Chapter 9
Learning
At first it was hard for Yang to get back into shape after resting for three months she needed to get back into it, but since Reese was with her it made training more interesting.
When Reese started to get Yang back into shape it was painful for him to watch but Reese still continued to help Yang out.
"So when am i going to learn how to do your style of fighting?" Yang asks.
"When your body is ready and so far we are not that close."Reese answers back.
"How am i not ready?" Yang asks.
"I can move fast and what not." Yang says.
"My fighting style is split into three different fighting methods, numer one is a fast strike low damage it's more of a hit and run attack, the second is between light hits and fast movement and fast moves and heavy less precise hits but in return you deliver more damage." Reese says.
"So what you're saying is i can hit lightly and do small damage and if i need to i can go for heavy hits and do more damage but it's less accurate right?" Yang asks.
"Exactly but there is one more to learn, and it between those two fighting styles,where you can move fast and hit hard and hit where your aiming, and so far i'm just trying to calibrate your body so it can adjust to how it's going to adapt to this fighting style." Reese told Yang.
"So that's why we are doing speed drills right Reese?" Yang asks.
"Right, so keep up with me." said Reese as he got ready for the dril.
Then as the training progressed so did the months, winter then turned into spring then Reese started with a new training regiment.
"K Yang remember how you chased after me in the Beacon Academy gardens?" Reese asks.
"Yeah i ran after you then i climbed up a tree and ambushed you,that was fun." Yang said.
"Well your going to chase me through the forest and try to catch me, be warned however i'll do everything to evade you, but to sweeten the deal if you catch me we are done for the day." Reese said.
"No how about if i catch you not only we are done for the day we get some alone time together,if i win." Yang says.
"What about if you lose?" Reese asks.
"Then ill do a double workout." Yang says.
"Ok you got yourself a deal." Reese said.
Reese then got in a starting running position then turned to Yang.
"Wait five seconds then come after me you got ten minutes to catch me got it." Reese said.
"Got it." Yang said as her eyes turned red.
Reese knew that she was dead serious when her eyes do that, Reese then shot off like a lightning bolt he had 5 seconds to evade, then ten minutes to evade Yang,Reese then remembered that last time she got him, Reese was not planning to let that happen again, but then Reese remembered that Yang grew up here so she would know where to go.
"Thats bad she will have no problem catching me." Reese said out loud.
"That's right Reese i know where to go to catch you no matter how far you run i can see you." Yang said a few feet away.
Then Yang jumped from tree to tree creating an illusion that she was everywhere at once,Reese then ran away from the source, then Reese entered a clearing where there were trees and flowers, the flowers were in bloom creating an intoxicating smell that was conflicting with Reese's brain processing power, if Yang had a time to strike now was the time.
Little did Reese know Yang was making her move on him by staying low in the flowers and crawling just like a snake, then when she was within range Yang then stood up and wrapped her arms around Reese.
For Reese it felt like he was struck by a cobra that slowly slithered it's way to it's pray that was under its spell then sunk its teeth into it's prey and started dragging him down to the ground.
Reality for both of them is that Yang caught Reese and now was gently putting him on the ground and laying right next to him.
"How did you do that?" Reese asks.
"Well me and Ruby use to play hide and seek out here so i knew what paths i had to take to make you more vulnerable to my attack." Yang said with the same red glint in her eyes.
"Tell you what that was scary on how you made me move." Reese said.
"Oh yes that was quite fun to do that to you, now i think you know what i want from you." Yang said with a grin.
"Alright you got it." Reese said.
Reese then put his arms around Yang and she did the same and then Yang put her head close to Reese's head then they shared another kiss but this time it was longer for all that time they were away are now caught up, Reese tried to pull away but Yang refused to let him get away.
"Nope, We are making out. " Yang said.
"But." Reese said and all that Yang was going to let him say.
But she planted her lips to his, Reese struggled for a few more seconds but then melted into her kiss and started to enjoy it, after a good amount of time Yang pulled back and simply stared at Reese.
