Book 1 - Chapter 1

Warriors of Kyoshi

Syke

When Sven woke up, it was probably one of the funniest things I have ever seen. He woke with such a start, he nearly attacked me. He was screaming bloody murder.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, dude!" I said thinking quickly, "you're still in your dream! Cut it out!"

He finally snapped out of it waking up seeing my face. He was SO pissed! "Y-yo-you-" he said to me. "Why did you wake me up?"

"You forgot, didn't you?", I said to him. "It's sunny out, I'm here, Nomad is waiting outside. What do you think?"

It took him a little longer to figure out. When he did, his face literally went from asleep to awake in an instant. He looked straight at me, got out of bed, and hugged me too hard, laughing in the process. "Okay, I understand you're happy, but don't kill me!", I yelled.

He then let go still trying to wake. He headed to the bathroom mirror to fix himself. His brown hair was curly everywhere, nearly covering his face. He was taller then me just by an inch. He was one of those friends who already looked good without having to fix anything on his face or body. Although, he really needed to fix his odor.

Sven grabbed a bottle full of a certain juice and put it on his neck and body. He wasn't really a morning person so that's why he was kinda angry. "How long have I been asleep?", Sven asked. "Not too long" I said, "when I came, it was around sunrise and a few minutes later, you woke up."

"Ugh", he said. "You should've woken me up when you got there! I wouldn't have mind."

"No, you were having a good dream…well, from what I was hearing."

Sven stopped in an instant when he heard those words. He looked straight at me with those angry eyes. "What?" he asked, "did you say?"

I told him everything that I heard in his sleep and what I was trying to figure out what the whole kissing thing was all about. He sighed shaking his head, knowing what I was talking about.

"Do you remember that night I brought Suki home after her coronation and she…"

"What?", I asked sarcastically, knowing the answering.

He stopped for a bit to get use to the answer that me, Nomad, and him knew. "Kissed me on the nose", he mumbled.

I laughed for a little while and so did he. He has always lately gotten this dream about that night again, but instead of Suki getting his nose, she got his lips. It was weird because it didn't happen. It was also weird because this was happening now. Of all the times I've lived, I always thought that Suki and Sven would get together from the time they first met. Apparently, Suki and Sven (or possibly Sven only) were now getting feelings.

Sven stopped laughing after a bit and then got back to the situation. "Can you please help me? You already look good!", he said. I really don't know if I did look fine honestly. I have blond hair that spikes up a bit, brown eyes, and a bit of freckles. I was second in last for the smallest friend in our group.

"Ok, ok", I said, hurrying over to him as he got his stuff ready. "What's the big rush?" I asked, "I got Nomad waiting for you and me outside and Suki has the day off."

"It's what I do in the morning that I get up for", he stated. "I always have practice in the morning on the weekends."

Thank goodness that word went into his mind. I nearly forgot to give him me and Nomad's gift.

"Hey Nomad! Come in here!", I yelled for him.

After a few seconds, Sven was already looking better in shape, and Nomad came inside with a wide box. Nomad was brunette who had hair that kinda went over a bit of his forehead. He was second tallest. Nomad was a pretty good fellow, when he wasn't trying to be boring. He is one of the smartest kids in the entire village that when people see us with him, they get jealous. We didn't have him in our group cause of him being smart, we had him because he was always fun to be with. He always said the silliest things about us not knowing certain things that him or someone else in our group knew.

"What is that?", questioned Sven.

Nomad smiled saying, "you'll see."

Nomad gave Sven the box that was obviously a gift to him. Sven was still waking up so he didn't seem surprised when he got it. He opened up the wrapped box and inside was yet another box. He looked saying, "is this a gag?" "No" Nomad said, "that's the last box". "Better be." He opened up the last box and when he saw what it was inside, his mouth dropped and turned into a smile. He looked at both of us knowing that it wasn't only one of us who could've gotten this gift. It would've been too expensive.

"My god!", he said. "Thank you guys so much!"

He ran up to us and hugged each of us thankfully. He closed the box that contained the gift and ran outside with it. Me and Nomad were confused of why he didn't put it away. When we went outside, we also noticed that Sven was wearing a bag containing clothes in it. Where the heck was he going? Me and Nomad were curious so we ran to catch up to him.

We finally caught up to him in the woods when he started walking slowly. He wasn't the one panting our butts off, we were. I ran up to him and asked, "where are we going? You aren't thinking about using that thing are you?"

