Chapter 3: training or a real fight?
After a long day if training they go inside to eat. "Who is cooking tonight?" Jay asks. "I could. I make a yummy chicken casserole. Oh and Chocolate tort cake!" Binx says.
"I've never had any of those, but they sound good," Alexus said, raising her hand.
"Ok! Is that on with the rest of you?" She asks. "Yeah," Jay said. The rest mumbled things that sounded like agreeing.
Binx fixes just the right amount for the 5 ninja, two samurai, and sensei. "Enjoy!" She says smiling.
Alexus quickly looked around. "Aren't you going to eat?" She asked Binx. "No no no...I could never take food. I'll have this." Binx suddenly pulls some Pomegranate seeds from the shadows. "They are my fruit that I can take from any shadow."
Before anyone could say anything, a voice came from the deck. "Hello, hello! I've returned! Is anyone here?" It was a soft, male voice donned with a British accent. "Oh, Rylan's back!" Alexus said cheerfully, standing up. "Excuse me," she said, walking quickly out of the dining room. "Great," Cole said sarcastically. "Um...Binx...wanna train again after dinner?" Lloyd asks. "You getting good. Now let's see with no powers or weapons!" "Sure!"
Then, Alexus came back. "Hello, everyone! I returned from my brother's birthday celebration," a man said. His hair was blond with a streak of black in it, and it seemed to to spike up naturally. The curious thing were his eyes. One was sky blue, the other metallic silver. He was wearing a black t-shirt under a white, long sleeved jacket and black pants. Overall, he was very handsome.
"How'd it go?" Jay asked. "Good, we only fight once!" Rylan said cheerfully, sitting down next to Alexus, Cole was on her other side.
After dinner they all when to see Binx and Lloyd's training. "No powers no weapons and you only win when the other person surrenders!" Jay was saying the rules. "Now...FIGHT!" The fight was going great! Block punch hit struck block. Until Lloyd played a dirty trick. He step up to Binx and pulled her legs out from underneath her! But instead if just her falling, she got his legs too. He landed his arms holding Binx's down and her legs trapped under his. He landed on Binx square. She could feel his breath on her neak. "I guess I win." He smirked. "Nope." "Excuses me?" "I never surrendered. And I won't." "Oh you will." He says. "Make me." She says. Lloyd smirks a thin smirk. "Ok then." He says slowly.
He quickly stood up, and took a few steps back. She stood up too, and Lloyd did not go easy on her at all. She had to switch to a defensive method; ducking, dodging, etcetera. It was too late for her to realize that Lloyd had pushed her back into a wall in which he pinned her arms against. "What?! Not again!" Binx says "hehehe! Surrender now?" "Never!" "well... Let's see why we can do about it!"
Lloyd backed up, and in one fluid motion, grabbed Binx's arm, and flipped her onto her back.
"Ow! Oh that's it!" Binx says smiling.
She then grabs his legs and pulls then out underneath him. She then stands up and walks nest to him oblivious of the fact his arm is right there. Or she thinks he's to silly to see it. "Will you surrender?" She asks mockingly, just like he did to her.
"To a girl? Never!" He says
"What's wrong with surrendering to a girl?" Alexus asked hotly. Lloyd mentally face palmed.
"That's not what I meant!" He called. "Really? Well you should surrender." Binx bends down to look at him right in the eyes. Brown and green. But both determined to win. "Mabby if we used powers it would be better? After all, if shadows are truly afraid of the light, then you should have no problem wining." She mocked. He just smirked moving his hand a bit.
He crossed his fingers. "I surrender," he said. This threw her off. "What?" She asked. "Just kidding!" Lloyd held up his fingers. In her momentary confusion, be forced her back and stood up.
Binx falls into the wall and collapses and they hear a loud *thud* with the force of his push. "Ouch." Binx says rubing her head. "You'll have to do better than that! I'm, so far, not impressed with your skills." She says smirking. "It's nothing I haven't seen before."
In trying to stand she falls on her hands and knees infront of him. "I still won't give up!" She says. "And for training...it hurts! I didn't know how painful practice was!" She gasps. She try's to stand but falls back on her hands and knees.
He just stalks up right infrount of her. "Still want me to use powers?" He laughs.
"Say no!" Alexus called, then turned back to Rylan. "Why?" She asks Alexus.
"So Binx...powers?" Lloyd presses
"Tell me Alexus! Why should I say no?!" He stalks up so she has to look up to see him, considering she is still on the floor.
"Because, he's good. So far, I'm the only one who's matched, and that's just barely!" Alexus called. "Don't worry, soon you'll reach your true potential, then, who knows, fate," Nya said, trying to cheer Alexus up. "But I can try! Fine use your powers!" She says to Lloyd. And he starts to smirk a thin smirk that would mean no good if this was a real fight. And it still might mean no good.
She stands up and throws a few hits and he blocks them and he pushes her against the wall and pins her down again. She can't move her legs or arms and she try's wiggling but he won't budge. She feels his breath on her neak. "Ok, powers it is." He says. Binx closes her eyes tight and clenches her fists for a wave if pain she expects to come.
"Check," Lloyd said. "What?" Binx asked, daring to open her eyes. Lloyd hadn't even tried to use his powers. "Alexus taught me that. It's what you say when you have the king cornered in chess. Cornered, but not quite defeated," Lloyd said.
"Ok so? What are you going to do? Defeat he king? I can handle a lot just so you know." She says still looking scared. Terrified is more like it. She struggles but to no help. She trys to get her arm out to punch him but he just catches it and laughs.
"No," Lloyd said, grinning. He kissed her cheek, and stood up. "I yield," he said, bowing courteously. "Rylan, have you been giving him gentleman lessons?" Alexus asked. "Yes, and they are paying off," Rylan grinned sheepishly. Binx just stops there shocked. 'D-did he just..' Her heart fluttered at te thought. She leaned against the wall and slids down to sit. "Yield...means give leeway...but I...I surrender." She says softly not knowing why he kissed her cheek. She blushed deeply, stood and ran to the room she first woke up in.
"I think the lessons paid off," Lloyd said. "Yes, they did, but the kiss was very unexpected," Rylan said. "Wait, what?" Alexus said. "No, I just taught him how to be polite!" Rylan said. "That's your idea of being polite?" Alexus asked. "This isn't at all what I mean, but..."
Rylan snapped his fingers and disappeared.
In the room Binx collapsed. "Why did he..." She muttered in wonder feeling the spot he kisses her.
