A/N: Well, last chap Ry and Kiran were tested. Ry fought Viole and won, but Kiran fought Chesta and lost … in this chap you find out if that mistake costs Kiran her life. (Even though you all probably remember what happens … I'm in a fair mood today so I'll keep it the way it was (mostly) …
Disclaimer: Ergh~ I hate writing these … I don't own it!!! If I did Van & Hitomi would be dead, and Dilandau would be whole (no Celena) and burning things!!!
Chapter 19: Spared
Chesta held his sword up and brought it down right above her neck. Kiran cringed and Victoria screamed. Before flesh met steel though, Chesta's sword met that of Folken's. Kiran looked up to see Folken's sword right above her face, preventing Chesta's from coming down.
"Very good, Slayer Chesta … go and join the other slayers now." Folken told him.
Chesta sheathed his sword. "Yes, Lord Folken." he answered and stepped back with the others.
Folken addressed Kiran. "I decided to let you live because have talent and speed. If you are trained I'm sure it can be harnessed and you could be useful to Zaibach."
"Thank you, Lord Folken," she bowed "I owe you my life …"
"You will be training with Slayer Chesta since he could also use some improvement and Ry will be training with Slayer Victoria."
Kiran nodded her head and stood with Ry and Victoria.
Folken announced that it was time for lunch and that it would give them the chance to meet the Slayers.
Victoria smiled at Ry. "Looks like we'll be training together, eh?"
"Yah." Ry answered.
"Where do we go to eat?" Kiran complained.
Victoria laughed. "Come on! I'll show you to the Mess Hall …"
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In the Mess Hall Ry sat on Victoria's right, Kiran on the left, and Chesta next to Kiran with Dallet across from Victoria. Next to Dallet were Miguel, and on the other side of him Viole, Guimel, then Gatti. The slayers got extra time today because Dilandau, Folken, and the other generals were discussing an attack on Freid.
Kiran turned and faced Chesta. "I almost had you."
Chesta gave her a lop-sided grin. "I almost killed you and you're joking about one little flip?"
Kiran laughed nervously. "I let you win!!! It was just a warm-up … heh, heh …"
Dallet didn't seem amused. "So Victoria, you'll be training Ry?"
"I guess so, yah. Heh~ you'd think he'd pick some one more experienced to train Ry?" Victoria answered.
"Nah," Dallet rolled his eyes remembering their first encounter "you'd be able to teach him more then we could, I suppose. You're both from the Mystic Moon after all …"
Victoria smirked as she watched Kiran talking to Chesta. They both seemed entranced with each other.
Soon it was over and it was time to begin training. Zaibach was straight to the point and wanted them to start straight away.
Chesta grinned at the green-eyed girl. "Ready, Kiran?"
"You bet!" she smiled.
Victoria rolled her eyes. "I think Kiran is kinda hyper." she whispered to Ry.
He laughed and they began walking to the Slayer's Gym.
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Dallet sparred with Gatti, Chesta with Kiran, Viole with Guimel, Ry with Victoria and Miguel supervised and pointed out mistakes and ways to improve.
Guimel and Viole were about equal so they kept on either tying or winning once and a while.
Gatti and Dallet were about equal too. Gatti usually had an advantage of strength and Dallet with strategy. Every time one of them won the other complained about one move or another and it resulted in a re-match.
Kiran was a quick learner as well as a quicker mover. When they began she could hardly keep up with Chesta and with the first move she was disarmed. As she went though she observed Chesta's moves and began to understand her opponent. The next time he attacked she knew what his move would be and dodged!!!
Chesta blinked at where Kiran was a minute ago. While he stood there wondering where she went Kiran twirled around and flung his sword across the room. She pointed her blade at his neck.
"I win." she whispered.
Chesta attempted a smile and gulped.
Ry on the other hand was trying to do too much too soon. He kept trying to do fancy tricks and cutting himself.
"Ry!!!" She shrieked frustrated as he observed the cut on his arm.
"I thought I'd catch it!!!" he defended.
"Oy," she brought her hand up to her face and groaned "it's gonna be a long day."
"Look, rule #1 is that when sparring never aim to hurt your opponent, only disarm them …" she said trying to get back to teaching him the basics.
"That's easy enough" he thought "What else?"
She walked behind him and encircled her arms around him, putting her hands on his. He stiffened.
"What are you doing?" he demanded.
Victoria laughed. "Relax! I'm showing you how to hold it correctly …"
His muscles loosened as Victoria turned his hand and showed him how to grip the hilt.
"When you are the attacker you make first move," she told him "that means you get a good running start and then you must strike aggressively."
"Go on …" Ry said.
"If you are the defender you block." Victoria said turning his sword so the back was facing the ground. "pushing up with at this angel gives it more force. Try it."
