Air Kingdom

Chapter 8-Combat

Adam ran towards Seiro with his ax aimed for his neck. Luckily, Seiro ducked and kicked him a few meters back. Adam painfully landed on his butt with fear on his face. 

"AHHHHHHHH"!" screamed Adam as he started flying around the gym with Seiro chasing him. It looked like two little kids playing Air Tag. I smiled at them while reminiscing my past and I could hear some chuckles being made from some people. 

"Is this how the Muscle Men work out? By chasing each other and screaming like they're being followed by a hoard of zombies?" murmured Ellia. I smiled at the thought of the Muscle Men being chased by an army of brain-eating monsters. We both started cracking up but refocused ourselves to the match when Coach Leal started giving us the evil eye.

Adam soon landed on the ground and started running around in circles. Seiro kept following him. After 5 minutes of this, he tripped and fell face first. Seiro instantly stopped running and took off his chain belt. He was about to tie him up, but Adam threw his ax at him and Seiro had to jump out of the way. With him distracted, Adam then took out a dagger from under his shirt and started to advance towards Seiro. Before he could reach him, Seiro had a knife in his hand and he threw it at Adam. It didn't hit him, but he got a new trim in his hair. Adam fell on his knees as he just stared at the ground in shock. He had tears in his eyes and he was on the verge of a mental breakdown. Seiro took Des out and flew towards the now weeping Adam. He then pointed the blade at Adam's neck without him noticing. He was still bawling like a newborn. We started cheering while the rest of the Muscle Men ran over to their "injured" friend.

Seiro returned to us and I held up my hand for a high-five. He said nothing, but he poked my hand and then held his hand up. I grinned as I poked his hand back and we repeated this motion for a while. 

"Congratulations!" I finally said. "Thank you, Master Emma," replied Seiro. I groaned at his words, ashamed that he found a loophole in my past order. Coach Leal banged the gong and we fell silent. 

"Now that was a strange and slightly immature match," he stated with disapproval in his voice. Seiro looked at the ground. Adam had left right after the match, to the infirmary to see if the nurses could fix his atrocious hairdo. Serena couldn't take it anymore and started laughing out loud. Coach Leal glared at her and she forcibly tried to hold back her laughter.

"Very funny Celestia," Coach Leal said, "Since it is your turn now, how about you show us a proper and mature match now, huh? You too Michelle." Serena's eyes harden and she confidently sashayed to the middle of the gym. Michelle strode to the center as well, but lacking the beauty and grace Serena had. The two girls scowled at each other and took out their weapons. Or should I say Serena did. Serena took out her long silver sword while Michelle had nothing in her hands. The electronic voice was back and started counting down again.

When it finished, Michelle instantly ran behind Serena and shoved her to the ground. Whoa. No one saw that coming. Michelle was extremely fast. It almost seemed like she was teleporting. Airians had no special abilities, but some weapons allowed us to use the magic inside. It was highly likely that Michelle was wearing enchanted shoes. Sophie and Chloe had evil grins on their faces as they were in a deep conversation. Ellia and I could hear a bit of it. 

"That Celestia girl is dead meat. She'll just be a dead skunk on the highway after Michelle is done with her," said Sophie arrogantly. Chloe nodded in agreement and whispered something too quiet for our ears. Meanwhile, Serena was having a hard time.

Every time she tried attacking, Michelle would "reappear" behind Serena and kick her. It was hard to watch. She was going to have bruises all over her and her movements were slowly staggering. I was about to tell Coach Leal to stop them, but Serena suddenly stabbed her sword into the ground.