Emily was chatting with Nekonya at the door, as she was waiting for someone to "train" with her, something Emily had only done with Olivia, even with her costume ready, she wondered if she could really be a teacher to teach her something about fighting, but knowing that as a servant she should help anyone in need, she would wait at the door standing, watching to see if anyone approached with the characteristics she was told she had. well, time to see if this will be the same as if it were Miss Emily. without the blood and the weapon.... only leaves the pretty maid
He was clearly at least twenty minutes late, if not more.
All this because, as usual, he was slow to get ready in the morning; a habit he hadn't lost since he went back to school after spending a long period of rest between hospital and home due to his illness, which had made him very weak.
As much as it did him no good running at high speed, burning stamina like that, he didn't have much of a choice.
He had made an appointment through the owner of the gym Rodouko to begin a training session with one of the girls present, but his laziness and morning listlessness had made him miss the train he would have had to take to arrive on time.
He mentally cursed the instant the doors were closed in his face.
- Damn, damn me! You see if I have to be stupid enough to make someone wait for a date! My sister would have pulled out my ears by now! -
By now the damage had been done: he had taken a bus and a few minutes later he arrived there, he was precisely running what would have been the entrance to the gym.
Sharpening his eyes, he was distracted by seeing a female figure dressed as a maid with a strange, almost disturbing, mask.
An unfortunate distraction, because during the run he slipped with his right leg on a pebble and began, awkwardly to roll on the ground until he stopped just in front of the entrance, the maid and also another girl that he had not seen well before. .
That apparently comic flight or curtain stopped with a moment of awkward silence between those present and Nozuki was still lying on the ground with his behind facing where he had come from.
Without saying anything, he pulled himself up on his back, cracking his neck and shoulders in the sudden fall and then standing up as if nothing had happened.
He hadn't hurt himself at all, just lightly smudged on his face and clothes which he immediately shook with his hands and brushed off the dust.
Regardless of the likely uncertain and embarrassed expressions of those present, he looked straight in the eyes of the maid girl and, as he was taught, he stood as straight as he could with his body, bending it down, as a sign of apology.
- I apologize immensely for the delay! I missed the train I was supposed to take, so I had to make do with getting here as soon as possible. I'm Nozuki Kurokami, the guy about to train here in your gym for the day.
Once again, sorry for the inconvenience. -
He said this last sentence, composing himself and returning to him with his torso with a serious but rightly guilty expression.
Emily was thinking seriously about what she could teach, when she noticed how in the distance something was approaching at a great speed, seeing how for a moment it stumbled and started to spin around before stopping with her, Emily was worried, so she would pull out a small napkin to wipe this guy........ listening then to the reason for his tardiness, laughing a little behind the mask for that, Emily would notice that he seemed to look a little nervous when he looked at her, so understanding the situation, Emily would proceed to take off the mask, noticing that behind it was just a simple girl, Putting the napkin in one of her pockets, she would look at Nozuki, who in comparison to her, was somewhat small, so making a greeting in the style of an English maid, by taking part of her costume and bowing, she would then say to him don't worry, I've seen worse people when it comes to being a prop, I'm Emily Moore, and I guess it will be nice to train with you, let me take you to where we will train and taking him by the hand, Emily led Nozuki to his training place, Emily would see different things of the gym, but finally arriving to a door, that after opening it, would show a small ring, but that gave the impression of being a more private ring, going up to the ring, Emily would point to a small door inside the room. if you need to change, there is a dressing room over there, so don't take too long.
He remained silent as he carefully watched the girl who handed him a small figure with a beautiful smile after taking off her mask.
She was undoubtedly not only taller than him and she too physically, clearly more in good shape than him, but she was also frankly very pretty.
In front of her face and her sudden hold, he couldn't help but blush a little.
Apparently she hadn't been too angry about the delay, but that still didn't erase the fact that it was better not to repeat the same mistake in the future.
The thing he didn't expect in the least was that she was going to be the person he was training against that day so he didn't hide a slight astonishment on his face when she said it.
He wasted no time looking for a moment at her hand holding his, sensing that behind that cordial handhold there was a strong force.
Upon finally entering the gym, he looked around to examine it and indeed, judging from the outside, he hadn't thought it was strangely gigantic.
Judging by the name it was probably a more private gym than the others or the one in LAW, where he knew it was much bigger and more popular.
He wanted to go there to tell the truth, but he changed his mind at the last minute because right now he needed to "warm up" and get back into the game for good, competing with other people in private rather than showing himself in public.
