Chapter25:Duelling



While Chesta and Miguel trained the new recruits, Setsuna and her son Dustin trained together. A few of the few recruits stopped their practising when neither of their trainers were looking so they could watch Setsuna and Dustin fight. "Whoa, would you look at those two go Dente." the 15 year old, black hair soldier-in-training comment to his fighting partner.

"Yea, tell me about it Sean. He looks what, 10 years old and just look at how long he's lasting against her." the other boy laughed.

"Maybe it just means that she's weak." Sean joined in with the quiet laughter.

"I wouldn't be saying that you two." the two 15 year olds turned around to come face to face with Miguel. Both swallowed hard and knew they were going to get it. "You see, all of us Dragon Slayers can only last maybe at the most a minute and a half against her. The only reason that boy over there is doing so well is because number one, he trains constantly with her and Lord Dilandau. Number two, that boy is no ordinary boy, he's Lady Setsuna's and Lord Dilandau's son so he inherited both of their fight skills and abilities." the two teens looked back at the two duelling soldiers in amazement.

Dustin charged at his mother with his sword, hoping that this time he'd beat her for once. Setsuna leapt towards her son and did a flip through the air over him. Dustin stopped dead in his tracks and then prepared to turn and attack. Although his effort was good, but not good enough. Setsuna easily knocked his sword out of his hand and knocked him to the ground.

"You're getting better Dustin but you need to work on different attacks. You're beginning to become too predictable." the young boy stood up and sheathed his sword.



Dilandra walked into the training room nervously. She had only used a sword once and from hearing her mother's stories about how talented her father was scared her in a sense. C'mon, he's your dad, he won't go hard on you . . .or will he? He's got that fighter spirit and I doubt that he would go easy but, guess I just have to hope. Dilandra twiddled her thumbs as she waited for her father to give her a sword of her own.

Oh, I've been waiting a long time for this moment. Dilandau looked over at his daughter and smiled. She looks almost like how Setsuna did when I first trained her. He walked up to Dilandra and handed her the sword which was sheathed and attached to a belt. She put on the belt and took the sword out of it's sheath.

"Mom showed me a few things last night but not a lot." Dilandra said as she held the sword nervously.

"All the better then." he sighed as he took his sword out of it's sheath. "I want to see what she has taught you so we'll duel first." Dilandra swallowed hard. She was hoping he won't say that. Damn me and my big mouth! I was better off saying nothing.

Dilandra got into her fighting stance and watched her father do the same. She took in a few deep breaths then attacked. Dilandau blocked her with little ease. Hm, she stronger than she looks. He pushed her away with his sword then attacked. Dilandra weakly stopped his attack. Oh God, what am I gonna do? He's a lot stronger than mom was last night. Dilandra soon found the courage to force him back so she could attack. She attacked him numerous times in a row which caught Dilandau off guard. He wasn't expecting her to have that much of a fighting spirit in her, not as much as her brother.

Their duel lasted longer than either of them were expecting. Dilandra moved swiftly as she attack her father again and again. Then with a quick movement of her hand, she disarmed her father to both her and Dilandau's shock. Whoa, where'd that come from? Dilandra wondered as she stared at the sword she held in shock.



A/N: Yes, I know it's short but it's all I could think of and I didn't want to keep you waiting too long. I was a little unsure if I should have Dilandra kick Dilly's ass or not but it sounded pretty good once I got it down so thank you for the suggestion Dragon Fairy. Well, like always, please review and all flames can be sent to me at sailor_comos71@hotmail.com