The Dark Shadows

Chapter 6: Training Sessions

"Left, Halt! Punch, 360degree spin, kick!"

It has been two weeks since Adreanna started taking Fighting (martial arts) lessons with Kristel.

"Not bad but your kicks must be harder next time"

They trained for an hour more before Adreanna got the her resting time. She was still learning the more advanced moves and was still not awarded with any weapons (her tessen was confiscated) yet, despite all her hard works. Kristel told her that she was still far from the level of obtaining weapons but her moves during the fight between her and the mannequins were not that bad.

To get her mind off training a bit, she took out her earpiece to listen to her favourite song— Blackout by Breathe Carolina. Adreanna finally had her rest after hours of training. While she drifted away, Kristel made her way to the meditating room to get some peace.

...........

"Get up you sleepy head!", Kristel said as she smacked Adreanna's head.

"Uhhh?.....", Adreanna asked as id she was drunk.

"MORE TRAINING...GET UP!"

"WHAT? you said u will give me an hour to rest and u are already asking me to practice again?"

"You slept for that whole one hour brat", Kristel said as she tried back to hold her anger.

"Ohhh....."

"NOW GET UP! MOVE MOVE MOVE"

Adreanna lazily made her way back to the practice room. She kept wondering why Kristel chose her and not any other person. Any other person who is better than her. She have always wanted to ask but something told her not to. She tried to keep the question to herself until the right time comes.

Kristel was already ready with a mop with her hand.

"What's that for?"

"Today you will be learning how to make use of anything as weapons...you are supposed to learn this after you get a weapon but i would like to put it the other way round...My style", Kristel explained.

Time passed by so fast and by the end of the day, Adreanna was a pro in handling mops and brooms with her and using them as weapons. Kristel left after a while without any word.

"Ermm can you send me back home?", Adreanna asked as she grabbed Kristel's hand.

"LET GO!", Kristel shouted as she snatched her hand off from Adreanna's grip— anyone could tell how hot-headed Kristel could be.

"You will sleep here tonight.....until your brother's safe....it's too dangerous for you to live alone from now onwards.... until we figure out some stuffs", Kristel said as she walked out of the practice room and into her own bedroom that was only small enough for a single bed and a wardrobe.

Adreanna followed her and was expecting a place for her to sleep comfortably but it was not like that. Kristel went straight to bed without saying a word and there was nothing but silence.

"Ermmm...soooo.....you haven't yet tell me why you chose me....", Adreanna's voice broke the silence that was going on for around 5 minutes.

"Do you really deserve to know?"

"I don't know about that.... maybe I do not deserved to know but I really want to...."

"Haisss.....Fine but in ONE CONDITION!.....When I am telling the story or even after I finish it, DON'T ask me anything! UNDERSTOOD?", Kristel asked emphasising on some words that she really wants Adreanna to take note of.

"Understood...."

"It started when I was only around 5.....I lost both my parents when they were killed and stabbed into pieces by those stupid BRATS who has the army of clones!.....I was only four and I had no one to take care of me as none of my other family members knew about this incident and that I was all by myself.....Since I was only 5, I didn't knew much about losing my parents.....I had no education, no food, no proper clothing that would fit me. My neighbours requested that I be under their care but I rejected......So....they gave food every now and then and it wasn't not very frequent.....years went by and I was already 12.....My neighbours started to give me more things like Money, Dresses and other things that I needed......One day, I was on my way back home when I decided to buy a bar of chocolate as I rarely bought some due to lack of cash but on that day I had extra money so I went to the nearest Sweet shop and bought a bar. I was about to leave the shop when a man in his 30s called me. He asked me to follow him. At first I rejected but somehow he convinced me. He brought me here, where he told me that he wanted me to learn Ninjitsu, Taekwando, Kung Fu and some other traditional martial arts. I was shocked. Questions like "WHY did he choose me?" came out in my mind and so I decided to ask him. He replied simply "Bcuz I have been spying on you for quite a long time and I saw that you had the capable of fighting but you just need more training to master it....and also, I needed someone to pass this 'job' to as I feel that my death is near due to some illnesses that I am facing through"..I was speechless and I didn't know what to say.There was a moment of silence but he broke it after a few minutes saying that we must get back to some practicing. 2 years later, when I was 14, he sadly died *tries to hold in back tear*....he was not only my sensei but more like a second father to me but i knew that now that I don't have him anymore, I couldn't carry on alone with this 'company'..I almost gave up but I remembered my promise to him but then I found you, even though you are almost a complete blackhole, I believe I could train you and then we BOTH could take revenge with those IDIOTIC BRATS!!", Kristel ended.

"But how did you—"

"I told you not to ask anything!"

"......"

"Sry I just don't want to talk about it anymore, I still can't seem to take it out of my mind....I still need some more time to calm down..."

There was a long silence afterwards.

"Sorry.....lights off, goodnight", Kristel said apologeticly as she turned off the light.

"Goodnight..."

Adreanna kept awake thinking back about the story Kristel had told. That was the first time she had seen that side of Kristel.

"She must have gone through alot of hardship....", Adreanna said to herself. Now she understood how Kristel became this aggressive and harsh.

She tried to close her eyes and sleep but she couldn't. After some time fortunetly and unknowingly, she drifted off.

*The next day*

"ANNA Wake up.....wake up......WAKE UP!", Kristel attempted on waking Adreanna up— Adreanna was not a simple person when it comes to waking up. She kept moaning until Kristel had to splash water on her face. Maybe 'splash' is not the right word, it is more like throwing the whole bottle of water on her face.

 "Bleblurapushiii.....Ooops sryy......", Adreanna blabbered before apologizing. Kristel gave her a confused look before heading towards the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Adreanna, still in her dreamworld, followed her behind.

"What's for breakfast?", Adreanna sleepily asked.

"Pancakes"

"Ohh"

The pancakes were ready in about 5 minutes. Kristel served Adreanna the pancakes with some maple syrup and sat down to join her afterwards.

"More training today...."

"Yes ma'am", Adreanna said with a giggle.

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A/N: Hello lovely readers <3 Thank you for reading this book of mine even though it may have not reached you expectations. I appreciate each and every one of you ;) But the main reason why I am writing this is to tell you guys that I will possibly be on a long hiatus as I am still thinking about how to  continue the plot of the story. But I promise I will back ASAP!! Thank you for your understanding and once again, thank you~

Update: GUYSSS IM BACK AFTER A YEAR!! make sure to check out the latest chapter ;)