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Post by Clyde on Oct 30, 2009 16:47:22 GMT -5
The sky was cold against Clyde's back. The temperature had definitely dropped in the last couple of days, ever since that day at the abandoned hospital, where he had met Tousa. This would be the boys first winter coming up...just as this was the first fall that he was experience. Whether he enjoyed such whether in his previous he would not know, everything was a new experience for him. each day he heard of something new, or learn more about the world he lived in. It was quite an interesting experience, but a dangerous one
"Huaaah!" The boy grunted as he would stab his spear upward at an imaginary target. Yes...this world was a dangerous one, Hollows roamed the streets, invincible to regular humans. And these soul sucking demons were drawn to people like Clyde. That was why he had to train, so that he could preform his duty and vanquish this threat to society. He felt it was his obligation, even if he did not fully understand the situation.
"Hyaah!" He would bring the spear down, sending a shock wave of Rieatsu upward. He sent the many rocks and loose branches away from him. The spear was powerful in form, but being that it was made out of his reiatsu and constantly changing shape made it very hard to contain. It was late at night near the park, and Clyde intended to use his free time there to train his body. He needed to make sure he was prepared for anything. But the boy felt it, knew that he could only accomplish so much training alone. He remembered getting much more out of his fights with Thaddeuas and the hollows then just this. Perhaps he should have asked Ketheryl to train with him, but it was too late now. Clyde would continue his exercises until he was ready to return to the shop. Until then...he would enjoy that cold wind that ran itself over his back.
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Post by ketheryll on Nov 4, 2009 0:19:50 GMT -5
Ketheryll had been tailing clyde for a short while wondering where he was going and what he was going to do since he had left without a word. Normally Ketheryll wouldn't have followed him unless Clyde wnated him to but he needed to get away from RAi as he was beginning to drive him nuts after such a short time 'grumble grumble annoying rapper, grumble grumble, nuissance that he is... grumble grumble' he watched him clyde for a short while watching him train, his form seemed decent and his strength seemed nominal he cocked his head to the side wondering what the pressure was still unsure of what it truly was.
After watching Clyde training for a while he walked over to him and a half smile and let his presence be known, " So what are you doing out here so late at night? " he stretched a little bit popping his bones and loosening up a bit considering training himself he could use the work out if not to burn off a little bit of the calories but to improve his form, speed, and strength as well as his capabilities as an assassin and slayer of hollows. After loosening up he looked at Clyde and smiled " Would you like to spar and get a good work out? "
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Post by Clyde on Nov 4, 2009 14:23:06 GMT -5
The spear would stop mid swing as Clyde heard a familiar voice. He would roll his arm to lay the spear of reiatsu over his right shoulder and turn to face Ketheryll; he seemed happy to see his friend. "Keth, hey!" He gave a friendly wave, before explaining, "Well, to be honest, I'm out here for training. ...Besides fighting hollow it's all I really can do between Ryo-sensai's lessons. Unfortunately, there isn't much I can accomplish by myself."
Clyde nodded almost immediately at Ketheryll's offer, almost ecstatic. "That would be perfect, actually! I was gonna ask you earlier if you wanted to join me for some training, but thought you probably wouldn't want to, you seemed to be having to much fun with Rai." He snickered, knowing full well it was the opposite. He then spun his spear between his arms before catching it back in his right hand. "The more we fight, the more our powers grow. By sparring, you and I can get even stronger."
He moved his left hand and placed it just underneath his right and looked over at his friend. "Ryo hasn't started his training with you yet...I think he's rounding up a few others first. I'll break you in though, Keth. By the time he starts the next lesson, you and I will be prepared." He promised, readying himself to begin. "I'm ready when you are."
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Post by ketheryll on Nov 4, 2009 19:24:46 GMT -5
Ketheryll nodded approvingly at Clyde's words until he used the sarcasm of rai's company and snickering about it, Ketheryll clenched his fist and shook it at him letting it slide, " I swear if I have to spend too much time around him......... " he made a throwing motion as if he was just going to take him out somewhere over water and toss him in!
Ketheryll just smiled and released his own spirit weapon, his clothes changing to their respective colors and his form darkening a bit as it shimmered like smoke, he put himself in the ready position bringing up his hands in a offensive stance his legs spread apart lightly. " Aye, im pretty ready " the mask that covered the lower half of his face seemed to have disappeared as well revealing a somewhat handsome face, but it was hard to tell many of the features or details.
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Post by Clyde on Nov 4, 2009 19:47:19 GMT -5
Clyde focused his eyes as Ketheryll released his spiritual weapon, he seemed quite surprised by the transformation. "Huh, so that's what your powers have manifested into. I wasn't expecting that kind of transformation." The boy grinned as he spread his legs out and brought his spear behind him, gathering energy in his right arm. Ketheryll would see the gray reiatsu flowing out from under the boys sleeve and entering into the energy spear, causing it to become slightly larger and less solid.
