Shooting Stars | Lo'ak¹

Chapter 19: Warrior Training

"You pick Chief," She said with a shrug of her shoulders.

Tonowari thought about it for a second until an until idea crossed his mind, causing his eyes to light up in delight. "How about you fight both of them?" He asked, and Ja'lia's eyes slightly widened as she tried to hide her shock.

"Father, I don't think that's a good idea," Ao'nung shook his head.

"Yeah, I don't want to hurt her," Neteyam said, immediately rejecting the idea.

When Neteyam said that he didn't want to hurt her, she took slight offense to it, even though she knew he was right. If she were to fight both of them at the same time, it would be a complete and total disaster. Unless, she could pit them against each other.

Of course, the idea was evil, stupid even, but she was going to be fighting two boys who were at least two heads taller than her, so fair was fair.

Besides, it's not like it would be an unnecessarily hard task to complete. Ao'nung and Neteyam still didn't get along from what Ja'lia could tell, and all it would take was one whisper of the ear for all of the attention to be off of her.

"I'll do it," Ja'lia shrugged her shoulders, and everyone's eyes widened, and their jaws dropped.

"Great, everyone get into their positions," Tonowari commanded.

Both Ao'nung and Neteyam hesitantly got into their fighting positions while Ja'lia walked over to be at standing next to them at an angle, making the shape of a triangle. The two boys glanced over at Ja'lia to see a small smirk on their faces, and it confused them.

What game was she playing in that cute little head of hers?

Neteyam knew Ja'lia. She wouldn't have agreed to fight both of them without already having a plan in mind that would ensure her victory. The only problem was that he could never get a read on her, no matter what he did. Ja'lia was the only person whom he couldn't tell what her next move was going to be.

He had observed every fight he could, and he always tried to predict her next move, but when Neteyam thought she was going to do one thing, she would do the opposite. It drove him insane that he could never predict her moves.

"Alright!" The Chief's voice was heard loud and clear, "You may begin!"

Everyone expected all hell to break loose when Tonowari said those words, however, no one had made a single move yet as they were all sizing each other up.

Ao'nung and Neteyam both looked at each other before giving a slight nod of the head. Soon, the two boys were walking toward Ja'lia, who still had yet to make any indication that she was going to do something to defend herself.

But that was Ja'lia's plan all along. She wasn't going to fight at first, but as the fight went on, Ja'lia knew that she would have to start to defend herself. Because if she allowed them to constantly attack her without a counter-attack, they would know something was up, and then it would be game over.

Just a few more steps. Ja'lia thought to herself.

As soon as the two boys got within reaching distance of Ja'lia, she saw how Ao'nung was going to take a swing at her. Ja'lia easily dodged it as she slid out of the way, placing herself behind Neteyam.

When Ao'nung missed his attack, he was confused when he saw Ja'lia no longer in the same spot she was in before. Neteyam blinked and quickly turned around to see Ja'lia smirking at him. She brought her leg up and kicked him in the stomach sending him back into Ao'nung, and they both went crumbling to the ground.

"What the hell, Lia?" Neteyam said.

"Come on, Neteyam. I thought you were more skilled than that," She teased, causing Neteyam to hop onto his feet. The Metkayina boy soon joined him, and Neteyam looked at him.