LenXNeru

Krystal Glass

Chapter 5

Section A

"Start" I strongly pronounced. Then I quickly leaped a few feet away to increase the distance between us. I focused most of my weight onto my

palms of my feet leaving my heel ready to pounce back for a flash surge of a running attack. I left a good 3 - 4 feet between my legs to have a firm

balance.

'Think light' I told myself over and over in my head.

Then quickly, Oliver jolted for me.

In my mind's eye, it was all played in slow motion.

'That position... he's probably aiming to hit my right side with his leg. I need to counterattack by catching is leg and throwing him to the right of

me.'

Soon enough, Oliver's leg was ready to swing.

'Knew it'

I immediately grabbed a hold of his leg and used the centripetal advantage to gently throw him to my right.

'You left your leg vulnerable to the enemy if they can use defense wisely.' I scowled at him.

"Eh..." He said as he jumped back onto his feet. '"s that why you always won over Nero?... because you're good at defense and counterattacks?"

Oliver commented as he wiped off the dust on his shirt.

"Part of it..." I trailed off. "Your offensive ability is pretty strong, learned it from Nero?"

"Some of it" Oliver grinned as he readied himself. "You attack first this time."

"Fine" I sprinted quickly left and right.

'I'll make him think that I'll attack him with a kick like he did...'

"That move is not going to work on me." Oliver said loudly.

My leg looked like it was going to kick right into Oliver's hand, but I faked it.

I smirked.

"Fooled you" I said flipping over him like I weighed less than a sheet of paper. Then I swiftly under kicked him.

"Hahahaha..." Oliver laughed as he laid on the ground. "You really are 'The' best."

"Yeah Yeah" I said holding out my hand to help him up.

"I'll be in your care then... can't wait to spar with again Neru, but next time, I'll be the one to knock you onto the ground." Oliver took my hand

promptly. He winked at me with a confident triumphant smile.

I tilted my head for a second...

'Did he just give me a victorious grin?!' I chuckled.

"W-what?" Oliver nagged me.

"You're not half bad yourself. You're an interesting one... like my brother..." I patted him on the to of his head.

"Ok... now that the pre-testing's done, we can now get working on pra-" I turned to the benches but then my voice died out.

"Where's the girl with the blueish green hair?" Oliver hanged over my left shoulder.

"I don't know... She was there a minute ago... I'll go look for her, you stay here just in case she comes back." I walked towards the doors.

"Miku?" I opened up all the doors in the castle.

"Miku? Are you there?" I curved around every corner.

"Where-" I said making a turn for a corner... but then I heard two voices...

I immediately recognized the girl's voice even without having to look...

'Miku...'

Then i heard another voice... Lower... A boy's voice... and it's...

'Len?!...'

I stood still.

'What does Miku want with Len?'

"So let me get this straight" Len's voice was serious to the core.

"You want me to teach you how to fight?..."

"Y-yes... Please let me be your student."

That sentence echoed in my head...

"Well..."

'Miku wants to be Len's apprentice? Why? I thought...'

Then unanticipatedly, my body moved on its own.

"What's the meaning of this Miku..." I austerely asked.

"Eavesdropping huh..." Len mumbled. I ignored him.

She didn't looked up from the floor.

"I'm sorry Neru... I can't compare with Oliver. You two have so much in common. He knows how to fight, I don't. He knows your brother, I don't.

Face it... I'm the third wheel and can't benefit you two. It'd be better if you just taught him one-on-one and I go learn it by somebody else." Miku's

voice was fragile and meek. I felt her emotions racked up inside shaking.

"Mik-" I was ready to decline her way of thinking until Len interrupted me.

"I'll take you on." Len surprised me.

"What?!" I blurted out. Len glared at me. Then he made a devilish smirk.

'Is he Mocking me?! He's the devil!'

"Let's see how it feels to take your own medicine... Let's go Miku." Len slyly turned and walked away. Miku fastened her pace and followed him.

'Why...Miku... Why did you betray me?...'

I put my hand to my head.

'This is getting so complicated... much more complicated than I would have ever imagined...'

I aimlessly walked back to Oliver.

"What happened?" Oliver sounded concerned.

'Oh yeah... I can't worry other people around me with my own problems...'

"Ah... Nothing..." I tried to sound like literally nothing happened.

"Let's just practice a bit." I said picking up the basket Miku left.

I looked through and found a pastry...

"おやすみ(oyasumi/night)...ねる(Neru)"

I took a deep breath...

'Neru means sleep... 'Night, Neru'... She made me this pastry... but she never got to give it to me... Is it my fault that she left me?'

I endlessly watched Oliver practice. A few times I called out to him and corrected him but for the most part, I just stared blankly.

"Something's wrong... What's wrong Neru?" Oliver shocked me by coming so close to my face.

"I said it was nothing..." I was ready to go back into space until I saw Oliver pouting?!...

"W-What?"

"Something IS wrong." Oliver sat next to me. "I can EASILY read it right off your face... so TELL me..." Oliver demanded from me.

"Oh... I guess I have no other choice..." I inhaled and exhaled.

"Green is the enemy"