Faded Formality

New life

"How are you feeling?" asked Kuro just sitting on a throne.

"Just great. Other than the fact my life is tied to someone else. Just great." I stated in a sarcastic tone. He got up from the throne and stood in front of me.

"You know people are after your life right?" he asked while finally look me the eye. It's first I got to see them. Black was the color of his eyes. That's all I expected to be honest.

"Yeah, I know people are after my life. But they're also after yours." I said.

"You're right. But I know that won't happened. Because you still have that conviction. I can see it in your eyes."

I woke up looking at the ceiling with my headphones on. I was listening to "IDFC by blackbear". I stood up to take off my shirt and find the nearest bathroom. In attempt to do that I think I might get lost. The house had marble floors and ancient relics you wouldn't even expect to see. Although one of them had my interest more that the others. It was a black guantlet. The name of it was peeled off. I kept walking down the hall to hear what sounds like people fighting. I stood by the door to see Karma and Karla fighting. By the looks of it Karla was winning. Thanks to her formality of course.

"Karla you know that's unfair." I said pretending to scold her. She grabs one of Karma's punches and stops paying attention to Karma. She continues to dodge Karma's moves while looking at me.

"You think you can do better than her?" She asked me.

"Yes I do. In fact I'm pretty sure I can beat you." I said with a confident smile.

She grabbed Karma's hand a looks at me with a look as if she thinks I'm bluffing. I walk inside the gym and Karla sets up her stance. I know the only reason she can predict my moves is only because can read my emotion. One way to stand a chance with her is to turn off my emotion. I focused on being an empty shell. No emotion to hold me back.

"That's no fair." she said.

"If you can't read my emotion you can't read my moves. It's just as simple as that." I said while I stood still. She's mainly a defensive counter type. So if I wait until she attacks I'll be able to win with no sweat.

"Ready?" She said as she rushed at me. She's faster than I expect, but for one moment in time she seemed to slow down. I rotated around her arm as she attempted to punch me and grabbed it to put it behind her back. I kick toward her left leg making her flip and land on her back. It all happened in the blink of an eye.

"How'd I do that?" I asked as I turned my emotion back on.

"You don't know? Your formality doesn't just give you an ability. It enhances all of you physical stats. Making you stronger and faster and more durable." Said Karma.

"Karma? You're still here? That's good I wanted to ask you what your formality is." I said as I looked at her. Maybe it was because I just didn't realize cause everything happened so fast but Karma is beautiful. Her body is perfect. She was wear a red sports bra and some black polyester pants. She had her hair in a messy bun which made her seems even more cute to me. She started to turn red and try to hit me. I managed to dodge...but just barely.

"What hell was that for?!" I yelled out being broken from my trance.

"You seem to forget that I can feel what you're feeling. Especially how you were looking at me just now." She said.

"And you seem to forget that whatever pain I feel you feel too!" I said in frustration.

"We don't know if that's true." She said as she stopped trying to punch me.