Sven looked at me still with his smile as he unpacked his bag. Inside, there was a robe that most men used for athletic purposes, sandals to help you run in, and a head guard. What was going on inside this guy's mind? This was the first time in two years that I've seen him do something this crazy! What wasn't he telling me and Nomad? "You'll see", he said finally.

After a bit of changing, he looked weird in a warrior's uniform. It felt like he actually belonged in that robe.

"It's still too early so my Sensei is going to be a bit late", Sven said. "You might be wondering what this is all about."

"Yeah!", me and Nomad yelled.

"What is this all about?", Nomad asked. "We're in the middle of the woods and no one knows we are here cause the nearest house is like half a mile away exactly!"

"Don't do that."

"Sorry."

"You see, I have private classes on weekends here and during those classes, I learn the style of the warrior" Sven said.

"I understand you got practices, but what doesn't make sense" I said, "is that you were one, right? So you would know how to use that thing, right?"

"Yeah, I know, but I've forgotten and since Liam left 2 months ago, I don't have anyone to help me remember."

"So you've been practicing secretly on weekends so that way, you could learn to protect yourself again?", asked Nomad.

"Not myself" answered Sven, " but you guys too". When he said that, he looked at us with an expression that all of us knew. When he remembered that night, he would always blame himself. We knew it wasn't his fault, but nothing could change that.

I was walking up to Sven until an arrow hit the tree next to me! Oh my god! Me and Sven looked around frantically, trying to find the archer. Nomad still didn't know what happened so he was looking at us like we were crazy.

Nomad was laughing for a little while at us until an arrow nearly hit his head. He screamed like someone killed him! "What the hell? Wh-where?", he babbled. We were all in a small circle. I was checking the sky, Nomad was looking crazily everywhere, and Sven was the only one with his gift out, armed in his hand: the katana. Seeing him with that scared me because the glare he had with it could make a small group of bandits run away.

When we least expected it, a person hidden in a cloak jumped from one of the thick trees onto the floor. Me and Nomad ran a bit away from the mysterious bandit while Sven stood there like an idiot. I don't know if it was either a brave move or a stupid one. The next thing I saw was unbelievable. The bandit threw a few sharp stars at Sven, heading directly heading for his heart. Instead of trying to dodge them, he stood there and moved his sword violently in the air. The stars landed in spots than their designated target. How?

The bandit pulled out their sword and ran towards Sven. He did the same. When they clashed, it was like any other sword fight if you had been trained by a regular master. No. Instead, Sven slid on the ground and turned just in time to stand up just in time to deflect the sword. He then deflected a couple more swings where he then did a somersault to avoid a spinning blade. The bandit threw a few more stars, but this time, Sven dodged them too late and was pinned against a tree. I could tell from the expression of his face that he was trying to get out, but it seemed that the stars were deep in. The bandit with a good chance lifted their sword and aimed it at Sven. Then, the person ran straight towards the tree with the bait vincible. Suddenly, Sven jumped in the nick of time and landed on the flat side of the blade. With his hands still pinned, he kicked out of the bandit's hand and used his mouth to move the sword to take the stars out. He then quickly took out one of the stars in the tree and threw it at the bandit. It hit one of the bandit's sleeves and pinned the person to a tree like Sven was. Thankfully, Sven was thinking quickly and threw another star to the bandit's other sleeve so it would make it harder for the person to get out. Finally, Sven picked up his katana and walked to the bandit. When he was two feet from the bandit, he did the most stupidest thing yet. He sheathed his sword and took out the stars from the tree. When the bandit was free, the person didn't do anything for a few seconds. That was when she bowed to Sven and Sven did the same. Whaaaat?

The bandit stood up and then tripped Sven by slide kicking his leg. Sven looked up with a surprised look. "What was that for? That wasn't part of the lesson last week!", said Sven.

The bandit responded in a weird low voice answering, "never let your guard down that easily! Also, why did you bring others here?"

"I didn't tell them to follow, they wanted to themselves! Plus, they're my friends!"

"Doesn't matter!", the bandit yelled.

The bandit then brought out a box with a little note on top. When Sven opened the box, he gasped. Inside was a wooden arrow with a few bows on the side. Sven was still amazed when he brought it out and tried shooting an arrow at a tree where it stayed. Sven turned around looking back to the bandit. "You remembered", said Sven. "How?"

"Happy Birthday Sven!", the bandit said, revealing who it was.

Sven hugged the bandit who revealed themselves with their mask. When Sven got out of the hug, he said "thank you, Sensei."

"No problem", said Suki.