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Post by Ishida Sai on May 20, 2012 22:08:40 GMT -5
It had been a long night for Ishida Sai. Ever since the sparring with the likes of Aalekh, The meister had to find a way to simulate his projectile weaponry of a needle. It took him some time to figure out what to use, until picking up a pair of wooden chopsticks absentmindedly in the midst of dinner. Yes. That's right. Chopsticks. Not only were they already cut, they were slender enough to opt for his needles in the oncoming "practiced" conflict with Exorcist, Iris Walker.
Why is he going this far, you ask? As a combatant, Sai didn't want to further disappoint her. After all, it'd give a bad image on the account of Shibusen, itself... Which also means, his capability in using Soul Purge is a go. Permitted. As he continued to break half the chopsticks into its solitary slim figures in a pile, the night grew older...
Until daybreak began. He found himself waking up in front of a pile of chopsticks ready to be used and dispensed.
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It hadn't been a totally great day at school. The constant dosing off did get him into a bit of a trouble with teachers. But some didn't seem to care as the lectures continued... The accumulative rest the meister gathered from school was just about enough to function of what was to happen in the Park. Rubbing his eyes and sighing, Sai stared at the clock slowly inching towards the last minute... Before getting an eraser board being chucked at his head.
School has ended and he was free... Little drivels of adrenaline crawled through his bloodstream. His heart was slightly pounding in anticipation... There was something about this girl. He could feel it. Briskly, as if to dispense it into the air to maintain calm, he walked to his destination. It didn't take long as the teen continued down the cobblestoned steps.
Slowly and surely, his feet eventually landed on grass. He was here. Looking around, he tried to see if Iris was here. Picking up on a girl holding a sword case in hand with her dark hair, it seems like Sai didn't have to wait for long...
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Post by Iris Walker on May 20, 2012 22:51:45 GMT -5
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"Good, you made it." she said, coming into full view with a very confident look on her face.
Iris was dressed a bit differently from the previous day. As she stepped out, she was clearly decked out in all black aside from those white tennis shoes. She was wearing black cargo pants, a black tank top, and of course, her black jacket. A small addition to her outfit came in the form of some black fingerless gloves that hugged her hands very tightly, secured by a belt rather than Velcro. Like a light coming through the dark, though, Iris took her katana out of its bag, which this time collapsed when hitting the ground rather than staying strait. Iris, looking nearly like a mass of black save for the small patches of her pale skin showing, and White Dream, sitting like a tangible beam of light in her left hand. The two looked like day and night coming together in harmony.
"I'll let you start off." she stated coldly. Really, she was letting him lead into this so she could gauge how much the school day had drained him. She may not be a student anymore, but hasn't been out long enough to forget that school can be a draining experience. She didn't want to pull out all the stops if Sai didn't bring his A game.
Iris bet her knees slightly to get into stance, turning her torso the left slightly, pulling her left arm up with the katana held in hand by its scabbard. Her right hand was open, and very close to the handle. Ready to draw the sword at a moment's notice.
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Post by Ishida Sai on May 20, 2012 23:10:18 GMT -5
"Good, you made it.
She had confidence in her eyes. Good. The indicator of being ready. It seemed as if he wasn't the only one anticipating this. Despite being dressed differently, it didn't seem to detract from the previous appearance of her slim figure. The custom katana didn't seem so suited for her. At all. But the contrast in colors between the two... An analogy of light and darkness can be inferred. It was this that sort of somewhat entranced the meister.
Regaining focuse, he sighed. Breathed in as he closed his eyes. Opening them again with calm light in his pupils.
"I'll let you start off."
Before Sai could make any sense of what she meant from this, Iris started to shift into an extremely familiar stance. With the katana still sheathed in the saya and one right hand hovering over the tsuka.
"Iaijutsu?!" he blinked and thought in surprise at the stance.
That was certainly a last thing any sane swordsman would do for a couple of reasons. One of them is that the line and range of attack is extremely predictable. And there is only one swing from it. The two main weaknesses surround before and after the attack. If one is fast enough, that one can kill the iaijutsu-ka (iaijutsu user) before the blade is drawn.
In contrast to the after, if one can dodge the attack, it leaves the user open to attack. In other words, iaijutsu is something that totally relies on pure speed and the cutting edge of the katana. Quite similar to Jigen Ryu's Tonbo no Kamae (Dragonfly Stance) in which they rely on pure speed and power to kill in one strike...
The idea is there. And by every sense, it is not sound at all... Yet, Iris dares to take this stance. Which means she has quite the confidence in her own speed. Especially with such a long blade as the one she's using.
"Alright then... Show me what you got."
