"Release the energy let it free your mind. Put your focus on your head and not your heart, your heart might fall but your head wouldn't dare to. Why? Because it has been trained by your body, emotions, soul and spirit not to. It can only fall if you want it to, but definitely not on it own. It all depends on how you've trained it. Am l clear!?" the sergeant major ordered. "Sir! yes sir! Excuse me sir! What do you mean, fall or is it fail? sir! Do you mean love or what? Sir!" Sapphire questioned.The sergeant major looked at her methodically as he marched towards Sapphi."Have you ever loved before?" Perspiration shone on his brow. He waved it off. "No sir, l have not!" "Then, l most suggest you don't then. If you do whatever mission you want to go on now, will be in ruins. Clear?" He commanded with his eyes narrowed. "Crystal sir!" "Good! By the way, your not in the military we already do know that, I'm just teaching you for the sake of general May. So you should pay attention and learn. You can stop being formal and call me by my name. I can be authoritative when need be but right now, and in some circumstances I'd like to be addressed by my name and not what I've worked to achieve. Alright?" Sergeant major declared. "I'll keep that in mind and work towards it." "You better!! I didn't introduce you both for you to act like King and servant. Though Brook is the one teaching you━but that doesn't mean both of you guys cannot get along and have fun. Infact time up for this exercise, go on━go have fun." May pushed, and kept insisting both of them towards the door and winked at Brook. I wonder when he'd get a life. Maybe this wouldn't be bad after all.If Sapphire get together with Brook and build her life with him, she might just forget getting revenge.May thought. "I saw that, so whatever it is that you have planned will not work." Sapphire smiled as her jaw went slack━ She couldn't believe she has been training for two weeks already━in that she is so confident of herself, she just know she can fight for hours at this rate. Her dad taught her and her brother but they never fought a real fight because he was their dad, so he never really fought with them as if he was their enemy; neither did she ever fought with her brother as her enemy. So she just didn't get a good training. All the men Brook has brought for her to fight she finally did beat them. But at first, going with what her dad taught her she was well beaten. Not that I'm condemning your training dad, that which you taught me was also a good one. In which l have used in protecting myself in school. But it won't protect me out here, l hope you do understand. Sapphire engross with her thought. "Come on! Hurry up, we've got no time to waste. You and l still got some training to do after having fun." Brook lamented and opened the door while waiting for her to come get in. "I'm in now, can we go already?" She waved at him to get in as well. Brook swing his hand with his elbow bent aiming to hit Sapphire, she pulled the car sit down and raise her left leg to hit his hand away━she pulled the sit right back up and tried throwing a blow at Brook, but too slow, he got her pinned. Brook smirk; slowly he released her, she didn't want that so she hit his stomach. "I really got you there you know, stop looking at me like that. You know l did." Sapphire explained, feeling she lost again. "No you didn't. You didn't get me before, you won't get me now; nor in the nearest future. "Servant can never be above his master" got that?" Brook said confidently. But he knows, the fire Sapphire carries isn't the one for him to be better than her in the nearest future. Moreover her dad taught her well, she had a foundation on this. He is just furnishing and giving it a final touch. Sapphire will be better than anyone he had taught, if she realizes the strength she's got.He just had to say that, so she won't get ahead of time.But move gradually to build herself well. "I'm glad we both know I'm great, you just cheated. Well, we here now. Let have fun and get back to the exercise and I'd show you; there, you won't get to do your cheap shot at me." Sapphire expressed with a smirk and winked at him. "I'm glad you didn't say anything while l was driving. Your right, after fun you should show me how upgraded you are." Brook said and walked into the bar. "Don't think you'd intimidate me, I'm in control━not my body nor spirit, soul. Be rest assured you'd have a great fight tonight." Sapphire kept ranting as she followed him behind, she kept repeating it to annoy Brook━instead of him getting annoyed he snapped his fingers and told her to wait for it. "Do not worry little mistletoe━I've got you covered." She teased. "Be rest assured I'm not worried, infact! I want to see and know how good you've been groomed. Anywho do not call me that EVER!" He stressed looking taintly at her. He pushed the door and the door bell rang to announce an entrance. He ambulated to the third roll━drew a chair backward and ordered for strawberry blonde. "Hmmm.... You look it and you love it." Forester said with a smile. "You know l do man!" Brook replied. "Acting all commanderdly, huh? Sapphire said whilst pulling a seat for herself. "There is no word like that, but I'd take it. Mango pudding for the lady please. "I never ordered for such but I'll take it and a cup of well mixed cocktail. If you even know how to make one." She said sounding rude. "Girl! You should give some respect to the bartenders around here. They are the best. So watch your mouth. Rory a machetero said. "If l were you, I'd seat my black ass tight on that━except you want to lose some of those shining tooth of yours." Sapphire boasted. She picked up her mango pudding sipping it on a go. She could feel the movement behind her. She could sense the anger on the carbon dioxide that has been breathed out. She sat on attention ready for the first move that Rory will make. "Sapphire, do you know what your doing? Rory is a Marine and on top of that do you know why they call him machetero?" He asked not removing his gaze from her."How would l know? But it pretty obvious. His got macheted face. Hope you don't mind if l call you macheted face?" Sapphire mocked. Rory burn red in anger and rushed toward Sapphire with lightning speed. He threw his right hand aiming for her face, his left hand followed immediately to her stomach but Sapphire maneuvered━she somersaulted, in the air she released her left foot which landed on the back of his head. He lost balance, he was able to escape hitting his head on the table. Rory pushed himself up━send a dreadful glare with his blueberry eyes that has turned red. He positioned himself and cracked his bones. Sign of him being provoked by her. "Are you sure you want to do this little quacky." Rory charged with knife behind him, he threw his left fist and acompanied it with his elbow, Sapphire staggered and dodge the second blow coming her way━but she wasn't as lucky as she thought she would be, Rory's knee came out of no where and hit her jaw; with a fly kick he landed her on the bar of wine. Sapphire stood with blood dripping down from her head. She turned at Brook. She could see the shame that spiralled through him. She wanted curling up in shame but that would be her giving up━and annoyingly she'd let so many down, and she's never the type to do that. She turned twinkling toward Rory━her body locked up in rage. Anger seared through her. She flew over the bar table, advancing toward Rory like a hungry lion. Rory trembled in fear, he wasn't expecting this side of her. Her round small glittering obsidian eyes turned red, burning with something he couldn't place his hands on. At that moment he flashed back to the moment where that same look, wore by his bestfriend; that resulted to him having murdered his sister and choked his wife to coma. Before he could know the distance between his opponent to ready himself, Sapphire dashed him an upper cut, followed by an elbow that accompanied a blow. Before he could say zap she flip him over and landed him on the tilestone. She couldn't hold her rage━she didn't notice he has fainted, she held him up and was blowing the hell up his face. "Enough! Sapphire !! The man is down. Do you want to kill him? Let go. I'm so disappointed at you." Brook held his chest and knitted his eyebrows in frustration. "I'm sorry l let you down. I'll make it up to you. I promise." Sapphire said, and moved as fast as she can towards the door. But as her left foot felt the sunny graze of the sun that welcome her cinnamon skin. The rainfall on the ground seem like an ocean. She couldn't fathom what's wrong━before she could tell what wrong with her she went blank.