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Post by Clyde on Mar 23, 2011 23:58:35 GMT -5
Clyde figured that with the growing dangers in the city, especially now, he needed to get the other humans some training to prepare them for the road ahead. If not for their own protection, then to at least be able to protect the powerless. Knowing Miwa knew very little of her power, it would be best to train her in the use of reiatsu and her powers. He had sent a card to the dojo she worked at, an invitation to the manga shop with Clyde's name on it. While the invitation itself would seem meaningless to anyone else, Miwa would recognize the name and realize that she was being told where the humans meet to train.
The young man moved through the rows of manga and comics, arranging them as Ryu had told him to so long ago. It was a could technique in training his patience, though now he suspected it was just work so that his sensei could relax. That did not really matter anymore however, his absence had left quite a gap in power here and Clyde needed to pick up the slack, regardless of his presence or not. He absent mindedly hummed a made up tune to himself as he organized the area, waiting for Miwa to show up so that he could begin her training. He just hoped the card was clear enough on what was going on, he could not leave in person at the moment...the place would be unmanned if he did.
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Post by Miwa Kiyomizu on Mar 24, 2011 14:15:32 GMT -5
Miwa had found the slip of paper crammed in the glass doors at the dojo, the card still readable but a bit crumpled. She ran over the card details, noticing Manga Shop and Clyde written upon it. She glanced up, she had been wandering aimlessly through the shopping district for a while now, unaware where this so called manga shop was supposed to be. She assumed it was for training as Clyde had briefly mentioned something about a training area that day, as she flipped the card over again. She was expecting to see something that wasn't there before, but to no avail, as the card itself was rather vague.
Scratching her head, she looked around, before looking up at the store in front of her. In old worn kanji she could make out the symbols Manga Shop engraved above the doorway. She had been wandering around without a clue for an hour now, and then when she had least expected it, she had merely found the place by accident. She faintly remembered coming to this particular shop once before, as she pushed open the door as the jingling of a bell alerted everyone inside to her presence. Upon looking around, she instantly noticed noticed Clyde huddled over a row of magazines.
Making no effort to conceal her irritability at walking for a while just to find the place, her voice erupted from behind Clyde.
"I'm here. The card was extremely vague, but I eventually found my way here none the less. "
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Post by Clyde on Mar 24, 2011 14:39:15 GMT -5
Clyde did not turn around at the sound of the bell as customers had been coming in and out for awhile now and had continued to place some magazines away. It wasn't until an familiar, yet irritated voice, caught the boy's attention. He finished fixing up the shelf before turning around to greet her. "Haha~" he laughed somewhat nervously at her irritation taking a single step back, "Sorry, normally we're supposed to hand those out in person, but it was too busy in here to leave and I'm no good with directions." He apologized with a light bow. "In fact things are still kind of busy, I'll have to take care of these customers before we can begin." He sighed a bit as he returned behind the counter and rang up the remaining people in the store, not really giving Miwa an instruction for the time being. "Everyone else is out and doing something, so it's all on me if we lose customers." He commented offhandedly to her as he bagged a few manga for a group of kids. "Have a nice a day." He mentioned to the last group of customers as they left. He then locked the door and flipped the sign to closed immediately.
"Whew..." He looked over at Miwa and apologized again, saying, "Ahem...sorry about the wait. It's surprising how busy this place can get sometimes, haha." He motioned for her to follow him as he was heading towards the back of the store. "This place is owned by a man named Hasaki Ryo," he began to speak as they walked, "A shinigami that remained in the human realm. He toke it upon himself to train us spiritually aware humans, and uses the manga shop as a front so it's not so suspicious to outsiders. Normally you would be training with him...but, " He hesitated for a moment, "He has gotten involved in affairs that have kept him away from this place, so I've taken it upon myself to train other humans like myself until his return. This means I'll be the one training you today." stopped in front of a stair case leading downward, "Down there...is where we will be training." Without waiting another moment he made his way down the steps into the giant wasteland like area that he had become so accustomed to.