Charging in with with the wooden wakizashi ready in front, Sai raced towards her with some discretion in mind. Stationing his free left hand from behind his whole body, the teen was readying his projectiles...
Almost getting close enough, Sai raised the wakizashi at forehead level and was about to slash down... Until suddenly enough, he threw the chopsticks at her in the similar fashion of his needles. Immediately, the teen moved to her left which would put him out of attacking range before slashing down his weapon.
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Post by Iris Walker on May 21, 2012 16:59:21 GMT -5
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"Alright then... show me what you got."
Iris stood her ground as Sai charged in, paying close attention not to the wooden sword, but the fact his free hand was behind him. He seemed aware of her fighting style, which meant he wasn't going to be foolish enough to charge strait in. This is what she loved about Iaido. She can play her fights defensively to learn what moves her target has.
As soon as Sai had started moving his hand from behind his back she suspected something would be thrown. Her suspicion was soon confirmed as he released... chopsticks? From his hand? Really? Cute. And a clever substitute for a throwing weapon. Since she suspected the attack it didn't take long for her to spin to her left to get out of the way. She then raised her left hand to guard against the slash using the still-sheathed sword. Sai was obviously very tactical in his fighting... and this fighting style... could he be...?
"Are you a ninja...?" she asked with a puzzled look on her face.
The question was rhetorical in nature, of course, as she wasn't going to give Sai much time to run his wooden sword down the scabbard of her sword to hit her hand. She let go of the sword entirely, turning to her right as she grabbed the handle with her right hand in the instant she let go of the sword. Her left hand moved just as quickly to the scabbard again, giving it a quick push to release the blade, then continued to turn to the right, going for a spin attack. In the process of the spin she grabbed the scabbard properly with her left hand again, getting ready to re-sheathe the blade once the attack was over.
[/style] [style= background: #000000; border: 3px dotted #5d07b3; font-family: georgia; italic; font-size: 8pt; color: #8c77a1; text-align: center; text-indent: 15px; letter-spacing: 3px; width: 385px; padding: 3px 9px 3px 3px; margin-bottom: -2px; margin-top: -5px; margin-left: 20px; border-radius: 8px 8px 8px 8px; -moz-border-radius: 8px 8px 8px 8px;] Table by Ghost from TWP and Yori from OTE[/style]
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Post by Ishida Sai on May 21, 2012 20:00:57 GMT -5
Ba-dump... Ba-dump... Ba-dump...
The heartbeats reverberated in Sai's being as the slash was coming to form. As the attack was coming onwards, he could see the saya coming up in an arc, as if trying to block his attack. It made perfect sense really. Since a blade as such a size of the one she wields and the style being utilized, there had to be some countermeasures of the weakness of close range combat.
"Klak!" the empty park was filled with the dull sound of wood against metal.
Muscles tensed starting from his biceps, squeezing out every inch of strength to maintain the strange tsuba-zeriai (sword-lock) of blade against the handle. His triceps grew rigid as a statue, supporting the biceps in its function. Sai's right foot was planted solidly down on the grass to act as the framework of the lock while the left still had its heel up to ready himself for instant movement and balance. The digits grew white from tension as it held the wakizashi in a vice-grip.
Sweet dilutions of adrenaline started to further permeate in his veins, contracting his pupils giving him a reinforced appearance of resolution.
"Are you a ninja...?" the Exorcist blurted out her observations of his movements.
He had to grin at that. It wasn't everyday he was asked this question.
Responding tersely as the meister grinned lopsided, hiding the tension that is making his muscles taut and his effort being drained throughout their contact, "Not really. And what are you? A samurai?"
He was going to quickly take the next initiative like last time, but Iris was faster. Seemingly, she let go of the katana at the base in almost a careless manner.
"What?!" he blinked in surprise, a taboo in combat.
A small flash of light entered the meister's view as the blade was being drawn with its owner already making use of centrifugal force to add in to the power and speed of her incoming slash.
"Shit!" Sai was blinded by the earlier rays, but was just in time to see it coming.
There was no time to think... No time to speak... And no time to gawk...
His mind was already surging with calcium electric potential, occupying his brain with commands and stimuli. One current of calcium shot out of the brain. Into the spine... And then into its corresponding muscles.
That one current told his body. And what it told him to was---
KLANK! again the woods was occupied by a similar sound to the earlier one.
The meister barely blocked the shining slender blade of doom, but it was way too early as it started to slide off.
"Tch!"
Letting it go off, Sai crouched down at the same time which led to rolling over right behind Iris. Still crouching down on the ground, the teen performed a leg sweep to bring her down like a tower crumbling to the ground.
