THE AWAKENING: BIO-GENETICS
Chapter 74: Non Lethal Force [2]

Chapter 74: Non Lethal Force [2]

"You’re holding your sword the wrong way," Haya said to Sumi.

Sumi paused, staring at her hand, her sword wasn’t just placed on her left hand indicating she was a lefty, but she didn’t hold it at the base like she was supposed to, rather she held it at the body. A weird way to hold a sword and judging by her looks, Sumi didn’t seem to notice and it struck her as odd.

"What? is it a crime to be a lefty," Sumi said, sort of pissed, she didn’t want to acknowledge the fact that she was holding the bamboo sword like a dagger.

Haya’s sweat dropped behind her head, she should know she wasn’t bothered by that.

"No! You can’t hold the stick that way, if it was a real sword the blade would have cut your hand!" Haya yelled with white eyes, pointing an accusing finger at her.

"Oh" Sumi just made a sound.

"Oh?", Haya made a sound with her eyebrow twitching, she was really taking this very casual.

Sumi smirks in a sick twisted manner. "In that case then, I have to do some upgrades," she said in amusement.

"What?!"

Sumi used her knee to break her stick in two, stunning Haya.

Sumi threw the other half at a corner, holding the shorter one like a dagger.

"Now this is way better," she said, smirking.

’She’s all kinds of weird’ Haya thought, her looks turned serious, she steadied herself for any attack of any kind, she seemed composed and aware, Sumi before was like a deadly snake ready to attack her... she gulped, hard, it sent chills to her spine but she didn’t let it affect her much.

"That was unexpected," Tori said, raising an eyebrow.

"Didn’t you see it?" Anzai said with a dark expression.

Tori stared at Anzai puzzled.

"The way she holds the sword like a dagger" he states, his stern eyes on Sumi.

Tori observed, his eyes widening in realization.

"She doesn’t seem like an amateur," Tori said.

Anzai removed the cigar from his mouth. "She knows exactly what she’s doing," he said in a dark tone before shoving the cigar between his lips once more, blowing steam air.

’General Anzai is right...’’ Tori thought, checking his transparent iPad for her profile. ’The same thing...’ His eyes shake. ’Just an average family, only that she was brought up in a poor background, the street life, maybe that could explain why she’s tough’ his eyes drift to Sumi once more. ’But...’ his looks turned serious as his eyes drifted to Anzai who never took his eyes off her. ’General Anzai must have already known that he’s good at studying people’ he gulps, he knew deep down Anzai had another reason for saying she wasn’t an amateur, it was evident in his tone. But what was the other reason? He was curious about what.

’I must keep my guard up, she could have something up her sleeves, she’s tricky’ Haya thought while trembling a bit, she couldn’t help it and the same she had on unsettled her.

"Well this is getting interesting, I’m paired with the deaf girl,"

Her teeth clenched hard remembering Sumi’s mocking words, her grip tightening on her bamboo, as fire sparked in her. ’It’s been a while since I have heard those words’ she thought, her eyes growing wistful. ’But I won’t let that stop me, it never had and it never will’ her grip tightened more, crushing the bamboo slightly.

Her mind flashed to herself 2 years ago, all covered in black dirt from repairing a car, before she shut the bonnet close, turning to face her dad working some repairs on a device, noticing her stare, he looks at her and smiled warmly while saying her name, Haya smiles running to her dad, he never once treated her deaf since the day she was born, Haya was smart, able to adapt quickly and read lips, her dad respected her talents, speaking to her as a normal child and not a disabled one, Haya has never been so happy in her life until Black Storm Day.

Haya took a deep breath stepping forward, coming at Sumi who waited for the impact with a smirk against her lips, but then she rushed at Haya holding her bamboo firmly. ’She’s slipping’ Sumi thought smirking, she could see all openings, she left herself vulnerable and that was a mistake, her smirk broadened knowing she had the upper hand, she was an easy target.

But suddenly she gasps as her vision saw blood, it wasn’t Haya standing in front of her anymore... but a dead man covered in blood, her eyes widen in horror as her mind traveled to Black Storm Day, she... standing in the midst of blood, a man dead on the ground in front of her, covered in the pool of his own blood and she holding a bloody dagger.