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Post by Miwa Kiyomizu on Mar 24, 2011 18:19:54 GMT -5
Miwa glanced around, noticing the apparent lack of employees as Clyde moved to the counter to serve a group of delinquents, around her age if she wasn't mistakened. She simply turned around, picking up the first manga she came across, flipping through the pages while Clyde rang up various requests. A romance.... She skimmed through the pages, analyzing the manga, the one she picked up was obviously a shoujo romance from the looks of it. Turning the comic to look at the cover, she noticed Othello emblazoned across the front. Curious she read through the pages immersed in the simple comic. A small voice was heard in her head as Miwa looked up rather absentmindedly to find Clyde looking at her.
"Hmm? "
Taking a few moments, Miwa realized where she was, setting the manga back onto the shelf, and proceeding to follow Clyde down the spiral staircase, her mind still transfixed on other things as she listened halfheartedly to what Clyde was saying, nodding here and there even despite the fact it wasn't reaching her in her own fantasy world.
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Post by Clyde on Mar 24, 2011 19:58:41 GMT -5
Clyde saw her reaction to his explanations and she did not seem all that interested, or simply did not care. He gave a quirky smile, not really sure if he should be annoyed or not about how she was acting. He decided it was best to just let her mind wander for now until the got to the bottom of the staircase. He continued to explain some of the intricacies of the training ground and similar things related to the training in general, but Miwa was paying so little attention it was likely she did not even really hear what he was telling her. The boy just chuckled lightly to himself and shrugged his shoulders as she absent mindedly followed him. Finally the two reached the bottom of the steps which opened out into a huge environment.
"Here we are." He spoke as if it was nothing special, but the two had pretty much entered an entire realm. The are they were in seemed endless, a giant wasteland with mountains, clouds, even its own sun! They two clearly weren't in some ordinary basement. A warm breeze ran passed the young man as he walked further on ahead into the training ground, his hair moving with it a bit. He finally stopped walking after a fair distance, and turned himself to meet with Miwa's absent gaze, seeing if this had caught her attention or not. He lifted up a pile of sand and threw it towards her, it glittered with his reiatsu before disintegrating before it could reach her. "Now then, how much about your power do you know? Or I should say, how experienced are you at using it." Was the first question he would ask, as he continued to manipulate the sand still clinging to his hand. "That will be the first task, gauging your power." He explained as his hand closed around the sand a small beam of energy came out of the fist, like a dagger made of pure reiatsu. "Any questions?"
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Post by Miwa Kiyomizu on Mar 24, 2011 21:47:04 GMT -5
Upon entering the strange realm, Miwa snapped out of her daydream, blinking a few times as she looked around the area with an odd sort of curiosity. This kind of room was massive on the inside but didn't take up much space as far as the outer world was concerned. It was this bizarre phenomenon that Miwa couldn't comprehend, as she gazed over the expanse of sky in astonishment, knowing full well that earth was above that seemingly endless void of airspace.
Upon hearing Clyde's voice, her head swung quickly around to meet his gaze, the breeze fluttering through her black hair as she replied to his inquiry, still somewhat distracted by the terrain around her.
"I can form an electrical current up to about 20 kilovolts as of the moment, any higher and then Furina has a tendency to blow up in my face, often with the current causing burns to my own body. I can also manipulate the current to attract conductors around me to form into various weapons.
As of the moment, I have six weapons I am familiar with that I have perfected, many of them having to due to Ninjitsu training I took before my power surfaced. Other than that, Furina's rather sketchy and is essentially a double edged sword if you catch my drift."
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Post by Clyde on Mar 24, 2011 22:08:34 GMT -5
A grin crawled across Clyde's face as she took interest in her surroundings but he did not comment on it. Instead he listened carefully to how she explained her power, at least her understanding of it. The young man nodded carefully as he listened to her. "Your reiatsu reacts violently when you use too much of your power, but that is because your body is not used to the excess spiritual power flowing in and out of you. Furina, as you put it, conducts its electricity through you, meaning your reiatsu is what holds this current together and prevents it from breaking down and harming you." He deduced after thinking about her power for a few moments, he had encountered many powers through his time here...his skill at analyzing this abilities had also grown considerably, he already knew what he had to do.
