Chapter 26 - Unity(Part 6)

"Woah!" Exclaimed Xandra in alarm, as she just barely evaded the swing of my arm.

She then struck my chest with a swift punch, before grimacing as I grabbed her wrist in a flash, right upon impact. She quickly hit my forearm with a sharp jab using her other hand, slipping out of my grasp as my grip weakened.

She deflected my fist as I drove a rapid punch towards her, before countering by driving her fist towards my face. I quickly raised my hand and blunted her punch with my palm, before clamping my hand down on her fist.

I then pulled sharply, pulling her towards me and getting her off balance, before she used that momentum to headbutt my chest with a loud thud, quickly raising her leg as I began to swing my knee up towards her, blocking my strike.

She then backed away, shooting out a blast of flames at me from her mouth. I quickly drew my weapon, a taser in the shape of a sword. Blunt, of course, much to my disappointment.

I swung it across with as much force as I could generate, partially dissipating the flames across the middle before racing through the gap, the sides of my arms getting scorched as I ran between the flames.

I then flung my taser blade at her with a rapid spin, the weapon crackling through the air as it spun towards her rapidly. She shuffled across to evade it, as I shot towards her at top speed, closing in on her.

She struck my wrist as I reached out to grab her throat, before I slid my right foot forward and behind her heel, trying to trip her. She suddenly grabbed onto my leg with her foot before I could trip her, giving it a twist and bringing me down on one knee, before I snapped my jaws forward and bit down on her hip.

"Again with the biting...!" She exclaimed with a stifled gasp of pain, before driving her elbow down towards the back of my neck.

I quickly swung my head across while biting down more firmly, pulling her off balance and off her feet, before swinging her down, her left side hitting the floor with a thud, before I quickly pinned her down.

"Finally, I win," I smirked, as she let out a slight groan.

"Yeah, congrats on your first win...what does that make it, seventy-six to one?" She replied with a wry smile.

"I'll even it out in seventy-five more sparring matches," I grinned, as I helped her up.

"Wish you'd stop with the biting, though...seriously, what are you, a crocodile? What kind of person can toss another person around like a rag doll with nothing but jaw strength?" She sighed wistfully, as she rubbed the spot I'd bitten down on tentatively, a deep bite mark imprinted there.

I can't take too much credit for my jaw strength, it's probably an effect of my Black Blood, an element of my superhuman strength.

"What can I say, biting you is fun, plus you're pretty light," I shrugged teasingly.

About a month and a half has passed since I got here, it's now the 10th of November, 2016. I've been training with Xandra almost everyday during that time, and I think I'm progressing nicely.

It's actually pretty fun. And today, finally, I defeated her in a sparring match. I've gotten pretty used to my new weapon, which wasn't too tough, it's about the same length and size as the sword I used while in the lab. I just wish it was an actual blade though...

"You know, you should take better care of this. Looks like you broke it again. What does that make it, the eighth time now?" She remarked with a raised eyebrow as she picked up the weapon.

"Wouldn't be a problem if it was a normal sword," I shrugged in response.

"Quit it with that already. Well, anyway...this concludes your training with me. The decision was already made a few days ago, so this was actually your last chance to beat me, at least for a while. Someone else is gonna take over training you now. We don't want you getting too used to my fighting style and end up struggling when you're up against different fight patterns," She informed me.

"Guess that makes sense. You might as well quit while you're still ahead, before I overtake your number of wins over me," I nodded with an innocent look on my face.

"You jerk," She laughed as she playfully punched my shoulder, before adding, "By the way, you should know, I'm pretty good at reading people, and in addition to my job in training you, I was also to assess your mental state.

I should tell you, you haven't fully ridded yourself of killing intent. Granted, you've never tried to kill me when we spar, but I can tell...if you were fighting someone you held real anger or hatred towards, you'd probably go in for the kill on impulse.

Every now and then, particularly when I'm dominating a sparring match and totally kicking your ass, I feel a hint of something like feral aggression from you."

She says she's good at reading people, but hasn't noticed Theo's very obvious crush on her...or maybe she's just pretending not to notice?

"Hm...now that I think about it, if I ever see that bastard who experimented on me again, yeah...I'd probably try to kill him. No, I definitely would. But in my defense...he'd totally deserve it," I replied wryly.

"That's not a good defense, Red."

"Yeah, yeah, killing is wrong and stuff, I know the drill. Anyway, who's gonna be training me now?" I inquired curiously.

"Well, my job was to sharpen up your technique and movements, and I've accomplished that, so the next step is to improve your reaction time. He should be here any second n-...," She began, before the door suddenly swung open, almost as if on cue.

"Hey, man! You're gonna be tangling with me from now on, and fair warning, I won't go as easy on you as Xandra," Came a familiar voice.

Theo's my next trainer? Well...he's an idiot, but his Super Speed power is pretty formidable, I suppose.

"Please don't call it tangling, it's kinda creepy," I sighed in exasperation.

Yeah, I think I miss Xandra already...

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