Chapter5: The Telepathy Hermit
When Lyss returned to the room, she was beaming with enthusiasm. "I won", she yelled out loud. Dante' seemed uninterested, as he just glared at her. Although his left arm was in a sling, he was up and doing sit-ups. "Aren't you happy", Lyss asked.
"It's only the first round, do you want me to do cartwheels?" Dante was steaming because of his near loss to Puppetus.
"No, but some common courtesy would be nice", said Lyss impatiently. At that Dante' stormed out of the room and went outside. The Atmosphere was thicker than on earth, but the was still sufficient oxygen levels for normal life. There was a forest behind the living quarters of the battle arena, so Dante' decided he could get some quiet training in before his match tomorrow.
He started off into the woods. As he got deeper he began to sense another telepathy field, faint but still there. As he walked he felt it strengthen and weaken rapidly, so he followed the invisible path only telepathic fighters can see. He then was astonished to see thousands of rocks floating in midair and a dark figure in the center. He tried to hide in the shadows, but being a telepathy fighter made him know the figure wood pick up his "scent" in a matter of seconds. "Who is there?" came a deep almost mystical voice.
"Dante' of Earth", answered Dante', his curiosity had cancelled out his natural cold-heartedness.
"Ah yes I have been watching you for sometime now, since you were about 9 I think.
Dante' was very impatient and demanded, "What are you, some kind of stalker?"
"No I'm a telepathy fighter like yourself, but I don't fight much anymore, I teach." The figured lowered to his feet and turned around. He looked like an ordinary old man, but Dante' could tell he was powerful, but still seemed uninterested.
"What's your point old man?" Dante' said with high disrespect.
"I wish to train you", said the old man.
"I'm not interested", said Dante' as he turned and walked away.
"You don't know who I am", said the man as he got in the way of Dante's path.
"No, and I don't care", said Dante' with his hand clenched to the handle of his sword.
"I am Tenomas Maximo, the greatest telepath of all time." Dante' rolled his eyes, pushed Tenoma out of his way and left the forest. "You shouldn't let you arrogance get in the way of the development of you power", said Tenoma, but Dante' was still uninterested. "Come back if you change your mind", said Tenoma in a last effort to make Dante' stay.
Like that's gonna happen", said Dante' to himself. He went back to the room and went to bed, the second round was looming