40 Even More Training (2/2)

”I'm gonna teach you some more moves, but as you do them, I want you to use chakra to enhance yourself, alright?”

”That's alright. I'm not expecting you to master chakra in a day. Just try your best.”

Hoemis showed Zeno the moves, telling him what he should do and not do and when these moves should be used. ”Alright, try them and make sure you try and use your chakra.”

Zeno nodded and bent his knees, replicating the moves that his teacher showed him and trying to circulate his chakra in his body. It wasn't perfect, it was nowhere near perfect, but he was getting there. ”Is that good?”

”It's ok, not good. Remember to be efficient. Every movement must have a purpose. You're staying here until you can go from ok to good. Do it again.”

Nodding, Zeno tried the move, listening closely and doing what his teacher instructs him. He blanked his mind and focused solely on copying the move.

”Alright, here's the next move.” Hoemis performed the next move and just like last time, he told Zeno what he should do and not do. ”Move with your fist as you punch, increasing its power. Alright, try it.”

Zeno took a deep breath and replicated the move. This went on for the entire day. Once Zeno was good at a move, Hoemis went to the next move and taught him it.

As Zeno was being instructed by Hoemis, Lionell was hitting the training dummy with his staff and doing what Hoemis told him. Be efficient, everything must have a purpose, your moves must be simple, but still unpredictable.

Hoemis looked outside and saw the moon high in the sky. He clapped his hands, making a loud sound and attracting the attention of Zeno and Lionell. ”That's enough training for today. Zeno, you can head home now, make sure you meditate before going to sleep. Lionell, you can keep the staff and head home now.”

Zeno bowed and made his way out of the dojo, heading home. ”Goodbye teacher!” he said, waving.

Hoemis waved goodbye. ”Make sure you come early tomorrow!”

Lionell walked up to Hoemis, a bit embarrassed. ”I... Uh... I don't have a place to sleep, and I also don't have any money.”

Hoemis rubbed his chin. ”I figured that. You can sleep on the mat, are you fine with that?”

Lionell nodded. ”Yes, I am ok with that. We Samians don't like sleeping on really soft surfaces, so the mat is perfect.”

”You Samians are weird. You look like Humans, but you have more hair.”

Lionell cocked his head to the side. All his life, he had never heard of a species called Humans. ”Humans? I don't think I've heard of them, which is weird if they look like us.”

”Don't worry about it. You'll probably meet them in the future, but right now, get some rest.”

Lionell was still curious, but he dropped it as he was really tired. ”Thank you.”

Lionell closed his eyes, yawning and when he opened them, he found that Hoemis had disappeared, nowhere to be seen.