Martial Arts Training: Day Class [OPEN]

Zack wanted to kick the girl in front of him, but that would only turn the heat back over to him. And he needed to use the time he had before going up there. The woman glanced over her shoulder, eye brows raised when the reds didn’t move towards her; her glare enough have them jumping to the mats. Once on them, they stood, throwing glances between her and themselves. Finally, the only girl rushed forward, making to be a distraction for the other three, but it lasts only a second before she lands on the mats, and her teammates join her in less than a minute. As soon as they were on the mats, they scrambled off, heading towards the back of the line.

Red.......

But as sapphire orbs watched her, he noticed that she was basically doing the same move over and over. Grab the student’s arm to fling them over her shoulder and down on the mat. If for some reason she couldn’t reach the students arm, she would merely sweep her leg out and knock them down that way.

From back here it looked too easy. He could easily see ways of how to defeat her. On any other person he would have no problems defeating her. Even when Ay had done the same move he had more or less………ok no that was a lie. Ayzen had completely kicked his ass. But he knew how he could counter that move. All he needed to do was have his body follow the brain’s instructions at the right time.

Brown……

No matter how many each belt had, the closer he came, the quicker and easier she defeated the students. But Zack never tore his gaze away from her, learning everything he could by watching her. He didn’t notice it until the purple belts hit the floors.

Purple……

AS the five greens fought to do what their peers could not, he only confirmed it. She had a definite opening on her right side. Or rather, she favored and protected her right side. But he couldn’t turn to tell the other two, not at least when they were this close. It would not only get him in trouble but it would set a bad example for the belts behind him. So how to tell the others……..Sapphire orbs locked onto a strand of hair that hung on his right side. Usually he would simply tuck it behind his right ear and move on, but seeing as they were still at attention……

Green…….

huff

Zack purposely made the huff loud, trying to get Masuki’s attention over the noise of the students and the woman. Turning her head just barely Masuki’s chocolate gaze narrowed in confusion. Nodding his head forward slightly he huffed at the strand again.

Blue…….

A very small smile pulled at Masuki’s lips as she caught on and turned her attention back towards the front. Her smile widened as her fingers on her right hand snapped twice, the signal for anyone who knew to head towards the right. Gods he only hoped that Kei got the message as well. He couldn’t confirm without breaking his attention, but he had faith that the boy knew the signals as well as he and Masuki did.

Yellow……

Thr orange belts didnt stand that much more of a chance than the others before them had. However once they were all knocked to the ground, The woman's foot decended upon the boy who had foolishly told the white belt to shut up, pinning him to the mats as his teamates rushed towards the back of the line.

"What the fuck, let me go!"

"Volenteer number one for talking. " The woman stated simply, ignoring the boy's outcry.

Orange……

TUL!"

Zack watched as the white belts didn’t even bother trying. The only one who did was the new kid but he had no finesse what-so-ever. Zack was doubtful if he had even had proper training. The orange belt knew his place, knew he wouldn't dare tempt the woman's wrath again by leaving. And once all the whites were on the floor, the woman walked over to the girl who had spoken first. The brunette foolishly tried to roll out of the way but the woman's foot merely came down on her back, pinning her to the mats as well.

"Volenteer number two for talking. Anyone else wish to volenteer?" There was absolute silence in the room as the whites tricked back to their rightful places, allowing the blacks to step forward once more.

"That's what I thought." She murmured.

White…….

"TUL!"

And just like that they had come in a full circle. Now that they had a game plan this was going to be much easier. Now all Kei and Masuki had to do was distract her as he went for her right-

Bam…..bam…..

BAM!!

Pain exploded from his neck as something seemed to have come out of nowhere and slammed into the right side of his neck. The same side that was still sore from his and Ayzen’s activities last night. The pain from being slammed onto his back was nothing compared to the white fire pulsing from his neck. He had to bite his tongue to keep the curses from flooding from his lips. And even as the other two slowly moved off the mats the pain that pulsed from his neck had him pinned where he lay, stealing all of his strength so that the only movement he could make was to raise his hand to cup the side of his neck. Sapphire orbs slipped shut for a moment as he bit back a groan.

Gods that fucking hurt!

It was really amazing sometimes when children think that they can get away with about anything with their elders. A simple rule ‘don’t speak, easiest thing in the world to keep to just keep one’s lips sealed. Right, then again at the moment she was talking about hormonal rabbit breeding humans. Who for the life of them in this day in age feel they always had something that need to be said. So, of course after the two different voice’s touched her sensitive ears icy blue eyes turned to focus on the young girl and the boy hushing as she flipped another student down on the mats.

Making sure the two stayed on mats not the hardest thing in the world either. Foot in chest, a harsh glaring look and demanding voice about all that was really needed. Poor souls that would have to remain on the mats until she felt that they had learn their lesson. But that would take some time yet. Icy pale eyes turned again to look at the now returned set of black belts. A small smirk on her lips as she turned her back to them again, the orange and white belt waiting on the edges of the mat to be call back on with the three others.

Well now, Second, let’s see you plan this time.

That was IF he had a plan, Faelwen might be giving the human too much credit. Might take him a few more knocks to the mats to figure it out. Or well, maybe she should have hoped it would take him a few more times to figure it out. As the first two come forward towards her, again, were they just going to repeat the same thing again? The two stuck on the mats just mindlessly came forward at her, not even trying to make themselves their own game plan at all. Inwardly she was rolling her eyes as she blocked the first black as he came, tripping him over, second just as easy. Grab the arm, put the weight on one leg, and flip the young girl over and down on the mat. It was the same thing again just as if had been before. Hadn’t little ‘man in charge’ just given up the first time.

