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Emmett and I ran the entire way to the meeting spot, beating everyone there. I'm faster than my brother, but that's only if I'm trying, I wasn't this time around. I just wanted the chance to run. As we got to the clearing our usual baseball spot, Emmett tried to tackle me, I dodged his tackle just in time as he tried again this time I jumped over him grinning as he hit the ground, nearly missing a tree, but he was back on his feet pretty quick.
Jasper who had been pretty serious since the party actually gave us both a grin and joined in a little bit, both trying to tackle me and both failing miserably. Emmett burst out laughing as I ducked under Jasper's arm and nearly took Carlisle out.
"Sorry dad,"
Carlisle smiled, he wasn't angry, but he did shake his head at us.
"Don't you guys think it would be wise to save your energy?" The question was only half serious. I looked over at Jasper who let me read his body language and I grinned wide, yes we were going to demonstrate my ability, Emmett saw the pair of us exchanging a look and he groaned.
"Aw man, the profiler gig?" he asked, he hates that because it always means I'm going to get the better of him and land on his shoulders. It never fails and I find it hilarious.
"It'll be a good demonstration for the wolves and for Bella," Jasper explained "she is terrified for Alice and Chris' safety. I would like her to see that Alice and Chris will be fine."
I heard a stick cracking the woods and looked over towards the woods, Edward and Bella had arrived. Bella seemed confused by something and I followed her look over to Alice, who was kind of pouting. I knew that look, her visions had vanished which meant the wolves were on their way.
Like me, Alice is so dependent on her ability, I've only been in a few situations where my profiling ability short circuited so to speak and I don't like it…it makes me feel like I'm working on a half gear. But I've never been in a situation where my ability has completely failed me, so I could only imagine how my sister must have felt.
"Hey, Edward," Emmett spoke up grinning, then he looked at Bella "Hey, Bella. Is he going to let you practice too?"
Edward groaned and gave Em a look
"Please, Emmett, don't give her any ideas." He said and Bella kind of smiled at us, clearly trying to hide an amused grin.
"When will our guests arrive?" Carlisle asked Edward closed his eyes for a second
"About a minute and a half." He said, then looked at me "Chris you and I are going to have to work together on this. I'll have to translate and Chris you need to read their body language and their emotions. They don't trust us enough to be in human form."
Carlisle nodded, he expected that as did I. I actually would've been stunned if they came as humans.
"This is hard for them. I'm grateful they're coming at all."
Me too I thought, it was tough for me to admit, but in all honesty I knew it was true, we needed them for this fight, and whether they agreed or not, they needed our help as well. These newborns were not going to play by the same rules as us Cullens, and the sooner the wolves realized that the better all of us would be.
Bella stared at Edward, then glanced over at me
"They're coming as wolves?" she asked
I was about to answer her when I felt a wave of emotion wash over me…caution, fear, and a little bit of excitement. The pack had arrived, the smell came after the emotions and I breathed carefully trying to get my nose used to the scent as it burned my nostrils.
But I counted the emotions I was feeling, there was way too many of them to be just a handful…I tried to remember how many we had seen all those weeks ago chasing Victoria around the forest. What had it been six wolves all together? Definitely way more than that now.
I could see their eyes, I could see their outlines as they came through the trees. Bloody hell I was counting ten giant wolf bodies.
Our little circle adjusted into a line, Jasper and Emmett taking point, I moved to Emmett's side, but I made sure that I wasn't standing right with my brothers. The less of a force it appeared we had the better, we didn't want the wolves to think we were preparing for a fight with them by putting three vampires right out front.
"Bloody Hell," I hissed staring off into the woods at the pack as it came closer,
"Damn" Emmett muttered under his breath to me "Did you ever see anything like it?"
"No…" I replied, "that's…that's amazing." I glanced over at my mother and sister, I had been expecting a reprimand from Esme over my language but she was too stunned her and Rose were staring at the incoming pack, we all were.
"What is it?" Bella whispered "I cant see!"
"The pack has grown," Edward replied carefully "Fascinating," he added.
Carlisle looked over at me and nodded as the pair of us broke the line and moved towards the pack, slowly.
In all reality I would much rather have Emmett or Jasper go up to meet the pack with my father, I hate to admit it but if things went south, they would be better at protecting then me. But Carlisle had his reasons for taking me, my ability with animals aside, bringing the youngest up with him shows that we trust the wolves not to attack us, and trust has to go both ways.
