Finding the dojo (training)

[fizzy]

Kyugara rose from the waves and climbed onto the dock. Hey! Have you here'd the rumor? A little boy ran up to him. What rumor?Theres a demon who wields a scythe on the boat that arived from the water country. Kyugara tried to hide his scythe behind his back."cough" Um, no. You shouldn't believe rumors.The boy ran off to spread the rumor.

Kyugara ran off to the gate to avoid any run ins with rumors. He passed by a begger and dropped a few ryo into his cup. (I can be nice too ) After reaching the gate Kyugara raised his scythe above his head and waved it around to try and get Hystras attention.

[stargazer]

(enter)

Hystra Swooped down upon Kyugara's signal. Unfortunately Hystra still hadn't gotten back his land legs, so when he tried to land he collided with Kyugara. He attempted top get up from his fall but felt like something was weighing him down. "Sorry kyugara" Hytsra said as he tried again to get up.

He looked over his shoulder and saw a dark mass on his back.

[fizzy]

(a dark mass? Mysterius)

Kyugara smiled as he saw Hystra coming in for his landing. His smile faded when he saw that He was having some flying trouble. Before he knew what was happening, he was ontop of him."sorry Kyugara" Hystra tried to get up but it seemed like something was wheighing him down. "it's ok dude, just kinda loosing feeling in my leg."

He squirmed out from beneath Hystra. "Whats that shit on ur back?" kyugara pointed to the black mass on the owl mans back. He reached down and poked It with a stick. "what is that?"

[stargazer]

OOC: Lol

IC: Kyugara managed to get out thankfully, Hystra felt embarrassed never again was he travelling by boat. "What is the shit of your back?" Kyugara asked, Never mind what it was, how'd it get there? "What is that?" again Kyugara asked, it felt like he was prodding it with a stick Hystra stood up and the black mass fell from his back. It felt like fabric on his wings. Hystra brushed himself off and turned around.

A rotted dead body lay mangled behind him dressed in shredded bloody black fabric. The blood had crusted over and moulded as well making it apparent this guy was attacked. Hystra freaked a bit shivering at the though of someone's old carcass on his feathers. "YUCK!" he yell and he wiped his back against a tree. The body was skin and bone now, almost completely dried out. this happened a while ago.

Now that Hystra thought about it he did collide with a tree branch before hitting kyugara. Hystra walked over to it and knelt by it, examining the body. A faded, scratched headband was on it's waist, the village hidden in the Leafs. He would have been taller than hystra when he was alive but do to moisture loss he was much smaller. He carried with his nothing, looks like the body was raided by the attacked. The wounds where clear though, no sword made these. "Hey Kyugara" Hystra smiled now, "I think we might have our first lead, this guy was killed by a Sickle." A slash across the chest, dug in so deep it had scared the Rib cage.

[fizzy]

(thats not what i expected lol)

As Kyugara was prodding the mass with a stick, he noticed a smell, like dead flesh. Then, Hystra stood up, causing the mass to fall of his back. When he turned around, the bird man noticed a rotting corpse. "YUCK!" He ran of and scratched his back on a tree.

"Looks like some one lost a fight." Kyugara stared at the body. Hystra came back and started examining the body. Then, they noticed the headband. "Shit!" Kyugara grabbed the body and dragged it over to the bushes. "If someone sees us with a dead leaf village ninja, we would be in a whole shitload of trouble."

The dead man was shrunkin and molding. Kyugara checked his pockets for any valuables. But, he was obviusly raided. The wound on the mans chest was the most interesting. But, Hystra figured it out before him. "Hey, Kyugara." He smiled. Strange to smile in a situation like this."I think we might have our first lead, this guy was killed by a Sickle."

Kyugara was somewhat shocked by that statement. He was suprised that at the amount of luck they were having. "This is so ironic! Lets found out what this man was up to!" Kyugara, too, was smiling.

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"This is so ironic! Lets found out what this man was up to!" Kyugara said, now he was smiling. Hystra thought for a section, there was no way to track the person who did this since it happened so long ago but the method in which he was killed was a very good idea. It would give them suggestion to why he was killed by the dojo's they seeked.

"Ok where too then Kyugara?" Hystra said, standing up. He was eager to get underway.

[fizzy]

"Ok where too then Kyugara?" Kyugara gave Hystra a, how the hell should I know look, but didcided to try and figure out this puzzle. He examined the body again, and this time he noticed something that was looked over. The mans throat was bulging ever so slghtly. "Sorry dude." he mumbled as he sliced open the mans throat. He dug out a rock that mustv been shoved down the mans throat.

