The next day after the trainees picked their cabins and got settled in, it was time for the young soldiers to begin their hard training for the next 3 years. Naiyamé woke up 10 minutes earlier than everyone else did and started to change into her uniform, getting ready for the tough day she had ahead of her. She was about to walk out of the infirmary until the nurse that cared for her yesterday stopped her.

"Excuse me miss, but do you think you should leave? I don't want you keeling over while out running."

"Thank you but I feel fine now. I don't want to fall behind like the other cadets and I've been looking forward to this day for a long time now." Naiyamé replied back with a slight smile as she left.

The trainees lined up in a few rows in front of instructor Keith, who still bore the death glare against the cadets.

"Listen up you useless shits. Today is your first day of training. Now you all likely have the muscle of a granny so I'm gonna toughen you up. This day will determine if your too much of a pussy to stay here or not. I want all of you to do five laps around the perimeter of the training grounds. If you can't do that then your not fit to fight the Titans. Now get your asses in gear and get running!" Keith shouted at all the cadets. All of the cadets made their salute and immediately began their running.

The sun was hot and the air was dry. Naiyamé felt like her feet were on fire from the hotness of the ground, it hurt. She was near the front of the pact, only a few other people ahead of her with Jean and Marco staying close behind her. By the time she was on her final lap, she was exhausted and so was everyone else but she wasn't gonna give up. She knew the hard training ahead had only begun and if she couldn't get through this, then she could never fight the Titans.

Naiyamé kept running, only looking forward, and unfortunately did not see the rock closing in on her path. She stubbed her toe hard against and let out a grunt of pain which made her fall back to Jean and Marco's pace. Her foot throbbed in pain

"Whats the matter? Stub your toe there?" Jean asked with a grin on his face.

"Oh shut up Jean. You would be all the way at the back if you ran into that rock." Naiyamé returned with a similar grin on his face.

"Tch. I'm not the little kid you would beat at arm wrestling anymore Naiyamé. I could beat you at anything any day." Jean lashed back. He always hated when Naiyamé would tease him. But Naiyamé enjoyed pushing his buttons.

"Well if you think your such a big tough guy, then try to beat me." Naiyamé said as she kicked into full gear and started running faster, leaving Jean and Marco behind her.

Jean squinted his eyebrows and gritted his teeth. Refusing to let Naiyamé win so easily. He soon started to go faster and faster and caught up to Naiyamé

"You can't win against me so easily." He shouted next to her. Naiyamé frowned at him and pushed herself even more. Going even faster than she was before, passing Jean once again. Now she was in front of everyone else. Putting all the effort she had into the new speed she was maintaining.

Jean was getting mad. She was really pushing him and testing him. Jean pushed himself as hard as he could and started to slowly catch up Naiyamé, leaving everyone else far behind them who were having a hard time just keeping up the pace they were going that. Both of them were breathing hard, the constant beat of their boots hitting against the hard ground helped Naiyamé concentrate.

Naiyamé looked over to Jean and saw he was struggling to catch his breath. He was at his limit but so was she. But this race reminded Naiyamé of when they were kids and the competitions they held against each other which made her grin at the thought. And like in all the competitions they held back then, Naiyamé knew the outcome of this one. She was going to win. They were only a few meters away from the finish line but Naiyamé dug deep and a explosion of adrenaline rushed through her body as she moved herself to go even faster than ever.

She went ahead of Jean who looked at her explosion of speed in astonishment.

"Faster. Faster. Faster." Naiyamé quietly repeated to herself as she got closer and closer to end. Her legs were on fire. They felt like they could give out an any moment but she wasn't finished yet. She saw the finish line and rushed past it at an amazing speed. Keith looked at Naiyamé from afar, with a slight grin on his face. He knew she was going to become a great soldier some day.

As soon as Naiyamé past the finish line, she slowed her pace down to a stop and bent over slightly, gripping on to her knees. It felt so impossible to breathe to her. She felt her heart beating so fast. She heard a slowed foot pace approaching her and knew it was Jean. She looked up to see Jean who looked like he was ready to keel over passing the finish line.

"So...What was that about beating me at anything?" Naiyamé said with a large satisfied grin on her face.

"Whatever...You...You over-achiever...I'm going...to the showers." Jean lashed back, trying to catch his breath in-between words. Even though Naiyamé knew how much Jean hated to lose to her. She couldn't help but smile at how little Jean had changed since she last saw him. She was happy to see that he was still the same old cocky Jean.