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Post by Iris Walker on May 24, 2012 22:23:49 GMT -5
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Iris quickly snapped the sword back into its scabbard and was holding the sword in her left hand again. Since she was still partially turning while doing this she saw Sai start rolling behind her and immediately knew an attack would be coming from behind, but from where? No time to take chances. She had to play this safe. It was going to be a matter of pride to make sure she doesn't lose. This isn't about an Exorcist vs. a Shibusen student, this was a matter of proving herself, to herself.
She kicked off the ground with a surprising amount of force for not having crouched first, but still didn't get her more than a couple of feet off the ground. That was all she needed for now. She then turned her body through the air, flipping forward and turning again with incredible speed, drawing her sword for another slash aimed towards the ground. This attack would be shallow if it landed, and if landed she'd be surprised. It was more to make Sai back off than anything else, giving her time to set up for an actual attack.
Assuming that worked, she had her entire attack planned out. She was going to re-sheathe her sword immediately upon landing, which if Sai doesn't catch up she's angled to land on her feet, then turn around and make a full-speed dash towards a hopefully disoriented Sai and go for a strait up iaijutsu slash, at least that's what it would look like. She's perfectly aware of the vulnerability of her fighting style, and picked up a great trick along to way to use if the initial slash fails: she would follow up with a bash from her scabbard.
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Post by Ishida Sai on May 24, 2012 23:03:19 GMT -5
He felt his sweep only glide through air, without touching event the fraction of her legs. A noticeable klak-ing sound was intercepted in his ears, forcing him to look up at the image of Iris Walker already getting herself ready for the next attack.
"She's good," the meister acknowledged her capability from the earlier instances of attacks from the combat, "So... This is an Exorcist."
Iris Walker. The iaijutsu-ka from the Exorcists side of it all. Capable and adaptable as he was, or possibly even more. But in the end, there is still something Sai had that any average Exorcist, assuming they're just normal humans, would not have.
"Hoo.... he breathed shallowly, assimilating air into his sponge-like lungs while squeezing out the carbon dioxide in preparation of his next move.
Tzzz!
The soul started to self-resonate, focusing its current into one part of his body...
His left hand crackled with electricity, sparking in the midst of his fingers, forming a hand gesture that is best described to be similar to a tiger claw. Fingers and thumbs were bared down into the mere resemblance of such. With the hand sparkling with the current and bared down in the threatening fashion, there is no doubt it would alert Iris about something. Despite that----
Seeing the blade was coming from above, Sai immediately threw up the current-flowing hand to mash into the flat side of the katana. Feeling the metal against his palm, the teen ejected his wavelength into the weapon, causing a loud explosion as a result. Which would either force the weapon away by a wide margin or disarm her, not harming the technique's practitioner.
SOUL PURGE!
Regardless of either case, he threw the chopsticks right at her, aiming at her face to take advantage of the shock from his earlier counterattack and to start pressuring her by introducing stressing attacks. While at the same time, rolling himself over Iris's landing spot to take away any range or time for herself to make use of. Having most likely distracted by the wooden projectiles from earlier, Sai threw in a kick already sparkling with another Soul Purge at her solar plexus.
If this landed, regardless of his current level, Sai is more likely to deal a whole lot of damage rather than just ending the fight...
"HAAAA!"
Yet, as raised to the tactical combatant that he is, he must end this soon. In the case his kick landed, the meister would follow up with another blow towards the solar plexus with a punch.
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Post by Iris Walker on May 25, 2012 20:09:10 GMT -5
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BANG!
Holding on to the sword would have been no problem ordinarily. That explosion, though... Iris shrieked for a brief moment and let go of the sword and it's scabbard out of reflex so she could cover her ears. It wasn't quite as bad as a gunshot, but the proximity almost made it as bad. Her eyes were closed as well, so the chopsticks poked right into her face. Her eye twitched open just in time to see the kick coming in, but still being in the air and her hands not in any position to do anything, all she could do was take it. The soul purge shot through her body, and the sensation was unlike anything she'd ever felt before.
"UGF!" was all that came out of her mouth as the kick forced her further through the air.
She attempted to regain her footing, but stumbled as soon as her feet hit the ground, again leaving her open as Sai punched her again, sending her rolling on the ground. When she came to a stop after the third roll, she simply curled into the fetal position. Her hair was covering most of her face, but her mouth was visible, clearly showing an expression of pain, and some tears rolling down her face. She was trying her best not to be heard sobbing, but she was just completely upstaged that was rattling her very soul. Everything seemed to come to a halt around her as thoughts filled her mind.
