Not At All

The Elzard

‘’Ready or not here I come!’’

 

Jennie giggled hearing Lisa yelling; the four of them are playing hide and seek inside the Kim’s house which is a bit big for the four of them to wander around so it will definitely take ages before Lisa could find the three of them.

 

‘’I wonder where Jisoo-unnie and Rosie are…’’ Jennie whispered, hiding behind the curtains and making sure her feet won’t be seen by Lisa.

 

‘’Pssst, unnie’’

 

Jennie’s ears perk up and looked at the other side of the curtain seeing a giggling child Chaeyoung ‘’Rosie!’’ She squealed and quickly went over to her side to squish at the curtain Chaeyoung is currently hiding

 

‘’Yah Lisa might find us if we’re moving too much!’’ Chaeyoung giggled

 

‘’I missed you already~’’ Jennie pouted and clung to Chaeyoung. Chaeyoung is such a warm person and when Chaeyoung and Lisa first came here; Jennie is actually too cautious around them because she’s only used to her Jisoo-unnie’s presence as well as her parents.

 

She remembered frowning when Lisa immediately began teasing her in a hyper voice

 

‘’You look like a dumpling! Mommy she looks like a dumpling!’’

 

Not a very good first impression to Jennie you see

 

Especially since her sister burst in laughter at Lisa’s first comment to her, already liking the new kid. Jennie hid further in Jisoo’s embrace due to embarrassment and anger; Jennie is just behind Jisoo, not wanting to show herself to these newcomers but her sister’s whisper made her frown even more, almost like a pout

 

‘’They’re mommy and daddy’s friends Jendeukie, you should get to know them too’’ Jisoo said soothingly to her clingy sister.

 

‘’I don’t like the hyper one’’ Jennie exclaimed ‘’She looks like a monkey!’’

 

‘’How dare you dumpling! I thought all dumplings are sweet!’’ Lisa stomped her feet angrily that made Jennie snort a bit.

 

However, what did make Jennie finally let her guard down is that one giggle; a giggle so sweet and innocent that Jennie immediately tried to find it

 

Then she finally noticed her when Jennie showed herself a bit

 

‘’Yah chipmunk! Are you laughing at what that dumpling said?!’’

 

‘’She’s funny and cute!’’ The chipmunk continued giggling and locked eyes with Jennie ‘’I like her already.’’

 

That was the day Jennie could tell, she’ll really like Chaeyoung by her presence and heart. Her warm presence immediately tugged Jennie closer to her and her kind heart that always makes Jennie happy seeing the younger girl so cute and so concerned to others’ safety and thoughts of her.

 

‘’Yah it’s so hard to find you guys!’’ Lisa’s whining made Chaennie cover their mouth to stifle their laughs and giggles.

 

‘’Why do I have to be it anyway?!’’ Chaeyoung and Jennie could hear Lisa near them so they squished in together even more.

 

Chaeyoung felt a head snuggling to her neck and glanced to see Jennie clinging to her which made her smile a bit. ‘’Jisoo-unnie is right,’’ Chaeyoung thought ‘’She’s really clingy…but I like it’’

‘’Is that you Jisoo-unnie?!’’ Lisa shouted before quickly running seeing a black-haired girl zipping at the staircase

‘’Yah! This is hide and seek not tag unnie! Come back!’’

‘’What is Jisoo-unnie thinking?’’ Chaeyoung giggled

‘’Maybe she got bored. You know my sister Rosie’’ Jennie smiled cutely ‘’You’re so warm Rosie…can you just stay here forever?’’

‘’But mommy and daddy would be sad if I leave them’’ Chaeyoung frowned cutely ‘’Even Lisa would be sad because we always cuddle when we sleep’’

Child Jennie could feel a pang of envy ‘’But you can sleep over here right?’’ She whispered excitedly at the prospect of Chaeyoung sleeping over in her room ‘’We could play dolls and watch elzards movies in my room! It’ll be so fun!’’ She sent Chaeyoung a gummy grin

‘’You’ll do it right?’’

Chaeyoung can’t help but give in to Jennie’s cuteness ‘’Okay unnie, I will don’t worry. I’ll just ask permission to mommy and daddy then I’ll tell you if they agree!’’

‘’Yay!’’ Jennie cheered and hugged Chaeyoung tightly, savoring her warmth and scent ‘’I love you so much Rosie!’’

