I woke up around 5:30 in the morning with my alarm clock. Cooked my breakfast and took a bath. Very eagerly. Why you ask? Well, I have a feeling that something will happen today. Just a hunch.
Anyways, around 6 AM, I am already good to go. I was just killing time for a bit.
For a while, I just watched on the TV while seating on the couch. The aired broadcast today was about the weather and other stuff like that. While the reporter are doing their jobs, I double checked my bag to see if I missed anything. Nothing.
Time passed and I went out while locking the door. It took me a while and soon, I arrived at the front of my seat as usual. Then, I messaged my mom on how she is doing and saying I am doing fine here. And with a press, the message was sent to her. It should make her feel more better.
Anyways, I listened to my playlist to again, kill time. For a bit, I slept on my desk. Only to woke up with someone poking me in the cheeks.
"Finally, you are awake." She said with a smile. I was about to ask to talk to me in a bit but, she is different. I will allow it. She's Sofia, my close friend
"Sorry, I woke up early today. How have you been sofia?" I said.
"I am doing fine and finished any work dad made me to do."
I do not know what work she was tasked to complete but I just need to praise her here. I checked the surroundings and everyone is busy in their own circle. So, I patted her head and gave her a good job sign.
I then stopped after a while since it's no good if others mistake what I did. Gotta remember that she is one of the beauties here.
Soon, the bell rang and we bith went to our seats and started listening.
It is a boring experience. So I secretly fiddle with my phone under the desk while being on the look out for any possible move the teachers made.
Soon, it was lunch time and sofia went with me. Many are envious of being near sofia but I got used to it. There are some hurtful gazes but not to the point that I will be psychologically affected. We both grab what we want and sat down in a corner of the cafeteria and we talked.
"How is sir Dante? I pray you are fine." She said with worried eyes.
"He is a great teacher! He taught me about the story of the seekers."
"Don't mention anything related to seekers. We may be tracked down by some groups or organizations who hunts seekers." She said
I nodded.
"Anyways Lux, do you know what will he teach you later?"
"No. He didn't say anything and he said he will teach me today as well."
"… Good luck…" She murmured something and I didn't hear it because the other students are talking loudly.
"Well Lux, one thing I can say is, be prepared." She said.
"What do you m-"
"You will understand later. Besides, we should finish our lunch and get back to our class quickly."
I checked the time, and we only have 10 minutes left to finish our meal and get back to class.
Then the bell rang. We barely made it back and returned to our seats. Shortly after, the teacher arrived and started talking.
It is very hard to focus on the class since it is just the right amount of heat to fall asleep. I fought with all my might but the enemy is much more stronger and I let myself nap the whole afternoon.
I woke up just in time for the end of the today's last class. So, many of us packed our things and went home. I did too but waited for Sofia.
"Sorry for the delay. Let's go!" She said as she walked forward. I nodded and followed behind her.
"What will you do now?" I asked her when we reached the gates of the school.
"Well, I will go home now. I will talk to you later!" And soon dashed of in the distance.
So, I walked quite quickly to the house and saw Dante waving and smiling.
"Sorry for making you wait." And bowed.
"No,no,no. I just arrived here kid."
I opened the door and let ourselves in. I told him the same thing as yesterday and I prepared some snacks. After a while, I have placed snacks and drinks on the table.
"Kid, we talked about the history of us seekers yesterday right? Now, I need to teach you how to fight as a seeker. But I will have to see how much do you know about hand to hand combat first."
"Well, I only know how to punch a bit but not experienced any self defense skills." I said.
"Hmmm… No experience, which means I can train you from the scratch. Good!" As he pondered stuff and quickly looked at me.
"I will first teach you how to handle combat first."
I nodded. We then moved to the backyard. Just enough space for us to fight.
"I need you to come and try take me down." As he took a stance.
As soon as he said that, I lunged at him. He took a step back.
I missed but I kinda anticipated that so I used my hands to catch myself and tried sweeping his legs immediately after.
He jumped and I lied on the floor. The fight ended early.
"Good attempt kid. You said you didn't have any experience right? But how did you thought of connecting the lunge to a leg sweep?"
"I watched some videos on the internet and thought I should try that. I practiced doing those things but got never used outside." I said embarrassingly
"Hahahahaha! So basically, self taught? Anyways, now that I have a rough grasp of your capabilities, I will now start training you to fight properly."
He soon, taught me about stances and what use they are. He also taught me proper blocking and connecting my attacks to one another.
After a while, I was exhausted. Gasping and lying on the ground. Dante on the other hand is looking at me and thinking about something? Anyways, I am still rough and clumsy on taking the lead on our spar and I also got beaten to a pulp when blocking his attacks.
He is very good at both attacking and defending himself. Whil I was processing what just happened…
"Hahahaha! No need to be frustrated about this. It will take you about a few months to be quite good. Besides, you are just a normal civilian just a few days ago."
"Yes… Ha… Ha… Ha…" I was grasping for air. The intense training he did to me is making me way too tired.
"Well, today is Thursday right? On Saturday, prepare yourself for an adventure. Bring some clothes and drinks and food. You will need it for my test."
His what now??