stress release in blood and sweat

She slipped into the Fae plane quickly, her spirit seeming to leave her body, which fell lifeless against the soft sands of the dragon lands, her head landing softly, cradled against her arm in a way that looked clearly like she was sleeping. The demon of chance laid waiting, chakra senses scanning the area every few moments to ensure safety as the girl trained within the strange lands that were so unlike the world they lived in. Kira slid upward quickly, floating towards the open light in the blackened sky until she met the portal to the Fae realms, quickly flying through the stone coridor to enter the forrest, setting down to sit softly against the circular stone, contemplating for no reason at all the beauty that is alliteration. She was met once more by the fae girl, who she cut off after aproximately ten seconds. "Kira we still need to speak abou..."

"Stop. No talking. I need to get my Taijutsu up. If you wont help find me someone or something that will......" her words were short and she still had traces of blood on her clothing. The murder had not effected her at all, asside from the annoying requirement of cleaning her weapons and the task she'd put off till later of getting the blood from her clothing and armor. She detested the act for the most part, though it was neccisary at time to cull the heard she supposed. It wasnt that she had an issue with the killing as much as it required additional work she would rather not put in. She waited a few moments before allowing her legs to slide down the cold stine, foot flat against the surface until they touched down on the ground, her body slipping from the edge to follow. She took two slow steps, seeming to glide on toe tip across the soft underbrush. she was met with the snapping of twigs, crunching of leaves and a silence that felt like it went on forever. Finally the princes of the black arts parted her lips, considering her words carefully.

"Fine. Let me see what I can do. You know hand to hand or um.... taijutsu? I believe thats what you call it.... Has never been my strong suit. " She was clearly upset, having been silenced once more in what was an incredibly important convorsation. The girl was quickly spiralling into an unfortunate place and unchecked this would only get significantly worse however....Damn her persistence. She drew from one of the dagger shieths a long Kris dagger, looking down upon it to ensure she'd used the proper call to summon this particular dagger. Satisfied with the tool she drew it to her lips and a soft melotic sound began to flow through the dense woods. THe song was high pitched and sweet, sending a shiver down the girl's back as she listened, unsure what exactly was going un until she noticed a slight rustling in the distance. A tall man appeared from behind one of the tall trees in the distance, his form strange to the girl's eyes. His skin was scaled, an odd red with black tinting towards the tip of each. Yellow eyes turned upwards to gaze upon the two as he shifted his gaze back and forth. His clothes were clearly regal in appearance. He wore a pair of pressed black slacks with a small hole open in the back where a long tail scaled similarly to the rest of his body came out from, it's tip triangular and clearly pointed on the end. He wore a button down shirt, white in color that was open to the second button, exposing a bit of his well muscled chest, the scales spreading slightly at the curve of his pecks. over that was a beautiful blazer in a light cream color with a white scarf in the breast pocket.

"I was summoned m'lady?" He bowed low to Daruku, then repeating the gesture for Kira before begining agian. "I can only assume you have use of my partifular.... tallents?" His hands slid slowly up his chest, unbuttoning the large buttons on his blazer, sliding it slowly off his shoulders, and then setting it on a low hanging branch.

"Yes...um.... Despite my constant advising against it it seems she needs training in hand to hand..... I could think of none more skilled then you at this particular art so if you could assist in her training that would be quite fabulous. " Natrually she was cut off early, just after "hand to" to be exact. She noticed this seemed to be a reoccuring theme, which bothered her more then she would actually let off. She must keep up appearances after all. He moved through the clearing to stand around two meters in front of Kira, nodding to her once more before he began to speak again.

"Alright...Well if you'd like we can start by figuring out exactly what you already know so... en guard!" he set up in a relaxed stance, right hand outward, palm upward to the sky in the same way amber had when teaching her hyper dance style. The movement clicked in her mind as she prepared mentally for a hard fight. He set up in her stance, the tip of her lead foot touching down agianst the ground to trace a circle across the ground, finally finding it's home against her grounded foot, heel and to set against one another in what could best be described as a balerina's plie. Her arm extended, mirroring the stange man's, palm towars the sky paralell to the ground. He gave her another nod, signalling that he was ready for her to start and she was off. Her eyes began to glow a bright almost aqua blue color as she closed the distance, preparing for her first strike. She struck quickly, her arms moving at a speed of ninety one, starting off with a string of five open palmed strikes, the first across his chest dead center, followed by two more, one towards each shoulder, and finishing with a pushing two handed strike to his solar plexus, each with a power of seventy one.

