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Notes: Sorry for not updating in a very, very long time. I got lazy. Surprise.
Thou Shalt Not Fall For Thy Own Sister
5: Warning
It's been a week since my glaring competition with Tao Ren and since then, I knew his untimely obsession with my lady has officially begun.
He's been insisting to go to wherever Jun-san will go. If she refuses, Ren stalks her quietly. Not like I would tell his sister. When he fails to cope up, which he rarely does, he keeps her on the phone for hours.
Everyday, the prodigy manages to find certain situations to prove that he is, at most levels, better than everyone else.
It intrigues me.
He doesn't have to prove anything. I know for a fact that I am nothing to what the kid has learned and mastered. Even my lady, Tao Jun, is aware of that. And I highly doubt if Ren is oblivious of the fact himself.
Today, like all the other days, is not an exception. He just asked his sister if he could 'borrow' me as a sparring partner. Jun-san agreed.
She led us to the garden and sat under the shade of the tree, free to watch our every movement from quite a distance. Near enough to see our every move, yet not near enough to hear the words we say.
We took our first step and bowed. Then, we got into our own fighting stance.
Ren didn't have his kwan-dao so it would only be fair if I didn't have any weapons either. This was going to be a hand-to-hand combat, my specialty.
The kid's golden orbs drilled into my dark ones, urging me to attack first. I lunged forward, my footwork moving 90 km per hour, hands fisted at my sides.
I was a spilt second away from his face when his image blurred and disappeared from my sight. Where? Left or right? Will it be from above? Behind?
It was then when I turned around and saw him glaring at me. There was a punch coming so I used my right hand to catch his fist in mid air. He tried to strike again, his right fist blocked by my left hand. To break our contact, he performed a somersault and as soon as he touched the ground, he bent low and tried to hit my knee using his ankle.
I turned but it was too late for I have already fallen flat on my back.
It didn't hurt since my body's long been dead, making it fairly numb for any physical attack.
My eyes narrowed at the sun's blinding light. Then, I sensed Ren moving towards me. I expected another blow but it didn't come. He just stood there, towering over me with a deadly look plastered on his face. His words dripped like they were venom.
"Don't get too close. Or else...."
With that he turned to his heel and walked off to his sister's direction. Slowly, I stood up and dusted my outfit.
I watched.
The younger Tao sat beside Jun, drinking something called 'soda' that his sister handed him earlier.
Then, all the things that happened replayed silently on my mind.
So he can beat me now under two minutes, huh?
Now is fine. I can still block at least two of his first attacks. But what of the future? What, when the times comes that he grows too powerful for me to even sense his presence?
May Buddha help me. "Pai Lon!" My fair lady waved.
I nodded as I looked at her. She was enthusiastic, as if I was the one who won the match.
As she walked over to meet me halfway, I felt the unnerving glare Ren gave me. What is he upset for? He won, didn't he?
Or was he....
...jealous?
Jealous that his sister came to me instead of staying with him? Jealous that his sister gave a piece of her attention to me?
And then...
...as we entered the house...
...the phone rang.
Notes: Sorry for not updating in a very, very long time. I got lazy. Surprise.
Thou Shalt Not Fall For Thy Own Sister
5: Warning
It's been a week since my glaring competition with Tao Ren and since then, I knew his untimely obsession with my lady has officially begun.
He's been insisting to go to wherever Jun-san will go. If she refuses, Ren stalks her quietly. Not like I would tell his sister. When he fails to cope up, which he rarely does, he keeps her on the phone for hours.
Everyday, the prodigy manages to find certain situations to prove that he is, at most levels, better than everyone else.
It intrigues me.
He doesn't have to prove anything. I know for a fact that I am nothing to what the kid has learned and mastered. Even my lady, Tao Jun, is aware of that. And I highly doubt if Ren is oblivious of the fact himself.
Today, like all the other days, is not an exception. He just asked his sister if he could 'borrow' me as a sparring partner. Jun-san agreed.
She led us to the garden and sat under the shade of the tree, free to watch our every movement from quite a distance. Near enough to see our every move, yet not near enough to hear the words we say.
We took our first step and bowed. Then, we got into our own fighting stance.
Ren didn't have his kwan-dao so it would only be fair if I didn't have any weapons either. This was going to be a hand-to-hand combat, my specialty.
The kid's golden orbs drilled into my dark ones, urging me to attack first. I lunged forward, my footwork moving 90 km per hour, hands fisted at my sides.
I was a spilt second away from his face when his image blurred and disappeared from my sight. Where? Left or right? Will it be from above? Behind?
It was then when I turned around and saw him glaring at me. There was a punch coming so I used my right hand to catch his fist in mid air. He tried to strike again, his right fist blocked by my left hand. To break our contact, he performed a somersault and as soon as he touched the ground, he bent low and tried to hit my knee using his ankle.
I turned but it was too late for I have already fallen flat on my back.
It didn't hurt since my body's long been dead, making it fairly numb for any physical attack.
My eyes narrowed at the sun's blinding light. Then, I sensed Ren moving towards me. I expected another blow but it didn't come. He just stood there, towering over me with a deadly look plastered on his face. His words dripped like they were venom.
"Don't get too close. Or else...."
With that he turned to his heel and walked off to his sister's direction. Slowly, I stood up and dusted my outfit.
I watched.
The younger Tao sat beside Jun, drinking something called 'soda' that his sister handed him earlier.
Then, all the things that happened replayed silently on my mind.
So he can beat me now under two minutes, huh?
Now is fine. I can still block at least two of his first attacks. But what of the future? What, when the times comes that he grows too powerful for me to even sense his presence?
May Buddha help me. "Pai Lon!" My fair lady waved.
I nodded as I looked at her. She was enthusiastic, as if I was the one who won the match.
As she walked over to meet me halfway, I felt the unnerving glare Ren gave me. What is he upset for? He won, didn't he?
Or was he....
...jealous?
Jealous that his sister came to me instead of staying with him? Jealous that his sister gave a piece of her attention to me?
And then...
...as we entered the house...
...the phone rang.