Chapter 54
God did she feel happy to sit in class once again. At first Hitomi thought that it would be strange to be back, but she was able to adapt quickly and soon had caught up to all the things that she had missed. In a way it was good that she missed out a little. That way she could relax from all the stress and clear her mind.
Either way, things were looking good on her end. In fact it was currently so easy that she was all but kicking back at the moment, taking notes here and there for some things she would look up later.
She didn't notice how the time passed by and not before long their teacher dismissed them.
Gathering her things she took her bag and headed towards the cafeteria where she would meet up with Leifang to talk with her about their afternoon plans.
Today was the last class before the Karate championship in Hamburg and Hitomi and her father thought it would be a good idea to showcase their students how a fight between a Karateka and another martial artist of a different style would look like.
Of course Leifang had agreed. She was as eager as Hitomi to get a "serious workout" as she said. It was true that aside from the usual training and maybe the odd casual sparring between them when they weren't too busy, they hadn't had a decent fight in a long while. Her run in with those Ninja didn't count in her opinion.
So that was the plan for today.
After getting herself something to bite she looked around in case Leifang was already there, only to see Viktor sitting there with something that looked suspiciously like some kind of hand-held console.
"Hey." she greeted him as she approached the table and sat down, placing her tray on it.
"Hi." he said and looked up from the screen, before looking back to it and using some kind of pen that he drew along the bottom screen.
"Isn't that one of these...uh." she moved her a little, searching for the name. "Oh yeah, Playstation Portables, right?"
Viktor looked up from the screen and directly at her, not saying a word, as if she had just grown a third head. Then he held the console in a way so that she could look at the bottom backside, drawing his finger along the name Nintendo. "That's a 3DS."
"Ah." she waved him off. "They are all the same anyways. No one knows the difference."
"Sure sure. If with no one you mean yourself only." he joked and Hitomi simply blew him some raspberries. "Wow, careful where you aim."
"Whatever." she said and dug in. Viktor returned to what he was playing, but looked up one more time, spotting something or rather someone.
"And here comes the missus." he said and true to his words Leifang sat down beside Hitomi, placing her own tray on the table.
"Hi." she said to both of them, but only gave Hitomi's hand a small squeeze of affection immediately asking her "So when should we meet up later?"
"Well I gotta go back home and clean up a little. So I thought maybe we could just meet at the dojo. You still remember where I told you it was?" Hitomi asked her.
"Yeah. To be honest I had hoped we could go together." Leifang commented as she ate her food.
"Why?" Hitomi asked, then in a lower voice. "Wanted to kidnap me and take me somewhere secluded on the way?"
"I'm afraid you won't get to know that now." Leifang joked with a flirty voice.
"Man," Viktor commented and fanned himself with his hand before grinning at them. "Is it getting hot here?"
"Perv." Leifang said and then noticed the device in his hands. "Ooooh, is that a Nintendo 3DS? Is it true that the 3D effect is really not as good as they say?"
While Leifang was saying that Hitomi slowly turned her headed towards her, giving her an incredulous look. Noticing that, Leifang turned her head as well and saw the look on her girlfriend's face and simply shrugged.
"What? I watch TV." she said.
"Well, it certainly isn't anything to write home about." Viktor responded to Leifang and chuckled to himself, then gave Hitomi a look that said "I told you so."
"Ah, whatever!" Hitomi said and focused on eating. Leifang, who blinked in confusion, simply shrugged once more and continued eating her food.
Back at home Hitomi immediately started cleaning the place. The most problems she had with the windows, it was always a pain to clean them up without leaving water stains on them.
After that she took a shower to wash off all the dust that she had gotten on her body and made some preparations for the dinner that she wanted to share with Leifang tonight so that she wouldn't have to do everything later.
As she put everything in the fridge a quick look at the clock told her that she was running late and went to grab her gear and headed out. She rode her bike, sometimes ignoring a red light here and there if she had the chance to get there more quickly.
Hitomi got off her bike as soon as she arrived and simply leaned it against the wall, jogging to the door and pulling her bag back up over her shoulder.
Entering the dojo she could already hear the chatter amongst the students. A pair just came out of the male students changing room and she couldn't help but overhear them.
"Did you see that girl? What a major hottie."
"Yeah, too bad she's way out of our league man."
Hearing that she looked towards the shoe locker next to her and true enough she spotted a very familiar pair of red-golden, strapped high-heels confirming her that Leifang was already here.
Then I better get ready too. Hitomi thought and headed into the female instructors changing room. She wasn't surprised to find herself alone here, seeing as there was only one other female instructor working here. There was also an additional sports bag that, after taking a closer look at it, belonged to Leifang as well.
