Kylaia al Jmaa
a.k.a. the Unicorn
NOTE: I don't own the places, and the normal characters I don't own, blah.
PART 5-The Breaking
Kylaia al Jmaa watched about eight trainees leave the building, accepting titles named after different types of dogs, for example the Spaniel. Training was her life, she barely ate, and was constantly moving, never slowing.
"Eat Kylaia. You won't have energy to fight," Aliya commented one night.
"Anger keeps me alive," answered Kylaia coldly.
"No. You'll become shell, Liam isn't that bad," soothed Aliya.
"My family ignored me, they spent all their time and money on my older brother in the university, and they only said that I should stop ripping my kimonos. Liam only increases my anger, hatred of the disgusting world," Kylaia said.
"The world isn't that bad. The Order of Shang, think," Aliya replied.
"Yes, the Order of Shang," Kylaia repeated, and as she spoke a thin trickle of water ran down her cheek. Aliya sat, staring Kylaia, she thought she'd never see that.
"Here, let's go to your room," Aliya comforted Kylaia. They didn't notice that Liam was staring at them avidly, thinking about the watery shine on Kylaia's face. Together, Aliya and Kylaia sat on Kylaia's bed. She stared at the pitiful reddish-brown face of Aliya. Looking like that in the Yamani Isles, you would lose all honor, here you wouldn't.
Bing! Bing! Bing!
"Hand to hand practice," Aliya commented. Kylaia stood, her normal blank look reappeared, and she ran to the courts. As usual she was paired with Liam. She stood facing him, watching his eyes. They showed comfort, she glared, filling her vision with the glimmer of detest and disgust. Why should he pity me? As they kicked and punched each other, she watched his chest, she wondered his chest betrayed any of his moves. No. of, coarse, he was the best in their class, dreaming of being a Shang Dragon. Finally she made him fall, she beat him. It was just practice, but the older she got the less she beat him, but she could beat any other trainee, now all Shang dogs. I don't like dogs, Kylaia thought. Liam's eyes turned blue-green, from their usual pale green. What does that show? I've only seem his eyes turn that color when he beat me, a few months ago, when we practiced, and he beat me. When he tried to apologize/comfort me! He's flirting, she thought weirdly. Why? Why doesn't he flirt with Aliya, Sonia, or Mura?
"Hello," said Liam casually.
"You're flirting," spat Kylaia. She turned around and started walk away.
"Why do you hate me?" asked Liam.
"You're perfect," whispered Kylaia, with an obvious anger edging her words. She strode away leaving the shocked Liam to work everything she just said out.
"Liam flirting with you!" Aliya exclaimed as Kylaia caught up with her.
"I know, and now I detest him," Kylaia answered.
"Well, you now sound like you usually do," remarked Aliya.
2ND NOTE: Yes, Liam's eyes really are blue-green when he flirts.