"Remember this, Reiatsu is the basis for all of our abilities. That means we're going to train your body to handle a greater amount of it, if we can increase the amount of reiatsu you hold, the better protected you will be from your own power." He recommend as he took a step forward, kicking a small cloud of dust. There was another warm breeze as he did this, a feeling of tension within it. "Like Ryo did for me, I need to prepare her as best as I can, show her the hidden depths of her power."
"That is what our lesson will be for today, a lesson of increasing your spiritual pressure so you're the one in control of Furina, instead of it deciding when it's had enough." His voice carried a sudden seriousness that the boy did not have in their last meeting, he was gonna take this with much more maturity. "To do that, I'll need to push you to your limits..." The small dagger grew in size and shape until it formed into more of a sword like object made of reiatsu. "Prepare yourself...and above all don't hold back against me." he warned as he was gathering his spiritual pressure around him, it's gray coloring creating an aura around his body.
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Post by Miwa Kiyomizu on Mar 25, 2011 22:19:17 GMT -5
Miwa's eyes lowered as she held her hand out in front of her. Invisible to the naked eye, iron particles had begun to stick to her hand, steadily growing in size as a katana started to make an appearance in her open palm, her fingers instantly wrapping around the hilt, as she lunged forward at Clyde with the blade in hand, sparks flying violently from her vibrant blue eyes. She knew she had to give it everything she had, but she knew little about her target's fighting style, so she would have to adjust herself first as she came in for a swift thrust of Huracan.
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Post by Clyde on Mar 25, 2011 22:45:11 GMT -5
The young man swung the sword of energy in his right hand vertically at Miwa's own blade, his strength and finesse to try to push her back from the strike almost immediately. After the initial strike he brought the weapon close to himself, pointing it forward in an offensive stance.
Without a second more warning he would be the one charging forward now stabbing his weapon forward towards the girl, he held back on much of his speed and strength however as he did not want to endanger her so quickly. He was however using quite a bit more power than Miwa was probably used to seeing from another human. His eyes should a tactfulness and experience that showed he was a fighter, a man of combat.
"It'll take more than a sword and a few sparks if you think you can fight so brazenly!" He warned her about her lack of strategy as he continued the barrage of attacks, trying to overwhelm her with them.
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Post by Miwa Kiyomizu on Mar 26, 2011 23:16:21 GMT -5
Miwa reacted just barely, as she parried Clyde's blade towards the side with her left hand, releasing a quick surge of her electrified reiatsu into his sword, shooting upward towards Clyde's wrists. She had to think of another offense quick, as her legs pushed up against the earth, launching her into the air as she gripped Huracan with both hands, bringing it downward upon Clyde with all the force she could muster, the electricity quickly building up within her own blade upon its descent.
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Post by Clyde on Mar 26, 2011 23:27:42 GMT -5
Clyde was caught by the electrical attack but it only caused him to stagger back defensively from the power behind it. His hand shook from the shock, causing his weapon to deform slightly, but he focused to keep hold of his weapon's form as he watched carefully as Miwa leapt into the air. She was quick on her feet, at least, the boy admitted. And certainly, she was treating this fight as real which is what Clyde wanted for this kind of training.
Miwa leapt into the air, gathering the electricity and momentum as she fell down to strike at the boy. His response was to lift his weapon forward towards her as she descended upon him, manipulating it's shape into a barrier of reiatsu around Clyde's body. The barrier would block the strike, the electricity bouncing around the barrier and zapping the ground at his feet.
Without waiting a moment longer he moved his hand forward causing the barrier to expand and begin to push Miwa upward. As the barrier continued to expand it would crack until eventually it shattered in a wave of energy with enough force to send her flying backward if it connected. As the pieces of the barrier fell they would return to Clyde's hand, reforming into the shape of a sword. He had done all of this, with only movement of his right arm. he gazed at Miwa and charged forward towards her again, lifting his blade to strike.
