Atlin did not notice Sakura come in. He was too focused on his training, all the while enduring pain that came to him with each strike of his bamboo sword.
Sakura pinned Atlin to the ground. "You need to be more intune with your surroundings. You need to not be afraid of attacking. Yes you might get hurt, but that is a risk you are going to have to take to win and not die. Do you think you can attack me? Come on. I am someone trying to kill you. Attack me!"
"I-I can't...my body...it hurts so much...I was nearly killed in the last fight and they're forcing me to train on...on my recovery day...it hurts so much Sakura...please go easy on me..."
Sakura blinked at him, "Oh gosh. I am so sorry." She got off him and helped him up. She led him to sit down. "Sit." She got up and moved out to the garden. She got a few things and came back. She began to make a paste. "Take off your shirt." She moved to him.
"W-What?" He looked at her confused. She told him to take his shirt off, and after what happened yesterday. "I-If we're really gonna..." He began to take his shirt off, uncertain about what would happen.
Sakura laughed at him, "We are not having sex. I have this paste. It will help you heal faster and ease the pain and soreness." She said as she sat next to him and began to rub the paste over his body.
Atlin blushed as he felt her hand against his body. He couldn't help but become aroused at such physical contact he'd never had before. "S-Sakura...stop before...I do something that might embarrass me..."
"Ah...lets forget about the paste for now...I don't feel right rubbing it on myself in front of you either...Sakura...I don't belong here...I thought I could live as a fighter, but I can't..."
"There's nothing to be scared of...you can run far away, far from this damned Spire...Sakura, this is your only chance at freedom...There isn't anything for you here..."
Sakura return with eyes slightly red from crying. She had wipped her tears and was find now. She walked up and sat next to Nathan. "I couldn't train much with him. Did mental training and I helped him heal."