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the protector ch. 22

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It's late afternoon and the sun is starting to set. All around fires are being lit as the Trikru start preparing for dinner. From the far end of the village the Skaikru head back from a hard day of training.

"Why is everything they do so intense?" Monty says as he stretches out his sore mussels.

"I mean even the studying part is a chore, and I use to like studying"

"Your telling me. Bae is yelling at me every five minutes for touching something. I mean you blow something up one time..."

"Try three times Raven" Wick says with chuckle "And it's only been a few weeks"

"Yeah well..." Raven lets out a sigh while the rest of the group shares a knowing look. "At least I'm not getting my ass kicked by Echo."

"Hey she's tough okay," Bellamy says as he sends a glare Raven's way

"I don't see Monroe having a problem," Monty chirps in.

Bellamy turns to Monty "Really you to?" Monty just shrugs in response.

"Guess there is just something about my brother that makes Echo get a little rough" Octavia says as her and Lincoln walk up to the group

"Don't start O."

"Oh come on Bell, she brings up a good point. What's going on with you two anyways?" Raven says as she wraps her arm around Bellamy's shoulders.

"What! Why would anything be going on" Bellamy spits out as his ears start to turn red. Monty walks up and pats Bellamy on the back

"Come on guys leave him alone"

Bellamy was about to tank Monty but he continued talking "Besides he will tell us about his little grounder crush when he's ready"

Bellamy just shakes off Monty's hand as he storms off muttering something that sounds a lot like "Bunch of asses". The rest of the group just chuckles as they follow him back to their tents.

"They seem to be getting along well"

"Yeah I'm glad its working out so well" Clarke says in a small voice.

Lexa turned to face Clarke "If you want to be with your friends again you need to tell them the truth Clarke"

"I know but I was hoping they would figure it out. Maybe they are happier without me"

"Or maybe they are waiting for you to come to them. It is you that left them Clarke"

Clare turned to look at Lexa. Blue eyes searching green.

"I know... I know" Clarke let out a sigh and turned her gaze to the sky.

"Maybe Polis will help you take your mind off things"

Clarke turned back to Lexa with a raised eyebrow

"We have a coalition meeting in a few weeks time and I would like for you to be there."

"At the meeting?" Lexa gave Clarke a small nod

"As what?"

"As the leader of your people Clarke. It is time the other clans knew that our alliance stands and that we stand by one another"

Once again, Clarke looks to the sky and closes her eyes for a moment. With a shaky breath she turns to Lexa "I think I would like that"

Lexa nods her head and looks back over at her people as a small smile appears on her face.

Octavia looks over the fire as she watches her two leaders. She watches as Clarke gives one last look her way before walking off with Niami. Octavia let out a frustrated sigh and looks back to her group of friends. "Everyone is being stupid," she thinks as Lincoln puts a reassuring arm around her. She leans into him before speaking up.

"Why are you guys doing this?"

"Doing what?"

"Pretending that everything is normal, that were not missing something or should I say someone."

"Listen O, we did what we could, but obviously Clarke does not want to be found"

Octavia looked at her brother anger flashing in her eyes. "Your joking right? What do you guys think all this is?" Octavia says as she waves her hands all around "Do you really thing the commander is doing this out of the goodness of her heart?"

"Listen O..."

"No, I don't want to hear it Bell. All of you are so stubborn, including her, and that's coming from me. I know you guys figured out who's under that hood. I know you don't like that she left, but she has always been watching out for us, even when we couldn't see it."

Octavia stood up and motioned for Lincoln to follow her. She took a few steps then turned back to her friends "Just do me a favor and be ready at dawn tomorrow. There's something you guys should see"

With that Octavia and Lincoln went back to their tent. Everyone just looked at each other unsure of what to say, so they all decided to call it a night.

It didn't take long for morning to come. Clarke lay awake in her bed, just staring at the ceiling of her tent. She noticed Niami's head pop up and looked over just in time to see Lexa enter her tent.

"I'm surprised to see you're not up yet Clarke"

"Just wasn't feeling like it"

"Lying around won't help nothing Clarke. You should talk to your friends."

"I will, but later. You free to do some sparing this morning?"

Clarke started to rise from her bed to get ready for the day.

"Sha. I will leave you to get ready. I will meet you at the training grounds"

Clarke just nodded and Lexa went on her way. A few tents down Octavia lay waiting. Once she saw Clarke leave the tent she made her way to their friends. It's time they saw who Clarke has become.

Clarke made her way to the training grounds and found Lexa already warming up. While Clarke came out every morning to train she has only had the chance to spare with Lexa a hand full of times. When it comes to sword combat Lexa had her beat, but when it comes down to hand on hand combat they are on even ground. The Trikru may have been trained to fight from the time they were a child, but Clarke fights in a way that none of them have seen before. Even though they have years of experience on her, Clarke still wins all her fights. But she has yet to beat Lexa. Her speed and agility is far better then any of her other warriors and she reads her opponents well. So even with her odd fighting style Clarke has yet to beat Lexa. She hasn't lost either. They always burn out before one of them can beat the other. Today Clarke was feeling rather aggressive so she felt good about her chances.

"So ready to get your ass kicked commander."

