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Favourite word of the day is: MUFASA mwhahaha ... lol I need to get out more
And I apologise on my inaccuracies in the sport of fencing...
Tournament
Mina walked through the corridors of the deserted college. It was a Sunday morning and she was thrilled to be at school which of course was unlike her normal self. She was dressed in a full white overall suit, with an armoured mesh on the front, it was a uniform. For you see Mina had taken up a new sport.
After the battle with Galaxia the scouts had convinced her to resume volleyball, and that she did. But after going from district champion to country champion to world champion there became a bit of monotony to the game, because it wasn't challenging if you were the best... that wasn't sport.
So after some needed contemplation Mina knew she needed to retire. It became world news, the world champion quitting in the prime of her life, some ridiculed others accepted either way Mina became the talk of every volleyball player in the world for at least 6 months.
Mina however decided to take up another sport, something that would definitely challenge her but would still be something that would help her with her scout training, and after some research she found the answer... Fencing.
Fencing, there was a sport that would teach her, and still be as thrilling as volleyball was in her life. Had it only been 3 months ago where she had first joined the fencing club, which had been conveniently, located at school, it seemed to all go by so fast. Mina being the fast learner she was had quickly mastered the beginner level in fencing, then the intermediate level, this of course was only possible due to her day and night commitment and her dedication and natural born talent.
Today however was the day that she advanced to the highest level of fencing, in her school group. The fencing teachers had unanimously allowed her to advance, where otherwise they would have taken a minimum year to advance a student to the next level, all agreeing on her talent.
Mina was ever so happy as she navigated the corridors to the gym. Her duffle bag was securely fastened over one shoulder, which of course contained her clothes and under her other arm was her headgear. She got to the doors of the gym and before she opened the doors to step through she placed her headgear on, quickly putting her luxurious hair up in the gear and then securing the helmet on her dainty head. This is the way she liked it, to be anonyms, it was the best feeling for there were no judgements of her gender, there was just fair play, after sighing a breath of relief she opened the door with both of her arms and stepped through.
"Your late" a cold voice immediately greeted her, she glanced down to her watch and it read 8.50; sure enough she was 10 minutes early.
"No I'm not" she protested as she quickly glanced around trying to identify a body to the voice
"just hurry up' the voice commanded with annoyance and finally she saw the person talking to her, he was on the blue mat that was centred in the middle of the gym. Now the gym was basically a large, wooden floored, indoor basketball court, other clubs would of course convert it to what they needed, and today was the fencing club's turn.
"no need to be rude" she quietly muttered under her breath as she looked to the left to see a whole pile of bags, so she threw her duffle to the pile, then she looked just before the mat and saw a stand containing one fencing sword. After some inspection to see if everyone else had a sword she walked over to the stand and took the last remaining sword, then took her place next to the line of 6 students who stood just beside the blue mat.
"As I was say-ing" the man in the centre of the mat accentuated, trying to ridicule Mina, who just rolled her eyes at his apparent arrogance,
"The newest student to be initiated into our advanced fencing club is Aino Minako, she unlike all of you was able to achieve this level in under three months, which shows how much you have been lazing off" he reprimanded the six students that stood alongside Mina. Mina turned to see the other six students bow their heads, in what seemed to be shame. Yet inside she was confused, on exactly what angle was this man playing at? Was he arrogant? Or just disciplined? It was hard to tell.
"Ok break up into pairs, Mina you'll be with me" the man instructed. Exactly like Mina and the rest of the students, the man was dressed in a full uniform with headgear so Mina couldn't decipher his appearance as such, but obligingly she stood across from him on the mat.
"Ok I want us to work on basics, the three and seven steps ok" the man instructed, like a general to his troops, Mina was enthralled.
She watched as the Spartan looking man, gave her the beginning bow that was associated with the sport. Mina immediately reciprocated.
"Advance" the man spoke, chills ran through her spine as she realised the authority which laced his voice, as he began to advance towards her. The three steps was first, the swords bashed against each other three times, up down and up again. Then it was Mina's turn and she advanced in his direction, like an art the swords clashed for about half an hour, each person taking turns to advance on the other.
Before too long, it began to get boring, for Mina at least, without thinking she could meet the blade that her teacher thrusted with little to no difficulty, which apparently he noticed
"Boring for you is it?" he laughed
"And not you?" she replied back, simple and swift
"Of course it is, but hey we all got to start somewhere" he replied back in a more relaxed tone
"How true" she laughed back, at ease and relaxed,
"Seven step" he bellowed in instruction, for everyone to change tactic to the seven steps.
