14 The Decision 2 (2/2)

Kai ran through the benefits of sparring with her trying to psyche himself up. Once he was ready he stood in the ring. She was already waiting for him. Kai took a deep breath and then focused every ounce of mental power on her. There was no slipping when it came to her. Let your mind wander for even a split second and she would whack you to oblivion.

Emily Frey took off her magenta rubber bangle and then showed it to Kai. She was going to throw it in the air and once it hit the ground the match would begin. Kai took out his kickstarter; he still had his eyes focused on her. He didn't need to look at the bangle. He would hear it when it landed on the ground. Kai pressed his kickstarter and started amplifying the lightning inside him. Previously he could only control four cycles. He could now control 16 and this was not the limit. His speed of amplification had drastically increased too. Kai was planning on going all out from the start. There was no room for mercy with her. He was not going to let her warm up. It was full on from the get-go.

Emily Frey looked at Kai and saw he was ready to go so she threw the bangle in the air. Up it went until its velocity reached 0 then it came back down and hit the ground commencing the battle.

Immediately Kai charged in, he was revved up to the brim with power. Kai punched towards her angelic face with no hesitation. However, with her hands behind her back, she casually moved her neck avoiding the punch. Kai followed the punch with a right hook, 'If she tries to dodge the same way as last time she will get hit,' he thought smirking.

Emily Frey saw the hook coming and then smiled and took a step back. Dodging the punch by a millimetre. Had Kai not known of her personality he would have thought that her barely dodging it was her on the ropes. However, he knew it was a trap. One that would lead to great humiliation should he choose to pursue it.

Kai took his kickstarter and let electricity flow inside him. He still had but he needed more. If she was going to let him charge up then that was on her. Kai continued to cycle up to 16 then off he went. This time he aimed for her abdomen. He made a fist and the punched with all he had. He was about 3.5 cm away from reaching her. 3cm was her comfort zone if she wasn't trying to lure you in she would usually dodge or block before the 3cm zone. Kai knew this all too well. She would usually dodge when his hand was round about 3.25cm away.

At 3.30cm Kai opened his fist fully and then put all his coated lightning on his open hand. The coated lightning began forming on his fingertips and then extended like an extrlong hand. Kai had been doing additional coating training at home every night. This was one of the moves he practised. He designed this move specifically to touch her which he has never done before. In order to accomplish that feat, he had to catch her off guard. He knew there was no way he could get her when she was prepared. She would always dodge before 3cm and if she didn't it was a trap. Kai had to admit she was brilliant with mind games. Maybe there was a time when he really got the best of her but because of who she is he decided not to pursue. Possibly wasting an opportunity but rather safe than sorry, he thought.

Kai continued to change the amplified lightning into lightning aura and extend his coating. There were two crucial elements to the success of this move. The speed at which he could complete the coat and the length of the coat. It had to be fast because otherwise, she would see it and then just dodge it. It also had to be longer than 3.25cm as that was when she would dodge. Kai had been training these two elements every night and last night he finally reached the required skill level. Quickly Kai infused more lightning into lightning aura extending its length to 3cm. While he was extending his coat he also thrust his hand forward. The sudden emergence of the lightning aura caught her off guard. Kai had not shown this level of proficiency in training, nothing near it to be frank. Seeing the aura growing at an alarming pace, she moved backwards dodging the now 3.5 cm lightning aura.

Kai saw her evade the aura, however, he expected this and continued to increase its length while he drove his hand forward. This time he put almost everything he could in the aura. So it instantly increased in size. It was now 5cm. The speed of the sudden increase was faster than she could move back. So with a flabbergasted expression, Emily Frey watched as the lightning aura touched her.

Seeing his lightning aura finally reach her, he exclaimed in joy. Kai knew that all he managed to do was touch her. It was not like he finally beat her or even landed a punch. Yet, he was satisfied. Kai continued to move his fist forward as he did the lightning aura drilled deeper into her clothes. It was a weird sensation as if her body was formless but also rigid.

Kai had been fighting with Emily Frey for long enough to know that if something doesn't feel right, it isn't. That's when he felt a presence behind him. This was weird because she was still in front of him, he could see her. But moments later, something happened he didn't expect. She appeared behind him and then whispered in his ear, ”That's not how you coat lightning. Let me show you how it's done.”

Coming out of his shock, he wondered how she was behind him and in front of him. He knew it wasn't an after-image, he actually felt his aura piercing something other than air. That's when the body double of hers molted into arcs of lightning. Because Kai was connected to it, the lightning entered him and stunned him. He could not move a muscle.

That's when she appeared in front of him again. This time her hands were coated with thick lightning aura. It was long and thick like a plank. Both her hands were coated. Then she looked at Kai and snickered. This was her favourite part, giving hope and then taking it from you. Now it was high time for Kai to get a beating. She charged a bit of lightning and then poof she reappeared right in front Kai. She was going to smack him silly; this was pride training after all. She came in with a right hand then a left, a right, a right and lastly a left-handed overhead chop. She put vigour into each attack but to her surprise, none reached the target…

Kai was panicking when he thought he was going to face another beating. The pain it caused was horrible. It did mental and physical damage. She had waited for the best moment to attack. When her opponent thought they had won. Still panicking Kai, calmed himself down because panicking helped no one. He saw her disappear and then braced for the beating head on. But something strange happened when she attacked, it felt really familiar. Then Kai's body absorbed the lightning she had created with her clone and used it as a kickstarter. Then he dodged to the left then to the right, right, left and then he took a step backwards. Kai's body flowed so naturally, he looked formless.

When Emily saw Kai evade the move instead of being peeved she was ecstatic. She screamed, ”Finally! You see, I told you your body would be able to react properly. Whenever I gave you a beating, I did it in the exact same way. But I did it in a manner just a bit faster than you could perceive. I needed your body to feel it. And now it did, it just reacted and dodged the move. Like I said, instincts refined by experience. It is so much more dependable than raw instincts. I'm also glad you realised you could absorb the lightning. I purposefully left you with a lightning clone so you could charge up. Lightning clone is not a move you use against a fellow lightning wielder unless you change the nature of the lightning to something they can't control. I can change the nature but of course, this is training so I didn't... I'm so proud of you!” She said beaming with joy. This smile was a true angelic smile with no hints of deceit.

Once the moment had settled they both noticed there was a guest in the spar court.

”Oh don't mind me; I'm just here for my scarf. I left it here so I came to get it back.”

Kai looked at the girl and it was the blonde girl from before, ”How does it look?”

”Like a scarf of course.” She said raising her one eyebrow.

Kai chuckled, ”No man, give me the design, length etc. I need to make sure it's yours.”

”Oooh, uhm, it's red with black blocks and white parallel lines.”

So Kai dug into his school bag and then gave it back to her.

She took it then she looked at Kai seriously, ”It seems you were holding back on us today.” She had seen Kai dodge the moves she couldn't even see so that's why she thought so. Kai did hold back though but not to the extent that she thought.

The blonde girl walked closer to Kai and then whispered, ”I'm going to let you in on a little secret… I held back too,” Then she walked away in reverse and then shook her scarf to say thank you. Then she gracefully twirled 180 degrees and walked out the spar court.

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