"Meditation? You've got to be joking," Ashlyn rolled her eyes. When Chase glared at her, she held up her hands defensively.
"By meditating, you are able to focus your inner strength and focus them to the gem," Chase explained, sitting the marble floor. Ashlyn followed him and sat opposite him.
"Close your eyes," he ordered.
Ashlyn obeyed and closed her eyes. She breathed slowly and deeply. So… what am I supposed to do now? Oh, right. Focus. Focus. Focus… Focus… Fo- I wonder what's Chase is doing…
She lifted her eyelids and looked at Chase. She was transfixed. Chase was levitating! He seemed to be in deep meditation. Suddenly, the door behind her burst open. Ashlyn immediately shut her eyelids and pretended to have been meditating all this time.
"CHASE! A Shen Gong Wu has just been revealed!" Wuya shouted. Ashlyn turned and looked at her; Wuya's eyes were twinkling with excitement.
Chase opened his eyes and glared at Wuya.
"And this should be of my concern… why?" Chase narrowed his eyes into slits.
"It's the Wyvern's Cry," Wuya replied, grinning mischievously.
"Wyvern? The mythical creature?" Ashlyn muttered softly.
"Yes, Ashlyn. It is a creature believed to be some kind of a cross over between a serpent and a… dragon. The Wyvern's Cry releases a sound wave which will temporarily deafen the opponent," Chase replied, his feet reaching the ground gracefully.
"Where can we find this Wu?" Ashlyn stood up, looking at Wuya.
"Why are you so interested with this Shen Gong Wu?" Wuya asked, suspiciously.
"I'm just curious," Ashlyn waved a hand.
"This has nothing to do with you," Wuya replied.
"Are you going to stop me if I wanted to tag along?" Ashlyn asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Why you little-," Wuya advanced on Ashlyn.
"Enough," Chase finally spoke. "This is a perfect opportunity to test Ashlyn on what she has learned," he continued as he walked towards the door.
"Test? I've only been here about a day… and a half!" Ashlyn crossed her arms. "All I've learned is that Wuya is such a-."
"You want to finish that sentence?" Wuya threatened.
"Pain in the butt," Ashlyn smirked, completely ignoring Wuya's threat.
Wuya charged towards Ashlyn, blinded with rage. She intended to slash Ashlyn's face with her fingernails but she only managed to slash the air as Ashlyn moved backwards and punched a clenched fist towards Wuya's chin.
However, Wuya knew she would do that. Wuya blocked and gripped her fist, burying her fingernails deep into her knuckles.
"Your move is so predictable," Wuya gave Ashlyn's fist a twist. She winced in pain as Wuya's fingernails dug deeper into her skin.
"Same to you," Ashlyn gasped. Using her other hand, she punched Wuya in the gut.
The second Wuya released her fist; Ashlyn lashed out a leg and tripped Wuya onto the ground. It all happened in a blur. Ashlyn had a foot at Wuya's throat before she could even stand.
Ashlyn smirked in victory before withdrawing her foot. She walked towards Chase, leaving Wuya on the ground, gasping for air.
Ashlyn clenched and unclenched her fist, testing the wounds on her knuckles of her left hand. She walked past Chase and said, "So? Are we going or not?"
The corner of his lips twitched.