"I didn’t expect you to be back this early," Ama said amused at my sudden arrival. "What is it? Does my Kazu-chan miss being with me a lot?"
"Well I probably came here to get beaten up in the name of training but you can say that. Natsumi-san and Iwaguchi-san are out on a mission and Koto is probably in the school or something, so I came to bother you Ama," I said sitting down on the chair in the room. "I hope it’s not too much trouble."
"Trouble? You make me sad Kazu-chan if you think that anything you did was going to trouble me like that. I am more than happy to help you with your training," Ama said while running some tests on my blood that was taken earlier. I didn’t quite understand what exactly she was doing but I didn’t question it. "Though it does put me down that I am the last person you came to ask me."
"Well, you are always found in the medical room doing your research or checking up on patients. You already have a lot on your hands," I said leaning back on the chair.
"I can always make room for you; I do play favorites you know?" Ama said taking off her mask and opening her hair. She took off the gloves before putting everything back and stood up from her chair. "So, which will it be?"
"What do you mean?"
"You do know Kazu-chan that I can use a wide array of weapons, so this time, which one would you want me to use with you? Some nobles who were way older than the newer ones use their own weapons too so you need to be trained through a wide array of armoury," Ama explained and I nodded my head in agreement. "So which one should I use with you?"
"Surprise me," I said with a smile on my face. Ama looked amused by my reply. "In actual situations, I don’t know what weapons my enemies would be using so knowing beforehand feels like cheating don’t you think?"
"What a warrior~," Ama said teasingly and we both made our way to the training area. Ama went ahead before me because she also had to change into a different get-up because fighting in a lab coat isn’t the best thing to do.
I made my way to the training room and saw that all the damage we did to it had already been repaired, that was very quick. I never realized that until now. Maybe because I never entered the training room alone and unoccupied by someone else which was usually Ai who would be latched onto me. Now that I entered it alone and just standing here, I thought Ama would take a little more time to get ready so I started to stretch my muscles. Though they have recovered perfectly, I think warming up a little against someone as strong as Ama won’t be a bad thing honestly. I’ll get defeated either way. I also had to make sure that my emotions were intact and didn’t take control of me.
I raised my hands and started spinning them clockwise and anti-clockwise loosening up my shoulders. They do have to endure a lot because the katana of Dad isn’t light in any way. Then I lowered my body and stretched my legs one at a time by lowering my body mass on one leg stretching the other to the side and doing the same to the other. I did see some people in the Karate clubs do that when I was passing by and honestly, it makes sense, it really does help with having more blood flow through my muscles.
The moral of the story, is that warmup and stretching are important before any training.
"My getting started without me already?" I heard Ama’s voice from behind me and I saw her in the same clothes as yesterday’s training. "Mind if I join in?"
"I mean…sure?" I replied a bit confused. "I’ve never done this before so maybe I can take some pointers."
Ama walked behind me and leaned over putting more pressure on my leg which was stretched out. Luckily my flexibility wasn’t half bad so it could go down even more than just being straight. I could feel the effects of it taking in my hip flexors.
"You are really flexible Kazu-chan," Ama said while putting some more pressure on the leg and it did start to hurt a little. My leg hasn’t ever been pushed that far before. "Makes me wonder what else you can do with that flexibility of your~"
"Let’s just focus on warmup, shall we?" I said unfazed by her comment because right now I was indifferent to it all. I needed to get stronger and refine my technique more. That’s all that matters to me.
"Sure, I wouldn’t want to distract Kazu-chan from his real motives," Ama said. "Anyways, that’s enough stretching. Time to get on your feet and actually fight hmmm?"
I nodded my head then got on my feet and activated my keychain turning it into a katana and got in a fighting stance. Ama on the other hand stood before me with no weapon in her hands. She was holding her fist up taking the stance of a martial artist.
"You are not going to use any weapons? Am I that weak against you?" I asked Ama and she giggled.
"No that is not the case, The fact that Kazu-chan wanted me to surprise him, then what other way to do that than fighting him bare fist when he actually was getting ready for a weapon is a surprise in itself right? Moreover, being with my fists, I will be way quicker so you need to look out for that," she said and I lowered my body getting ready to face her.
Ama charged at me with such speed I couldn’t even comprehend it. Before I knew it, my solar plexus was hit and I stumbled as all the air was knocked out of my body. Right, knows a lot about human anatomy. No wonder fighting bare fists allows her to do that. I quickly recomposed myself and Ama had already made distance between her. Since she is the one at a range disadvantage, she would have to get closer to me. Given her speed, it won’t be as easy as I make it sound but my main motive is to stop her from getting too close.
But I can’t keep waiting for her to attack because she is so quick, looks like I need to make a move. I kicked the ground and started rushing at Ama and she stood right there not doing anything. The moment I realized she was in range I drew out my sword slashing diagonally which she easily dodged by stepping back. Then she quickly moved and launched a kick right at my chest but I couldn’t react fast enough to stop it from my scabbard.
"Huh?" I looked but the kick never made contact with the scabbard.
"You’re open Kazu-chan," Ama said before a punch came flying at my stomach yet again and I was pushed back a little by this. Ama is fast but her strength is not on par with her speed which was the only reason I didn’t go flying. But that is only her upper back.
A kick made its way on my back. Wait, how did she get there that quickly? I fell face-first into the ground and with enough force that I think I probably broke my nose. It quickly healed though and I turned around before seeing the figure of Ama launching at full speed down at me. Her kick aimed for my head. I could luckily roll out of the place and where my head was supposed to be was a crater.
I’d be dead if that connected.
I got back on my feet and took a deep breath. Okay, concentrate, what is the best thing to do in this situation? Right, I can try that. I put back my katana in the scabbard and run the opposite way from Ama she started chasing me as I expected and right as I was against the wall, I jumped up and placed my feet at it and looked back but…Ama was nowhere to be seen.
"You’re too predictable Kazu-chan," Ama said kicking my feet and I fell right into her arms. "Though it is cute you went for that against me," she said holding me in a princess carry.
I jumped out of her arms much to her displeasure and got back in her stance. "See Kazu-chan, I may not be the fastest or even the strongest amongst many of the S class hunters, but what I did posses was versatility. I could use various weapons and fighting styles making me the most unpredictable of my peers in a fight."
"So are you asking me to try be more unpredictable when I fight?" I asked Ama and she nod her head.
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"A predictable opponent is very easy to defeat. The moment you started running towards the wall, I understood what you were going to do, you need to do better than that," Ama said and got in her fighting stance. "You have gotten physically stronger and a faster but you are still far from knowing how to take up a battle against a formidable and that comes from technique. You need to shape that to use your strengths to the best you can."
"I understand," I said getting in the stance and let out a sigh.
"Now, come at me," Ama said taunting me.
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