Lord, he wasn’t going to do that again?

Or well maybe she should of hope he would have done the same thing again.

Movement to her right caught her eye and the instant reaction of her body swag her armored arm back into the neck of the young ‘Second’. The sound of the young man rang in her good ear before she had realized her own body movement. Icy blue eyes turned a bit to glare down at the young man very annoyed. Maybe later she would congratulate the young one for figuring out her predominate weak side. Though should have thought a little hard about it, bad side would mean she paid more attention to it. Unless she was one to think that she was invincible.

Or so stupid thing like that.

First rule of survival.

Know your own weaknesses.

“ Maybe third time will be the charm, eh?” Faelwen smirked down at him as she nodded her head towards the other two as they got off the mats. Well, if he figured out her weak side, perhaps the next time around they will get her down on the mats.

Perhaps.

She watched him get up rubbing his neck as he walked off as well, icy blue eyes turned to her two poor victims as they rolled hopelessly back up. Well, well, maybe round three someone will figure it out. She turned her back to the students again arms crossed behind her.

“Tul!”

***Text Message to Zack***

Spoiler:

Not a word….Perfect attention. It seemed that obedience still had to be beaten into some. The slight pain from being slammed down into the mats was refreshing. A light pulse that gave room for growth instead of actual pain. But he had to wince when he saw the second-in-command hit the floor. Even though it served him right for going for her right side. Sometimes going for the weak spots was an advantage, but a woman such as the one before them, he should have known that she would know what her own weak spots were.

The students came and went, none of them actually even trying anymore. They were doing down and running from the mats as quickly as they could, providing no resistance what-so-ever. It wasn’t until the purple belts that he noticed a significant difference. The sounds of the bodies slamming down on the mats were louder.

’Way to piss her off guys…

He murmured silently to himself as he stepped forward once again. Now she would be purposely trying to hurt them. And from what he just saw happen to Mr. Second in command, he really did not want to be on the receiving end of that. He had been there more times then he wanted to admit. And the fact that these children were putting them all there for the sake of trying to avoid the woman sent a flash of irritation through him.

Sooner then it should have come; the time for the whites to return to the mats had come. And just like the students before them, each and every one of the whites had fallen before a minute had passed. Except for him. He stood there, watching as they foolishly rushed forward, falling without even putting up a fight. But not him. He would not fall so shamefully.

Watching the woman for a moment, he feinted to the right then moved to the left, trying to create an opening. He didn’t count on her recovery speed however and soon felt the familiar grip on his arm, the solid shoulder beneath his back before the sharp pain exploded from being slammed on the mats. Well, at least he could say that he tried. Just as he was about to get up, her foot rested on his chest, keeping pinned to the mats. At first he had tried to get it off, but the pressure only increased.

“What the hell? I didn’t talk!” But silence was his only answer as the woman smirked at him before looking at the rest of the class.

”TUL!”

”Maybe the third time will be the charm eh?

Wincing as he stood, he gave her a small smile before heading to the back of the line, his hand still gently rubbish the side of his neck. Gods that had hurt……it still sent jolts on pain through his body, making it almost hard to breathe. Once he made it back to his spot, he released his neck, once again slipping into the perfect attention. Sapphire orbs glared at the white haired woman. OK, he should have known that (being an elf) she had lived long enough to know what her weaknesses were. That was the first rule in any form of combat. So that was a mistake that he had rushed forward without thinking.

Smart move Zack……

But this time they were going to get her down. He had a good feeling about this round.

Three more belts to go……

Two more……

One…

Moving his head to the left just barely, he noticed Masuki’s smirk, and knew that they all were on the same page. Once the whites fell back, and it was their turn again Zack couldn’t help but smirk as well. They were going to get her down….and then this torture will be over. The two whites and the orange seemed to have the same idea and moved as far away as they could, giving the blacks all the room they needed.


They placed themselves accordingly this time. Two on each side, and one in front. With only glances, they communicated. With Kei and Masuki taking her sides, and Zack standing directly in front of her, he allowed his smirk to widen a bit as he smirked into ice blues.

Zack charged first, keeping his arms behind him until the last second when his hand shot out to push her roughly back. She dodged just like he knew she would, leaning backyards and flipping him over. At the last second he angled his body and landed on his feet. But before she could sweep his feet, Kei swept her feet out from under her while Masuki placed a hand on her chest and forced her down onto the mats.

The smirk widened as he glanced down at her. They had done it. Looking back on it, it had been so easy. But his victory was short lived. It was then that he noticed that there was a good inch of air between her back and the mats. Sapphire orbs widened as his shoulders sagged. The other two had yet to notice, they were too busy high fiving each other, grins that rivaled the Cheshire Cat’s on their faces.

But it wasn’t over……she had said on the mats, In which she was not.

So maybe the forth time was the charm this time?

But then again, he could just place a foot against her chest like she had done for the others.