"Well then...let's put it to the test!" He yelled excitedly as he swung his weapon downward, dragging it across the field. As he pulled it upward from the swing an arc of reiatsu would shoot out from the spear head and hurdle itself towards ketheryll. "Crescent Slash!" He yelled as the attack flew from his weapon. Clyde knew his training from Ryo gave empowered him quite a bit, so he made sure to hold back on the attack, not truly wanting to injure Ketheryll by accident.
These were the times Clyde was the happiest. When it came down to the simple manner of just fighting your opponent. Here, he did not have to worry about emotions he did not understand or memories he did not have, he just focused on the moment. It was just unfortunate how few people there were for him to have moments like this.
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Post by ketheryll on Nov 4, 2009 22:44:04 GMT -5
Ketheryll smiled as he watched Clyde preparing to strike, as he watched clydes movements he noticed something odd then he said something as a blast wave seemed to be coming right at him. Ketheryll judged its speed and ran forward to meet it diving out of the way at the last second rolling to his feet as he picked up some rocks and continued to move forward a grin on his face, this would be alot of fun and a real great training session he could tell, preparing to let loose.
As he moved a shadow form seemed to trail him making him seem like he was still behind, and yet the shadow kept on moving, his reiatsu flowed into the rocks making them somewhat deadly projectiles if throw at the right parts on someones body, but he just threw them at Clydes leg arm and stomach to attempt to throw him off balance still coming onward, as the rocks flew they were balls of a purplish black from his shadowy form augmenting them.
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Post by Clyde on Nov 4, 2009 23:40:12 GMT -5
"Rocks?" Clyde thought skeptically as the objects targeted him. Clyde wound his spear and swung quickly in a angle that would hit all three rocks. The boy was surprised however when the amount of force he put into the swing had some difficulty deflecting the thrown weapons, however, he did eventually knock them away. "Huh, maybe he's using a similar power to mine..." The boy would think as he glanced at his own spear, recalling that it's true form is that of a simple pole until he placed his reiatsu into it.
Clyde would then go to meet Ketheryll's charge, putting most of his speed into it; he was however trying to hold back quite a bit, so that the two could fight evenly. He would stab forward with the spear sending another wave of energy out, however his aiming would be a bit off. Unknown to him, but the shadowy trail was messing up his aiming. If Ketheryll was fast enough, rolling out of the way would not prove much a of a problem thanks to this miscalculation. "Ha! So then, just what exactly IS this power of yours, Keth?" He would ask in the heat of the battle, as he would follow through with several swings with his spear. He would not stab forward with it, hoping to avoid puncturing his ally, instead he would hit him with the blunt sides of it.
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Post by ketheryll on Nov 5, 2009 0:06:49 GMT -5
Ketheryll smiled watching Clyde deflecting the rocks, he never really could count on them doing most of the work, but then again where would the fun and challenge be if that were so? he gave a playful laugh in the midst of sparring enjoying the adrenaline and the feel of needing to focus and react. Ketheryll considered Clydes charge for a moment not daring to lose moment and the small advantage he had, unfortunately he had to dive out of the way of the blast though to avoid being knocked off balance or on his back completely.
He considered Clydes question for a moment as he rolled to his feet and charged again trying hard to deflect clyde's strikes with the power focused into his plate like gloves, he felt quite a bit of force and stress as he attempted to do so trying to force his way into Clyde's guard or at least be able to throw him off guard with one quick strike so that he would be able to hold the claws of his gauntlet at a vital position to force clyde to submit. " To be honest I couldn't tell you its extent " he smiled a little sheepisly still trying to force the blows aside to throw him off balance " All I know is the shadows are my strength, they engulf me and allow me to power things that i touch with my own power for a short time. but thats all I really know "
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Post by Clyde on Nov 5, 2009 1:01:51 GMT -5
"You...fight in the shadows then?" He grunted as his strikes would connect with Ketheryll's fists, the two combatants sending volleys of attacks but not truly making any progress. "My power is similar but to a much higher degree, Hou-renkinjutsu, as Ryo-Sensai deemed it." He declared it's name as another strike would cause a few sparks of reiatsu to fly in every direction.
"Anything within my right arm can be manipulated into another object with my reiatsu. This formless spear was originally a simple pole. By putting my own power into it, the weapon becomes an extension of my own arm, making maneuvering with these weapons almost second nature." He said put more effort into his strike this time, most likely knocking his opponents fist to the side. As this would happen he'd swing his leg in for a kick at his opponents ribs.
