I unsheathed my katana and stood before Ama and I rushed at her head first. She stood in her place ready to take on and I jumped and threw the scabbard at her. She was easily able to parry that aside and had her eyes on yet again but I was already in the range. I slashed my katana at her and instead of blocking, Ama had to dodge which she did so elegantly to the side and kicked at my side but ducked the mont my feet hit the ground and slashed the blade upward which Ama could block with the sword. I kicked at her feet to ss up her stance which she dodged by jumping high.
I ran back to where my scabbard was and as she landed on the ground, I was able to close in the distance between us. I thrust the scabbard at her chest. She pushed it away spinning and I landed a kick at her back pushing her to the side. I didn't put enough strength in that because I used the montum to slash at her horizontally. Ama quickly ducked that faster than I have ever seen her do it and kicked my leg making fall off balance. I landed on my back and probably got a concussion due to that.
"Ouch," I said and stood up but my face was t by the tip of Ama's blade. "That should be enough for today Kazu-chan, you have gotten a bit better."
"Oh yea?" I said happy by the comnt and let out my hand which Ama pulled to help get up. "Any pointers I should be focusing on?"
The blonde held her chin thinking about an answer to my question and then looked back at . "Well you have gotten better thanks to you trapping in this training room for way too long but you still have yet to get full control of your weapon. Yes, your thoughts during battles are getting more complex but your body is yet to make the weapons listen to you completely. Be one with the sword, as so people say."
"And how do I do that?" I asked her and she patted my head.
"Experience and more practice, this is sothing you have to understand on your own. It isn't sothing we can teach you, at least , I can't. I can use many weapons and styles but that also ans that I am a jack of all trades and master of nothing. Which doesn't help too well against very strong enemies. A reason why I was not the strongest S-class hunter…ever."
So…is she saying that…
"I am probably one of the weakest S-class hunters," Ama filled in my train of thoughts which left baffled. I have been training with Ama for not too long but I know she is by no ans weak. If she is one of the weakest…what kind of monsters are the other S-class hunters? Moreso, what kind of monster is Natsumi-san if she is deed the strongest?
"I…see…" I said still baffled by the information relayed to . While I was stuck in my train of thought, I felt Ama's arms hold in a gentle hug and rest my head on her chest. Okay seriously, what is this reoccurring way of comforting in this story? "Ama?"
"I know Kazu-chan, what will you be doing tonight," Ama gently spoke and my body had a chill run through it. Does she know about the mission?
"Please don't try to stop , Ama. I- "
"Stop? I was going to cheer you on for this mission," she said and I looked up seeing a kind smile ford on her face. "I understand how you are feeling Kazu-chan, I really do. I too had soone I held dear stripped away from and I couldn't do anything to protect him. That thought still haunts to this day and I am not the only one."
"I…"
Completely taken aback by the words from Ama's mouth I was at a loss of words. I didn't know what I should say or how I should react. Should I comfort her in this situation? Should I grow weak in those arms or do I just do nothing and enjoy the embrace while it still lasts? The calm before the storm…
"Do you plan on going back to your ho before the mission?" Ama asked and I shook my head. I couldn't go ho today because I knew if I looked at Yuna's face, I might say sothing unnecessary. I might do sothing unnecessary and I didn't want to let that happen. "Good, you are coming to my place then."
"Huh?" I looked at Ama confused but she didn't let say anything and started dragging with her. "What? Kazu-chan won't be going ho tonight and I have the perfect chance to call him to my ho. Now I am not soone who would miss out on the chance."
The old Ama is back.
"But I can't trou- "
"Just try you are troubling and you will lose an arm today Kazu-chan," Ama said with a big smile on her face. Scary. "You are not troubling in the slightest, I myself am making sure that you get plenty of rest at my place which otherwise you would not get or need to go to a hotel room for which are just unnecessary expenses a high schooler shouldn't be making."
Not even giving ti to say yes or no, Ama went out of the training room to change her clothes. I looked at my katana and scabbard and let out a sigh. Today was the day, for to go on the mission. This has to be the most dangerous thing I have done and still, I wasn't in the slightest bit nervous, I was too taken by the wanting to get Ai out of that place that all fear had lost aning to at that mont. My want to save the person I most care about has taken over my fear of death. I don't have any intention of dying but the mission was by no ans not deadly. I could die today, but did I care? Honestly, no.
I looked around the room at the remnants of the little destruction we had made to it. Ama's kicks even though she said she is not as powerful, well, to put in normal words…are devastating. There were craters in the wall and even the floor from her kicks and if they were to have connected, I know my fate won't have been pretty.
"I guess I did push her to use her true speed," I said while rembering the last move she had pulled off. I had never seen her move this quickly or duck this fast. I felt it too, she didn't just disappear from that position, it was like she never existed there. "I'm still nowhere as strong as her."
I looked at the katana and my reflection in it. This was Dad's weapon and I have in a way inherited it. I'll not put his na to sha. From how everyone talks about him around here, it was evident that he was no joking matter when it ca to vampire hunting. This also begs to ask another question.
Then, how did he die that easily?
Given he was Natsumi-san's ntor before she was the strongest ever, that did an that Dad was by no ans any weak. If not the strongest. Then how did he die then? He ca to save and Mom, I rember that. I also rember how he got killed right before my eyes. He…
"Ugh…" I grabbed my head as it hurt a little. My mories… seem to have been causing more pain than I ever had. Well probably also because I never let them resurface out of fear of what it will do to .
"Kazu-chan? Is sothing wrong?" Ama asked with a worried expression on her face. "Don't tell it's because of you hitting your head. Oh I'm so so- "
"Ama, it's not because of that. It's just a little headache, so rest and I'll be fine," I said to her but she didn't seem to be convinced with that. Well can't lie to a doctor such as Ama. "It's just whenever I try to rember about my parents and how they…died it gives this weird headache. It's all because of that."
"I see…it might be too traumatic an expression for you that's why it would be causing that," Ama said as she placed her hand on my head and started caressing it. "Don't worry, if sothing like this happens again, co to at once and we will get it patched up, okay?"
"Okay. Thank you, Ama," I said to her, and she giggled.
"Now don't say thank you to for sothing I want to do on my own. It's my dear Kazu-chan after all, it is only natural I will take good care of him," she said as she continued to caress my hair. "So, ready to leave?"
"Yeah," I said and started to follow Ama outside the training room and we made our way to the elevator. "By the way Ama, how will we go to your place?"
"I'll drive Kazu-chan there, of course," she said to and smiled. "Why? Not feeling safe to be driven by a woman?"
"Huh? I never said that," I replied. "I was just curious."
"Okay then."
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