‘’I love you too unnie’’ Chaeyoung exclaimed happily ‘’I love everyone who has been a part of my life to make me happy!’’

Jennie’s heart grew knowing that she made Chaeyoung happy also and just hugged the younger girl, hoping Lisa will never find them so that she could stay in this position much longer

‘’I hope we’re always close like this forever Rosie…’’ Jennie thought and could feel herself getting sleepy hearing Chaeyoung hum a light tune while her hair softly

‘’I want you to stay with me…forever’’


‘’Okay so this is the continuation from the sword training and it will definitely be a test of wit, strength, accuracy, and of course teamwork’’ Sandara announced once everyone is complete

‘’To make it faster for me to grade you as well as test your skills, we’ll have three drills that will involve you having a partner in this class chosen by me’’ Sandara said ‘’First drill is your precision, both you and your partner will exchange roles once everything is cleared by my element. There are buckets that will be given to you and inside are 10 water spheres specifically manipulated by me. If you don’t hit those 10 water spheres continuously, you won’t be able to move on to the next drill. My water sphere will sense it if you missed and will immediately go back to the bucket.’’ After she said that, she pointed out to the trees

‘’These trees that are aligned are artificial, I got it from the potion department and I specifically asked for it to make it sturdier. This is a test of you and your partner’s strength; you won’t be able to cut this down on your own because the artificial tree needs to feel those two swords that you will use. Take note that we’re using real swords this time because I made sure all of you has corrected the proper stance and strikes’’ 

‘’And finally,’’ Sandara said ‘’When you’re done by the second drill, come to me and the both of us will have a mock fight; me against you and your partner.’’ Students began to look at each other with doubt ‘’Don’t worry!’’ Sandara grinned

‘’I’ll go easy on you,’’ Sandara then gave Chaeyoung a knowing glint ‘’Maybe, most of you’’

Like a plague, most students put more distance between them and Chaeyoung, not wanting to experience the brutality of their professor from her and Chaeyoung’s latest swordfight.

‘’Okay so here are the pairings!’’

Joy slithers towards Chaeyoung’s side, immediately clinging to her arm ‘’Don’t worry Rosie, I definitely won’t mind partnering up with you’’ She winked flirtatiously

‘’Our professor will decide that not me’’

‘’So you won’t mind me being your partner?’’ Joy’s eyes twinkled

‘’I definitely mind, so please let go of my arm before I cut it off with a sword’’

Joy whistled ‘’Really cold Rosie, really cold. That’s not what you said to me last Valentines’’

‘’…’’

Chaeyoung was quiet and couldn’t quite retort because her ears picked up her name and could already feel the dread hearing her partner’s name

‘’Park Chaeyoung and Kim Jennie’’

‘’This professor is really testing my patience…’’ First partnering her up with Lisa at their first assessment and now Jennie? Did Sandara noticed their tension and decided to put them up together for her sick pleasure? Or maybe this is revenge for making her cheek bleed and hit her side?

Chaeyoung looked at Jisoo and saw her paired up with Wendy, not to mention Irene giving an amused Jisoo a warning stare before going towards a pouting Joy who is her partner for this activity.

Lisa sighed, her partner is a random student whose apparently fan of hers and she could already feel a slight headache forming ‘’Boss really likes to torture me’’

Jennie glanced at Chaeyoung who is already shrugging Joy’s arms around her with the help of an annoyed Irene pulling Joy away from Chaeyoung

‘’Would you please stop with your puppy crush and focus!?’’ Irene hissed at Joy who just scoffed at her

‘’Don’t release your anger at me just because you aren’t partnered up with Wendy-unnie. Be thankful that you won’t be able to work much because I’m your partner!’’

‘’I doubt that’’

Jennie chuckled at Irene’s irritation to her fake daughter and couldn’t help but feel excitement ‘’I wonder how Chaeyoung and I would work together…’’

‘’You can start…’’ Sandara used her metal element to give the swords and buckets to the hands of her students

‘’Now!’’

Jennie grimaced, grabbing the sword which is a bit heavy for her. ‘’I definitely prefer the bow and arrow than this…I wonder if Sandara would teach us that?’’

‘’You sure you can do it?’’

