Deranged Obsession; by KaliAnn

6. Deranged Courtship

By KaliAnn

It was the next morning on Dagur's Atoll. The sounds of fighting could be heard in the training area. Most of the village had turned out to watch this particular session. In the week since Dagur brought his prisoners to the island the Berserker tribe was slowly adjusting to their presence on the island. It was an ongoing transition as they still fully expected the prisoners to attempt to escape from the compound which was why no one had let their guard down. Still the tribe was slowly warming up to the newcomers. The children enjoyed listening to Nissa's stories about her life on Xanadu. Hiccup between lessons would sketch some of them even giving them to the kids. While still not friends with the adults they could hold a conversation between them without difficulty.

The most astonishing change, as witnessed by most of the village now, was that in their deranged chief. Dagur was still crazy and loved throwing knifes at people. His duties as a chief kept him quiet busy. The only difference was that he was actually acting nicer to his men. He wasn't threatening to crack open their skulls or bleed them dry all the time. Even stranger is he actually apologized to some of the women in the tribe for his past transgressions against them. No one knew if they liked this change in him or not.

At the moment Dagur was having a friendly spar with his new friends. Yet he was getting his butt handed to him because it wasn't a weapon's spar. No, the great and powerful Dagur, had actually asked Nissa to teach him tai chi! Hiccup had learned some of the basics and was enjoying the chance to learn more. At the moment Nissa was winning the fight between the boys. Hiccup came at her with a combination called high pat on horse. First he turned his left palm to the side as he bent his knees a bit. Pulling backwards he stood on his one good leg pushing forward with his right palm ready to strike her down.

Nissa countered by touching his right wrist lifting it up and then pushed him to the side. As he stumbled she went after him pushing down with her leg hooking his prosthetic and tripping him. Hiccup sprawled all over the floor; his prosthetic locking up. There was no time for her to press her advantage. She had to duck and twist around as Dagur came after her with the combo he learned that morning. It was called single whip. His arms circled around building up power to throw a right hook followed by a push from his left palm. Nissa brought up her arms blocking his attack with her forearms. She forcefully turned forcing his arms down leaving him open for attack as she brushed his left arm with her wrist before striking him in the chest with a right punch. Keeping up the attack Nissa continued with a combo known as turning heel kick. Twirling around she brought up her heel striking Dagur in the head knocking off his helmet.

Hiccup had recovered and was coming at her. Nissa started to strike at him, but he used the grasp the birds tail by warding off her attack and then rolling backwards on his feet before pushing forward with both palms. Nissa was shoved a few feet back trying to regain breath control. She grinned proud that Hiccup had gotten the upper hand for once, but he wasn't about to win this fight. Taking note of Dagur's oncoming approach she decided it was time to end this fight. Raising her arms slightly she twisted her right foot adjusting her stance as she grabbed Hiccup by his arm. Twisting her body to the left she flung the boy into the charging chief sending them both flying into the wall. They crumbled in a heap of limbs struggling to get free from one another. Nissa clapped her hands strolling over to them.

"Congratulations to the both of you! Your combos flowed very smoothly. Hiccup, you managed to actually push me back! That's the first time you've managed to hit me during a spar. Dagur, for someone who thinks my fighting style is weak you have a natural talent for it. Not even Hiccup picked up combos as fast as you did. With a bit more training I think you could master the first level," the girl praised them. Seeing the boys still tangled up she whistled for the guards to come over. They grabbed the boys by the shoulders and started pulling them apart. There was a screech and yelp followed by a ding, but finally they separated the boys from one another.