An idea formed in her mind, but that one had to wait until later.
With a smile the German changed quickly into her Gi and walked into the training hall. She could heard the excited whispers among the students as she entered and saw her father and Leifang standing together, deep in conversation, so Hitomi walked over to greet them. She noticed quite a few stares from the male student body aimed at her lover, mostly at the legs that were left rather exposed by her red cheongsam.
Those are not for you, buddies. Hitomi thought a little possessively.
"Ah, Hitomi." Her father greeted her as she approached them. Leifang and him turned to face her and the Chinese gave her a small smile. "Wondered when you would decide to show up."
"Sorry. Got a little sidetracked."
"Sidetracked by cleaning?" Leifang said jokingly and hid a giggle behind her hand.
"No. Sidetracked setting up some stuff for dinner. Don't wanna spend all evening cooking for us." Hitomi told her and leaned against the wall besides her.
"Well if that's the case I guess I should thank you then." Leifang said, and glanced over to Joachim. "Later though."
"I really don't want to know." Joachim said, causing both of them to giggle. Hitomi looked around the room and spotted a familiar face among the students. Mareike, from her football team, was there and when she noticed her waved her hand in greeting.
Hitomi smiled and waved back, which didn't go unnoticed by Leifang.
"A friend of yours?" she asked.
"Yeah. She's in my football team." she told her.
"I see."
When the last students poured into the hall Joachim took a step forward while the instructors and Hitomi took position slightly behind him. As she looked over her shoulder she noticed Leifang looking at her questioningly and the German motioned her to join them while her father greeted the students.
"As you well know today will be the last session for a few weeks since the dojo participates in this year's Karate championship in Hamburg. My daughter here," he motioned towards Hitomi, who in turn stood a little straighter. "Will represent us during the competition. And I will need to be there as well. So my daughter and I thought of something special for today."
He cleared his throat and held out hiss hand towards Leifang.
"This is Leifang. She's a friend of my daughter as well as a practitioner of Tai Chi Quan and has agreed to assist for today."
Leifang placed her right fist into the palm of her left hand and bowed slightly towards the students. "It's an honor to be here."
"Hitomi and her will showcase you a little match between a karate user and someone who uses a different style. So watch closely and, above all things, learn."
"Alright. Better clear out everybody. Could be that we need some space." Hitomi said as she and Leifang stepped into the middle of the room. The students did as they were told, moving to the sidelines of the room and sitting down on the floor.
The couple stood a few meters apart and faced each other. They bowed to each other and Leifang said "Now don't hold back on me. I'm in need of a serious fight."
"Didn't plan to." Hitomi replied and both entered their stances. She found herself staring at the other girl's shapely legs for what had to be the millionth time now. It distracted her enough so that she barely noticed the flat-handed punch aimed at her torso. She moved her arm to deflect it and threw a punch at the Chinese, who in turn pulled her arm back and fluidly spun to the side, dodging her attack.
Leifang's other hand shot out and Hitomi blocked it with her right arm, but was left open for the knee that kicked out right into her gut, making her tumble back a little holding her stomach.
"Good one." she said and gathered her bearings. Leifang changed her stance a little and waited for her next action.
Alright Hitomi, focus. Just because she's your girlfriend and she's using her greatest feature against you doesn't mean you can afford to get distracted here. She told herself, dashed forward and aimed a flying kick at her head, making Leifang lift her arms up to block it. The kick still threw her off a little, leaving her open enough for Hitomi to strike at her midriff with the side of her hand.
Caught off guard Leifang gasped in surprise and tried to move to the side but was still hit and stumbled to the side. Hitomi grabbed her arm and turned her around before pushing her away. She watched as the other girl fell to the floor, remained there for a second, then got up once more just to throw her a smirk.
Hitomi smirked back. Now things started to get fun. Both moved towards one another at the same time. Every time they attacked each other they always found a way to either block or avoid it. They knew so much about each other and their fighting style that it was hard for them to get the upper hand in this fight.
They backed off from each other and spun around in a roundhouse kick, their legs connecting to and blocking one another. The students around them couldn't keep their excitement contained anymore and some of them started to clap while others gave voice to it. "Oooooh."
Hitomi lowered her leg and took a step back. Her eyes widened when Leifang remained with her leg up in the air and lifted it up in a 90 degree angle. With a shout her foot came crashing down on her.
The Karateka managed to push her arms up to block and gritted her teeth. Damn, she had forgotten how good Leifang was at keeping her balance. Their eyes met for a second and Hitomi shot her a smirk before deciding to turn it towards a much lower area.