Jennie gripped the sword tightly ‘’Don’t worry about me’’

Chaeyoung snickered and put a distance between them holding the bucket while her own sword laid beside her on the grassy field ‘’I’m not worried, I just don’t like being held back’’

Jennie’s nose flared and using her anger, she easily lifted her sword ‘’Bring it on Park Chaeyoung, don’t go easy on me’’

‘’I’ll show you’’ Jennie thought ‘’That you’ll need me when this ends instead of the other way around.’’

Chaeyoung smirked grabbing the water sphere ‘’You ready?’’

‘’Bring it’’

Chaeyoung threw the water sphere at a nice angle making Jennie hit it quite easily ‘’I’ll go faster then’’ Chaeyoung thought, and with that, she began to throw water spheres continuously and surprisingly; Jennie has quite good precision

Jennie saw another water sphere just from her far right so she rolled to the right quickly and swung her sword in an upward arc before it could fully hit the ground. She saw from the corner of her eyes Sandara nodding in approval at their direction as Chaeyoung continued throwing water spheres at her in which Jennie successfully hit every single of them, some requiring her to dive in to make sure they won’t hit the ground.

 

She definitely doesn’t want to embarrass herself

 

Jennie grinned feeling the last water sphere burst into water. She got it all in one try! ‘’Maybe practicing my bow and arrow helped me with that’’

You see Jennie Kim is a user of the bow and arrow; She has some target practices in the training ground and judging from Chaeyoung’s surprised expression, she didn’t know that Jennie has quite the hawk eye perception.

‘’Not bad’’ Chaeyoung nodded in approval, picking up her own sword to practice some swings in a perfect arc ‘’This should be finished quickly’’ Chaeyoung whispered to herself and looked at Jennie who is already clutching the water sphere.

‘’I’ll throw it much faster since you fought pretty well with our professor there’’

Chaeyoung smirked ‘’Oh is the Jennie Kim complimenting lil ol me?’’ She said mockingly that made Jennie chuckle because somehow, there’s not much hostility that she senses in that sentence. She likes how normal they are whenever they’re alone together.

 

But normal isn’t what Jennie wants

 

‘’Yeah whatever’’ Jennie smirked back and immediately threw two water spheres in a fast rate making Chaeyoung’s eyes widen a bit before quickly taking action, spinning around and swung her sword in a perfect horizontal arc, simultaneously hitting the two water spheres as some droplets hits Chaeyoung’s face.

Jennie however didn’t let her rest, throwing more water spheres in different directions that’s making Chaeyoung work overtime. There are already two falling water spheres at her right and one that’s definitely going to land at the far left of her side.

‘’Jennie is definitely trying to embarrass me’’ Chaeyoung rolled her eyes but her body took action instantly; With a strong swing, she quickly burst the two water spheres and crouched down, preparing for a strong but long jump.

Jennie watched in amazement seeing Chaeyoung launching herself like a rocket towards the water sphere that she threw quite far from her initial position. The water sphere almost hit the ground by just half an inch but quickly turned to harmless water when Chaeyoung successfully reached it, digging the sword to the ground creating a clear line that her sword left while going after the said water sphere.

Sandara whistled ‘’Quirky, not bad’’

With that, Chaennie quickly finished up with their water buckets and rushed through the artificial tree. Taking a quick look around, they saw that they’re the first one to reach the second drill so they quickly got to work before anyone could catch up with them, like Jisoo and Wendy since they’re having an average but successful pace in their own making them the second pair almost done with the first drill.

Jennie touched the tree and nodded to herself ‘’It is artificial, I don’t feel some Earth components in it.’’

Chaeyoung nodded at that piece of information and also touched the tree ‘’It seems sturdy though…’’ Chaeyoung tested it a bit, lifting her sword and striking the tree with an average swing. It didn’t seem to budge much but it did make a cut.

‘’Try cutting it’’ Chaeyoung said to Jennie

Jennie nodded and did what Chaeyoung said to her. She flinched a bit feeling her sword stop cutting the tree but she made a deeper cut than what Chaeyoung did.

‘’How the hell are we going to cut this damn thing?’’ Jennie grumbled

‘’With teamwork of course’’ Chaeyoung said and looked at Jennie a bit coldly ‘’As much as I hate teaming up with you, I need your help in this.’’

Jennie felt hurt that Chaeyoung is still cold to her ‘’But why does she seems okay with Lisa lately?’’

‘’Ms. Sandara did said about two swords will make it fall’’ Chaeyoung narrowed her eyes to think a bit for a strategy ‘’Let’s try hitting it at the same time’’

‘’Yeah sure, whatever’’ Jennie whispered, almost dejectedly, not really feeling up to it which made Chaeyoung look at her for a bit.

