A/N: SO SORRY ABOUT THE LONG WAIT! I know its been a heck of a long time but I do have my reasons, 1) I got married...2) I moved from Missouri to Louisiana...and 3) No internet access. So please bear with me I'm gonna try to get this story moving a little faster but I have to adjust to everything first!

"Clary, come on, try a little."

"I AM trying."

"If you ever want to go on a demon hunt, then you have to get better." Jace said looking quite exasperated.

"Ugh. I know Jace, but this is so boring. It's the same thing over and over again!"

Clary had been living and training at the institute for over two months. It seemed to Clary that she had mastered pretty much every technique they taught her. She knew all of the Shadowhunter's history going back at least a thousand years, she knew how to shoot an arrow at a moving target and hit the bulls-eye every time, she knew how to bring a demon down with a whip and a flick of the wrist, and she knew how to battle with Angel Blades.

Yet, they still hadn't let her go on Demon hunt with the others. To say that Clary was fed up was an understatement.

"We do this same routine every day Jace. The same instructions…everything is the same."

"And that is how you will learn." replied Jace.

"Can't we mix it up a little?" asked Clary, trying to appeal to Jace's wild side.

Perking up a little, Jace responded. "What have you got in mind?"

"How about we lay out all the weapons all around the room, then we start with hand-to-hand combat picking up the weapons as we go?"

"Alright, I'm game." Jace said with a wicked glint in his eyes.

"Think you can keep up Jace?" teased Clary.

"Come and find out baby." leered Jace, sending a wink at Clary.

"Pervert. Now are we going to do this or what?"

"Clary honey, if you want to do "it" I do believe we should go to a bedroom, though I don't mind doing it in the weapon's room."

"Let's fight." Clary said throwing a glare toward Jace.

"Ahhh…I love it when you get feisty." laughed Jace.

While verbal sparring both Clary and Jace had been preparing the room for the upcoming fight. They set out Angel Blades, bows with felt-tipped arrows, and coiled whips all around the room in odd places, they also had spread out mats on the floor in case they had to dive or roll.

As the adrenaline snaked through Clary veins, she and Jace took their fighting stances across from each other.

"Ready?" asked Jace.

"Go." whispered Clary.

And they were off.

With fighting runes on both Clary and Jace, they both were evenly matched in hand-to-hand combat. If one attacked the other always seem to be able to block the attack. It wasn't until Jace grabbed Clary's wrist in an effort to block a punch that things got interesting. Pinning her wrist against her back Jace wrapped his other arm around her shoulders holding her still.

"I love seeing you fight." Jace whispered in her ear before nipping at her neck.

"Jace! That's cheating!" Clary gasped, chills moving down her spine.

"You never told me any rules." Jace whispered in her ear again.

Before Clary could reply, Jace decided to take advantage of her silence. Sweeping a leg out from under Clary, Jace ran for one a weapon on one side of the room. Picking up an Angel Blade, Jace turned around to see that Clary had recovered from the distraction and had also picked up a weapon; her red whip.

The fighting continued that way, both Clary and Jace attacking each other while the other tried to dodge the attacks. Every once in awhile Clary or Jace would try to throw each other off with comments or distractions. Jace would either blow in her ear or nip at neck, while Clary would either nip his earlobe or tease him with small kiss that made him always want more and every time they used a distraction, one or the other would take advantage of it before it progressed into more.

The fighting finally stopped when Clary tried to use one of Jace's moves from earlier by trying to sweep his feet out from underneath him, only to have it backfire when Jace grabbed her as he was falling. Jace decided that he could use this and kissed her soundly while flipping over to have Clary underneath him.

Pinning Clary's wrists to the floor Jace ended the kiss.

"I win." Jace said proudly.

"You do not!" Clary argued hotly.

"Okay, we'll call this a draw. Though I don't think you're in any position to argue."

"Ahem…" said a voice from the doorway.

Turning their heads Clary and Jace saw Izzy, Alec, and Maryse standing in the doorway.

"Wow, now that's what I call foreplay." Izzy said grinning.

Clearing his throat Jace got off of Clary and helped her up. Both stood there with their hands in their pockets and heads down, blushing. Neither one liked the fact that Maryse was standing in the doorway and had caught them in that position.

Jace recovering from his embarassment spoke.

"Is there something you'd guys like, because I was enjoying myself."

"JACE!" Clary yelled.

"Yes, there is a reason why I'm here, I told you both I was going to come watch Clary's training to see if she was ready to go on a demon hunt." said Maryse.

Realization dawned on both of their faces as they remembered that conversation. Clary had completely forgot about it that afternoon.

"Do I pass the test Maryse?" asked Clary.

"Well, as long as you don't try to kiss the demon as a distraction, I think you can go."

"Are you sure Maryse? I was thinking that we should train a little more." Jace said.

"Jace, I'm ready."

"She is right Jace; she is as good as you, just less cocky about it. Thank the Angel." said Alec.

"And I never will be. Thank you Alec."

"If Maryse thinks you can do it I trust her judgment, plus Alec is right you were trained by perfect me."

"Wow, how you can turn any conversation to be about you still amazes me." Izzy said, rolling her eyes and leaving the room with Alec.

"Dinner will be ready shortly so get you and this room cleaned up." Maryse called out as she left the weapon's room.

"Jace, you know I'm ready right?"

"Yeah, I'm just worried. I don't want to lose you."

"You never will." Clary whispered before kissing Jace.