-Day Two-

I got up early the next day and dressed into my black training uniform with white accents. I tied up my shoes to hear everyone sleeping soundly. Great, I thought, I get to train by myself!

As I tied my bandana around my head to cover my eyes, I grabbed a kendo stick off the rack and silently walked outside. I began training, imagining moogers for me to fight while I kept track of the vibrations in the ground and the sounds in the Shiba house.

Jayden heard someone training outside so he decided to get up and see who it was. Though he knew it wasn't Kevin because it was past 6:00 am. Kevin always got up at 6 o'clock to go on a jog for a couple of hours then came back to eat breakfast with the other rangers at 8 am. Jayden silently slipped through his room (in his black sweatpants, red tee, and tennies he had slipped on) and into the hallway. As quietly as he could, he walked towards whoever was training. What he didn't know was that I was the person training and I knew he was coming.

As he reached the training yard, the sounds of training ceased. He stepped out in the yard with a kendo stick in his hands and expected some random stranger to pop out of nowhere. Instead, he "exclaimed" in shock as I jabbed him in his sides where people were said to have pressure points.

"Gah! Delanie! What the hell was that! And why are you wearing a blindfold!" Jayden whisper-yelled as he grabbed his kendo stick he dropped and began rubbing his sides. He didn't receive an answer since I fell in hysterics in seeing his reaction.

"Hahaha! Oh! My! God! That! Was! So hilarious!" I said between chuckles as my blindfold fell off next to me. I calmed my smiling self by taking big breathes, then sat up to find an angry and confused Jayden glaring at me. "Okay, to answer your first question: I poked you in your pressure points. And the answer to your second question: it's for training," I replied, holding back the urge to laugh again as a red faced Jayden face palmed himself.

"Ugh, why would you wear a blindfold while training? You could've hurt yourself," he said to me in his big brother/team leader voice with a hint of concern for my wellbeing.

"I was perfectly fine, Jayden. I'm not a little kid," I countered as I got up with the help of his outstretched arm.

He gave me a questioning look because of my recent actions and said, "Still, I want to know why you were wearing that blindfold while you were training."

"Well, if you really wanna know… it began when I was just six years old. My parents and I were driving back home from my kendo, kung fu, karate, and judo tournament. My parents began fighting over if I should keep up on my hobbies or if I could get a break from all my training. They didn't notice the drunk driver veering into the wrong lane behind them. The drunk's car spun and hit our car as it got hit. The drunk driver died in the accident along with my dad. My mom and I were severely injured. My injuries weren't normal though; instead of breaking any bones, I temporarily lost my ability to see. My mom was in a coma for a while so Ji took me in. We started training right away but it was hard since I couldn't see what I was doing or where I was going. Then, one day he put a blindfold over my unseeing eyes and said 'if you can't use one of your senses, use the other ones to help guide you.' It was still hard at first; I ran into the walls all the time and knocked over a vase in the first couple days. I started making a mental map of the Shiba house: inside and out using my ability to touch and hear. My hearing and sensing abilities grew stronger every passing day. When Mom got out of her coma and was able to visit, I was ready to battle an opponent to show her how much I learned. I won against Uncle Ji's most dedicated student," I paused as I turned to see Jayden's face. I watched as he put together the puzzle in his mind. His eyes widened as I smiled.

"Wow, we battled each other at such a young age and you won…"

"I knew you wouldn't remember unless I told you." I ended with a shrug.

"Well, you'd think I'd remember my first battle that I lost…" he replied, smugly.

"Hey, we were little kids and besides, after that, I went home."

He looked at me, leaned closer and hugged me. My face heated up as I hugged him back. All of a sudden, we heard this growling noise. Jayden straightened up, his arms loosely around me as he searched the yard for whatever made the noise.

"Hey, Jayden?"

"Yeah?"

"Can we go get breakfast? I haven't eaten since I got up this morning," I said, sheepishly trying to hide the fact the mysterious noise was my stomach. He chuckled and nodded his head, receiving a smile from my round face.