"I knew it... I knew it! Who have I been kidding. Me? A samurai? If Mifune were alive to see this he'd probably call me a disgrace to the title... Who am I kidding... he wouldn't even notice someone like me. He'd be able to tell I'm a pretender at fist glance... why did you recruit me, Preston? I barely made this guy break a sweat... I've just been lucky this far..." she though, feeling like she was about to lose consciousness. She was beaten, body and soul.
"Don't give up."
The voice was tiny. A whisper. She couldn't even tell if it was male or female.
"Who..."
"Loyalty, courage, veracity, compassion, and honor."
Reality snapped back in. Iris opened her eyes wide. The tears had stopped. She slowly rose to her feet, still twitching from the pain, but her face, despite some slightly reddened eyes, looked focused again.
"... If you saw my face before I got up... I can't let you walk away from this victorious." she said in a soft voice, a much more quiet voice than before.
It was personal now. Not just her reputation was on the line now, it was her image too. She felt like was going to throw up from getting hit in the stomach area twice, and nearly every inch of her body was still aching from the Soul Purge, but she was determined to win this. The first order of business was to get her sword back. She ran around Sai, keeping her distance and keeping her eyes focused on him. She made a leap for the sword, diving towards it, looking to grab it, roll forward with it, re-sheathe it, and take a defensive stance. If Sai attempted to cut her off, she was just going to punch him as fast as she could in the face.
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Post by Ishida Sai on May 25, 2012 20:58:44 GMT -5
The emotions of victory was upon Ishida Sai as his attacks connected according to plan. His gamble that the Exorcist wouldn't know about Soul Purge paid off, tremendously. Yet, regardless of his capability to use the technique, the meister had to admit if it weren't for that, there wouldn't be much of a turning point just now. Rather it'd be just drawn out like a loop. A long one to boot.
He didn't mean to think in this manner, but seeing that Iris is a girl, the teen would have thought she'd have given up by now. Especially when you have your stomach smashed into by two devastating attacks. Iris was visibly in a state of immense pain as his eyes received the image of her curling up as if attempting to reduce the damage/pain from Sai's earlier attacks.
There was something the meister wouldn't have thought he'd see. It was glistening. Leaving a trail of water in its tracks. Tears.
Pure solid tears. The meister didn't think he'd ever see something like this in his combat experience. Though, regardless, he did see some by the majority of male gangsters back in the dark streets of Japan sobbing in the pain with what the meister dealt with "extreme prejudice" as military individuals would describe his bloody and violent handiwork.
Yet, this is the first time the teen saw a girl crying. And this made him uncomfortable as a result. Silently, he swallowed to regain calm in his being. However, he just stood there like a statue. Waiting for the Exorcist female to collect herself. But as Sai waited, the growing gnawing feeling in his cardiac area was starting to irritate him.
He wanted to walk away. Not out of pure disgust at what is being seen. But rather, just because the boy didn't know what to do in this situation...
"...What would Father do?" Sai pondered as he was still rigid in the midst of the forest clearing.
The teen wouldn't have to think about anything else as Iris rose. He blinked out of surprise at the sudden movement. But, seeing that she's in pain, he waited for her. Rising, Sai observed her reddened eyes from the previous tears which was now replaced with silent cold resolution. Even more than before. It was a look that jolted down a tingle through his spine. And it immediately erased the awkward uncertainty from earlier.
"... If you saw my face before I got up... I can't let you walk away from this victorious."
Her voice was silent. But there is weight. More than any of your average projected or high volume voice anywhere. It was this weight that was to be respected. Not ridiculed. Not ever.
"I see," Sai responded, already back to his composed stature of emotion, "Then show me more what an Exorcist is capable of, Iris Walker."
Almost immediately, the girl lunged for the blade. It was an opportunity of which the likes of Sai shouldn't be wasting. Yet, he did. This is a fight that can't be labeled as your average one. This is an exchange of both martial artists devoted to their own hard work and their own existence.
Their sweat...
Their blood...