……………………………………………now that was a bad idea. She would probably end up breaking his leg…

Fast simple movements, block the students’ on coming attacks and use them against them. Flawless and with whatever grace you say a battle elf really had at the end of their lives. Right, grace, Faelwen could laugh at that even thought crossing her mind in the first place. As the white belts took the mats again, the white haired elf turned her attention soully for the most part at ‘Mr. Lost’ as she flipped him rather hard over and on to the mats. She had to give the young man some credit. Even though it seemed he had no formal training at all other then what human’s called ‘street smarts’, at least he was trying. Even one else had be blinding charging at her in hopes to cycle back through to the blacks again. Stupid humans, think that would be the best means of attraction instead of putting their tiny rabbit brains together and thinking. They by far outnumber her, if they all stayed on the mats at any given time shear number would be her undoing.

But no, they wanted to leave it to Mr. Second and his two other minions.

Mr. Lost’s retort back to her was cleanly ignored as she summoned forth the black belts again. Looking forward at least to what the dark haired young man would come up with next. It would be very disappointing if they were to give up as well, running at her like mindless rabbits ready for slaughter. As the two charged at her sides the same time as the dark haired yojng man came at her from the front, Faelwen let a small smirk grace her lips as she prepared her stances on the mats, deflecting the first two before Zack come at her from the front. Blocking and take his arm she aimed to toss him over her shoulder and down onto the mats, but as he went up in the air Faelwen was not quite prepared from him to turn himself to land on his feet. The delay on her movement to sweep his feet out from under him was just the chance the girl need to land her hand against the white haired woman’s armored chest to send her back onto the mats herself. But not before Faelwen angled her elbows to catch the fall. Icy eyes watched the two other blacks smile like idiots while Mr. Second just looked at her, knowing well known crossing his face that she wasn’t ‘on’ the mats.

Good thing he hadn’t decided to try and put his foot down on her stomach to make her go down the rest of the way. There was a bit of jumping movement behind them, the other belts just as happy as the two other blacks for knocking down the ‘crazy woman’.

Stupid rabbit breeding humans.

“ Time for sticks, Mr. Second.” Faelwen stated evenly as she pushed herself back up onto her own feet, straightening her tunic.

Zack’s eyes widened in shock and before he knew what he was doing, the words were spilling out from his lips.

“Are you kidding me? I mean, yes, granted, we didn’t get you down completely on the mats but that just means that you would allow us to try again. Besides, you said that once we get you on the mats, which we technically did because you were no longer on your feet, that practice would be over. So by all rights class is over, and we can leave now.” As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he wished he could have taken them back. He had just broken the single thing that he had kept perfect for well over three years. His irritation only spiked when he realized that this woman now saw him as no better than the preppy white belt that was hitting on the new kid…

Icy eyes looked up at the young man standing over her, slight smile on her lips at the ‘fuck my life look’ that crossed over the young dark haired teenager as he sprouted those words from his lips. Not enough self control yet to know when it was a good idea to open one’s mouth over the use of body language. Using her hands for balance, she swung her legs out to fast for the three black belts to counter sending the three of them down onto the floor. Flipping herself back up right, she planted her bare foot against the dark teen’s checks holding him down on the mats as his two compainions rolled over with slight grumbles onto their own feet.

“ Never said anything about class being over. Just the suicides that’s all Mr. Second.” She smile sweetly at him as she pushed him down hard onto the mats before looking at the other two black belts. “ Sticks, pass them out to the rest of the class and line back up again in belt order at attention make it snappy.” The elf stated in a clear control voice to them before she turned her attention back to herself of poor souls. Mr. Second made four, not quite the number she would like for this around of combat, should have made Alric stay, then there might had been some sort of challenge in this. But then again, it was Kailyn fault for not being here in the first place to serve as a good stress relief before she tackled her family. Not something she was looking forward to. Tosen ability to go missing at the times when it wasn’t convenient, Ryuu and his inability not to think beyond two seconds without some sexual comment, the twins.. or well just Ayane, the girl was good at getting under peoples skin but rather good at annoying their grandmother, Toshiro never bothered her as much when he was a child. Lastly Kousei, not the pain in the neck she wanted to deal with, no one in her family line anymore seem to understand the word ‘respect’ when it came to her. Icy eyes looked back down at the young man under her feet.

O well, no one could be choosers and as soon as this day teacher showed up, she’d ring someone a new one.

“ Thanks for being the fourth voluntary Mr. Second. On your feet. “She let go of him as she stepped away to look at the three others. Ms. Flirt, Mr. Shhh, and Mr. Lost, four in all, well it would be a slight challenge but she already eliminated in her head who could be sacrificed first.

Sticks…….

And here he thought that the class couldn’t get any worse. If this was the teacher of the Martial arts team, he was staying far away from this when he eventually got to the front office to register. If he made it out alive that is. And then the Second, Zack he reminded himself, did something that Haku didn’t think he would do.

He spoke……

Well, no one was perfect after all. Foolish boy. He should know that things always get worse when you open your mouth. Just like now. If he learned anything in that
woman’s house, it was that the pain was always worse when she had a weapon. And Giving this woman a bamboo practice stick was not something that he wanted to deal with. He wasn’t even registered!! He shouldn’t be in the class for Christs sake!

He grudgingly took the stick that was handed to him, slipping back onto the perfect attendance like the black belt before him. He would just treat like everything like he had before. Deal with it until it was finished. Because nothing lasts forever.

