{THIRD PERSON POV}
{GRETA'S POV}
The sun gad long since vanished when she and the others find a spot to rest for the night, the place isn't anything she or Hans woumd choose if its just the two of them... she could say that it is..... good enough with John guarding them.
John had decided that the best place for them to rest is, outside of the walls.
Yeah, outside of the walls, if it were anyother person that suggested it Greta would had scoffed and ignore it but its John so both her and Hans begrudgingly agreed to it.
When Hans asked about why would they need to camp outside, John had given a pretty good explanation for it.
The first explanation was that because this settlement is not ransacked by grimm, they wouldn't be able to find a abandoned house or any form of shelter without grabbing too much attention.
The second reason is that he needed some space to Train both her and Hans. (She is secretly is both scared and excited at the thought of the training they would do.)
the third reason is that if the Red Cactus somehow managed to found out who killed the 2 rapist and somehow also found them, it will be easier for Jaune to just grab them and run into the desert rather than having to navigate through the settlement while being chased.
And the fourth and final reason is that even if any Grimm tried to kill them, he could kill them easily and pretty silently.
And once again, the only Reason both her and Hans agreed to do it is because of John's skills and strength, he had shown enough of his strength to make both her and Hans trust him with protecting them.
Its still fresh on her mind about how John easily killed the NightStalker with ease when the Nightstalker had killed a lot of hunters throughout the years.
"Come on, lets make a fire before the night got too cold." Hans then stand up from the sand and pat his pants off the sands before he look around as if he remembered something. "Oh yeah.. we don't have any wood.. shit."
"Dumbass..." Greta let out a sigh because she couldn't believe about just how dumb Hans could be.
John let out a chuckled as he take off his cloak and put it ontop of his bags "Hey its okay, how about after i trained you guys, you two could use my cloak to cover yourself from the night's cold."
"Nice idea." Hans nodded. "Thank's John... oh yeah, when are we going to start our training?"
"We could start in a few minutes if you guys wsnted too, or we could start tomorrow.. anytime is fine for me." He told them and it make the wheel starts to turn in her brain.
'Okay... we could train now but it would put a lot of strain on our frankly exhausted training after all of the events that happened since morning....' she then hummed and look at Hans. 'Hans especially so considering that our of he and i, he used the most energy considering that he ran across the settlement for gods know how far when i was just sitting with John and talking about his own training and shit'
'But then again, Hans do look pretty excited at the thought of Training with John...' she then nodded at John. "We could start training now, John." 'And i'll be the sensible out of the two of us if it looks like either he or i is forcing our body to train.'
"Good.. come on, lets do it then." John then stand up and walk a few meters away from them. "Who want to start first? You Greta?"
'Me? No.. if i were to go first, i would be too tired to stop Hans if he go over his limit tonight.' "Nah, i'll let Hans do it first." She then watched Hans perked up and walk to John.
"So, how are we doing this bro?" Hans asked John and bounced on his feet.
"Well we first need a weapon for you Hans, we are training to he a hunter of grimms after all.. it would be pretty irresponsible to not use some kind of weapon to fight them." John informed them and Hans tilt his head before he nodded and pull out a couple of his knives from their bags a few feet away from Greta.
"Knives?" John asked Hans and he nodded as an answer.
"Yeah, its not like i have anything other than it." He then put the knives on a reverse grip.
".... you do know that you would only further reduce your reach if you use a reverse grip right? A grimm's reach is already long enough without you putting yourself in further disadvantage." John explained to Hans before he asked Hans to hand over one of the Knives.
When Hans gave John one of them knive he then quickly spin it on his hand before he quickly give the air a few quick stab that Greta have a really hard time tracking with her eyes.
"When you gotta use a knife, you are on an disadvantage unless the opponent is unarmed." He then look Hans. "First of all.. your reach is once again really short compared to a sword or even a spear.. second is that won't have the weight to add to the momentum of your swing is is both an advantage and a disadvantage."
"How so? I thought weights would be important." Greta asked John because she thought that is why people moatly prefer a weapon with a heft to it.
"Well if you're using a knife its not important because you won't be exactly clashing steel or trying to break somebody's guard with it." He then side steps before he thrust a side thrust onto the air. "With a knife, you gotta be quick and aim for the weakspot.. speed is key."
He then walk closer to Hans and look at Hans's hand that is holding onto his knife. "Show me how you grip your Knife, if you got a bad grip your knife could fly away and hurt you."
Hans nodded and show the grip he has on his knife. "Like this, John?"
John loom at the grip before he sjales his head. "No, its too tight.. you'll tire your grip faster... try to be more relax but not that relax that you'll lose grip of your knife at the slightly contact of anything." He then show Hans how he gripped the knife. "Look, its tight but not too tightly.. just enough to not lose the knife."
Hans then tried to copy John's grip. "Is this good enough?"
"Its good enough for now." He then take a few steps away. "Come on.. lets dance."
10 minutes had passed.
"Ugh!" Hans thrust his knife onto John's shoulder but John quickly twist his body to the side and use his left hand to hold Hans's forearm and pull it.
With Hans being pulled toward John puls the fact that he still have the momentum from his thrust, it quickly made Him lose his footing and fall face first forward if not for John putting a hand on his chest to stop him.
"You overextended on your thrust, Hans..." he then push Hans to make him stand again. "Try to be a little less.. excited.. cause if you overextended your attack, it could leave you in a bad position to counter any attack that could take advantage of your bad situation."
Hans nodded before he give a simple one two slash at John and all John is just stand straight not even dodging as the knives missed him.
"And also take account the distant between you and your opponent.. you were out of range, i don't even need to do anything." John give Hans a small smile which would be endearing in Greta's eyes if not for the fact that for the past 10 minutes or so John had never throw out an attack at Hans.
All he had done was just dodge, parry or even just pushing away Hans's arm whenever he tried to attack him.
Hans meanwhile is panting and is wiping the sweat off his forehead. "Damn.. i'm fucking tired... come on, lets do it again.." Hans put on a stance and John Shakes his head.
"No... you're tired.. its Greta's turn now." He told Hans and it made Hans let out a defeated sigh.
"But i can do more, John." Hans told John but Greta quickly interject.
"No, you're already tired from. Everything that happened today, Hans.. rest its already midnight." Greta give Hans a look and after a few moment Hans quickly give up and sit beside her.
"Okay..."
She turned her head to face John as she hears him Chuckled. "Come on, lets spar Greta... its your turn.."
Greta really wanted too train with John.. but she's too tired.. today had been a really.. exhausting day... she thought that she would have the energy to train with John but it looks like after her body got a few minutes of rest time it wanted to shutdown and sleep.
"Maybe tomorrow John... i'm kinda sleepy." She told him and hopefully he would understand.
John look at her for a few seconds before he nodded. "Yeah? I guess it should be expected, you guys don't have any Aura..." he nodded before he walked closer to her and sit down by his bag and toss his cloak to them. "There, use it.. i'll stay and guard and go over what i should do to help Hans eb better at fighting and what the training plan should be.."
"Thanks..." Hans let out a yawn before he lay down on the sand and cover his body with the cloak.
Greta look at John for a couple of moments before she join Hans under the cloak and close her eyes.
She doesn't know how to thank John but she will try her best to show her appreciation to John after what he did for them.
She felt like today had been both her luckiest day alive and her unluckiest day alive..
She doesn't know if that fact is good or bad but all she know is that she can hope to have a better future with John at their side.
That is what she is most grateful about..
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