I was excited about another training. Mello was in a nervous mood after the test that I breezed through and I offered to spar with him. "you sure?" he asked and when I nodded he said "Alright but it will be rough for you" he said. I followed him to a room that was matted but not the play room.

I then got in a karate stance and he shook his head. I then aimed a karate kick at him wich he dodged easily then I tried to land a chop which he blocked with his arm. "You chose a bad one Ace next assignment we will work till we find a martial art that's right for you. Your whole body is too small and weak for something like Karate or twiquando." He explained "you need something more like Aikido something to use the opponent's weight against them." He then flipped me and pinned me down on the ground. "See you are easy for me to flip because you're a light weight and that's me using my own muscle however, "He pulled me up. "Charge at me" he said and I obeyed. He then ducked into a ball and I ended up rolling over him crashing on my back. "you can see the difference now that was your own weight that had you rolling onto your back. " I nodded and agreed on this. We would need to find my style of fighting and hone it.

I was content with at and the next day our results were announced. I went to see that Mello was still in second place. I knew that it was all his hard work but I couldn't help feeling that he was cheated. He really was cheated out the most. Matt said "not bad almost a perfect score" it would not cheer Mello up though. I then tried something that should be able to help him. I went up to him, hugged him and said "you are better than him he will be forgotten but you will a legend."

Hugging him was both a good and bad idea as he was calming down. I could feel his breathing hitch in surprise and then start to calm down. I was happy of this. I also got a close sniff of his masculine smell as well as the chocolate he ate. I regretted it because it smelled good and his masculine scent smelled like security and home as well as another more primal feeling. I could also feel his heart beet and if it wasn't for matt clearing his throat we would have stayed like that.

"hate to break it up love birds but people need to get around you" I blushed at being called love birds. Mello was too and we broke the hug. "lets get started on my training" I said smiling softly. He nodded and lead me to the room we sparred on yesterday. We tried an Ai kin ninjitsu. It was a semi good fit but not good enough as was determined when my wrist escapes failed and I was close to fainting from heat.

We called it a day after I fell on the mat panting. I then went and headed to the shower. I soon got a text from Mike and James explaining that Light thought of them as allies now not enemies. I didn't want to text them back but I knew things had shifted for them like they shifted for me. I just didn't know if I would achieve my ultimate goal. I had to though because I knew if I failed , I would be in agony worth of crying and screaming. I wrote a poem about how death was a curse for the loved ones of the living. It reflected my fear and agony at loving someone who I knew was going to die young. I wondered if I could prevent it or would I have messed up his life forever. "As long as he doesn't die young I can be fully relieved at this."