Chapter 2 Friendly Training
The doors to the Training Hall opened and closed. Leo slowly walks into the Training Hall trying to catch his breath. "Gah…" Leo said with his hand over his chest. He took a knee as he was trying to catch his breath. Leo removes his shirt and looks down at his chest. It wasn't that bad. The dagger didn't went too deep in his chest and the boulder almost crushed him today.
"Hm." Leo said. He could still feel the pain after today. Leo rested for the past five days. The pain was still there but Leo ignored it for today. He wanted to do some training alone for a bit before having something to eat. Leo puts his shirt back on.
"I'll just have to ignore it." He said to himself. "I can't let it slow me down." Leo walks over to the wooden dummies and began his training. He threw in a few punches and blocked the wooden dummy claw attacks.
But with each attack coming as Leo blocks it, he still could feel the pain and his strength leaving him slowly. Leo did his best to hold his ground. He quickly did a back flip and landed a couple feet away from the wooden dummies.
"Damn it." Leo growled under his breath. He shakes it off, but he still feel sore. Leo heads over to the flame pipes to work on his movements. Leo stood at the center and dodged to the side to avoid the fire. Two flames shot up to his left and behind him and Leo jumps high to avoid the fire that shot up at the last second.
But another pipe shot out fire in front of Leo as soon as he lands. "Grr!" Leo grunted in pain, feeling the fire's heat. He walks off the pipes and walks over to a pillar. Leo closed his eyes for a few seconds and opens his eyes again. He leans back and sits down.
"Damn it!" Leo cursed under his breath as the heat stung him a bit. "I was a little careless that time. That's what I get when I'm trying to save everyone."
The doors opened once again, causing Leo to turn his head and sees Tigress walking into the room. He stands up quickly. "Hey, Tigress." Leo greeted.
"Hey Leo." Tigress said as she walks up to him. "I wanted to see how you're doing."
"I'm doing fine, Tigress." Leo smiled at her. He was doing his best to resist the flame's heat. "Where are the others?"
"Master Shifu went to his room to meditate in peace." Tigress answered him. "And the other's are hanging in Manti's room. Po suggested I should check up on you."
"I see." Leo said. "Did Po saved me some soup?"
"Yes, he did and it's on the table." Tigress answers him.
"That's good to hear." Leo said.
"Since I'm here, we should spar with each other." Tigress said.
Leo and Tigress heads over to the center of the room and they got into their tiger stance. He lunges in with a palm strike, but Tigress blocks it with a kick before she did a kick to the chest.
"Hmph." Leo grunted quietly as he skids on the floor.
Tigress quickly runs towards with a few jabs. Leo blocked the punches and knocks the last punch to the side before grabbing Tigress and threw her behind him.
He quickly turns around and grabs Tigress's double palm strike with both of his hands. Leo rolls backward and let Tigress go behind him. Leo did a flying side kick to her face, but she smirks before she did a quick jab to the chest and a kick to the stomach.
"Gr!" Leo gritted his teeth hard in pain. He was flying towards the big tortoise shell. Leo slid and fell on all fours. "Ha... ha..." Leo was breathing low so Tigress won't hear.
Tigress walks up to him and pulls him back on his feet. "That wasn't a bad sparring." Tigress said.
"I agree." Leo nodded his head. "You weren't bad."
"And you too." Tigress complimented him. "I'm going back to our room. I'll see you later." Leo have her a smile as he watches Tigress leave the room. As soon as Leo heard the door closed, he fell onto his knees.
"Ngh!" Leo grunted loudly as he felt the pain. "God dammit! I'm glad that Tigress and sparred a little. If I kept going..." Leo was saying but he cut himself off. Leo collapse onto the floor, laying on his back. His strength was beginning to leave him, but he continues to resist it. Leo slowly sat up and leans against the shell.
"I should head to the kitchen to have some food." Leo said. He gets up and left the Training Hall. It took Leo fifteen minutes to get to the kitchen because the pain kept stopping him. No one was in the kitchen except him now. Leo sighed with relief. On the table was a bowl of soup, a plate of dumplings and rice with a cup of tea. He sits down at the table.
Leo began to eat in peace. The pain didn't bother him as he was eating. After having a warm meal and washed his dishes, Leo left the kitchen and headed towards the barracks. As he was walking to the barracks, Leo stops and turns his head around. He had a feeling someone was watching him. Leo turns his head forward and walks slowly. This time Leo heard some footsteps approaching behind him. He stops and turns around. "Who's there?!" Leo called out.
There was no answer. Leo turns around and continued to head to the barracks. Leo headed to the bathroom for a nice hot bath. After taking a nice hot bath, Leo steps into Tigress and his room quietly. Leo smiled that Tigress left some room for him to sleep. He lays down and closed his eyes.
I think this chapter turned out great. Things are going to be more interesting in the next chapter. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and don't forget to leave a review!