Knight In Black Armour

Me: No fair, I can't help it if I suck at making things last long .

Rash: Oh no, he's going to try to make it really long now, and it's going to turn out terrible, I just know it...

Me: Right then, you want long, I'll give you long Starts looking insane as he turns his attention to the keyboard

Impmon: Yup, I think he's finally lost it.

Chapter 6: Training

Outside the gym

"Alright then, who're we taking on?" Nathan said impatiently, a dark grin on his face. He'd been waiting for this for a long time now, finally, a chance to see what his creation could do. He'd drawn her thousands of times now, different looks, different stances, and now she was finally here, exactly how he'd wanted her to be.

"I know you were meant to be fighting Terriermon, but I'd like to take a try at this instead" Renamon said, slowly walking away from the wall and standing opposite Rash. They were in a small enclosure of trees, which couldn't of been much more than 30 feet in diameter.

"I've seen you fight before, and from what I've seen, you just might be lucky enough to touch me even" Rash said cockily, matching Nathan's dark grin with her own as she got into a fighting stance.

"I think you'll find that it's the other way around, you'd be lucky to take a breath before I've beaten you" Renamon replied as she also got ready to fight.

"We'll see...ready?" Rash said as her eyes narrowed.

"Set" Renamon continued, a small grin emerging on her face.

"Go!" They both yelled out in sync, leaping towards one another. Only moments before they collided they the two muttered "Kohenkyo" beneath their breath, attempting to re-appear behind their opponent and kick them in the back. However, as they both attempted this at the same time, they ended up kicking each other, the flat of all four feet in total connecting with one another as the power sent them into a back-flip. They landed once more on the floor, taking up their fighting stances once again. Were it not for the difference in colours and surrounding people, you could of thought that one was a reflection of the other. Their eyes were narrowed in the same way, their breaths in time with one anothers, every feature matching it's rivals.

"Alright Rash, ready?" Nathan said with a dark grin on his face, pulling out an olive coloured D-arc with a card ready in his other hand. She nodded and returned his grin.

"Always." She said bluntly, waiting for him to use the card. He lifted the card and swiped it through his D-arc, a white light flashing as he did so.

"Card slash, MK II activate!" He called out as the card finished passing through the mechanism, a trail of light behind it. Parts of Rash were engulfed by the same bright white light for a moment, before it faded leaving her shins and her arms up to her elbow in a golden armour. A sword made of the same glistening golden metal was now clutched within her right hand. Renamon gave a slight smile at this.

"So, can't beat me without an upgrade?" She said, mocking her as she still stood ready to fight. Rash said nothing, only a dark grin still upon her face showing her planned movements before she leapt forwards. She slashed at Renamon, who however was too fast in her reactions, muttering beneath her breath again and re-appearing again above her. Rash quickly turned around, only to meet hundreds of shards of ice flying towards her. She attempted to leap aside, in order to avoid the attack, which however was not quite successful, as one caught her leg, making a little carmine fluid leak from her thigh where it had caught her. She gritted her teeth in pain as the armour and sword faded from her, now being too weak to continue using it as her thigh had already been injured in a fight not long ago.

"Alright...y, you, win...." Rash stuttered, before collapsing forwards onto the floor. Nathan quickly ran over to her, picking her up and cradling her almost unconcious body in his arms.

"Rash, are...you okay?" Nathan asked worriedly, looking down towards the cut. Rash forced a smile, nodding weakly.

"Yeah, I'll be fine, just, let, me sleep, a little..." She said lightly before slowly falling to sleep in his arms. He gave a slight smile to her, lying within his arms. Renamon hit the floor on both feet swiftly, walking over to the two, while Guilmon was standing behind them in slight confusion.

"I apologise for injuring her, I may of gotten a little carried away, fighting without Rika's aid." Renamon said apologetically. Henry and Terriermon eventually decided to walk up to them, Guilmon still looking confused. Nathan nodded lightly to Renamon.

"Hey, how come Takato and Rika aren't back yet?" Guilmon asked, unaware of what was going on as he'd fallen asleep, and standing behind meant he couldn't see Rash bleeding. They all went silent for a moment in thought, before Henry interrupted the silence.

"Well, perhaps Rika heard what Takato was yelling out, and so she's either beating him up or.....nah, she's probably beating him up." Henry thought aloud, laughing slightly. Renamon turned to him and grinned a little.

"If she did hear then I doubt she's hurt him, after what I heard." Renamon said bluntly. This gained a look of confusion from the others, except for Guilmon who'd managed to fall asleep yet again on the floor. Renamon gave a slight, rare giggle before picking him up in her arms.

"Guess I'll carry him for now." She said lightly, a blissful smile crossing her face as she began to walk away with him. "Tell Takato and Rika that I've taken him home so he can sleep." She told them, before running off and leaping through the trees, still holding Guilmon in her arms.

Rika and Takato emerged from the gym, holding hands with their fingers interlaced as they proceeded towards the remaining group. Nathan turned to face them, remembering the message. He looked at the two and smiled a little before giving them it. "Renamon said she's taking Guilmon home, he seemed tired." He said before turning to walk away.

"Hey, where're you going?" Henry asked, not wanting to be left alone with the two as he'd feel he was interfering.

"I'm taking Rash home so she can heal...oh, and before I forget, " He called back, taking a piece of paper from his pocket and tossing it over his shoulder, accurately making it land it Terriermon's hands. "My address, I'll see you tommorow." He finished before walking off, taking a shortcut through the trees. The sky was beginning to darken, the sun almost out of sight.

"Well, I'd best be off, see ya guys." Henry said before walking off home also, Terriermon riding comfortably on his shoulder. Takato looked at Rika at his side before kissing her lightly once more on the lips. "Well, I suppose I should be getting back also, see you tommorow, ok?" He said, gazing into her eyes reveringly. She returned the kiss before smiling lightly. "Alright then, see you tommorow, my love." Rika said, her deep violet optics shimmering with happiness still as the two left each other slowly, not removing their gaze from one another until both were out of sight.

Chapter 6 end

Me: .....there, is that enough? Or are you STILL all not satisfied?

Impmon: That was a terrible chapter, it didn't have me in it.

Rash: glares at Impmon before turning to me Ignore him, I think that was fine.

Me: It better be, that was harder than my roleplay fighting....looks at the reader PLEASE review...I'm doing my best not to yell at you as it is...