So this is basically a chapter to get in Wrong place, Wrong time and have a little break before everything hits the fan xD
Both Lloyd and Calli were confused beyond compare. As the boys were just spouting nonsense at this point, lying as the same time and for some reason thinking Lloyd was dead.
The blond himself raised an eyebrow as he accepted the piece of watermelon that kai handed out to everyone. 'Should I be concerned?' He asked the others as he was told of some sort of mega-weapon. The four others shared a look and then started snickering to themselves.
'Alright, 'fess up. What's going on?' Calli huffed, not getting this situation at all and Lloyd's confused and pleading look for help wasn't really helping all that much.
Kai just chucked and put a hand on Lloyd's shoulder. 'I think some things are best left in the past.' This didn't made things any more clear. 'Come on, Let's just prepare for the future.'
The green Ninja pouted. 'I don't get it.' But it looked like the others had decided the conversation to be over and instead went back to their training schedule. Kicking the youngest boy into action despite obvious groans and protests after he finished his piece of watermelon that he had carved to look like a dragon for some reason.
Calli decided to get the story later on in the day, as she was not getting her answers in the moment and instead went to meditate on the deck whilst the five of them used the training room. The redhead let herself fall down on the deck, by now she'd managed to go back to the jungle every-time she went to meditate. Though it was easy to be pulled back (Something both her and Kai found out the hard way and ended with scratched knuckles for her and a black eye for him.)
Like expected within minutes she was back in the little cove where Inizio was sleeping on the side, curled up on his own tail. It surprised her that a giant snake could look adorable. She didn't want to disturb him and instead went to the most shallow part of the cove and started to train by herself. Slowly going trough the movements, as if doing yoga whilst fighting, punching and kicking the air and overal just using the movements to stretch and warm up her muscles.
She'd been training with the giant creature lately, not only on her abilities, (Her shield now turning into a movable force field, though it wasn't much stronger than it had been) her physical strength as well. She wasn't the strongest so they mostly worked on redirecting energy, blocking using pressure points and just working on her speed.
After a few minutes of warmup she decided to put a bit more speed into it, going trough the streamlined motions faster and faster, eventually stopping her fist only an inch in front of the shimmering rockface. By now Inizio had woken up and was watching the whole situation.
'Good, you've been training.' The redhead turned towards the giant snake. 'But it still needs work.'
The girl narrowed her eyes but didn't argue, knowing she wasn't going to win it anyway.
'Your body is build for speed and stealth, but that doesn't mean you can't use for physical harm. Sometimes a fast strike can hurt more than a strong one. Go again.'
The girl rolled her eyes but nodded, regaining her stance. 'Focus on your body. It's a weapon.'
Once again the water swirled and the same humanoid figures as the last time emerged and Calli readied her daggers, Inizio stopped her. 'Without those.'
The redhead hesitated, as she was used to fighting with weapons, and wasn't used used to hand to hand combat, despite the training she'd done. Reluctantly she put her weapons away and held up her arms, much like she'd seen the boys do.
The humanoid blob of water charged at her and she had to jump out of the way. The thing was fast and agile and back to attacking within seconds and the redhead couldn't do much more than dodge and defend.
'Use your Instincts!' She heard Inizio snap from the other side of the
Calli grumbled something about easier said than done but tried to listen anyway. The first few minutes she hadn't been able to counterattack and was getting frustrated and, before she had even realised what she had done, grabbed the humanoid by the arm, twisted it behind the back and pushed down with a speed she hadn't realised she had been able to do.
She froze for a second when the humanoid blob of water disappeared back into the shallow water, what followed was a short silence. 'What just happened?'
'Like i said, your body is is a weapon and you should be training to use it at such.'
To be honest, Calli was low-key freaking out. She had no problem with fighting but all the talk about her being a weapon of soldier was starting to get to her, and the snake knew it.
This time the redhead whirled on her heels and looked the rainbow-coloured snake dead in the eyes. 'I'm not a weapon or soldier, so stop talking about it like I am. 'm perfectly fine with training but stop treating me like a tool!'
With that she left, effectively snapping back into reality back on the bounty. She knew she was acting childish at this point but didn't really care about it. Her head was pounding and her mood was soured.
The girl stood up abruptly and went to get dressed in her civilian clothes so she could get out and clear her head. She didn't really even care where she went and just opted for the closest little town to the bounty.
Lloyd had seen her after she changed her outfits and in a bad mood, and thus invited himself along with her. The redhead didn't really mind that much, as she was pretty sure he just did this just to get some free time after what had apparently been over 3 hours of training.
The green ninja stretched as he walked next to the girl over the sandy roads that looped trough the village. 'Jay thought it was a good idea to slam me into a wall.' The boy groaned and despite her mood Calli couldn't help but chuckle.
'Yeah, four against one is a bit unfair, but-'
The blond scowled as he finished her. 'In real fights it's never -' He finished in a yelp as he was ran over by a small black blur and a very large dog, which was barking at the little blur.
The two shared a look before deciding to investigate. The dog had ran into an alleyway and was now barking to a dumpster.
Calli stepped forward and managed to shoo the dog away, sending it running away and got on her knees to look under it. It was pitch dark, but she could hear something that sounded like soft shuffling. She looked back at her friend.
'Do yeh have a flashlight?'
Lloyd thought for a second after which he pulled up his phone, which had a flashlight build in, and handed it to her. The redhead once again looked back eventually finding the little animal cowering against the wall.
'Hey there.' The girl started to coaxing the little thing towards her. After a few tries it slowly waddled towards her and she could scoop it up in her arms. It turned out to be a little kitten. Pure black fur on all but one place, which was one red ear.
'And where's yer family little one?' The girl asked as the little cat purred from the pats she received. Lloyd just shared a look, knowing fully well that Calli was the type to pick up every stray she could get her hands on, so he could see where this was going.
'I can't believe Wu let you keep her.' Calli grinned at her boyfriend from her hammock. The little cat, now dubbed Rosie by the redhead was still curiously sniffing around the place, seeing if there were any other animals, she'd met Tangle and Zane's falcon a whilst back and was confined to the living quarters until she'd be old and big enough to move around the whole ship and not get in the way.
The two had spent a few hours trying to locate Rosie's owners but found no-one and she wasn't registered anywhere either.
'Yeah, just do yourself a favour and never take her to a shelter... Ever.' Kai warned him as he snickered at the sight of Rosie jumping on the Black Ninja's lap and curling up for a nap, rendering him unable to move too much as he was sketching.
Calli narrowed her eyes as tangle wrapped himself around the girl's arm and she scratched his head. 'I'm not that bad.'
Lloyd laughed from his place below the redhead. 'Yes you are.' Tangle, now feeling the vibrations from the hammock below him, moved towards the green ninja as the boy had become a favourite of his.
'Oh, Hush it. All of yeh.'
Cole snickered as careful as he could with the sleeping kitten in his lap as he was sitting crosslegged on his bed. 'I think she's sweet, hun.'
Jay laughed and muttered something towards Zane about being whipped and his best friend glared at him as Calli tossed a pillow towards the blue ninja. 'If you want to see someone whipped, go look in the mirror.' The group, sans Jay, started laughing.
So not much of an eventful chapter... sorry for that... But we're back with some action next time! I promise!
Also I went to see Alita Battle Angel this week and it was awesome! This got nothing to do with this story but I thought it'd be fun to share :)
Anyhow, Onto the reviews!
RPMShadow: Thank you :)
MightyShipper: That episode was great yes, I think this is the only time we ever got to see him in purple xD.
I hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you in the next chapter :)