He knew very well he was immature and knew his faults, given what he had to go through due to the illness that kept him away from school and home.
When Emily told him about the locker room, he looked at the clothes he was wearing and shrugged: it was time to change, even if he didn't want to.
All because of that distraction a little while ago, but it wasn't serious.
Sure, it would have been better to take his outfit directly if it was needed, but he certainly didn't think he would make a good flight to the ground.
- All right, thank you. I'll do it immediately. -
Without wishing to waste the girl any more time, he quickly walked to the locker room starting to take off his shirt before even entering.
Once inside, he found a seat where he could put his clothes, making sure he hadn't lost any of his belongings or broken his phone; he probably would have screamed if there was another similar "accident".
After the quick check, he looked through the lockers if there was a wrestler outfit the size of him: he strangely thought he wanted to cover his upperbody, but he gave up even though he was holding one of the suits.
He rather he quickly measured the black protections for the elbows and the knees, also deciding at the last to change his shoes, wearing those of the gym.
Once the gloves were also found, he began to think that he was finally in a gym and that there was someone on the other side who was ready to face him.
He quickly re-analyzed Emily's appearance and body mentally, but he had already guessed that, unless it was all a joke (which he highly doubted), that she was definitely going to be pretty strong.
He was excited, he felt a fire inside, but he was also a little intimidated and frightened, so much so that his arms began to tremble for a moment.
- Compose fool, this ... will be the first time of one of many. And you certainly won't stop there, stop messing around. -
He closed his fists firmly, assuming a serious expression at least, stopping shaking and then heading towards the ring, while he began to slip his gloves into his hands.
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Emily would see that Nozuki would finally go to change, while he was getting ready, Emily would think about how the boy would come out to fight, mentally thinking about how they were just introduced, it was kind of funny to her, remembering how her Miss Olivia was kind of silly when she had recovered from her injuries, feeling something similar when she ran into Nozuki, Emily would understand why she had been selected for that training, as she started to stretch a little bit to train with that boy, she would think about the moves that Yukari had shown her, finally having an idea of what she would do, once finally that boy would appear, dressed like a boy that long ago she had seen fighting against Rose, with a not so good ending for that boy, once both were in the ring, Emily would place herself in the center of the ring, but now she had the mask, as a way to try to show Nozuki that she would train as if it was a real fight, telling him when she finally went up. Well, I would like to know what you would like to training, we can first train defense or attack, or we can go directly to a sparring, you are the one who decides, so choose wisely.
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Arriving in the hall with the ring, Nozuki turned his gaze to Emily who was watching him. Probably she too was analyzing what her opponent would have been, no matter how the situation was viewed.
Should he have taken it simply? Train slowly step by step, step by step, or perhaps a direct confrontation was easier and more immediate for him?
As he stepped into the ring he thought about it keeping his gaze fixed on Emily; he was certainly no stranger to fighting, to what wrestling was. Although he had gone through a more karate-centric training for some time, through his sister, who at the time was a real force in this sense, since Nozuki had by chance met wrestling he had almost always tried to incorporate what he learned from his sister into that sport and it was certainly not an immature style, but incomplete.
He still couldn't find a fighting style that really defined him during the playful but sometimes serious skirmishes with his sister, especially due to the fact that then, at some point, Nozuki fell ill and had no way to continue cultivating. what was clearly a passion.
Even when he was healed and recovering, he still had few opportunities to train with his sister. At that time she was taking a different path between working and wanting to build her own family with her current husband.
He had never blamed her, on the contrary, he felt frustrated only because he had fallen ill and therefore had essentially lost time.
Not to mention that in all this he had to repeat a whole year of study, if not two, to be able to finish school and graduate, as well as start working on a temporary basis, but without stopping training on his own, alone.
All this until he was sure he could finally start training seriously with someone.
He was really thinking about it: maybe he really had to "start slowly", stay a bit still on the bases, but that wasn't what he wanted after all.
Hardly any of this would have encouraged him in any way.
If he was to immerse himself in that sporting world again, then he would do it as he always did when his sister was with him: a direct confrontation.
True, he saw and learned how to fight well before, but when it was his turn to get involved, he didn't refuse a fight.
It was the only way he had always used apprehension and now for him, it was no different.
If he had to learn and find his way, his style or more, he would have done it fighting like anyone.
He pulled his glove hard on his right hand and then slammed his hands on his cheeks, chasing away any thought that blocked him, finally staring at Emily, who in the meantime was waiting in the center of the ring.
He gave his answer to what was an apprehensive but serious request. He was not going back.
