Crowns with Blood:The Monarchy

Chapter II: Falling Past the Skylarks

Everyday training has worn out his body; the force he exerts on daily basis has exceeded his limits. Drenched in sweat and his muscles shaky he called for a time out. Feeling the warm water trickle over his body relaxed and energized his worn body.

However even if he trained twenty four hours a day and never would stop until he dropped out of exhaustion, he was still no match for him. A painful reality he must face. A game he chose to play amidst the dangerous negative feedbacks that might even cause his death. It's like playing tag on a minefield. A trick he must play to cover what has occurred and a trick that might end it all.

Covering his body in his usually worn out white shirt and crumpled jeans, his charcoal dripping hair has drenched the shoulders of his top. His blue eyes unable to adjust to the dark environment of his next training squinted and dilated in a fast manner.

Catching a dart thrown at you at high speed is both deadly and hard. Yet, he managed anyway. His skills of a hunter surged through his veins. The adrenaline rush made his eye glitter as he rotated the dart's body and griped the shaft in a graceful manner. His eyes unable to see in the dark closed and his lips have turned to a taunting smirk. "This is getting easy" he thought.

Throwing the dart at a perfect angle it flew towards his target and disappeared into the darkness of the room. Hearing the thud of the dart's end puncturing the wall, lights turned on shinning all too brightly on the whole place. The blue eyed boy opened his eyes searching to whereas the dart hit home. Only to find more of its kind, flying towards him. He patiently waited before lifting his hand; palms open towards the weapons directed towards him. They all stopped midair as if a wall suddenly appeared and shielded the lad.

A boy of his age stood opposite to him his hand still harboring more of the darts that was used against him. His blue eyes framed with black glasses. Within them was a childish rage.

"Unfair! Come on how can we even land a blow on you?" The glasses boy replied his auburn hair swishing as he moved in an exaggerated manner.

"It's your fault for making that bet." The shorter boy replied his expression stoic and bored. He wishes to see the annoying green eyed boy that started this so called bet.

"I'm going to beat Korena to it; after all she'll never land a blow on you." The auburn head whined before pouting.

As if to mock the childlike boy, a shadow dropped out of nowhere as a flash of steel appeared right in front of the rigid dark haired boy. His hands setting into motion as his right hand glided over the sword's flat and his left hand doing the same on the other side. With a fast twist of his body he simultaneously turned the blade. Releasing his right hand, he took hold of the hilt, pulling the intruder with his free hand and placing the sharp side of the blade onto the stranger's neck.

The lingering scent of Jasmine flooded the boy's nose. In his arms was a brown haired lady just centimeters taller than him. Her hands in a surrender gesture as her face was unknown to him. He released the girl and gave the hilt of the saber back to her. The room again exploded into action. Quick as lighting the brown eyed lass, made multiple thrusts of her weapon. The blue eyed short boy was merely sidestepping all of the attacks, not even showing enough interest in the fight. His hands sometimes raising and pushing the blade away from himself, dodging the attack. This continued longer as the auburn haired boy just stood on the same spot opening a pack of sweets.

In the end the black haired boy felt like there was no chance that the lady would land the blow, and ended the fight swiftly. With a perfectly timed move, he pushed the blade one last time away towards the left and closed his hand into a clench. The lass' eyes widen as the boy did a pulling motion and the saber flew out of the lass' hand. The blade slowly drifted towards the standing boy and rested beside him hovering feet from the ground.