"It's not wise to taunt your opponents Clarke"

"Awww your just saying that because your scared"

"There is nothing to fear from you so why would I be scared"

"You know, because I'm going to beat you and you don't want to look bad."

"You are a worthy opponent Clarke. Even if you did manage to beat me I would not consider it looking bad"

"Your so serious all the time, you know that. Relax let's have some fun."

"We do not train for sport Clarke, we train to survive..."

"Okay okay. Then lets have a very serious fight. You ready?"

"Of course. It is you that we were waiting on."

"Really? Whatever." Clarke huffs as she walks over to a near by bench to lay her stuff down. Little did she know Lexa was standing behind her with a smirk on her face.

"Where are we going Octavia?"

"Relax Raven were almost there."

By the time Octavia and her friends reached the training grounds Clarke and Lexa were already sparing.

"Holy shit is that Clarke?" Raven looks to Octavia

"Fighting Lexa?" Bellamy adds in

"Yes."

Monty walks a little closer to the grounds "Is Clarke going to be okay?"

A smile forms on Octavia's face "Just watch and see. Maybe then you guys will understand what I meant."

Everyone looks around and then follows Octavia's lead as she takes a seat.

Clarke runs at Lexa throwing a punch at her face. As Lexa goes to side step it Clarke starts to twirl and swoop down landing an elbow to Lexa's side. She stumbles back, but quickly recovers and aims a kick to Clarke's head. Clarke rolls away and jumps back to her feet. They start to circle each other, waiting for the other to strike. Lexa slowly inches closer to Clarke and once close enough she starts attacking with a verity of kicks and punches. Clarke returns the attack with her own combos. Each of them go back and forth landing hits and dodging attacks.

After some time they break away from each other, panting as sweat trickles down their backs. Today was shaping up to be like every other day. A draw. No, Clarke wasn't having any of that. Slowly she approached Lexa throwing out a few lazy punches to gauge Lexa's reaction time. After a few minutes, Clarke stepped forward spinning around bringing her leg up for a back kick. Lexa spun around the attack and went to throw a punch but not before Clarke pivoted and tackled Lexa to the ground. Lexa instantly brought up her arms to block Clarke's attacks, but to her surprise nothing came. Instead, Lexa let out a shriek as Clarke started to tickle her sides.

Lexa tried to attack back but it was too difficult as she kept one hand over her mouth trying to contain her laughter.

"Give up commander"

Lexa stairs directly into Clarke's eyes, gleaming with happiness, and savors the warmth that spreads through her at the sight. Lexa finally drops her guard and lets out a laugh

"Never"

Lexa lifts her hips and flips them over with ease. Clarke lets out a yelp as she lands on her back, both hands now pinned above her head by Lexa.

"Seems the win is mine prisa"

"You wish commander"

Clarke lifts her legs up and pins them around Lexa's as she thrust her hips into her. Lexa's breath hitches and brings one hand down to steady herself. Clarke is able to free one hand and brings it up to trace Lexa's jaw line as she watches her breath quicken and eyes dilate.

"Clarke" Lexa rasps out. A smirk crosses Clark's face

"Yes Commander"

"I wouldn't tempt me, unless you'd rather put on a show for your friends" Clarke let out a laugh at Lexa's antics.

"Not today, but maybe another" she says with a wink "Now get off me" Lexa raises an eyebrow and rolls off Clarke.

"I'll remember that Clarke" Lexa says with a low tone as she walks off leaving Clarke to her thoughts and blushing cheeks.

"Well, that was intense."

"That was more then intense Bell, that was hot." Raven turns her attention to Octavia "Brought us out for a show, did ya?"

"No Raven. I brought you to watch the fight. That last part was... new."

"Well that's the understatement of the century. When did they get so close?"

"Wow okay relax Bell. It's complicated okay. You will need to talk to Clarke about that one"

"So about Clarke..." Monty pipes in.

"Right. I just wanted you guys to see how Clarke has changed. There are very few that can match Lexa when sparing and she wasn't holding back against Clarke. When she was gone she learned a lot. Fighting just one thing amongst many. More importantly, she learned how to become stronger inside and out so that she would no longer need to sacrifice others in order to save us. You think she left us but she didn't. We were always in her heart, and she was watching over us from the shadows."

Raven stretched out her leg and looked to the sky. "But why hid from us?"

"I don't know, you will need to ask her for yourself. All I know is that you guys need to stop looking back and just move forward."

"Wow seems like my little sis is growing up. I don't know if I like that"

"I grew up along time ago Bell, you just didn't want to see it" Octavia stood up and started walking towards Clarke. She stopped after a few feet and turned to her friends. "Well are you coming or not?"

By the time the group started heading towards Clarke, she was already dressed back into her cloak and belts. She was playing with Niami's ears nervously. During sparing she noticed her friends came to watch but stayed concentrated on her fight. Now that it was time to face her friends, she didn't know what she would say. She just hoped they could forgive her.

She looked up as she heard Octavia's voice

"Hey Clarke, nice fight."

"Thanks O." Clarke took a look at all her friends and gave a small wave "Hey guys"

When no one really responded she let out a sigh. "Looks like we have a lot to talk about"
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