"F****ing gross." kyugara wiped the gore of the stone and examined it for
markings. Sure enough, on the side of the stone was a picture of a lake and below that was one word scratched into the rock... Reaper. "I seriusly think this may be the best training/vacation ever." He stood up and looked at Hystra"Do u know of any lakes around here? We can fly, but please, not high."

[stargazer]

Hystra couldn't remember seeing any lakes but then again he wasn't looking for any before. "Ok we'll look, but if you want to find a lake we'll need to go high. Jump on" He signalled to Kyugara to get on his back.

Once secure Hystra took off. He steadily gain altitude for Kyugara's sake. He kept bellow cloud level, and after a while He saw a small strip of blue. A lake in the far distance. "Over there! At 9 o'clock, it's a lake." Hystra changed course to intercept the lake.

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"Ok we'll look, but if you want to find a lake we'll need to go high. Jump on" Hystra would state. Kyugara frowned, but he needed to find a dojo. He got on Hystras back and off they went. "Exactly how high, is high?" He found out soon, after a while of steady flying, they were right below the clouds. He peered
over Hystra shoulder to see that people were invisible and houses looked like toys. "Oh! That's high!"

"Over there! At 9 o'clock, it's a lake." Kyugara almost lept for knowing that the ride was going to end. But he was wrong. As we changed direction we did a dive towards the lake. "Ill meet you there." He slipped of Hystras back and started plummiting towards the water. It was only a hundred foot drop so it didn't kill him, just hurt like he'll. He'd surface from the water and wait for Hystras descent.

[stargazer]

"I'll meet you there" And Kyugara slipped off Hystra's back. Hystra watched the boy fall into the water, all hystra was thinking was "That boy has some serious thrill issues". Hystra was actually quiet concerned for the boy's safety, that body they ran into was killed by the dojo's they seek. What hystra hadn't told Kyugara was that members of the Fighting style often wore black... That carcass could have been a member of the Fighting style gone rouge and got killed by their master. Hystra had promised he'd protect Kyugara with his life, even if it costed his life.

Hystra set down on the beach, he wasn't too keen on getting his feathers wet... again. It took ages to get them dry. Hystra saw Kyugara in the water, he was a fair distance out. Hystra sat down and waited for him to come to shore... if he intended to come to shore at all.

[fizzy]

Kyugara returned to the surface of the water to see Hystra standing on the beach, waiting for him. He swam toward the beach but noticed something, there was a frog swimming around in circles. His A.D.H.D was seriusly getting him. He swam toward the frog, but remembered he had a friend ashore. He fought his mind and swam to shore. Once ashore he clapped his hand together, "Ok, I truly don't know what I'm doing, your the brains of the group. Perhaps there is some clues you know about?"

[stargazer]

Hystra stared at him blankly... as if Hystra had a clue about these people kyugara was searching for, he hadn't taken time to research them.
"I have not a clue where these people would be Kyugara, to be perfectly honest they are probably hiding. Mostly likely some sort of right of passage involves us finding them... there is a possibility I won't be able to help you if that is true. 2nd of all they would have left clues, for example that body had the stone lodged in it's throat. Thus the first clue would have been a large location, this lake. look for something abnormal around this area, there is a good chance the next clue will be here somewhere."

Hystra thought he sounded smart, and to be honest it was a perfectly logical conclusion to assume that dead body was meant to be a clue.

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Kyugara stared back at Hystra, he wasnt expecting such a sophistikated (spelled wrong) reply. But after a few minutes of thinking it over, Kyugara understood what Hystra was saying."You go ahead and relax, i can handle this. Kyugara made three water clones who spread over the lake, looking for clues. Kyugara on the other hand, swam off to see a frog.

As Kyugara found the frog, he noticed it was red, his favorite color, triggering his A.D.D. He began stalking it, swimming behind it in a circle. He grabbed it. "Aha." He examined it for a few seconds before it squirmed out of his fingers."Hey!" It started swimming away, at first Kyugara thought it was running, but it was calmly swimming into the middle of the circle. And then, it happend.

All in a few seconds, the ground underneath Kyugara dissapeared, and he was being sucked into a hole. He grasped onto an edge, holding on as hard as he could. "Hystra!" He tried to scream but the sound was muffled by the water pounding on his head. He was swept away into darkness.

As soon as he dissapeared, the entrance shut, the water calmed, and the frog began swimming circles again.

[stargazer]

"Hystra!" Someone yelled from far away.

