Aiming High!!

Our family

After teleporting Alisa and the dummy with him, Shadow vanished again for some time.

"Wha- leaving me here... Where did he go now...?" Alisa said pouting.

"But, god...this teleportation is not my thing. It always makes me dizzy." Alisa said and was about to fall but grabbed the dummy which Shadow left beside her.

"Here." Shadow brings her a water bottle, "Have this, it will cure your dizziness."

"Hehe! Both Blaze and you are the same gentleman, the first thing you both did is bring water bottle for me." Alisa remembers the same situation of taking a water bottle from Blaze during her first training.

"Oh, is that it...I didn't know." Shadow said but with not much emotion.

"But you are more shy than him, you know?" She said poking Shadow's forehead as both of them are of the same age and height so she is more comfortable towards him.

"I-its not like that..." Shadow starts to blush now.

"So what you gonna train me, emo master?" She starts teasing him now.

"Well, I will train you with your senses. As I am born in an assassin clan, I have greater senses than any average human. So I will train you with that." Shadow tells her.

"I won't be able to learn anything if you keep being shy in front of me like that like I am some kind of creep." Alisa scolds Shadow which makes him shock.

She continues, sighing, "Do you have a sister?" She asked which made Shadow confused now but clenched his fist.

"Yes, I have. Why's that?" He asked glaring at Alisa.

"Then think of me as your younger one, even though I am not much younger than you but still you can think of it. It will help you teach me too." Alisa said grinning.

Now Shadow got what she wanted to say so he smiled too, "Ok Alisa, I will see you as my sister. But it's not like I will go easy on you, ok?" He said giving a warm smile.

"Ooh-... Well, it's better than with no feelings na, haha!" Alisa laughed at it, "So, let's start?" Shadow asked.

"I am weak right now because of teleportation, can we just talk for some time and when I feel better we will start my training?" Alisa suggests.

"Ok, no problem. Well, you already were training in Timberland Haven with Mr. Goliath so I guess we should rest for the rest of the day and start your training from tomorrow. How's that?" Shadow understood and agreed.

"Thank you, Shadow. You really are a good brother, hehe." Alisa gives a smile but Shadow doesn't know how he got a glance of Cora in that.

"So, you wanted to talk right? Can I ask you some questions, Alisa?" He asked calmly.

"Well, of course, Shadow. Anything you want." Alisa replied with a smile.

"I want to know what you think about our members... I am asking because you know I am protective about those." Shadow asks which shocks Alisa but she smiles and answers.

"Well don't worry I know what you feel, I will tell you." She said and after thinking for some time she continued, "For Hunter, I think of him as my guardian, who I don't know how understand whatever I would be thinking." She said getting amazed.

"About Blaze and you, I think both of you as my big brothers, mainly of Blaze. Because till now I spent more time with him compared with you. You on the other hand are the same as me but then again different from me. So it's typical to say, hehe. But yeah I look for both of you the same way." She said grinning.

"As for Goliath, he is like a father figure to me...who never actually got to see her father. So I guess it's not wrong to think that way, is it?" She asked with a faint smile.

"Of course not, Alisa. You can think of us as anything." Shadow comforts her by giving a warm smile.

"Yeah, that's why..." She sighed and then continued, "About Luna, well she is like my best friend, as she said. For me, she is a sister I never had. Sometimes it feels like she is my mom...the way she cares about everyone and loves everyone even though she is the youngest of all. It warms my heart." Alisa said placing her hands on her heart.

"You forgot about Luke?" Shadow asked.

"Oh, no no obviously not. It's just that I got lost thinking about Luna." Alisa giggled and then started about Luke, "A confused, funny and protective person I ever met in my life. Even those villagers were not like that nor were my uncle or aunt... I can't really characterise Luke as any family member but he lives in a different place inside my heart. I don't actually know what that means but yeah." She said with a confused yet relieved look.

"You really think the same as me. The same as you thought about Hunter, yeah he is a guardian angel for every one of us. Blaze is really a brother figure but because our principles sometimes match I think we are more likely friends. Mr. Goliath is actually a father figure, sometimes he makes me feel that my dad is with me... He had the same vibes as Mr. Goliath (he is talking about Nike). About Luke, he is someone I deeply admire and think of him as my brother. Whenever we meet he hugs me, his hugs are my serotonin. I feel relieved and relaxed after his hugs. Well, he doesn't know that though, I never tell my feelings to anyone but you now." Shadow finally revealed his feelings for all the members.

"Hehe, now I am proud of myself." Alisa said giggling but was happy about how Shadow blushed while telling his feelings.

"As I said we have the same feelings for each of them, Luna as you said is like our mother, who takes care of us, scolds us, etc. But more than that, whenever I see in her eyes, they always ask for more love, care, hugs and stuff. And I don't think she ever asked for something like that." Shadow released heavy breath he held to tell about Luna, then continued, "It aches my heart. But I don't think I am the right person she should get those from..." He said smiling which hurt Alisa but she was happy too by how Shadow had changed in comparison to what she saw him at first glance.

"What about me, Shadow?" Alisa asked for which Shadow stood and said, "To be honest, even after hearing from everyone that you joined us and are a good person, I still went to search for you..." He said showing Alisa his back knowing she would get mad or maybe sad.

"I know, Shadow. When Luke and Blaze told me about you too, and after knowing a little much about you I guessed that you would do that. And when you just start talking casually I get that you believed in me after that, right Shadow?" She asked smiling.

"A-are you not mad or anything? I mean-" Alisa said in between Shadow's words, "Because after knowing those things about you I get that you and I are the same in many ways, I'm talking about feelings, the difference is I show them and you just hide them... You are calm and I am patienceless. And because I got to know about you so why you can't, that's why I am not sad or mad or anything to you, Shadow." Alisa said laughing which made Shadow shocked but then he smiled too.

"Well I won't tell you about how I think of you right now, I need time to understand you. So let's start our training, I think during that I will learn more about you too." Shadow said.

"Got it! I am all ready too! So let's be stronger for our family, Shadow." She said getting up.

And the last but not the least training of Alisa has started...

Author's POV:-
So hey guys this is it for the chapter. Now, Alisa win over everyone in the team. I mean Shadow believes her too but he wants to see that by himself. And if any of you are thinking why I always bring other members in every chapter, XD well because it's more of a character improvement arc... Those were team but never really shared their own thoughts before, that's why. Well I hope you enjoyed it and will continue enjoying it too.
Bye Bye 👋🏻