Chapter 8

I intend to find out what is going on with Myka, why she has been a bit distant with me sometimes when we are alone. I will not just stand here while she seems to be in pain. She might be afraid to get closer thinking it might lead down a path that we should not go down, but I will prove to her that anything involving her is undeniable pleasure, as I can't imagine my life without hers now. All I need is for an opportunity to fall into my hands. If I have to, I will make one. This avoidance she is doing will not go on forever, as I will put an end to it, rather she likes it or not.

After they sparred with each other and helped point out what they need to work on, Pete decided that he was done for the day and headed for the dormitory. He said he was going to unwind by lying on his bed while playing a few games on his tablet. He was pretty wiped out for the day and wanted some time to relax, before the long day tomorrow. He told them that he would meet them in the cafeteria for dinner.

Helena asked Myka if she was up for a scrimmage between the both of them, or if she would be willing to teach her more in fencing. Myka agree to teach Helena more about fencing, so the both of them went to get the practice swords. They did not have proper gear for fencing, as they were not taught fencing here.

There were wooden sticks, swords, spears and a bunch of other weapons that one could use to practice weaponry. One might wonder why they have them if they never use them, which one might only come up with that they keep them so others might practice different fighting styles if they choose. There were plenty of practice weapons, but not all of the proper gear for them, unfortunately, as it was not taught here at this school. Actually, hardly anyone touched the practice weapons besides the guns.

Myka and Helena got there practiced wooden swords from the armory and faced each other on the mated floor in the dojo.

They have done this a couple of times, so Helena had some idea how to use a sword by now, but mostly the basics of how to handle one. Myka was still instructing her on her form, as well as her foot work and arm movement, so that she can block. She had a tendency to leave herself open for attack when fighting her opponent.

Myka struck first and broke their little stand off.

Helena managed to block the oncoming attack.

Myka brought her sword back and went for another swing lower to the gut.

Helena managed to block yet again, but almost didn't make it in time for Myka was fast.

Myka smiled and stated, "Not bad, but you still need to be less stiff when on the defensive, as well as less loose on the offensive. You need to be fast enough to block and more on the defensive when attacking, but for what little we have covered, you are not doing to bad. Actually, you are learning rather quickly considering the very few times we have done this for a small amount of time."

"Well that is because I have a wonderful, bright, patient teacher, darling." Helena smiled sweetly. She was flirting with Myka, as well as stating the truth. She wanted to get under Myka's skin so that she will not run away from this, whatever they have with each other. She didn't want Myka to withdraw herself like she has been for the last few weeks.

Myka lost herself in Helena's smile for a minute and forgot that they were in the middle of a bout.

Helena went for a strike to her side, as Myka had her center guarded.

Myka blocked just in the nick of time as Helena's weapon was almost upon her.

"Now darling, I would think one must be focused and less stiff while playing this sport." Helena said with a cheeky, flirty smile on her face.

"Oh, you want to play that way Helena? We can play that way, but I must warn you that you pick the wrong person to mess with. I am better then you at this sport and I could kick you ass anytime I want." Myka stated with just as much snark back.

Myka was enjoying the banter between the two of them. She didn't even realize that she caved in to her feelings she had for Helena that she was holding back.

They both backed off from each other as they could not pass the boundary in the middle of the floor, as Myka has instructed, continuing their banter with each other.

"Oh my darling, there is no need for a warning as I already know how deadly you can be, but thank you. I will take that into consideration."

"No ego there."

Helena shrugged her shoulders and then stated, "You win some and you lose some. I can only try when I see a challenge worth pursuing."

"Well lets see if you are as good as you think you are." Myka replied back readying herself along with Helena. "I will not go easy on you."

"I expect nothing less, darling."

With that they were off.

Myka made the first move again. She went for Helena's shoulder and Helena managed a block, but if they were fighting with real swords she would have a rip in her shirt, as Myka grazed it. It was not a pointed hit, but was really close.

Myka was 10 times faster then before. Helena was quite impressed with how well Myka managed the sword. She was fast and quite deadly. Helena stepped into a game she knew she had little chance of winning, but now knew she had none to start with. She would always be on the defensive when it came to Myka's attacks. She would have to think her way out of this situation that was looking quite grave for her.

Helena went in low with her attack. She figured that Myka would not be used to an attack lower then her waist and aiming for her knees. Myka managed a block again, but like Helena thought she was used to head on like you were trained in the sport.

