Arena Training (Private, Michiru K)

Subject: Arena Training (Private, Michiru K) Wed Jun 22, 2011 2:50 am

Serenity casually walked into the Arena, decked out in her armour, waiting for someone to come by for a bout of fighting. It had been a little while since she had done a practice session with anyone and she knew she was out of shape and inexperienced. At least her armour and weapons had been kept clean.

She sat down on a bench and waited for someone to come in, cleaning her gloves as she waited patiently.

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I flew into the arena in my eagle form. I was really starting to like this form. I landed on a target and tilted my head at the girl that was in the arena. I flapped my wings a little bit shaking them out. I needed a good stretch. This girl, though. I had never seen her before. I wondered if she would think I was a real eagle or if she would see through my disguise.

Subject: Re: Arena Training (Private, Michiru K) Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:05 am

Looking up, Serenity saw an eagle enter the arena, landing on one of the archery targets set out. "An eagle?" she muttered thoughtfully, "That shouldn't be in the camp, the borders should have kept it out."
The only conclusion she could come to was that it was either a powerful monster, or a shape-shifting demigod. Since it wasn't being chased by anything she could only assume that it was a demigod of some sort, although she had never seen a shape-shifter before. Either way, it would be a good challenge.
"You, Eagle!" I called out, "I challenge you to a fight!"

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I laughed as only eagles could laugh and hopped off of the target shifting into my human form. I looked at the girl and said, "Look, I always lose when it comes to fighting. Don't you want to fight someone who'll actually pose a challenge for you?" I was of course playing myself a little weaker than I really was but this was to see what her personality was like.

Subject: Re: Arena Training (Private, Michiru K) Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:16 am

"You can shapeshift into an eagle, can't you turn into a hellhound or something like that?" Serenity said, standing up.
"Even a lion would be a nice challenge" she laughed while putting her gloves back on.
"I don't care if you can't turn into anything but an eagle and be a terrible fighter, fight me anyway. I could use the exercise."
She settled into a fighting stance and waited for his response although she expected that to be to turn into an eagle and run away.

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I had to admit. This girl was intimidating. Well she would be if I hadn't been masking how strong of a fighter I really was. I took out my bow and strung it with an arrow from the quiver that was on my back. I smirked and said, "How good are you at dodging projectiles?"

Subject: Re: Arena Training (Private, Michiru K) Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:25 am

~Switching POV, First person is easier

I was in slight shock. Not from the fact he hadn't run away but from the fact that he was pointing an ARROW at me. Not that it shouldn't be hard to dodge but still!
I responded quickly "You haven't seen me in battle have you? I'm one of the fastest from Ares." That should be enough to make him loose the arrow. I really did hope that I could get warmed up quickly though. My armour wasn't strong enough to take a direct hit from an arrow.

(Stamina: 10:00 minutes)

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I looked at the girl and said to her, "Try dodging this! We'll take you to the Infirmary as soon as this battle is over. You're not going to die from this arrow. You're just going to get hurt badly and then get healed up." I then released the arrow from the bow and it was sent hurtling at the girl's armor right towards the shoulder of one of her arms. My goal was not to kill it was only to disarm her. I had a feeling her fists were her deadliest weapon so I had to eliminate the opposition first. Then I could get to the core.

Subject: Re: Arena Training (Private, Michiru K) Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:38 am

I saw the arrow speeding towards me and let my fighting instincts take over and let my body slam itself into fighting mode.
I immediately brought my left leg up high enough to let the bronze leg guard take the hit and spun around, detaching my skirt as I did so (See my character bio -_-). It was a shame that it had been hit but I could get someone to fix it for me later. I started to run towards the guy, picking up speed as I did so.

(Stamina left: 9:40 minutes)

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I smirked and said, "Try catching an eagle" I shifted and flew up into the air as high as it took so that she couldn't reach me. I waited for her to realize that she wasn't going to get anywhere with trying to attack me head on. I flew up to a nearby tree and prepared another arrow aiming at her arm again. I released the arrow hoping that this one would hit it's intended target.

Subject: Re: Arena Training (Private, Michiru K) Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:53 am

Looking around and trying to find where he had went, my instincts screamed at me to spin around and I did so. I immediately felt a burning pain in my upper arm and saw an arrow sticking out of it sickeningly. I realised that he had been aiming to disable my arm and smiled. That was his mistake.

I tore out the arrow and reached into a pouch on my thigh to grab a square of Ambrosia.
I swiftly ate it and let the taste of steak fill my mouth while the pain in my arm receded.
I called out "You're going to have to do better then that to stop me!" while looking around for him and trying to clench my fist and failing. Guess I was going to have to wait to use that arm again.

(Stamina:9:20 Minutes)

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I smirked and aimed for the other arm. This girl was going down. I shot the arrow and I waited for it to reach it's target. If it did this girl would be completely defenseless. I had been letting on that I was weaker than I really was. I was smart and brains always overpower brawn in the end.

Subject: Re: Arena Training (Private, Michiru K) Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:06 am

This kid was really beginning to irritate me. I began to concentrate and heard an arrow speeding towards me, I dived to the left and fell heavily with my wounded arm under me. I was slower than I used to be but I wasn't going to let that stop me. Hopefully I could still beat him before my body gave out. I had a sudden idea that might be able lure him down.
I screamed out in fake pain and lay perfectly still on the ground.

For a training session with some random, this was really taking it's toll on me.

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I smirked and soared down in eagle form to a target. I wasn't going to get to close in case it was a trap. I wanted t have room to get away before she could do any damage to me. I had damaged her arm so far and she hadn't done squat to me. I flew back a little bit and just to show her not to mess with me because she thought she was being tricky I shifted into my human form and quickly shot an arrow that would land right next to her head. I aimed it perfectly and let go. She would be totally freaked out by this.

