Akito and the Loonatics

chapter 74

The Loonatics passed past villians from previous missions and adventures they had together and the prison had placed Adolpho into a fish bowl. Akito covered his ears.

"Well, what'd he say, kid?" Ace smirked down to Akito for a translation.

"My mom says I'm not supposed to say those words." Akito replied, a little shocked.

"Oh, come on, he couldn't have said a word that bad." Ace said.

"I can't say those words, Ace." Akito repeated, not wanting to repeat.

"Come on, guys, let's just get back to the tower." Rev told them.

They all then left as Adolpho continued to curse them, but only Akito could tell what was being said.

"Sorry, I don't speak fish!" Duck taunted as he left with the others.

"Can we please leave before he says another word that no one my age should ever hear?" Akito asked.

"Come on, we're outta here." Ace said to him.

They left the prison and returned to the tower's training room.

"Whew, thank you for letting us leave the prison." Akito said out of relief.

"Sorry about that, I didn't know he was using such colorful vocabulary." Ace said to him.

"That's okay, I just can't use those words, no matter what." Akito folded his arms slightly.

"Ready to get back to work?" Ace smiled to him.

"You know it, Master." Akito said with a bow.

Ace chuckled. "Okay, okay... You want swords or holograms today?"

"Both." Akito said.

"Okay, wait right here." Ace went to get his sword first.

"Yes, sir." Akito said.

Ace nodded and went to get his sword. Leo smiled once he saw Akito and hopped over to him, landing in the boy's hands.

"Hey, Leo." Ace smiled and nuzzled the Fuzz-Z back.

"I sure have missed you, Akito." Leo said.

"I missed you too," Akito smiled to him. "You been good while I was gone?" He then jokingly asked.

"Yes." Leo said.

"He sure has." Ace added.

Akito laughed a little, he then set Leo down and took his sword once it was given to him.

"Okay, ready to start?" Ace asked.

"I was born ready." Akito smirked in determination.

"Alright then." Ace said.

Akito nodded, ready for some action. Leo hopped away to a safe distance so he wouldn't get in the way of their training.

"This is going to be intense." Leo said.

"Ready, Akito?" Ace challenged, though not seriously.

"Ready, Ace!" Akito confirmed.

And then, they started their training.

"Go Akito go! Go Akito go! GO AKITO!" Leo cheered for the boy.

The two then did their training together, Akito may had been absent for a while to spend more time with the family, but he was still just as sharp as ever. And where this amazed Ace he could really tell that this kid wasn't rusty.

"Nice work, kid." Ace praised.

"Was there every any doubt?" Akito asked, playfully smug.

"Well, I guess there wasn't any doubt, no matter how long you've been gone, you're never going to get rusty." Ace said.

"I'm smarter than I look, both book and street, thanks Mom and Dad." Akito smiled back.

"I can tell." Ace said.

"Excuse me..." Akito went to get a quick drink of water before going back to training.

"Congratulations, Akito." Leo smiled at his owner.

"Thanks, little buddy." Akito said before ruffling the top of the male Fuzz-Z's head.

Leo chuckled from the comfort. Akito then got a drink of water so then he would be refreshed before going back to training.

Ace was sharpening his sword a little, it looked a little out of the ordinary for now. He looked once he saw Akito. "Ready to continue?"

"Yeah, let's do this!" Akito was eager to train with Ace again.

"Let's do it then!" Ace smiled back.

"Go, Akito!" Leo cheered. "You can win!"

Ace and Akito did training for fighting, but of course, not actually hating each other, just part of their training. The training was intense, but wasn't too intense to let them let it go too far.

Ace was able to make Akito fall, which worried him. "Whoa, you okay, kid?"

"Sure..." Akito replied. "Never better..."

Ace came closer and held out his hand for the boy. Akito took his hand, but then turned the tables and made Ace on the floor now with one foot on top of the male bunny with a smirk.

"Whoa, a double-cross!" Ace was very impressed.

"Yep, I outsmarted you." Akito said.

"That was impressive, kid," Ace stood up next to Akito then. "Where'd you learn that?"

"Mom's advice about being on the streets alone," Akito explained. "She really needed her own self-defense growing up since she grew up in a junkyard back when she was a teenager."

"Wow, she must be a great teacher." Ace said.

"Yeah, Mom's the best." Akito smiled fondly.

"But doesn't it get kind of boring getting to learn only from your parents?" Leo asked.

"Well, we're homeschooled, there's nothing really else we can do," Akito shrugged. "Aunt Darla recommended tutors for us in case Mom gets a job, but Eloise says her tutor is mean and boring."

"Who's Eloise?" Ace asked.

"My cousin," Akito informed. "She lives in New York City at the Plaza Hotel."

"Wow, wait, I have an idea." Ace said.

"Yeah?" Akito sounded a little excited.

"I think I might know a tutor just for you and your brother and sister." Ace said, leading him to Tech's lab.

Akito had a feeling he saw where this was going, but followed behind Ace anyway.