Chapter 15: Chapter 15

Training

CATALAYA POV

Its been three days since the ball and our summer is officially in full swing and yet i can't seem to enjoy it as much i would like. I keep having these weird dreams that i don't understand. It was like pieces of different things happening all at once and no matter how hard i tried i couldn't put them together, it was becoming very frustrating.

I couldn't dwell on that today though because i have a long day ahead of me, i start training today. Not the regular training that i did, that was to learn control over my powers today I'm starting combat training and i have no idea who my instructor will be seeing as dad found it funny to not tell me.

It was now 4:00 am and i had to be in the front of the yard by 4:30. I quickly did my morning routine then pulled on some gym tights and a sports bra then made a beeline for the kitchen. Opening the fridge i grabbed an apple and ate it on my way outside, it's 4:20 when i check the time on my phone. As i walked out to where I'd be training i saw someone sitting down in the grass. The individuals back was towards me so i couldn't see their face but i could tell it was a male.

"At least you managed to show up on time, that's a plus" the person said as i came closer i couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or not

"Uhm good morning are you the one who's going to train me" i ask

"Do you see anyone else out here" he says turning towards me

When i saw his face i stood motionless for a few seconds

"Its you!" I blurted out

"So it would seem" he responded with an eye roll

Just great its mister rude hotness. How am i suppose to focus now? And why is he so rude

"We'll come on, lets get started I have more important things to do today"

Straightening up i stood at attention trying my best to focus on what he was saying and not his lips that were saying the words

"Ok so what is it that you know so far?" He asks

"About what?" I ask without thinking

Obviously he's talking about fighting you idiot

"About planting daffodils"

"Fighting!, what else? Do you not know why your here" he asks irritably

"Sorry, uh i wasn't thinking there"

"No shit" he grumbled

"Dad said you'd be teaching me combat skills" i say ignoring his little comment

"Well good to know your not completely incompetent. Now i ask again what do you know about fighting"

"Nothing" i say embarrassed

"Well i guess that is to be expected with your past- uhm anyway since we're starting from the basics I'm gonna explain a few things to you then we'll get into it"

"First thing you should know is that fighting with brute force alone will get you killed before you can land a punch, you have to fight smart using your brain to outsmart your opponent

Second, no matter who your fighting NEVER and i mean NEVER underestimate your enemy even if its a baby because the moment you do you're dead"

"I'll give you more pointers as we go along but i just wanted you to know these two things. Combat isn't a sport or type of entertainment its a survival skill one that we must sew into the essence of our being because without a survival instinct or self preservation skill you may as well be dead. Even the smallest of insects have a survival instinct"

"Now we move on to the actual thing. Sit"

I did as he said while taking to heart what he told me

"First rule, always be alert. I want you to sit here and without using any of your demonic powers i want you to sense where i am, pinpoint my exact location"

How the hell am i suppose to do that

"You can start by clearing your mind"

I look at him in surprise, how did he-

"No i can't read minds Catalaya but I've done this enough to know what your reaction will be" he says putting a blindfold over my eyes

"Now quit stalling and do what i said"

I closed my eyes and try to clear my mind of all thoughts and trust me when i say its easier said than done. Its like the more i try not to think about anything the more something comes to mind and now I'm thinking about not thinking.

"How am i suppose to sense you when i can't even clear my head, this is so hard" i whine

"If you'd stop talking and use your brain you'd figure it out. Now focus" he says

I sigh and try again, how the heck am i suppose to do this

"At least give me a clue"

"What is wrong with you your not even trying! Are you sure your the daughter lucifer tried so hard to find because i can't believe the first princess of hell is so weak"

"What did you say!" I yell

"YOU. ARE. WEAK!"

"Everyone is so excited to meet you and bow down and worship at your feet when you don't deserve any of it. I can understand why that angel boy rejected you"

That felt like a sucker punch to the gut I felt my heart break all over again when he mentioned Noah. How does he even know that and does everyone here knows I've been rejected. I hadn't even realized i was crying until i felt the tears falling on my leg and the horrid memories of my past came crashing in.

Why am i crying? I said i wouldn't shed anymore tears

I really am weak

Pathetic

Useless

Even with all these powers I'm still worthless. I bet i couldn't even defend myself without turning to legacy if i were to be attacked right now and even if i did use her powers i still don't know how to fully control them.

Realization hits and it dawns on me that i haven't changed at all, even with legacy and i together now I'm still that same weak human girl I've always been.

I rip the blindfold from my eyes release my wings and took off. I had no idea where i was going i just flew and flew until i got tired of flying i started running all the while tears fell from my eyes.

UNKNOWN POV

SHIT!

