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 Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:27 pm
Harou sat indian style on the ground. A worried look embellished his face as he waited for his opponent.
"Soul-san. . .hmph. . . not much of an opponent. . .more like an executioner. . "He snickered attempting to reassure himself. However, in order to really test his abilities he would need to fight someone completely off scale for him. He was prepared for another hospital visit if that is what it came to.
"Well. . .here it goes. ." He began calming his breathing and clearing his mind, meditating and concentrating on easing his thoughts. It was working quite well. He simply sat in wait, mentally preparing himself for this onslaught.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:37 am
*After several minutes have went by, clouds moved over the sun temporarily. The clouds had cast a light shadow over the entire arena. Thirty feet infront of the boy, a pilar of fire shot up from the ground, flames spinning, dancing about. It stopped as soon as it started, leaving nothing but a figure in the smoke it just created. The person slowly walked forward out of the smoke, the "clack" of his ninja shoes hitting the dirt and the "clank" of his katana shaking in its sheeth. He stood no more than five feet from the boy with a light smile on his face*
I believe we should introduce ourselves before engaging in combat. I am Soul Ketushai, leader of the Ketushai Clan. And you are...?
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Soul Ketushai Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:13 am
Harou nodded politely and stood up. He bowed, cleared his throat, and spoke loud and clear. "I am Harou Shibori of Kumori village."
Harou walked up to Soul and put his hand out to shake his hand."However, also of the ketushai clan."He said with a smile embroidered across his face.
Harou was waiting for the question of how he could be from the ketushai clan, yet possess a different last name.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:01 pm
*Soul's smile became a bit wider, his teeth peering out from behind his lips. He took the boy's hand and gave it a shake*
Ketushai, huh? I don't exactly remember you, but it's always good to see a fellow Ketushai. Now, where is this "Kumori Village" of wich you speak of?
*Soul knew the reason for coming out to the arena was to get some training in and check out the skill of our "getting bigger by the second" village, but he did not want to be ude. He usualy began matches with polite coversations*
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Soul Ketushai Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:08 pm
Harou grew more comfortable now that they had become better acquainted.
"It's. . . umm. . ."Harou could not remember which direction he had come from. He looked about and noticed the entrance to the gaioh village of in the distance. He looked the opposite direction in which the gates were and remembered where he had come from once he saw the mountains.
He pointed toward the mountains and smiled."Just on the other side of those mountains there, soul-san." He looked back at Soul and nodded." Mr. President-san came from there too!" He said with haste.
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:38 pm
*Soul looked up at the day sky, bright like the ocean's water with clouds slowly making their way cross it. He put his hand to his chin and pondered for a bit, trying to figure out who this "President-san" was. He then gave a shrug, in his mind saying, "whatever"*
Well, now that we got that out of the way, how about we get this started?
*Not waiting for and answer, Soul took several steps back and gave a bow. He found that all classes and ranks deserved respect, and a bow was the simplest way of expressing that*
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Soul Ketushai Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:43 pm
Harou was very pleased that the fight was getting underway. Harou bowed politely back, only showing the utmost respect for Soul-san.
"Very well, Soul-san. " He said with a smile on his face as he pulled his neck left and right to stretch out the muscles.
Quickly he started by grasping his left kodachi blade with his left hand setting up a reverse hold on his kodachi for his first attack. As he was sprinting toward Soul-san he used his Ketushai ability to push some chakra into his blade. About five feet from his opponent he unsheathed his sword and struck on a horizontal slant toward Soul-san's right side, Still holding the blade with a reverse hold on the kodachi.
((I'm truely sorry but while i was at Kitsu-san's house toward the end of last week I broke the port in which i plug into my laptop to charge it. I'll be coming on once a day for the purpose of going on gaia then logging off. My apologies. My dad comes back from alaska in roughly a week, he'll probably be able to fix it for me.))
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:22 pm
*Soul put his hands behind his back, waiting for the boy to make the first move. When he was in striking distance, he did almost a reverse pelvic thrust, the blade passing right by his clothes slowly moving with his body. Soul waited for Harou's follow-up strike, trying to take in a base of the boy's fighting style*
Hmmmm. Fast on his feet, isn't he?
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Soul Ketushai Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:25 am
Perfect. . .
As Harou's blade came toward Soul-san's body, he pushed the small amount of chakra out of the end of his blade as an extension toward Soul-san's body. His blade was extended with his chakra by about five inches, figuring Soul would catch his move and dodge anything shorter.
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:02 pm
*Soul's eyes widened as he saw the chakra slide its way out from the blade. Thinking quickly, he sucked in his stomach and the chakra missed his flesh, but sliced his black shirt and red jounin vest. When the blade had passed, Soul did several back flips to get some distance from Harou's position. When his feet hit the ground, he griped the bottom of his shirt and had some sort of childish nervous break-down*
Oh my God! I loved this shirt! It fit me perfectly and now it's cut....Holy...! My vest! Wait, wait! It has only been knicked, but none the less...
