"Again"
The two lined up facing each other, fists up in the basic position. The first swing was successfully blocked by the smaller girl, who dropped to a lower level and kicked her foot out in a circular motion, knocking the much taller male off his feet.
"Hah! I did it! I knoc-" Her celebration was cut short when her ankle was grabbed and swiftly pulled from under her, making her fall with a groan.
"Never celebrate mid battle. The war is still raging on and you leave yourself vulnerable. Emotions have no place in fighting Child." Venom was laced in every word making Scarlet frown.
The training was actually going quite well despite how it sounds. Scarlet had been here for a couple weeks now, and she had accepted that no one was coming to help her. In fact, Dream has proven to be much easier to live with then she anticipated. He was almost caring towards her even when they were sparring. He never used full strength when they fought, and he made sure to help her patch any wounds she got from the weapons. Scarlet liked this side of Dream, it was almost like a fatherly side was showing through.
"I'm Sorry, I'll try harder Sir." Scarlet was pushing his buttons today to the limit.
Dream glared at her and took position again. She knew he hated being called Sir and she did it simply to piss him off. He didn't realize she was doing it on purpose, but it was too late when he did. He went for the attack, leaving Scarlet to defense once again. She was getting quite good at blocking his punches, and jumping over his kicks, so when he went in for a right hook and followed it with a left swing kick, she dodged both flawlessly. Unfortunately at this moment that only made him more angry. He immediately went back in for another strike, but Scarlet dodged him, slid under his legs, and popped up behind him. She jumped on his back and wrapped both arms tightly around his neck while tucking her head low so he couldn't reach her.
Dream growled and thought to fall backwards in an attempt to land on the child but she expected that and pushed her feet into his knees, making them buckle forwards. Now he was on his knees, losing oxygen, so he tapped her arms rapidly three times. Scarlet released his neck and took four and a half steps backwards, folded her hands together and casted her eyes to the ground. This is how she was told to stand at the end of each match, no matter the outcome. They stood there in silence for almost an awkwards amount of time before Dream stood up and walked slowly over to the girl.
Scarlet left her anxiety bubbling up in her chest with every step he took towards her. She thought she would be proud of the first time she made the man forfeit, but instead she was terrified. Her breath began to turn shallow, but she never broke the stance she was in. Her eyes remained cast down but now they were clenched shut and she tried to stop herself from hyperventilating.
Dream stopped walking forward and looked at the child, his ego was hurt, considering she had beaten him fair and square there, not to mention that meant she was actually getting really strong. If she could beat him, she could probably easily beat anyone on the server. That was dangerous, so he needed to cement the trust between them to ensure she didn't use this against him. Then he took notice of her rising and falling chest, the way her knuckles were turning white, and the slight shake in her knees.
"Scarlet, come here kiddo. You're alright." He held his arms open and knelt down so he was shorter than the girl.
Scarlet took shakey step forward before picking up her pace and practically throwing herself into his arms. He ran his fingers through her hair as he always does to calm her down when she gets like this, but he could feel the smirk falling from his face as she cried into his shoulder. He was confused as to what brought this sudden panic attack considering she just beat him for the first time since they started. She should feel excited, and proud for beating him.
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Villain from the End? | Dream SMP AU
Fanfiction---------- As every member of the Dream SMP knows, the end is off limits. Disabled in fact. Yet, it wasn't always disabled, in fact it use to be a home for a large population, including a royal family. This was up until it was invaded by a beast, wi...