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Chapter Six: Unexpected Occurrences

"Time for training!" Genkai called.

A few seconds later, the sound of hurried footsteps was coming from the hallway. Yusuke and Avari came rushing into the training hall.

"Took you long enough to get here," Genkai commented, not sounding too happy. She had been waiting for quite some time so she was a little annoyed with the two of them.

"Well, we're here now. What do you want us to do?" Avari said with a deep sigh.

"Run twenty laps around the room and stretch," Genkai said and leaned against the wall with her arms crossed and her eyes closed.

"What the fuck! That's way too many laps, grandma! And you're just going to take a nap, while we're sweating our asses off!" Yusuke complained.

"Yusuke, don't even bother," Avari said. "She'll just make us run even more. You should know that by now." She then pushed Yusuke aside and started running.

"What the hell was that for!" Yusuke yelled.

"Your lazy ass was in my way!" Avari yelled back as she continued to run around the dojo.

She was now coming back to the point where she had started, which was where Yusuke was standing. When she passed by, she gave him another good shove and continued running.

"I'll get you for that!" Yusuke yelled and he took off after Avari.

For the longest time, Yusuke chased Avari around the dojo. Genkai stayed in the same spot against the wall sleeping. Yusuke kept pushing himself to run faster, but somehow he was always five feet behind Avari.

All the sudden, Avari stopped running. Yusuke didn't have enough time to stop. This resulted in him colliding into Avari. Both fell to the ground with Yusuke crushing Avari.

"Didn't this happen before? Or am I just having deja vu?" she said sounding slightly annoyed.

"It was your fault this time!" Yusuke said. "Why the hell did you stop!"

"I was done my laps!" Avari yelled back. "Now, could you get off of me! I do need to breath!"

Yusuke got up off Avari and then offered Avari his hand to help her up. She grabbed it, but pulled him down so that he was on the ground next to her. Avari laughed. Yusuke just looked a little pissed off.

"Yo dimwit! Avi-chan! Stop acting idiotic and get stretching!" Genkai yelled.

"We're getting to it, grandma," Yusuke said.

Yusuke and Avari got up off the ground. Then, they started stretching.

"Hey, aunt Genkai! Do you think we could train outside today instead? It's so pretty outside," Avari suggested.

"Fine," Genkai said.

They all headed outside to the courtyard. There was a circle of stones that created the feel of a ring. It was so much nicer outside than being in the stuffy training hall. Outside it was more spacious and enlightening.

"Now what? Who's sparring with who?" Avari said.

"You versus Yusuke. I'll be the referee," Genkai said.

Yusuke and Avari stepped into the ring facing one another. They both got into a fighting stance and put on their game face.

"Ready to get your ass kicked?" Yusuke said with confidence.

"Not if I kick yours first!" Avari retorted. "Bring it!"

"So, to win, your opponent has to either be knocked unconscious, down for ten seconds or knocked out of the ring. There is no use of spiritual power in this match. You must only rely on your martial arts skills, agility, strength and defense," Genkai said. "Ready, Set, FIGHT!"

As soon as Genkai said this, Yusuke and Avari ran at each other and threw their punches. Genkai stepped back to watch. Avari hit Yusuke in the chin and dodged his attempt to hit her in the face. Yusuke stayed on his feet and threw a kick at Avari this time. Using her amazing agility, she jumped back just in time for it to miss. She ran up to Yusuke again and threw another punch at him, but he dodged this one.

They continued fighting back and forth like this. Both kept dodging and blocking their opponent's punches and kicks, but each one got their hits in. Finally, Avari landed a hard kick on Yusuke, sending him flying through the air. He soon hit the ground and groaned in pain.

"1...2...3..." Genkai started to count the number of seconds Yusuke was down. "...4...5..." On the count of five, he got up.

"Don't think this fight is over yet!" Yusuke yelled.

"It'll be over soon enough, with me being declared the winner!" Avari yelled back.

Yusuke threw a punch at Avari, it hit her square on the cheek. Avari's face got an angry look on it and she threw a large number of fast, but hard punches at Yusuke all in a row. Most of them hit their target. Yusuke seemed to be weak and tired. He had tried to dodge and block, but they were feeble attempts. She gave him one final kick and sent him down on the ground again. Genkai started counting again. Yusuke tried to get up, but didn't have the strength left in him.

"...6...7...8," Genkai counted, expected the dimwitted teenager to get up any second now. "...9..." She counted. Yusuke still hadn't gotten up. "...10..." Yusuke was down for the count. He had lost.

"And the winner is, Avi-chan!" Genkai said proudly as she held up Avari's arm.

Avari smiled, but then looked over at Yusuke. He was still trying to get up, but failing. She walked over to him and offered him her hand.

"Sorry, Yusuke," she said with a sympathetic smile.

He took her hand and she helped him up. As he stood up, Yusuke began to sway a little. He put his hand on Avari's should to help him regain his balance.

"Nah, it's alright. You're really good and this was a fair match. You deserved to win," he said.

"You fought well, too," Avari said. She turned to Genkai and asked, "Anything else we have to do for training today?"

"No, nothing else. I need some peace and quiet, so I'm giving you the rest of today and tomorrow off from training," Genkai said and walked back to the temple.

"Did you hear that! No more training for this weekend! YES!" Avari said happily.

"Thank god. I need a break from the old hag," Yusuke said.

They started walking toward to the temple. Yusuke had a little bit of a limp, but he was okay.

"Hey, are you doing anything tomorrow?" Yusuke asked, looking over at Avari.

"No, why?" she replied.

"Uh... Well, I was just wondering if you... wanted to hang out... or something," Yusuke said nervously, while scratching the back of his head.

"Sure. I have nothing better to do and I need to get out and do something," Avari said.

"Good, then I'll see you tomorrow. I'll come by to get you at one," Yusuke said, with a smile.

"Sounds good to me," Avari said.

"Well, I'm gonna get my stuff and head home," Yusuke said as they entered the temple and started walking in the direction of his bedroom. "I'll see ya tomorrow."

"Yeah, see ya," Avari said with a smile and headed into the direction of the kitchen.

All the way to the kitchen, she couldn't help but keep smiling. When she entered the kitchen, Genkai was there. Genkai looked at her, but Avari didn't seem to notice. She headed straight to the fridge for something to eat.

"What are you smiling about?" Genkai questioned.

"Oh, nothing," Avari said, sounding like she was keeping something from Genkai. She shut the fridge and went over the kitchen table. There was a bowl of fruit on the table from which she grabbed an apple.

"You know you're going to end up telling me," Genkai said.

"Oh, fine. I'll tell you," Avari said, smiling even wider. "Yusuke asked me out on a date."

"Oh. Well, have fun," Genkai said kind of carelessly.

"You don't care that I'm going out with your student?" Avari questioned. "From the way you treat him, you don't really seem to like him."

"Nah, I don't hate him," Genkai replied. "He can be cocky, idiotic and disrespectful, but he's a good dimwit. You like him anyway, so that's all that matters."

"Uhh...Thanks, I guess," Avari said, sounding a little confused. "I'm going to get a shower."

"Just don't use up all the hot water," Genkai said.

Avari bit her apple and walked out of the room. As she walked down the hall to her room, a smile crept on her face once again. She had been kissed and asked out by the guy she liked all in the same day. Plus, she had kicked major ass in training. And it wasn't even lunchtime yet! Could this be any better!

------And that's the chapter! What's Genkai going to do with all her free time? How will Yusuke and Avari's date turn out? How would Keiko react if she found out about this!...-sweatdrop-... Find out in our next episode of... THE POWER LOCKED WITHIN!