‘’What’s wrong?’’

‘’You don’t have to act like you care’’ Jennie said coldly, almost the same tone that Chaeyoung uses to everyone ‘’Let’s just get this over with.’’

Chaeyoung stared at Jennie for a bit ‘’She definitely has a different beauty than Jisoo-unnie…’’ Chaeyoung shook her head, why the hell was she thinking that?

‘’3…2…1!’’

Chaeyoung and Jennie swung their sword at the same time with powerful strikes and to their surprise, their swords seems to cut even deeper than before and the trunk doesn’t seem that sturdy anymore.

‘’Looks like it does sense our two swords so maybe we have to strike it at the same time but with more power’’ Jennie remarked making Chaeyoung nod in agreement

‘’Since your cut is much deeper, we’ll use this as our guideline to make it fall’’ Chaeyoung used her sword to trace a line where they’ll cut the tree using Jennie’s earlier cut ‘’Let’s put on some distance and run while readying the sharp edge of our sword to cut it. The momentum will definitely help us in cutting this tree and maybe we can do it in one try.’’

They quickly got into position and readied themselves in a position to run, students were also already quickly joining them to the second drill but they ignored them to focus on their task.

 

‘’Ready…’’ Chaeyoung thought and gripped her handle

 

‘’Set…’’ Jennie’s eyes narrowed and her body tense in focus

 

‘’Go!’’ When their eyes connect, they quickly ran towards at each other with the tree being their target at the middle.

 

Chaeyoung gritted her teeth and swayed her arm back before quickly pushing her strength to her sword at the line.

Jennie swung with all her might and grunted when she felt a hard stop meaning that they didn’t cut the tree in their first try ‘’Damn it’’ She cursed, sweats already forming on her face and she could already feel her arm getting jelly.

‘’What the hell is this tree made of?’’ Jennie thought a bit irritated, almost wanting to burn it on her own way though that will be too easy.

Jennie felt a puff of breath in front of her and looked at Chaeyoung, only to let out a small gasp seeing Chaeyoung’s face so close to hers. She didn’t know that they ran to the same direction which means if they didn’t stop, they would have definitely bumped into each other quite hardly.

‘’Thank God I stopped’’ Chaeyoung sighed in relief, she also didn’t realize that she and Jennie almost ran into each other. Who knows what would have happen if she bumped heads with Jennie Kim? That will definitely be embarrassing and she doesn’t want to have a red bump on her forehead thank you very much.

‘’You stopped didn’t you’’ Jennie’s voice made Chaeyoung snap her attention to her, taking a step back seeing those cat eyes staring right through her soul.

Chaeyoung gulped a bit; God Jennie’s cat eyes are really intimidating when up close and mind you Chaeyoung doesn’t get intimidated easily. There’s just something in those eyes that always make her nervous every time she’s with Jennie.

‘’Doesn’t matter, one more strike together and this tree will fall’’ Chaeyoung grunted and pulled out her sword.

‘’I thought you two will kiss, that would definitely be a fun gossip around school’’

Jennie heard and turned around to see Yeri snickering at them

‘’Watch your mouth Kim Yeri’’ Jennie glared at the snickering girl

‘’No offense Jennie but’’ Seulgi chuckled ‘’You two were this close to kissing’’ She stated with her hand showing Jennie the distance that she and Chaeyoung has earlier.

 

Which was just an inch

 

Chaeyoung looked away, a slight blush on her face because what Seulgi said was true. She already caught whiff of Jennie’s scent which made her stop because it means that Jennie is really close to her. Good thing the older girl is too focused on cutting the tree that she didn’t notice Chaeyoung visibly stopping the cut just to make sure she doesn’t bump to Jennie…not only in the head

 

But on the lips as well.

 

‘’We don’t need to run for momentum judging by our progress’’ Chaeyoung suddenly said to change the topic ‘’Just stand there on that side and I’ll stand here.’’

Jennie nodded, a bit tired already. Getting into position, Jennie gripped the sword and simultaneously with Chaeyoung, they cut the tree with one big strike. If Jennie was Lisa, she would definitely shouting Timber by now but Jennie is Jennie, she doesn’t do hyper things like Lisa does.

