Second Chance

Fight and Flight

Fight and Flight

Jewels woke up before there was light outside.  Carefully rolling out of bed not to disturb Raiden, she quietly makes her way to the door.  Slipping out, San and Ni bowed slightly towards her as Roku steps forward to follow her to her room.  When she entered, Roku stopped outside the room and waited for her while she changed and got ready for her morning training routine. 

After her run, Jewels enters her training room to find that all the holes she created last time she was there have been patched up and the walls repainted.  The floors still had the circular burn mark on them. She left Roku guarding outside not wanting to let others know what she is capable of.  Because of the Infinite Galaxy no one could tell what her energy cultivation level is.  She wanted to keep her strength a secret and surprise her enemies.  

That morning instead of sparing with Roku, she planned to spar with Nemean and Fenghuang.  Jewels called them out from her bracer and when they came out, both of them knelt down with one knee on the ground and their heads bowed down to her.  Jewels didn't like seeing them on their knees, however she pushed the feelings aside. 

"Every morning and every night, you guys will help train me.  The Madewell Tournament is in a week and I need to place within the top five of my group.  You will teach me all you know until I stand on top of the world." Jewels ordered them.  

After the announcement, Jewels began to spar with Nemean and Fenghuang.  Sometimes it was one on one, sometimes it was the two of them against her.  After an hour of sparing, Jewels asked them to teach her how created sound barrier as well as teach her the Flying Eagle Technique.  Creating a sound barrier was easy for Jewels while she had to work really hard not to fall when she tried the Flying Eagle Technique.  It wasn't until she fell five times straight that she gave up for the rest of the day,  her body couldn't take her falling any longer without bigger consequences.  Nemean and Fenghuang went back into the bracer without any complaints.  When Jewels opened the door she was expecting Roku and another guard, but what surprised her was that along with Roku, stood Raiden and his entourage.  Stopping in her tracks, she unknowingly smiles at Raiden brightly. 

"What brings you here so early?"  Jewels asked. 

Without saying a word, he steps up to her and hugs her tightly.  

"Is everything okay?" Jewels worried as she closes her hand around his body squeezing him tightly as well.  

"Make sure to eat your meals and train harder." Raiden said in the crook of her neck.  "You wouldn't want to let your Master down." 

Instead of answering him, she nods her head once. Raiden pulls back and kisses her forehead and quickly leaves her there looking at his back as he walks further and further away.  

"Roku, is everything really okay?" Jewels said when it was just Roku and Jewels alone in the hallway. 

Turning around to face Roku, she raises her eyebrow at him.  At first he did not answer her nor did he even look at her. 

"You don't have to say anything," Jewels said as she walked right in front of him so he was forced to look into her eyes.  "I'm going to ask you again.  Is everything alright with Raiden and the Redbane Kingdom.  Blink once for yes, blink twice for no." 

Roku stared hard at Jewels for a long time before he blinked twice.  Nodding her head, she goes back into her room and prepares herself for her day.  

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At breakfast she checks in on Uncle Jude's progress and Pop pop plans for the day.  Afterwards she heads off to see Master Roku and is surprised that his house has been mostly cleared out in preparation of moving to Redbane.  Jewels spent all of the morning and most of the afternoon with her Master when she left she headed towards the town square to sign up for the tournament.