Hystra broke his meditation, And ran across the water from where the sound came... Also Kyugara's clones were no where to be seen, Had Kyugara been hurt?! Hystra balanced himself on top of the water running from one section of the lake to the next, Unable to find Kyugara "Shit! Hystra yelled "Kyugara! Make Noise!" He heard no reply...

He evaluated his position, Kyugara was either dead, Too far away to hear Hystra call or he'd been incapacitated by someone. Either way none of the 3 were good. Hystra couldn't find a single trace of the boy. He saw the water rippling unevenly from where a frog swam in circles, like something had recently been drop into it. Hystra Dived, only to hit his head on the bottem. He relised soon enough that the bottem here was too hard to be dirt or sand... for that matter it couldn't have been rock either. Hystra was finally understanding, Kyugara's training had begun.

Returning to the surface Hystra swam to shore... It was up to Kyugara now. They would meet again but for now Hystra and he had to go their separate ways in order to perfect their arts.

(Exit)

OOC: I can't enter coz I don't own a Scythe weapon, good luck Fizzy

[fizzy]

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Kyugara arose from the river, and pulled himself to shore. He grabbed onto a rock, no, it wasnt a rock, it was a bone."Ahh! He jumped up and threw the bone away from him. Around the room, a single torch was lit, and it showed a horrific sight...Bones everywhere. But what drew Kyugaras attention away from the bones, was the door. Six skulls were buried into the steel.. Then it clicked... he pulled out the stone from earlier with the word reaper written on it. Six words, six sculls, six letters. He began to work.

He took bones from the pile and spelled the word R E A P E R, infront of the skulls. Kyugara was expectig something fancy, but all he heared was the lock unclicking, and the door cracking open. He took a deep breath and sighed, this was going to take forever. He entered the door, leaving the outside world behind him.

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As kyugaras eyes ajusted to the darkness, he would seenthe room he entered was made completly out of wood. It was reletivly lit by candles scattered around the room. On a slightly elevated platform, lay a man sitting by a fire pit. He was silouetid so he couldn't be seen easily. He stood up and walked over to kyugara, still unable to be seen.

He came within 8 feet of Kyugara and stopped. "Iv been waiting for you." A long fout foot scythe blade pointed towards Kyugara."Are you ready to begen your training?" As a candle flickered, he caught a look at the mans face, his blue eyes looked kind and gentle, this lestened Kyugaras worry. "*Gulp* Ya."

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"Great." Kyugaras new master smiled. "My names Keres, iv had my spies follow you around for a little while. Making sure your attentions were pure." Kyugara didnt like the fact that he was followed, But he understood the mans worry."Now! Lets get started, shall we?

Kamashi Basic Stance
Rank: E
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Allows the user to perform the basic techniques of the Kamashi Style, without it, the user could hurt himself.
Special: —
Drawback: —
Description: The Kamashi Stance is a balanced stance, with equal strength in offense and defense. The user of the style places his scythe with one end on the ground at a 30 degree angle across his body, directly in front of himself, blade facing the target. With the sickles, the user face the sickles in an "x" form in front of them in a 30 degree angle making it a good defense style and offense protection.
Limit: Must learn from a master of the Kamashi Fighting Style.

"Do as i do." Keres performed the Kamasgi stance with exelent form. Kyugara copied. He placed the blunt end of the scythe on the ground, with the blade facing outward. It created about a thirty degree angle across his body. "Now, try to deflect my attacks. Dont worry, im not aiming for your body. He swung his scythe at a slightly slow speed, to give Kyugara enough time to reacte.Kyugara was able to easily shift the staff of the scythe so that the blade deflected the attacks. The ring to it, creepily, gave Kyugara happiness.

"Ok now lets speed it up a bit." Kyugara gulped. The master began swinging his scythe in all directions, attempting to catch Kyugara off gaurd. But luckily, the master was holding back. He was able to deflect oncoming attacks with ease.

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Keres frowned. "There is something a little of with you fom. When using a scythe you need to be a little more...brutal. Swords are swift, scythes are strong. Stop acting like a swordsman." Strange, but I get you resoning. Kyugara resumed the stance.

Keres pulled out a sword. You wont always be fighting someone with a scythe. Now, attack from your stance. In the stance, Kyugara attacked. He moved swiftly, but powerfully. He did a quick downward jab, followed up by a jab with the staff. Both would have landed heavy blows, but Keres was to skilled for that. He diflected the hits and followed up with his own attacks.

He swung his blade from all directions. Kyugara could easily pick up the staff of his scythe and move to intercept. After each attack, Kyugara would return to the 30 degree angle stance.

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