‘’You sure you can take on Ms. Sandara looking like that?’’ Chaeyoung asked Jennie who was getting tired already ‘’We can always rest you know. We’re not in a hurry’’

Jennie scoffed ‘’Please, you just said earlier that you hated teaming up with me’’ She said bitterly ‘’The faster we finish this, the faster you could get away from me’’

Chaeyoung felt confused on why she’s feeling awkward when Jennie’s on her despise list. ‘’Why the hell am I worried anyways? I can only just make sure Sandara focuses on me rather than Jennie.’’

Maybe because Jennie is Jisoo’s sister? But what’s that got to do with it? Does this mean she doesn’t like hurting anybody she’s used to be close with?

‘’We were so close when we were children…heck I even sleep over with Jennie from way before.’’ She still remembered Lisa pouting so much that Chittip and Marco has no choice but to let Lisa come along. Child Chaeyoung was confused why Jennie and Lisa were giving each other childish glares with Jisoo just munching on some chicken as their night snacks that day.

‘’Now that I remembered, Jennie used to be so clingy to me…’’ Chaeyoung lowered her sword ‘’We were…so close’’

Maybe having time with Jennie right now made her remember their closeness before the tragedy of the Manoban family happened. Chaeyoung finally noticed that the moment she and Lisa became a part of the Kim family, Jennie also started treating her differently and it’s all because she discovered she was an elementless so she couldn't help but voice it out

‘’Why do you hate elementless so much?’’

Jennie stiffened hearing the sudden question; that was the reason why she’s always picking on Chaeyoung and Jisoo but hearing that question from Chaeyoung herself made her nervous.

‘’Why’d you ask me that? Think you can change my mind about it?’’ Jennie just threw back another question but Chaeyoung seems to be not letting her go

‘’I just want to know why.’’

‘’Because it’s what made you and my sister so close and held on to each other…it’s the reason why I didn’t get to train with you together…’’ Jennie answered in her mind but said something differently

‘’Because people like you are weaklings; and I hate weaklings’’

Chaeyoung didn’t seem to bristle at that, instead she seems to look at Jennie closer as if her eyes know that Jennie is lying

‘’But…’’ Chaeyoung heard Jennie whisper

‘’You guys seems to be proving more than that…’’

Chaeyoung let out a ghostly smile, Jisoo would definitely be elated deep inside when she hears her own sister acknowledging them. Despite having to maintain a tough façade, Chaeyoung knows deep inside that Jisoo misses her sister so much, misses the way Jennie used to look up to her like she’s an idol.

‘’Let’s go then, looks like you’re rested enough’’

‘’She talked to me just so I could rest?’’ Jennie thought, just how much motives that Chaeyoung’s actions really have? She seems to think things ahead way too much.

‘’I thought you two were going to take your sweet time’’ Sandara grinned, already standing up from her position, lazily lifting up her sword

‘’This will only be a 3 minutes duel’’ Sandara said ‘’When 3 minutes are up and you two are still standing, you pass.’’

‘’Why didn’t you said that much earlier?’’ Jennie asked

‘’To scare your other classmates’’

They sweat-dropped at what Sandara said ‘’She’s definitely a sadist in disguise’’

‘’After the show of sword skills with Ms. Chaeyoung here, students seem to be lacking confidence in facing me so I didn’t say the time needed to pass to make them plan more efficiently and their body more alert than ever.’’

‘’Then why say it to us?’’

‘’Because Ms. Chaeyoung is here’’ Sandara grinned ‘’And that’s mean I get to work out more now that the strongest elzard in the freshmen department is partnered with her’’

‘’So that’s why she partnered me up with Jennie’’ Chaeyoung thought and she got to say, Sandara is a unique thinker and you could probably never guess what her next move is.

‘’Stay close with me’’ Chaeyoung whispered to Jennie

‘’I can handle myself’’ Jennie gritted her teeth

Chaeyoung rolled her eyes ‘’I just said it because anytime she can attac-‘’ A whish was heard and Chaeyoung immediately grabbed Jennie’s waist and together, they jumped away from Sandara’s sudden strike. The ground that they were both standing earlier now has a deep stab in it with Sandara holding the sword.

Jennie’s eyes widened at the fast attack ‘’I didn’t even hear her move!’’ is Sandara going to kill them?! If Chaeyoung didn’t just grabbed her, she’s sure she would have a large slash on her body now.

‘’Are you okay?!’’ Chaeyoung said, a bit frantically though.