Victoria went back in front of him. "Remember: Lunge, stroke, and parry …"
"Gotcha …" he said and backed up.
Ry ran at Victoria and brought his sword down on hers. He was stronger than she thought!!! Victoria desperately tried to push it back up but he was forcing her down. She grunted in exertion. Ry gave one last push and she was out for the count … or so he thought. She was now merely inches from the floor. Her legs ached from the bending position she was in. She looked for an escape route. She smirked and kicked his leg. This made him lose balance and he fell, bringing Victoria down as well.
"You couldn't let me win, could you? NO!!! You had to go and make us both lose …" he whined.
"Hahahaha~ you're hurting me!!! Get off you big lump …" Victoria complained to Ry, who still hadn't moved off her.
He turned over and pinned her down. "What did you call me?"
"Ah! Nothing, nothing …" she squirmed.
"Oh, really? I could have sworn you said something." he said beginning to enjoy his little game.
By now Gatti and Dallet had stopped to watch and stood a little off to the side laughing.
"This isn't funny!!!" she said holding back laughter and trying to push him off. "Come on!!! GEROFF!!!"
Viole smirked and joined Gatti and Dallet while Guimel went to spar with Miguel. By now Kiran was just about equal with the basics with Chesta but he was progressing also, pulling an un-suspected move every once and a while.
"Who's the best?" Ry asked.
Victoria growled playfully, "Just about any guy in this room but you!!! How heartless does a person have to be to not let as poor, defenseless girl up?" she said dramatically.
Ry grinned. "You're gonna pay for that one."
"Oh?" Victoria asked.
"Yah," Ry answered and began to tickle her sides relentlessly.
Victoria couldn't help the occasional peal of laughter. "YOU WIN!!! YOU WIN!!! YOU'RE THE BEST!!! NOW GET OFF!!!" she begged and squirmed.
"Hahaha~ that's what I thought …" he said getting up and brushing himself off.
Victoria got up as well and looked around. Now Chesta, Kiran, Gatti, Guimel, Miguel, Dallet, and Viole were all standing there laughing.
Victoria turned crimson. "What are you looking at? Shouldn't you be sparring?! Go on!" She ushered them away.
2nd A/N: Hehehehehe~ Hey people!!! Aw~ I have such nice readers!!! Well, wasn't that cute? Poor Victoria's so embarrassed!!!! Lol!!! Ry is so mean!!! Hahahaha~ I need ideas ... Lol~ well, I didn't really change much but I thought it was a fair chap … g2g, Ja'ne!!! ~CrimsonFire
Disclaimer: Ergh~ I hate writing these … I don't own it!!! If I did Van & Hitomi would be dead, and Dilandau would be whole (no Celena) and burning things!!!
Chapter 19: Spared
Chesta held his sword up and brought it down right above her neck. Kiran cringed and Victoria screamed. Before flesh met steel though, Chesta's sword met that of Folken's. Kiran looked up to see Folken's sword right above her face, preventing Chesta's from coming down.
"Very good, Slayer Chesta … go and join the other slayers now." Folken told him.
Chesta sheathed his sword. "Yes, Lord Folken." he answered and stepped back with the others.
Folken addressed Kiran. "I decided to let you live because have talent and speed. If you are trained I'm sure it can be harnessed and you could be useful to Zaibach."
"Thank you, Lord Folken," she bowed "I owe you my life …"
"You will be training with Slayer Chesta since he could also use some improvement and Ry will be training with Slayer Victoria."
Kiran nodded her head and stood with Ry and Victoria.
Folken announced that it was time for lunch and that it would give them the chance to meet the Slayers.
Victoria smiled at Ry. "Looks like we'll be training together, eh?"
"Yah." Ry answered.
"Where do we go to eat?" Kiran complained.
Victoria laughed. "Come on! I'll show you to the Mess Hall …"
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In the Mess Hall Ry sat on Victoria's right, Kiran on the left, and Chesta next to Kiran with Dallet across from Victoria. Next to Dallet were Miguel, and on the other side of him Viole, Guimel, then Gatti. The slayers got extra time today because Dilandau, Folken, and the other generals were discussing an attack on Freid.
Kiran turned and faced Chesta. "I almost had you."
Chesta gave her a lop-sided grin. "I almost killed you and you're joking about one little flip?"
Kiran laughed nervously. "I let you win!!! It was just a warm-up … heh, heh …"
Dallet didn't seem amused. "So Victoria, you'll be training Ry?"
"I guess so, yah. Heh~ you'd think he'd pick some one more experienced to train Ry?" Victoria answered.
"Nah," Dallet rolled his eyes remembering their first encounter "you'd be able to teach him more then we could, I suppose. You're both from the Mystic Moon after all …"
Victoria smirked as she watched Kiran talking to Chesta. They both seemed entranced with each other.