Their tears... [/b][/center] How many have wasted all their efforts only to be broken down by mere defeat? And how few have succeeded in becoming the top? No one for sure would know. But, what is evident in this battle is that... Neither side... Sai or Iris would leave this forest without adopting a fair amount of respect for each other. That is for sure, a given. Regardless who wins or loses. This is a battle to show their level. Their style. And most of all... Their souls. Quickly, Sai jumped onto his two feet assuming a rather strange stance. The teen appeared as if he was leaning forward with both hands behind him. Strange and bizarre that it was, this stance is something to further confuse Iris after she retrieved her katana. Behind his back, he switched the wakizashi blade over to his left while at the same time drawing the wooden projectiles in his right... Mixing up the combination of where each attack was coming from. Once she already assumed her stance, Sai was already charging at her, not going to give her that much time. But just as he was about to enter her ma-ai (attack range), the meister made a motion that appeared as if he was going to lunge over to the right. But because it was a feint to make her think he was going to go for her blind spot, Sai suddenly threw the projectiles at her with his right hand where his weapon was supposed to be. Then, the teen jumped over to her left when she would be distracted by his chopsticks and moved in again to suppress her movement with left hand holding the wooden wakizashi. Getting close enough, Sai slashed down at her right wrist. A kote uchi (wrist strike) known by kendokas to suppress her ability to use iaijutsu and then hold her right arm tightly against her body with the wakizashi at her neck. But that is, if he's successful in the initial attempt really... But something tells him it won't be that easy... At all.[/blockquote]
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Post by Iris Walker on May 25, 2012 23:13:22 GMT -5
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Oh. She was going to. In spades. Iris was a little surprised that she was able to reclaim her sword, but she noticed that Sai had timed this so that the instant she picked it up he'd be ready to attack. It certainly seems like the young Meister has a sense of honor. Still, it was gnawing at her. She's not who she tries to act like, not even remotely, and this guy saw the real her for a brief moment. It was driving her crazy, but she had to put that on the backburner.
Iris had a clarity in her eyes the likes of which wasn't present before. Her face was blank, no smirk, no squinting of the eyes in anger, no eyebrow movement. She wasn't concerned with keeping her true self hidden anymore. It was already out. Her psychological barriers were broken, allowing herself to fight as few have seen her. The motion was dance-like, she spun to the side of the projectiles with grace and speed, and rather than use the circular motion for another sword draw, she stepped in closer and put her right hand in the path of Sai's hand as he swung his wooden sword.
Her face was close to Sai's now, looking him dead in the eyes with that blank, empty stare and frozen features.
"Just promise me you're not holding back any now because I cried." she said with the same tone of voice.
She then raised her left hand, still clutching the sword by its scabbard, in a motion to strike Sai with the sheathed sword to his right shoulder. Regardless of the hit landing, she was then going to do a roundhouse kick with her left leg, then continue the circular motion for an iaijutsu strike.
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Post by Ishida Sai on May 25, 2012 23:54:09 GMT -5
It begins.
Sai could feel it. There was a chilling air that was emanating from Iris's thin and dark figure. Even his Soul Perception could pick it up from the distance they were from each other. Gone were the earlier emotions that were on her visage. Monotone. Blank. White. The color white meaning she is empty. There was evasive movement she utilized dodging the wooden projectiles with surprising ease. Conversely, it is so vastly different from the earlier movements. Smooth and efficient. There was even added speed to the initial velocity.
The change was so sudden and unexpected-- No. Perhaps it was to be expected. But not like this. Yet, Sai broke the one rule of the battlefield to keep calm, again. If he is surprised from this, the teen would be shocked to find his attack stopped by grabbing his wrist.
"...Holy shit!" a rush of surprise and shock was already drowning his state of mind at what just registered from his eyes to his brain.
Suddenly fear was going to erupt out from his very core of his being. But that was the only thing he had a firm seal on, blocking its route out of its imaginary container. Yet, some of it escaped as a cold sweat dribble down the back of his neck. He froze as a result, stilted by the concept of uncertainty as Iris didn't seem to be following up an attack.
But, as the girl brought up her face close to his, staring down to the corners of his soul through his eyes with hers...
"Just promise me you're not holding back any now because I cried."
So that's what snapped her...
Regardless of her obvious change in state, Sai slowly calmed down from the knowledge of the cause as if it were reassurance in itself.
Responding with a grim smile on his face, "How could I ever hold back against a fellow martial artist?"
Without waiting for her reply, Sai noticed the sheath was coming towards at him. With his reflexes quickly and barely kicking in, the meister placed his free right arm inside of her elbow, preventing the incoming saya attack to the shoulder.
But yet, he wasn't able to block against the kick towards his side.
Gritting his teeth, the teen felt the force entering through the spot. It wasn't so much that she had lots of muscle. But it still hurt, quite a bit.
"Kuh!--"
Sai barely ignored the pain as he forced Iris's hold off by circling around his arm while pressing some uncomfortable pressure onto her thumb. Having being free from her grasp, he rolled all the way back to reassume the ma-ai and stance. At the same time, he drew out more chopsticks and threw them at her to deter her from going after him.
Once he was able to get some distance away, as the boy was getting up, the acupuncturist pressed on a couple of pressure points to lessen the pain...
Quickly on his feet, Sai was already thinking of a plan circulating in his head...
First of all, he had to assess new information.