‘’Y-yeah’’ Jennie took a deep breath to steady her nerves seeing Sandara looking at them with a dangerous glint.

‘’You have a plan?’’ Chaeyoung asked

Jennie exhaled and her eyes focused, mind thinking of ways to make sure the both of them don’t fall or yield before those 3 minutes end.

‘’We should separate’’ Jennie said ‘’Sandara won’t be able to hit two persons who are at a distance to each other. When the other is in trouble with her, the other will strike from behind. If it’s blocked, then the other will strike at any weak points that she will see’’

‘’I got it.’’ Chaeyoung nodded ‘’If that’s the case, I should charge her first. You seem to have an eye for weak points so you take care for the back-up part.’’

Chaeyoung isn’t able to charge however, as Sandara quickly ran towards her to not give her enough time to react. Jennie jumped away quickly out of their way as Chaeyoung has to stagger several steps back in order to keep Sandara’s strike to her sword and not overpower her.

Chaeyoung gritted her teeth ‘’Is it me or is her strikes more powerful than before?’’ 

‘’I’m used to a metal sword than a wood one’’ Sandara smiled innocently at her as if she didn’t just read what’s on Chaeyoung’s mind ‘’I could feel the thrill even better.’’

Chaeyoung let Sandara’s sword get past her as she side-stepped, preparing for an overhead strike but Sandara quickly spun around and kicked her at the ribs quite hard.

Chaeyoung coughed out and staggered back, holding her ribs

‘’Chaeyoung!’’ Jennie shouted before glaring at Sandara ‘’Yah! Is that even allowed?!’’

Sandara chuckled and quickly launched to Jennie who quickly rose her sword to block the strike from her left side

‘’In a fight, nothing is fair Ms. Jennie’’ She said ''What matters here, is you know how to fight while holding a sword''

Jennie ducked and sweep Sandara’s feet using her own. She quickly spun around and prepared to stab Sandara in a non-vital area but the professor quickly rolled out of the way

‘’Not bad Ms. Jennie’’ Sandara nodded in approval ''You know how to spot vital and non-vital areas''

Sandara put her sword behind her to block Chaeyoung’s slash ‘’Too bad I’m way too superior’’ Sandara grinned and jumped up high when Jennie sliced her while her sword is just behind her. Chaeyoung quickly blocked that strike before it could hit her.

Jennie sent an apologetic look to Chaeyoung before quickly getting back to stance

‘’Hmmm, that’s fun. Partners fighting each other’’ Sandara giggled seeing that ‘’2 more minutes girls’’

‘’What?!’’ Jennie whispered to Chaeyoung, positioning herself next to her. Seems their plan is backfiring at them seeing that Sandara just kept on playing with them.

‘’It’s only been just a minute?!’’

Chaeyoung grunted ‘’How she keeps track of the timer while battling us is kind of amazing’’ She whispered back

‘’Let’s strike her at the same time’’ Chaeyoung suggested ‘’Let’s not give her any time to react and just continue on offensive.’’

‘’Gladly’’ Jennie growled

Sandara laughed and rushed again towards them with amazing speed and immediately, her sword came in contact with Chaeyoung’s own one. Her eyes holding that determination to overpower Sandara who is a bit surprise feeling her own sword getting closer to her by Chaeyoung’s strength.

‘’Interesting…why did it seem stronger now?’’

‘’Now Jennie!’’

Sandara jumped again to dodge Jennie’s horizontal slash and put her sword just down her to block Chaeyoung’s slash. She struggled a bit on her position and as she began to descend thanks to gravity, she’s now stuck in the middle between Chaeyoung and Jennie who kept on striking her. Sandara has to maneuver her body to dodge Chaeyoung’s strike while using her own strength to overpower Jennie’s strikes.

They continued on getting offensive, not knowing they’re actually feeling lighter and energized than ever. It’s like training but having an advantage against your opponent because you have someone who’s there to back you up and block all your weak points. They didn’t notice the joy that they felt during the duration of the fight, as well as the stares of some students resting or waiting for their turn to fight Sandara.

‘’Amazing’’ Lisa whispered in awe seeing Jennie and Chaeyoung actually making Sandara sweat and struggle under their pressure. She has never seen her boss this tight lipped in her life so Chaeyoung and Jennie are definitely making it a hard time for Sandara to not have an injury right now.