Soon it was over and it was time to begin training. Zaibach was straight to the point and wanted them to start straight away.
Chesta grinned at the green-eyed girl. "Ready, Kiran?"
"You bet!" she smiled.
Victoria rolled her eyes. "I think Kiran is kinda hyper." she whispered to Ry.
He laughed and they began walking to the Slayer's Gym.
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Dallet sparred with Gatti, Chesta with Kiran, Viole with Guimel, Ry with Victoria and Miguel supervised and pointed out mistakes and ways to improve.
Guimel and Viole were about equal so they kept on either tying or winning once and a while.
Gatti and Dallet were about equal too. Gatti usually had an advantage of strength and Dallet with strategy. Every time one of them won the other complained about one move or another and it resulted in a re-match.
Kiran was a quick learner as well as a quicker mover. When they began she could hardly keep up with Chesta and with the first move she was disarmed. As she went though she observed Chesta's moves and began to understand her opponent. The next time he attacked she knew what his move would be and dodged!!!
Chesta blinked at where Kiran was a minute ago. While he stood there wondering where she went Kiran twirled around and flung his sword across the room. She pointed her blade at his neck.
"I win." she whispered.
Chesta attempted a smile and gulped.
Ry on the other hand was trying to do too much too soon. He kept trying to do fancy tricks and cutting himself.
"Ry!!!" She shrieked frustrated as he observed the cut on his arm.
"I thought I'd catch it!!!" he defended.
"Oy," she brought her hand up to her face and groaned "it's gonna be a long day."
"Look, rule #1 is that when sparring never aim to hurt your opponent, only disarm them …" she said trying to get back to teaching him the basics.
"That's easy enough" he thought "What else?"
She walked behind him and encircled her arms around him, putting her hands on his. He stiffened.
"What are you doing?" he demanded.
Victoria laughed. "Relax! I'm showing you how to hold it correctly …"
His muscles loosened as Victoria turned his hand and showed him how to grip the hilt.
"When you are the attacker you make first move," she told him "that means you get a good running start and then you must strike aggressively."
"Go on …" Ry said.
"If you are the defender you block." Victoria said turning his sword so the back was facing the ground. "pushing up with at this angel gives it more force. Try it."
Victoria went back in front of him. "Remember: Lunge, stroke, and parry …"
"Gotcha …" he said and backed up.
Ry ran at Victoria and brought his sword down on hers. He was stronger than she thought!!! Victoria desperately tried to push it back up but he was forcing her down. She grunted in exertion. Ry gave one last push and she was out for the count … or so he thought. She was now merely inches from the floor. Her legs ached from the bending position she was in. She looked for an escape route. She smirked and kicked his leg. This made him lose balance and he fell, bringing Victoria down as well.
"You couldn't let me win, could you? NO!!! You had to go and make us both lose …" he whined.
"Hahahaha~ you're hurting me!!! Get off you big lump …" Victoria complained to Ry, who still hadn't moved off her.
He turned over and pinned her down. "What did you call me?"
"Ah! Nothing, nothing …" she squirmed.
"Oh, really? I could have sworn you said something." he said beginning to enjoy his little game.
By now Gatti and Dallet had stopped to watch and stood a little off to the side laughing.
"This isn't funny!!!" she said holding back laughter and trying to push him off. "Come on!!! GEROFF!!!"
Viole smirked and joined Gatti and Dallet while Guimel went to spar with Miguel. By now Kiran was just about equal with the basics with Chesta but he was progressing also, pulling an un-suspected move every once and a while.
"Who's the best?" Ry asked.
Victoria growled playfully, "Just about any guy in this room but you!!! How heartless does a person have to be to not let as poor, defenseless girl up?" she said dramatically.
Ry grinned. "You're gonna pay for that one."
"Oh?" Victoria asked.
"Yah," Ry answered and began to tickle her sides relentlessly.
Victoria couldn't help the occasional peal of laughter. "YOU WIN!!! YOU WIN!!! YOU'RE THE BEST!!! NOW GET OFF!!!" she begged and squirmed.
"Hahaha~ that's what I thought …" he said getting up and brushing himself off.
Victoria got up as well and looked around. Now Chesta, Kiran, Gatti, Guimel, Miguel, Dallet, and Viole were all standing there laughing.
Victoria turned crimson. "What are you looking at? Shouldn't you be sparring?! Go on!" She ushered them away.
2nd A/N: Hehehehehe~ Hey people!!! Aw~ I have such nice readers!!! Well, wasn't that cute? Poor Victoria's so embarrassed!!!! Lol!!! Ry is so mean!!! Hahahaha~ I need ideas ... Lol~ well, I didn't really change much but I thought it was a fair chap … g2g, Ja'ne!!! ~CrimsonFire