"Truth is...I'm not very sure how my power works or why my reiatsu can change the properties of this pole....but I suppose this just goes to show how much you and I need to learn!" He admitted, following through with his kick.
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Post by ketheryll on Nov 5, 2009 1:27:33 GMT -5
Ketheryll stumbled slightly as his hand was knocked out of the way, he recovered quickly as Clyde's kick went flying straight for his ribs. As a Reflex Ketheryll's Other hand shot up to take the brunt of the kick on the plate gloves causing ketheryll to cringe at the pain causing his arm to numb slightly, his recovering hand shot out and caught clyde just above the knee as he made an attempt to lift and try to throw clyde. " Yes I fight from the shadows. It is the element from which I am most comfortable and was trained to fight with, this may be speculation but i think that is why I change like I do " He grunted with effort as his muscles rippled slightly gaining a little lift it seemed, he planned to throw Clyde so he landed on his face which may disarm him, or at least he hoped.
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Post by hanzomusashi on Nov 5, 2009 1:33:40 GMT -5
Hanzo bobbed his head listening to music from his headphones. He was heading to the viz co to report back in to them. He sensed some fluctuation of something spirit pressure and headed to it. He saw two people fighting and tilted his head. "Hmm i wonder why they are fighting... I'll just stay here and watch." he said as he sat on the edge of the roof he was spying on them on.
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Post by Clyde on Nov 6, 2009 2:14:36 GMT -5
Clyde gasped a bit as Ketheryll managed to turn the attack around on him, and attempted to throw him. Just as Clyde thought he would break free of the grapple however, Ketheryll seemed to increase his strength, and to Clyde's surprise sent him flying over his opponent. The boy was careful though, and twisted himself around so that he would land on his back instead of his head, rolling across the field onto he slid to a stop on his feet, facing away from Ketheryll.
The throw still managed to disarm his weapon however, which flew from his hand and landed beside a nearby tree. As it struck the tree the spear of energy would transform back into an ordinary pole, and the reiatsu would rush back into Clyde's hand, seemingly of its own will, "Not bad, buddy." He complimented, before turning back around, both hands up in a defensive stance. "I'll be ready for this time!" He sudo-taunted, as he would jump towards his friend, sending a downward punch as he would meet him, and would follow up with several other punches towards him. "Give me your best shot, Keth!" He requested in the heat of the battle.
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Post by ketheryll on Nov 6, 2009 2:36:11 GMT -5
Ketheryll took a calming breath quickly as Clyde went flying, it would not do to get all hot headed and make mistakes and misjudge a strike or move. he watched clyde flip in mid air to land on his back while his spear flew and hit a tree turning back to a pole, things would get more interesting now that they were both moving towards hand to hand combat. Ketheryll watched Clyde get up and prepare himself in a defensive stance and smiled gently at the slight praise " You're not doing too badly yourself " he moved forward gauging Clyde's movements as he went hoping to predict his attacks and counter them but knowing it would only get tricky.
As Ketheryll got close clyde jumped towards him aiming a punch at him and throwing in several more " Holy Sh---- " he ended up going on the defensive rather quickly much to his dislike giving ground trying to block the hits as best he could occasionally taking a hit or two while trying to make Clyde punch his plate gauntlets as he defended. He made a counter move during one of Clydes punches sliding his arm within his ranger and using his arm to dash it aside, while he threw a feinting punch towards his shoulder joint, and attempting to slide his legs out from under him in the process.
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Post by Clyde on Nov 6, 2009 14:07:04 GMT -5
Clyde continued his assault on his opponent, scoring a few hits while pushing Ketheryll back on the defensive. The boy moved in with a right hook, but his punch by Ketheryll's arm and his opponent throw a punch of his own, hitting Clyde in the chest and sending him backward. Clyde felt the pressure on his feet, however, and before he was tripped by his opponent he would spin himself around his opponents feet and move safely backwards from the attempt.
The boy shook his right hand a bit in pain, the gauntlets were not the most pleasant thing to punch. After his brief recoil he would move in to another volley of punches and blocks against Ketheryll. This time though on one of his opponents counter attacks, he would try and grab his opponents arm and and spin him over, which would flip him on to his back. However, if Ketheryll was nimble enough, he could land on his feet from the flip which would leave Clyde wide open to a counter attack.
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Post by ketheryll on Nov 7, 2009 2:00:55 GMT -5
Ketheryll smiled mirthlessly at Clyde as he attempted to catch his breath after Clyde dodged backwards from the leg swipe, unfortunately it was a very short respite as he was once again put on the defensive by another continuous hail of blows. he stumbled from the relentless assault but methodically blocked and tried to reach in with some counter blows being highly unsuccessful in getting past clyde's guard.
