A single bead of sweat dropped from my forehead. I wiped away the others waiting to fall and gave out a long, steady sigh.

"Where are you Ven...?" I mumbled.

I had been waiting in the desert for almost an hour now, we should have been half way done with our training by now. Master had instructed us to start training at noon, which was well past now. I began to wonder if Master had arranged this entire thing to test my patience. Perhaps Ven was never coming. However, I knew my master. He was not one to test me in a way such as this.

And so, I began to worry. What if Ven wasn't sure where to meet? What if Ven had been delayed by some terrible reason? I shrugged the thoughts off. I was never one to worry, why start now? Suddenly, my pocket began to vibrate. Startled, I picked out my cell and flipped it open. The caller ID read "Aqua".

"What's up?" I chimed.

"It's Ven," Came the familiar voice. "He's got a cold. The training session is off, you'd better head back here."

My face turned towards the sky in a sigh. "Yea, ok." I mumbled. "See you soon."

I flipped shut my cell and placed it back into my pocket. My feet ached to walk back to the city, but I knew it was better there then out in this barren desert. I started the long walk back. Ven was going to get it from me, cold or not.