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Chapter 61
Note: When training with Leader, he does not go easy.
~Kahlan's POV
I stay seated on the ground as Konan and Laura get closer. Both Leader and Itachi had me work on using a kunai and shuriken. Did they let me do it on a stationary target? No, Leader said a real target is not just going to stay still for you to hit them and therefore I had to get used to hitting a moving target.
Itachi made a clone and his clone became my moving target. He never received a single scratch or lost a strand of hair. They both said that I had good aim, I just need to try and analyze where my target will move. So I took their advice and yet I still missed. Heck, I'm not even sure I can hit a stationary target. Maybe I'll find out later when we're not all forced to do this training crap.
After those thirty minutes of target practicing which Leader said I need to work on…a lot, they made me do exercises to strengthen my muscles. One of the first exercises was push-ups and I had to give one hundred. It was around thirty when I started struggling to push myself back up. Somewhere around forty I was struggling to not only push myself back up, but to also keep my arms from just giving out under me. At fifty I fell flat on my face. Leader order me to get back up and start over again. It was difficult, and after the fourth attempt I was able to complete the one hundred goal, but I didn't want to do anymore.
After that Itachi had me stand like a flamingo and told me to hold out my arms. I did what I was told and suddenly I had twenty-five pound dumb-bells in both of my hands. The sudden weight caused me to bring down my other foot; my arms almost instantly drop to my sides as I tried not to stumble forward. Itachi said to get back in the flamingo position (of course he didn't call it that) and for ten seconds hold the dumb-bells, then lift them over my head, hold them there for ten seconds then to go back in regular position. He said I had to do that for ten minutes, and to not leave the flamingo position. Then after that I had to switch legs and do it again for another ten minutes. Apparently, it was to help not just work my muscles but my balance.
Each exercise they put me through was difficult except for when it came to the running. That I was actually good at, since before they showed up I did used to do a lot of running to keep my cholesterol down from my sodium intake. So they had decided to make it challenging. They added weights to my ankles and wrist along with a vest that had weights on it as well. It all hurts, but for now the pain is still being pushed to the back.
"Hello," Laura says with a grin as her and Konan join me and Leader. It sucks that I'm still stuck with Leader but I'm also with Konan and Laura so no complaints.
"Hey," I reply with a small smile. Standing up, I dust myself off and wipe the sweat off my face.
"So what are we going to do," Laura asks smiling.
"I will tell you in a minute," Leader says. "First me and Konan must talk."
"Okay," Laura replies.
"How are you doing," I ask as Leader and Konan walk a short distance away and start whispering.
"I'm doing great. I can't wait to show you my skills. What about you?"
"That's good," I reply with a small smile. "I'm doing okay."
"Coolios," she replies with a chuckle.
"Okay," Leader says coming back with Konan. "Laura, I'm going to teach you a few moves that will help you to quickly disable your opponent and get to safety. Kahlan, Konan is going to teach you a few medical things for quick patches up. After that, we will switch and Konan will teach Laura about hiding and making traps. I will teach Kahlan combat fighting."
"Yay," Laura says.
"Okay," I reply.
"We start now," Leader says.
Laura and Leader walk a short distance away. I turn to Konan and give her a small smile. She returns the smile and pulls out a first aid kit. I walk over as she opens the kit and recognize almost everything.
"When you get injured and there is no medic around," Konan starts speaking. "You need to quickly disengage from battle and find a safe spot to quickly take care of your injury. Hold out your arm."
"Okay," I reply with a nod doing as she orders.
"If you get a cut here," she says using her finger to draw an invisible cut along my forearm. "What will you do?"
"Well," I say thinking about the times I was taught some medical stuff from my mom and the stuff I learn while in the medical club at school. "You always want to make sure pressure is applied to the wound to help stop the bleeding. If it is an artery, do the same thing but also try to find medical help quickly. You'll have to bandage it tightly and try not to move it around too much."
Konan nods then says, "Good, do you know how to bandage the wound up?"
"No," I reply honestly. I was never taught how, since I never had a reason to. I only know simple bandaging.
"This is how," she says and shows me how I would have to bandage. "Now you try."
She hands me the bandage then holds out her arms. Really it wasn't that much of a difference when bandaging something on the legs or abdomen. So, I am able to quickly apply the bandage with no problem and will forever remember.
"Do you think you can bandage any other areas," she asks.
"Yeah," I reply very sure in my skills.
"Give it a go," she replies. "Bandage my head, legs, ankle, chest and abdomen."
With a nod I once again do as she orders. It feels like falling into an old habit. With a straight face, I apply the bandages as if she really has been hurt with no mistakes. Finishing, I give her a small smile.
"You did well," she replies taking the bandages off.
"I've had practice," I reply with a shrug. "But the medical field just isn't appealing to me."
"I see," she replies with a small smile.
The two of us watch as Leader teaches Laura some defense moves. One of the moves he shows her is aiming to jab the person in the eyes. That would be a good move to defend yourself for a quick getaway. Another one is jabbing someone in the throat, which be good for another quick getaway since the person will be trying to breath. He then shows her that after doing one of those two moves she can kick them in the groin or smash their face into her knee. I say she can do both, but that's just something I would do.
