Marvel Martial Artist

Chapter 10

Felicia sighed tiredly, sweat was rolling down her forehead. Raynold helped her to discover her Lifeforce, since she was extremely fit, grasping it was not difficult.

However, finding it and grasping it are considered easy. But controlling? Now that's tiring!

She tried to make it flow but she immediately got tired.

It took her around 40 minutes of resting before she tried again.

Then she got tired again in just a few seconds before resting for another hour or so.

This made her question just how hard Raynold trained himself to become someone with a borderline God Complex!?

A few more tries later she collapsed into her bed and proceeded to rest.

"This is not going anywhere. Maybe that blonde was right, this will take around a year, maybe even longer, to get better." The platinum-haired girl mumbled to herself.

Not long after she closed her eyes and almost immediately fell asleep.

She could try later, but now she was feeling like she had run a marathon.

Without even realising her alarm clock started to ring and she opened her eyes.

"Hmm? Morning already?" Felicia slowly tried to get up but she felt heavy.

"This is…"

She had no idea how to describe this, her body was heavy but she never trained in the 'regular' sense. But she felt like she was stuffed into the water and trying to move normally while being in the water.

"Just great."

The Black Cat sighed in resignation as she proceeded to move out of her bed and then wanted to dress up but then she smelled sweat.

"...Ugh…"

Now realised that she needed to take a shower. In her condition?

"...Extra suffering."

Regardless, even in her sluggish situation, she proceeded to take a shower.

But then she realised that she was getting tired real quick. Like she was chained down, extra weight is placed on her.

'I should have listened to Ray, I think he mentioned what was happening the moment you grasp it.'

After showering and dressing up, she proceeded to get into the kitchen and started eating everything she could put her hands on.

Only midway she realised that she was like a glutton stuffing herself with as much as she could.

Felicia tried to control herself but it was pointless as she just wanted to eat!

Once the Platinum-haired beauty was done she left her flat and left the apartment.

Her eyes slightly widened as she saw Raynold and his 'sister' waiting for her.

"Well? Enjoying the early consequences of Ki? I can see that you have overused it." Her boyfriend casually commented on her sluggishness.

"...So that's what it is? I am feeling like trying to move through water." The Black Cat commented as she slowly lifted her hand.

"In simple terms, people have just enough life force to operate normally on a day-to-day basis. But what we did was remove that balance. Think of this like turning auto-pilot off and switching to manual.

When you got control of it you constantly tried to train it, right? Even after you left my dojo."

Felicia slowly nodded, he was right, he most likely sensed all that from his place. Knowing his sensory absurd range. If it's true that is.

"Now think about what happens when you train your muscles beyond a set limit?"

"...oh I see… so I have over-exerted myself."

"Yeah, though be careful that's your life you are training."

Hearing his concern made her smile a little bit smugly, but she wasn't going to tease him on that. Nope, she is too scared, God knows what he could to do her!

"I understand."

As she nodded he walked over to her and placed his as on her shoulder, that moment she could feel his energy flowing into her.

She was feeling rejuvenated, just like that!

"...amazing! You are like a battery!"

The girl looked at her hands, she was feeling all good now! But at the same time she could feel that she could move 'better' like augmenting herself with his power!

Maybe it's because his energy is extremely potent and easy to control!? Could she do the same with her energy, eventually?

"...Battery? You are one naughty cat." He wrapped his hand around her and proceeded to walk with her.

Felicia giggled for a bit. This was most likely the most she could tease him.

As the group arrived at the school. Raynold was behaving casually like nothing had happened last night.

But…

All of the American football players instantly lined up and respectfully bowed to him.

That was surreal for the rest of regular high schoolers!

"...Don't you think this is too much?" The black cat with a twitchy smile asked him. Won't this make sense? Eventually?

"Too much in what sense?"

"Over twenty people bowing to you?" She pointed out with an eye roll.

"In Martial arts dojo, all the disciples bow to their master. This is no different." He casually reminded her.

"...This isn't a dojo… and this is US…"

"...Well, sad for them, isn't it?" He casually shrugged as they continued to walk.

While he was acting all casual it was different for the rest. The cheerleader girls looked at this with baffled looks. They never expected the guys to drop their morning routines and just run over and line up and bow!

"...What do you think is going on?" A red-haired girl walked over and asked Liz. This girl had long red hair and was dressed in a cheerleader uniform.

"Oh, you were sick so you didn't see the new transfers. Hear this, Jean! The guy is a genuine martial artist! Some rumours said that yesterday half of the football team tried to gang up on him.

And the result was they got beaten up badly. One got his nose broken, another one received a hard kick to the balls that he forgot how to talk to." Liz proudly explained to her fellow cheerleader who was listening with an awed look.

"Genuine Martial Artist? Those are still around?"