"Your starting to play dirty Helena."

"Yes, well, I could not beat you without improvising, as we all know."

"If that is how you want to play, fine." Myka said with a shrug in mock defeat. "Improvising is allowed, as long as we don't seriously hurt the other, agreed." She didn't even know why she agreed to allow this to happen in the first place. It was just out of her mouth before she even knew what she was saying.

"agreed."

This no longer was a fencing match, because now all the rules were throw out the window like Helena liked them.

Helena went for another attack, this time she dropped low to the ground and swung her sword to take out Myka's feet from under her.

Myka saw this and jumped over Helena's sword as it swung, avoiding it; she then swung her sword down at Helena.

Helena lifted her sword to meet Myka's. Myka had the high ground and Helena was on the defensive on her back trying to keep Myka's sword away from herself. Helena eventually had enough grip to left her feet up to hit Myka in the abdomen lifting Myka off of her.

"Not bad." Myka wheezed griping her stomach. She eventually got herself together and waited for Helena to see what she would do next.

"Oh, thank you darling. I like being able to use my kenpo too. It makes this game more interesting don't you think and a bit more even."

"Oh, it does, and much more fun at that." Myka realized what she said and took note that she would not say something like that, she normally would not like the idea of disengaging the rules to whatever you like. "You know you are starting to be a bad influence on me. I would normally find this to be disorderly and against the rules, but with you I seem to have more fun bending the idea of rules for more fun. I am starting to think it might get me in trouble one of these days."

Helena gave a gracious smile and was happy to hear that she was succeeded in lightening up Myka. "Oh, I am glad I could lighten you up. You need a bit of disorder in your life, or one tends to go quite mad when it falls apart."

Myka had a feeling that Helena was talking more then what Myka was taking about. It felt personal, not to Helena herself, but about herself. Helena was trying to communicate something about something to Myka, but Myka didn't understand fully what she was trying to get at.

"So, are you ready for another round. So far it is love - love."

"Yes, whenever you are. And by the way, this is not tennis and it wont be 'love' for long."

"Oh, I know darling, and we will see if it will remain 'love' or not."

"Your incorrigible."

"Why thank you darling, I work hard at it."

"Oh, I bet you do."

With that Myka went in for an attack swinging her sword to attack Helena in the chest. Helena blocked like Myka expected and she went for another attack, and was blocked again.

They both actually were fencing with each other for awhile.

Helena had little bit of a hard time keeping up, with lots of close calls, but was fairing pretty well.

Myka did something that she would not normally do, and that was using martial arts in the mix. She ended up sweeping Helena's legs from under Helena when she was focused on blocking her attack.

Helena had no time to counter and found herself on the ground. She was about to get up, only to find Myka in front of her with her sword to her throat.

"Do you concede?"

"Well I normally don't, but seeing as I have a sword to my throat, I will for the time being."

"Well that is something I thought I would never hear, Helena is giving up on pursuing her goal." Myka said with a smile teasing Helena.

"Oh, on the contrary darling, I never said I was giving up on my goal." Helena replied back with a knowing smirk.

Myka looked confused and asked, "What is that supposed to mean?" Just as she finished saying that her feet were kicked from under her and she fell on her back.

Helena came on top of her as stated, "This is what I mean." She brought her face closer to Myka's.

Myka suddenly was very stiff. She didn't know what she should do. Should she push Helena away, or should she give into what she has been craving for awhile now? Was it even a good idea to give in to her feelings, even though she has been pushing it back into the back of her mind since the day in the library, were she mostly figured out her feelings for Helena? She was not even sure that Helena shared her feelings, but it was starting to look clear now as Helena face became closer to her own, but should they really be doing this?

All of that left Myka's mind as Helena's face came in close enough that they shared the same breath and Helena laid her lips on hers. Every thought she had went silent as they both shared their first kiss, even if it was an innocent one.

Helena pulled back just enough to look into Myka's eyes after she kissed Myka. She wanted to make sure she didn't go to far, she wanted to see if Myka felt the same as her. Myka looked like she enjoyed it just as much as herself, which she was happy and grateful for. She hoped now Myka would stop being so distant with her, and that they could move forward together.

"Helena... why did you do that?" Myka asked not sure what she should do. She was happy that Helena felt the same, but was still contemplating if they should even pursue it.

