Chapter 14; Spar:
Finding a location with an equal space in the club room, I found myself facing Ania. She had previously asked to be my sparring partner and I,of course accepted, bringing us to where we are now. The weapon we decided to use against each other was the wooden blade. However, the coach was hesitant to give me another one because I had already broken five of them.
"Now I'm going to give you another one, so if you do break it. Kiss your chances of ever using a wooden sword again, understood?" the coach spoke while taking the broken sword in my hands.
"Understood, sir" I replied as he handed me another wooden sword.
As I stood on the opposite side facing Ania, I observed her stance; her right hand was holding onto the sword, while her left hand was free and she was also leaning forward slightly. From this I deduced that she was a one handed user while for me, the stance I chose was two handed with my posture straight.
"Same as always; first strike wins. You both will begin when I count down to 0, understood?" the coach spoke.
Ania and I nodded.
"3…..2…..1…..0!" the coach shouted.
With this Ania and I rushed each other. I took the offensive first, swinging right. Ania then moved to blade quickly and deflected my swing. As I tried to regain my stance, Ania quickly took her left hand and gripped onto the sword. Then she took a familiar position; my rushing stance from when I was practicing by myself, moving swiftly she jabbed at me...
Kachink!
"Winner is Shouta, congrats on your victory!" the coach proclaimed.
Backing away from Ania I caught my breath. She on the other hand smiled, then bowed her head and went towards the lockers, as I too soon followed. Arriving at my locker, I took my usual bag of clothes and went to go take a shower.
"Alright guys this is enough for today; so start heading home" the coach announced as I stepped out of the shower area.
Walking out of the showers, I looked around and spotted Ania leaning against the wall. Heading through the exit of the club, something tapped me on the shoulder; it was Ania.
"How rude, you saw me waiting for you and you just decide to leave" Ania spoke in a mad voice.
"Sorry for not getting the memo" I replied.
Walking out of the school and going in the direction of my house, Ania was still following me.
"Why are you following me?" I asked.
"Because I'm your fiancée" she replied.
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"Why did you do it?" I asked in an angry voice.
"Do what?" Ania replied,
"The match… why did you let me win? Did you not think I'll notice" I retorted.
During the match, as Aina was about to jab me; she was moving extremely fast and there'd be no way I was going to win. However, as she was jabbing at me, I noticed she slowed down considerably. Seeing this, I responded by moving forward towards her left shoulder, as well as moving my blade down to my left side. In that time frame, I found myself next to Ania. Her blade was jabbed into the air, right next to my left shoulder, while my blade was touching her wooden breastplate; in a left sided horizontal swing I performed.
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"Intriguing, you noticed that I slowed down in my attack… Well the reason why I let you win was because I felt like it. I heard you were the top student of the club so, if I did win. I'll probably get too much attention from the other club members" she answered.
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"That's it! Thats your answer" I retorted with a shocked voice.
"Whatever" I added.
With this I began to walk home once again. Finding myself opening my house's front door, I noticed something; Ania was still behind me.
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"Ummm, what are you doing?" I asked.
"Oh, well as we finished sparring in the club room, I never got to take a shower because I didn't have extra clothes to change into" Ania responded.
"And?" I questioned.
"Geez do I need to spell it out for you, I'm going to take a shower in your house of course" Ania responded.
Next Time: Chapter 15; Guest