I face palmed

I didn't mean to hurt her feelings or make her cry, that was a stupid low blow

"Your such an asshole" Orias my dragon says

"I didn't mean to hurt her feelings i thought it would have made her angry not make her cry" i defend

"And you wonder why no one likes you" he says rolling his eyes

"People like me"

"Hmph" he snorts then blocked our connection

Great now my own dragon doesn't wanna talk to me

I close my eyes slowly releasing my demonic energy trying to find Catalaya

Catalaya, such a unique name. Well she is a unique girl

I remember the other day when she bumped into me, i was shocked to see it was actually her. I'd been gone for a few months now on a special mission appointed by lucifer himself but i was still aware of what went on down here so imagine my surprise when i heard from jacoby that the master found his long lost daughter then my anger spiked when i was told she had been rejected i wanted to obliterate those scum but i had to focus on my mission.

I didn't mean to be so rude when she bumped into me but i was so tired and sleepy and I'm not a nice person when I'm sleep deprived however i found her little 'mental' rant amusing. She hadn't even realized she was talking out loud i didn't comment on it though in fear of her fainting from embarrassment i was already holding her upright as is.

I stop in my tracks when i picked up on her aura, its so dense like it had a physical form of its own. I'd have to teach her how to conceal that.

I wonder if lucifer knows how dense her aura is, knowing him he already does nothing gets past that man

Where is she going? I ask myself as i walked in the direction i sensed her. I start running when i realized where she was heading

Is she crazy

"Ugh that girl is gonna give me heart failure" i groan

Shifting into my dragon i immediately took to the skies. What the heck is that girl doing in purgatory and how did she pass through the gate. I'm gonna kill cerberus, that damned mutt. I reach the gates in no time, i continue following her trail and low and behold there she is talking to the stupid dog

"What the fuck are you doing here!" I say startling them both

"And you" i say pointing at Cerberus "why did you allow her to come here and don't bother denying it because the hellhounds would've been cleaning their teeth with her bones by now if it weren't for you"

"Ok first of all how did you find me and second what gives you the right to come here shouting at us" Catalaya says

"You stay out of this I'm talking to the mutt"

A loud threatening growls came from Cerberus' mouth or mouths rather as he stood up his body coming aflame

"You better watch yourself boy" his right head warns

"Or what?" I retort

He growls again his fire becoming more intense. If it's one thing he hates and that's been called a mutt or a dog which is absurd since technically he is a dog. I could tell he was ready to rip my head off since i insulted him and me being the person i am squared up getting ready for a fight.

"STOP IT BOTH OF YOU!" Cat yells halting us as we're about to lunge at each other

"First of all Cerberus don't pay him any mind he's just an asshole who likes insulting people" she says trying to calm the mutt down

"Well that sounds about right" Orias quipped

"Shut it you overgrown lizard" i say before cutting off our link

"AND YOU" she says pointing at me

"What is your problem huh? It's obvious you hate me for some reason and i have no idea why. you've been mean to me since the first time i met you and it can't be because i

bumped into you on accident. Also why are you here since I'm so weak you shouldn't bother wasting your time training the girl that was rejected because she's weak" she say using my words against me

"Look uh i uhm i shouldn't have said that ok. I was being a dick"

"Facts" she replied nonchalantly

"Seriously that's all your gonna say? no, apology accept or nothing?"

"But that wasn't an apology you were just stating the obvious" she clapped back

"Trust me that's the best apology you'll get this fucker apologises to no one" Cerberus buts in

"Shut up you giant sized mutt" i retort

"Look at the giant lizard talking" he retorts

"Dog breath"

"Scaly legs"

"Flea bag"

"Shut up both of you your acting like children" Cat admonishes

"You know what I'm leaving you can both continue your argument after im gone" she rolls her eyes walking away

"And where do you think your going?" I ask following her

"To take a bath have some breakfast and then go enjoy the rest of my summer with my family and friends" she replies

"No your not we haven't even started training yet. Your father put me in charge of training you and he'll have my balls if i don't" i tell her

"Well that's your problem not mine" she continues walking

Getting sick of her attitude i release my wings and grab her by the waist before taking flight. She screams in fright as i fly upward going as high as possible

"Put me down" she yells

I ignore her as i continue flying and when i reached high enough i let her go, that's when the screaming began. I stayed there watching her fall screaming and crying like she forgot how to fly or she didn't have wings. After some time she was starting to get close to the ground so i swooped down and caught her before she could hit the ground. She was trembling in my arms scared and frightened it made me feel slightly bad for doing this

Slightly.

