board.
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"Miah?"While Fuku was covered with a helmet like sensor on her head, she looked up at Kiriko and cried anxiously.
"Fuku, hold on...just wear it for a bit longer okay? were almost done."
"Signal recognition check, sensitivity is good, I was a bit worried but this is going much better then I expected." Erma who was fixing a repeater to the center of the table looked at Kiriko and replied.
"Miah"
"I know you want us to take it off but your going to have to wait."
"Sorry but we need it to record some things... if it makes you feel any better there will be no battles with Space Pirates today."
"Miah?"
"Don't worry."Kiriko smiled and rubbed Fuku's lower jaw with her index finger.
"Captain, I'm going to start the simulated combat starting with the flight test, we will be using the academy's experimental planetary dome."

"So were not going into outer space?"
"We don't want to risk encountering actual pirates."Kiriko said with a bitter smile.
"Oh, I see ... ... "
"The interior is a highly compressed space and and its a space about the size of a solar system. Although we can only rent it for 12 consecutive hours, it also has a built in acceleration space, so internally we have about 100 hours or 5 days to operate. "
"That should be enough data for the data we need but we will need to keep a tight schedule. we have to only break when fuku needs rest."
"Okay, then...... Fuku, let's do our best"
"Mia!"
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"Construction value of the control nerve has exceeded thirty!"
"OK, let's quit the program!"Kiriko said.
After processing the collected data, Kiriko headed towards Fuku and removed the equipment from her.
"Myan!"Fuku felt free and frolicked about like an animal shaking water off of itself.
"Good work, Fuku-chan's today's work is over,"Kiriko lifted Fuku and walked over to Seina.
"Myan!" Fuku joyfully jumped on seina's knees.
"Well done, Fuku"
"Miah ~ ~ ~ ♡"

"Captain, I'll be carrying out the verification experiment in an hour, so I'll need fuku taken care of."
"Understood"
Seina hugged Fuku close and took her to the transfer gate.
Aeina had a meal made for them and he and fuku went back to the mansion where he had stayed with Neiju, which was now his private residence, and they ate dinner. after words they played and then took a bath and Fuku got sleepy, he took her to a room she hadn't been in before.
 
"Fuku, I'll be back in around three hours, till then you will have to wait here alone."
While gently stroking Fuku who was half asleep, Seina's expression was a bit cloudy. That was because he was basically locking Fuku in this room.
The equipment installed in this room was a shield generator which completely separated Fuku and the ship, and it was necessary to block the influence of Fuku from interfering with the verification experiment. Of course, they could have frozen time on fuku but seina decided not to even though being in that situation might upset her.
" I'll be back."Seina who confirmed that Fuku went to sleep softly activated the machine and went out of the room.
"Mi ......"
 Originally, Fuku thought that he went to go study behind his privacy wall as usual, but she soon realized he had gone somewhere else when she heard him step towards the entrance
"Miah?"her anxiety grew when the house's door open and shut. she jumped out of her small bed.
"Mya, Miaaaa! Mia !!"
 However, Fuku was blocked by the shield and was repelled backwards. she tried again and again but it wouldn't budge she even tried scratching it with her claws, but it was in vain.
"Mia! Mia!?" And then Fuku realized that she couldn't access her ship body.
"mia ...... miaaaa ~ ~ ~" Fuku eventually got back in bed and shuddered.
"Maiuu ......"Fuku, who kept her eyes closed with anxiety and fear, noticed the faint smell of Seina suddenly. It was from a towel that he had wrapped Fuku in a while ago.
"Myaaa!"Fuku desperately sniffed the smell of Seina and curled up with the towel. the warmth and softness that wrapped her body, and the smell of Seina, calmed her.
"Mia ... ... Mya ..." Fuku fell into a shallow sleep.
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"I am sorry, I know I'm late."Seina breathed out as he came onto the bridge.
He had taken about 30 minutes longer then expected
"I have just finished organizing the data, did everything go alright with Fuku-chan?"
"Yes, she slept well."

"Kiriko, we have access to the ship's surveillance system, Fuku's bedroom feed is coming onscreen."
 Erma projected the image of the bedroom where Fuku was sleeping on a large screen. There was the figure of Fuku wrapped in a towel there.
"... ...she seems to be doing ok," Of course they weren't able to see her earlier panic attack.
"Good, I'll begin the verification experiment" Everyone who was there smiled as if relieved.

The next morning Fuku woke up and found Seina next to her
"Mya ........." Fuku, almost jumped reflexively with joy, but she realized it would wake up Seina so she suppressed her urge to jump. her tail however was wagging uncontrollably.

