Jacks POV ( if I do anything wrong with Jacks gender tell me. He's male socially but female physically. I'm thinking he'll be male romantically.. As in liking females. I've had friends like that, but never experienced it(obviously) so tell me if I get anything wrong.)

Here we go. : We arrived at the training room, and rabbit set me down on the edge of the mat.

"Listen up! Everybody off the mats! Mouse and I are gonna practice, and you know what that means. Well use the whole room. Get moving, along the walls, go on." Rabbit yelled at the people practicing.

Everyone scampered, whooping.

"Heh! We get to watch their fight today?! Usually they kick us out!"

"Maybe mouse wants to show off after nearly getting beat by the new kid."

"Maybe that's it."

"I didn't beat her?! She broke my rib!" I said before I shut my mouth.

"Yeah, but that was her only option. You put mouse in a corner. You're alright, rookie." One of the speakers said.

"Is she really that scary?" I said.

"Just watch."

Mouse and rabbit bowed. Where are the wooden swords? Then they drew real swords, rabbit a Spanish cutlass, and mouse a Chinese sword I didn't know the name of.

There was an arrangement of weapons on the tables. Are they gonna use all of those?

Then they sprang towards each other, weapons raised. Holy fuck. They both moved at the speed she'd used with me at the end.

So these were pros...

Then a sword flew towards me, and rabbits hands were up. It landed between my legs.. I froze. I slowly looked down.

If it'd landed a centimeter closer, and I'd been a boy, I would've been a girl again. Then rabbit came over an pulled it out of the mat. "Sorry."

Then he placed it in its sheath and on the table. Then he picked up two hatchets. She picked up two daggers.

They bowed again, and then did that dart forward. I have to learn that. I'd learned so much, memorizing their moves.

I watched their feet while I watched how they fought, learning the footwork. Then rabbit disarmed mouse, and set the hatchets against her throat.

She raised her hands, and retrieved her weapons placing them on the table. Then she picked up small pair of sickles. They were about as big as her fore arms.

Who used this type of weaponry? Jesus. Then Rabbit picked up an axe. Of course he did.

They bowed, and he started twirling it, spinning it all around himself. It was a blur, but I watched.

It was a complicated sequence meant to confuse. She wasn't fooled. She leapt in, slicing at his throat, but he was in the air. And I mean IN the AIR. He flew up a good ten feet, and spun as he fell.

He flipped and spun while in the air, and I knew he was a gymnast at some point in his life. No one not a gymnast or ninja could jump like that.

Well his name is rabbit, I shoulda known it was more than his hair...

She blocked his swing as he hit the ground, and the sickles were torn from her hands. They flew, and impaled in the wall right next to one kids throat.

"And that, children, is why you're usually not allowed in here while we practice." Rabbit said before retrieving them.

He set all three weapons in the table, and picked up a Bowie. Mouse grinned and did the same. This was the weapon I'd seen him kill with. This was a real weapon, and they both knew it.

I saw it in their eyes. They were extra serious. Then they darted at each other, and rabbit smiled. He grinned as they fought, sparks flying, tiny cuts appearing on their bodies.

Mouse was smiling too. Holy hell these people are crazy. Then hatter walked in with Cheshire, smiled and yelled "you can do better than that! Stop putting on a show and whack each other!!!"

Rabbits grin faded, as well as mouse, and then they really ran at each other. They were blurs. I was scared. I was absolutely terrified.

The usually easygoing, quick witted rabbit, and the quiet, timid, yet strict mouse were both complete blurs. I could barely see, and the others couldn't see at all.

They were striking the Bowies together so fast and hard they were both white hot. Then they dropped the Bowies simultaneously and went hand to hand.

You want a definition of terror? Two of the nicest people you have ever met start snarling and moving so fast you can't see, trying to figuratively kill one another.

Rabbit eventually leaped even farther than before, 15 feet up, and mouse followed, but not as high. Rabbit kicked down and I swear there was smoke on his heel.