I know it seems cruel but she needs to understand this world is way crueler than i am and unforgiving to people like us so she needs to stop being a baby and grow the fuck up.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!? ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY YOU COULD HAVE KILLED ME I COULD HAVE DIED!" She yells

"But you didn't did you?" I ask

I was expecting a shouted answer instead i saw her visibly shaking and her eyes kept changing colour from blue to blood red. I could tell her demon was about to make an appearance so i readied myself for the onslaught that was about to come however nothing could prepare me for what happened next since she moved so fast.

When she shifted, a white haired creature stood before me with an aura so thick so dense so powerful it was slightly suffocating. She stomped her feet and i felt the ground tremble before rising up and holding me in its clutch before i could even react then she stretched her hand up to the sky before bringing it back down, this motion was followed by a steak of lightening but it wasn't normal it was pitch black and it hurt like a motherfucker. Even though our link was blocked i could tell Orias felt the effects of that lighting as well because i shifted partially before going back

Even so it took more than that to make me squirm and it looked she realized that because she then conjured a water blade and stuck it in my chest. She definitely has the intention to kill me but luckily for me that's not where my heart is.

She continued to inflict injury after injury on me, some i tried to avoid others i couldn't so in short she gave me an ass whooping. I was a bleeding mess by the time she was finished and as soon as she let me go i saw her shift then fall to the ground. I sat beside her as she laid there unconscious on the ground.

I now take back my comment, she's anything but weak in fact I'd say she's the most dangerous person in hell next to her father and brother. Though i knew she wasn't weak in the begining i was just trying to see how she'd react. This girl is a ball of potential just waiting to unravel and i plan on pulling her apart piece by piece.

About an hour or so later she started shifting. When she opened her eyes she sat up in a flash only to lay back down holding her head with a groan.

"I guess your temper tantrums gives you headaches" i say

She shot me a deadly glare as if she was about to try and kill me again. Not wanting to piss her off i raise my hands in surrender

"What the hell were you thinking how could you do that. I hate you!" She yells getting up to walk away

"I wasn't trying to kill you not that i could anyway" i say holding on to her hand to stop her

"Yeah right" she scoffs

"I'm trying to teach you a lesson here!" I yell getting angry again

"And what's that huh? That I'm weak that i don't belong here that hell has no place for weaklings like me? That all my friends and family are powerful and have control over their abilities and i don't because I'm just a rejected human girl. Because i know that already ok so i don't need you throwing it in my face" she shouts at me as tears started gathering in her eyes

Seeing her cry made me feel uncomfortable for some odd reason, i shrugged it off though and said

"Your still missing the point!"

"And what is your point oh wise teacher" she asks sarcastically

"What did you feel when you were falling?"

"Like i was gonna fucking die!"

"Ok and do you remember what i said to you earlier about survival instinct?" I ask

"Yes"

"Good. Now i want you to always remember the feeling you felt when you were falling so whenever you get that feeling again your survival instincts will kick in causing you to react. When you were falling you just kept screaming and crying you completely forgot that you could fly and that's because you had no idea what the feeling of dying or knowing that your about to die felt like so you panicked but now you do so whenever you get that feeling again you automatically do anything it takes to stay alive" i tell her

She had calmed down a bit now as if thinking about what i said

"You must realize your not the human you once were catalaya your a demon now and you'll be persecuted for it. Hell, you were persecuted for being a human so you of all people must understand that you cant sit back and mope about the things you can and cannot do we live in an unforgiving world and your not gonna always have your friends or your dad to protect you and what'll happen then when no one is around to shield you from danger who will you run to?"

"I'm not saying this as an insult or to make you feel less about your self I'm saying it to help you. Right now you are weak but that being said you have the ability to become strong you have the power inside you you just have to reach for it."

"I'll ask you this, is there anything or anyone that you hate? Is there an unquenchable thirst to get stronger is there a raging anger boiling inside of you?"

"Yes" she replied

"Then use it cat, use it to get stronger use it to fuel you use it for all the times you were teased all the times you were punished wrongfully for all the times you hurt for all the times you suffered and couldn't do a damned thing about it use it to become strong. And then when you get there, LET THEM FEEL YOUR WRATH" i say

"I will" she promises

"I cant here you" i say cupping my ears

"I WILL" she shouts

"Again" I say

"I WILL!!!" She chuckles

"Good. Now you can go inside and have your shower"

"But what about training its still early"

"We're done for the day but well pick up where we left off tommorow same time same place" i assure her

"Ok. Uh before i go though can i ask you something?"

"Sure go ahead"

"What's your name?"

"Oh i completely forgot we haven't been properly introduced"

"I'm the a member of the seven deadly sins,

Andreas the Dragon sin of Wrath.