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. . . . . . . . (Last chapter)
Dylan felt like floating. And he could feel his cheek burning. They separated and gave each other a beautiful smile. They each said goodnight and parted each one to their tent.
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As soon as the first rays of sun appeared on the sky, Kyle was entering Dylan's tent.
"Rise and shine pretty boy!! Training begins now!! I need you to wake up, shower, dress and be out in 15 minutes. Now hurry!!" He said as he exited.
Dylan slowly rose, and rubbed his eyes. He started thinking about the day before. It felt like such a blur. Not only had he passed the test, but Ray his best friend was also discovered as a very powerful assassin. He had been selected to train with Kyle, a powerful mage, who happened to like him. He still wasn't sure if he liked him in a romantic way. He did kiss him in the cheek, but he didn't see the gesture as romantic, but more brotherly. But still there was a small voice inside his head telling him to keep his hopes up. After some serious thinking he stood up and went to take a bath, thinking how his best friend, Ray was doing right now.
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(On the other side of the camp)
"Are you completely sure this will help me on my speed??" Ray asked confused.
"Yeah yeah!! Of course it will help!!" Tyler answered while he paced in front of Ray.
Tyler had Ray standing upside down with two weights in each leg. He had also instructed him he had to do pushups at the same time.
"You've got 5 more minutes to go!"
"I've been doing this for 30 minutes already!!"
"Don't complain and hold your stance. After yesterday you already know that you must pay attention to my words. Your assassin skills have greatly grown in a matter of hours. You are an excellent student. Now hush and focus!!"
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The day before, as soon as they got to the camp, Tyler had Ray show him all the skills he had in order to evaluate and decide which type of training he would give him. He was extremely good. He had no problem keeping up with all of Tyler's intermediate attacks which was a lot. With some tips here and there, Ray's abilities greatly increased.
Tyler deduced that although his powers were sealed away, his natural abilities allowed him to learn quickly and prepare his body. So if the seal was removed he would not start from scratch.
After some examination Tyler decided it would be good to teach Ray some offensive skills to go with his already good speed and combat skills. They trained the rest of the day with all kinds of weapons, ranging from katanas, long swords, spears, canes, kunais, shurikens, and even bow and arrows.
Then at night Andy had come to visit them. He had already changed. He proceeded to tell them that he came here to help Dylan train but would do so tomorrow. He asked if it was alright to just hang with them. They accepted, and Tyler decided it had been a really long day of work for Ray and that he could rest. Ray admired for a moment this Andy. He was tall and very well defined. He stopped himself from continuing this thoughts.
"Fiiinaaally!! My arms and legs are hurting!!" Ray said after he threw one last dagger into a target in a tree. Without even trying Ray did a bull's-eye in the target.
"The only reason that I have pushed you so much the last few hours is because I see a great potential in you!!" Tyler said while they were sitting near the camp fire.
"Is he as good as everybody say he is?" Andy asked while he grabbed a small fruit to bite.
"He really is! He even surprised me!! He will quickly grow to be an amazing assassin. Its like his friend. As soon as I saw him I could feel his power." Said Tyler.
"Its right! Your ability to sense others powers!!" Said Andy.
"So wait, if you had that ability why did you ask who was the assassin when you met us?" Ray asked a bit confused.
"Haha I already knew, I was just messing with you. I already knew Dylan was the shadow mage. He is a level two mage. You are a level two assassin. Something interesting though, is that even though you guys are still at level two that doesn't mean you guys are weak. Your skills are way higher than a normal level two."
"So how many levels are there?" Ray asked.
"There are seven levels. Seven being awesomely good like a council member. Everybody here, Kyle, Andy here and me, we are all level six magbeis."
"Cool!! Has an inferior level magbei ever beaten a higher level?" Asked Ray
"Yeah it happens. Not very often but it has happened. Take Andy for example. Like I've said he is a level 6 but he managed to beat Council Master Roark when he got a fight with him. So yeah it is possible."
"What were you doing to get in a fight with a Council Master??" Ray asked in disbelief.
"I was fucking his precious personal apprentice. When he got in the room and saw me fucking him, he flipped and started attacking me. I have to admit that for someone his age he was very tough. At first he was totally beating my ass but when I understood how he fought I managed to get the upper hand. When I had him pinned to the floor about to break his arm I remembered who I was fighting with and I let him go. He was more than pissed with me but he let me go with a warning. Not do it ever again or he would have me killed. That didn't stop me to fuck his apprentice's ass every single day." He finished telling and laughed loudly.
"Hahaha are you still as horny as the last time we talked?" Tyler asked amused.
"Yeap !! I think Im even hornier than before. Something that I'm sure he will find out soon enough!!" Andy said with a huge grin and pointing at Ray.
