Gingerpaw slowly made her way over to the training hollow. "Ok...don't go easy on me." She informed Runningpaw.
"I won't...just try and keep up." Gingerpaw got into a crouching position and launched herself at him. He stepped to the side, and she got a faceful of leaves.
"Don't make your attack so ovious." Thornclaw advised.
Gingerpaw stood up and shook herself. She walked back over to her spot and stood there, then sat down and cocked her head. "I don't get it."
"Ugh!" Thornclaw rolled his eyes. Runningpaw sat down, and gave a pur of amusement. Thornclaw walked over to Gingerpaw and began to explain. "You can't just jump at him and expect to land on him. You have to think before you jump at someone. And try to-." Before he could finish Gingerpaw ran around him and launched herself at Runningpaw. She had him pinned to the ground, then looked at Thornclaw.
"Thanks for the quick distration." Thornclaw raised his eyes and then began to laugh. "She got you good, Runningpaw, but in a battle you can't exactly hide behind someone. You have to be prepared."
"Um...Gingerpaw can you please get off me?" Runningpaw asked, but before she could do anything he threw her off.
She rolled in the red leaves, until they covered her. "Look it's camoflauge." She joked as she stood up.
"Oh Starclan smite me now." Said Thornclaw. "We need to get back to training."
Gingerpaw shook the leaves from her fur. She launched herself at Runningpaw again. She plowed into him, but he kicked her with his back feet. She snagged his neck fur and hung on as he began to run around in a circle. Then she got an idea, she shifted her weight to one side causing Runningpaw to loose his balance. He fell on his side and skidded across the leaves like a bobsled on ice. With a yowl of surprise he hit a small rock and was launched into the nearest bush.
"Um...are you...that had to hurt?" Was all Gingerpaw could say. Thornclaw was speechless, his jaw was almost touching the ground. "Um...I win." Gingerpaw said with an innocent smile. Runningpaw finally made his way out of the bush.
"That was fun...you win." He said and made his way over to Gingerpaw. He licked her ear in a playful manner, and she swatted the tip of his playfully. Thornclaw was giving them one of those you-two-look-cute-together looks.
When they got back to camp Runningpaw had showed Gingerpaw some other fighting moves, and she listened intently. Then Cloudtail came over and licked the top of Gingerpaws head. "Thank you for letting me sleep in." He said as walked past her.
Then suddenly there was a yowl from outside the camp. All the warriors ran to the entrance, but Gingerpaw saw that her father was even jumping over cats to get there first. "Something's wrong...be right back, Runningpaw." She weaved between the warriors as fast as she could, surpassing most of them easily. She followed her father out the entrance and caught up to him. "What's wrong?" She asked.
"Um...nothing...a friend has come to visit me...and I think the patrol mistook her for an intruder." They ran to the patrol who were trying to catch a tawny colored shape.