'Good, they haven't done anything drastic yet.' Jordan happily assumes to himself. He stealthily sneaks within someone's property while he easily conceals his presence from others.
'I made it just in time.' He concludes before he hunkers down on top of the roof. The sight of Minato and Natalie sparring with each other was eventually gracing his vision.
The Avatar was silently noting that the blonde's breathing was different while the raven haired woman was more of the normal breathing rate.
It was then that the green eyed soldier's continuously powerful attacks hit both Jordan and Canaan, 'She isn't tired at all!'
"I give you some credit…you at least cut off some of my hair." Natalie compliments after she gains some space from her opponent and inspects her hair.
The young man hastily catches his breath while she proceeds to engage in a regular conversation with him.
'She doesn't even seem tired from any of the attacks that she unleashed on me.' Minato conceives after he examines her body to see the damage he has done to her.
A black box materializes in the bottom portion of her right eye before she judges, 'It looks as if he's near his limit.'
She slides her right foot behind her, which causes her body to rotate to the side while her left foot serves as a guide.
The raven haired woman raises the sword to her eye level while the top of her left hand rests underneath the tip of the blade. Her right hand grips the hilt a little ways pass her ear.
"Are you ready?" The captain promptly challenges once she tightens her grasp around the hilt. The woman speedily lounges at him.
'If she comes at me like that, I can read her attacks…' Minato predicts before he realizes that she was now directly right in front of him.
'How did she move so fast?' He wonders as he watches the sword draw closer and closer to his face.
The blonde slighty leans back and uses the back of his forearm to redirect the aim of the sword. His action causes the raven haired woman to stumble a little off to the side.
'She drew first blood.' Canaan considers after he spots a cut across Minato's forearm due to the sharpness of the sword.
'Natalie didn't even hesitate to strike her opponent, even if it meant drawing blood. She's truly one scary woman.' The golden entity asserted once he watched the move she executed on him.
"Master Canaan, there's blood!" Kiera nervously mentions after she notes red liquid flows from Minato's arm. Her voice captured her teacher's attention.
"Calm down Kiera, it isn't a fatal wound. A little blood spill means that those two respect each other as a fighter." Her teacher calms her qualms with a serious expression on his face.
His obsidian eyes silently assess the wound on whether or not it was fatal or shallow. He then rips off a shred of his shirt in order to cover the injury so it would not become infected.
Her sights peeks over her shoulder while her sword hilt rests at the side of her leg. The blood she drew from the blonde's arm dripped on to the ground.
"Minato," Natalie calls to him once he patches himself back up and queries, "What does it mean to you when you fight me?"
He glances up at her before he demands, "Why do you ask that all of a sudden? You know the reason why."
She whirls her head to face him with an expression of irritation when she states, "I clearly remember you proclaiming yourself as my rival, correct?"
The raven haired woman raises the sword, points it at his direction, and implies, "I can't address someone who doesn't commit 100% to a fight my rival."
'Isn't that being a little harsh?' Kieran and Kiera simultaneously thought after they heard her statement.
'I guess that's her pride as a warrior speaking.' Canaan deduces his opinion from her apparent feelings.
'Go ahead and kill that blonde haired twit for all I care Natalie.' Jordan wanted to say but reminded himself that his presence should remain an absolute secret.
The blonde did not verbally respond instead he brings his sword in front of him with both hands on the hilt.
"You what to know something Natalie? You're absolutely right! I haven't been committed to this thing ever since we began." The knight honestly admits while he shifts to his stance.
"At first, you weren't either but then you gave me a trial run on you being serious and I failed to meet your expectations."
"So allow me just one more chance, to take you on as a serious opponent." Minato sincerely pleads after he narrows his vision on to his opposition.
'That's the Minato I know…' The woman mentally asserts before she physically nods her head forward after his little speech.
The raven haired woman dashes toward him with the sword in one of her hands before she dodges a downward slash that throws her slightly off guard. She then brings her sword back in front of her as metal clashes against metal.
He swiftly retracts his sword just in time to avoid another one of his opponent's follow up attacks.
The solider gracefully spins around his back only to connect with his sword again. The green eyed soldier executes a side kick to the back of his calf.
The blonde swiftly collapses to his right knee and swings the blade to his right. The captain jumps back for a brief second before she instantly leaps toward him again.
Her green eyes registered that his plan was to accept the attack head. The raven haired woman decides to add in another move for deception.
The knight was physically bracing his body for the impending clash but instead was feeling something pressing against the side of his cheek.
The woman physically connected a kick to his jaw.
'He took that better than I thought…' Natalie analyzes after she watches him recover as he stands to his knees first.
Minato's gut feeling was instructing him to block something that was now aiming at his back. He reacted as he swung his sword behind his back when the sound of metal against metal was heard.
'At least he's paying attention…' She deliberates before she opts to test his attention span even further.
'Block now…' The blonde's instinct orders him as he utilizes his other forearm to block the kick that nearly misses his head.
The raven haired woman roughly feels her opponent tightens his grip around her ankle.
The green eyed soldier registered that he shifted the sword to his other hand while his left hand firmly secured her in place.
'He caught her?!' Kieran spectates when he observes the knight tosses the sword to the opposite hand.
Minato swings the sword behind him until he feels Natalie's weight tilt backwards, which pulls him slightly back.
'She dodged it!' Canaan shockingly concluded in disbelief. He envisioned that his attack was slated to create a shallow slash across her abdominal region.
The bottom of her other foot connects with his back, pushes him forward, and frees her ankle from his taut grip.
He quickly whirls around to see the raven haired woman dashes in his direction once again. The blonde swiftly scrambles to his feet only to have to hastily dodge another barrage of attacks.
'How is it possible that she has this much power left?!' The knight inwardly judged her performance when something captured his attention.