"Ha ha ha I don't think so!! I'm not gay!!" Ray said in a bit of a shock.
"You mean: You weren't gay!! That'll change!! Tyler said.
"What do you mean it will change? I'm pretty sure I'm straight!"
"Ok! Think about this for a second! How many female Magbei have you seen? And consider that marriage between a magbei and non-magical being is prohibited!" Andy said.
This confused Ray, now that he thought of it, he had never seen a female Magbei. Not even when he went into the academy with Dylan. This was being reflected on his face because Tyler said:
"You can't think of a single Magbei women, can't you??"
"There are no women?" Ray asked panicking.
"No there are women!!" Andy said to which Ray responded with a loud sigh. "One in every 100 Magbei. And there is officially only one straight Magbei. They are meant to meet each other and reproduce. This is nature's way of birth control us. Hahaha"
"This can't be true!! So if that is what you say, why haven't I had any interest in guys before?" Ray asked.
"Interesting question. The answer has to do with your powers. Up until recently you were powerless. Your powers, therefore your orientation was hidden from you. Now that they are released you will slowly receive all aspects of you. You may even receive a special gift, like mine. Sense other people's powers and levels. And also you'll slowly like men. Now that you are aware of it, you may find that right now you are paying more attention than usual to Andy. You just haven't noticed." Tyler said crossing his arms.
After Tyler had said this everything did make some sense. He realized he was spending more time looking at Andy, what color where his eyes how his muscles seemed to move under his clothes. He just realized he did have a crush on Andy.
"Well, I think that's too much for our friend to understand, so I'm gonna leave you guys to rest. The fight I had with Kyle drained me. The sucker is really good, and I think he was holding back on me!! Good night people!" Andy stood up and started walking towards the tents.
"Wait!!!" Ray said standing up.
"What??" Andy said with a smile on his face as if knowing what was on Ray's mind.
"If what you say is true, I just wanted to make a small experiment!!" Ray said nervously.
"Sure!! I can help out!!" Andy said while he walked towards Ray.
Andy stopped right in front of Ray. The height difference was really noticeable. Andy was a great deal taller than Ray. He slowly approached Ray and kissed him with passion. Ray could feel his heart racing. He could feel Andy heats radiating from his body. Andy's lips where soft but very firm. Blood was rushing quickly through Ray's veins. He felt lightheaded.
When Andy finished the kiss, Ray immediately started missing the touch of his lips against Andy.
"I hope that helped clear your mind. I know it helped me!! Good night baby! I'll see you tomorrow!"
Andy then walked to his tent. Ray just stood there in awe. He moved his hand towards his lips where he could still feel the heat from the kiss. He didn't hear when Tyler came up from behind.
"How was it?" Tyler asked.
"Perfect!!" Were the only words Ray could come up with.
"I guess someone is not straight anymore haha!! Come on, you need to rest!! Tomorrow you are going to train even harder!!"
That night, Ray had trouble going to sleep. He couldn't stop thinking of Andy and that kiss. He started wondering if what he felt was just a momentary crush or did he feel love. He had never felt like this for a girl before. He went to bed deciding that time would decide if he was truly in love.
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Ray was thinking about the day before. Still thinking in Andy when Tyler shouted.
"Ok you can rest now!!" Tyler told Ray bringing him back from his daydreaming.
Ray stood up and immediately felt a great difference in his feet, they felt extremely light.
"You are feeling it right?"
"Yeah!! What happened?"
"Those are special type of weights. They specifically focus on one type of muscle, that's why you didn't feel them extremely heavy. They weren't focusing on your muscles. Instead they were focusing in your magic points. Making them stronger!"
"I see! What about the pushups??"
"Just for fun, hahaha. Besides you always need strength in your arms. Ok so now we need to do this quickly before you stop feeling your legs like that. I need you to stand right here!!" Tyler said pointing down to a spot right next to him.
Ray did as he was told. Tyler took out a dagger and threw it about ten feet away. It dug perfectly on the ground.
"Do you see where the dagger fell? I need you to focus completely in that place. You are going to close your eyes, picture that location in your mind and "run" so to say." Tyler said making the quotes gesture when he said run.
"What do you mean "Run"?"
"I'll explain it once you try it. You will know what I mean. Remember focus on the point and please try to stop and that point. If not you are going to hit yourself with that tree. I'm going to laugh really really hard!!"
Ray tried not to laugh too, but it was funny. He closed his eyes and did as Tyler told him. As soon as he placed one foot after the other he could feel he wasn't really running but he could feel the velocity in which he was going. He opened his eyes in time to see a tree coming right in front of him. But it was too late. There was no way he was dodging it. It all went black after his face hit the tree. The tree won.