About twenty minutes later, seina began waking up
"hwaaaaaaa ~~~ ..." seina yawned and stretched
At that moment, Fuku who couldn't stand it any longer rushed to Seina as if she was flying.
"Mia! Mia! Mia! Mia! Miah! Mia! Mia !!" Fuku clung to Seina 's face and began to cry.
"aaaah! Fuku? That hurts, that hurts! Get off!"Seina, accustomed to sudden trouble, hugged Fuku in a hurry and grasped her and slowly put her down. when fuku was put on the ground her nails finally retracted

"Miah ...... Miu, Miu, Miu"
"... .... Fuku, what's wrong with you?"
"Mi, Mi, Mi ..." From Fuku 's eyes, tears were falling.
"oh you were just lonely ... I'm sorry I had to leave you alone. But to verify the data we got we have to isolate the ship from you and I needed to be there in case there was an emergency. "Seina explained as he wiped fuku's eyes with his sleep wear
"... .... Mia"  Fuku nodded Although she didn't understand the content of what was going on she understood that last night's thing was necessary for Seina.

"Because you slept well yesterday, I didn't wake you up, but I'll wake you up when I return home tonight."
"Miah"
"Alright I'm off, be good." Seina gave fuku a hug and and started to take her to the living room when she jumped out of his arms.
"What's wrong?"
Fuku got her towel and came back
"oh... is that your security blanket?"
"Miah"
"Okay ... ... then, why don't you bring it with us." they headed to the living room. Kiriko 's came in as soon as they got there.

"Good morning, Seina-chan, Fuku-chan. How is her physical condition?"Kiriko, who approached Seina, gently stroked Fuku's head.
"Mia ~~~"
"Oh, what's with the towel?"
"I think it's her security blanket."
"Oh I see. That brings me back, Kai had one."Kiriko smiled nostalgically.
"She seemed pretty upset to be left alone."
"Yes I can see ... but she will just have to get used to it little by little."
"Mia"

"...... good girl, breakfast will be ready soon."Kiriko took her hand off of Fuku and went to the kitchen, Erma and Amane greeted Fuku
"Mia! Miau ♡"Fuku was in a good mood again
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"Today we will gather data focusing on the shooting systems" like yesterday they took Fuku out around a course but there were shooting targets.
They asked her to target them but she was scared at first until Seina assured her they were harmless and she realized it was like a game and she began targeting them.
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About an hour later fuku was exhausted
"tired already?"
"let's end this, there's no point in continuing if she's exhausted."
"OK, ... ... fine...."Amane seemed upset by this
"OK, then Fuku, let's go home"
Seina got Fuku 's favorite towel and fuku and headed to the transfer gate
Kiriko, who confirmed that Seina was gone sighed a small sigh.
"How do they expect us to get anything done when she tires so easily?"
"It was kind of cruel of them to not build us a subsystem to begin with. Fuku-chan is still a baby."
"It's a good thing you had the idea to make one Amane.."
"Well, let's finish organizing and incorporating the date we got before the captain comes back."
"I'm hungry. I can't do anything if I'm tired. let's eat first"
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Seina who came to the residential area, breathed a deep breath of the dense grass and the smell of water. Fuku did too she seemed to be enjoying it
"Mi, Mya ~ ~ ~!"
"Shall we take a walk?"
"Mia!" Fuku looked happy at the idea and shook her tail.
 
There were four transfer gates around the circular pond, but the one he used most of the time was the gate that was always closest to his house, and he had almost never been to the other places. Of course, there were four large-sized residential districts, which were quite incomprehensibly large that he hadn't explored.
 The area he went to was meant to be built up by the staff living there in the future, only the minimum trees were planted. Nonetheless, the trees that covered the sky like a cage were splendid, combined with the various styles of houses around the area there was some amazing scenery.
 Seina felt the urge to lie down on the soft grass under his feet. he took of his shoes and felt it it was softer than he imagined.
"Haha!"Seina lay down to form a large T on the grass.
"Doesn't it feel good Fuku?"
"Miaa ~ ~"
"Is that so? I'm glad." He pet fuku
"Miah ~ ~ ..." she relaxed
"Fuku ......I know this is hard for you, but Kiriko is just being strict so we can get this done quickly."
"miyaaaaaaa~ ~ ~"
Fuku was absorbed being petted
"Haha, you're not even listening are you?" After a while seina got up.
"Well, shall we go home soon?"
"Miah? ...... Mya..." Fuku, seemed sad she knew as soon as she got home she would be left alone so she was hesitant and seemed sad.
"Alright... lets get going."
Seina wrapped Fuku in her favorite towel and picked her up.he firmly hugged Fuku to his chest and took her home.
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"Stay here Fuku, I'll be back," Like yesterday, Seina, who had eaten and bathed, set up the bedroom shield and headed to Kamidake's bridge.
"Miao ... ... Miau" Fuku cried sadly until Seina's footsteps ceased to be heard, she jumped into the bed and wrapped her self in her favorite towel. it smelled more like Seina than yesterday.
"Mya ~ ~ ♡"
 When Fuku closed her eyes, she was desperate to smell the presence of Seina there. Fuku, who began sucking and chewing on the towel that gave her a sense of security as it wrapped around it her and soon she fell asleep.