"You know there is a dance hall in town want to go tonight?" Yang asks Reese.
"Well you haven't seen other people so yeah lets go." Reese answers back.
Reese then helped Yang up off the ground, but when she got up she stole another kiss from Reese.
"Hey that's not fair." Reese said softly.
"Well you have a chance to steal it back tonight." Yang said with a soft voice.
They both made their way back to the house where they found it empty.
"My dad on some days will teach a night class on combat." Yang explained to Reese.
"Well i hope so." said Reese.
"Still worried that he might rat you out?" Yang asks.
"Yep." Reese said back.
"Well don't worry if he does and you run i wouldn't be happy anymore so he'll still lose." said Yang as she entered her and Ruby's room to change.
Reese then grabbed a pair of dress pants and a black shirt from his bike, and after some time Yang came down from her room in a black dress and her hair tied back in a wolf tail look, but Yangs face tells Reese a different story.
"What is wrong Yang? Reese asks.
"Well it's that I haven't seen the people in town so I don't know what they will think of me." Yang says.
"Well remember I'm right here so I think they will be asking questions about me more than you."Reese tells Yang.
"Because you are new here right?" Yang says.
"Yep." Reese said.
After a bike ride that lasted 20 minutes to get into town they found the place where they teach people how to dance, and to show off their skills to other individuals.
"So tell me Reese have you seen Ruby of any of the other teammates?" Yang asks.
"Well." Reese says as he thinks back.
Flashback 10 days after the fall of Beacon
The last thing Reese knew of Yang was she was hurt and evacuated along with Ruby to head back to their hometown of Patch.
For Reese he had to evade the grim they were at heavy population for the moment,but Reese knew that the Atlas military will be coming in soon to do damage control and clear out the grim.
"Patty scan again." Reese asks.
"Reese I already scanned the town, there is nobody here at this time, just grim." Patty said back.
"Please." Reese asks.
"Sigh." Patty says as she scans the town again.
After a few minutes Patty says something.
"I found something." Patty said.
"Show me."Reese says.
Reese then saw a live footage of what was going on, but something was familiar about that person their fighting style is what caught Reese's attention,then he realized who it was.
"BLAKE!" Reese shouted then he started running toward her.
Blake was having a hard time fighting off the grim they just keep coming,then she saw them several Ursi come right at her, Blake had no ammo left for gambol shroud.
"This is the end." Blake says as she closed her eyes,then she heard something new that was a sweet sound to her ears.
Then Blake saw him clad in black armor and walking forward with a weapon that is disintegrating the grim till finally they were all gone.
"Well looks like I came just in time eh." Reese says.
"Yeah you did." Blake says back.
"So why are you still here? Reese asks.
"Well I don't know what to do next Reese." Blake says back.
"Well you could come with me and find the rest of the team." Reese says.
"No!" Blake says suddenly.
"Why?" Reese asks.
"Because I have my own problems right now and I want to sort them out before I can do anything else." Blake said as she looks away from Reese.
Reese knew Blake is clearly lying to him, so Reese decided to drop the subject.
"So umm I got some of your bows from your dorm room." Reese says as he removes the black bows from his satchel and gives them to Blake.
"Thank you Reese." Blake says.
"I got to go now Reese." Blake says.
"Ok then but before you go Blake can you give me a hug?" Reese asks.
Blake then gives Reese a strange look before giving him a quick hug then backing away from him, then jumping from rooftops to rooftops before she disappears in the distance.
"I see what you did there putting tracking bug in her hair." Patty says.
"Yep I know Yang is going to ask me if I had seen any of her teammates at any time." Reese says.
Current time on Patch 8:00pm
For Reese that memory took only a second for him to remember.
"Well have you?" Yang asks.
"Hummm oh yes I did see Blake for only a few minutes,she was about to be killed when I saw her." Reese says.
"Do you know where she is?" Yang asks.