From the earlier exchange, it was obvious Iris knew what he is capable of. The dreaded Soul Purge. It's a powerful weapon in its own right. Even in this spar. Because of that, it's likely Iris would be less inclined to be close after what just happened. But there's the good news, the Exorcist still received damage. There's already two factors in his favor that can be pinned towards his Soul Purge capability.
Now the factors against Sai's favor.
As of now, Iris knew completely of what he is capable of. The wooden chopsticks as his ranged equipment and his fighting style. The girl is probably familiar of it by now. On top of that, she still dominates the closer range with her katana... So that's three factors against him.
But there's one unknown factor that still bothers the meister. Iris's sudden change. Her movement and speed became frightening efficient in such a short time. It scared him even now. As a result, mere frontal assault is definitely a big no from here on out. Though there's one thing that assured him.
Iaijutsu
Regardless of no matter how fast Iris can get, her style is extremely predictable. There can be only approximately three attacks from it. Above, middle, and below. Each of them equally predictable depending on how Iris would angle the unsheathing. But it still is something he can't merely dismiss regardless. Not once, but a couple of times, she has already revealed that this style can seriously be a force to be reckoned with---
Out of nowhere, Sai noticed the sunlight from the sky was getting stronger across them. He blinked at the increased light in the environment.
"...Did time go by this fast...?" he quizzically thought to himself.
Then... An idea formed.
Immediately, Sai again assumed the previous stance. Again, switching the weapon back to his right and drawing five projectiles on his left behind his back as he charged towards the extremely resolute swordswoman. There's no doubt she'd probably be thinking the teen is a one-trick pony...
Except once the boy threw three of the chopsticks to distract her, he immediately moved to her right where the sunlight was shining to blind her as the teen continued his next moves. Right away, Sai was about to slash down the wakizashi at her... But in the midst of the trajectory, he stopped to throw in the last two of needles that was still in his hands.
Having set up a number of traps for her to fall for, the ninja meister swiftly moved in to give one more attempt at a Soul Purge at her midriff as his now empty left hand was crackling with electric wavelengths.
OOC: If I need to edit, let me know.
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Post by Iris Walker on May 26, 2012 9:40:44 GMT -5
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"I have no tactics. I make Emptiness and Fullness my Tactics." is what ran through her head. Part of a "Samurai Creed" she had read at one point during her research.
Another flurry of chopsticks came in, but at this point Iris had already become adept at picking out their trajectories. She no longer needed to completely move out of the way, she moved slightly, just enough for them to miss so she could keep her eyes on him. What was he up to...
As soon as the light from the sun started to beam through the gap in the trees, Iris lowered her head before it came into full view. She could still see Sai's feet, quickly approaching, but she had a trick up her sleeve too. She could see the lack of shadows in front of her and knew that she was in full view of the beam of light from the sun. She raised her sword up and held it horizontally, and unsheathed only a part of it, angling it so that her blade, which she cleans daily to maintain its shine, would reflect the sunlight strait into the eyes of the oncoming Sai.
At this point, taking the hits from the chopsticks was not a problem as long as she managed to pull off this next attack, not to mention their trajectory would likely be thrown off from the reflection hitting his eyes right at the moment he threw them. She then decided to take a gamble. It was time to reveal it.
"Ougi."
Iris finished drawing the sword, while also moving it down to her side for a proper iaijustsu slash, but this one seemed faster than the others, and with a different motion. The slash started low, going up slightly, and her left hand started moving like a mirror of her other hand. As both hands continued their sweeping motions, she pulled them around her back, flipping both hands over and exchanging the sword and scabbard between the hands, and flipping the scabbard over, holding it like another sword as she brings both the sword and scabbard in from both sides at incredible speed, aiming again for the shoulders.
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Post by Ishida Sai on May 26, 2012 10:38:12 GMT -5
The ninja was noticing something was lashing out towards him in the midst of his assault. His eyes received a bright shine which heralded the coming of the devilish velocity of Iris's iaijutsu slash and bash from the saya. Eyes dilating in fear and surprise, the meister stopped his Soul Purge attack to hold up the wooden wakizashi as a measly attempt to block the hurricane-like slash and bash. A loud impact from the contact again filled the forest before the katana slid away from the obstruction. The teen could hear something creaking or rather, groaning... Then splintering into half.
"SHIT!"
Yet, it didn't completely negate the full force of the attacks, forcing him down to the ground. Immediately, not to give Iris any opportunities, he rolled back behind a couple of revolutions before getting up to his feet.
"Tch..." Sai stared at the shorn-off nub of the wakizashi in disgust, throwing it aside as in discarding its once-usefulness.