There was silence for awhile until Helena could find words. She raked her hand through her hair unconsciously and stuttered out, "I-I wanted to... ah... kiss you... umm... for awhile now and you seemed to have similar feelings as me, and then after that day in the library you got more distant and I figured you were scared to pursue me any longer." Helena had know idea where her confidence went. It appeared to have left her after the boldness of her kiss on Myka's lips. She was nervous while she looked into Myka's captivating eyes, confessing her desires and what she hoped to have with Myka. "I wanted to make it known to you that I felt the same and that I want to try whatever this is between us. I like you Myka and I don't... want to have to give you up, or to... feel like we have to avoid each other. Myka you are... this... incredible creature, that doesn't even know how much she means to me. You are everything to me Myka... Without you, I would not be here, well I would be, but I would be more withdrawn and constantly fighting with my anger and aggression. You make me happy Myka, and you help me when I need it. I can't really imagine my time here without you now."

Myka didn't know what to say to that. She was beyond touched and was happy, oh so very happy for Helena to tell her how she felt, but she still didn't know what she should do.

After awhile the silence was unbearable to Helena and she asked pleadingly, "Myka please say something, anything. I can not stand this silence anymore."

Myka was biting her lip deciding on what to say. "I feel the same, like you said, but... I am not sure if we should see where this goes, because you are not really even supposed to have friends, Helena. I don't want to be pulled further away from you because the colonel has found out how close we have become. I don't want to cause you more pain and complications."

"Well for one, I don't care about what the colonel thinks anymore. I haven't for awhile now, in fact. I care about what you and Pete think of me. You both have shown me great kindness. I have not had in a long time, if ever. If it is to worrisome for you we can keep are relationship as Pete would say, 'on the down low.' All I want is to be with you. I could care less about this war and this training anymore, but I can not leave anymore, that time has passed sometime ago. If I took that opportunity, I would never have met you to begin with, so we are in this together no matter what, just like you said to me that first day of my extra lessons with Caturanga."

Myka thought over what Helena has said, trying to decide the best course of action. Helena made a good argument. Could she really just walk away from this anyway? It did seem like this was going to be happening sooner or later.

Myka made up her mind and replied back to Helena, "Ok. We will try this out, but we keep it on the down low for now, or at least till we get promoted. If we get promoted, the colonel will not be checking up on you as often, as we will be in a team and have to obey orders form whoever we are under. He will be more focused on your games then your free time then."

"Right-y ho, then. Seems like you have a descent enough plan and it does sound quite plausible." Helena replied back seriously.

Helena closed the gap again and pecked Myka on the lips. She pulled back just a little bit and whispered as her lips were centimeters way from Myka's, "I can deal with that as long as I can do this now and again."

Myka was at a loss for words and only managed to nod her head and state, "Uh-huh"

Helena kissed Myka again this time with more passion. She wanted more and parted Myka's lips more to deepen the kiss. Myka accepted her demand and seemed to be in a bliss as much as herself.

Helena didn't want to over do it and pulled back, which was very difficult for her as she found that she was helplessly addicted to Myka. When she did pull back she heard a little disappointed whine fall out of Myka's lips. It would seem that Myka was just as addicted to the pleasure of what just took place as much as herself.

"Sorry darling, but you did say you wanted to 'keep this on the down low,' as it were, and making out in the dojo is not really following your suggestion." Helena said sultry manner. She was teasing Myka with a most beautiful flirtatious smile.

Myka finally caught her breath and gathered her wits after hearing Helena tease her, "You know you are such a tease..." She could not help herself from laughing after that statement, because what Helena said was the truth, continuing would counter how she said she wanted to go about this and about how much she wanted it to continue. She was also laughing at how Helena always somehow ended on teasing her while making a point or fact.

"Is that a compliment or an insult, darling?" Helena asked in confusion and curiosity as Myka had a defeated, annoyed tone, but then laughed after calling her a tease.

"I'm not sure. I find your teasing playful and fun most of the time, but just now, you kissed me and then pulled away reminding me that that was not following what we agree upon...It...It felt-"

"Disappointing to stop?" Helena asked trying to help Myka find the words she was looking for, for how she felt.

"Yeah... Sorry, but yes it was." Myka apologized knowing now that it could have sounded like she might have been mad at her. "I wanted to... ah... continue... It was...very nice, spectacular even... I just wanted more and then you pulled away."

"Thank you. It was very nice for me too. I only pulled away because that was what you told me you wanted to do. I don't want to cause problems for you, and your plan seemed to be a good plan for how we should pursue this... this...relationship between us."