- Thank you for the time you are dedicating to me. Please ... have a direct sparring with me as my intention. -
He bowed his head slightly, then slammed his right fist hard on the palm of his left hand, determined.
- Have a good fight. -
That said, he stared intently at the maid, ready for the fight.
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Despite the appearance, for Emily it was somewhat complicated to guess what Nozuki's fighting style was, since he had not given any indication, not even with his clothes on, at the moment when both fighters were on the ring, Emily would listen to Nozuki's decision, he wanted a direct fight with him, it seemed that the little boy wanted to move to the direct and important, something that Emily knew could happen, so accepting his exit and his words, Emily would place herself in attack position, with her arms ready to strike, knowing that Nozuki could be any kind of fighter, Emily would prepare herself very well, she would not let him just be a punching bag, so carefully, she would approach little by little towards Nozuki, trying to get close enough to throw a small punch aimed at the boy's face, to measure first his agility or in the other case, his resistance.
From Emily, he saw only a nod of approval and she wasted no time getting into a fighting stance with her arms raised. Nozuki did almost the same but kept his fists tight and, like her, he had come a few steps closer to be able to stay away, but not too much, from the ropes of the ring. Before delivering the first blow he let Emily approach him until she tried to hit him in the face with a small punch. It was clearly a solid start for her to sense what she was capable of. "Will he be physically strong, or more agile? How does this boy fight?" Probably, this was what Emily was thinking. He decided to play his game, but he didn't want to go lightly; he could have dodged that punch, which could have been stronger, which probably suited him but instead he wanted to show not only what he knew was fine agility, but also a fair amount of physical strength that, if used in the right way, was deadly. So instead of dodging and hitting, he did the exact opposite. Maintaining a cold and determined gaze, he blocked her right fist with the palm of his left hand and squeezed it; took advantage of the fact that she was forced to freeze in place rather than reach towards him (if he had avoided her punch, or at least deflected) to take advantage of the possible backlash, if Nozuki at that moment, had hit the girl towards the stomach with a strong right that was already ready, taking advantage of his agility and speed learned with karate, loaded to hit like a bullet, fast and powerful. He tried this direct hit, holding Emily's fist tightly, hoping at least to hit the mark.
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Emily expected that her punch would be good to see if Nozuki was someone agile, but what a surprise to notice that instead of dodging it, he would catch her punch, something that for Emily was unusual to see, since usually most of her companions tended to dodge it before even thinking about it, but it seemed that Nozuki was different, and before she could make an offensive move to attack that move, a powerful punch would hit her stomach, making her be with one knee on the mat, it had been very effective, now emily had a thousand questions about this guy, was he a master of martial arts? Why did he appear to be shy if he was a fighting machine? and although Emily knew that she could not answer those questions now, she knew that she could show him her skills, so she would take advantage of the hand that was still trapped with Nozuki, to get closer and if she was successful, she would catch Nozuki in a bear hug, ready to hug him very tightly.
He was surprised at himself to see that the punch block and the subsequent counterattack hit.
Now Emily was on the ground on one knee at his mercy and he could have continued the offensive, perhaps with a grip on the girl's back using her grip on her fist.
He would, but at that very moment he was frozen.
It's okay that he wanted to go all out, but maybe he had gone too far? Had he put in too much strength compared to hers?
These questions were an amateur mistake and possibly one of the worst he ever made, because he didn't have the time or way to react to Emily's next move: a bear hug.
Nozuki had trained for a long time and was confident in being able to say that thanks to his agility and flexibility he could escape (with obvious efforts) certain holds in the world of wrestling and some he had learned to use them, even if he was not used to doing it and among the other things, he was no stranger to testing his stamina in strength tests. But takes like this, which would have crushed him around his body or around his neck, were the worst things for him. He knew how to avoid them and sometimes get out of them but in this case he couldn't because he had let his guard down like an amateur.
- Crap! -
He cursed himself the instant he found himself in the grip of Emily's bear hug, gripping his hips very tightly and inevitably feeling a great pain, moaning in verse with his gaze turned upward, qnd lifted off the ground.
He had to react quickly and in this case, he knew how to get out of it, begging to put in the right strength before the pain proves fatal for him. He looked at Emily gritting his teeth and raised both hands, as if they were a knife: he was once again using his karate proficiency, hoping to be able to hit the girl hard enough (or making her to dodge by releasing him) with the part of both hands opposite to the thumb on either side of her head to free himself from her strong grip.
If the move worked, he would immediately catch his breath and jump a couple of steps away from her.
At worst, he would have to try something else, or his first match would be over shortly thereafter.
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