Icy eyes watched them all as the sticks were passed out amongst the students. Probably a bad decision on her part, there were a lot more of them than her. Not really her strong suit without the use of magik. As a stick was handed to her, Faelwen flexed her hand a bit as she walked across the mats. Looking down the students as the stood now silent and finally up right at attention like they should have been at the beginning of class. Finally taking the crazy woman seriously huh? A little late for that; the elf whirled the stick in her left hand before stopping in front of her little four ‘sacrifices’. If these little human’s thought the run of straight suicides had been bad, they were in line for a very rude awaking.

“Now, that play time is over.” the cold smile crossed her face as she looked over the students lined the edge of the mats. In her mind, the easiest to let go of was Ms. Flirt and Mr. Ssshh she would hold onto the other two until the students used their little brains to figure out the means to overcome her, numbers always did that when one took away the strength element of an elf. Holding the stick against the mats she spread her legs apart a bit. “ This practice is simple, when knocked down you get off the mats, once each belt rank is off, the next step forward. To end class, all you have to do is knock my four helpers here down. However, all four must hit the mats. Understood?”

There was no way that things could turn out this easy. Usually when things were too good to be true, they usually were. Nothing in this world was EVER that easy. There had to be a catch somewhere. After everything, this woman didn’t seem to be the one to throw the battle away for nothing. Haku’s gaze watched the woman steadily trying to figure out what he was up to.

“Ptau’al!”

The answer came quickly, when the first brown belt came rushing towards him while some of the others distracted the woman. He felt the light thrack against his legs and he pitched himself to fall back on the mats, only to have the woman ignore the belt in front of her and grab the front of his tunic, keeping him on his feet. He knew it….the entire thing was rigged. He knew it was too good to be true. Once he was back on his feet, he stared at the woman as she managed to get all four browns on the floor.

“Ptau’al!”

The browns went down fast, and he couldn’t help but notice that the woman allowed the orange and the white belts to fall, but not him or the new guy. With the new guy he got it easy….all she did to keep him up was pull on the front of his tunic to keep him upright. Zack? He got a stick in his spine, each and every time. And not a light ‘hey you really don’t wanna fall down’ either. Each time he allowed himself to fall, it was always the bunt of her staff digging into the discs of his spine, causing pain to spasm and jolt up and down his body until he was having trouble moving. Always in the same spot right between the shoulder blades, always the white hot pain that exploded from the spot again and again. Eventually, he decided to give up trying to fall and gently helped her progress things along. Getting hit six times in the same spot harshly by a bamboo staff was NOT something he liked to continue experiencing.
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Running down the hallway, he dashed into the entry way of the dojo, kicking off his shoes before walking quickly through the halls. The sounds of fighting could be heard, and he smiled slightly knowing that he could trust Zack to keep the students active instead of relaxing like he knew a lot of them wanted to this close to exams. With an apology already on the tip of his tongue, he entered the open arena. But the apology died as he met with a scene that he had never expected.

Every single one of his students was on the floor laying on their backs, panting heavily as if they had been pushed passed their limits. The only two that remained standing were Zack and a white haired woman whom he had never seen before. Zack looked like he was ready to collapse himself; panting hard and bending over to lean on his knees, his legs shaking slightly with the weight they were being forced to carry. Golden orbs narrowed at the woman as he stepped onto the mats, his expression furious. This was turning out to be a perfect day wasn’t it?

“What’s going on here? Who the hell are you?” Akira growled at the woman as he came up to her. The woman was a good head shorter than him, but her stance instantly commanded his respect. He had seen Kailyn in the same stance a few times when he was serious, or furious. Towering over the woman, his gold eyes glared hard into her ice blue ones, refusing to give her the respect she demanded until he had a damn good explaination.

Her breath was in slight heavy pants as she stood on the mats, the young students of the Dojo littering around the ground now having fallen without time to get up before she called the next. Faster, harder, something to challenge herself in mass numbers seemed to be the only way she was going to get anything out of this class. But it was working, she lost two of her four in the first ten minutes Faelwen was able to keep the other up for quite some time afterwards even if it took putting her stick in Mr. Second’s back several times and yanking Mr. Lost to stay on his feet. But the two seem to get if they worked she wouldn’t do that.

Much more interesting that way.

It had her blood pumping, the old desire for combat seem to work well as she called the students up on after the other, seeming that the student’s were actually putting effort in what they were doing. And that, was what she wanted to see. At some point the elf had stopped calling them forward all together, the flow had caught on, students rolling off the mats faster getting to the back of line to try and not give her a break.

And Faelwen couldn’t seem to remember at what point in time the students had started hitting the mats and not getting back up. Nor when she lost Mr. Lost. It didn’t matter to her, the slight grin settling on her face as she stood there looking over them all, a class this size couldn’t bring her down. Panting breaths in her past her lips even though to anyone else they would look like she was just breathing normally. It was about that time Icy eyes settled on the young dark haired man that had just walked into the dojo.

Demanding she explain herself.

The smile fell off her face as icy eyes harden as the man came closer to her. Demanding, must mean this man was the new day teacher Kyros had told her that had come about to assist Kailyn with the Dojo since her absents. A young teacher who had just missed his whole class period, her head moved up higher as she looked at him even if he was taller than her, it mattered not.

“ Are you Akira-sensei?”

“Are you Akira-sensei?”

