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SharrAli


Swords clashed high, the long, slim form of one against the glistening silver dagger. Lightning fast reflexes keeping their wielders from any injuries, the recoil of the metal scraping against one another pressing back against their arms and straining them against their holds on their individual swords.

The younger blonde ducked quickly, using the side of his dagger to glide the other's sword away from his body, as that was what they were working on specifically. However, when Sharrkan moved to retaliate, Alibaba jerked slightly, his ears perking up when he was trying to keep them down in any kind of position that was less likely to get him hurt. But, apparently he couldn't and his ears perked up, and he wasn't able to duck in time to avoid the next slash entirely, but thankfully, his teacher was able to stop barely in time, huffing and sassily putting one hand on his hip.

"Alibaba, you need to control you ears and tail! I nearly cut off your ears!" The Heliohaptan prince said, his voice showing his annoyance off as well as his body language.

"I'm sorry, master! I can't control what they do…" Alibaba chuckled nervously, looking at the older man with a sheepish expression on his face, sheathing his sword as he saw his teacher do the same. Well, at least putting it back in its place.

"Then why not lose them already? It's a bit embarrassing to still be a virgin at your age, ya know."

"I dunno… I think I'm just waiting at least until I get a girlfriend." Alibaba let out an anxious laugh, before seeming to snap into something sad, seeming lost inside an inner monologue.

"Alibaba, I'll be honest with you here; Guys are just as good as girls, if they're your preference. It is going to be a lot easier sparring with you when you lose them. I have to keep being careful of them so I don't hurt you."

"But, master, training is supposed to help me get better, how am I supposed to get better if I have to worry about my ears?" Alibaba tilted his head slightly in confusion, one of his ears going down and the other staying up and attentive.

"You really can't worry a lot in sword fighting, man! You have to focus on it and just let it happen, so I'd suggest losing your ears as fast as possible." Sharrkan shrugged slightly, putting his hands behind his head in boredom.

It was entertaining, at least, to watch Alibaba's face flush a dark red at the idea of losing his ears. Sharrkan had lost his own ears quite a while ago, since he didn't have to hold up any title or anything more than general here in Sindria. So why in the world would he need to keep them? Besides, he'd balance better without the tail and that, along with the tail, made it a lot harder to be able to focus on a fight, so very few of the Generals had their ears still. Pisti and Spartos did, but that's because Spartos' religion forbids pre-marital intercourse and Pisti was a princess, so she needed to keep up an appearance.

He smirked slightly as he saw Alibaba start to fidget, the blonde's face a bright red and amber eyes closed tightly. Hmmmm… Sharrkan sighed slightly, acting as if he was fed up with Alibaba, and when he got close to the Balbaddian prince, he gently kissed him on the cheek, laughing at Alibaba's near shriek as a response. He looked down at the other prince's face, and he felt even happier at the amber eyes staring at him in disbelief.

"Alibaba—Guys can be just as good as girls, even when losing your ears." Sharrkan said, once he'd calmed down enough to talk properly.

"Hu-huh?" Alibaba stuttered, confused as all hell would allow. Why had his master done that? He certainly didn't understand what he meant by that.

"Why don't I show you?" Sharrkan smirked slightly, the dark colored skin almost glowing in the light of the now setting sun. "Meet me here tonight if you wanna see what I mean, Alibaba. But, for now, I think I'll go find out what the witch is up to." Sharrkan shrugged before walking off, knowing just how flustered he had left his apprentice by the loud "EEEEEEEEEEEHHHH?!" he heard as he found himself walking towards the Black Libra tower.

And after that day, people speculated again and again who Alibaba lost his ears to, and Sharrkan would always smirk and laugh it off, even as he knew Alibaba would never ever tell.