"Welcome," he said, greeting the pack.
"Thank you," Edward said, it was weird, hearing my brother speak, but knowing he was translating for the leader of the pack, Sam, weird a little creepy. "we will watch and listen, but no more. That is the most we can ask of our self-control."
Quickly I did a scan of their emotions, unless it was absolutely necessary I wasn't going to alter their emotions, I just wanted to know what I was dealing with here, but surprisingly they were pretty calm, all things considered.
"That is more than enough," Carlisle replied, he glanced down at me and I gave a quick nod, letting him know things were still all good. "My son Jasper," he gestured to Jasper "has experience in this area. He will teach us how they fight, how they can be defeated. I'm sure you can apply this to your own hunting style."
"They are different from you?" Edward translated for Sam, seriously this was getting really weird.
"They are all very knew, only months old in this life. Children in a way. They will have no skill or strategy, only brute strength. Tonight their numbers stand at twenty. Ten for us, ten for you…it shouldn't be difficult. The numbers may go down. The new ones fight amongst themselves."
If Edward translating for Sam was creepy it was nothing compared to the rumble of growing that came after Carlisle finished that sentence, it sent a chill down my back as if the wolves were pleased with the idea of the newborns fighting with each other.
"We are will to take more than our share, if necessary."
"We'll see how it plays out." Carlisle replied, I glanced behind me at Emmett who gave me a grin, we were thinking the same thing, tally time. Whoever got the most newborns won the bet, I could see the wheels turning in my brother's head and I knew he was probably wondering if he could convince the wolves to take part in our bet. Rose seemed to understand the thought passing between us because she shot both of us a glare.
"Do you know when and how they'll arrive?"
"They'll come across the mountains in four days, in the late morning. As they approach, Alice will help us intercept their path. And Chris," Carlisle put a hand on my shoulder "can work a strategy for our best positions."
"Thank you for the information. We will watch."
Jasper stepped forward, as Carlisle and I stepped back into the line. Jasper gave me a look and I nodded, focusing on the wolves emotions
I didn't mess with them, but I kept an eye so speak on them, especially when Jasper turned his back on the pack, he was not comfortable with this move and who could blame him, but I felt it was safe and Edward who had access to their minds felt it was safe as well and Jasper trusts us.
"Carlisle is right," Jasper said carefully "they'll fight like children. The two most important things you'll need to remember are, first, don't let them get their arms around you, they will crush you and, second, don't go for the obvious kill. That's all they'll be prepared for. As long as you come at them from the side and keep moving, they'll be too confused to respond effectively." Jasper looked at me quickly and I nodded, both of us curious as to how my ability would counter the newborn's one track mind. "Emmett,"
Em stepped out onto the open area of the clearing, right between the forest line where the wolves were still standing and our family line.
"Okay, Emmett first. He's the best example of a newborn attack."
Emmett glared a little, not seeing Jasper's meaning and taking offense to it.
"I'll try not to break anything," he muttered annoyed. Jasper grinned realizing he had just hit a sore spot, when Em saw the grin he calmed down and nodded, understanding.
"What I mean is that Emmett relies on his strength. He's very straightforward about the attack. The newborns won't be trying anything subtle either. Just go for the easy kill Emmett." Jaz instructed and Em nodded "okay, try to catch me."
As Em barreled towards Jaz he was out of the way. I've always been amused watching Em and Jasper fight, Jasper's battle knowledge versus Em's brute strength, usually they're evenly matched for a few minutes, but Jasper's knowledge always wins out in the end. It took only minutes for the demonstration to end, as suddenly Jasper was behind Em, teeth near his neck.
"God damn it," Emmett swore as the wolves rumbled something that could've been taken as an applause. "Again," Em insisted, he was not smiling anymore, Em does not take defeat gracefully.
The funny thing is the more times he tries to overcome defeat, the easier it is to defeat him. He had this chess game going with Jasper for almost three hours straight and it wasn't just one game either, because every time Jasper won, Em insisted on a rematch and Jasper just kept beating him, getting faster and faster each time. This time was no different but Emmett wasn't going to get his rematch right away.
Now Edward stepped forward grinning
"It's my turn," he said
"In just a minute, I want to show Bella a couple of things first." Jasper replied returning the grin, Bella looked up quickly at hearing her name, obviously confused as to what Jasper had to show her.
