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with a major fight that somebody might leave from a bit damaged. That somebody would probably be him. Then my knees were knocked out from under me, and somebody was on top of me. “What the heck is wrong with you?!” I yelled while feeling a surge of strength and agility rushing through my veins. My eyesight was suddenly clearer, my hearing peaked at its best height, giving me sounds that I normally would barely hear, like my breath against the grass, and making them audible and focused. My sense of feel told me about how much the person on top of me weighed, and it definitely wasn’t Shane or Joshua. It was too heavy for Joshua, but still too light for all of Shane’s muscle. My sense of smell told me that whoever was on top of me was sweating, hard from a good run. I could taste their breath on top of me, but I was face first into the ground, and they were on my back. Adrenaline, I realized, was rushing through my veins. I hadn’t felt adrenaline since my last boyfriend, his kisses always leaving me pumped up, and able to fight off a whole gang of experienced fighters and still have the energy to climb the tallest tree in the forest. Adrenaline used to be a part of my daily life, but I had been lacking it for about five months now. It felt like greeting an old friend; adrenaline pumping through me, it felt so natural and familiar that I was suddenly feeling ecstatic. I hadn’t felt this familiar sensation in so long that I automatically let it take over on impulse. I flipped whoever was on my back off, and found myself on my feet and ready to fight in less than two seconds. Then they came charging at me, so I side stepped, impulse again. “Hey, back off.” I warned, a little enthusiastic about my old friend, adrenaline, being back. “You leave my boy alone!” The man said, coming up from behind me and knocking me into a tree. “What the…oof!” The tree had cut me off, and also boosted the adrenaline. I turned just in time to see a fist that was going to hit me in the face, the adrenaline really kicking in now. I didn’t have time to dodge, so my arms went up in reflex, and they became steel bars in front of my face. When his fist landed, it had no impact on my steel bars. “Ow!” Was his response. Then I saw Jasper coming up. “Shane, why aren’t you helping me?!” I said with an edge to my voice. “Because that’s my sensei, and he’d kick my butt if I tried fighting him.” Shane said with a dominant tone of shame and defeat in his voice. “I thought senseis were only supposed to kick the butts of those who deserved it, not an innocent girl who’s only defended herself.” I said with a grunt while dodging another blow that the man was trying to hit me with. “Innocent?!” He scoffed, while just barely missing a blow to my rib cage that would have sent me sprawling in the other direction. “What have I done to you?” I said just as I caught him in the chest with a powerful kick that sent him into a tree. As he landed with a huff, my hands fell to my knees while I caught my breath. “Besides throwing me into a tree just now? You were threatening one of my students a moment ago, and you were also doing the same thing last night. My students are not afraid to report threats to me.” The man said, his breath a little faster than normal as well. “Your student attacked me just now because I beet him in a fight yesterday, that he started.” I retorted, still out of breath.