(TWC 1035)

His responses were quick and fluid, his body flowing slightly to the left as he responded to each strike in a manner that ensured her he was in deed well beyond her skill level. His left hand flexed upward, fingwrtipspointed in knifes and and then easilly he blocked the first strike. His wrist caught hers just as her hands assess his own,and with a qui k jerk to the sides her momentum was broken and her striken hitch once came in so defiantly to shatter the bone and crush the flesh was simply cast Asside, weakened in momentum and completely harmless. His body turned to the left, his free hand opening into the same rigid knife hand block, his knuckles whitening as his muscles flexed, preparing for his next maneuver. The strike would hid open air thanks to his body movement, a single simple turn to the side ensuring he was well out of harms way, though it wouldn't be needed, and as it passed him his knife handed block turned over.first, UR flicked doenward, his fingers opening up To look allmost as if he were reaching out to grasp a sword hilt. What he took hold of instead was the young girls arm just below her hand, closing his fingers around her flesh tightly. The next strike was dodged easilly with another fluid turn of his body and then it was time for the unfortunate side effect of having missed your strike. He dropped low in his stance, turning his hip heavilly to completely change the direction of his stance. Her own momentum was harnessed just as she tried to pull back for her third strike and as he seemed to bend forward she felt the effects of his counter strike. With her arm firmly held within his own powerful grip she felt her feet lift off of the ground, her body following his movement with the full weight of her own momentum pushing her forward more. She went airborn, seeming to almost roll over his back before finally being freed from his grip. She flew for lest then three seconds before she found her footing.... Sort of.

She met solid ground after a short introduction to one of the large oak trees. In a split second she got to know it quite intimately, her back crashing into it with incredible force, splitting bark and sending splinters flying in a circular explosion around her body before she slumped down to the forrest floor in a painful pile that twitched for a few brief moments.

"Fu... Nnng. This guy is.... He's good I suppose. " her eyes turned upward to check her surroundings, met only with the man who had closed the distance in a short stroll, hands now behind his backs, one over top the other. He looked down on her with a pleasant smile that felt more taunting the. Anything she's ever felt or seen and deep within her body a rage began to stir. Her hands slammed down against the earth as she pushed herself quickly back to her feet. There was a big of blood she could feel beneath the savar suit, most likely from the impact forcing the protective plates into her skin. It hurt, a lot but she wasn't the kind to let pain stop here. She proved her resilience in the face of the demon priest Youka at the fall of yuki village, forcing desth stiffened muscles into action to try and prove her worth, though as usual the man, or the demon, whichever he preferred, took little notice of her. She would soon fix that problem.

Once she was up on herb wet she retook her stance, this time bent slightly forward with her hands swinging loosely in front of her. She went in for another set of strikes, her eyes shootings dagfers at him and so her bidy moved to attack.  She dropped low in her stance, leaning forward to lush off, propelling herself quickly forward. She pulled back her right arm, chamberinf it for a moment before striking with  the fully rights do her strength, aimed directly between his eyes. She would wipe that smug smile from his face one way or the other she thought to herself. He shifted his head to the right, a move she expected for the most part. She continued the onslaught, shifting her body to bring her other fist in quickly. This was aimed to burry itself Ino is guy with the almost rediculous notion that she would punch clear through him. She didn't of course. She didn't even actuslly hit him. The final portion of her attacks were she to be sble to continued came when she brought herb knee up and around his body, striking from the side and towards the back of his body a th em ugh power to destroy his kidneys easilly though their protective layer of flesh and blood. She did not get the oportunity of course.

The second attack was stopped with a sweep of his arm, pushing from her wrist outward from his body to curve the attack. This caused her body to turn uncontrollably in mid air, putting her back in the perfect position for his counters attack.

   With lights reassured ev trucks dow, the attack open palmed but just enough to disrupt her forward momentum. She watched in slow motion as the earth came up to greet her, her body crashing against the ground solid. With another long drawn out groan of pain she forced herself back upward. "I...I wont give up...." SHe spoke, already feeling her mind start to release. She was beaten pretty badly and she knew it. She truggled to keep herself up but finally fell, hitting the ground with a soft thud. The world around her went dark as she slipped into sleep.

(Twc 2002 claiming 10 stats and wc towards taijutsu spec!)