Alice stepped forward at Jasper's command and I saw the anxiety all over Bella's face, she was truly terrified about Alice getting hurt and I mean at first glance of Alice it's understandable how you could think that, unless you know Alice and how her visions work then you feel bad for anyone that thinks they can take her out easily.
Emmett stepped over to me and we both exchanged a grin, knowing what was coming. Em elbowed me gently in the rib
"Twenty bucks says she gets him in two?" Em asked
"Fifty and the main TV for two hours for the Cricket tournament, says she gets him in thirty seconds or less." I countered and Em nodded
"I'll take that," and we shook on the matter.
"I know you worry about her," Jasper was explaining to Bella "I want to show you why that's not necessary."
I won't even begin to describe Alice and Jasper's dance, it's almost impossible to describe, because it happens so fast even for a vampire, even for a vampire with a profiling ability. I mean it's bam, bam, bam…and then before you know it…there's Jasper with Alice perched suddenly on his shoulders, kissing his neck.
"Gotcha!" she exclaimed happily and kissed him again.
"You truly are one frightening little monster." Jasper replied. I looked over at Em and held out my hand expectantly, 29 seconds that had taken, a new Alice and Jasper record.
"I'll give it to you later." Em grumbling
"Kiss of death," I whispered and he hooted with laughter before pushing me gently, I let him instead of dodging his attack.
Bella still looked scared to death and was paler than normal. I could also hear the wolves muttering again, this time it sounded more nervous than before and I had to agree with them, Alice's ability can be frightening sometimes, but they really had nothing to worry about, unless Jacob had forgotten to tell them which I couldn't see that happening, Alice can't see their particular future.
After Jasper lowered Alice to the ground, he looked over at me, nodding for me to come into the ring.
I grinned wide and stepped towards my brother. Bella looked positively terrified and shocked as well and I couldn't help but roll my eyes as she kept looking at Carlisle and Esme, hoping that they would put a stop to whatever was about to happen.
She was really worked up about me getting hurt and I had to put a stop to that. She had enough to worry about, the last thing she needed was my safety as well. I kicked off my sneakers and tossed them to Rosalie. I would need to feel the vibrations in the ground to fully defend myself against my brothers
"You ready?" Jasper whispered to me and my grin widened as I nodded. Jasper turned to Bella "Bella, you also said you were worried about Chris?"
She nodded slowly, not sure if her answer would change what was about to happen. And Bella really wanted what was about to happen to stop.
"We're gonna show you that I'm the last one you need to worry about, no one catches the profiler unless I let them." I added as Emmett stepped forward blindfold in hand. I used the few seconds I had to profile Jasper quickly.
I know my brother's fighting style, but I also know that he will change that to ultimately test my ability for the wolves to see.
I also know that Emmett and Edward will join in, so a quick glance at them told me all I needed, and with Edward I quickly put up a shield in my mind. I could multitask on my profiles and feed him wrong information while maintaining my actual profile to protect myself, it's something I've learned how to do over the years, countering his mind reading ability has become a challenge for me that I like to meet head on.
Jasper cleared his throat, before addressing both Bella and the pack. I could see how curious all the wolves were, their leader Sam especially. I could also see a smaller wolf step forward to get a better look and I recognized him instantly, that was the one that had attacked me out of the blue! When I went to check the boundary line. He recognized me too as his eyes went wide, I could feel curiosity coming from his side of the pack and a little surprise as well.
I didn't have time to dwell on that as Jasper began to explain what was about to happen next.
"My little brother's ability to profile is linked directly to his senses, all of his senses. When one of those senses is impaired the others take over, to protect him. This has not been pre-coordinated, Chris has no idea what style of attack I will use nor who else may attack him or when. but as you are about to see he can think very quick on his feet as soon as his mind has accessed the profile, by whatever means possible. This is what makes him useful in a fight against newborns, as Emmett demonstrated, they fight with brute strength and rely completely on instinct. They will not think their attacks through, no calculating. That makes them dangerous for most, but it also makes them easy for Chris to read which makes him the most dangerous one in our family to a newborn vampire. Of course in the actual battle he will not be blindfolded, this is to demonstrate exactly how powerful his ability is with when he is blind so to speak, so you will be able to understand what he is like when all of his senses are tuned into the battle."
