Asurea (The soul of Rage.)

Training. Chapter 8.

Asurea pov. Let's a goooooo.

"Wake up, Asurea."  I felt something bright hit my eyes and sluggishly moved my arm above my eyes. I yawned and waited for my eyes to adjust to the sunlight. The person who woke me up happened to be Neon. "Good morning Neon." The fancy skeleton nodded. "Good morning to you, Asurea. I have come by this morning to tell you that breakfast is served in the kitchen in the lobby and that the King will be there soon. Make sure you are ready by 8:30 am, ok?" He looked at the clock. "Yeah- yeah that's ok. I'll be ready." I checked the clock, it was 8. "Right. Well, I'll see you soon, Asurea. I have errands to run for the king." He left the room, leaving me to stay there. I  blinked. I looked over to the window stand, there were my classic red shirt and jeans. I put them on and laid back down on my bed. So much has happened in the last few days. I shook my head. Not now. I got up and walked over to the balcony. As I opened the door, I felt the cold air hit my face. It felt nice. I walked out the door and sat down on a chair, just relaxing until I had to go meet the king. I felt strange about this. Why would he personally meet with me again? I mean, couldn't he of just asked Neon to do it? I just shrugged. I'm never sure why adults do strange things. I checked my watch, just to realize it was broken. Must have been water-logged. I swore. It was my grandma's watch she gave to me 5 years ago, and 3 days later, she...was gone. I shook my head. I can't cry now. I've wasted too many tears. I walked back into my room and checked the clock. 8:20. I opened the room to my door and walked down the hall, which was surprisingly empty. I walked down the stairs to the lobby and opened the door. I saw The king just arriving through the door, waving to everyone. He then looked over at me and walked closer. "Asurea! You are a bit earlier than expected, but no matter. Now, let us get our food. We have much to discuss." He held a hand out for me to take. I stared, hesitant, then slowly but surely, grabbed his hand. He led us to the cafeteria, which was green. We sat down in a booth near the front. I got some eggs and Arison got some ham. "So, as I said. We have things to discuss. Perhaps you wish to ask me questions before we start?" I shake my head. "Nah. I'm alive, that's enough for me." He nodded. "Right, well. Then I shall start. So...the council and I have been speaking, and a majority of them..." He looked to the side as if a bit worried. "Think we should send you back to Ruful town. You could be vital to the mission to find out what's happening there and how to take down the tyrant of Ruful town." I just blinked and stared. "I don't want to go back," I said firmly. He nodded. "I know you don't, Asurea. But our attack teams have no idea what we are going to do in the town. The one member of our team who knew what the town looked like went with the first team... We need your help. We need you. You must feel some sense of anger about the man that killed your town, right? Don't you want to help take revenge against them?" I looked to the side, my legs shaking and my head pounding. He was right. I do want to take a knife to the tyrant's neck. But... No. No buts. I must do this. For them. I nodded toward the king. "Yeah. Yeah. I will help." He smiled, and he seemed to ease a bit. "Thank you, Asurea. I will bring you to the training field later today if you wish." I nodded. "That would be great." We sat there in silence for a few moments before he stood up. "Well, enjoy the rest of your day. I will see you later today." He walked out of the hotel after that. I went back to my room, finishing my plate of food. I jumped on my bed and sat there, so much more of the day and not much I can do. I walked around my room for hours, back and forth for a while. Eventually, a person knocked at the door. I ran over to the door and opened it. There stood Neon, waving. "Hello, Asurea." I looked at their neck, which had a scarf over it. "Um...hi." "I assume you know why I'm here, but nevertheless, the king wants to see you at the training court and I was sent here to retrieve you." I nodded. "Right." Neon walked out of the room, and I followed. "At least this will not be boring." I thought. "Maybe not, but perhaps it will be...exhausting." Said Neon, who looked back at me. I shrugged. We walked out of the hotel and walked over to the front of the kingdom. There, the king sat in a chair in front of a battle arena of sorts. When we got close, the king stood up. "Ah, welcome Asurea! Neon, thank you for bringing her." "Of course, sire." "Now Asurea, I need you to come with me. Neon, you are dismissed." Neon nodded and left. I followed the king onto the court, past about 2 people that were fighting training dummies. I felt one of their stares burn into the back of my head. I looked back and both of them were focusing on their training dummies. I shrugged it off and made it to the training dummy at the back of the court with the King. "So daringly, do you have any fighting experience?" I shook my head. "I mean- I've practiced with my father sometimes, but other than that no." The King chuckled, but it was obviously a laugh of pity. "Right well. I feel like you'll do just fine, Now let us begin." I walked up to the dummy and stared it down. It was just a bland punching dummy with not much else, other than cuts and pieces of fluff coming out of it. I punched the dummy, then looked at the King. He shook his head. "Again." That was all he said. I sighed and kicked the dummy's side. Then, I looked back at the King. "Again." That was all he said, again. And he said this every time I hit the damned thing. After what felt like an eternity of punching and kicking the dummy, I hit the dummy again. The King only said 'Again.' I felt my blood boiling and tried to walk away, but the King blocked my way. "Not until I am satisfied." I stared daggers into him, and I knew by the way he looked at me that he didn't care. "Again." I walked over to the dummy, staring at it. My fist clenched, my heart pounding against my chest, and I felt a much larger surge of anger I felt. The only time I felt this wave of anger was when I was training with my father, and before I could calm myself down, I felt it. Red energy came out of my arm, surrounding my fist and it moved toward the dummy. I stared at my arm out of the corner of my eye. It was like it was in slow motion, I tried to stop my arm, but I couldn't. And by the time I got control of my arm again, it was too late. My fist collided with the dummy, the energy that was incasing my arm flaring. Once my fist hit the dummy, the sand around me shot up and the dummy went through the stone wall behind it, and many walls after it. It only stopped once it landed in the market. I looked back at the king, where I saw that everyone had stopped doing everything, The two people training I saw stopped, and stared, the King was staring, everyone in the market poking their heads through the crowds to see what happened to the wall. Until the King laughed. And it sounded like he was proud. "That is all for today, Asurea. Meet Neon by the gates." I sighed a breath of relief, then out of the corner of my eye, I saw the two people who were training staring at me still. There was one brown-haired boy with dark skin giving me a thumbs up. The other was a dark-haired girl with freckles, staring at me with pure hatred. I almost trembled at the sight, hatred for seemingly no reason. It...scared me. I hurried past and to the gates to meet Neon.