Being a Coward

As the two made contact, Joey cracked out with a strike. His blade coalesced with his aura and it took him no pressure to maintain it.

Joey moved like a whip cracked out a razor. sharp slice toward Mila.

Mila was taken aback but managed to step back before the attack reached her. Joey dug himself from the ground in 180-degree motion and ran toward Mila. H

Mila saw him coming and rose her own spear to attack him, then he quickly changed directions, he started running around her in a circle.

'What is the planning?' Mila thought, she stood in one place and never moved.

Joey jumped and stepped on a soft piece of ground. Mila mind knew it was some kind of trap, she kicked herself away but the ground below her feet opened up. It grew into a large pitfall.

'Is this what he was after?'

Mila quickly fell to the ground. Below she was long spikes that would impale her, driven into the ground. When she looked up to see rocks and spikes falling from above her.

Mila started to smile, "At least he knows not to take me lightly".

Mila waved her hand and her ghost-like power moved in streaks from her finger slicing all the spikes above her. He propelled herself to a side of the hole and dug her spear in.

She immediately skidded to a stop.

After that Mila did something crazy, she rested her foot on the walls of the pit and started running upward. Power left her surged from her body and rocketed her to the top.

She soon burst out in magnificent fashion.

Her eyes turned to Joey who was running away, "Don't bother running away, fight me. You can never shy away from an enemy no matter how strong".

"What? Mila that makes no sense, If they're strong they will kill me. Why should I die!" Joey shouted.

"Stop being scared boy, that's what makes you weak. If Im strongeer than you what makes you think running will make you get away?" Mila's words struck wisdom in Joey. "Overcome your fears and fight me".

Joey struggled to make the right decision.

"Sorry Mila, You're the one that supposes to catch me. Please don't use your superpowers give me a headstart. Please, Mom!" Joey turned around and ran away at full speed. Mila's face froze, then he got angry.

Mila blushed as she clenched her teeth, "That little rat knows how to play with my feelings".

Her body struggled to stay still, but she counted to ten in her head before she ran after him. Within seconds she gained on his trail.

Joey saw this and was surprised, "Dammit I made her angry, she must know I'm trying to use her".

"Mom, please just a little more"

"Little shit, You think you can always sweet talk me!" Mila charged directly behind him and reached out with her hand when Joey's figure slipped underground.

Mila cursed in frustration," Little bastard".

She stopped holding back and grabbed her spear. A swift downward motion carried momentous power, it landed on the hole Joey escaped down.

The ground on either side of the spear separated 10 feet apart. Trees fell down into the crevice and disappeared into the darkness.

"Mila! Wait wait, This is going too far!" Joey struggled to hold onto the walls, trying not to fall into the crevice. He was struggling with his spear to keep from sliding down.

"You think you cold joke your way out of this? Face me like a man!".

Mila lifted her spear and sent a slash toward him in the crevice. Joey was in the crevice so it was hard for him to dodge.

Not to mention the power of his slash was great. Joey plucked his spear from the fall and with quick speed, he dug a hole and escaped through it.

As Joey escaped he couldn't believe it.

Mila was serious!

Joey dug holes at extreme speeds and escaped underground. Mila who was above ground was increasingly getting annoyed by this.

She gave him this exercise to use his wits to survive.

She never expected this!

"How is this kid so shameless? Will, he does not fight me?"

Those were Mila's thoughts. She chopped the ground creating ravines all around. Still, she found no sign of Jacob.

"Boy, If you don't get out here now and face me, I slap your ass 10,000 times!"

These words travelled through the ground and in Joey ears. "Dear God, Why did I have to provoke her".

Joey was depressed, he began slowly digging his way up to the surface.

Mila who was breaking the ground apart on the surface heard some scratching behind her.

She looked behind her but the first thing front the ground to emerge was a spear blade covered in energy. She grabbed the shaft of the spear with her bare hands and lifted Jacob like a carrot from the ground.

"Hehe", Joey chuckled nervously.

Wham!

Mila punched him in the face knocking him hundred of meters in the other direction. Jacob's brain shook like jello.

When he landed he didn't know where he was. His was spazzed out of his mind, he looked at Mila walking toward him not knowing who she even was.

Soon everything clicked and he jumped to his feet and took a stance. He stumbled like someone who was drunk, but he kept his fist up.

"Take this, and fight me as you mean it!" Mila threw his spear at his feet and he looked blankly at it before picking it up.

Joey's blade became covered with his aura and he points it at her.

"I'm ready"

"Good"

Mila skin turned green, then she became donned in her samurai armour. They both looked at each other without saying a word then rushed toward each other.

Mila released a burst of strike toward Joey's head, with some even scratching his cheeks. Joey had no idea how his body reflexively dodged the, but he quickly realized that Mila was serious.