I nodded and gave Bella a reassuring grin. Of course this apparently did nothing to calm her down as she continued to look at my parents; unable to believe that Esme would allow me to do this.
Emmett moved closer and tied the heavy cloth over my eyes. This was a heavy piece of canvas, we learned years ago that certain materials were just to easy for me to see through, the canvas is pretty much impossible to see through.
Immediately, as soon as my world went dark, my senses kicked into overdrive. I could hear, smell, and feel everything that was going on, I may not have been able to see the situation with my eyes, but my senses created an image for me in my mind.
I felt the movement in the ground as Bella moved closer to Edward and as one of the wolves shifted their body weight trying to get a better view.
Emmett took hold of my shoulders and spun me around a few times, his pointless attempt to throw my senses out of whack. Why he even bothers I don't understand.
After he was done I turned carefully to where the pack stood. I felt the ground shift a little more as they were taken aback that I zeroed in on them…not a hard thing to do, I could smell them and tried not to crinkle my nose at the unpleasant smell.
Carefully I turned my University of Alaska hat with the Seawolves mascot on it, backwards,
"Feel free to make as much noise as you want." I called, "the more noise the better actually." The battle would be ten times louder and I had to show the pack and Bella that no amount of noise could break up my profiles, that and I had to test that fact myself. I turned to Jasper and grinned "no matter what, full attack bro" I warned him I lowered my voice so Bella wouldn't hear "we have to know it'll work. don't hold back."
"Never." He replied and I could practically see his grinning. Since Jasper first discovered that like Alice it's nearly impossible to catch me he constantly tests my ability (usually when Esme is not home) he knows it would upset her if she knew he was testing my ability in anticipation for future battles.
But it's a game to us we have fun with this and even though we were training for a battle with newborns, this was still going to be fun for us.
"Whenever you're ready bro…catch me if you can!" I instigated and tensed my body as Jasper came at me.
Expecting his first move I easily countered it sidestepping as I felt the air rush past me, he had come close, but still had missed me.
Emmett began shouting and cheering, egging us on and the wolves too joined in howling, yipping and crashing their heavy paws on the ground. This was good, the vibrations and all the noise simulated what the battle would be like.
We had never tested my ability to this magnitude so I was glad that the wolves were taking the whole thing to heart I needed to know that I could focus with all the distractions.
Of course in battle I wouldn't be blindfolded, but all my senses were going to be working overtime. I also had to remember that if any of the wolves got hurt I would feel that and would have to find a way to either counter that or react to it depending on the situation and the severity, but that wasn't something we could test or wanted to test for that matter.
"Bella," I heard Edward's voice over all the distractions and guessed by the tone of my brother's voice that she was hiding her face afraid for my safety. "This particular demonstration is more for you than the pack. Chris will be very disappointed when he figures out that you missed it all."
I wasn't sure if she was watching yet, but I couldn't concentrate on that as Jasper lunged at me again and again. He always came close to getting a hold of me, but as usual I managed to stay just out of his reach.
He even tried sneaking up on me, distracting me by throwing a rock against a tree. My ears perked up as the rock shattered and I instinctively looked that way, but my profile gave me plenty of warning time to listen for Jasper's footsteps and sidestep him just in time.
I heard Jasper whistle, he was bringing in one of my brothers. Judging by the heavy steps I knew Emmett was about to join in, this was going to be a lot of fun!
Both my brothers lunged at me trying to come at me from both sides and get a hold of me that way, but I slipped just in time and they crashed into each other.
Each move they made I was able to counter it, my profile was working harder than it ever had alerting me to each change in vibration, each step, each little noise that would signal an attack, we have done this many times before, blindfold and all my brothers attacking me, but like I said the noise and onlookers were not something I was used to, it was the perfect test.
For a split second I felt Emmett's hand brush against my shirt, he almost had me, but within that split second was all the time I needed to move, but not before kicking Emmett's feet out from under him.
I felt the ground vibrate as Emmett jumped to his feet and lunged towards me again, growling as he went.
"Edward, get in here! The little twerp kicked me!"
"I've told you to never let your guard down Em, it served you right." I replied as Edward's footsteps came close to me.
I quickly did what I always do when wrestling with Edward, I focused on my profile, but not the profile that would help me elude my brothers. You'd think after sixty-five years, he would learn that reading my thoughts is only going to end in a loss for him. I've learned how his ability works and how to counter it, Jasper has trained me well, on that.