Thinking grimly as he acknowledged the existence of the situation, "...This is pretty bad, isn't it? I lost my weapon here."
The only things Sai had as a piece of weaponry was the wooden chopsticks. Yet, they were even more brittle than the solider wakizashi. And there's no doubt they'd snap even if you had them collected them into a faggot against her attacks. (Trust me it's a real word in a legit context, look it up) Regardless, he had to opt for them while drawing them out into the open. Having them occupy the spaces between his fingers like claws on either hand. It's too soon to give up. He's just only started.
Adopting a more grim visage, Sai slowly circled Iris with predatory eyes. Cornered by the lack of tools for victory, he only relied on his hand-to-hand skill in tandem with acupuncture, the chopsticks, and his best weapon of all, Soul Purge. Despite his few "weapons" it didn't appear as if they'd easily surmount the task of beating down Iris's iaijutsu.
Yet, this is what the ninja is for, isn't it? Adaptation is their forte. And here, Sai is for sure going to show that from all the years in the streets, he'll finally become less restrained in his choice of targets. The targets to kill.
Initially the teen was going to forego them since this is just a simple sparring session. However, it spiraled away towards something more than that. Slightly lowering his stance, with arms down to his sides, he kept on looking towards Iris's direction keeping the invisible link shared between two martial artists dedicated to give their all.
Then he charged. Rushing towards her, Sai was already moving to the right throwing one projectile at her. The meister continued to move to the right and then the left, alternating in direction randomly as the projectile throwing continued in order to pressure her. Having run out of them, the boy moved towards Iris's left to attack. To keep himself out of her attack range as much as possible.
Yet, it was a no-brainer that she'd attack him regardless of her situation. As he started to get closer, both hands were held up in preparation of something surprising...
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Post by Iris Walker on May 27, 2012 0:52:08 GMT -5
[atrb=style,border-top: 1px solid #141414; border-bottom: 1px solid #141414; border-left: 1px solid #141414; border-right: 1px solid #141414; -moz-border-radius: 50px; border-radius: 50px;][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,450,true][atrb=height,550,true][atrb=width,20%][atrb=vAlign,top][atrb=background, i53.tinypic.com/rrrw9t.jpg] [style=float:left; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px; height: 100px; width: 100px; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/clqUE.png);] [/style] [style=float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px; background: url(http://i.imgur.com/T1kQX.png); opacity: 0.9; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 5px; border-radius-topleft: 10px; border-radius-bottomright: 10px; border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; border-radius-topright: 5px;] [/style][style=float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px; background: url(http://i.imgur.com/ssoMZ.png); opacity: 0.8; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 5px; border-radius-topleft: 10px; border-radius-bottomright: 10px; border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; border-radius-topright: 5px;] [/style][style=float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px; background: url(http://i.imgur.com/JpPVD.png); opacity: 0.7; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 5px; border-radius-topleft: 10px; border-radius-bottomright: 10px; border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; border-radius-topright: 5px;] [/style][style=float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px; background: url(http://i.imgur.com/MIAS8.png); opacity: 0.6; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 5px; border-radius-topleft: 10px; border-radius-bottomright: 10px; border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; border-radius-topright: 5px;] [/style][style=float: left; width: 50px; height: 50px; background: url(http://i.imgur.com/h7k0p.png); opacity: 0.4; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 5px; border-radius-topleft: 10px; border-radius-bottomright: 10px; border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; border-radius-topright: 5px;] [/style] [style=font-size: 26px; font-family: impact; color: #8bb0cc; text-transform: uppercase; margin-left: 130px; margin-top: -10px; height: 90px;] As Long as I Exist[/style][style=padding: 5px; text-align: justify; font-family: verdana; font-size: 7px; color: #8c77a1; height: 10px; width: 270px; margin-left: 130px; margin-top: -18px; border-radius: 10px;]The responsiblity will always be placed with me.[/style] [style=background-color: #000000; padding: 8px; opacity: 0.9; text-align: justify; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; color: #8bb0cc; width: 385px; margin-left: 20px; border: 3px dotted #5d07b3; border-radius: 20px;] Disappointment began to set in as Iris realized her finishing move didn't, well, finish the fight. Granted, this was the first time she's actually used it in combat. It was going to need some work, but it clearly dealt enough damage to destroy Sai's primary weapon and force him back. Finally, a solid hit. As Sai began to circle Iris, she responded by mimicking the movement, albeit while she re-sheathes her sword. This fight had gotten out of hand, but deep down Iris was really enjoying it. Every inch of her body was aching and she was disgusted with herself for getting hurt this badly in a sparring match, but she was determined to win it now.
