Diana

The next day.

Inside a boxing room, Diana had gloves in her hand while Aroma had a piece of clothing materials wrapped around her knuckles up to her wrist.

A red punching sack hanging in front of them. "Maintain a firm stance," Aroma paused. Diana stared at her intensely, letting all her words sink into her brain.

With her right foot at the front, the left at the back, bouncing up and down, by only lifting the back of her leg, while her toes still remain glued at the ground, she switch position of her legs, both hands in a fist and up in front of her; she throws her fist in a swift movements.

Diana, with a serious expression nodded her head as Aroma looked at her with a questioning gaze, as if asking if she understood.

Walking toward her, Diana tried to do as she saw, while Aroma lectured. "Maintain a stable stance, stand on your toes, your right foot at the front, lift your body but let your toes remain at the floor. Try changing your leg position.

Your fist up to your lips level, to guide and be ready to throw out a punch." Aroma instructed while Diana kept doing as she was told.

"Do not only let your arm remained at the same place, try to take unavoidable hit with it. Study your opponents hands movements and avoid getting hit at your weak spots but make sure to aim for theirs.

Don't just rush it, or you will get burn out easily and neither should you be too slow; or you will be down before you know it.

Don't avoid hits with your entire body. Master your leg movement and be ready to counter attack immediately you escaped a blow." Aroma added, demonstrating all she's saying why Diana imitates her movement.

Picking up a flat guiding gloves, she slowly put Diana through the process of the basic hand movements.

Diana slowly picked up the movements after getting hit at the areas she left unprotected.

Even though the hits weren't harsh; Aroma hit those areas, while giving her different mocking expression, making her feel like an idiot.

They continued on and on till Aroma is satisfied with her progress. After then she lowered herself to her level of prowess and both had a few blow exchanges. When she noticed how Diana is letting the little progress gets to her head; she crushed her excitement by punching her in the face.

She gave her few lectures on how she shouldn't try too hard to win, but to achieve something, not to cheer with others but let their reasons for cheering impact something in her.

Diana nodded and promised not to get too carried away.

They went for their endurance training again, but this time Diana didn't pass out. She's shocked that Aroma made her do more than before; despite her passing out the previous day, yet she didn't complain and give it her all.

….

This went on and on for days and has gotten to the extent that Diana started craving for someone to use those new acquired skills on. Within a week and three days of training nonstop, she finds herself different.

She rarely laugh like before and had this urge to start a fight and beat someone up everytime.

She just wanted to try it out on someone who wouldn't keep beating her up like Aroma kept doing; which kept getting her more strong headed and used to her hits.

She rarely joke with her mates and used all her free time to practice and practice everything she has learned. Just as Aroma said, as long as she didn't let herself get distracted; the best place about the place is time.

As long as she used it well, and didn't joke with it; she will achieve a lot in a little amount of time.

Luckily for her and heart ease for Aroma; the computer instructor who's the only one who could affect her training didn't come.

Aroma might believe all Diana said, but there's one thing she would never get fooled with; which is Diana claims at keeping her mouth shut.

She didn't trust her with that one bit, as she got angry as much as she kid around.

Diana finally understood those people whose power got in their head. The fact that she struggled with Aroma and the others male instructors who came and teach them climbing, which she fell and got hurt a lot in the process.

Making them pull heavy objects, giving them crazy exercises that include hanging up their legs to a rope with their head facing the ground, locking them in a hole in the ground to see how much they can hold on when they are faced with similar situations in real life.

Diana found herself hungry for fight everyday, but none of the trainees are at her level. She will just end up getting herself beaten up. At least those were her belief, according to how Aroma made the others seem to her, probably to make her fight hard and challenge herself more.

Even though her roommate didn't say anything, they all knew they were still not up to Diana stage when they haven't spent two month completely like Diana, but they knew Aroma to be very good and most of them were always curious about her.

They didn't understand Aroma's method to make her change this much, and they can't wait for the tournament to be over and start learning something from her.

"You've been smiling a lot lately." Nathan said to Aroma, who was standing beside him in his room, looking at Diana and the others getting coached by and instructor.

"She's very good and will get better if she keeps up with her new found spirit." Aroma said, as Diana kept impressing her over and over again.

Her words that seem like an empty promise then, was made use of and kept wowing Aroma non stop.

"That's for the better, she doesn't belong here and needs to catch up very fast." Nathan said. It really hurt at one side of his heart that such gem wouldn't get pinned in his organization because he's sure that Diana will be of a kind at some point, but needed to put his brother's happiness first.

Aroma felt her heart hurt at Nathan's declaration, but knew he must have his reason for saying that, and questioning him wouldn't make her feel better, not that he will give her the reply she seeks anyway.

She will make sure she use the little time they will get to spend together and make sure to bring out the best in Diana, even though the time kept getting limited as Diana improve and she's getting attached to her already.