Edward always thinks that I'll be so focused on my profile that I won't try to block him out, hence why he greedily accepts the profile he sees in my mind. If only he looked a little deeper he would see the real profile hidden beneath the pseudo one.
I wasn't sure how long this had been going on. I knew only that my brothers weren't backing down and neither was I. Alice's voice caught my attention briefly and in the midst of dodging her husband I listened
"This kind of thing can go on for hours unless someone puts a stop to it. Its ridiculous, it's virtually impossible for them to actually catch Chris even with him blindfolded, without the blindfold? Forget it, they would be chasing him around the forest for hours."
That made me wonder…how much longer were Carlisle and Esme going to let this go on? Alice is right of course I won't actually turn and fight until I sense them preparing to put an end to all of this.
They had let it go on a while, longer than normal. I figured it was about time to show the wolves and Bella what Jasper meant by me being dangerous. I had annoyed Emmett and Edward enough for the day.
I felt them surrounding me and knew they were about to lunge. I timed the attack with their footsteps and at the last second jumped in the air, sliding over Jasper's shoulders and landing behind him on one knee.
Showtime I thought as they lunged at me again. I ducked under Edward, crouching down low to sweep his feet out from under him with a kick. I swear I felt Jacob's emotions shift from intrigued to amused at that and I hoped that Edward was to focused on my profile to hear Jacob's thoughts, whatever they may be.
Jasper took that moment he thought I was distracted to reach for me, but I was able to vault off his shoulders and over his head in one clean move, in an actual fight, as Jasper had instructed me in the past that would've been the time to take the head off, I grimaced at that thought for a split second as my main target came into my profile's sight.
Emmett who had his back to Jasper and was moving towards the down Edward never saw me coming as I landed on his back. I wrapped my arms around his neck and held on tight.
I ripped off the blindfold and tossed it to the ground, grinning at the onlookers. The wolves looked impressed, Rosalie and Alice were giggling, Esme and Carlisle looked relieved, but it was Bella who I needed to see. She had a mix of relief and surprise on her face, with a bit of nerves too.
Jasper pulled Edward to his feet as Emmett lowered me to the ground gently.
"Good job kid, it'll work." Jasper complimented patting my shoulder as he walked back to Alice's side.
"Why me?" Emmett asked "why do you always land on my shoulders."
I grinned wide
"Simple, there's plenty of landing room." I replied seriously as he smacked the back of my head.
"Smart ass."
The wolves were stunned, they had stopped howling and pawing the ground and were just standing there motionless. I grinned at them, swept off my hat and bowed, before retuning back to the line, so Jasper could continue with his demonstration.
"See Bella?" I spoke up and she looked down at me "tis fun!" I exclaimed. She glared at me, but her expression softened a little bit
"Okay, I'll admit, that was kind of cool."
I nodded my satisfaction and went to watching Jasper and Edward go at it, it's always interesting to watch my two brothers in a fight, I mean Jasper's the fighter of the family, he's the one we rely on to lead us in a fight, (not that we've ever faced a fight of this magnitude before, but there's nothing wrong with planning), but Edward has read his mind, he has been reading Jasper's mind since Alice and Jasper first waltzed through the front door, he's seen the battles Jasper has fought, coordinated, etc. Because of that, Edward is evenly matched with Jasper, though Emmett and I both agree if it weren't for Edward's ability, Jasper would have him beat every time, Edward would be no match for Jasper.
After Carlisle put a stop to their endless dance, Jasper moved onto the rest of the family, working with each one, including Esme. I could feel Bella stiffen next to me as Jasper attacked Esme, but she had to know that Jasper would never hurt our mother, and Esme of course has the option to sit out, which unfortunately she won't do. I hate to admit it, but I'm on Bella's side for this one, of everyone in our family, Esme is the main one I don't want to see fight the newborns, Carlisle either, but not my mother especially.
Carlisle will be having a tough time taking a life, it's the whole doctor thing and who he is as a man, all life is precious to him, however if our family is in danger he will fight to protect it, not himself necessarily but the rest of us. Esme is a little different, granted life is precious to her too (in a way it is to all of us) but she is so motherly so caring that she might very well look past the bloodthirsty newborn army coming to kill us and see the people…the teenagers and young adults they once were.