Ketheryll took a few hits to his shoulder and his chest but continued to fight on trying to keep his balance and his strength from failing. Ketheryll made a kick for Clyde's stomach to knock him back or at least knock the wind out of him, as well as aiming a punch directly for his right shoulder attempting to knock out his right arm by making it temporarily numb and unresponsive.
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Post by Clyde on Nov 7, 2009 2:14:14 GMT -5
Clyde brought both his arms together to block the incoming kick from Ketheryll, which pushed him backward a good foot from the impact. As he lowed his arms another quick punch would land on his right shoulder, sending a wave of reiatsu through it. For a moment, Clyde felt the arm go slightly numb, falling more to the side and becoming unresponsive for the most part. A very good counter, Clyde had to admit, though his grin never left his face.
The boy moved his left hand in front of him in a different style of defensive position, trying to buy some time for his arm to heal up. Thankfully, feeling was already returning. For some reason, the blow seemed to have a very temporary effect on his right arm. Clyde did not really understand it, but he assumed it related to his power, which was very concentrated in his arm.
It would be much more difficult for Clyde to block incoming attacks, but he stood his ground, showing good concentration for what he lacked in form.
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Post by ketheryll on Nov 7, 2009 2:28:06 GMT -5
Ketheryll smiled " The fightings getting good now! " he moved in slowly watching clyde carefully for even though someone was wounded or seemingly helpless is when they were the most dangerous and could easily lure an opponent in for a fatal strike. As he moved in cautiously he took a quick sprint and aimed a feinting punch for clydes stomach and preparing to try to throw him if he got the chance. This had to be the best work out he had, had in a long time and had forgotten how much fun he had during sparring matches.
Ketheryll was becoming winded by now as they had been at it for a while but he methodically continued fighting on like he was taught to as a child, only when he had reached his limit and was badly wounded would he ever be willing to give in and admit defeat, which one or the other might be coming soon. Thankful for this match from clyde he continued trying not to let his friend down as he seemed to be having as much fun as Ketheryll was.
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Post by hanzomusashi on Nov 7, 2009 2:29:08 GMT -5
Hanzo leaned in as the fight intensified and he fell of the building he was on and landed right next the opponents and stood up instantly and dusted him self off he then turned to the opponents and said very plainly"Don't mind me I just experienced a bad case of gravity. So please continue your spar it is getting interesting." he said as he stepped back and continued watching them.
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Post by Clyde on Nov 7, 2009 2:37:48 GMT -5
Clyde was waiting for Ketheryll to send a punch towards him. Once his opponent would get in range, Clyde would grab the fist with his left hand and sweep his legs under Ketheryll to try and get him to the ground. However, as he prepared his counter he was distracted by a sudden appearance from a man...who had apparently fallen into the middle of their spar.
"Who the hell...?" He thought just as Ketheryll's fist made contact with Clyde's stomach, and before he even realized what happened his opponent lifted him up and throw him across the field onto his back. "Ooof~!"Clyde grunted, taking the full blow of the attack due to the distraction. The boy rolled back on to his knees and quickly stood up, noticing the feeling of his right arm had already fully returned now.
"Haha, couldn't you have waited just a few more seconds to fall victim gravity...?" Clyde complained with a half chuckle as he looked over at this random man. "How long have you been watching us anyway?" Clyde would ask aloud before returning his attention to Ketheryll as he would run towards him with his right fist pulled back, as he got in range however he would pop him in the ribs with his left fist instead, trying to catch his friend off guard. "I don't know who this guy is, but it certainly isn't normally to be watching us like this...But as long as he stays out of our sparring match, I guess I don't mind."
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Post by ketheryll on Nov 7, 2009 3:02:59 GMT -5
Ketheryll watched as his punch connected with clyde's stomach and cringed slightly not meaning to catch him off guard like that, he understood why he managed to though due to the random person falling from the sky, he looked over at the guy and rubbed the back of his head " err.....ok..? " Ketheryll wasn't sure what to think or do but when he went to return his attention to Clyde he noticed him rushing Ketheryll making his eyes go wide " Oh..... SH---- " He took the punch to the ribs and flew back a bit stumbling as he went he coughed hard from the shot as he fought to focus, now all bets were off, it was only fair of course, but that was a painful shot!
Ketheryll regained his balance and his resolve and rushed back into the battle sprinting as fast as he could, he threw all of his weight and strength into a jump kick into Clydes chest trying to force him to give ground or be knocked down. He grunted from the pain of the chest shot but continued on, he prepared to use a flurry of punches that would strike at Clyde's shoulders chest ribs and stomach when he landed.
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