"You may go to Konan now," Leader says standing up straight. "You can practice what I have taught you with her if there is any time left over from what she teaches you."
"Okay," Laura says happy and skips over to me and Konan.
"Good luck," I say patting Laura on the shoulder.
"Thank you," she replies with a grin. "Good luck to you too."
I nod and walk over to Leader. For a moment he just looks at me then gets into a fighting stance. I bring my arms up, spread my feet just slightly and turn my body just a bit. Leader nods standing up straight.
"Good fighting stance," he says. "Bring your arms up just a little more…stop. You want to make sure when fighting you can be able to protect your head, but not block your sight of vision."
"Okay," I reply slowly standing up straight.
"I am going to show you some moves, and I will only show them to you once. After that I will attack you and you must use those moves on me. I will not go easy on you or stop if you get hurt. I am your enemy and you are to attack with everything you got, even if it means with the intent to kill. As the time continues I will move faster and my hits will become stronger. Do you understand?"
"Yeah," I reply with a nod.
"Good, we start now. Get back into your fighting stance." I do as he commands. "The move I'm about to show you is called Shomenuchi."
I nod as Leader takes a fighting stance. Using his right hand, he holds out an open palm. He does a quick downward vertical strike. I copy the move to help memorize it.
"You use that move to generally attack the forehead or the bridge of someone's nose. Another attack is called Yokomenuchi. With this attack you generally want to strike the side of the head either the temple or jaw, or the side of the neck."
Leader once again gets into a fighting stance. His palm is open and I copy him. He quickly does a diagonally downward strike then repeats it again but this time it's a horizontal strike.
"This next attack is called Munetsuki and you either aim for the jaw or nose." He shows that it is a closed-handed punch that quickly thrust forward. "Now you better have them memorize because as training continues I will teach you more."
Then without warning Leader is coming at me. Quickly I go to do the Yokomenuchi but Leader blocks it and jabs me in the ribs. I gasp and go to knee him but he moves out of the way going behind me.
Dropping to my feet, I roll away, jump back up and go to strike with Shomenuchi. Leader blocks the attack and hits me upside the head with his foot. Grinding my teeth, I jump back from his next attack. I do a quick dash towards him. Leader in return goes to move out of the way but I jump into the air holding my arms out to flip over his shoulders. When I land I go to jab the back of his neck with my elbow.
Leader grabs hold of my arm and twists it backwards. He kicks my knees causing me to fall. Leader then goes to connect his foot with my face, but I move backwards ignoring the pain from my arm still being twisted.
Quickly I move my legs out from under me. Twisting my body around I try to knock Leader's feet out from under him. He in turn lets me go and jumps back. I push myself off the ground and get back to my feet.
In no time Leader is once again attacking me. He jumps in the air and comes rushing down at me for a kick. Moving out of the way, I wait for him to land then attack him with Munetsuki. He blocks, I go to kick and he dodges then aims a kick at me. I twist my body around and grab hold of his leg then yank forward. Leader in return twist his body around and kicks me with his other foot causing me to let go and fly…about fifteen feet away into the ground.
"Even though you didn't land a hit," Leader says as I stand up trying not to fall over. "You did execute the moves I showed you effortlessly. Now, I will show you more."
"Not a problem," I say getting back into a fighting stance.
Leader then starts showing more complex moves. I watch him closely trying not to blink, because if I do I just know I'll miss an important step. He shows each move once and I try copying him to help memorize the move. After showing me a number of moves he starts attacking without warning.
I apply the moves he taught me when I'm not trying to dodge or block his attacks. Sometimes I end up mixing a couple moves together because I'm trying not get injured to badly. And as Leader warned before starting his training with me, he does get faster where it is like he's a blur and he does get stronger.
Not once am I able to land a successful blow on him. In fact Leader pretty much is able to do most of the beating on me. It is like he hands me my ass on a silver platter that is how badly I get my ass kicked. I might as well have been a punching bag.
I even try to do some of the moves Sasori-Danna and Deidara taught me. Those moves only cause me to land on my butt or face. My ankle is starting to throb in pain and I seriously feel bruises forming almost everywhere. Luckily there is no blood…at least I hope.
Leader once again attacks me, hitting me in multiple spots before tossing me onto the ground on my back. I try getting back up on wobbly arms and legs as the world starts to spin like crazy. Though every muscle in me is protesting to just fall back and stop, I push onward.
Slowly, I get back into my fighting stance and face Leader only to end up having to quickly dodge his attack. However, I'm unable to dodge fast enough and end up slouching forward as my breath escapes me. My knees give out and I fall face first into the dirt as Leader moves away.
Still determined, I get back up. Well try to, Leader picks me up by the back of my shirt and punches me in the stomach. He then pushes me away and I stumble backwards as I try to keep my balance.
Leader takes one look then yells out, "Time is up! We'll have lunch then continue training!"
Letting out a sigh, I just let my body collapse. There is no way I am going to eat if training is going to continue like this. I'll just take a short nap. Sounds like a good idea, I'll just rest my eyes for a moment.
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