Whoever actually reads this, enjoy!
5.30am
Ray woke up for no particular reason. Except for maybe a startling dream whereby he was chased around by guards speaking Russian and he was escaping along with Kai and two others of his age.
He looked out of his room window, which faced the palace gardens.
He saw a swordsman practicing there.
His skills were very good and he did many stances that he had never seen before or was still learning.
Getting up, he groaned as he felt the pain. With much difficulty, he got up and dressed himself. He wondered where Kai was. He didn't look like the type who'd sleep in, not that it's very late in the day now. Well, who was he to make assumptions? He had just known Kai for a day now.
He knew he wasn't in any condition to learn new skills but he decided to check that person out.
He dressed and walked down to the spot where he had seen that person.
Kai was so engrossed in practicing that he didn't notice the person that was approaching him.
Though Dranzer was telling him that someone was watching and he did feel so too, he couldn't be bothered with whoever that was. He was in the middle of trying a new tactic and didn't want to lose his concentration.
Bonded as one with Dranzer, he seemingly flew high up into the sky and came down at tremendous speed. His sword bore fire and as it made contact with the ground, the grass around it burned.
The sword's hilt was barely above the ground. The sword had buried itself about 1 metre underground.
Only then did he hear the clapping and he become more aware of his spectator.
Emerging from the shadows was Ray.
"That was great! Could you teach me after my wounds heal?"
Realizing that it was Kai, he added, "And yours heal? You do have a great tolerance of pain!"
"Hn."
Kai walked back the way he came and passed Ray.
As he passed, Ray grabbed his arm but he just shook it off.
Ray started to run to get in front of him to stop him from walking any further. However, the excruciating pain stopped him not a minute later and he fell to the ground moaning.
Kai turned around and sighed. He helped the helpless youth up and supported him all the way to his room even though he didn't need much support. He had accepted the fact that he was Ray's servant and was obliged to help him.
His good deed wasn't repaid with another. The eager learner kept on pestering Kai to teach him the skills. Kai was so annoyed that he finally agreed to teach a bit to shut him up.
'It would be a long time after that this would happen though.' The beleaguered teen thought.
However, he was wrong.
Short, I know (smiles sheepishly) but I didn't want to elaborate. Anyway, review!