Even know she was at least a whole head shorter that him, he still managed to feel small and insignificant. Impressive, but he was not in the mood for this. If she were indeed a military officer, and had been wearing armor, he noted as it glinted in the lights, during the entire class, then it was no wonder that his students looked as if they were all ready to pass out from exhaustion.

”Yes-” The word barely left his lips as the stick was suddenly swung, aiming to knock him off his feet, but he jumped and grabbed the end and brought it up in an attempt to get it away from the girl’s hands. But the stick suddenly became lighter when the girl let go. There was a single moment of when he was free falling, before small hands grasped his shoulders and two feet slamming into his back, propeling forward. He stumbled a few feet forward before turning around to find her already in a fighting stance.

DAMN IT!! This was NOT what he needed right now. But since she was refusing to go down, he settled into the stance as well, watching her. For a long moment no one moved. The silence was deafening and Akira stepped forward in hopes to lure the woman into attacking. The strategy worked, the girl came forward and made attempts to punch him, but he blocked most of the blows, as she blocked most of his. When it was obvious that they were getting nowhere trading blows, the white haired woman grabbed his arm and tossed him over her shoulder as if he weighed nothing. But he turned his body and latched onto her arm and repeated the motion, throwing her down to the mats. But she caught herself and moved to sweep his feet out from underneigth him but he moved off the mats before she was able to do so.

“ENOUGH!” the word ripped from his lips as he held up his hands. Panting slightly, he glared at the students who were all watching them with wide eyes. “Class is Dismissed! Now get your asses in there before I really get pissed.” He ignored the sounds of feet slapping against the hardwood and the chatter that erupted from the locker rooms. Turning his gold orbs back to the woman, his eyes narrowed dangeriously. “And you have yet to answer my question. Who. The Fuck. Are you!?”


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Air tore in and out of his lungs, ripping past his lips in a vaqin attempt to get his breath back as he glared hard at the woman STILL standing. Everyone else had fallen, and if she attacked him now he would soon follow them. But he would most likely follow them regardless. His legs shook, threatening to buckle beneath his weight. He was bent over, hands leaning heavily on his knees as he fought to stay upright. No longer able to stay in the perfect attendance he was so proud of. No….if he moved right now he would join his fellow classmates on the floor. Sapphires met ice blue, and there was a burn of determination. Not to be put down by a woman who obviously had multiple advantages over them all. He was better than them. Those who knew nothing of the other side and were ignorant to think they were the best. Zack knew that there were many people, stronger than him. Every other race on this Earth were stronger than the humans. But that didn’t mean he’d go down without a fight.

And then Akira finally came back from wherever the hell he had been, and Zack had honestly never been so happy to see the man. Hell, he would have cried tears of happiness if Kailyn had walked through the door. And he would have really enjoyed the small spout between the two, had he not been in so much pain. It was quickly over, and Zack felt a trickle of ice shoot down his spine as those hard golden orbs met his for a moment as they scanned across the room.

“Class is Dimissed!

He sighed in relief, his legs finally bucking beneath him and sending him to the floor. Never had he been so happy to hear those three words. There was a single moment of relief before the pain exploded behind his eyes. Every inch of him hurt, pulsing in pain as he lay there paralyzed. Even with the threat of a pissed off Akira (which was pretty fucking scary sometimes.) he was unable to move even his pinky finger towards the locker rooms. He had never been this worn out. All of his strength fled him, the pain pulsing more painfully in the junction of his neck and shoulder where Ayzen had fed the night before, and the spot in his back where the stick had connected time and time again. Closing his eyes, he simply laid there, as he vainly tried to gain back enough energy to move.

Gods he hurt. The woman finally allowed him to fall, after rounds upon rounds of yanking him forward, catching him before his back hit the ground. The rest of the students began to fall like flies, the younger belts first leading all the way to the black belts last. There was a moment of silence once everyone but Zack and the woman had fallen, that was until a man who he later assumed to be the teacher. His head rose, just like all the other students to watch the battle. It shocked him how easy the teacher made it look. The two looked as if they were dancing if it weren’t for their negative expressions. But it was soon over, and the class was finally dismissed. Every single body on the floor jumped up and shot back to the locker rooms. Seeing as his clothes were locked in the office, he would have to wait for either Zack or the teacher for him to change. And seeing as the teacher was busy at the moment, haku glanced over at Zack. The guy was acting as if he was in considerable pain. But there was no way that he could be in that much pain. Sore yes, injured, no. sitting up, he watched the man for a moment. The guy was acting like a total wimp.

“Come, Zack, she didn’t hit you that hard…” Sapphire eyes turned to glare at him as his breathing began to slow.

“She didn’t slam a bamboo pole in your back again and again to keep you up.” He snapped before his eyes closed again.

((I have Slven’s Permission to use her character.))

Icy blue eyes closed slightly when the taller man stepped off the mats away from her. No longer letting the battle of combat engage any farther than it had been. Pity, the Elvin warrior was finally getting a decent dance going and the other already wanted to call quiets. Faelwen straightened herself back up as she hear the young man’s voice echo in the room dismissing the students, who ever all so willing to bolt to their feet and get the hell off the mats as if the hell hounds were at their heels. Icy eyes cracked open a bit to watch them go.

Now if only they put as much effort as they did getting to the lockers rooms into practice then perhaps there would be a decent Dojo going.

But obviously the standards had dropped horribly in her absents.