"Yep, and believe it or not but by nature, he is super good at sports. Flash tried to play basketball with him and got wasted." The blonde with an amused tone explained to her. By this point, Liz sees Flash as a loser and a dork. Sadly Felicia had her 'claws' in Raynold already, otherwise, she would be all over him by this point.

~~~~~~Break Time~~~~~~

"Hey, Ray!" Liz ended up hugging Raynold from behind, she pushed her assets into his back.

"Allan, what are you doing?" Felicia frowned seeing this blonde throwing around her 'assets' like that!

"Nothing~ I am just wondering what happened to Flash and his boys. They are oddly tight-lipped about yesterday's events outside the school~" The cheerleader girl said that with a knowing look.

The girl knew, but she wanted to hear it from Raynold.

However, the Martial Artist was more curious about the new redhead standing not far from the blonde cheerleader.

"Oh? You never meet Jean. She was sick last week. Ray, this is Jean Grey. She is a fellow Cheerleader from class next to ours."

Raynold had a slightly weird look which swiftly disappeared instead he smiled at the redhead.

"Why hello there." The Martial Artist with a bright smile greeted her.

"...Obi-Wan? Really?" Jean knew the reference, so she spoke out when she heard it.

"...Oh? A cultured one as well. Nice." He was impressed that she knew this meme.

"Hardly, but I saw enough clips with this one." The redhead smiled at him. Knowing the reference.

"Still, you know."

The girl looked at him for a bit. She liked what she saw, this guy was radiating confidence, maybe even arrogance. One thing is for sure she would like to see him in action if what Liz said is true.

"Anyway, Liz, I have to prepare for my class."

"Sure thing."

After the redhead left, the blonde continued to lean on Raynold. While Felicia looked at her with growing anger.

"Allan! Buzz off!"

The Black Cat swiftly ended up sitting on her boyfriend's lap and then pushed the blonde off.

*Tsk*

"Fine!"

The cheerleader huffed, she was annoyed.

"Don't you have that oaf?" Illyana said from the side as she looked bored watching this whole spectacle.

"...Flash?"

"Yeah, that thing."

"...Thing?" For a second Liz looked confused but she adjusted quickly.

"Not really. I have split up with him this morning. Some girls said he kept on ogling other girls—" The blonde said that while looking at the Platinum-haired girl sitting on Raynold's lap. She was implying about yesterday's break time which led to that beatdown.

"I see… well tough luck." Felicia quickly ended up 'pitying'.

"Anyway, talk with you later, Ray~" Liz winked at Raynold before walking away.

Liz noticed that Raynold was not paying attention so she decided to try later.

"Ray." Illyana got serious out of nowhere once Liz was away.

"Umm?"

"You sensed it didn't you?"

"?" Felicia was wondering what the blonde step-sister of his was talking about.

"Depends…"

*Sigh*

Illyana signed, why does she need to be that specific!?

"That redhead!"

"Jean?"

"Yes! Her signature is unique."

"I know. I sensed her for a very long time. Now she is in front of me. I can put her signature to a face."

"What are you talking about?" Felicia could not contain herself and asked him.

"People's life force has distinctive 'tastes' , think of it like a phone number starting with a specific number. But some have distinctive starting numbers different from the rest.

Like Illyana, she is a mutant. But she has been masking her distinctive power with her Ki. At this moment Jean is a mutant but without active power.

I do not doubt that under stressful circumstances, she will awaken her power, her signature is quite potent.

"...No way… you have other powers!?"

The Platinum-haired girl looked at the blond sitting next to them.

"That's right. If you piss me off I will drop you in the bay or… maybe Sahara desert?" Illyana grinned with an evil smirk.

"...some context?"

Felicia asked Raynold specifically.

"She can cast discs which work like portals."

"...Damn…"

This was not what she expected. Having Ki is one thing. But having the means to teleport…

Now that is convenient! The Black Cat should have known that Raynold was not keeping some random girl as his 'step-sister'.

He might have 'rescued' her because she has such power!

~~~

While Illyana is threatening Felicia with removal to a remote place, Raynold is pondering Jean's existence.

He has no idea what she is doing in this place, but he doesn't care!

What he cares about is that he has such a powerful psychic in such proximity! She is a magnet for trouble! Like Magneto and his brotherhood.

'What a pun! magnet for Magneto…'

Once she awakens her powers those fools will arrive at his doorstep.

'Well, I do need a new doormat.'

Such a glorious opportunity to fight X-men and Magneto's brotherhood.

How could he allow it to pass?

So he will closely watch what Jean Grey is doing.

While Raynold is pondering on possible fights. A few seats in front of him Spiderman was thinking about how to deal with this situation.

He realised that Raynold had beat the shit out of the football guys.

One of them is even going to have a crouch operation! so, the damage was quite serious.

Still, he can't act rashly as Raynold may know his identity, and going wild like that is not a good thing.

'Maybe I should create a specific gadget just for dealing with him? Some sleeping gas or neutralizer?'

And so Spiderman proceeded to write down some ideas on how he would face this extremely powerful and unhinged Martial Artist.

At the same time, he started to draw a proper costume for his alter ego, as people kept making fun of it.

Just like that, another school day proceeded without any sort of weirdness, but it was more like a calm before a storm.