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Post by Miwa Kiyomizu on Mar 27, 2011 10:39:22 GMT -5
The sudden emergence of a reiatsu shield had caught Miwa by surprise, as she felt the sudden push of Clyde's barrier going against her. Going with the flow, she quickly planted her foot into the barrier, using it as a springboard to kick off in the opposite direction, her body going through a steady rotation as she flew through the air. She landed in a crouched position, both feet firmly planted into the earth, her left hand placed on the soil if front of her to steady herself, Huracan pulled behind her, ready for a second assault as it charged once more with an electrified sapphire hue. She watched as the barrier blew, keeping low to the ground as to not sustain any heavy damage from the waves of energy permeating the area.
Seizing the opportunity, Miwa kicked back off the earth, launching herself back towards Clyde as she swung her sword, releasing all the pent up electricity in a wave of her own. While it was mainly a distractionn with a half hearted attempt to hit, Miwa still used the wave as cover as her nimble body was aerial once more, crashing down upon Clyde once more, using the force of her blow, gravity, and the returning surge in her blade to her advantge.
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Post by Clyde on Mar 27, 2011 15:49:13 GMT -5
Clyde watched Miwa gather up the pent up energy in her sword, he recognized the ability. A blast of energy concentrated from her weapon; almost identical to an ability of Clyde's own. As it came towards him he swung his blade downward towards it launching a very similar wave of energy, causing the two to collide. Following this he himself leapt into the air to avoid it following the other human into the sky.
She had attempted to flank him with her attack but his opening for escape was too large, giving him a chance to follow. As she was just reaching the peak of her jump Clyde would be fast approaching swinging his blade at Huracan in an attempt to knock Miwa off her balance. The young boy would follow through with the attack by spinning himself horizontally and nimbly throwing a kick to his opponent's side, trying to send her back down to the earth below his feet. He then brought his sword above his head and gathered up energy within the blade before swinging it down and releasing a crescent shaped blast of reiatsu at her. "Crescent Slash!" He yelled as the attack was released from his "sword," and traveled towards her.
He needed to keep her moving and force her to continuously expend her reiatsu. Only under stressful situations like that would her body grow strong enough to handle more of her own power.
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Post by Miwa Kiyomizu on Mar 27, 2011 22:43:11 GMT -5
Miwa looked astonished as she came face to face with Clyde andm9n the sky no less. Out of her brief lapse in judgement, Huracan was sent flying out of her hand, the blade turning into nothing more than sparkling sand in the wind. Next was just as unexpected, as Clyde's foot connected to Miwa's side, her body sent clashing violently towards the earth. Placing her palms in front of her, she attempted to form another weapon.
1...2.....3.....4.....and Success!!!!!
A large iron shield formed in front of her, as it took the vast amount of damage as it crashed into the soil, a large dust cloud shooting up upon the impact. Miwa, recognizing another potential opening, pushing herself off the cracked shield as it turned back into soil. Miwa would then dim her reiatsu in an attempt to disguise herself among the smokescreen, a slight flare here and there could be heard along with the follow up sound of metal clanking together.
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Post by Clyde on Mar 27, 2011 22:54:40 GMT -5
Clyde himself landed on the ground, admittedly more nimbly than Miwa did as his feet lightly touched the ground despite the distance in the air he was. A large pile of dust had erupted from the sand due in no small part thanks to Clyde's own attack, but he was not worried in the least, it just gave him more opportunities to push Miwa as far as she could go. Without waiting for the smoke to clear he entered into it, fading into the debris. He moved carefully and quick, just to get the general direction of the other human but she was trying to mask her reiatsu.
"Resourceful!" He complimented her with enthusiasm in his voice, hoping she could keep this up. The boy did have one thing he could definitely rely on, and it was his hearing. The new weapon she used was loud and dragged across the sand. Clyde followed leaping across the sand in large jumps eventually getting closer and closer to the sound, once he got in what he thought was close enough he swung another blast of reiatsu in that general direction hoping to use it to force her out of hiding.