She flexed her hands one after the other as she looked away from the teacher demanding to know who she was to the two young men still in the main room. Even if it should be apparent by the High Elf Guard uniform she was still wearing and her demeanor in taking control of the class, but then again, human’s have forgotten their place in the totem pole..

O wait, she helped in that.

“ Ciryatur* Faelwen…” Her voice stated coldly, demandingly the respect that should come with what she was. Once upon a time Elvin’s were viewed as Gods to the lowly human race just like the Dragons. It was hard to break away from that sense of mind, for some anyways, God’s don’t bleed.

She did..

Faelwen took a few steps towards the other two young human’s as what she knew should be sinking into the teacher’s mind set it. After all, it was her name on those paychecks. Mr. Second looked beat and abused beyond belief while Mr. Lost, was just that lost. A slight pat on his back as she stepped pass the young man to kneel down next to the more abused student.

“ You have good form, Mr. Second,” She let a gentle-ish smile cross her face, one of which she use to have after training her men and kicking their butts to kingdom come, all while slipping a hand into a pouch concealed under the tunic that covered over the elvin armor of hers to pull out a mana stone. With her other hand, she titled the young man’s head away to look at the very large bruise forming on the side of his neck were her nature defense reaction had come it. Holding the mana stone in one hand she held it over the bruise. Pushing though it a small amount of her natural magik to num the pain. It was all about her medical training was after all. A faint familiar ish smell tingling her senses as she studied him, similar to a close friend just not yet the same. .“ Just get the Ankle Biter to fix you up later. Be on your feet to dance with me again before you know it…”

She turned the stone back against her hand before patting the young man on the shoulder before looking up at the other young teen.

“ As for you young man, I hope this has taught you a lesson about trespassing. Only registered students are allowed in the Dojo, Pray tell why you felt the need to come all the way around the gates to walk through the back of the School? “Icy eyes burned hard into the others.

Spoiler:

“ Ciryatur* Faelwen…”

Golden eyes narrowed at the woman. Yes because giving a name was the perfect way to tell someone who they were. A name meant nothing if he didn’t recognize it. Which he didn’t. But it did sound vaguely familiar. Faelwen………where had he heard that name before? It sounded so familiar but he knew that he had seen it somewhere…

“That doesn’t tell me who-“ His words paused as the answer came to him.

”Who’s Faelwin? He asked as he glanced at the name of the foreign signature. The last time he had checked, Tosen Alculard was the headmaster. He had only been working here for a few weeks now, and had just happened to notice that the name on his paycheck was not the name of the man he reported to. Tosen glanced up from his paper work to glance at the teacher for a moment before returning to what he was doing.

”She’s the one who owns the island. And she’s also the one who established this school.” Akira stared at him for a long moment, trying to figure out of the younger if the younger boy was pulling a fast one.

”So basically she’s my boss’s boss?”

”Your boss’ boss’ boss’ boss.” the younger man chuckled as blue orbs glanced into his golden ones. Akira nodded in understanding.

”Alright then…Thanks again, Tosen-san.”

”yup.”

His anger instantly disappeared, his face paling slightly as he stared at the woman he had never met, never seen a picture of, but had heard so much about. The woman who owned the entire school, the land that said school sat on, and was the one who had metaphorically signed his paycheck every week. And he had just shown her the upmost disrespect.

Fuck…… First the physical exam that went too far, then the bit with Kailyn afterwards that resulted in the older man getting hurt, now he just cursed out the more or less CEO of his job, and was now probably going to lose said job.

Could this day get any worse?

“Alculard-san, I am so sorry.” He bowed deeply to the woman. “Please accept my apologies for my behavior. If there is anything I can do to repay, please let me know.” He murmured softly, hoping to make things better and not worse.

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The pain only seemed to get stronger the more he lay there. But the thought of moving only made the pulse worse. Sapphires glanced over to look at the now kneeling elf, her compliment throwing him for a loop for a moment. “Thanks?” he murmured, not sure what to do with it. He didn’t want to insult her as Akira had obviously done, because he knew what she was capable of. He was almost too afraid to move when she pulled some sort of crystal out, but was able to breathe easier when the pain, at least in his neck, eased away to practically nothing.

”Ankle biter?” he asked, confused as he slowly eased into a sitting position, groaning softly as the muscles protested from the movement. ”Forgive me, Faelwen-sensei, but I don’t know any one by the name of ‘Ankle Biter’….” He winced as he tried to stretch the muscles out, but only ended up causing him pain. Taking a deep slow breath, he slowly made it too his feet, managing to stay on them this time instead of falling back over.

So apparently, She-man was Mr. Teacher’s boss. He felt the smirk pull at his lips as he watched the man try and apologize, kissing ass to save his job. Well, wasn’t that Ironic. His mirk fell however when ice blue orbs turned and reguarded him with a frozen glare. He crossed his arms in fornt of his chest as he regarded her coolly back.

”The Gate wouldn’t open. Was standing there for ten minutes. So I found another way in…” It was technically true. He was standing there for ten minutes before he decided to go into through the back. But she didn’t know that. Unless she was a mind reader now.

Icy eyes half smiled at the now standing young man that she knew she might have gone a little far in basic Dojo training. This place wasn’t her own anymore and rather, regulations that made up the school for the safety of the students for the Day time sort of kill the potential of making this place anything close to what it used to be. Learning self defense for the sake of just learning something interesting in school? Couldn’t really teach anyone the importance of disciple for the sake of the survival of one’s comrades when kids these days just wanted an easy ‘A’ class.

