Chapter 55
Trouble with Money and Kids
.:Kai:.
The red ninja couldn't help but keep staring at Violet as she ate. For some reason that morning, she looked healthy, happy and radiating with beauty since the death of her sister. As they told stories around the breakfast table, Violet would smile with laughter that sound like ringing bells. Although, she would eat with her fork in her right hand while her left elbow rested on the table with her hand curled in a fist to the nook of her neck; possibly trying to hide the love mark he left on her neck.
"Hey, that reminds me, we have to pay rent tonight. Do we have enough money?" He asked as he tried to look at the jar they were keeping their savings but it was hard to see through Cole's head.
"Let me check," Jay volunteered and he got up with the chair scraping backwards, "wait, we aren't even at the top yet!"
"What?" And at this, Kai himself got up from his chair and pushed Jay at of the way. It was true, they weren't at the top. Probably three-quarters of the way.
"Well I can offer to teach the class instead of assisting."
"I can work overtime."
"I could probably do a double shift."
"I can sling in a few more pizza pies."
"I can probably make more if I do the human piñata," he answered and when his ears met with a silent room, he looked around to see everyone giving him questioning glances, "don't ask…"
"Well then, it's settled." Cole declared and they all nodded their head.
"Is there anything I can do?" Lloyd asked with his big, green eyes looking at everyone.
"Why don't you come with me today? If I'm teaching I can get my boss to let you learn for free."
"Cool!"
So after an hour of preparing and leaving, it was only him, Violet and Lloyd left. When he exited his and the guys' room and into the lounge room, he saw Lloyd playing on the gaming console. The young boy wasn't wearing his usual ninja gi but instead a simple black top with shorts.
"Hey Kai! Are you going to work today?"
"Nah, I'm actually free today, no one had called me for a party or anything."
"Why don't you come with me and Violet?"
"That's not a bad idea, let me ask her." He replied and he turned back the way he came except he knocked on the door beside his.
"Come in." He heard her called. He twisted the door open and peeked his head in to see Violet rubbing concealer onto her neck. She was wearing a purple, sports tank top with black shorts that were sort of short. Her newly short hair which was cut evenly was tied in a hair ponytail with the short hair that couldn't be tied back falling loosely beside her face. "What's wrong?"
"Well it's seems I'm not needed so I wonder if I could come with you and Lloyd to your work."
"Sure, I'm positive Dareth won't mind." She replied with a smile behind she bent down to put on her trainers.
.:Violet:.
She was glad she was able to get a deal with Dareth that she would teach the class while he takes a break. He asked what the catch is and she simply replied that she would get paid extra and she needed to teach Lloyd for free. Dareth agreed which was a relief to Violet. Of course, he asked about Kai who tagged along and she explained how he would be her dummy despite her boyfriend's protests.
"Okay everyone, I'm going to teach you how to do a proper roundhouse kick. A roundhouse kick isn't just about a kick made with a wide sweep of the leg and rotation of the body; just doing that will end up you tripping over your own balance and making a fool out of yourself. First of you, you want to synchronise your breathing with your kick. You would want to be able to move, duck, block and kick as quickly as possible without running out of breath or getting the wind knocked out of you. Take deep, steady breaths when your opponent is out of read. Breath in as you prepare to make the kick and exhale forcefully each time your kick." She informed as she started to pace in front of the kids who were seated on the ground.
"Now everyone stand up, I'll go through the steps." She explained and instantly, each kid was on their feet. "I want you to stand with your feet slightly apart like this. Good, keep your arms raised because while you prepare for a kick your opponent may strike you.
"Now slowly bring your leg up to the side. As you raise your rear leg for the kick, bend it back upon itself so that the back of the calf is almost touching the thigh. Bring the bent leg up so that the knee is pointing out to the side. You'll probably need to lean your upper body in the opposite direction for balance. At this point, the muscle in the leg is bunched up and the lower leg is chambered, ready to deliver a quick, crushing kick. Now I want you all to hold that position as I walk around."
She explained as she went through the steps with them. She lowered her leg and walked around, turning kids' knees more to the side or helping them to balance. When she got to Lloyd, she saw he was having trouble to keep standing on the one leg. She lightly tapped the knee on the standing leg forward so the weight is properly balance.
"Thanks Violet."
"No problem Lloyd." She answered with a smile and she made her way back to the front of the class. "Okay, lower your leg and give it a jiggle. Now, I want you all to spread a part even more… more to the left… Okay good. Now I want you all to lift your leg again and do the steps I've just told you to do. Good, make sure you all keep your balance. Now, pivot on your lower foot then turn your body so that your kicking leg move towards the imaginary target in front of you. As you do this, extend the leg in a sudden but smooth motion so pretty much snap it forward. So really your knee should still be bent when your leg hits the target. Also make sure you use your waist to help turn."
