Chapter 7: A Crash Course in Fighting.
"GET UP!!!" The voice at Yukari door commanded. She groaned, pushing herself up on one elbow, looking at the clock. FIVE AM!?!?!?! What the hell did Kale think he was doing!?
"Go away..." She groaned, pulling the pillow over her head.
Her door opened and she found herself on the floor, her sheet having been jerked from under her. She kicked the cover off, getting to her feet. Kale smirked then left while she changed. Needless to say, Yukari was very angry. She tugged on her shirt and jeans, grabbing a bag from back of her desk chair. She sighed, stepping out of her room. The sun wasn't even up yet, she realized.
"Coming?" Dais sneered from the bottom of the stairs. She cast a glare that should have killed him, then walked down the stairs. Once at the door she tugged on her shoes. They headed out soon after.
Two hours later, they were still walked. Yukari groaned. "Guys, haven't we gone far enough?"
The all shoot her an intense glare that told her to shut up, she obeyed. She reached into her pocket, feeling the kanji. It pulsed under her fingers, comforting her. The soothing whisper in her head too brought some conscelation to her nerves. Another hour passed and they finally stopped.
"Listen and listen well, child. We aren't your friends, we don't care weather we hurt you or not. This training is not a game. It IS life and death. You lose and we very well may kill you, remember that."
Yukari shook at Anubis' words but nodded. "I....I...understand..."
"Good...your first fight will be at noon...prepare for it. At that, they left her alone in the woods and confused.
The fist thing she did was let out a muffled scream through clinched teeth, then kicked the nearest tree. It was only nine in the morning so she sat down to think under a tree. However...the shade got to comfortable and she slipped into a dream filled nap...
She tried to run, but the man stopped her and she tripped. She stopped fighting after a while and gave up. The nine year old stood no chance agianst the warlord of Shadow. He picked her up from the ground and forced her to watch as he stabbed and stabbed her father. Her eyes welled with tears as she screamed. It took a few hours of torture in the dungeons of the Dynasty, but they broke the girls spirit completely. All traces of her real powers were blocked. She would never grow up tp be whom she should, but always be submissive.
Yukari woke up to seeing Cye sitting next to her, her hand in his. He smirked. "You okay?"
She nodded. "Yeah, what are you doing here?"
"Checking on you..." He kissed her hand and she jerked it way from him. "What's wrong."
"That's cruel, Dais!" She stood, looking away from the illusion. Dais was hanging from a nearby branch, upside down as usual.
"Good eyes, child...You never should have fallen asleep though...it gave me time to hit all angles of you escape. You're boxed in with no way out now."
Yukari sighed, knowing she'd lost before she'd even begun, but that voice in her head pulled at her. Nagging her to think it through quickly to find an escape, a weakness. There is none, I thought to the voice. There always is an escape, Yukari! Find it! Yukari blinked but looked around. Dais isn't perfect I thought and was suddenly knocking on my stomach. I spraled in the dirt, then glared up at Dais, who had managed a hit.
"I give..." She sighed and he held out a hand to help her up. She accepted, but held onto him, tossing a kick at his face. Idiot forgot his helmet. She smirked as he fell against a tree, wiping blood from his mouth. "Not bad, kid..."
One hour later, Yukari found herself on her back in the dirt, scratched up and bloody from the battle with Dais. He sat down across from her, sighing. This kid had worn him out. They had fought to a standstill. She had no fighting skills but instead was using attacks he didn't know. She had once "spiked" him in the nose, as she called it, now a fine line of blood trickled over his lips. He wiped it off. There was no honor in her, she fought how she needed to survive, which was a very bad thing for her. Anubis would teach her honor later on though. Right now she needed to calculate how he had fought her and use that to her advantage against Kale that night. Corruption would give it to her good, Dais realized with a smirk.
"Kale will be here around sun down for your next fight. See what you saw me using in battle and add it to your own skills. That 'spike' of yours won't save you from his Black Lightning." With that, Dais left. It was around one. She sighed. She could sleep again, not with the chance she'd get into another trap.
She concentrated on what Dais had told her. "Add it to my knowledge..." Yukari shut her eyes thinking. The words of the Ancient came back to her. In learning you will teach and in teaching you will learn... She smirked. The old monk was right...
Sunset came and Kale darkened the sky to nothing.
"Are you ready, girl? You learned basics in fighting with your hands with Dais, now you will learn to use your senses also...Find me before I hit you!" He ordered.
It was too black. Too dark. Fear crept into her and the attack hit her before she knew it. She hit a tree back first, but stood shakily.
"Use your ears, girl!"
Yukari obeyed, opening her senses. There...She turned but was too late, she barely blocked the attack, digging her heels into the ground. The next hit hit her ribs and she cried in pain.
"Just give up...I'm sick of wasting my time with you..."
Yukari stood, wanting to, but the voice urged her on. She shook her head. "I can't, I have to learn..."
"Very well...but I will start hitting you harder now...remember that and concentrate.."
Kale didn't lie. The attacks hurt like hell. "You're improving....Good..." Kale smirked, hitting at her again. She saw it coming and quickly dodged and was back on her feet in seconds. She focused. Behind me. She grabbed his wrist before he could conect his hit and swung behind him, kicking him flat on his belly. She kicked him, breathing hard then sat down. Kale nodded his approval at the girl before standing shakily. She too had fought him to a stand still. Sekhmet would be next with her at Sun up.
"Sleep now and wake to fight Sekhmet at sun up, girl..." Kale disappeared, telling her nothing more of what to do. She'd have to figure it out on her own this time. There would be no more help.