Whatever that was supposed to mean.

Truth be told, it was rather why she hated the prolonged dream of her late husband and having to live it out for him. Peace was not the thing for a Elf breed and trained in the heat of blood and war. Teaching ‘peace’ and equality was probably why she removed herself from the more ‘violent’ side of the Dojo signing the position of master’ to her younger old comrade in arms…. Something she thought she had been doing in good faith. Icy eyes turned a bit away from the young man to the ‘Sensei’ that was stumbling over his sentences. Patting the young Mr. Second on his shoulder Faelwen just shook her head.
“ I just gave you an excuse to see him, take it Mr. second” the half sort of laugh tone in her voice as she looked over at the other teenager. Mr. Lost was rather a bit of an idiot wasn’t he? “ Maybe next time you will try pulling the gate open with your hands Mr. Lost instead of standing and staring at it to get it open. It’ll save you the three mile hike around to get in the back….” She waved her hand in dismissal. “Get changed, I’ll make sure to escort you to the office so you don’t get anymore side tracked by having to do physical labor….” With that she dismissed the two’s presences as she turned her attention back to the young teacher stumbling over his apology again for the third time in the last forty seconds.

The sound of her bare feet on the mats made her sensitive ears twitch, still alert since the adrenalin was still running in her veins. The feel of Mana that had flown though her to the stone to do a sort term healing on Mr. Second did very little too easy off the feeling, but none the less as she stopped a little less than an arm’s length away from the young human, the frown in her eyes more so then her face stilled back into annoyance. When she had left the Dojo in Kailyn’s hands, perhaps her assumption that the other understood her standards was a little farfetched. True humans were not as good or physically as strong as many of the creatures of the night. But the lack of the respect in the room for the Master on the floor regardless who that individual was….

Seemed to strike at that training officer nerve that was still her in old body.


“ Tell me Akira-sensei, do you make it a habit of leaving your class to be taught by a student?”

Navy blue orbs narrowed at the woman for a moment, still utterly confused. Him? Whose- His thoughts stopped as he figured it out. She was an elf. Just because his fellow Classmates hadn’t smelled Ayzen’s Scent, it didn’t mean that she didn’t. He probably reeked of Ayzen. A fact that he normally in any other circumstance would be very happy about. But not when one of the night Sensei’s (despite the fact that he had never seen her before) instantly realized that literally reeked of his Vampire lover (it still warmed him a bit to think of Ayzen that way, and he had to suppress the smile), while he himself was a human. But she hadn’t punished him yet. Maybe she was bizarre enough to think that he ass kicking he had just received was punishment enough? Whatever it was, he wasn’t going to push his luck anymore than he already did. Bowing deeply from the waist to both of his senseis’ he then looked to the new boy, Haku if he remembered right and nodded his head silently to the locker rooms. He honestly did not want to be around for this.

Akira was a great teacher, and in any other circumstances, he would have stayed to help defend his teacher. The one who was never late. Never ever missed a class, even when he was as sick as a damned dog and refusing to stay home. But seeing as, again, he still had his own secret to keep. And getting punished for concocting with a night student was not something he needed right now. Besides, he needed to pick up Ayzen. He was most likely off by now or close to it at least. If he was lucky. Gods he hoped that Ayzen wouldn’t be stuck like he was last time his perfect timing of a boss called him in. The locker rooms were completely abandoned by now, making the silence feel slightly eerier. Unlocking his locker, he took the keys to the office and shut the small metal door again. Unlocking Akira’s and Kailyn’s office, he handed Haku his clothes.

”Alright, you’re on your own from here. Good luck.” He smiled as he gently pat Haku on the shoulder before returning to his own locker and unlocking it once more. Gods he was so sore. He took out his backpack and clothes before checking his cell phone for any messages.


Odd….no one ever texted him while they knew he was in class. Unless…..he quickly opened it, and he froze. Sapphire orbs wide as he started at the fifteen words that had been sent almost an hour ago. Class had gone over by thirty minutes. Ayzen had been waiting for nearly an hour. With no word, no confirmation that Zack had even gotten the message.

”Shit….” He murmured as he quickly got dressed as fast as he could, and locked the keys back into his locker, stuffing his uniform in his backpack so he could wash it later. There was a second delay where he debated to text him or call him. But that debate was quickly solved when the sudden urge to hear Ayzen’s voice and to reassure him as quickly as possible filled him. Making his way out of the dojo, he headed back towards the dorms, taking a short cut that had him passing the science and math classrooms. And by that time he was power walking, despite how sore his body was. Gods how could he have been so late?! Pushing the button that held Ayzen’s speed dial, he placed his phone up to his hear, coping that Ayzen was not too angry with him.

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His cheeks flushed in embarrassment, and he was thankful that the last two students finally left. He did not want them witnessing him getting a verbal whiplashing from a woman who was only the gods knew how much older than him she was. He glanced up into her piercing gaze for a few moments before looking away again, not quite sure how to go about this. He didn’t want to disrespect her anymore that he already had. And it was proper respect to look at someone in their eyes when they were speaking directly to you. Hands behind his back, in an attention stance that he taught his own students, his eyes met hers once more and held it this time. But then again, her race might think it’s disrespectful. Every muscle in his body wanted to look down again, from the pure shame and embarrassment. But until she stated otherwise, or until he could discern that what he was doing was improper, he held her gaze.

