Chapter 5
Weighted Combat?!
When I woke up this time she was sprawled out on top of me sleeping. I didn't know whether to be happy or to freak out and leave now. Then her head raised up and her eyes met mine. "I'm that hungry actually." she said. She let out a long yawn and got up. I got up as well and headed towards the door. "Before you go, I have to tell you to be prepared today. We will be combat practicing today." she said. I nodded and went down stairs. I noticed a shed outside when I got downstairs. It was old and rusted and the door was only hanging on the hinges but it was locked. I went out to it and looked back to check that she wasn't watching me. Even though I was a vampire I was still a Kage of the Clan of fire, so I had lava wielding powers. I touched the ground and molded a small stream of lava and poured it into the keyhole of the lock and melted the tumblers from the inside and took the lock off of the door. I snuck into the shed and shut the door behind me. It was dark but I could still see from some of the light that was inside of the shed. It was just a supply shed with a couple useless things in it. A broom, old rusty sword, and a large pile of chains. I looked at the chains and noticed that they were heaver than the weights I had on. I stepped outside and let the weights drop from my arms and legs. When they hit the ground it shook the area with a loud THUD. Selene came outside to see what the problem was. When she noticed I wasn't there and the weights were lying there on the ground in front of her shed she began to get frustrated. Meanwhile, inside the shed I secure a chain rope around my waist, down around my legs and around my ankles. Then wrapped in an "x" like way around my torso and back and down my arms. I stepped out of the shed with slowness because the chains were extremely heavy. They were rustic orange and were chipping in some places. When she saw me she smiled. "So you have found my old chains. They weigh exactly 6.5 tons. I hope you don't kill yourself in our next lesson." she said. "So what is our next lesson?" I asked while stretching, doing pull-ups, and push ups. "Weighted combat." she replied. I had to get used to my weights or I was going to die. Literally! I started at the training dummy and threw punches and did high kicks until I got used to the weights that encumbered me. "Where is your sword at?" she asked. "It is inside I think..." I replied. I went inside and got my sword and put the sheathe through one of the chain links. I went back outside and noticed that Selene was missing. I knew that something wasn't right. I felt her presence behind me at that moment and the chains that were on my arm met with the edge of her blade and stopped it. "You were still too slow. And don't totally rely on your chains for protection." she explained. I jumped away and landed 10 yard away near the shed. I bent down and put my hand on the ground. I was able to make a lava ball in my hand and use my aura to spin it so it could keep shape. I started to run at Selene but she disappeared and was behind my with her sword near my body already. I used my leg chains to block her sword and deflect it at the same time. I went at her with the spiraling lava sphere and hit the ground in front of her causing soil to fly everywhere and a dust cloud to form. At that moment I was behind her and I kicked her through the house and out the other side. I saw a black aura burst on the other side of the building and saw her almost flying at me with her sword behind her ready to strike. I knew I wouldn't be able to stop this one with my chains if I tried. I drew my sword and got ready for impact, and just to make sure I coated my sword with aura so it wouldn't break. I saw that she had done the same so I knew this wasn't going to end well. As we were in range of each other our swords clashed and caused an explosion of aura that caught both of us on fire and sent us both back in different directions about 150ft. I was buried about three feet into the ground as so was she. This time I didn't see her get up. I noticed my sword was gone. I looked around but I didn't see it. I went back to Selene and saw that she was unconscious with the sword ran threw her stomach. I removed the sword and got her back to her infirmary inside of her house. I laid her down on one of the tables and started to disinfect the wound with 75% alcohol cleansing pads. Apparently it stung so much that she woke up and was able to see what happened to her. She looked at me because I had remover a partial bit of her shirt to tend to the wound. "I can handle it. Just hand me a blood packet and bandages." she said. I went to the fridge and pulled one of the blood packets out and gave her both the packet and the bandages. I can't believe I was almost defeated by a rookie." she said. "Almost?" I asked. "Didn't you see the pentagram on your chest?" I looked down and saw a pentagram glowing black. It exploded with aura and made a pentagram like scar one inch deep into my torso. It was so hot that it didn't bleed, it was seared shut. I felt light headed and fell over on the ground. "Rule number two kid: Never help an opponent, and don't let your guard down. Remember I am a Raiden after all." she said.