last of class

Sarah was sitting there while she was watching the other finish up there sparring matches.

"Alright, everybody time for the winners to come up!"

The kids Adam Baker, Franca Green, and Alice Perez were three of the kids whose names I could remember. They each had time to spar with Donald but if I had to rank their matches, Alice Perez was the worse but not by much, Her sword skills were unique and required flexible wrist and arm joints. Often she would be significantly pressuring him because of her sword style that would seem to phase or slip right through his blocks, forcing him to dodge the attack. He eventually just started to dodge all the attacks while pressuring her next through his heavy swings and attacks.

Adam Baker would be better than Alice Perez, but only slightly. He used a combination of sword and weapon attacks. He wielded a medium-sized sword that was simple, but the blade went at an angle half ways up it. His weapon was mostly a handgun, but he would pull out a shotgun. Just so you know, the weapons used stamina draining pellets, so it's not too dangerous to have. I would say the only reason Adam Baker is better than Alice would be his strength and speed. Alice was fast, but Adam had more strength and speed than her by a good margin. If Alice was stronger and faster, she could outdo Adam.

Then there was Franca Green, She is an incredible fighter. She is capable of great swordsmanship and casting abilities. Even if it's changed through an ability changing bracelet, she had excellent control. During a high-pressure sword fight, she could use her abilities to either get clean attacks or gain an advantage through them. Donald had to keep his focus on the match, which is something he only has done in my match so far.

The abilities she used could hide on the ground and sneak upon him. Another ability could minimize its own size tremendously and come up to detonate near Donald. The last ability that she showed was like a shotgun shot. Although it stays together, just before it's blocked it separates outwards similar to the shape of a jellyfish, and attack him from the sides. The first time she did this caused a heavy blow to Donald.

After a while, Donald got used to her attacks and started ramping up the difficulty until he was moving faster than he was when we were fighting. Despite this, he never used that smoke ability of his with anyone else. Donald was getting many of his hits after a while and eventually worn out Franca and won the match.

Then the other kids who fought after these three were rather boring and were over quickly.

"Hey Sarah, how are you doing."

"I am doing alright how about you Harry?"

"I am doing good, but my arm still feels funny."

"Oh yeah, sorry about that."

"It's okay, but despite my role of being a heavy defender, You easily defeated me."

"Well, my dad used to fight in the front lines and he was the one who taught me how to fight."

"How good was he?"

"He can take on three high-level Tokage-Ju at a time and win."

"That's scary! A high ranking Tokage-Ju is stronger than what most people can train to be in their entire lifetimes. Even taking one low ranking is a tough task for many people."

"I guess that's what happens when you've been fighting in a war since the age of nine."

"What do you mean? Aren't you supposed to be at least 19 years old to fight at the front lines?"

"he was born on a planet that's near it. The Tokage-Ju just came falling from the sky and one landed in his house. He ran for his life constantly, He eventually learned how to take on some of their lowest ranking ones and survived somehow for another year until the HRR came and took him in. They couldn't safely bring him back to another planet because they were in between transport ships, so they taught him how to fight. He became so great at fighting that they kept him. Eventually, as the year's passed by, someone met my dad and told him, they will allow him to leave the front lines. The transport ship was a special transport ship that has the resources to educate the people aboard the ship. For ten years he was on the ship getting one of the best education there is out there."

"Do you mean that he was on the Wings of Freedom?"

"Yeah, It's cool that you know the name."

"It has one of the best educational systems out there."

"Class, it is time for lunch!"

"huh? Harry, could you show me were the lunch area is?"

"Yeah, sure thing!"

"You don't mind if I join."

"No, not at all Zora."

The three got up and walked towards the cafeteria on the first floor.

"do you have your Id card?"

"yes, I have my temporary one until they can get the hard copy after school."

"Good, without it you won't be able to have lunch."

The three walked to the cafeteria, waited in line, and got their lunch.

"Where did you live before this, Sarah?"

"I used to live in Kokuju-Shima."

"So you lived on another continent."

"Yeah, it is a beautiful place with plants different from here."

"That sounds nice."

"How about you?"

"I just lived in a harbor city called Freya bay."

"We used that harbor to get here."

"How did you like the city?"

"It was massive, but we didn't get to see much of it as we just went straight here."

Well, truth be told, I never went to the city, and neither did I come from Kokuju-Shima. These are the things that Oliver told me as a cover-up plan in case someone ever asked.

"Do you want to hang out after school?"

"Sorry I am busy after school."

"What are you doing?"

"I have personal lessons with my dad."

"Could we join you sometime?"

"Maybe? I have to see what he says."

Lunch was over, and the three of them went to their next class. They sent Sarah to a class where they taught about field positioning and teamwork.

The day was over and Sarah waited for Oliver to come to pick her up.

"Hey, dad you're finally here."

"Hey, how did your day go."

"combat classes were fun, but the rest of the day was boring."

"Well, are you ready for your after-school classes?"

"Yeah, I'm Ready. Oh, Zora and Harry would like to join our sparring sessions at some point."

"Only if they can keep up with you. Otherwise, they might get hurt pretty badly. Maybe you can toughen up your friends first."

"Do you think so?"

"Yeah after that they could join us."

"Yeah, let them know how brutal out practices are."

"Sure thing."

sometime later.

"Do you want to live in the dorms or stay with me?"

"I think I would rather stay by you but… I dunno."

"I can get you a room on the same floor."

"That's not the problem."

"What is it?"

"Oh nevermind, I'll figure it out on my own. I'll just stay with you."

"Ok then, why don't we get to some practical classes now."

The car had just stopped seconds ago, and the two got out in the middle of the woods. The area had steep hills around them.

"This is where we will train."

"Looks kinda extreme."

"Well, there are even worse places in the front lines."

"How so."

"Mountains, cliffs, hidden bombs, unexploded bombs, unstable grounds with dangerous animals all around. Then there are hidden gas areas that could easily kill many high-ranking troops and radiation from nukes. Many things riddle the front lines. Not only that, but know that it takes place on many planets."

"Yes, I do recall that."

"Today we are going to see how you handle yourself with going in and out of combat for the next 4 hours."

"*Sigh* Okay, I Am ready when you are."

Oliver picked up Sarah, and in an instant, they were somewhere else further in the woods.

"Ok, we're starting now!"

Just like that, Oliver was gone. Sarah's hands exploded with blood and quickly turned into her black shield and sword. Sarah then tried something that she learned just recently, making a clone of herself. Blood flowed from her feet and in front of her a form built up slowly. Soon a shape resembled a person more and more until it looked like a humanoid figure. The eyes and mouth formed, but besides that, it still resembled a walking figure of blood. The white part of the eyes was black, and it had an orange eye color.

"Can you talk?"

"hind ov."

"Can you see?"

"if winda buwwy."

"Hmm, okay, can you watch my back?"

"uh, huh."

The humanoid of blood ran behind her and looked for anything suspicious.

*POOM!*