Sai's eyes looked more dangerous now it seemed, but Iris still had the same vacant expression. Her regular feelings were starting to creep back in, but there was no reason to give Sai any indication of that. As soon as he launched another wave of the increasingly-annoying chopsticks, she quickly drew her sword and swiped them out of the air with a delicate level of precision. This proved to be the correct course of action, as Sai kept throwing more and more as he closed in, so she kept swinging the sword as well as the scabbard, swinging them almost fast enough to look like a whirlwind of silver and white was shielding her as she took a few steps back in the process. She made sure to time the swings of her sword and scabbard match up to that instant where he appeared to be not only out of chopsticks but ready to make his move, making note of his darting to her left side, and re-sheathed the sword once more.
She turned to face him, and it didn't take a rocket scientist to put two and two together from here. He was going to catch her sword and use Soul Purge again. Time to pull something he likely won't expect. She drew the sword partially while stepping in close to Sai, sending the metal end of the handle rocketing strait between Sai's clearly prepared hands and looking to hit Sai square in the forehead with it. This was it. She had to connect this, or in all likelihood Sai would simply grab her arm and Soul Purge her again. If he leaned back to avoid it, Iris would simply slam it down onto his face, but she's not expecting Sai to do something that stupid. If this didn't land then Iris would have to try and hop backwards to avoid the purge attack.
[/style] [style= background: #000000; border: 3px dotted #5d07b3; font-family: georgia; italic; font-size: 8pt; color: #8c77a1; text-align: center; text-indent: 15px; letter-spacing: 3px; width: 385px; padding: 3px 9px 3px 3px; margin-bottom: -2px; margin-top: -5px; margin-left: 20px; border-radius: 8px 8px 8px 8px; -moz-border-radius: 8px 8px 8px 8px;] Table by Ghost from TWP and Yori from OTE[/style]
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Post by Ishida Sai on May 27, 2012 1:22:05 GMT -5
Trepidation crept up his spine as the distance between himself and Iris got smaller. It was similar to having the knowledge of the fact that you are going to be the victim of a car crash. The speeding momentum of his being came rushing towards Iris's with almost reckless vigor. It didn't help at the fact that he is being attacked from above, and being a tad defenseless from below. It was this undue pressure that would probably force one to quickly move out the way since, after all, a katana is made to slice through your average human. And Sai is more or less, an average human.
But Sai is different. Different like the Shibusen students attending the Academy, yet still unique in his own right. And he was going to show how.
The boy could see Iris was already reacting as expected with an attack with the katana's kashira (pommel).
"LOWER! LOWER! LOWER! LOWER!"
Leaning even much more forward like a bullet at Iris's direction, his whole body altitude decreased to a much surprising height. However, it wasn't enough to dodge her attack. Seeing that his maneuver would fail and there's nothing much he could do, the meister could only brace himself.
"GOD----"
His nose felt like it was mashed against a hammer with both his whole body force striking against the velocity of the kashira attack. Feeling the metal crushing against the cartilage of his nostrils, Sai's face stopped in its tracks. Which was left behind by his whole entire body, passing through. But, it lead to a chain reaction in which he slipped... and fell face up to ground on his back, soundly and summoned up a plume of grass from the furry earth.
"---DAMMIT!"
He timed it incorrectly. A complete miscalculation, again. As a result, blood started to stream out of his nostrils like a river. Regardless of the pain he was feeling right now, the meister knew he had to keep moving or else Iris could try to "stab" him with the katana. Immediately, the teen started to roll over to his right, to quickly get away from the Exorcist in safety. As soon as he was far away from her, Sai quickly stood onto his feet while having one right hand grasping his bleeding nose.
"That fucking hurt..." he admitted hoarsely with his respiration now affected, rubbing the bridge of the nose to stop the bleeding.
Looking at his right hand, it was semi-drenched in his blood, appearing as if he ripped a living being apart. He sighed morosely again. No weapon. And affected respiration. Lovely.
If this fight continued on, it was a no-brainer Sai is going to lose, for sure... But what choice did he have? Give up? No, he can't at this point. Assuming stance once more... and for the last time, he gazed at Iris. This time, he knew what to do. Rubbing his blood-stained nose once more, with the other hand, the meister breathed through his mouth... and then out.
And for the one last time, Sai charged again. Not even changing direction he kept throttling towards her at full speed. Getting close enough though, taking his left hand, he flicked blood droplets at her eyes. Taking advantage at the fact that most people would not want to be exposed to bodily fluids as blood, the teen was already moving towards her left. A strong contrast to the battle tactics from before.
Having already moved to that side, he closed in for one last assault.
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