Ray woke up to the laughter of Tyler who was almost out of breath.
"Is it really that funny??" Ray said while he massaged his face.
"It is!! I'm sorry I'll stop!! Nobody gets it at the first try. Now what did you feel, besides slamming your face against the tree hahaha?"
"Well, thank you for the heads up!! You were right when you said it wasn't running! It felt completely different. It seemed as if I was in a hole and I was flying to my destination. It's really really difficult to explain." Ray said scratching his head in confusion.
"You are right, it is not running. As a matter of fact, you are "jumping" so to say. It's actually an inter- dimensional jump. You are literally flying from one point of this dimensional plane to another. But our jump is limited. It's not like we can jump from here to the other side of the world. It's a more short distance leap."
"Woow that sounds cool!!" Ray said amazed. "So anybody else besides assassins can do that?"
"Some very rare Mages can do that. My brother is one, and I'm pretty sure your friend Dylan will be able to do it. No known shape shifter can do it. So technically it's just us assassins." Tyler laughed. "Ok now stand up and let's try it again. This time try and stop before you get to the tree!!"
Ray stood up and walked to the starting point. There, he got in position.
"Try this, one second before you jump turn on your focused view. This will give you more control over your path and speed. Then when you want to stop make sure you place your feet firm on the ground. That will help you stop." Tyler said giving Ray a small tap of confidence in his shoulder.
Ray tried once again just like Tyler said. He closed his eyes and focused. He could feel his breathing slowing down and his heart rate going down. He could feel everything around him. The birds flying high above him, some squirrels in a distant tree. Time slowed down for him. That's when he knew he was in Focused View. He opened his eyes and even the sight had changed. He could see even more colors. He had found out that is useful when looking for hidden enemies because certain colors give them away.
When he was ready, he "jumped" or "ran". He was still confused on the term. This time was completely different from what he experienced the first time. He felt control over his speed and direction. Everything around his was a blur but the finishing point was there and very visible. He knew he could easily stop there. And he did it.
"Well done!! I almost expected you to hit against the tree one more time. What did you experience?"
"Control. I had no problem seeing my destination, and stopping when I wanted."
"Excellent! Let's try some more. Let's go all the way to the top of that hill. You will have to do "jump" two times in order to get there. Remember right now your distance is limited. Try it now; I'll wait for you over there." Tyler said quickly disappearing.
"Ok, here we go!!" Ray said while he focused. Even quicker this time he jumped tree times and in a second he was on top of the hill.
"Excellent well done!! Let's try going back!! Try and see if you can go back in fewer jumps, maybe two. Try to expand you sight limit. Focus!!"
He jumped back and was surprised to find out he did it only in two jumps.
"Astounding! How are your legs feeling??"
"Right now, they are feeling good. Why? What will happen?" Ray ask worried.
"Nothing, it's just that a normal assassin would only be able to jump 3 times on his first day. Then their legs would literally become useless for a day. And you have made 7 and are still feeling fine. Let's try and figure out what your limit is. Shall we?"
Ray only nodded; he was too worried to say anything. Did he just say his legs would become useless for a day? Was he going to be paralyzed waist down? Where is Andy right now? Is he still sleeping? Ray had asked Tyler before and he had answered that he was still sleeping. Normally he would be up already but the fight with Kyle had drained him. And it wasn't that every single time that he fought he slept later, but shape shifter had to, once in a while, "mini-hibernate". Ray realized how much Tyler liked to use those quotes on top of words. He snapped out when Tyler starting calling his name.
"This is going to be a long day" Ray thought.
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(Back at the other side of the camp)
"Attack!!!" Kyle shouted.
Dylan immediately created a shadow ball in one hand and with ease threw it with great speed towards Kyle.
They had figured out a way for Dylan to manipulate shadow. They started by creating something that Dylan already knew how to use. The shadow he used to cover his swords. They found out that he could create the shadow material and practically manipulate it in different forms. Shields, swords, even small projectiles. They even figured a way to use his own shadow to do this.
Kyle knew for sure that this was not Dylan's full power. As a matter of fact this may be just the weakest of his spells. But he thought he could make him practice this and then try and figure out something else. For now this had to do.
"Create a shield!!" Kyle commanded before creating a fire spell.
Dylan quickly created a shield that covered his entire body. The shield was strong enough to withstand the full power of a fire spell. When the attack had finished, Dylan morphed the shadow shield into a sword, and quickly went to attack Kyle.
Kyle wasn't expecting this quick recovery but he managed to stop the attack. He realized that Dylan's speed was always faster when he used a shadow weapon, meaning that his power came from the shadow itself.