She explained and she made the snapping motion with her leg. When the others kids tried; some fell whereas some wobbled before regaining her balance. Lloyd was the only one who didn't lose balance. After she made them do this many times that they didn't fall but did the technique correctly, she made them line up in front of her. They performed their kicks on her and she held her hands up so they would kick that. She made sure it was low enough for them to kick.
"Remember, the less time your foot or leg is in contact with your target's body, the better. Quick, 'snappy' kicks transfer lots of energy in the form of damaging shock, while slower kicks use some of your energy to push the target, which is less damaging. Okay, you all can take a break." She called out and instantly, the line in front of her shattered and ran to their bags outside of the class room. She turned to still see Kai leaning on the door frame into the classroom.
"You would make a perfect Sensei."
"I'm not that wise as Sensei Wu… Wouldn't he be coming back tonight with Nya?"
"Yeah he would be." He replied and he walked towards her. "You know, I don't know how to do a proper roundhouse kick too."
"Oh really?" She asked, clearly not buying his attempt at flirting with her nevertheless, she smiled and stepped forward.
"How about you teach me with a kiss."
"As much as I love you Kai, this is just a lame excuse."
"True." He laughed and quickly kissed the female ninja on the lips.
"Seriously? You're going to do that when the other kids might be watching." They both turned their heads to see Lloyd as the door way.
"Trust me kiddo, you'll be doing the same once you get a girlfriend." Kai told him.
"Yeah, right." Lloyd scoffed and then the students walked into the class. Kai retreated back to the door frame and Violet looked at the kids. She quickly counted fifteen kids including Lloyd.
"Okay, I want you all to get into pair and start a sparring match. Lloyd, you're with me." She called out and she was surprised how enthusiastic the kids were, they were more energetic this lesson than the previous ones with Dareth as the teacher. The seven pairs already started fighting and Violet smiled to see them using the roundhouse kick while the other dodged. She looked back to Lloyd.
"How come I have to be paired up with you?"
"Because there's an odd number and because you're slightly stronger than these kids. You may accidently use your elemental powers."
"But I thought I needed a golden weapon to use my powers."
"No, you don't." Violet smiled and she got into a fighting stance. "Now fight me."
Instantly, the blonde boy charged forward with his right fist ready to hit her. She quickly ducked out of the way. Because of the momentum Lloyd used into the punch, he ended up falling forward. She softly sighed.
"Don't raise your fist too early; it would alert your opponent what you're going to do. The serpentine would know this but maybe the other kids won't. So I suggest don't raise your fist until the last second and put all your momentum into the hit otherwise you would fall since the Serpentine is fast."
"Okay…" Lloyd panted and his green eyes travelled past her shoulder so the female ninja turned around to see amber eyes staring into her lavender ones.
"You want me to spar with Lloyd while you go around and assess the other student's fighting techniques?"
"That's not a bad idea. Thanks Kai."
.:Kai:.
The ninja of fire was surprised when the kids exclaimed to their parents how that was the best lesson ever when they got picked up. Because of this, they paid Violet an extra five dollars. Since there were fourteen students excluding Lloyd, she got paid an extra hundred and forty dollars along with the forty from Dareth. He exited the dojo with Lloyd as Violet stayed back to teach the next group of boys. Kai ended up dropping Lloyd at the apartment to shower while he went to take a walk around the city. It wasn't long until he felt his pocket vibrate and he reached his hand in and pulled out his phone.
"Hello, this is Kai."
"Where are you? You're supposed to be at my son's birthday party an hour and a half ago!"
"A-A party?" And that's when Kai remembered he did in fact have a party.
"Forget it! I'm calling your boss you get you fired!" And instantly, the line went dead.
"Kai!" He turned his head to see Cole and Zane running towards him.
"What's wrong?"
"We suspect that the Serpentine are up to something."
Sorry if the chapter was shortish. I know I said that this chapter would be longer but trust me, the next chapter will be around 3000 words. You probably won't get a lot of updates for me for a while since Queensland (Australia) is having a cyclone and we're expecting to hit tomorrow. It's one of the strongest cyclones since 1988 (I think…). The government said we should stay in for a couple days, expecting power outages so I won't have anything done during then.
Anyway, I've figured to prevent having over 200 chapters, maybe to sort of cut out the scenes. I won't do it to major episodes but this episode is a victim of my evilness. So thanks to: LD Stories, LightningDanino23, Rachymel, ALookIntoMyWorld, Yuna54321, ElementzGirl7, KaiRulesSuckers and CarlyShi208. So that's why this chapter is early so you won't wait for more than a week for the next one. But please review!