"GET UP!!!" The voice at Yukari door commanded. She groaned, pushing herself up on one elbow, looking at the clock. FIVE AM!?!?!?! What the hell did Kale think he was doing!?
"Go away..." She groaned, pulling the pillow over her head.
Her door opened and she found herself on the floor, her sheet having been jerked from under her. She kicked the cover off, getting to her feet. Kale smirked then left while she changed. Needless to say, Yukari was very angry. She tugged on her shirt and jeans, grabbing a bag from back of her desk chair. She sighed, stepping out of her room. The sun wasn't even up yet, she realized.
"Coming?" Dais sneered from the bottom of the stairs. She cast a glare that should have killed him, then walked down the stairs. Once at the door she tugged on her shoes. They headed out soon after.
Two hours later, they were still walked. Yukari groaned. "Guys, haven't we gone far enough?"
The all shoot her an intense glare that told her to shut up, she obeyed. She reached into her pocket, feeling the kanji. It pulsed under her fingers, comforting her. The soothing whisper in her head too brought some conscelation to her nerves. Another hour passed and they finally stopped.
"Listen and listen well, child. We aren't your friends, we don't care weather we hurt you or not. This training is not a game. It IS life and death. You lose and we very well may kill you, remember that."
Yukari shook at Anubis' words but nodded. "I....I...understand..."
"Good...your first fight will be at noon...prepare for it. At that, they left her alone in the woods and confused.
The fist thing she did was let out a muffled scream through clinched teeth, then kicked the nearest tree. It was only nine in the morning so she sat down to think under a tree. However...the shade got to comfortable and she slipped into a dream filled nap...
She tried to run, but the man stopped her and she tripped. She stopped fighting after a while and gave up. The nine year old stood no chance agianst the warlord of Shadow. He picked her up from the ground and forced her to watch as he stabbed and stabbed her father. Her eyes welled with tears as she screamed. It took a few hours of torture in the dungeons of the Dynasty, but they broke the girls spirit completely. All traces of her real powers were blocked. She would never grow up tp be whom she should, but always be submissive.
Yukari woke up to seeing Cye sitting next to her, her hand in his. He smirked. "You okay?"
She nodded. "Yeah, what are you doing here?"
"Checking on you..." He kissed her hand and she jerked it way from him. "What's wrong."
"That's cruel, Dais!" She stood, looking away from the illusion. Dais was hanging from a nearby branch, upside down as usual.
"Good eyes, child...You never should have fallen asleep though...it gave me time to hit all angles of you escape. You're boxed in with no way out now."
Yukari sighed, knowing she'd lost before she'd even begun, but that voice in her head pulled at her. Nagging her to think it through quickly to find an escape, a weakness. There is none, I thought to the voice. There always is an escape, Yukari! Find it! Yukari blinked but looked around. Dais isn't perfect I thought and was suddenly knocking on my stomach. I spraled in the dirt, then glared up at Dais, who had managed a hit.
"I give..." She sighed and he held out a hand to help her up. She accepted, but held onto him, tossing a kick at his face. Idiot forgot his helmet. She smirked as he fell against a tree, wiping blood from his mouth. "Not bad, kid..."
One hour later, Yukari found herself on her back in the dirt, scratched up and bloody from the battle with Dais. He sat down across from her, sighing. This kid had worn him out. They had fought to a standstill. She had no fighting skills but instead was using attacks he didn't know. She had once "spiked" him in the nose, as she called it, now a fine line of blood trickled over his lips. He wiped it off. There was no honor in her, she fought how she needed to survive, which was a very bad thing for her. Anubis would teach her honor later on though. Right now she needed to calculate how he had fought her and use that to her advantage against Kale that night. Corruption would give it to her good, Dais realized with a smirk.
"Kale will be here around sun down for your next fight. See what you saw me using in battle and add it to your own skills. That 'spike' of yours won't save you from his Black Lightning." With that, Dais left. It was around one. She sighed. She could sleep again, not with the chance she'd get into another trap.
She concentrated on what Dais had told her. "Add it to my knowledge..." Yukari shut her eyes thinking. The words of the Ancient came back to her. In learning you will teach and in teaching you will learn... She smirked. The old monk was right...
Sunset came and Kale darkened the sky to nothing.
"Are you ready, girl? You learned basics in fighting with your hands with Dais, now you will learn to use your senses also...Find me before I hit you!" He ordered.
It was too black. Too dark. Fear crept into her and the attack hit her before she knew it. She hit a tree back first, but stood shakily.
"Use your ears, girl!"
Yukari obeyed, opening her senses. There...She turned but was too late, she barely blocked the attack, digging her heels into the ground. The next hit hit her ribs and she cried in pain.
"Just give up...I'm sick of wasting my time with you..."
Yukari stood, wanting to, but the voice urged her on. She shook her head. "I can't, I have to learn..."
"Very well...but I will start hitting you harder now...remember that and concentrate.."
Kale didn't lie. The attacks hurt like hell. "You're improving....Good..." Kale smirked, hitting at her again. She saw it coming and quickly dodged and was back on her feet in seconds. She focused. Behind me. She grabbed his wrist before he could conect his hit and swung behind him, kicking him flat on his belly. She kicked him, breathing hard then sat down. Kale nodded his approval at the girl before standing shakily. She too had fought him to a stand still. Sekhmet would be next with her at Sun up.
"Sleep now and wake to fight Sekhmet at sun up, girl..." Kale disappeared, telling her nothing more of what to do. She'd have to figure it out on her own this time. There would be no more help.