"Yep she is in an unknown area of the map where I have never seen before." Reese says back.
Just then an elderly woman just came with her husband came walking up and they saw Yang standing with some young man.
"Yang is that you?" The elderly lady called out.
Yang then shot straight up and she was rigged as a board.
"It's miss Audrey and mr Harold." Yang says.
"You know them?" Reese asks.
"Yeah they used to babysit me and Ruby when we were young, they are great people but I'm not ready for them to see me yet." Yang said as she hid her right arm behind Reese.
"Yang where have you been I haven't see you in awhile." Audrey says to Yang.
"Well I have been at Beacon Academy for the past 8 months but it has fallen." Yang says with somber in her voice.
"That's sad, and who is this young man?" Audrey asks.
"I'm Reese nice to meet you miss Audrey." Reese says.
"Well how did you meet Yang?" Audrey asks.
"In short she met me at a sparring class and she won when she challenged me to a fight for a date." Reese says.
"And from the looks of it Yang won,were you going easy on her?" Harold asks.
"No I just got nervous around Yang." Reese says.
"That's what they all say." Harold says.
Reese then gave Harold a dirty look but Harold was just smiling at Reese.
"So I assume you both are here for the social dance?" Audrey asks.
"Yes we are." Reese says.
"I forgot something." Yang says as she turns to Reese's bike.
"Well we will see you inside soon." Audrey says to Reese.
"Ok I can't wait to see your dance moves." Reese says.
Audrey and Harold then turned to the door and went in, Reese then directed his attention to Yang who was right now looking scared to go in.
"What's going on Yang?" Reese asks.
"You already know what's going on." Yang says back.
"Your arm?" Reese asks again.
"I'm still afraid of what everyone is going to say about it." Yang says back.
Reese then sighs and looks around, and finds that they are alone.
Reese then starts taking off his shirt then after it's off Reese grabs a flake of skin and peels it off revealing a massive scar.
"Yang look at me." Reese says in a soft voice.
"No can you leave me alone." Yang asks.
"No! Yang look at me." Reese says again but in a more commanding tone.
This time Yang found that she was looking against her will, no Reese wasn't grabbing her, instead it was her heart who was looking, what made her stop was the sight of the scar.
"Here is a lesson on on life, we take things for granted a lot of things, but when it's taken away from us suddenly we cease to move forward or adapt to the situation,but depending on how you act will affect the outcome you had good rest for 3 months worth, now it's time to choose,do you want to stay here and be a lump or do you want to go on more adventures with me like you promised? Now you don't have to answer me right this second but I do expect an answer soon." Reese says.
While Reese was talking Yang was wide eyed at the new scar Reese has and then he took note of it.
"Do you want to feel it?" Reese asks.
Yang didn't answer instead she raise her left hand to touch it, it felt cold like there is no body heat underneath it like the nerves were destroyed.
"What about the people inside what if they talk about my right arm?" Yang asks.
Reese then turns to Yang and holds up his middle finger.
"F &$ them and their opinions of your arm, to me your still hot." Reese says as he picks up his shirt and puts it back on.
Reese the grabs Yang by the hand a leads her to the dance hall to have a little bit of fun time, as they entered people did turn to look but none of them spoke to her, Yang kinda liked it that way she just wanted to be with Reese, as the night went on Yang began to smile again,then it was closing time so Reese and Yang left, when they got back to the house Tai was home watching the news about something but Reese wasn't paying attention.
"Hey Yang."Reese says.
"Yes?" Yang say as she turns to Reese.
Then Yang got kissed and she found herself returning the feeling.
"Stole it back from today." Reese says with a grin.
"Yeah you got me." Yang says.
They then entered the house and they explained where they were for Tai he was happy that Yang was smiling again after so long,then they all went to bed, and as usual Yang joined Reese in his bed again to hold off the nightmares for the night.
End
Author's notes
None the only thing that's going to be significant is that Reese will see Ruby in the next chapter there.