Re: Hidden Copse (Private)

by Paksennarion Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:50 pm

"Okay."

Paks steadied her stance and then kicked out at Amimono-san, aiming for his stomach.

by Anei Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:52 pm

Anei did as he had instructed before, with his fingers pointed down on his left hand he rotated his hips and pushed his hand out to his left side, his palm hitting her leg as it came up, pushing it to his left side. Her foot slid up past his body and to the side, moving her a little off balance and effectively leaving her open to a strike from his right hand.

by Paksennarion Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:55 pm

Paks wobbled, but brought her leg back down. She had to resituate herself inorder to get back into the stance though.

by Anei Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:01 pm

Anei smiled at her.
"See? Now if the kick comes from the side, to your right, you'll use your right arm to deflect it. Lean to the left and raise your right elbow to push it upwards, it should just pass right over you. Same thing from the left, just bring your left arm up to push it upwards, leaning down and to your right, should go right over you."

by Paksennarion Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:17 pm

Paks nodded, a look of comprehension flitted across her eyes.

"Okay, I think that I understand."

by Anei Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:20 pm

"Care to practice?"

Anei got ready and kicked at her, though not all that fast, pivoting on his toes as he did to keep his balance, going for her right side.

by Paksennarion Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:30 pm

Paks watched him kick, waiting until it was close before she tilted her upper body to the left, bringing up her right arm, keeping it angled so that her elbow hit him and pushed the attack upwards.

by Anei Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:33 pm

His kick flew harmlessly over her, he spun on his feet and completed a full circle to ease the momentum to a slowdown.

"It takes three times as much energy to swing and miss than it does to swing and hit. Using this fighting style's tactics you use very little energy, because you are not trying to stop their force, but use it against them. This takes very little energy from you. Rather than block, which still gives them impact, you deflect, causing them to miss, wasting more of there energy."

by Paksennarion Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:35 pm

Paks nodded slowly. It was starting to make more and more sense. She wondered why Amimono-san was the only other one to utilize something like this when it was obviously advantageous.

by Anei Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:38 pm

Anei smiled at her seeing it all sort of click in her mind. He walked over and grabbed his coat, putting it back on himself with a little flourish, then carefully putting back on his gloves and bracelets.

"Most people don't utilize this type of fighting because so much emphasis is placed on being strong, they assume strength only means pure force. So they train the strength behind their attacks, seeking only to do damage. However they suffer the consequence, as they rarely land any of those strong blows, and end up taking more themselves."

by Paksennarion Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:42 pm

Paks nodded. She would need to practice a lot, but maybe she could incorporate this into her fighting style? It would take a lot of work, but Paks never shied from training before.

"Thank you Amimono-san." She bowed slightly to emphasize her greatfullness.

by Anei Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:44 pm

Anei smiled patting her again.
"No problem kiddo."
He finished putting on everything he had taken off, then knelt in front of her, smiling at her warmly.
"We'll continue some other time, alright? But for right now...I have a favor to ask of you, my little friend."

by Paksennarion Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:47 pm

Paks tensed again when he pat her head, but she quickly regained control of her reflexes.

A favor? Paks wondered what she could do to help Amimono-san, he seemed like the kind of person who didn't need help. Because he was so strong.

"What do you need?"

by Anei Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:48 pm

Anei tilted his head at her, unable to help but chuckle as she tensed up at his touch.
"I want to go see the Kazekage. I want you to come with me, ok? I don't want to start a fight of any kind, perhaps if he sees you with me, he'll relax a bit, hmm?"

by Paksennarion Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:51 pm

Paks looked up at him with wide eyes. She scolded herself and masked her features again before replying.

"Okay... But what if... What if he doesn't like you? Then we won't be able to talk to each other again."

by Anei Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:53 pm

Anei smiled happily at her, placing a gloved hand on her shoulder, dismissing her shock, though glad she wasn't always in total control with him.
"Well, you like me don't you? That has to count for something. And don't worry, I won't let him keep us apart, we're friends aren't we? It'll be fine."

by Paksennarion Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:56 pm

Paks nodded. If Amimono-san said so, that it would be fine. Besides, the Kazekage was levelheaded, he wouldn't just attack Amimono-san outright. And earlier no one had recognized him when they walked through town.

"Okay then. I'll show you where I usually meet with him."

by Anei Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:08 pm

Anei smiled and stood up, removing his hand from her shoulder.
"Thank you very much. Lead the way then."

by Paksennarion Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:12 pm

Paks nodded, and led him back into town.

by Paksennarion Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:14 pm

~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Several days later ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~

Paks had left her house early in the morning, before the sun had even began to rise. It was too dark to see clearly, a fact which she relished, but she managed to re-wrap her hand in gauze before leaving. She had wandered around listlessly for an hour or so. Paks had always enjoyed the state the world was in this early in the morning. Time seemed suspended at this time of day, when the sky was dark gray and everything seemed muted somehow.

After a seemingly endless amount of time she found herself standing in the copse from a few days ago. Where she had trained with Amimono-san. Slowly she looked around, taking in her surroundings almost mechanically. It was as deserted as ever, with only the faint outlines of their footsteps from earlier. Paks meandered over to one of the trees that she had thrown senbon at and jumped up into the branches. If she sat still enough, maybe no one would think of looking for her here.

by Anei Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:19 pm

Anei smiled, already sitting up in the tree, twirling a senbon around between his fingers seeing her land on one of the branches. He knew she'd have to come around sooner or later, and while he was waiting for a few more things to pan out, he had returned to see what affect the meeting might have had on her, if any.
"Hello there Paks-chan."

by Paksennarion Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:21 pm

Paks tilted her head upwards, spotting Amimono-san.

"Oh. I did not know that you were there."

She shifted on the branch so that she was in a better position to look up at him without straining her neck.

by Anei Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:25 pm

He smiled warmly at her, nodding slowly, almost glad to see her again without any sort of distraction.
"Nobody does, of course. I am a ninja after all."

by Paksennarion Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:28 pm

Paks nodded. If the other ninja's reactions at the Kage's Office had been anything to go by, Amimono-san was definitely one of the better shinobi around, of course he could hid from her.

by Anei Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:31 pm

Anei smiled at her, lithely leaping down to the branch she was on, sitting closer to her. He put the senbon back in its pouch and ruffled her hair again, that, as surely as anything, was always a good indicator towards how she felt around him at the moment.
"So you were rather quiet at the meeting."

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