Love is War

Chapter 41

Kuro and John separated paths with me and I am left here alone with Nab, while he is talking to these two guys, maybe they will be the one to mentor my two friends with the path that they have chosen, which leaves me with Nab and he said that he has plans for me. I wonder what it is but I am interested to know what is it?

“Let’s go?” Nab invited me after the two people that he is talking to earlier, went to their respective area. I snapped out of my deep thinking and when I got back to my senses, I saw Nab already on his way and he is already far away from me.

I rushed towards him, so I can catch up with him and I noticed that we are going far away from the main area of the gym, also I saw him going to a door that I didn’t even see earlier, it’s near but how can I didn’t even notice it.

As soon as he reached the door, he grabbed the door knob and opened the door, he looks back at me and waited for me to catch up with him. When I got closer, he entered the mysterious room and leave it open, for me to enter. I quickly entered the room.

“I- it’s d- dark,” I said and stuttered when I saw that everything black.

“Wait I am having a hard time to find the switch in these room,” he apologized and I just waited for him to find the switch. Moments later the light crawled over the room... WOAH! It’s a bit dusty but this whole room, is a private personalized gym. I liked the color scheme and this seems like that Nab built this based on his personal liking. “Work of beauty, right?” he asked me and I just nodded at him repeatedly.

“Very nice,” I answered him and he is right, this room is truly a work of beauty, as the contrast of colors inside this room really pleases my eyes and just by now, I can tell that I will train properly in this place. Less people and everything inside here are cool. He grabbed some cloth and he threw it at me, with my quick reaction, I caught it.

“Wear that in your hands,” he said and I scanned the item. This is like a long strip of cloth and I don’t know where to use this. I looked at him and he is just there waiting for me to do something with this. What is this for? This is the first time that I saw this item, I mean I see strip cloths usually, not that common... eh whatever.

“Wrap that around your fist,” he said.

“Okay,” I answered him and I opened the item and there the strip cloth dropped on the floor like a tissue while I hold the other end, but not frustratingly. Tissue dropping on the floor hurts my heart for some reason.

Just like what he said, I wrapped the cloth around my fist just like a normal cloth, but as I am doing progress with it the more it looks more wrong in my eyes, am I doing the right thing? I noticed that Nab comes closer to me and I am surprised that he suddenly pulled my arms.

“You are not doing it right,” he said while unwrapping the cloth in my fist and I let him do it. I didn’t resist, I was just startled when he pulled my arms. “I now understand why your father told me to go easy on you,” he said while doing his thing, but on me I wondered. I did not tell father about this.

“You told father?” I asked him.

“No, he is always hoping that you come for me and ask me to train you,” he clarified. Oh... I did not think about that. “You are always in the shooting range that you overestimate yourself too much,” he added and I know where he is getting to.

Why will I wonder in close combat when they can’t come closer to me, because they are lying on the ground before they can, and when the lucky ones do, I have John protecting me in the area and that is his duty when I am shooting with Rose.

“In the battlefield, sometimes go way beyond our reach,” he started to lecture me, but I just listened to him because I don’t want to be punched by this guy. I think I would be lying on the floor anytime now. “So, your father is always worried when you started entering the battles with the enemy, he added, why? I succeed in any mission that father have given me. He does not know about my trauma. “And this time I will train you and I will not show any mercy to you and I will make you forget your emotional trauma.

My eyes widened, as if he read my mind, I don’t know that he can do that, or he is aware. I thought only Kuro, John, and Father only know about my emotional trauma.

“H- how?” I asked him in disbelief,

“Your father also told me,” he said and I want to face palm myself right now because I don’t who might be the other people that he told about my trauma.

“Oh,” that is just my reaction, yes because of this feeling that I am feeling right now.

“Now, I will teach you the basics first,” he said and he let go of my fist and I saw that fist wrap, looks way better than what I did earlier. “Your other hand,” he asked for my other hand and I just gave it to him. I feel like a child that lets others tie my shoelaces for me. That’s the exact analogy that I can think of right now. “All done,” and I saw that my other fist is completely done and he went to the equipment section again and threw me a pair of gloves.

This, I know what this is and I still don’t know what fist wrap is for.

“Come here,” I saw Nab inside the ring and he is all set, with gloves. I rushed putting my boxing gloves in my fist but I am wondering why inside that ring, I thought that he will teach me the basics before this, but I did not protest to him.

I entered the ring, just like what he said and I squeezed myself under the ropes, that surrounds this boxing ring. When I entered the ring, I faced him and he is in his fighting stance, this does not look like teaching the basics to a newbie.

“Show me what you got,” he challenged me and he started doing his quick footwork. He thinks that I don’t know how to throw a punch, then okay, I will play along with him, and I will fight him will all I got. I maybe had this trauma but I still know how to fight, thanks to the fighting games that I have played.

I trained in my room when I have free time and I shadow boxed, in boxing they call it like that, where you are imagining an opponent and you are fighting them inside your imagination, but in other’s point of view you are just punching the air.

I raised my fist to raise my guard, and I braced myself for his attack.

“Come at me,” he challenged me again and I got a bit annoyed with that because he is underestimating me too much. I know that I will not win in a duel against him but at least impress him with my fighting skills as of now. My pride is still injured when that girl in the competition defeated me in a fist fight where many people saw me.

I remembered a move where a tokken character initiative attack, and with just my powerful imagination, I executed that move with precision as much as I could, to impress him. With just a straight jab combo, I expected him to guard that simple attack, but will he see this. I quickly crouched down and I did a sweep, to lose his balance, but as expected he is very great at fighting that he jumped on it like it is nothing.

He is not a champion for no reason, I admire him for that. Then I must do better, than this so while he is in midair, I used the chance to do an uppercut from this low precision, I know that my fighting style is very unusual, but as long as I knock my opponent, then there is nothing wrong with it.

But in midair he avoided that uppercut, and I am so surprised that he can even do that. When he landed, I backed away immediately, because my gut feeling told me that he is about to throw a barrage of punches to me.

He smirked towards me as if he were insulting me with what I showed him. He is a pro!

“Nice moves!” he said sarcastically? I am not sure what he is thinking about me right now because I don’t know who he is inside. He is just a mysterious man for me.

He still stood there, not throwing any attacks towards me which pissed me off right so much more. He is just waiting for me to throw my next moves, as if he was testing me. Did he just take me in this room so he can just bully me around without anyone seeing? Well, absolutely incredible!

Another game martial art thing that I learned in video games and with him getting into my nerves I am aware that I am being reckless right now, but I will make him eat his words.