Keeper of the Light
Chapter Eleven
By Chang Liko
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The girls and Heero appeared in a place that was equally divided into Earth, Water and Air. Walking ahead a few steps, Heero motioned towards nine huts that lined the beach, saying, "Those will be your living quarters. I would have had a big house constructed for you all, but since most of your time will be spent training, I thought it unnecessary. Besides, my friends would not feel comfortable staying with you, now that they have their powers back. The changes that they have gone through, help them to prefer living with their elements, rather than being confined in a house, no matter how big."
Looking towards the huts, Mina shrugged, saying, "That's alright. Who knows, it may be fun!"
Laughing, Serena nodded, agreeing, as the other scouts rolled their eyes at Mina.
"I can tell that each of you will get along well with my friends. But I feel I should warn you. With one of them, you have to work hard, since he is convinced that all women are weaker than men. He will proceed with the training, because it was his wife's dying request, but he will make it difficult. But please, be patient with him," Heero explained, amused. "Well, I'll leave you all to get acquainted with your new lodgings while I go collect my friends." With that, he disappeared.
Grinning, Amara, Raye, and Lita looked at each other, cracking their knuckles. "Well. One of the little boys think women are weaker, huh? Well, I guess we'll just have to show them, right girls?" Amara questioned, getting agreeing nods from the other two as the rest of the girls looked on, amused.
Sighing, Serena shook her head, saying, "Amara! Girls! You have my permission to teach him that girls aren't always weaker, but please! Don't kill the poor boy!"
Rolling her eyes, Raye grinned at Serena, stating, "Oh, we never intended to injure the boy. We just planned to make his training more intense than the others'. But you can be sure, we won't cause irreparable damage to him."
Nodding, Lita grinned, saying, "We promise, on our scout's honor, that there will be no permanent damage done to him."
"Why do I not feel happy with that promise?" Serena asked herself as she walked towards one of the huts.
"Because you know they will cause damage, just not permanent," Trista stated, falling in next to Serena.
Rolling her eyes, Serena waved to Trista as she entered one of the huts, claiming it as her own, while Serena did the same with the one right next to it. By the time everyone had chosen their huts, they were situated, from left to right: Lita, Mina, Ami, Raye, Serena, Trista, Hotaru, Michelle, and Amara.
Each of the huts were the same. Each had a hammock for the girls to sleep in, along with a small cordless phone, a huge trunk holding clothing for each of them, and a shelf with books and other things. Behind the huts, was a large concealed area that held a huge shower that they could use.
After they had finished looking around, and settling in, they all held a meeting in Serena's hut to discuss the training of the boys. "Well, I think that, since we have to train them in magic use, that we should train them while we're scouts," Serena said, stating the obvious.
"I agree," Trista replied. "They each have the powers of certain elements - Earth, Fire, Wind and Water. I think that we should pair up, and rotate them, teaching them that way, with the Princess teaching all of them separately."
Nodding, Hotaru spoke up softly, saying, "Since they each have certain elements, and Heero said that they changed because they regained their memories of those powers, I'm guessing that they changed to better fit their elements. Now, I see nothing wrong with the boy who controls the element Earth, but the other three, the ones who control the elements Fire, Wind and Water, probably adapted to match their elements. If I'm right, then the boy with the element Fire, will be most at home in the Fire, training within the Fire itself. The boy with the element Wind, will be most at home in the Air, probably being able to fly. Same for the boy with the element Water. Training him in the water would probably be easier."
Smiling at Hotaru, Michelle nodded, saying, "Good point, Hotaru. We should probably divided into pairs that will match our elements to the boy's elemental powers."
"I agree with Hotaru and Michelle. We should pair them off, and teach them that way. After they have mastered their own powers, then we rotate and begin teaching them how to resist the other elements,"Ami stated. Typing on her mini computer, she stated, "By my calculations, they should have their own powers mastered within, at the most, eight months. We'll then have four months to teach them resistance to the other elements."
Nodding, Serena thanked Ami and the others. "Does anyone have any other ideas?"
Tilting her head, Lita spoke up, saying thoughtfully, "Well.....I was thinking. I know that we're only supposed to teach them magic, but I was thinking that maybe we should teach them the basics in martial arts also. I mean, Heero said that they were going to a different dimension to train in other ways of fighting, so that has to be one of the styles that they'll probably learn there. I was thinking that we should probably prepare them a little."
Nodding, Raye crossed her arms, stating, "I agree with Lita. I also want to teach them how to meditate, and calm themselves so that they have a clear mind to make quick decisions if they ever need to."
"I just wanna kick that chauvinistic pigs ass, so I'm all for Lita's idea," Amara stated, still a little miffed about the weakling comment.
Laughing, Mina said, "I wanna teach them how to sense their enemies, how to feel them out."
Nodding, Serena replied, "I think that we could manage to teach them all the things stated here. But it will be tough, and we'll have to work hard, but we can't stop training. They have to be ready within the year. Now, how about pairings? I will circulate amongst you all, giving advice and training each of them separately as you all work with them. But we need to decide the groups."
"Well, I think that Ami and I should train whoever it is that has the element Water, since we both control water based elements as it is," Michelle stated.
"Agreed. What about the others?" Serena questioned.
"Well, I think that the boy with the element Fire should be trained by Hotaru and I. I control fire myself, and Hotaru has a strong magic history, along with extensive magical knowledge," Raye stated.
Nodding, Serena turned to the other four girls.
"Mina and I will train the Wind child. We'll whip him into shape faster than you can say Uranus World Shaking!" Amara stated fiercely.
Groaning silently, Serena shook her head, saying, "I feel sorry for the poor guy! With you two as his trainers, he'll be dead before the year is over!"
"I guess that leaves Trista and I to train the boy with the powers of Earth," Lita stated.
Standing, Serena nodded, saying, "Since that's all settled, why don't we go out and meet the boys. I felt them arrive a few minutes ago."
Nodding, the rest of the girls stood, letting Serena go out first, before following her, each determined to whip the boys into shape.
To Be Continued...
A/N: I hope that you all liked this chapter. I'll post another one when I can manage. Please Review!!