Adopted Soldier

"Where do you think you’re going?"

"Where else? I’m going to save Alex . "

"Huh? . . . Rachel . . . I understand that Alex is important to you, and I know you want to do everything you can to save him . Still . . . I’m sure you are aware that with your current abilities, you won’t be able to do it . First off, you don’t even know where he is, and even if by some miracle you do find out where he’s being held . You won’t be able to do anything, except head towards your death . . . I’m sure you remember what I told you about Alex’s grandfather . That guy is unbelievably powerful . Even in my FULL RELEASE state I wasn’t able to do jack sh*t, what more can you do?"

Dan clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, as he remembered that fight . He was treated like a child by that old man . It was a very shameful experience for someone like Dan who dedicated his life to his martial art . Rachel seeing her father look like he was suppressing himself, understood what kind of opponents she was about to face .

These people weren’t the everyday thugs and perverts that she had to deal with, they were people that would not think twice when trying to kill her . Still, Rachel wasn’t just twiddling her thumbs for the past three months . She practiced her martial art until she sweated blood, and her fist bled . Not only that in those three months she met Arthur Glory, who saw her practicing one day, and actually helped her improve .

. . .

Two months ago, Arthur was passing by the capital of Berdonia when he saw Rachel practicing . The style she was using was something amazing to Arthur . The only problem with the martial art Rachel was using, was that all of her movements seem to indicate that her attacks were meant to beat the opponent in one shot . There was no follow through to any of her movements, which were all one shot one kill type moves .

This was a weakness most practitioner of the Ultimate martial art style had, well aside from Dan who actually made follow up moves . Most of the practitioners of the so called Ultimate martial art didn’t have much options for using follow up moves, as they focused more in beating the opponent in one hit .

The original idea was one hit for victory . This has already been fixed by Dan, but he wasn’t able to teach the others the new set of moves . The only other person that had follow through moves, was Dan’s wife Kumiko, who also notice the problem once one was facing someone way beyond ones level .

Arthur who saw this, thought that the style would have been near perfection if it had more combinations . Seeing how valiantly Rachel was practicing, piqued the interest of the old man . Not to mention that he was truly interested in Rachel’s martial art . So Arthur went ahead adn introduced himself to Rachel and started teaching her some moves that she could incorporate into her style .

. . .

Two months later, Rachel was now face to face with her father, who was stopping her from rescuing Alex .

"Don’t worry Rachel me, Carlo, and the others will be the one to bring Alex home . This time I promise I won’t fail and that I will bring him back no matter what . "

"So you’re telling me to simply wait around hoping for good news? I can’t do that anymore dad . . . I just can’t anymore . . . I . . . This is something I need to do, so I hope you support me on this . So please step aside . "

Dan was momentarily stunned as this was the first time Rachel so naturally called her dad, and there wasn’t even a b*stard or a sh*thead before it . Her eyes didn’t even have the usual look of disgust or disdain in it . Instead what Dan could see in her was a burning passion, a drive that forces her to move onward . This was the same look Dan had, when he created his martial art .

Rachel then took a stance, and actually used FULL RELEASE . Upon entering the state of FULL RELEASE, Rachel’s body got a bit taller, and her muscles tightened making her look a bit slimmer . Dan was once again shocked by this sudden move . He wasn’t expecting his daughter to be able to use FULL RELEASE .

"Then you leave me no choice dad . Like you use to say to me, we of Regius line, only with our fist can we truly understand each other . " After saying this, Rachel dashed forward and did a low spinning heel kick . Dan was able to see through this move of hers and jumped upward, but then Rachel shifted her body and did a backward somersault kick .

Dan being in mid-air couldn’t dodge, so he blocked instead, but because of Rachel’s power in FULL RELEASE was so great, Dan was blown away by that one kick, making him hit a wall . Seeing her dad being blown away Rachel quickly escaped . She knew the only reason she was able to even touch Dan, was because she caught him by surprise . Dan didn’t even use RELEASE, so he might be out for a few minutes, giving Rachel enough time to leave .

. . .

When Rachel’s silhouette could no longer be seen, Kumiko appeared beside her supposedly unconscious husband .

"Are you sure this is the right choice?"

"To tell you the truth . . . I’m really not sure . " Dan who was on the ground stood up and answered .

"Then, why?" Kumiko asked Dan, of course Dan knew what Kumiko’s question entails, without her saying more . He then sighed as he looked at the direction his daughter ran off to .

"Well it’s because she’s our daughter . The more we tell her not to, the more she would want to prove us wrong . . . Also those eyes, and her fist told me everything I needed to know . After all a Regius communicates through his fist . Rachel’s fist told me of her determination, her struggles, and all the effort she put in for the past three months . You don’t get that strong, that quickly without a good enough drive . "

"Still as her mother, I can’t deny that I’m worried . " Dan embraced his wife, and spoke in a gleeful tone .

"What kind of parent doesn’t worry for their children? . . . Still our daughter is someone who won’t fall that easily . With her wits, and the martial art I’ve taught her it would take a lot to bring her down . Also she’s not alone, She has those friends of hers . I’m sure that the lot of them had the same idea as her . So don’t worry too much Kumiko . . . I’m positive that our little girl would bring back that fool of student of mine, even if she needs to beat him black and blue . "

Dan grinned from ear to ear, just imagining that scene .