The New Shot in School [Lenn X Yuzuru]

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There were a few who Lenn saw potential in. That was great! Sure, everyone was gifted here on this special island, but there were those who could excel past the 'special' and become something more. Yuzuru was a very polite and serious bloke. He could learn to relax a little, but she wasn't about to complain. He was one of the most dedicated students out of all the class. There was a bit of animosity brewing against him, but that was natural. This class was more like a competition between all of them. Who was going to be able to stay? Who was going to drop out? Tune in for the next episode of--

"Thas' great!" she gave him a hearty slap on the back. "Oy' look forward t'seein' you there." Lenn had high hopes for the kid. He had even asked her to keep the range open for some practice after classes and lunch to which she happily obliged. In fact, he was the only one who requested extra time. The others were either too tired or too lazy to even bother. The potential was real here.


Eventually Friday came up, the very last day for students to prepare for the inevitable. The students were to begin rigorous physical training for the first month. The next, they were able to handle the firearms and other weaponry under her supervision. After that, it was the final week where Lenn was to separate the wheat from the chaff. As usual, she ran the class through the usual lectures on safety and cardio. She also reminded them that it was highly recommended they bring extra clothes from then on out-- whatever old raggedy-ass shirts and shorts they could find or else their new clothes would be sorry.

Almost everyday, Yuzuru stayed behind in order to sharpen up his skills while he killed time for his next class to start. Today was no different. "Gonna go at it again todai?" she asked as she gathered up some empty paper cups on the refreshments table and dumped them into the trash. Normally she'd just go about her business cleaning up the range, but this time, she actually wanted to see how much he improved.
 

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Saitou Yuzuru

By the time Friday had come around, Yuzuru thought that he would simply have to beg his grandmother's forgiveness. The feeling of vicious satisfaction that came from doing better than a good portion of his classmates would only be peaceably tamed for a few days at a time. Given enough weeks, however, it had simply broken past the barriers of his mortification. Humility was so very hard to embrace when he knew very well that he was simply that good.

Life itself was behaving quite well, so why should he not be pleased with how things were? His archery skills had recovered since that first day after runs. In fact, Yuzuru thought, they had most likely improved from where they once had been. Progression was always a pleasant accomplishment.

He paused for a moment when Ms. Greaves asked her question, having been in the middle of stringing his bow. "Oh yes, ma'am," Yuzuru answered, his tone perhaps a little too fiercely enthused. "I would be disappointed to lose even a single day of practice. If anybody were to overcome me because of that, I would be deeply ashamed." Which was not going to happen. Ever.

"If you will excuse me, please." Bow strung, he notched an arrow, aimed for all of two seconds, and fired at a distant target. It hit the center -not perfectly, it was a little off the bullseye, but then again, he had not exactly been trying. His pride, at least, survived intact.
 
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