Chapter 5

"Hell yeah!”

Senro screamed as he punched the air in elation. A sense of excitement overwhelmed him completely. He and Sasha had been working nonstop for more than three minutes, exerting all their efforts, to get a hit in and now that they finally did, he couldn’t just control the joyous feeling coursing through his body.

His plan worked. He was eighty percent positive that the opponent would somehow dodge his slick move of switching his dagger from his right to his left, but he was a hundred percent positive and full of belief that Sasha would definitely follow through immediately with an attack of her own. There was no way the opponent would have been able to dodge or duck in time from that angle, even if she was lightening herself. But what made him more excited was the fact that, there was no one who wouldn’t be gravely weakened by a full powered kick delivered by Sasha. Even Mom, who Sasha basically took after, would be very much wary of it.

Sasha had monstrous strength. She had it right from when she was born. No. that’s actually wrong. If Senro was to go with the stories narrated by Mom, it would be safe to say that Sasha had abnormal strength, even when she was developing in Mom’s womb. According to Mom, the nine months of carrying Sasha was hell in which she had to endure. Whenever Sasha kicked in the womb, it was like someone was smashing a concrete slab on her belly. And Sasha kicked more than often, as she was a lively one.

The childbirth was seriously painfully excruciating, both physically and mentally. In the manner in which Mom described it, it was like removing an elephant from the womb of a horse. A normal woman would have died instantly from the childbirth, but Mom definitely wasn’t a normal woman. I mean, a woman who could give birth to a monster like Sasha would have to be a bigger monster right? But even still, it took Mom after the childbirth, a month to stand, two and a half to walk properly and four to recover fully. It really was a wonder to Senro how she was able to go into labor again, after close to two years of that encounter, in order to give birth to him.

Mom never really told him much details about his childbirth, though. She just said it was normal, when he enquired about it. Well if one were to draw up a comparison between him and Sasha, one would conclude that he was indeed normal. Mom had put him through series of hellish training after training since when he was a toddler, in order to possess the physique, stamina, instinct, reflexes, mental awareness and alertness and of course, strength in which he had. All this qualities normally places him way above the regular, average human, but when compared with Sasha, he was just like a regular, average fellow himself. All Sasha mainly had to master routinely was control. She didn’t need to go through the strenuous training in which he had to go through because there really was no point. She had all the inborn qualities of a combatant in her. Sharp reflexes and nimbleness, good stamina and reflexes and her strength, dear lord her strength was freaking unreal.

He could still remember when they were both really young, he used to be very afraid and scared of Sasha. He didn’t dare to go close to her, talk less of trying to play with her, because if Sasha were to fly into a rage or throw a tantrum, she could level the whole house to the ground. That was the main reason, he believed, that Sasha began learning to control her monstrous strength, so as not to mistakenly unleash it and cause serious harm to him and the people she cared about.

The older Sasha got, the more her strength grew rapidly and now it was quite hard for him to quantify how strong she really was. But one thing was certain though, by the time Sasha inches closer to the age Mom is in right now, she would surpass Mom’s strength greatly.

That was the reason why Senro was so elated that Sasha’s kick landed squarely on the opponent. Sure, the opponent too was insanely strong, no doubt about that, otherwise she wouldn’t be able to block and parry Sasha’s attacks so far or even be able to receive Sasha’s punch to the face, not long ago and still be moving with ease. But this time around, Sasha’s kick impacted on her right side or more specifically, on her right rib. There was no way she wouldn’t be weakened after that, no way at all. And if the opponent is weakened, then that is a huge advantage for them, as she wouldn’t be as nimble as she was before. Meaning, if this fight was to continue, more attacks are most likely to land on her as well. It won’t be long before she is totally weakened and then this fight would belong to them.

Senro’s confidence intensified the more because, in his mind, the probability of them actually emerging victorious was high. If they just remained focused at the task at hand, they could actually win this thing.

“Hey sis, good job.” Senro praised. He brought his fist closer to Sasha, expecting a fist bump, as his sight was still fixated on the opponent, who was still sprawled on the floor. But, Sasha didn’t reciprocate. He turned to face her, only to discover that Sasha had a serious look etched on her face. Her thick brows furrowed together and a deep frown appeared on her ebony, picturesque face, as her sight was also fixated on the opponent.

“Hey Sasha, what’s up?” Senro asked out of concern, as he dropped his fist.

“She blocked my kick.” Sasha replied.

“What do you mean by she blocked your kick?” Senro was utterly confused.

“The kick didn’t connect fully on her rib, Senro. She absorbed part of the impact with her arm.”

“What!!!” Senro screamed as he was shocked. He couldn’t believe that the opponent actually was able to block off the kick. Sasha’s kick flew in immediately and not a second later, after his slick move. The opponent barely dodged his attack and she wasn’t even balanced when the kick was inches away from her. How was she able to move her arm in less than half a second to fend off the kick? Was that even humanly possible? Senro definitely couldn’t believe this possibility.

“Though I sent her flying, I am certain she didn’t sustain any major damage.” Sasha continued.

“Sasha, are you sure you weren’t just imagining things? I mean it isn’t pos-“

“Senro, I am sure of what I am saying!” Sasha cut Senro off, as she turned to face him with an angry glare emerging on her face. “I am way more devastated and confused than you are, you know.”

Senro directed his sights back on the opponent, who was now slowly and in no hurry, rising from the floor. His feeling of elation and excitement vanished and what slowly started to creep in was the feeling of devastation and disappointment. He felt like one who had landed headfirst to the ground from cloud nine.

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