*Soul took several deep breaths and regained composure. He then looked sternly at the boy through his glasses, his eyes half opened, burning with a light intensity. His past grin went and an angry, upseting frown came upon his face. While looking at Harou, he moved his right hand over to his left hip and gripped the handle of his blade shaking in its sheath*
Come on...Continue.
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Soul Ketushai Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:37 pm
Harou stood upright and looked at Soul-san with a smile.
"My mother taught me how to sew when I was a child."He said giggling childishly to himself for a moment.
"I would be more than happy to taylor any clothing I cut through." He said happily flipping his left kodachi around to a normal grip. After all, the clothing he wore was torn on his journey to find Gaioh and he had fixed it apon his arrival.
"However, with all do respect, you should not underestimate anyone, Soul-san." He said bowing politely and smiling.
"Although, what's done is done. . .I shall continue."
With that said he took a deep breathe and, again, lunged forward at Soul with his left kodachi. Charging in to someone of such high rank is probably not the best thing to do, but Harou must size up his opponent. Harou gripped the handle of his kodachi with both hands, allowing for much more force given the small size of the blade. He channeled some chakra into the blade, condensing it into one spot in the middle of the blade, about the size of a quarter, and slashed on a diagnal angle from Soul's right shoulder.
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:32 am
*As Harou spoke, Soul, very slowly, pulled his katana from his sheath. As it slid out, it gave the sound of grinding sand or gravel. Once the entire blade had left its housing, Soul held it in a traditional manner, both hands on the handle, the blade low and facing forward. He didn't think much at all about Harou's offer, though it would probably pop up in his head later. When the boy finaly bolted forward, Soul waited for the opertune((SP?)) moment. Step by step, his grip tightened*
That's it. Just a few more...
*Soul's eyes widened as he picked his moment. With Harou only five feet infront of him, he raised his blade and brought it down harshly upon the ground. On impact, the ground infront of both Soul and Harou exploded, dust creating cover and rubble flying through the air. He did this to maybe take the boy off balance by startling him. Soul walked through the dust cover, his blade still on hand, circling Harou*
Come, now. You can't expect to hurt me, let alone win if you repeat an attack over again. Like you said, "you should not underestimate anyone."
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Soul Ketushai Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:10 am
harou haulted his attack and closed his eyes to shield them from the sand. He stuck both swords in the ground and rubbed his eyes viciously. "ARGHHH!!!" He cried out. the blur began to go away. The world became clear again. He picked up both swords and smirked at Soul.
"Tuche, Soul-san. Tuche. . . . . .seems we've both made a slight miscalculation on this day."Harou said with a smile as he chuckled a bit to himself.
He swung both swords forward, crossed them and his hands, and brought them back to rest, his arms at his sides gripping the hilts firmly. His breathing became more controlled.
"A pleasure Soul-san. . .a true pleasure, sir, to fight against you." He smiled fully, acknowledging Soul's undenied victory in the end. "It'd be an honor if one day we could fight along side one another." He said pleasantly.
Harou spun his swords forward, clockwise, and bent his knees slightly. His blades came to rest in an 'X' pointing forward toward Soul.
"Shall we dance?"
A fight with weapons would intrigue Harou right about now. He was curious as to the extent of Soul's swordsmanship. After all, he'd spent most of his life training with his. Soul just might be the formidable swordsman he has always wanted to fight.
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:07 pm
*A deep, mature, and cocky chuckle through Soul's teeth. He had stoped circling Harou and switched up his form, now just carrying his katana in his right hand, the blade close to touching the dirt, but angled enough so it didn't. A a smirk grew on his face; one to match his seriouse eyes*
Well, i must say that so far it has been interesting, so i too find it a pleasure to fight against you...
*Soul rose his blade and let its flat side rest on his shoulders for a more comfortable stance; this would also give him a different manner of attacking*
Dance, huh? Well, i don't exactly think that is a safe idea. I've lined this blade with a very delicate, very fine gun powder that ignites on impact, explaining what had happened a moment a go...
*Soul reached into a pouch of his with his left hand a took out a piece of paper, traditionaly used for writing seals. He moved his blade infront of of himself and took a minute to slowly clean it. Bits of black would fall from the seal paper and give off quick "poofs" of smoke when hitting the ground. When done, Soul rolled up the seal paper and stuffed it back in his pouch. He faced the blade straight at Harou, his steel almost touching the intersection of the boy's blades*
Heh, but i guess it does take two to tango.
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Soul Ketushai Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:00 pm
A light smile came about on Harou's face.
"that it does, sir." He said with a smug look.
Harou was looking forward to this greatly. Using his kekkei genkai, he pushed a little chakra to his arms for a bit of a speed boost when attacking and or defending. the distance between them was not great by any means. Harou took a few steps toward Soul. Right now he had to be careful, he was just within range of Soul's sword. Harou took a quick zankuts stance, both feet on a forty five degree angle, with his right foot forward and thrusted toward Soul's chest. Yes it was a blade, but Harou was in no need to worry. For the first strike to be such a straight forward attack any beginner swordsman would be more than capable of dodging and retaliating.
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