Twin Inverses
Ch. 3
Sparring
"But do I want to?" I said as I exited the room. "The story is depressing, and I always get depressed when I even think about it."
"Oh… I suppose I can go with out hearing it then."
I stopped and thought for a moment. What am I going to do now? Why don't I train? I was doing that before Zel showed up.
"Mmm…" I turned and walked down the corridor, to the training rooms.
"Where are you going?" Zel asked, confused.
"The training rooms. I was exercising when they dragged you in here. Want to train with me?" I said, turning my head slightly.
"Ok. I haven't trained in a while."
We walked in silence. Soon we reached the Training room.
I pulled out my swords.
I leapt forward; slashing a dummy in two (The dummies are enchanted in such a way that they repair themselves). I continued around the room slashing dummies left and right until I came full circle.
"Nice." Zelgadiess said when I finished.
"Want to spar? I haven't had a sparring partner since I learned to fight with a sword." I asked.
"Sure. What weapons do you have?" Zelgadiess asked.
"I'm pretty sure I have a bunch of Alcuin weapons. They're in the weapon room." I said and walk toward a lone door on the west wall.
Opening it I gazed up at the tall room that was the weapons room. The room was about as big as the entry hall and like the raining room, the walls were white. The most noteworthy part of the weapons room was the weapons lined all over the walls. There were Alcuin bows and great swords, Sconin katanas, and other weapons from all over the world.
"Take your pick. Then I'll show you a spell which will create a small force field so the blade won't slice me if you hit me." I said.
Zelgadiess couldn't help but gape at the number of weapons that lined the walls. Instantaneously he headed for the Alcuin swords.
"Hell! Half the markets in Alcon don't have half as good quality swords as you do!" Zelgadiess said, shocked as he picked up a great sword with a simple brass handle.
"Thank you." I replied, pleased.
"I think I'll use this one." Zelgadiess said, indicating a sword in his hand with a brass handle decorated with dragons on both the hilt and blade.
"Don't forget the scabbard too. It should be right next to the sword."
"You mean I can have it?" Zelgadiess said in disbelief.
"Yah." Wow, they must've treated him badly before. Zelgadiess is famous for blowing up his master's homes. Hmm…
I pulled out my swords again. Leaning the white blade against my knee, I held the white up for him to see. "I'm going to teach you a spell that will protect the blade and the blade won't cut me up if it makes contact, ok?"
"Sure."
Using my free hand, I ran my fingers up the blade, starting from the tip to the hilt. As I did, I chanted: "Earth, Air, Fire, Water. Protect this blade so it shall not slice!"
He repeated my actions perfectly. "Good!" I said, pleased.
I protected my other blade and took one in each hand. "Let's start. If you need to take a break, say 'Time'. Ok?"
"Sure."
I lunged forward and struck, both blades moving in the same direction. He lifted his blade and blocked, and the three blades rang as steel hit steel.
We sparred for hours.
Finally, I yelled "Time! You're good." I panted. Releasing the spells, I sheathed my swords. "That's enough for today. I'm hungry, want some food?"
"Yah!" Zelgadiess said, nodding energetically.
"How do you still have energy after that? I'm tuckered out. It's hard to keep up with you."
"I'm part blow demon. Naturally, they're very fast, and so am I. "
"Never mind. I'll go cook something." I pulled out my mirror and the silver rod. Touching the rod to the surface of he mirror, I teleported myself to the kitchen.
You know, this might actually work. I thought, as I begun to mess with pots and pans.