The way that it should have been

Chapter 11

She stopped for a moment.

"You still promise not to be mad?"

"Yes, milaya." I reassured her with a smile on my face. (honey)

"While we were in Turkey my father's guardians taught me a lot of different fighting techniques."

"Such as?"

"Karate, Judo, Jiu Jitsu, Ninjutsu, Tae kwon do, Vale Tudo, Krav Maga and a few other types of martial arts from all different parts of the world. I had a lot of masters, aside from my father's guardians, back then."

"Did they teach you things other than martial arts?"

"Yes, I was taught quite a lot of things actually."

"What other kinds of things were you taught?"

"How to shoot several different types of guns, even while I and or my targets were moving. How to throw a knife, a dagger, a stake and different types of throwing stars correctly under the same conditions. I learned all of this by riding on the back of a dhampir friendly horse. While most of my targets were in the back of pickup trucks at high rates of speed. So I had to spur the horse to run as fast as possible to hopefully keep up with and then to overtake them. They told me that if I could do it while on horseback, and with them in a truck, then it would be even easier to do it from a moving car if it ever came down to that."

I had to admit it, that did make sense.

"After that I was taught how to use a lot of different types of swords, a long bow, a compound bow and a cross bow. I was even taught how to make a bow from a stick and a boot or shoe string or even fishing line if I had it. I was also taught how to use a Kama, a Sai, a boa staff, Nunchakus, kendo sticks, Eskrima sticks, a broad sword, a long sword, a saber, a katana and a rapier. How to build bombs out of things from around the house, how to turn a microwave into a bomb. As well as out of C-4, fertilizer and ammonia, nitro glycerin and also out of dynamite. I was even taught to design and create directional explosive charges, how to hotwire a car, several different ways to sabotage even disable a car quick and easy or undetectably, et cetera et cetera et cetera."

Chert, I was in shock because I didn't even know how to do some of that stuff, or how to use some of those weapons myself. (damn)

"That's how you knew how to make that motorcycle explode, the night that we came for you, isn't it?"

"Yep. I can make a weapon of some type out of almost anything and everything. I can ever turn a shoe string into a garrote. Or use a knitting needle to subdue or kill someone if I have no other option." She smiled very proud of and happy with herself. Just as she should be, just as I am. Ad, learning all of that in just two years is amazing. But then I have always been in awe of the love of my life. (hell)

"What about the things that I have been teaching you?"

"No, everything that you have showed me, except for the stake training, is new. They taught me to fight with a stake with both my left and right hands just in case I was ever injured and still needed to fight, but not the way that you taught me."

"Well, thank God for that." I chuckled.

"You are not angry that I didn't tell you all of this before?"

She sounded genuinely concerned.

"No lyubov' moya, of course not. If you are going to be a guardian then I want, you to know absolutely anything and everything that it takes. To keep yourself just as safe as possible just in case I'm ever not right by your side. Not that I ever intend to not be right by your side." (my love)

"There is one thing about stake training that you did teach me though."

"Oh really?"

She nodded.

"What's that?"

"Duel wielding. They taught me to fight with each hand, like I said, but you taught me to fight with both hands at the same time."

I smiled, knowing that I felt even better. Even though I try not to be egotistical, knowing that I have actually taught her some of the things that she may someday need to protect herself. Well, I loved knowing that I'd taught her something that she could find useful, somethings that might possibly save her life someday.

I slipped my hand inside my duster and took out the four extra stakes that I was carrying and handed them to her. If she felt that strigoi were near, then I wanted her to be able to protect herself. And strigoi are known to frequent this road looking for people to attack. Because this road only leads to one place, which is Baia. So, the strigoi knew that eventually a moroi and or a dhampir would be driving down this road. Going in one direction or the other, to or from Baia.