Next morning I awoke just before sunrise, getting myself dressed in my own uniform that mother had passed down to me. Hurrying down the steps I knew rtas had to be somewhere around here, and as I suspected he was already meditating. Insence burned in the corners of the training room, there was a cool breeze that seemed to flow thru the room scattering the scents throughout the room we sat in.
Soon as the sun began to rise which being an hour later rtas and I both wakened ourselves in a matter of speaking, rtas ready to run. But I stayed in the room which confused him but he went ahead. I started my stretching letting each muscle begin to warm up before stressing them. Once finished my front flip my body felt flexible like rubber being pulled and retracting back into it's original form. That's when I decided to start my run, taking less then a half hour to find and catch up with rtas' his body covered in sweat, mine just barely started. I could feel both of my hearts starting to beat in seperate rthym, supplying oxygen faster throughtout my body. As for rtas' since he was male his heart muscles didn't need any help by stretching, theirs were far more better in strength able to withstand hours of brutal fighting without tiring.
"You have improved since our last run." Trying to keep my breathing stable, I just replied with a short. "Mhm."
Rtas said nothing more thru our entire run, both of us ran for 10.5 miles before we descided to stop. Pushing more weight against mys teps forcing myself to slow down to a stop, panting brushing loose strands of hair back into place.
"Mother had taught me some things about the female body, compared to yours." Starting her position before rtas could, her eyes closed as she began the slow movements rtas had taught her.
He studied her for a moment before he to began to start. Noticing I had improved immensly more then he had thought she could in such a short amount of time. Both bodies their eyelids had more then covered their sight once they began. Their bodies were one fluid motion, a sight to behold as tarak had watched them without making a sound. She had never seen such concentration, such similarity between male and female. She couldn't help but finish her chores in a hurry wanting to watch them. The light of the sun lit up the training room, now rtas and I having full concentration on one another.
Rtas had brought the wooden rods that we trained with before, he held his snug against the back of his arm which was the correct way to hold it safely. Our eyes read each others minds, no words just a complete battle between us each move that was made by rtas I had the perfect move to counter it. Every move similar to the stances he taught me, the sounds of the rods hitting against one another rang thru the training room and down the halls collecting more curious workers to watch.
Rtas had swung the rod knee level towards me limbs, having spun the rod slamming the end onto the bamboo floor blocking his hit compeltely. None of us could touch the other, with a quick swift quick with my right leg kicking both of the rods up and away. Taking a step back with my left foot holding the rod in a defence stance ready to thrust it forward. Rtas kept his back straight circling moving our feet the same time. He jumped forward sliding his hands down the smooth wooden rod near the middle with a swing heading for my right side.
My body reacted back arched flipping back onto my hands slowly brought my body over my head till my feet were back on the ground, kneeling thrusting the rod forward towards the groin only for him to spin towards the left out of range. I stood quickly we swung at the same time towards each others necks, both rods blocked by the side of our forearms. The fighting stopped at a stand still just staring into one anothers eyes, the odd part was that neither one of us moved till tarak gasped last minute her body reacted as if she witnessed one of us gettinghit by the other.
I blinked shaking my head standing straight. Tossing the rod onto a chusioned bench nearby.
"That was fun, should do it the next time you decide to pop in." Rtas nodded he was in a good mood for just having been in a tie with a female younger then him, but I think it got the thrill out of him.
"Very though hopefull you might actually hit me next time." I quickly snapped a glare towards the back of his head as he left the room getting to get ready to leave back home.
Tarak came in hugging me tightly, we interlocked in arms as she ebgan to talk, and by talk she was talking fast. "You guys were amazing, not one of you could touch the other. I had never seen anything like it, you were like warriors in a courtship fighting to prove the love of the other."
I couldn't help but become worried about tarak while she continued. Time went by so fast the sun was already setting, but it felt like we were fighting for hours.
By the time the sun fell rtas and I said our goodbyes, he left shiku with me as a gift. It was hard too see my partner go friend wise of course. But in a way I could still hold a smile cause inside somewhere deep I could still feel him. And I think he felt the same way, the problem is that this was the last time we saw each other in person.