Two Lovers

okie. heres chapter ten. R&R pleeeeeese:-D

Disclaimer: I dont own warriors, but I do own the real Marie. Yeahh...Marie's based off my cat. SO WHAT?

--Crimsonnight

Chapter Ten:

Training Again

The day that she was to continue her training, Marie was up before Crag. Well, today she was anyway. He was usually up before her. Midnight to Sunrise he was up, guarding the cave. But he only had that job on every other day. Walking around the side of it, she sat in front of the waterfall, and watched the sun rise. In all the days she was here, she had never seen anything more beautiful then a sunrise. It lit up the eastern sky, turning her amber eyes a dark shade of pink. It was the first time that she was up before she needed to be, but she promised herself...she would never miss another sunrise as long as she lived. As the sun lit up more and more of the sky, she did not hear Ocean's light footsteps on the rock behind her as she stared at the sun, rising above the mountaintops now, and she let out a small gasp of amazement.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" asked Ocean, sitting beside his to-be.

"Yeah," Marie replied. "What kind of training are we going to start with today?"

"Well, you need to learn how to fight, incase of attack on the camp," Ocean explained.

"Okay," Marie mewed. "Where are we going to be training?"

"Follow me," Ocean meowed, and padded down the rocks, his silver and brown tabby pelt blending amazingly with the rocks on the moutainside. Marie found it hard to follow him, but she managed. When Ocean finally stopped, the sun was fully in the sky, slowly and gently making its way towards midday. He stood beside a small pool with a small trickling waterfall above it.

"We're going to learn to fight in the water?" asked Marie, wrinkling her nose. Ocean nodded.

"You need to learn how to mange fighting in water. Some cave guards are to stand guard in front of the waterfall. Crag is one of them, and you will be positioned with him. He takes the Midnight to Sunrise shift. You shall too," explained Ocean.

"So that means I never will miss a sunrise!" Marie hissed to herself.

"Ready, Marie?" asked Ocean.

"Yeah," she mewed.

"Now, the first thing you have to do, is learn to step, and get comfortable in water," he explained. He pointed his tail towards the pool. Marie breathed deeply to herself. I have to do this. I have to do this for Crag. I have to do this...to find my place in this world. She padded forward, and reluctantly stuck her paw in the pool of water. She gave a sharp yowl, but kept her paw firmly under the water. Ocean nodded approvingly.

"I'm doing okay?" Marie asked.

"Of course. You're being very brave for a human pet. I thaught when you first stepped into the water you would run off. This isn't the first time I've been proved wrong," Ocean mewed. Marie beamed.She took her second paw, and put it in the water, alongside her first paw. This time she hissed, but it was shorter. Her fur felt strange in the water. It was sticking to her paws, and it was rather uncomfortable. Stepping deeper into the pool, she let her back paws into the water. As she waded towards the middle, she found herself belly deep into it. She had not noticed, but she had not yowled. It was actually quite comfortable, the water swirling around her. Ocean came in behind her without any hesitation.

"Wow," Marie mewed, looking at herself. Ocean chuckled.

"Now the first thing we're going to try, and well, the only thing for today, is the back kick, belly rake combonation," Ocean explained. "Its a very useful move, and we learned it from the Clan cats when they passed through here. Now, for the back kick, what you do is you look to see how far away your opponent is from you, and then you kick them, flipping yourself over onto your back. When they turn on you, you rake their belly, and then, they run off screaching."

"Oh," Marie said. Then, Ocean turned, looked, and back kicked Marie, sending ehr flying into the water, on her back. She sunk to the bottom, and she couldn't breathe. Suddenly, she felt Ocean's teeth on her scruff, and she was pulled to the edge.

"I'm sorry," Ocean mewed, as Marie coughed and sputtered out water. Marie nodded. She panted, and was finally able to rasp,

"I should have been aware."

"I think that's all for today. You should rest," mewed Ocean. Marie nodded, and stood up, Ocean behind her as they climbed the mountain, making sure that she didn't fall. When she entered the cave, she yowled in fright and concern in what she saw...

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