"I guess ... let's focus on the positives. He's not so desperate to resort to shit like vivisection or whatever. At least, I don't think so."
"Oh hell no. Divine-sama may be eccentric, but even
that is way beyond his limits."
Yuna jumped slightly, coughing on some of the food she'd been chewing. Her head quickly turned and found Aki was behind them, waiting patiently with her wrists held behind her back. "Jesus fucking Christ! Mind giving a warning next time?!"
"Actually, yes. I do. If neither of you could detect me coming, these tests are all the more justified. You'll both need to work on strengthening
all of your abilities; physical and mental."
" ... Well ... I appreciate you not trying to bullshit me. So ... thanks for that."
A quick elevator ride later, the two arrived in a similar yet different room. The water chambers weren't anywhere to be seen ... not yet. But Yuna wasn't expecting that to mean anything. Not yet and not before Divine could prove they really weren't going to have to worry about those damn things. If push really came to shove, Yuna could better handle them. But ... they were nerve-wracking in their own rights still. And because of that, she would honestly prefer
not to have to get into those cursed objects.
"He is right. You should have considered they could have lost. That's a golden rule which applies to literally any duelist. As long as you're one, you should never believe for one second you're immune to being defeated."
... Knowing that even with their words being true that Divine wouldn't care, Yuna sighed softly, moving a few strands of hair behind her ears and quietly following Hotsuma further into the room.
"Five foot ten inches," the doctor declared after watching Yuna press herself against a wall with a weight chart attached to it and appropriately measuring her.
" ... Wait, what? Really?"
"Mhm. Feel free to look for yourself. I have where your head rested against marked."
Sure enough, Yuna turned and smirked, content to see the physician wasn't just saying that to make her happy. Somehow, she had
grown a good four to five inches. Mind you, she never had cared
too much ... but it had irked her slightly that she always seemed to be 'average' in just about every way possible. Bust, height, weight, even appearance. But hell, she'd actually
grown -- and not simply because she had a year or two more to do so.
Heh. Maybe these tests won't be so bad.
Her assumption on what would be next was proven right, as she watched Hotsuma stand atop a set of scales.
.... And when they declared how much he weighed, even Yuna raised an eyebrow.
"Ummm .... no. That has to be wrong. He's definitely not that heavy nor overly muscular."
The latter of which could have explained it decently. Except ... he wasn't a body builder or anything of the like. Sure, he had some muscles; but none that were worth thirty pounds.
When he got back up and was given the same weight ... her head tilted.
" .... Oooookay. I guess .... "
Shrugging casually, Yuna figured that, for now, they had to be right. There was no way to prove there was something wrong, after all. And since even Hotsuma couldn't prove that to be the case, they simply had to accept it. Making sure to stand up perfectly straight, she waited.
"One hundred and thirty-two pounds for you."
" ... Huh? Not one-hundred and eight?"
"Look down and see for yourself."
Sure enough, the red digits read the weight this doctor had relayed to her.
" ... The fuck? Ummm ... I mean .... lemme double check."
Waiting for the scales to reset, Yuna got up ... and found her amber eyes looking at the same numbers.
"That's not bad, you know? If anything, you do realize you
had been under-weight prior till now, right?"
"Yeah, I do," Yuna muttered, hating that they were completely right about that. "But ... it's the same as him. Neither of us have eaten
that much to have gained twenty to thirty pounds within about two weeks."
"It's okay, Mistress," she heard Rose reassure her. Yuna sighed again, merely crossing her arms over her chest.
I know it is, she answered,
This is just really fucking annoying. One of the things we're supposed to know are our own bodies, ya know? And now even that isn't the case anymore it seems.
"Well," Aki began to state, "Next are measure ---"
"No!" Yuna snapped, pressing her arms tighter against her chest. "Absolutely not! 100 C; you're
not going to tell me
those have grown. Not without a damn good reason, and there are few I can even think of. If you really need to note that, check the damn tag. But nope! Not happening!"
Aki blinked, having clearly expected Hotsuma to protest ... although that probably
would have happened. Yuna simply beat him to it, at least this time.
"Okay then. We can skip that. Blood drawing. We need to know what type you two have. This isn't up for negotiation. Come on."
The two would be led to a nearby table, with a chair on both sides of it. Atop the metal table were tons of empty vials. A few, however, looked as if they had been recently washed, thus probably used.
"If either of you dislike needles, I suggest looking away. But this does need to be taken note of. We will not only be checking what type your blood is, but if you may be ill with some semi-dormant illnesses or anything of the nature. Not everything is able to be detected right away, after all."
Yuna swallowed, already knowing one thing that Aki was bringing up. Whether it was intentional or not was another story.
... Won't it be too early to tell though?
Probably. Which meant she would need to check again in several more weeks to even know if
that was a possibility or not.
Taking a deep breath, Yuna sat down in the chair placed on the right side of the table. Her top was short enough that she didn't need to roll her sleeves up, thankfully. So, instead, Yuna merely stretched her arm out, turning it so her elbow and hand were flat on the desk. While Hotsuma was being tended to, Aki walked over and began feeling around for a decent vein to use.
"Hmmm," the red-head mused. "You have small ones. That's unfortunate. Means I
have to use this." Reaching down, she produced what appeared to be a rubber band and tied it tightly a few inches above Yuna's elbow, making her hiss slightly. "Make a fist and keep it clenched, please. There we go ... okay."
Keeping her right index and middle fingers tapping against Yuna's newly found vein, her left grabbed a syringe, cotton ball, and bottle of rubbing alcohol. First dampening the ball with some of the alcohol, Aki rubbed on the vein before tossing it away. "This may sting or pinch a bit. But that's all it'll do."
Before Yuna could protest or have too many second thoughts, Aki inserted the syringe into Yuna's flesh.
And soon enough, Yuna saw Aki grab one of the empty vials, attaching it to another end of the needle, and thus literally transferring her blood to the temporarily empty containers. Drop after drop fell in as her blood started being drawn for the first time in several long years.