“No Ma’am. I had no intention of being late today. Unfortunately, my Physical exam ran later than I originally thought….” He murmured softly, knowing it was no excuse. If he had known that he was going to miss his class, he should have left the office and come to class instead of staying. Granted, he didn’t know that he was going to get Kailyn instead of Raine as he usually did. But even that was no excuse. So he simply stood there, forcing himself to look her in the eye instead of lowering his gaze like his instinct and gut screamed at him to do, ready and bracing himself for whatever punishment she deemed appropriate.

Icy blue eyes watched the two young men leave the floor back into the locker room, she was really dragging her feet in getting to doing what she should have seen to first thing. But it was rather hard sometimes, coming back here after so many years of passing to feel comfortable around her ‘family’ members. Coming back to familiar place here was a better way to the older elf for everything was always changing with these younger races. It was ways going back to Janthen sometimes was a reassuring and yet at the same time such a hateful place. Faelwen finally looked away from the younger men to the teacher standing across from her. Not quite sure what really to do about this, seeing as she really wasn’t supposed to be having her hands in the schools affairs. Staff and students were really the ‘Alculard Families’ problem to take care of..


She just managed the land and such.

But as the man’s eyes finally met hers again and held, that old icy tingle of fury ran in her veins. One should probably call it pride, or just the drill sergeant she had been once turning a very old wheel in her mind. To her, this young human for a moment was just a lowly soldier, trying to place the blame on anything and everything other then himself when this could have caused the worse for what he had neglected. It was how good people died that didn’t have to, Faelwen’s fist clenched a bit as she had to reminded herself again and again that this was not someone she could box aside the head and ‘correct’ him for his idiotic.

“ There is no excuse for neglecting your responsibilities, Akira-san, YOU are the individual this school pays to teach young minds, not for a student to stand in for you.” she took a few steps closer to the other, regardless of the fact he was taller than her, the albino wood elf was very good at making others feel small an insignificant by her very presences. “ You knew you had a class this afternoon, you could have postponed your physical until a after time or even on a day off. It’s why the school employs Doctor-” Her mind drew a blank for a moment; she had been gone over ten years now what was the name of the doctor at this school now?? Then that familiar faint scent she had been looking for touched her noise stopping her though completely. Icy eyes turned to burn into the other as the memory of two brothers crossed her mind more so one over the other for it was his scent she was breathing in. “I want to see both you and Kailyn in my office in an hour, Akira-sensei.

It was amazing really. She was a good half a foot shorter and about 75 lbs lighter than him, but he felt as if he were nothing more than a child getting reprimanded by the teacher. As she stepped closer, his gaze remained locked with hers. He tried to fight down the flush of embarrassment that was clawing its way up his neck to his cheeks. He would not allow her to bring him down that low. His gaze narrowed however when she stopped in mid sentence. His confusion, however, only lasted a few seconds before she requested both Kailyn and himself in her office in an hour.

That certainly wasn’t good.

He resisted the groan. Could this day get any worse?

”Which all due respect, Alculard-san, he is busy with physicals….” he murmured softly, not wanting to anger the woman further. Why was she wanted Kailyn anyway? Akira was the one who-……..His thoughts stopped as the answer hit him. Gods don’t tell him that she could smell Kailyn’s scent on him as well….

Really?!

It was official. This day was among the top five worst days he had ever had in his life. Could he not get one brake? Or do one thing right? It seemed not as he simply nodded, not bothering to defend himself. There was nothing he could say without lying. He just felt guilty for hurting Kailyn and then drag him down into the same trouble that could also get HIM fired…..

He sighed slowly, wishing for nothing more than the ground would open up and swallow him whole.

Icy blue eyes looked at the other thought her long lashes, wondering to herself jus throw dumb this human took her for. In the military the ‘kindness’ she was showing the other instead of kicking his feet out from under him was making her mind crawl. Back in the days.. She snorted shortly before turning away from him. “ If Kailyn was busy doing those types of physical exams he shouldn’t damn well be working in a school’s clinic. There’s a doctor that lives on this campus expense free for a reason. An hour Akira-san” She stressed the suffix as she stepped away from him walking over to wear her boots had been placed a long while ago.

This had not put her in any better of a mood, probably just made it much more sour then she had before she got here, and Faelwen wasn’t even tried from the workout. Broke a slight sweat yes, but it wasn’t enough to tire herself out. As she tapped one boot to make sure it was on right she turned in the direction the two boys had gone.

“ Hurry up, Mr. Lost I haven’t all day!”

“ If Kailyn was busy doing those types of physical exams he shouldn’t damn well be working in a school’s clinic.”

He couldn’t help the slight blush of embarrassment from coating his cheeks. Gods he couldn’t say anything right today could he? And now he had to go and tell Kailyn that he had gotten them both in trouble for running after his best friend instead of going to class like he should have. Gods could today really get any worse?

He sighed as he nodded and bowed to the woman. ”yes Ma’am.” was all he said as he moved towards the locker rooms and locked up the office, checking his last minute checklist before heading out towards the door. Slipping on his shoes he sighed as he left.

[[Akira has left DOJO [Martial Arts Training: Day Class [open]] and is headed for INFIRMERY [Medical Offices (medical Personal Only)] ]]