After finally calming down, Ama let go of me slowly and grabbed my face making me look right into her eyes. Her fingers ran through my face wiping the little tears I had during the exchange and gave me a big kind smile. This smile was different from any other one she has given me in all the times we had known each other. This one had no weird intentions or a teasing nature behind it. Just a nice, true smile from her.
"Now that it seems like you have calmed down, let’s resume the training?" Ama said and I nodded with the newly built calm that I had. I quickly jumped back stepping away from her with a clear mind and all I was thinking about was ways to exploit the little speed boost that I get because of a katana.
So this time, I’ll be the one on offense. I took my stance and kicked off the ground quickly launching myself at high speed where I unsheathe my blade and slashed vertically at Ama. She jumped back but I twisted my body and aimed the tip of the scabbard right at her abdomen which Ama yet again was swiftly able to dodge by jumping in the air. I see, so her biggest card was her agility.
"Used to do a lot of gymnastics you know," she said proudly and I kept being on the offense. I had to find a way to catch her off guard. "Keep thinking Kazu-chan, and if you find the way, you will be rewarded~"
Luckily now that I was completely calm and only focusing on the training, those comments were not going to get to me. I kept a straight face and sweep-kicked her which she jumped over the moment she was in the air. With all the strength I had, I threw the katana right at her holding my ground with the other hand. She had to deflect the blade with the shotgun but that had put me in a bad place.
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"Got you," Ama said firing the shotgun at me. I held up my scabbard and got on my feet taking support from my hand. The moment I was on my feet, Ama fired again which was quite clever. The only thing I could do was try to block my vitals with the scabbard.
Most of the pellets hit my limbs which hurt but it was not as bad if they hit somewhere in my abdomen. My core is not that strong to withstand that.
Now’s my chance.
Since it is a double-barrel shotgun, Ama had to reload after two shots. This was my chance. I rushed at her with the scabbard hitting her shotgun which threw it off her hands. The sound of the gun hitting the ground echoed in the room and I was pretty proud of this. Ama, though she looked a bit surprised just smiled lightly at me.
"You know it’s still not over Kazu-chan," she said confidently and I gave her a little smug.
"Well now that you are disarmed, dealing with you will be a lot easier. I don’t have to deal with the stupid shotgun now," I said holding the scabbard in both of my hands.
"You’re right Kazu-chan, but you know," Ama said doing a summersault quickly making distance between us, and kicked the ground holding my katana. My eyes widened at the realization. "Guns were never the weapons I was best with."
She let me do this on purpose.
"You are really the embodiment of a sly fox Ama," I said chuckling a little to myself. Well just makes it even more interesting.
"I’ll be taking that as a compliment Kazu-chan," she said holding the katana in both of her hands changing her stance and I could notice the difference in the energy she was giving off. This stance was different, even though she looked like she was exposing every single of her vital organs on her body, approaching them seemed like a daunting and scary task. It was open and completely defended at the same time. That was what the impression the stance was giving.
Ama looked a lot more serious than before and without saying anything, charged at me. Without even the slightest of time lost, she was right before me and I had just enough time to parry the katana that was aiming to cut off my entire arm. I was pushed back by the force that was put on me but that didn’t stop Ama’s assault. She pursued me like a predator to prey and closed in the distance between us again. This time the blade was aimed at my neck. I ducked down dodging it only to be hit by a knee that sent me flying into the wall.
The impact really shook my brain to its core and the moment I opened my eyes, I felt the cold steel right against my chest just millimeters from taking my life. I was literally just millimetres from my death and I could see Ama looking at me with a cold stare. The next moment, her expression loosened up and she pulled the katana away. I, on the other hand just fell forward but was caught by Ama again yet again with my head in, you guessed it, her breasts. What is her thing about making me do that?
"Are you okay Kazu-chan?" she asked me while holding up my body.
"I wouldn’t be had that blade pierced my heart," I said jokingly but that was the truth. If it did, I would really be dead. I coughed a little and felt a sharp pain in my chest due to the sudden movement and I winced in pain.
"I think that’s enough training for today," Ama said swopping her hand before my waist and picking me up in princess carry.
"H-H-Hey what are you doing?!" I said panicking and squirming. "I can walk on my own Ama."
