Chapter 11: Training Session

The next morning, I woke up, exhausted. Last night I had to be with Queen Jinny until Grub came. He came pretty late. And the best part is that today is my first training. I got off the bed and changed. I went to Queen Jinny's house for breakfast and left so I could be on time. I walked to the Great Chamber, where Ronin told me to meet him. I enter and saw Ronin staring at the sky. I walked up to him. I think he noticed that I was here because when I first let foot on the Great Chamber, he turn.

" Good Morning, M.K." Ronin said, smiling. Maybe he is not still upset about yesterday. I smiled back.

" Good Morning, Ronin" I said.

" Ready for your first training?" Ronin asked. No I thought. I was really nervous. I didn't wanted to fight boggans, but at least learn how to defend myself.

" Kind of." I answered. Ronin smiled.

" Don't worry, first training can always be scary, but once you get the hand of it you'll be just fine" Ronin assured. I smiled shyly at Ronin. I just hope he is right. " Shall we" Ronin said. I nodded and he lead the way to the training session. We kept walking through the forest when what looked like a big track, well from this size, if I was big it will look like a giant footstep. It was really big and green, of course. It had little stone houses and it was divided. Archery on east, Sword west, Wrestling south, Bird riding north. Ronin led me west. Sword fighting? Was he nuts? I can't sword fight. That was even worse and dangerous. I was thinking of archery, but I guess I wasn't lucky enough. When we got there I saw that it was small. On the right side of the field where lots of swords. In the middle were like 6 leafmen training. I guess the others are already experts in sword fighting.

" You will be training here for the next few days. I know you're nervous and scared, but this is for your own good." Ronin said. I nodded. Man, I wish Nod was here. But I guess he was still upset. I wonder who is going to be my trainer?

" So who is going to be my trainer?" I asked. Ronin smiled at me. I looked at him suspicious, but I was disturbed with a familiar voice.

" That will be me, I think" Nod said, smiling my favorite smiled. My eyes widen a little, but that didn't stop me from smiling. I wanted to run to him and hug him. But with Ronin here, that will be a lifetime of mocking for Nod.

" Well I must go now. Hope your training goes well M.K." Ronin said, but I could tell that he was mocking me. He smiled at Nod and me and left. I turn to Nod.

" What are you doing here?... I thought that you didn't wanted me to fight the boggans" I said, confused. Even though I'm really happy that Nod is here, i was still confused and curious. He smiled at me.

" Well heck yeah I don't want you to fight the boggans, but Ronin said that you don't have to battle the boggans, but you still needed to defend yourself" Nod said. Ronin said the same thing. " So I asked Ronin if, you know, I could train you, you know" Nod said, while rubbing the back of his neck. He looked so cute when he did that. I giggled.

" Well I'm glad that he put you for the job. I was really nervous of who was going to train me" I laughed. Nod laughed too.

" Well then you don't have to be nervous anymore... Now let see if you can grab a sword" Nod said. I laughed, an embarrassed laugh. The first time I grabbed a sword it was really heavy. I couldn't even lift it up. Nod took a sword and handed to me. I gave the sword a nervous look and grab it. It was really heavy.

" Ugh, is really heavy" I complained. Nod laughed, which made me blushed.

" You're holding it wrong. Here let me show you a better way to hold it, and also to make it lighter." Nod said. He walked behind me and put both hands in mine. It made blushed. I could feel Nod's breath in my neck. He lift up the sword with my hands and place it in a position that was really comfortable and made the sword really light. " Better?" Nod asked. Better with your touch I thought. The way he was holding my hands was so nice and delicate.

" Better" I said. I could feel Nod smiling. Then Nod niticed that he was still holding my hands and let go like he just realized that his hands were on a hot stove. He rubbed the back of his neck.

" Well good… umm I'm gonna show you some basics, alright." Nod said. I nodded. He pick up his sword and started showing me some basics.

I was pretty good at sword fighting. I was nervous over nothing. It was really easy and fun, but still I didn't wanted to fight a boggan. After 4 hours of basics and 2 hours of how to shield, Nod decided it was time to get real. I wonder what that means?

" Ok, I see you're really good at this. How about we have a little sword fight" Nod said. My eyes widen in shocked. Nod laughed. " Don't worry I'll take it easy on you. Do you really think I'm going to hurt you?" Nod asked. No I thought. It was true, though.