‘’Who knew an elementless would work so well with Jennie’’ Her partner giggled ‘’Should we continue cutting the tree Lisa?’’ She said with doe eyes

Lisa nodded but sneaked a glance again at the fighting partners. Jennie seems to be…actually enjoying the fight, it’s evident from the small smile on her face. Not only Jennie but…

‘’Chaeyoung too…’’

‘’She seems to be enjoying herself’’ Wendy commented, already waiting for her and Jisoo’s turn to face Sandara.

‘’That’s Chaeyoungie for you’’ Jisoo chuckled

‘’I never thought I would see that day Chaeyoung would actually work well with Jennie’’ Wendy said, their eyes watching at how Chaeyoung grabbed Jennie’s hand to pull her back from Sandara’s powered strike to the ground once again. Jennie nodding in Chaeyoung as thanks and their eyes connected as if they knew what they’re planning next. After a moment of looking at each other, Jennie quickly rushed to Sandara with an upward arc to make Sandara jump to dodge it, only to have her eyes wide seeing Chaeyoung already up in the air with her and already preparing an overhead strike that made Sandara grit her teeth when she blocked it because the gravity helped in Chaeyoung’s momentum.

She yelped in pain feeling a slash at her hip and Sandara quickly spun around to distance herself from the two, looking at her side to see it dripping with blood. She looked at Jennie’s sword which was stained with a bit of red blood and the owner of it smirking in satisfaction.

‘’Amazing,’’ Wendy said in awe ‘’They actually have good chemistry don’t you think?’’

Jisoo blinked and looked at how close her Chaeyoungie is with her sister; the way her hands are ready to grab Jennie to make sure she’ll be safe from Sandara’s sudden attacks, the way Jennie send signals to Chaeyoung just by their eyes, and the way they looked right now.

 

It's like those duos from movies who’ll save the world from an imminent danger

 

And Jisoo definitely doesn’t like that at all.

 

Sandara looked at the timer ‘’40 seconds huh’’ She whispered. She definitely won’t be the only one bleeding by the end of this.

 

Sandara swears by her honor.

 

‘’It won’t be long and then we’ll be finally done’’ Chaeyoung panted tiredly at the continuous fight they’re still in right now. Time seems to be so slow but she won’t let it deter her especially since she’s been training with swords for so many years now.

‘’Yeah’’ Jennie could feel her body giving up a bit but her willpower is too strong for her to just give up ‘’She’s no easy opponent.’’

‘’You got the first blood’’ Sandara commented ‘’I’ll add more grades for you on that, but I definitely won’t be the only one’’ She grinned scarily and charged at them as if the slash on her hip isn’t affecting her movements at all.

‘’An eye for an eye…’’ Sandara whispered and made sure Chaeyoung stays a good distance away from Jennie by kicking her at the stomach strongly when Chaeyoung blocked her strike. Taking advantage of Jennie’s tiredness, she quickly struck Jennie’s sword away from its owner’s grip as Jennie jumped away with cramped hands because what the hell did Sandara eat to be this strong?!

‘’Crap’’

Sandara’s scary grin is still not leaving her face and Jennie knew that it was her blood that’s going to be spilled. She already readied her earth element to toughen up her defense but the glinting edges of Sandara’s sword is making her nervous, not to mention her monster strength.

Jennie quickly started dodging Sandara’s strike without her sword and started to fight back by also kicking her but Sandara easily grabbed it and spun her around, making Jennie land on the ground with a thud, earning a pained groan to the cat-eyed girl.

‘’A tooth for a tooth, Ms. Jennie’’ Sandara said with that same grin as the timer ticks for the last 5 seconds.

 

5…

 

Sandara raised her sword while making sure her foot is on Jennie’s stomach to make her not leave her place.

 

4…

 

Jennie trashed around to get out of her position

 

3…

 

Sandara’s sword started to swing down

 

2…

 

Jennie closed her eyes and readied herself for the incoming pain that she’ll definitely feel.

 

1…

 

‘’Jennie!’’

 

A shout is heard that made Jennie’s heart skip a beat ‘’That voice…’’

 

She knows that voice

 

She never forgets that voice

 

Then she felt something dripping

 

Jennie opened her eyes slowly, widening seeing Chaeyoung on top of her; her left hand that’s holding the sword on her back in an attempt to block Sandara’s strike but it was not enough because Sandara’s strike managed to stab Chaeyoung’s shoulder making it bleed and the time finally dinged.

