Avalar's Redemption Ch 16
~List of students~ Royce, Kelsie, Ariadne, Yelena, Roy, Arya, Roy, Roxy, Comet, Ajala, Aerith, Zola, Terra, Joyce, Candace, Kenith, Blaze, Titus, Adena, Kluke, Nina, Kenna, Blake, Janice, Crystal, Shayla, Aura
Cheetah:
Boyce, Renshaw, Forsythia, Clover, Fran
Staring down the long list of names, "...So...these are the ones that will be in our class..." Overlooking the crowd, I saw all the anxious faces, looking up at me, waiting to hear their name called out.
"If your name is called, please stay seated until everyone's names are called out." After a short pause, I relayed the names on the list.
"Would you all please kindly follow me to the dojo."
"Would you and Jiro, please accompany them in their lessons Flame" Volteer sped out, before the students headed out the auditorium doors.
Seeing dragon and cheetah alike stood up in hesitation, leading them out to the dojo, feeling their eyes bearing down on me the whole way there.
Opening the doors, we came into a huge arena, and at the center of the room, one similar to the room where the guardians tested us in; the floors were lined with sand and mats lining the walls.
"As our selected students, Zunde and I are intrusted to teach lessons normally taught by the fire guardian. Flame and Jiro, are here to be your combat instructors along side us since the class size is as large as it is and of the fire guardian's absence. Your lessons will be taught at our discretion, and your days will be decided at the end of every session. There will be days only Flame and Jiro will be here, as with only me and Zunde. Anyone have any questions regarding to your instructors?"
"...Ummm... ...sir, what will our classes be of...?" A dragoness from the crowd of students called out.
Smiling a little at her gesture, "There isn't need for such formalities, I'm just as old as you all are, please, call me Manuel, but I appreciate the thought hun"
Hearing some of the class chuckling at her remark, she looked away with a blush on her face "...O...oh, I'm sorry..."
Smiling at her, "it's alright...umm..."
"C...Carol..."
"Carol, to answer your question, class sessions will be based on your fellow classmates. The class will be graded on a whole. All sessions will not involve you individually, so any lone wolf of those in this classroom better not pull any of that here in this dojo. Todays lesson, will let us see where we stand."
"What do you mean, graded as a whole!? I don't want to work with one of them, they will just hold me back!"
"What is your name... So I know whom I am speaking to."
"Blaze"
"Well Blaze, if you want a bad mark on your grade sheet, by all means. Come to the center of the dojo."
Seeing Blaze smirking, left me to laugh.
"What is so funny?! You don't think I can do this all on my own?"
"Your lesson, is to make me submit..."
"Thats it?! I..."
"I wasn't finished...make me submit before I make you submit."
"Don't make me laugh...what could you possibly do to me?"
Hearing him chuckling, he headed straight for me, wanting to prove his point. With him close enough to strike, I just mearly side stepped his charge, sending him sliding past, unscathed.
"Umph...beginners luck..." Seeing his nostrils flair with smoke, he barreled after me again, his aggression growing.
"HOLD STILL YOU!" Seeing his anger control his movements, he started to punch and swing his paws and tail around, trying to land a bite here and there all the while.
Taking blow after blow from his tail after dodging his bite, he kept at it for a few minutes, trying to wear me down, but also wearing himself out.
"Lemmie teach you a lesson so that you might learn that I don't need no help!"
Seeing his paw come straight at my face, I grabbed it, and threw him over me, onto his back, and quickly stood firm on his neck with my wobbly leg, slightly choaking him. Feeling his neck tense under my foot, he made an effort to try to get me off, but couldn't, both of us exausted. "You have a lot to learn..."
After hearing gaps from the other students, then did I lift my foot off him, repeating myself, but a bit more calmer. "You still have a lot to learn...respect, being one of them. You really need to learn to control your temper, it will just gets you in all sorts of trouble. Look what it has done to us...I let my anger get the best of me to prove you wrong...and I just came out of my recovery..." Walking off back to the students, holding my right arm up to my chest, limping a little from the blows to my leg, Blaze just snorted with smoke coming out of his nostrils.
"M..Manuel...are you...ok...?"
Seeing Carol rush up to me, she quickly placed my left arm around her head, letting me use her as support.
"...Y..Yea...I just have to prove him wrong...that everyone still has a lot to learn...even someone like me..."
"Please...don't endanger yourself...I can tell that your a really sweet person...and hearing what you went through...I don't want you going through it again here just from teaching us...I don't like seeing you get hurt...after seeing you the first time in the clinic..."
"...Y..y...you were in my room...?"
Placing me down gently, and letting me lay on her side, she continued. "Mhm...I was there, every night, since you arrived. I was the one attending your wounds, making sure that you and your brother were well...I almost lost you twice...your brother called me back in...just in time..."
Seeing her saddened face, told me she was telling the truth.
Looking towards Zunde, "...and you never told me who took care of me...while I was out?"
"...I didn't want you to worry about your well-being after you finally came to...you were out longer than I was...by about two weeks...when you finally got out of your coma...I didn't want you to know you almost didn't make it on more than one occasion..."
Looking back at Carol, I stroked her neck gently with my uninjured arm, "...Thank you...I owe you my life...if...there's anything I could do... for you..."
Before I could finish my sentence, she gave me a lick on the cheek, leaving me stunned, while shocking the class.
"D'awww...heheheh...that's real sweet and cute of you...only if you really want to dear..."
"...Blaze, join back with your fellow classmates. Just cause you've learned your lesson, doesn't mean the lessons are over for today..."
"Fine...but don't expect me to apologize." Blaze said as he rubbed his neck after finally joining back with the class, still a little annoyed and exausted.
"Manuel, you really should head back down to the clinic...no matter how much you don't want to break your promise to Brisk..." Zunde stated, looking at the welps all down my legs and arm.
Hearing Zunde, perked up Carol even more than she was, in a very cheery mood. "Don't worry, I'll take him wether he wants to or not~!"
"What do you mean...by..." Before I could finish, she swept me off my feet, laying me on her back, heading straight for the clinic.
"Hey!...This is so embarising..." I cried out.
"More embarising than the kiss I gave you...hmmm?"
"I...uh..."
Giggling sweetly, she ignored my discomfort on her question, knowing full well what the answer was, as all of the students were laughing at a bloodshot red little 'ol me.