Why Am I A Girl?

Standing in front of everyone in the dojo I mentally prepared myself for whatever test that Maya was going to put me through. Suddenly she gestured behind me to the maze of poles that disciples had to attempt to leap from one to another. Looking at me, she began to speak again. "Raven, your task is to leap from one pole to another until you fall off. The number of poles that you are able to leap between before falling will determine your rank for the first part of the entry test. You may begin at any time." Gulping, I looked up at the twenty foot or so tall poles with flat tops that were only about two feet wide and began to grow a little nervous. However, I quickly calmed down and felt a spark flash through my eyes and began to climb my way up to the top of the first pole. Making it to the top, I looked down at Maya who simply said begin. I then began to leap to the first pole, and almost fell right away. However, the instant after I landed, I felt it. I had mastered this technique already. Laughing in joy inside, I began to rapidly leap from one pole to another all over the place, sometimes doing backflips and front flips onto different poles. After half an hour of this Maya called me to stop and said that I had satisfied the requirement. Little did I know that she was yelling in disbelief in her heart. Though I should expect this to be the way things are. Meanwhile all of the disciples on the ground were whispering as I hopped down, and I heard someone say monster. I guess I would appear to be one wouldn't I? I didn't even think that I would be able to do those crazy acrobatics myself. I just simply went with the flow and it just sort of happened. I let loose and simply enjoyed the act of moving from one pole to another and changing up the angles that I leapt from.

Maya led everyone over to an area that had a large stone platform. Hopping onto it, she gestured to me to join her up there. Once I had flipped my way onto the stage, Maya began to speak. "For the final part of your entry test, you will attempt to land a hit on me. I will give you one demonstration of our Ultimate Martial Art, and afterwards you will attempt to use it and seek to land a hit on me. If you manage to land a hit on me, or demonstrate a good enough skill level in the martial art, then you shall pass the test. Now let us begin!" Getting into a low stance, Maya slid her right foot forward and her left leg slightly back. With her knees slightly bent, she brought her right fist forward and her left hand was kept open and vertical. Switching back and forth with her hands, she then did a spinning flip kick rotating her body a full 360 degrees and slamming her right foot onto the platform. Rotating her open palms around her body, she then began jabbing out rapidly in all directions like some many armed Indian deity. Once she was finished demonstrating this combination of moves, she then bowed and placed her right fist into her left open palm. Then she looked at me and simply told me to begin. Without a moments hesitation, I charged towards her and unleashed the full 360 degree kick and attempted to twist my body and the last moment in order to hit her left shoulder. Gasping in shock, she quickly blocked my kick, while I continued my rotation and unleashed another kick to her face. Throwing me off of her, Maya had an excited look on her face as she charged at me full force. Launching a series of rapid palm strikes, kneed strikes and heel strikes towards different parts of my body, I swiftly used what I termed the All Seeing Eye stance to swiftly block all of her hits in 360 degrees. With an intense gleam in her eyes, her speed reached a whole new level and I almost couldn't see her anymore. Her hits came from behind, above and below, as well as from my sides. I was just barely able to block her moves, but my body was extremely sore as I have zero strength in my body. Yelping in pain as I finally succumbed to my injuries, Maya's eyes were full of shock as she stopped and realized that my body was riddled with injuries. Black and blue all over, the only place left untouched was my face. Embarrassed at the state that she left me in, she was now certain that I had zero training in martial arts and that I was simply a monster who was able to absorb techniques like a sponge. A once in a thousand years martial god! Clearing her throat, and noticing the bugged out eyes of her disciples, Maya began to speak. "After having a mock battle with Raven, I have decided to place her in with the other core disciples. With a little training, I believe that I Maya have at long last found someone who will one day soon be worthy of being my personal disciple!" Sighing in relief, I was honestly glad that I wasn't made her personal disciple. As much as I want to rapidly master all of the techniques in this dojo, I also don't want to bring about the wrath of my fellow disciples who would be full of envy. However, she unnecessarily mentioned that I was worthy to soon become her personal disciple. This isn't good, I have a target on my back now. I need to be careful of who I trust in this place now. Even my own roommates could turn against me in a jealous fit of rage. Though I somehow doubt those girls are capable of such a thing, it isn't entirely impossible. Maya explained as a core disciple that I would have my own training area that was a mirror of the one at the front of the dojo and that it was of a much greater quality and the difficulty level had drastically increased for each training testing area. Once she finished her speech, I was led by Kay to the core disciple's training area and shown around. It was really much nicer than the one at the entrance to the dojo. It is very modern and there is even a snack area that you use dojo points to purchase things at. Your rank determines the amount of points you get each month. An outer disciple gets 100 points a months, and inner gets 1000 and a core gets 10000. This is massively unfair for the other two, but I guess with prestige comes perks right? Oh well, I guess I will settle myself in and begin some serious training! Here come the next three years of hardcore training!