"Got you!" She softly whispers to him as the tip of her sword now points at his chest, specifically the area that houses the very thing that keeps him alive.
'It's finally over.' Canaan and Jordan declare to themselves once they witness the final position that the two end up.
Cheers and claps erupt from the sidelines as he faces his students to see that they were thoroughly impress by the two's display of strength in the midst of battle.
The children's reaction to their fight prompts a small smile to stretch across Minato's face before he ultimately admits defeat, "It seems as if I lost again."
The raven haired removes the sword from his heart, eases to her regular height, drops the sword and stalks off.
'It seems as if someone's disappointed.' Jordan guesses after he witnesses her reaction to Minato's statement.
Before she mentally digests the entire spar, the green eyed solider finds herself swamped at her legs by Master Canaan's students.
"Good job!" "Congratulations!"
"You're so freaking awesome!" "That was amazing!"
"Can you teach me how to fight?" "Where did you learn to fight like that?"
"How long did you train?" "You're my hero!"
Natalie was speechless at first since Canaan's disciples swiftly swarmed her. They were completely adamant to receive her full and undivided attention.
"Alright you all, let Ms. Natalie breathe!" The disciples master's stern voice could be overheard, which caused the rowdy herd of children to transform in to an orderly bunch.
"Congratulations on the win, Ms. Natalie. That was an intense battle from the both of you." Canaan gives his assessment on the spar from his point of view.
Her green eyes immediately cut toward Minato, who dutifully locks the gate back before he leisurely canters over to them.
"Thank you for permitting us to use the area and the swords." The solider properly thanks Canaan while she bows at the waist to show her appreciation.
"I will gladly allow you two to use this area again if you promise me another intense battle like that one."
"My students rather enjoyed being able to witness firsthand how two strong warriors truly fight." He states his demands for them to use the area for future purposes.
"You got yourself a deal." Minato speaks up once he nears the two before Canaan guides the children away from them.
"You are clearly disappointed. I can tell by the way you dropped your sword." He suddenly mentions as he catches her in his sights.
"At least you were able to read that correctly," Natalie counters while she stares at what was in front of her.
'Does she even realize that I sort of reached my limit during the spar?' He inwardly regards to himself.
"Unlike you, I don't have an unlimited supply of energy. I battled you with everything I had even when I didn't have it." The blonde tediously attempts to reason with her.
The woman spins toward him with a look of irritation and anger when she asserts, "Don't feed me excuses Minato, it makes you look pathetic!"
"A warrior accepted a lost because they were exhausted is nothing but crap to me. If you weren't such a good friend to me then you would be in there dead from me killing you."
The young man was thoroughly surprised at how her mindset was during their spar. 'She treated it as if we're in a life or death match.'
"Look Minato, let's just get Prince Kirean and Princess Kiera and take them back home. I don't feel like talking about this right now." The soldier suggests to him over her shoulder.
The young woman then automatically retraced the same route that Canaan and his students used earlier.
'It seems as if I have fallen in the pits of Natalie's hatred again.' The blonde solemnly envisions after he reads her facial expression.
Jordan rises to his feet after he watches Natalie and Minato walk away. 'At least it seems as if my little plan is in full motion.'
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Aikka notices his wife occasionally drifts off to sleep as he leisurely rolls her down the hallway toward the front entrance of the castle.
Whenever he would see her head bobbing off a little too far, his reaction was pausing in their stride and gently shaking her awake.
"I swear you really need to have those kids." The orange haired man suddenly uttered since the visible signs of varied hormonal shift in emotions started to annoy him.
"Now you see how I feel?" Eva states her question once they take their umpteenth break.
"I'm trying to see as much as possible before being on bed rest for the last part of my pregnancy." She speaks up again when she feels the wheelchair move forward again.
"I understand. I just hope we don't have to go through the horrors of your previous pregnancy." He mentions to her, which causes a smile to appear on her face.
The raven haired woman with crimson tips reaches out for her husband only to come in to contact with his face and fondly alleges, "I sort of remember messing this nose up by accident the last time."
"…by accident? More like you almost broke my nose because you were enduring a wave of severe cramps." The Noursaian promptly corrects her sentence in his normal tone.
"Hey, how about you try pushing out twins naturally! It definitely isn't easy." The pregnant woman defends while she gently pinches amd wiggles her husband's nose.
"Can't breathe…" He falsely claims until she notices that his cheeks did indeed turn from its normal tan color to a violet purple hue.
The young woman immediately releases her hold on his noise. He then deeply inhales for air before he peers over at his wide, "I hope the twins are there when we arrive."
"Did you forget that we have the most awesomest godparents in the world that looks after them?" Eva challenged with a puffed out chest.
Aikka nods his head before he returns to his previous position and pushes her further down the hallway.
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"Ms. Natalie," Kieran's voice catches Natalie's attention, which prompts her gaze in his direction.
"Yes, what is it Prince Kieran?" She asks while she executes a gesture to show that he has her undivided attention.
"Where did you learn how to fight like that?" He curiously inquires, which prompts the raven haired woman to unknowingly peer up at Minato after she hears the question.
"My father, Sir Rick, taught me how to fight."
"Not to mention, I had to spar with this blonde twit over there on numerous occasion so it made me a little stronger than I am now." The green eyed soldier honestly discloses the truth to the young prince.
'She said that in a way that just not believable.' The blonde inwardly judges. A cloud of depression hangs over his head after he listens to Natalie's statement.
Kieran and Kiera face each other with their eyes fill with some kind of emotion that only the two could decipher.
"If you are going to ask us to train you two…" The raven haired woman swiftly verbalizes once she processes the twin's expression.
"…then forget about!" The knight finishes her statement.
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Author's Note:
12.11.16 Major editing revision
06.26.17 Major cleaning edits