Training was a pain in the butt as usual.
Per the norm.
Kam, Anthony, and Oliver were all leaning against the wall, sweating as they panted. Titus kept calmly and blankly punching the training dummies.
"He's crazy!" Anthony breathed. Obviously, it was quite inhumane to make students go through this.
"He's awesome!" Oliver cried, eyes lighting up.
"WHY ARE YOU STILL RESTING?!" Sensei yelled. "GET BACK TO SWEATING!"
They scrambled back to the training equipment as Lionel chuckled quietly and joined Sensei's side.
"Aren't you a bit too hard on them?" He smiled.
"They're a bunch of softies. If they're going to help the ninja, they need to be pushed past their limits." Sensei crossed his arms as he observed his students.
"Oh," Lionel said,"that reminds me. I sent for--"
There was a knock at the door.
"I got it." Anthony called and hurried to the door. Cracking it open, he peaked out and spotted a man, about the same age as Sensei. He raised a brow.
"Can I help you?" He asked.
"Yes." The man said monotonously. "I am here to see your Sensei. He isn't expecting me but Lionel sent me."
"Ah..." Anthony said. "I...see."
"May I come in?"
"Oh," Anthony blinked and opened the door wider. "Yes. Come in."
"Thank you."
"Jing!" Lionel cried, smiling.
"Hello, Lionel."
Anthony was suspicious of this man. It might've just been the white hair or the blank expression. Even more blank than Titus.
"Bai Jing." Sol smiled. "By the First Spinjitzu Master..."
"Hello again, Sol." He bowed. "Lionel asked me to come."
"Yes, he told me about this." Sol nodded.
Anthony squinted at the three mature people.
"How many friends does Sensei have?" He asked Oliver.
"Well, Let's see...The ones from his stories... Six, eight, ten, counting these two...twelve." Oliver said.
"Hmm." Titus mumbled. "More friends than me." The other three nodded.
"I sent for Jing to discuss the disturbances that have occurred. Jing has felt them even more than I have." Said Lionel seriously.
"Yes, I understand." He nodded and glanced at the four teenagers,"Please, let's continue in a different room. You four, continue training."
"Yes, Sensei." They nodded as the three adults walked away.
"That was..." Kam muttered,"odd"
"Yeah," Said Oliver screwing up his face as if he smelled something bad."'Let's continue in a different room.' C'mon, we can handle whatever it is you're gossiping about."
"It doesn't matter." Titus shook his head,"He may tell us in time so, for now, let's keep training.
And as he walked away, the other three stared at him with shocked and disturbed faces. That one sure was odd...