"No, you cannot Kazu-chan. As we have just shown, your body is still not at its hundred percent. Seems like you have not recovered from the battle yesterday," Ama said and held me in place. "Now be a good boy and stop moving or I’ll drop you by mistake."
"This is embarrassing," I muttered but Ama just chuckled. "And you two can go home now. I’ll discharge Kazu-chan as soon as I fix him up," she said to Akira and Yuna.
"But I can’t leave Kazuki-sama’s side. That is not something a loyal servant like me is supposed to be doing," Akira said. "Moreover, I don’t think Yuna-sama would also like to leave his side."
"Oh don’t worry about Kazu-chan. I’ll make sure he will be fine. After all, as you have already seen, I will be more than capable to protect him and as far as I’ve seen, you can teleport to anywhere Kazu-chan calls you so that wouldn’t be a problem, right?" Ama explained though her logic being fair, Akira and Yuna still didn’t want to just leave me alone. After a little more convincing, Akira took Yuna home.
After all that, Ama, still not willing to let me down, took me to the infirmary and lay me down on the bed. Luckily no one spotted us or I would have died out of embarrassment. Ama sat down next to my head and started to caress my hair. Wait, I thought she was going to give me some medicine or something like that.
"You are a little low on blood, aren’t you Kazu-chan," Ama said and my eyes widened. "Come on, anyone could have told that by looking at your face. You are looking pretty pale. So, how did that happen?"
I went on and explained what had happened last night and how I offered my blood to Akira and as the story went on, I could feel Ama being more and more worried about me.
"Kazu-chan, I know what you did was out of goodwill but promise me you won’t go around doing this for anyone again. I know Ai-chan drinks your blood every day but she seems to be more compatible with it which is why she hasn’t gone completely berserk by the blood thirst," Ama said and I got confused. "Now that Akira has tasted your blood, she knows exactly how it actually tastes and it is like a cure-all medicine for vampires. It is potent as a medicine but also very addictive like a drug. Listen, what the vampires mainly require from human blood are the blood cells because that triggers their self-healing process a lot faster and also in turn makes them stronger. I told you right, the blood cells in your body are way more than a normal human yet they aren’t bursting out of your arteries. That is because for some weird reason, they are extremely concentrated and one liter of your blood is equal to ten liters of blood from a normal healthy human and even that would be an understatement when we take vampires into fact."
"So…what should I have done?" I asked her as I started to worry about Akira’s condition.
"I wouldn’t say what you did was wrong given the circumstances but make sure you don’t feed her any more of her blood. Even if she begs for it, trust me Kazu-chan, it is for your own good," Ama said with utmost seriousness. "Because if she gets another doze of your blood, she can very well be able to stop herself from drinking all of it."
"And…Ai?" I asked meekly. Even if she is said to be compatible with my blood, there is no saying if she has the same reaction. "Don’t worry, Ai is a half-vampire o her hunger for blood is not that bad. Being half-human, she can get those nutrients from normal food too. So you don’t have to worry."
"I…see…" I muttered thinking about Ai again made me gloomy. I felt a soft sensation on my forehead and I looked up seeing Ama kissing it gently. "A-A-Ama…?"
"Don’t panic now Kazu-chan, it is just a little kiss on the forehead," Ama said giving me a kind smile. "Don’t worry, we will get Ai back. I know you cannot stop thinking about that and it is understandable given you are so attached and it is only natural."
"Yea…"
And so, my recovery at the infirmary was just me resting with Ama caressing my hair and chatting with me. It was nice.
After Ama decided I was finally alright, she let me sit up. Seems like just normal rest did amazing things to your body. I felt absolutely amazing thanks to this little time I spent with Ama. Because of all the worries I had last night, I was not able to get a good sleep and that would have detered my recovery a lot. I didn’t tell Ama about my talk with Ethan because honestly I just dropped the idea of turning into a vampire. Even though I know Ai would be happy to see, if she were to know that I turned into a vampire merely to come to save her, I can bet all the money I have that she would feel awful about it. She loved me as I was a human and would have wanted me to stay a human with her. Moreover, I’m pretty sure Natsumi-san will kick me ass if she were to find out what I did and that would really be something I don’t really want to experience.
So, staying a human it is.
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