In an unexpected movement, just as Kyle's sword was going to make contact with Dylan's shadow katana, this weapon shrunk in size. The unexpected movement threw off Kyle's balance and Dylan quickly moved so he was behind Kyle and placed the sword, that now was a dagger, in Kyle's throat.
"You learn quickly!!" Kyle said while laughing. "But not quick enough!"
Suddenly Kyle started melting, revealing that this was just a copy. This was the second time that Kyle did this spell. And just as the first time Dylan was confused, he had repeated the movements in his head and there is no way that Kyle had made a swap. But he had no time to dwell more on the matter. He felt his hands being tied and a knife pricking dangerously at his ribs.
"Never take your eyes off your opponent!!" Kyle whispered to Dylan's ear.
"I'm sure I kept my eyes on you the whole time!!" Dylan struggled to speak as he was starting to feel a little dizzy from overusing his powers.
"You didn't, I can feel your eyes looking at me, and I know that second you divert your gaze from me."
"Can you please let me go?" Dylan said weakly.
"What? You don't like me holding you like this?"
Dylan thought about that for a second, the way he was being held wasn't the same as he was at the beginning. The knife had disappeared, and now it was just Kyle holding Dylan tightly. Dylan would be lying if he said he didn't like the way he was being held.
"Maybe!! But the truth is I feel like I'm about to pass out."
"Oops sorry!" Kyle said as he let go of Dylan.
"It's ok; it's just my head, its spinning a bit."
"I may have been a little bit hard on you today, but look at the great progress that we have made. Today in the morning you had no idea how to use your shadow." Kyle said giving a Dylan a gentle rub on the back.
"I know thanks. I'm going to be a better student I promise!"
"Oh no!! You are already the best student I've ever had!! And you've only been my student for a day!"
"Now that you've mentioned that, how many students have you had?" Dylan asked.
Kyle thought of that for a minute.
"I've had around 10 students!' Kyle said.
"Wooow that's the first time I hear that someone who is not a master have that many students!"
"Haha you've got that right! I'm not even supposed to have one student. But the truth is I could've been a Master long time ago."
"So why aren't you one?" Dylan asked curious about the subject.
"Let's just say I have problems following orders hahaha!! One of the things a Master must be is obedient. And I sometimes don't follow orders. Not because I'm evil and kill people but mostly cause sometimes I don't see why I should do it. Or even sometimes I feel strongly that I should do something even if it gets me in trouble."
"So you've got in trouble for sticking up to what you believe is right?"
"Yeah exactly. And other times it's just me being stubborn hahaha, but mostly the first part. Like for example if the council had not chosen you for training, I would've jumped and pleaded for your acceptance."
"You would've done that? Why?"
"Cause I can see how much potential you have. No other participant had your level in fight and brains. Not to mention looks!!" Kyle said winking at Dylan.
"Awww are you hitting on me?" Dylan asked playfully.
"I've been doing it since the first time we met! There is just this little voice in my head saying 'Kyle why in the world haven't you made the first step'. And I answer back 'Shut up, what if he's not interested.' Cause honestly I've never felt before the things I feel for you." Kyle said getting a little closer to Dylan.
"Like what feelings?"
"I look at you, and suddenly I can't breathe. And at the same time a desire to have you. To protect you. To guide you. To be the one you want to talk to when something funny happens to you. Or the one you run to when you feel you need shelter."
"Those are beautiful words!" Dylan said kindly and softly.
"And yet they make no justice to how I feel about you!" Kyle said leaning towards Dylan.
Dylan was a little surprised when Kyle leaned over him and started kissing him. He could feel tenderness in the kiss. He started kissing back. In that moment, time stopped for Dylan. He could feel this was the place he wanted to be. Kyle moved one of his hands to the back on Dylan's head and gently played with his hair. They separated momentarily to catch some breath but Dylan immediately regretted the movement. He moved again to kiss Kyle, this time with more passion.
Slowly they started to lie down on the grass. Kyle on top of Dylan. Dylan's hands where touching Kyle's back and feeling the strong muscles he had. Kyle couldn't seem to stop himself. He wanted every bit of Dylan as possible. Their hearts where pounding so hard they could feel each other's heart beats.
None of them wanted that perfect moment to end. But that perfect moment had to wait. Because something unexpected was about to happen.
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I am very very sorry Ive been away for so long and basically restarting the series. If you dont know I had posted this series before but due to a problem with my email I asked Nifty to take it off. I have a few chapters already done and already writing the next ones. I wont change anything from the previous chapters I had already writen.
Thanks again and if you wish to email me and say hi or anything about the story my new email is wolfcraft1301@gmail.com Thanks Andrew