Mouse blocked, and was shot down to the mat. She collided with a huge BANG! And rabbit landed near her.

Hatter and Cheshire started clapping. Four kids were behind them, gaping. They were all dressed similarly. Then Alice walked in, saw what was happening, sighed, and picked me up.

"Well leave these idiots. You need a bath, yes?" Mouse got up, stretched, and followed.

"Are you ok?" I signed to her.

"Absolutely. That was fun!!" She signed grinning. "Did you learn a lot?"

"Yes, but I don't think my body can do a lot of that, even if my mind tells me I can."

"Yes, you'll have to train for that. Here's the baths. You'll love the Roman baths. You haven't bathed until you've done it the roman way."

Alice nodded. "Very true." She said.

"What's different?" Then mouse opened the door, letting us in, before closing and locking it.

I didn't even hear the click. "Oh my god. That's a bath???" There was a giant pool before me, and more on the edges, each with a different level of steam rising from it.

Alice helped me with my boots, then I realized they were both wearing towels and nothing else. Oh damn this is bad, how do I say this....

"If you're uncomfortable I can let you undress by yourself, though it'll be painful.

The doc said not to, but I understand being shy about your body, darlin. Say the word, and we'll leave you be."

"I'm not worried about my body..." Was all I could get out.

Alice looked at the fact that mouse was holding her towel now, then my blushing face, then down at herself.

"Ooohh, ok, don't worry darling, you're quite cute, and we're both comfortable with it.

We haven't flirted even though it was tempting. We bathe with men all the time. This is usually the female bath, and we go to the mixed baths.

Better atmosphere, you know? Besides. We're all women here, physically, even though there's only one straight woman here."

"Hey! I'm not straight, I just like the cuteness of people taller than me! And not many people are taller than me other than boys." Mouse signed to Alice.

"Hmm. Jack, stand up."

"But I don't have..."

"Hm? Oh, towel, right." She handed me one, and I wrapped it around my waist, standing. She'd taken off my wraps so my breasts were just... There. Sigh.

"Ooh lah lah, very nice. I can barely see your eyes if I don't look up!"

I was about six three, so that's an accurate statement.

Mouse got out of the water. Uh oh.

(Slight smexy time. Full from here on In restricted chapter labeled 'bath time in the car syndicate')

"Whoa!" I stood, effectively ending that, and chuckled.

"Well, ladies, I think we need to get out, it's been a half hour according to the clock, so uhm..."

I made my way to the edge, but mouse picked me up, placing me in her lap again. "What's wrong?" She signed.

"I'm... Uhm... That's just not in my comfort zone, everything else was fun, but I've never let anyone...."

"Ah, you coulda said." Alice said. "Though a virgin at twenty is rare."

"Not a female posing as male and who mostly hated the females around her, and didn't like men as a whole, sexually."

"True enough." Mouse signed. "Well get you fixed up sooner or later" then she winked.

"Saucy wench." I said.

"Saucy? You wanna go?"

"Let's go old lady!" I laughed.

"Old!? I'm only 36!!!" She pushed me off her lap into the water.

"Really? I'd've guessed at least fif-" then she dunked me under water, pulling me up.

Alice was rolling around laughing at our antics. I'd made two very good friends I could trust, and I'd only been here a day. That's pretty good I'd say. They didn't look to bad either...

I like having female friends. Maybe because these two didn't judge. I looked up, and mouse was just watching me, and alive had stopped laughing. "Fuck I was thinking out loud wasn't I?"

"Yep." Alice said, popping the 'p'

"We're here if you need us, darling." Mouse signed, then picked me up. We dried off and dressed. We had twenty minutes before my race.

Jesus how long were we in here? I'd just flubbed thirty minutes to get out of here but it looked like much longer.

I sighed and headed towards my room, earning a smack on my ass for my reluctance from mouse. "Saucy wench."

"Spicy kid." Se signed before walking away, twitching her hips.

"Those'll fall off if you twitch any harder!" I called after her and snickered at the finger that was raised.