Leifang let out a gasp and Hitomi, turning the tables this time, used the distraction to push herself forward and tackle the older girl to the floor. Straddling her she threw a punch towards her face and stopped it just inches away from it.
"Guess I won, huh?" Hitomi said.
Leifang looked at her and a moment passed. She was drenched in sweat and her chest rose and fell with every deep breath she took. If they were alone right now she would close the gap and lick the sweat off her neck. Suddenly Leifang moved her leg a little, planting her foot against the floor and flipped her over. She was now on top of her, pinning her to the ground.
"No. Guess I won." the Chinese said triumphantly. The students clapped once again, but louder this time and Leifang got off her, getting back on her feet. She smiled and held out her hand that was balled into a fist. A moment passed between them.
The corners of Hitomi's mouth turned up and she bumped her fist against her lover's, then grasped her hand to let herself be helped up.
"Good match." Both of them bowed to each other.
"You weren't too bad yourself, Miss Runner-up." Leifang winked at her.
"Maybe that title should go to you now." Hitomi playfully punched her shoulder. Leifang gave her a look and she could see a twinkle in them.
"I'd rather win that in a fair contest." she said.
Joachim walked over to them and nodded. "Thanks you two, that was outstanding."
He clapped his hands to get the attention of the students who were whispering to each other. "Attention."
The students stopped and turned their gazes towards them. Joachim turned towards Leifang and bowed respectfully to her. "I thank you for this educational display."
Leifang bowed as well. "And I thank you for this chance."
"Alright then. Let us proceed with the lesson then." Joachim said.
While Hitomi helped in the instruction she could feel Leifang's gaze on her the whole time.
"That's it for the day." Joachim said. "Remember what you learned today. And we'll see each other in a few weeks then."
All the students said their goodbyes and headed off to the changing rooms, while the instructors remained back to clean up. Hitomi though had another idea and approached her father. "Why don't you guys go ahead and leave the cleaning up to Leifang and me?"
Joachim cocked one of his eyebrows, then looked at Leifang who didn't know what to say so she simply nodded. "You sure?"
"Yeah. Don't worry we can take care of it." Hitomi said and all but pushed Joachim out of the door.
"Alright, alright." Joachim chuckled. "Let me just tell the others. And don't forget to lock up."
Hitomi watched them as they headed to their respective changing rooms, then turned to see Leifang giving her a dirty look. "Don't look at me like that."
"I look at you like I want, because it seems like you get to decide for us all you want." Leifang protested.
"Oh come on, it's not that long. Besides," she took a step closer to Leifang and whispered. "By the time we're finished we'll be alone to talk."
"Oh I see." Leifang giggled. "Ok, then I can accept it. But only this time, you know."
With that they started cleaning up the training hall. And true to what Hitomi said by the time they entered the changing room the dojo was empty except for them.
"We really should spar more often like that." Hitomi said and kissed the Chinese gently on the lips.
"Yes. But we need to find a place to do that." Leifang agreed after their lips parted. They walked towards the lockers and Leifang turned her back to the German as she pulled off her cheongsam slowly.
"I know a nice place in the park." Hitomi said and continued ahead towards the showers, already undoing her belt and dropping her pants to the floor. "I'll show it to you some other time."
"Alright then. So what are we gonna do later?" Leifang asked after she was dressed down to her undies and rummaged in her sports bag to find a towel.
"Well once we get to my place I'll prepare dinner. After that...hmm how about a little romantic walk?" she suggested.
"Mhm. That sounds great" Leifang pulled out the piece of fabric and turned around to see Hitomi standing in the door to the showers, her back turned to her, stark naked. The German looked over her shoulder with a sultry look.
"Get. Over. Here." She said and walked in. It didn't take long for Leifang to undress and come after her and Hitomi pulled her further towards the showers, turning so that she pressed her against the wall and captured her lips in a passionate kiss.
Leifang moaned into the kiss as their tongues touched and reached for the faucet, turning on the water. Hitomi gently broke the kiss, grinned playfully at her and started to travel down her body, covering where she went with kisses and gentle bites until she arrived between her legs.
Another moan escaped Leifang and she placed both of her hands on the back of Hitomi's head, closing her eyes.
If she had kept them open she would have seen the pair of eyes that looked through the door crack in shock at what they saw and both of them were way too pre-occupied to notice the hurrying sounds of steps that left the building.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
Yup still keeping up the shedule even though it's the holidays.
Next chapter's gonna be up on New Year so see you around then!