 

‘’S-she…saved me’’ Jennie thought, stunned at the fact Chaeyoung just saved her from getting hurt. Does this mean Chaeyoung really cares and is not just a cold person? Then she remembered that one time at the party…

 

‘’I may be cold, but I’m not heartless…’’

 

That one time she saw Chaeyoung saved Lisa from a ert but now…why does it matter to the younger girl if she gets hurt at this swords fight? It’s not like she was going to die or be traumatized from it…

 

‘’Why…’’ Jennie whispered and Chaeyoung couldn’t take the tiredness anymore and plopped down on top of Jennie, heaving deep breaths since Sandara’s cut was quite deep.

 

‘’Why is it always the shoulder…’’ Chaeyoung closed her eyes, momentarily enjoying Jennie’s warmth.

 

‘’Why…did you take the hit?’’ Jennie whispered and grabbed Chaeyoung’s back and gripped it

 

‘’I…I don’t know’’ Chaeyoung grimaced ‘’I just…my body moved on its own’’

 

“Chaeyoung!’’

 

The voice that always interrupts their moment…oh how Jennie loathes that voice and once again she saw her sister coming to them and lifting Chaeyoung gently, laying Chaeyoung’s head to her lap while glaring at Sandara

 

‘’That was uncalled for!’’

 

Sandara raised her eyebrow ‘’It’s a swords fight Ms. Jisoo, and apparently you and Ms. Wendy are next so better get ready.’’ Then she looked at Jennie and Chaeyoung, giving them wide grin

 

‘’You two aced this assessment. Congratulations’’ She said cheerfully before turning to Jennie ‘’Please bring Ms. Chaeyoung to the infirmary before you go home. You two deserve a rest.’’

 

Jennie nodded slowly and looked at Jisoo inferiorly ‘’I’ll take care of her now.’’

 

Jisoo gritted her teeth but knows she has no choice but to let Jennie carry a tired Chaeyoung; Jennie’s arm guiding Chaeyoung and putting pressure to her wound.

 

‘’I’ll bring you to the infirmary then we’ll go home’’ Jennie whispered to Chaeyoung who just nodded

 

‘’Yeah sure…’’

 

Jisoo watched the two of them walk away, her grip on her own sword tightening at their close proximity. She can’t help but notice that the four of them…their bridges slowly repairing itself like Jisoo wanted years ago but she should be happy right?

 

But why does she only feel dread and anger from that?

 

 ‘’I don’t like this…not at all’’


I'm back! Finally! I've been wanting to update yesterday but I was actually too tired. Thankfully I finished a chapter so here you go! Hope you enjoyed it and this chapter is for you Chaennie shippers! Hope you liked it! Posted in celebration of BP's Tiktok stage as well as for HYLT another million views! Oh! and also, BP's appreance on Jimmy Kennel as well as GMA (correct if I'm wrong) Hope the long chapter is enough for that! Thank you all for reading and have a great day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Blue263
0 points #1
Chapter 37: tô sentindo que a revelação do elemento escuro da chae está vindo
Curryfontina
#2
Chapter 37: Still wanting chaesoo ending!!! Hahhaa gaaaad, i miss this story!
Curryfontina
#3
Chapter 37: Omg!!!!!! Welcome back!
reader555 #4
Chapter 36: im here still waiting for ud😔
Afkm_07 #5
Chapter 36: Quand est la suite ?!?! 😭❤
bety_liz #6
Chapter 36: I really enjoy how you write the story :) but I wonder what happened to jisoo and chaeyoung 🤔
Alexandra_2022
#7
Chapter 36: I have so many questions😦 THIS UPDATE WAS INCREDIBLE 😆 I wonder who Chaeyoung was fighting in her dream🤔 What did Lisa dream about? Is Seungri working for the mysterious person that tried killing Chaeyoung? I wonder what Jisoo is going to talk to Chaeyoung about...Do you think Jennie will tell Lisa what she saw in her dream??? I'm excited to find out what happens next👀😶 Thank you for updating I'm looking forward to seeing how this story continues😊❤
Blue263
#8
Chapter 35: Todo dia que atualizo essa página na esperança de ver ela no topo com um episódio novo
Blue263
#9
Chapter 35: Mande notícias do mundo de lá......
Blue263
#10
Chapter 35: Autor-nim, quando você voltar eu vou ter um disparo tão grande de energia que eu vou explodir essa casa