The Mate Agreement
Goddamn he’s good; bested only by Akio.
“Now!” Sensei claps, pleased with himself. “So far I’ve trained all of you using dummy weapons; safe, practical, easy, but today…” He pauses, grins, simply for the dramatic effect, and the whole class hangs on his words with bated breaths.
My heart begins to race at the possibility. Surely he isn’t going to let us use real weapons?
“I’m going to let you use real weapons!”