Lal swore Colonello was the most annoying, insensitive busy-body jerk face that ever lived on the surface of this planet. At least, that's what she thinks, as she stood in front of her twitching and fidgeting squad, Colonello the one fidgeting the most. She glared at him, but he only just grinned. Her relationship with her student is truly a love-hate relationship, but more of Love or hate she wasn't quite sure. At some times, he could be sensitive if he wanted to, he could be cute if he wanted to, and there were times when Lal saw him, her stomach would flutter, but that doesn't mean anything as far as she was concerned. She still holds her case about how the world would be a better place without him.

As she dismissed the group, they immediately headed for the shade of the trees, moaning about muscle pains and groaning about a certain cruel instructor. Not that Lal cared. She turned her head to the side as Colonello approached her, slinging an arm around her shoulders. Blushing, Lal slapped it off.

"Now Lal, don't be so stubborn kora!" He grinned, as Lal shot a glare in his direction.

"It's 'Ma'am to you. Now, everybody up! 50 laps around the field! If you don't finish in 20 minutes, then you have to do it again! GET UP NOW MAGGOTS! I DON'T HAVE ALL DAY! "She yelled, scaring all the trainees off their butts. Colonello grumbled incoherently.

"Colonello, come with me." She motioned with her hand; Colonello immediately followed her to the training rooms.

"Sparring? Again? Do you know how many times I've ended up washing dirt from my mouth kora?" Colonello complained, as he dodged a kick aimed his way.

"Like I care. You need to get better. Your blocks are pathetic." Lal sneered as he attempted to block her kick, but was a second too late. Emitting a low choking sound, Colonello fell to the floor, curled up on the ground. Lal glared, as he struggled to catch his breath.

"Weak. Your blocks lack strength. Your blows lack power. And for goodness sake, I didn't kick you that hard!" She was not in a good mood today, and what was left of her patience was only a small delicate thread. Unfortunately, Colonello didn't know.

"Why are you so irritable kora? Easy for you to talk when you're not the one getting beaten to pulp." He grumbled, getting up. Lal's eyebrow twitched.

"Blame yourself for being weak."She snarled at him, who crossed his arms and glared back.

"You know, sometimes I wish you weren't my trainer kora. You're so harsh, criticized your students, and really, couldn't you figure out how to be nice kora?" The look on Lal's face changed. He could see the initial hurt in her eyes, and then a cold hardness that made him shudder. She turned away.

"Oh, Lal, I'm sorry kora. I didn't-"Colonello tried to apologize, but Lal cut him off.

"Really? I wish that you weren't my student either. In fact, I wish I never met you, so I don't have to deal with your pathetic skills and waste my time training people with no potential." Her voice was icy, as she turned to leave. She didn't look back.

Later, she did regret what she said. But that was already late into the night, and lights out was already called. Snuggling under her covers, she silently promised herself that she'll apologize in the morning.

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Lal frowned as she scanned the ranks of the men standing in front of her. Colonello's spot was empty. Strange... Lal dismissed, thinking he was late. Usually, he wouldn't pass up a moment of teasing and tormenting her. When he comes, I'll give him an earful. Lal silently vowed as she started the morning exercise. As she assigned her 'new and improved hell training plan B' she completely forgot about Colonello until lunch time. As she dismissed the sweaty and dead-on-their-feet trainees for lunch to rest and clean themselves up, she felt something was missing. That's strange. Usually Colonello would be here to harass me... Colonello! Lal suddenly remembered. He still hasn't shown up! Beckoning a harassed looking trainee, she put her hands on her hips, making him shudder.

"Do you know where Colonello is?" Lal's voice was snappy, but also leaked nervousness and concern. Where could Colonello be? The trainee gave a funny face.

"Who's Colonello? Is he a new transfer?" He nervously stuttered, looking down. Lal frowned.

"You know, the one that's loud, obnoxious, and has me as his private trainer." Lal snapped impatiently. She didn't have all day.

"Ma'am, you don't have a private trainee." The man in front of her gave her a strange stare, and ran off when Lal dismissed him with a flick of her hand.

"Strange..." Why didn't he know who Colonello was? He was there for such a long time, and caused such havoc, that everybody knew him. Flipping through her attendance records, she came to her list of trainees in her squad. Scanning through the list, she realized a pang;

Colonello's name wasn't on the list.

Carolily: dun dun dun! Thanks to Colonela and Dreamsugar for your reviews! They make me really happy also, this was the plot my friend gave me the idea for (you know, aka Colonello, Nello-chan, Wolfy, etc) Stay tuned for this. Dunno how exactly it's gonna end, or how long it's gonna be, but, look forwards to it! Today it was deathly hot. I couldn't get my thoughts straight. Ugh.

Colonello: and How does that concern the reader kora?

Lal: Colonello, just keep your mouth shut. Maybe you really should just disappear.

Colonello: *indignant grumbles*

Carolily: Anyway, please review! It will make me :D