" Ok" I said, nervous. Nod pick up his sword and put himself in battle position.

" Ladies first." Nod said. Really?

" Umm… How about you go first" I said, still nervous. Nod chuckled.

" Ok, if you say so" Nod said. I got a little scared, but I pull myself together and put myself in battle position. Then Nod gave me an are-you-ready look. I took a deep breath and nodded. Then out of nowhere Nod came to me and somehow I blocked the sword. Then he twirled around and again I blocked the sword. Now was my turn to attack, I went to Nod and he blocked my sword. Dang it. Then I remember something Nod taught me. I backed and Nod came, but this time I caught my blade on the hilt of his sword and twisted it with all the strength I got. It made Nod's sword fall in to the ground. My eyes widen in surprised. Nod had his hands up, he looked stupid doing that, but still, cute. I Started jumping up and down in excitement.

" I did it. I beat you. Oh my god." I squealed. I was so excited. I put my sword on the floor and just then, Nod put his arms down. I chuckled at that.

" Yeah yeah, don't need to brag about it. You did good for your first training." Nod said. Was that a compliment? I mean, I couldn't even believe I did that. Maybe I was born to do this. But I got to say that Nod was also a great trainer. He made everything so easy that it was really easy for me to do.

" Yeah, well maybe is because I have such a great trainer" I said, smiling. Nod smiled and looked at the ground, still smiling. Then he looked up.

" Thanks. Can you say that to Ronin?" Nod joked. I laughed. I will like to see the look on Ronin's face when I show him everything Nod taught me.

" I'll see what I can do" I said. I knelt to grab my sword. It now felt so light. I got up and I trip on a little rock that was on the ground. The sword fell of my hand and I was falling to the ground, before Nod caught me with his arms.

" Are you ok?" Nod asked, he sounded a little worried.

" Yeah. Just tripped." I said. I looked up and saw Nod staring at me. I looked at him. We looked at each other for moment, then out of nowhere someone came from the bushes.

" How's training going?" Ronin said. At that same moment Nod and I backed from each other. I blushed. Nod cleared his throat and was rubbing the back of his neck. Man, did it had to be Ronin? I could see that Ronin was thinking on many ways to mock Nod for this. Poor Nod.

" Great" Nod and I said together, which made both of us blushed. Ronin smiled.

" I see." Ronin said, it was very clear that he was mocking us. " Well, M.K. how was it? Did you did well?" Ronin asked, but I could still here the mocking on his voice. I gotta admit, better him than Dad.

" Yeah, I did pretty well and I also beat Nod" I laughed. Ronin chuckled. I can see he was enjoying this.

" First training and already beating your trainer" Ronin teased. Nod gave him an will-you-please-shut-up look.

" Ha ha, very funny" Nod mocked.

" Well I think that was enough training for one day. Queen Jinny is waiting for you M.K. She invited us to dinner, including you Nod." Ronin said. Nod's eyes widen in surprised.

" Really" Nod said, surprised. He never was really invited to eat with Queen Jinny.

" Yeah. She said it will be fun to have you there, I mean you were the one who cheer her up sometimes." Ronin said. It was true. Nod said to me that he sometimes went to Queen Jinny to cheer her up.

" Well, that's great. I mean I have never been invited before." Nod said.

" Well, now is your chance. So do you want to go or not?" Ronin asked. It was really a stupid question, really.

" Well, of course I'm going." Nod said, it was so obvious that he wanted to go.

" Good. Oh by the way, Queen Jinny invited Grub and Mub too." Ronin said, smiling at Nod. Nod's face fell. I giggled at this. Poor Nod. His first dinner with the Queen and his frenemie was going to be there. But then a thought came to me. Mub will do anything to keep Nod and I apart. So that meant that there was no chance to sit together or even talk. Now I was the one depressed. " Well lets go" Ronin said and turned to Moonhaven. Nod and I looked at each other. I knew what he was thinking. Ronin tricked him. Nod look shocked and a little scared. I chuckled at this. Nod gave me an shut-up look, which made laugh. We walked to Moonhaven and then to Queen Jinny's house. I was so nervous. I mean, Mub has a crush on me and he always tries to keep us apart. Even though he knows that we spent time together, he still thinks he has a chance. I know Nod can control himself in public, but Mub didn't. This was going to be the weirdest day of my entire life.

Chapter 12: Dinner with the Queen