27*
Red Skys and Royal Cards
“What?!?” They all shouted as they stared at me with wide eyes. D.O’s showing a little flicker of fear that was barely noticeable.
“I want to learn to fight a Warrior hand-to-hand.” I said again.
“No.” Chanyeol growled.
“It’s not safe.”
“Warriors are far too strong.”
“You’ll die.”
“That is the stupidest idea I have ever heard.”
They all said their answers, denying what I was asking of them, at the same time. I expected this but I was still a little disappointed. I guess I had been so hyped up when I heard about this little competition that it felt like my little bubble pooped when they all shut even the thought down. It couldn’t be helped, I knew this was going to happen, but I was hoping at least one of them would think the idea over a little.
“Why not?” I asked, wanting a real answer why I couldn’t learn.
“You go against any Warrior by yourself and they will kill you. You have no power and you are weak. You stand no chance against any of us.” Chanyeol growled, balling his fits at his sides. He sounded so furious.
And what he said hurt more than all of them rejecting the idea, maybe I shouldn’t have asked, but this was something I really wanted to do. Although, having all my faults pointed out about how I couldn’t fight them, hurt. I knew I wasn’t strong enough. I could put up a fight with Dealers since they were weaker and had less experience. It would be a pretty fair match with someone with the same level of training as me.
And sure, I didn’t have an Ability, but that didn’t mean it made me useless. I’ve sparred a little with Kai a few times now, and I knew he was taking it easy on me, but if I worked hard enough, couldn’t I do something at least? I wasn’t able to do nothing, sure I could get hurt and probably would but if I was trained properly I could at least do something.
Couldn’t I?
“But if I had a little training, I could at least do something.” I tried to explain.
“No.” Chanyeol said again, the others remaining silent, looking over at the two of us.
“Please, at least let me try. If it doesn’t work out, then fine, I won’t ask again. But please, at least give me a chance.” I pleaded.
Only now did I fully realize how much this meant to me. I’ve been told to stick with what I know and never test my boundaries. To know my place in things and stay away from that which don’t concern me. What I want to do, by participating in this competition, was to show myself that I could do anything if I put my mind to it. If I believed in something enough it would come true.
But I was never givin the chance to try. When I learned about all this, I accepted it as a new challenge and went along with it. When I lost my voice I found a way around it. Now with this competition as a new challenge that was really risky, I needed to pass it as well.
I’m too stubborn for my own goo but this is something I want to do. It wasn’t only for the fact to compete and prove myself. No. Now that I was a part of this world there were dangers everywhere and I may not always have my Warriors with me.
What if like before, when I went walking and those boys stole my Cards, had I not taken theirs and they Summoned one or heaven forbid more than one, things could have been worse. I would have had none of the boys to help me when I was faced against two Warriors stronger than me with Specialties that could kill me.
And they expect me to accept this. As of now, I had no way to guard myself against any of them. And to be honest, it scared me. I was scared that if something ever happened I wouldn’t be able to do anything to protect those around me. I was terrified that I would lose someone because I couldn’t do anything.
And if none of them would even see things from my point of view. None of them could understand what I was feeling. They were Warriors, they could protect themselves, and they had the ability to protect themselves and those around them. But what about me? I couldn’t always rely on them to protect me, I didn’t want to rely solely on them, I couldn’t.
“I said no, Sky, and that is final.” Chanyeol said and shook his head sadly.
“In your Card
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