"I know. Just wish that we could do what we wanted to do, to be with you- with each other whenever we wanted, however we wanted."

"Yes, that does sound nice, but unfortunately that is not in the cards as much as we wish it was. I am though quite happy that you feel the same as me and that we have each other no matter what is in our way. Like you said, you will never let me go and I too will never let you go. We will be Wells and Bering solving puzzles saving the day."

"Bering and Wells." Myka says automatically while smiling. She thinks it sounds better anyway as it rolls off the tongue with her name first, though she will never state this to Helena as she will enjoy their banter over the name in the near imitate future.

Helena gives her a look that could only be described as flirtatious, but has the raised eyebrows and the slightly squinted eyes in her expression, which indicated that she was up for a challenge.

Myka finds that look to be quite breath taking and has to remember how to breath.

Eventually she gathers her thoughts and clears her throat. She looks away from Helena so that she can try making a sentence without being distracted, and states, "So...ummm... we should probably get up and... ah... put the... ah... practice swords back and head to the showers..." She tried her hardest to not notice Helena, but it was a bit difficult when she was on top of you hovering near your face and you could smell her, as well as feel her breath on your face.

Helena looked at Myka as she suggested that they get up and was amused that she was trying very hard to ignore her to be able to speak with more of a clear mind. Helena looked at her for a minute and then got up and helped Myka up as well.

Myka was still a bit flustered, but was starting to gain back her wits as they got up and grabbed their weapons.

They both started walking to the room they needed to put the weapons back, while holding hands as both never let go when Helena helped Myka up. They both knew that they could not continue this closeness, but right now neither one wanted to let go.

After both put away the practice weapons they grabbed their things and headed for the showers.

Helena and Myka were still holding hands until they reached the lockers. They both put in their information and put their things in the locker and proceeded to undress. This time it was more difficult, for they both gave into their feelings and it was harder to ignore the other.

The both of them decided to turn away from each other and finish getting undressed. They both felt ridicules and foolish, because of their uncontrollable glances at each other, but still surprisingly happy.

The both of them wrapped towels around them and headed for the showers. They both got in separate stalls and proceeded to clean off the dirt and sweat from the day and the nice work out they just had.

When they got done they went back to their lockers and got redressed. Myka couldn't take the awkward avoidance anymore and said, "Helena." They both were facing the opposite way from each other not wanting to take a chance at looking at the other.

"Yeah."

"Ummm... what-how are we supposed to act around each other, if this is how we are acting now... I mean, people will notice something is off with us if we are this awkward around each other, and if we get to carried away people will notice a difference in our relationship. How are we to go back to how we were?"

"Well I can't say as I have not been in a relationship before, but I guess we try to keep our desires low mannered like we were before and continue to flirt with each other like we were before... I mean, we really aren't that much different then before at all, just more aware of our feelings then before... So, I guess we just try to suppress them in public..."

"Ok, that sounds easy, but I am sure it is much more difficult to accomplish then that."

"It is... I suppose we just do our best."

"Alright."

The both of them were dressed and were in the process of gathering their things so they could clear out their data from the lockers.

They both look at each other when they were done and ready to head out.

"So, my darling, are you ready to head out and face reality again, or do you need a few moments?" Helena asked wanting to make sure Myka was ready to be out in public and not freak out.

Myka nodded her head and replied, "Yeah, I think so... I am just a bit nervous...you know."

"I know." Helena answered with a smile. She was trying to be calm and strong for Myka, as Myka is normally for her.

Myka smiled back. She got the courage she needed and headed for the door with Helena not far behind.

They made their way to the cafeteria for dinner. They both hoped that they could pull this off, and if they could pull this off now, they hoped they could pull this off anytime.

When we got to the cafeteria Myka had a little freak out, but Helena grabbed her arm reassuring that they could do this.

They did, they managed to be their normal selves in public. They had more teasing and shared looks then before, but no one seemed to notice it, which was good for them.

After dinner they went to the dormitory and talked like usual until lights out.

Today turned out pretty nice. There were bad parts of the day, but the good over weighed the bad by a ton.

I have never felt so happy in my life as I have today with Myka. I still can't fully wrap my head around the idea that me and Myka are now together. We confessed our desire for the other and kissed... We Kissed 3 times actually... The last one was my favorite. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water. I can't not wait for the next opportune moment where I could do it again.

Life was good so far. It didn't matter how complicated our relationship became as long as I had her, I could do anything.

To Be Continued...