Subject: Re: Arena Training (Private, Michiru K) Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:23 am

An arrow landed perfectly next to my head and only the amount of discipline I had for my martial arts prevented me from screaming. Even so, I had to bite my lip to prevent any sound from escaping. I did however, let a moan of pain escape and hoped that he would stop to check on me. If not, well, I didn't have a backup but I'm sure I could improvise.

(Stamina left: 8:40 Minutes)

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I smirked and didn't fall for it at least not without taking perfect precautions first. I said, "If you give up then take off your gloves and throw them away from the arena. I don't want any tricks out of you." I waited for her to make her choice. She could either die right here or give up where she was. I strung an arrow just to make sure she wouldn't pull a fast one on me.

Subject: Re: Arena Training (Private, Michiru K) Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:04 am

I sighed and stood up. This kid was too smart for any of my tricks to work. AND he was using genuine arrows. I wasn't going to win this one, not today. I grudgingly took off the gloves I was using and tossed them towards his feet, rather then away from the Arena. I wasn't going to do that!
"You've won today." I called out to him. "Keep the gloves, I can get another pair made."
I actually thought about how defenceless he would be at close range or even against a second skilled archer and made the sudden decision to offer to teach him how to fight.
"How would you like to learn some Martial Arts? You look like you could need the training."

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I looked at the girl surprised by the offer and said, "Alright, I'd actually like that a lot. Thanks for offering to do that for me." Wow, she was actually offering to teach me how to better defend myself just in case I ended up in hand to hand combat. I smiled at the girl and said, "By the way, my name's Michael."

Subject: Re: Arena Training (Private, Michiru K) Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:38 am

"My names Serenity." I said. "My fathers Ares, the God of War. He'd be ashamed to know that I lost today, but I'm out of practice. Haven't had to get in a good fight for a while."
I remembered how accurate his shooting was and concluded he HAD to be Apollo. No other cabin could shoot that perfectly. But it was best to ask first and I could find out how he did the shape-shifting as well while I was at it.
"By the way, that was a pretty good trick with the shape-shifting before. How'd you do it?" I asked while walking towards some training dummies.

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I smiled at the girl and said, "Well my mother is Flidais. The goddess of shapeshifting. I've basically been around bows and arrows for about 8 years now practicing so it's my best weapon and if I'm ever in a fight with someone it's my primary weapon of choice. I suppose you now know my strategy. Stay out of reach of my opponent while keeping them in my reach. Eventually they'll either tire out and lose or they'll get hurt and have to give up if they want to live.

Subject: Re: Arena Training (Private, Michiru K) Sat Jun 25, 2011 12:25 am

I was actually shocked that he WASN'T an Apollo kid and it showed on my face. "Well with that level of shooting, you're almost better than some of the people from Apollo!" I told him.
"And your strategy, that's an incredibly effective tactic against close range fighters. Especially since you can shapeshift too!"

Reaching down and picking up my skirt, I quickly shook the dust off of it and put it back on.
"Now you have to remember, fist fighters are alot faster then people that use weapons, but we can't deal as much damage without causing damage to ourselves as well." I quickly explained to Michael.

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I looked at Serenity and said, “I suppose that makes sense. I mean you’re hitting solid objects. It’ not like you’re punching the air.” I had a feeling learning martial arts from her was going to be a lot of fun. I waited patiently for her teaching to continue while I envisioned myself being as awesome at fist fighting as I was with a bow and arrow. If I ever got that good, I would be unstoppable. People wouldn’t be able to beat me in any form of combat, ranged or hand to hand. This was definitely going to be fun.

Subject: Re: Arena Training (Private, Michiru K) Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:22 am

"It took me 4 years to master two martial arts, but that was before I knew that I was a demigod. It should only take you a few months to completely master the two I know on the same level as me." I said to Michael. "I'll demonstrate to you exactly how effective Martial Arts can be against real life targets."

Activating several automated dummies, I quickly readied myself to demolish them.
After they began to move towards me, I swiftly spinning kicked one, knocking its head off and deactivating it. Quickly hitting a second with a right hook, I felt a sharp pain in my knuckles. I had forgotten I no longer had my gloves on, I had given them to Michael. It was a good thing the hit had disabled the dummy, otherwise I might have had a problem. But there were still a bunch left.
I grabbed one, remembering that I was showing Michael the finesse of Martial Arts and quickly bent back it's arm, snapping it off. Another dummy down. I looked at the last one and did a running kick straight INTO its chest, immediately disabling it.
Pulling my leg out while panting fairly heavily, I grinned at Michael.

"Really does make you appreciate how deadly martial arts can be." I told him.
"But lets get to actually learning, remember how I kicked that first dummy? Try imitating that. It's something you wouldn't normally be doing until much later in your training, but we're demigods. I think you should be able to do that easily."

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I nodded and looked at one of the dummies. I glared at it. Right now it was the enemy. I I spinning kicked it like he had showed me, knocking its head off and deactivating it as Serenity had done before this. I hoped Serenity would be pleased with the results. I had never done this before so it was all new to me.

Subject: Re: Arena Training (Private, Michiru K) Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:56 am

I nodded happily at Michael. "That was almost perfect!" I told him. "The only two things were your stance and the part of the foot that you used. We can learn those later, but everything else was perfect! Now, I'll just go get some bags and padded dummies, and you'll be ripping through them in no time!"
I had the feeling that Michael would be a master in a very short amount of time, maybe even better than me.

~Do you want to do a quick timeskip? I really don't feel like explaining alot of the technical stuff about hapkido.~

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