It couldn't get worse than this...
Laurance sighs as he stares down at the cluttered floor, he just had to say that..
It was obvious in the previous chapter that Zion and Beck did not mix well, the others thought that with time they'll be able to grow close with each other given their circumstances that required them to get along.
But Laurance seemed to forget how no matter how much bonding activities they're done together, they never seemed to see eye to eye, they'll find even tease the other about the smallest things to spite each other.
And when they finished their first day of training, Beck had criticized about Zion's form when it came to combat.
Zion at first ignored Beck's comments, but when he decided to poke fun at Zion more, Zion had become irritated and resulted to punching Beck straight to his jaw.
Beck stared at Zion with wide eyes in silence before his eyebrows furrow as he rushes up to Zion, punching him straight on the face, most likely breaking Zion's nose in the process.
"You think you're such a big shot because you're a noble and has been chosen to be a guardian! " Zion says through gritted teeth as he grips onto Beck's short collar, his hand shooting out to grip onto Beck's neck, making the other groan at neck being grabbed with a vice grip.
Beck proceeded to punch Zion at the side of his head trying to get Zion to let go of his neck so he could breath, when he finally let go, Beck sucked in as much air as he needed and Zion placed a hand on the side of his head, glaring at Beck, rushing up to him before Beck could recover from the assualt done on his neck.
But before he could get back at Beck, he was pulled back by the collar of his shirt, his body being pulled back against Elise's, he stared up at her in anger but sweat dropped at the sight of her emotionless stare.
"Are the two of you done? " she said with a deep monotone voice, the two looking at Elise nervously as they gulped down saliva that built in the back of their throats.
"Good." she proceeded to drag Zion away from the room to let him cool off and bring him towards the recovery room, "Semmi, you're in charge. " She says before shutting the door with a slam, the last thing they saw was the look of horror that Zion wore.
The others turned to Semmi who was smiling at everyone else with a first aid kit in his hand, approaching Beck her ushers the boy to sit down a nearby bench, while he was patching him up, Semmi asked, "Did you have fun? Got everything out of your system? "
Beck stays silent as Semmi began to treat his busted up lip, "That was so scary.. " Ziana says as her hand clings onto Laurance's sleeve as her other covers her mouth, the two approached Beck and Semmi while Amanda only remained in her place on a nearby bench next to them.
"It seems that we have a rift among our team, oh how will we survive? " Amanda sighs, Ziana turns to look Amanda in worry, "Will we have problems? " she asks.
"We won't, this is just a small fight between two teammates who have yet to make amends with each other. " Laurance says, his tone basically saying "They have to get over it, we're the Guardians people rely on, so having small arguments with each other is pointless. "
"I hope so.."
"You better start praying to the gods that they manage to get along for even just a minute. " Amanda says, Laurance could only spare her a glance as she twirls a stray hair on her finger, Maybe Laurance had judged Amanda too early, maybe whoever is in Amanda's body has yet to adapt to the world they've been brought into.
After that, Zion and Beck have been avoiding each other since the incident, they've already been reprimanded by Marie because of their behaviour after training, so whenever Zion was annoyed or needed to blow off steam, he seeks help from Semmi and Elise whose glad to spar with him.
There's currently a difference between the Guardians and the way they handle their newfound powers and strength.
Laurance has been doing strength endurance and he's been trying to learn various tricks in fighting.
Elise isn't all that strong at the moment because she needs to further gain muscle but she's a very good strategist and is very observant towards her opponent, testing and finding out how to defeat them.
Amanda isn't very strong, average strength, but she has other strengths that make-up for her lacking, she's quick and works fast with her hands, she likes to exhort all of her strength into a final blow, but after that she may need to rebuild that strength back up again.
Ziana hasn't made much improvement, but she's gotten serious with her training when it comes to hand to hand combat, though, if being honest, she works well with assisting in attacks.
Zion is rough, he has heavy hands, therefore his punches are also heavy, he has the most strength among them, but has yet to master that strength because he shouldn't be going into a fight blindly and punching everything.
Beck is graceful with his feet, he makes good footwork and is very light on his feet, he may be someone who doesn't look like he knows what he's doing, but he does, he likes to try out different strategies and tricks he learns with Elise.
Semmi has yet to show his strength towards the others... he always finds a way to escape training, but if you were to feel the palm of his hands, they're rough, meaning that he's been working hard with a sword or he may train somewhere else away from the others.
Maybe he's just feeling shy when it comes to showing off his strength in front of the others.