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Post by Miwa Kiyomizu on Mar 27, 2011 23:25:44 GMT -5
Miwa felt the breeze from the last wave of reiatsu whistle past her, the thought resonating in her mind that this was not luck to have nearly hit her. The man knew the general vicinity of where she was, it was only a matter of time before he pinpointed her location. She gripped the dual kamas she now had in her hand, letting one fly towards the direction in which the wave of energy had come from, the scythe flaring up as it spun through the air with precision, the slight rush of air could be heard as it rapidly neared its target, the boy Clyde.
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Post by Clyde on Mar 27, 2011 23:36:05 GMT -5
Clyde heard the wisp of wind coming his way, his eyes widening as he realized it was some kind of weapon heading his way. Quickly he jumped to the right out of the way of the sound, barely seeing the metal scythe fly passed him. Close...too close, in fact, it had been dead on. She was able to track his reiatsu much better than he thought, following the trail of his attack right back to him. But it also gave her position away and in that moment he charged forward directly in the direction her weapon had come from and with a flip forward he stabbed his weapon forward causing it to split into multiple "swords," each shooting in a different direction to try and pincer her with the attack. Blades of energy would continuously sprout from different sections trying to completely circle her on the ground. It was all in an attempt to get her into the air and into his view.
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Post by Miwa Kiyomizu on Mar 27, 2011 23:57:17 GMT -5
This is where Miwa's training in the martial art of Ninjutsu would pay off. There was a reason she used the weapons she did, and this was it. If she could visualize where her foe was, then surely she could strike at his weakest. A full frontal would prove useless as Clyde was obviously more skilled than herself, in which case she would turn things into something she had the upper hand. Assassinations and stealth were things she excelled at.
She knew she had not hit Clyde, for she felt the kama scythe hit rock, so her assassination attempt was unsuccessful, which led to another problem. He knew where she was now. That meant she had to prepare for a countermeasure. Clyde had more experience in combat, even for an amnesiac he was well honed, such a slip up would cost her.
And there it was..... The unmistakable sound of retaliation. Dodging and avoiding the spikes of Clyde's blade, she tried to hold on as long as possible, for jumping back into the air would mean she was once again exposed for all to see. Eventually, seeing how she had no other choice, as she narrowly avoided another sprouting dagger, using it instead to go aerial. She wouldn't play nice though as she pulled on the chain connected to the kama in her left hand, the whirling blade heard again as it came back towards Miwa, content on cleaving Clyde, who was in between them in the process.
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Post by Clyde on Mar 28, 2011 0:09:55 GMT -5
Clyde knew he had her as his retaliation had cornered her. It didn't take long until she had no choice but to jump in the air and out of the debris that had hid her so well from the boy. He watched her appear in his line of vision and pulled his weapons back, recombining them into into the blade of energy again. He swung to his backside and charged his reiatsu within it, preparing for another blast of energy to be sent Miwa's way. But something had caught his attention, the wisp of wind was being heard...but from behind him this time.
The boy turned just in time to see it coming towards him and he had no choice but to turn his attack on the weapon instead, or else it would head right for him. So with a vertical slash of his weapon he sent another wave of energy at it causing the two to clash. The boy's reiatsu would inevitably win however, just due to the mass amount he had compared to the strength of her weapon. The only problem was, Miwa was still in the air and unharmed.
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Post by Miwa Kiyomizu on Mar 28, 2011 0:21:33 GMT -5
The scythe that had came back at Clyde simply dissipated into thin air, successfully proving a distraction as Miwa had gathered enough time to form a new weapon, this time it seemed to be an oversized shuriken. Far combat had seemed her best choice as she herself seemed a bit more adept at far range than Clyde was. So she'll keep her distance, and play the role of assassin.
Her slim body falling gradually to the earth, she threw the shuriken at Clyde with all the force she could muster, the blades whizzing around at a high speed as the projectile seemed to home in onto Clyde. The blades of the shuriken seemed to pick up more electricity as they gradually picked up speed.
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