"Finally" Mina mused in a smirk,
"I'm glad I could be of service" he laughed back, clearly amused, he was the first to advance to Mina, and of course she met each graceful lunge with a sharp return. Up, down, up, down, turn, side, up, it was a simple connection of actions, but also with the right application of force was a strong tactical attack.
Each time, both Mina and the man kept speeding up, and each time they met each other's blades, both not noticing the fact that all the students had stopped to stare at both sensei and student go head to head. After five minutes the two realised that the other students were no longer practicing but were gawking at them, Mina smirked, and if she could see through her teachers head gear she would have been sure he was doing the same thing, but they needed to stop.
Mina first yielded her sword to her side, and he followed. She watched him swivel around and turn to the students
"What do you think you're looking at?" he replied with irritation,
"She's good" one unknowingly mused aloud,
"And is she the one you're supposed to be focusing on?" he spoke, his words laced with a partial threat,
"No Kyle" the student mused aloud, Mina could hear by the sound of the voice that the student was male.
Kyle, so that's his name, Mina mused
to herself with amusement. Kyle sighed, with partial annoyance
at the focus of the group,
"you know what, that's a rap for
today, you guys can go now" he spoke as he took off his headgear.
Mina gasped, he had brilliant silver hair that was shoulder length
and tied into a loose ponytail. His face was perfectly
chiselled; his eyes were like a sea after a storm, wild yet knowing
of a peace yet to come. She could feel her heart beat faster
and faster, as she scanned his whole face, he had definitely a rugged
beauty to his features. Also by the looks of it he was no older
than 20, 21 at the most.
The students headed to their bags, taking off their helmets and heading out the door of the gym, Mina soon followed,
"Wait" she heard a voice call as she just turned her back to walk to the duffle 'bags, after putting her sword away, it was Kyle's voice.
"Yes" she squeaked out, unlike her normal cool and sophisticated appearance, she turned around.
"Would you stay back for a moment please" he instructed, and she froze, she saw him look into the distance, watching the other students leave, after several moments he then looked at her,
"You're good" he commented, coldly,
'Duh' Mina thought to herself frankly, watching him walk over to a case which was just below the stand of swords, he picked it up and walked over to the blue mat, setting it down.
He opened it up and from the box took two swords, these were different then the other swords, Mina could immediately the quality and the intricate detail which laced the swords, he stood up now with both swords in hand.
"Let's see what you got" he spoke adventurously, as he chucked her a sword, which she caught in one rapid movement of her arm. She smiled, well smirked in an actual sense for you see Mina loved a challenge, and she loved a chance to practice the full extent of her skills,
"Sounds good" she smirked aloud, he smiled; Mina walked onto the mat and faced Kyle face on.
"en guarde" they both spoke in unison, bowing to one another. Mina was the first to advance, her sword clashed with his and five swift movements, up, down, up, down, and side. Then it was Kyle's turn, up, down, up, side, side, turn, up and swivel. This caused Mina to start breathing heavier as she realised he had blocked her attack, plus she didn't want to show him the full extent of her capabilities, yet.
"You're holding back" he commented,
"How do you know" she asked,
"I can feel it" he commented as he blocked another one of her advances, she smiled,
"Ok then" Mina laughed, as she prepared herself to attack him as she dodged another advance from Kyle.
In five swift movements of her arm, Mina managed to disarm Kyle and leave him on his back,
"I'm glad I sent the students away because that would have been embarrassing" he laughed with a definite relief to his voice,
"You told me not to hold back" Mina laughed as she grabbed one of his hands to help him up,
"Thanks" he mused, realizing the extent of his defeat, he was now standing directly in front of her, Mina's body was tingling, her breathing more rapid
"You're welcome" she spoke in response, her voice was sweet, he looked down into her eyes and became entranced by the sapphire orbs.
Then he realized, he couldn't do
this, not now,
"I have to go" he whispered huskily, turning
around and heading to the pile of duffle bags, picking one up he
headed out the door.
Mina smiled, she had never gotten that reaction of a guy before, but never less, he was different. But he was different in a good way, she looked around realising that she was left to pack up the equipment but that didn't mind her, at this point in time she felt light as a feather... if she didn't know better she had fallen in love.
A/N all done, it took a while but I hope you enjoy!!! Please read and review and yes there are still two more encounters to go -, as you can tell I am a big MinaKunz fan, I just love them as a pairing, and this of course is how I picture them meeting, vaguely... well tell me what you think, cause I love hearing from you and if anyone knows of any great MinaKunz ficcies can you let me know, please