Three hours later, Fuku was awakened by Seina who came back, with tears in her eyes she hugged Seina. she woke up the next morning in a good mood.
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When Seina and Fuku went to the living room, Kiriko and the others were there and they had breakfast laid out.
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"Seina, Amane will clean up, please go ahead and go to the bridge" Kiriko said to Seina after the meal
"but what will I do without everyone else there?"
"I want to clean up the whole house"
"but this house has auto maintenance?" Most of the house maintenance was done by Micromachines and nanomachines.
"I just want to tidy it up, machines can't do that."
"Really?" Seina looked around
"It's a hobby of hers ... ... when it comes to domestic matters, she a perfectionist." Amane said
"ok fine."Seina realized it was a stress relief thing for her.
Seina headed for the bridge

"Well now... where to begin?" Kiriko who sent off Seina, looked around the living room with a happy face. However,
"Oh, there" Kiriko looked around and as expected she found a small dust pool. probably due to seina's bad luck.
slight things could cause seina to be in danger, things on the floor food not thrown away, improperly moved furniture, carpets, and seina couldn't even consider cleaning things up without getting hurt, but for the most part lately the biggest problem was fuku being right under his foot steps.
"Still this is Washu-sama's work, it's far less dusty than I thought ..."

While fine-tuning the system, Kiriko noticed fuku's favorite towel was placed on Fuku's bed.
And Kiriko who took the towel noticed that it was pretty dirty. Fuku had dragged a towel with her in the park yesterday.
"I should take it to the bridge ..." but the grass stain compelled her, the impulse to wash it was strong. but what settled it was...
"what is this!?" the edge of the thing was frayed from being chewed on...
"that.... that.... that...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" she realized Fuku had been sucking on the towel.
"No, Fuku-chan !!"
Kiriko hesitated no more. Young Fuku couldn't be putting such a filthy thing in her mouth. she couldn't forgiver herself if she gave such a thing to her.
Kiriko threw the towel into a completely sterilizing advanced cleaning system.
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"Mia!" Fuku looked uneasy, roaming around on the table with a restless feel.
"What, what's wrong?"
"I seem to have forgotten her favorite towel."
"Fuku, it's okay, okay, it's just a test today, so don't be afraid"
"Mia ... ...."
"Ill get you your towel after work is finished." That said, Seina hugged Fuku for a while. Then Fuku wagged her tail,
"... .... Mia"

 For Fuku,the towel was only a substitute for Seina. and the past few days she had learned not to be scared of the test
"Okay, then let's get ready."
"Miah" Seina placed Fuku on the table and began hooking her up to the equipment.
"... Seina is going to be a good father,"
"That's true."Amane and Erma blushed and whispered to each other

 A few minutes later, Kiriko, who came to the bridge ,was relieved looking at Fuku who was sitting calmly on the table
"Let's get started."
By the way, at that time at Amane 's house something was going on ─ ─ ─ ─ ─,

 NB (Airi operating it) was coming back on line
it was in a time freeze but even if its called a time freeze it's actually just very slowed down, it was impossible to make localized time come to a complete stop. Airi activated an anti freeze field and thawed Nb out.
"Those harpies ~ ~ !! HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO NB!" Nb shouted in the living room as it moved out of the Field

"oh look... the demons been resurrected."
"that was unexpectedly quick, but it was just as you expected"
"............"
Hakuren and her team where having a tea party in the living room, they all glanced at NB.
"Uhm... Hi there girls... You didn't see anything ok?"
" It's amazing it's managed to escape even when time was frozen"
"sure...amazing..."
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"uuuuuuuugh hey what do you think you are you doing ~ ~ ~"
demon queen Airi was yelling in the president's office, Mikami was watching.
"oh Hoho" Suddenly Airi suddenly raised her face and glared at Mikami.
"What are you doing here this early in the morning, did you come here just to watch me?"
"...... it was quite entertaining Ho ho Ho"
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End of chapter