I groaned at that thought, that would be my mother, which meant I was definitely going to have to keep an eye on her during the battle to make sure she stayed safe.
About an two maybe three hours into the training, while Jasper was instructing Emmett on how to take down a smaller, but agile opponent who insisted on jumping on his back (IE me) and how to keep said opponent from doing that, he decided to call it a night. When sleep means nothing to you, you can pretty much go on for hours and not even notice, which is what happened, but we had Bella to think about as well as our wolf audience.
"Okay, Em, that's enough, you can put him down" Jasper said and Emmett looked up, he had me lifted in the air after finally getting me off his back, and nodded
"You're the boss," he said and literally dropped me to my feet, kind of expecting it but not really believing he'd go through with it I winced when I hit the ground and glared up at him,
"He didn't mean literally Em!" I said, unable to even be mad at my brother as he reached down and pulled me to my feet.
Jasper turned to the wolves and cleared his throat.
"We'll be doing this tomorrow. Please feel welcome to observe again."
"Yes," Edward spoke up and I shuddered, definitely was not going to get used to that creepiness "we'll be here."
I looked over at Edward and profiled him quickly, something was on his mind, I know that face, I looked over to the woods and realized it was something coming from Sam that had Edward conflicted. He looked at me carefully, before turning to the rest of the family as well.
"The pack thinks it would be helpful to be familiar with our scents…so they don't make mistakes later. If we could hold very still, it will make it easier for them." Edward explained what Sam had just asked. He looked back at me, asking for not only my profile but my feeling on the wolves.
I closed my eyes and concentrated on their emotions only, I could feel calm, they were definitely in a better place than they had been earlier, they were still a little suspicious of us, but I could see that they were serious about getting our scents, they did not want to risk one of us being killed by one of them.
Though I think the idea of us all being gone would've made some of them very happy, they had as a group reached the conclusion that maybe us Cullens arent as bad as the rest of our kind, not to mention, Jasper knew what he was doing and they had agreed that it was possible they needed us to help them fight off the newborns.
With these thoughts playing out in my head, I knew Edward could see them and confirm that it would be okay. Carlisle looked over at me then at Edward and we both gave a nod.
"Certainly," Carlisle said "whatever you need."
I held my breath as the forest moved, the pack standing up and walking towards us slowly. I looked between my father and my mother trying to make a split decision of where to stand in the line up…the instinct to stand with my father as his less threatening, but still protective son was overwhelming, but I knew Emmett would stand with him, my place was to be with Esme. So I moved to be in between Rose and Esme, ready to protect both of them if I needed too, I was just praying that my profile was right about the wolves and it was safe.
I couldn't help my nerves as Sam walked up to my father and gave him a sniff over, clearly repulsed by the odor us vampires apparently have, but Sam was a professional of sorts and was obviously committing each scent to memory, as were the others. My nerves skyrocketed again when he came up to Esme, she seemed calmer than the rest of us about this whole thing and just let Sam and the pack do what they needed to do.
Now it was my turn. Sam and I stared at each other for a moment, as he sniffed me, followed by the others. Jacob, who by the way he was looking at Bella was pretty easy to guess, he did what he had to do and kind of raised his furry eyebrows a little, almost as if he was laughing. I couldn't help it, I grinned at him and he nodded, before moving on to Rose.
But it was the second to last wolf that caught my attention. I recognized the markings instantly as the one who had tried to attack me. I winced at that thought as Edward stiffened, I had done such a great job at keeping that from everyone then I had to let my brain think it, damn it.
Instead of looking proud or ashamed of his actions, the sandy colored wolf kind of gave me this goofy canine type grin, he cocked his head to one side like a puppy, before heading down the line. It was almost like he was apologizing for his actions and asking if we were cool. Definitely weird.
I couldn't help but sigh with relief when the sniff downs were over, our first training session with the wolves watching was pretty much over…but I knew another session would be coming soon, the battle was getting closer.
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A/N:
As I think I mentioned earlier in this fic, a lot of the ending was finished long before I had even thought of posting this series. They were fun little scenes for me to play around with and are now converging into an actual story. This was one of those parts. I had written the training scene a long time ago so it was nice to be able to just tweak it a little and walla chapter 25 is up. So I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, this was one of my favorite scenes to write and I hope you guys liked it too. Next update should be up and ready next week, hopefully.
Till then! Thank you guys for all your support