’Not again!’ she thought with widened eyes as she instantly halted her step. Haya spun using her bamboo sword to tap her neck slightly, signifying that she overpowered her, bringing Sumi to reality, as she gasped.

"I win," Haya said politely, Sumi frowned at her words.

Growling, Sumi turned, instantly meeting gaze with Anzai, she froze as she made eye contact with his red ones, beaming from his dark expression. She gulps, she felt shallow, she felt open like her deepest darkest secrets since the day she was born were unfolding just by the gaze of that man, like he could see it all just by staring, it was scary and horrifying, she sweated, quickly tearing her eyes away, in fear. She threw the bamboo away, before rushing to the corner, his gaze was unsettling and annoying.

_ _ _

Daiki’s face lands on the floor hard, imaginary birds chirping swirled around his head.

Kaname sighed out smoke from his lips, the boy didn’t even put up more of a fight, just one hit, and the boy was down, he was a walking weakness.

_ _ _

Ren twisted the bamboo stick out of Fuijo’s hand swiftly, stunning Fujio at his flexible moves.

"I win," Ren said smiling.

Fuijo chuckled slightly, scratching the back of his head. "Looks like I lost, troublesome," he said in amusement.

_ _ _

Mary won against Himari, making her pout, and she laughed out loud at her antics.

Some were about advancing, still not making a move yet as they thought of ways to overpower their opponents.

"ENOUGH!" Anzai’s voice boomed as he rose to his feet, gaining their attention.

The remaining bio-genetics who haven’t made a move, froze. They turned to him puzzled.

"Training is over, be back here by first light tomorrow" Anzai hissed walking away along with Tori.

"Wait, that’s it?!" Ten said still on the ground.

"What was that about?!" Shino said, puzzled.

"Is training for today over?"

"Are you kidding me?"

"That’s it?"

"How annoying"

"i didn’t even make a move"

"This is so lame"

"We didn’t even do anything," Ryoto said with anime tears.

Homura just took a deep breath of relief that he didn’t have to lift a finger.

"Strange," Hiro said, staring at his bamboo sword. ’Is that all for today?!’ He thought with shaky, his teeth just clenched in a tight hold. ’And yet I failed!’

"What was the purpose of this training?’ Shino said, puzzled.

Everyone was confused just as he was.

Ten shrugged, but at the back of his head he had a lingering thought of what this training might be for, but he didn’t wanna think about it much, he collapsed back to the floor.

_ _ _

The Lobby

"Tori, did you get the results?" Anzai asked as they walked along the halls.

"Yes, General Anzai," Tori said as he typed on the transparent iPad.

"Shino, Yuki, Ten, Sumi, Haya, Mirai, Mizuki, Mary, Ren, Akira, Emiko, Chibi, Hinote, Mosu, Enyo, San, Ryu, Izumi, Sayuri, Misaki.... all showed excellent results," Tori said.

"I see, the others will have to step up to their game," Anzai said as he halted along with Tori. Anzai removed his cigar from his mouth as he blew smoke in the air.

"General Anzai," Tori said, puzzled.

Anzai smiled.

"Interesting," he said.

"General Anzai," Tori said once more, Anzai faced him.

"What?".

"There’s one more, but his name is strange"

"How strange?!" Anzai asked, raising an eyebrow. With a blank look, Tori turns the iPad to face him so that he can see the profile for himself.

Anzai’s eyes turned white, his eyebrow twitching.

"Ah you’re right, the name is strange"

The profile said... ’Acker Sand’

"Hey, which one is the first name?!"

"That... I don’t know" Tori said, sweat dripping behind his head.

They both stared at the picture, the boy had sandy brown hair covering his eyes, what a weird dude.

"His forms are good," Anzai said, rubbing his chin. ’Interesting... the results are even higher than Shino’s...’

"Well?"

"This Bio-genetics will prove to be more fun than I thought," he said before snickering, hands behind his back as he walked ahead.