(ok Hiya! Thanks so much for all the reviews but I just want to get one thing straight really quick…just to let you know I have a spelling problem where I switch the letters around and something leave off letters and just can't see that the words are spelled wrong…. so sorry about that. I know someone told me it made it hard to read and lots of times spell check just doesn't pick up some things…ok not that you all need to care about that…just thought I'd give you the heads up.)
"Uncle Frank?" Riley said surprised. The Shang Warrior looked up from the two boys he was watching and smiled.
"Hey Riley," He greeted waving. "So I see your Dad finally listened to Numair."
"Uhhh I guess." Riley was still confused, Numair had never really explained why she was here but now she'd be sure to ask. For now she just shrugged the whole thing off.
"Riley, you want to help me show theses boys how to do this one move?" Uncle Frank asked as Riley climbed over the fence to where the boys were training. She gave her uncle a blank look. "It's just like karate."
"Oh ok then sure," Riley said smiling. She had been taking karate since she was little. Uncle Frank always paid for the lessons as her birthday and Christmas gift. "Which one are we going to do?"
"Well I was hoping we could just kind-a go at it and let them see what it's like when to Shang fight."
"Hold on…now you hit me and I hit you kind-a 'go at it'?" Riley asked backing up a little.
"Yeah, that's what I was thinking," Uncle Frank said as he scratched the back of his head. Riley heard some of the boys behind her whispering back and forth behind he back. She looked over her shoulder and was surprised to see that Joren was one of the ones talking, and she knew it wasn't positive things.
"Alright, I'll do it," She said looking back at her father's younger brother.
"Great! You wanna change?"
"No I'm fine," Riley replied. She was wearing some clothes that Kel had gotten her. They were a loose fitting shirt and some britches.
"OK let's go at it," Uncle Frank said.
Riley bowed to her Uncle as he did the same and then she got into the fighting stance. The next few minutes to Riley were a blur of fists and flying feet. She blocked almost everything her Uncle threw at her and she landed a couple of good kicks and punches herself. Then she saw her window of opportunity open. She had a chance to do a sweep kick and knock his feet from underneath him. In a matter of seconds she was sitting on the top of her Uncle's chest grinning.
"Go RILEY!" Someone shouted. Riley looked up and remembered that they were being watched. Neal was grinning for ear to ear and Cleon shouted jumping up and down. Riley had forgotten that people had been there. As the spar had gone on her mind and body had become on and it's only focus was on blocking and hitting.
"Good job Riley," Uncle Frank said from beneath her. "Forgot that's how you usually get someone off their feet."
Riley got up off her uncle and held a hand out to help him up. She glanced over at the small crowd that had gathered. Not only were the boys there but also so were some knight masters and other teachers of the fighting arts. She saw Joren his jaw hanging open. He should have expected the unexpected, Riley thought as she felt a blush creep into her cheeks.
"How long have you been taking lessons again?" Uncle Frank asked as he dusted himself off.
"About eleven years, you started me off when I was six," Riley said. "I go to particle five out of seven days a week for about three hours."
"Good, Now who wants to try next?" Frank asked the boys. "Come on, you can see how bad you really are." He grinned. "Someone can verse Riley here and I'll take someone…do be shy."
"I'll give it ago," Cleon said cheerfully.
"Yeah me too," Joren said his eyes fixed on Riley.
(What do you think will happen next? Well read and review to find out….gosh that sounded corny)