Senbon Taitoku Dojo
Dec 30, 2009 4:17:55 GMT -7
Post by Molokai on Dec 30, 2009 4:17:55 GMT -7
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Her pattern was crumbling, Toru was finally seeing it, and wasn't going to be falling for any more of her tricks. Sensei, however, had other plans. She tried again with the triple senbon throw with a slight delay between them, in an attempt to throw him off. Toru once again found a pair of needles without looking at the wall and shot down two of the incoming projectiles, then deftly evading the third as if it were nothing. It was clear that Sensei was preparing a strategy at this point, trying to think of yet another curve-ball to throw at him, but this time it was Toru calling the shots. After he avoided the three thrown spikes, he snatched the one out of the wall and threw it back at her, aimed for her right shoulder. He decided that from this point on, he was going to be outsmarting her and anticipating where she would go to dodge his attacks. Maybe by the time he was done she would be as full of holes as he was.
With the first senbon already in the air, Toru used the momentary distraction to rush forward and scoop up the senbon that had fallen on the ground. A total of eight would be taken and stored in his left hand, while his right hand was prepared to grab and throw them as soon as his mind told it where and how hard. Rushing forward in a maneuver that would appear to be a charge, Toru would suddenly stop and lunge forward, extending his arm out ahead of him to launch a very precise senbon at her other shoulder. Realizing that she had already dodged the first one, he was absolutely astounded when she actually caught the second one he threw. She saw his apparent surprise and jumped on it like a lion after a zebra, returning fire with the very needle she just caught. While he was definitely surprised by the catch, it was obvious that she was going to throw it back at him, so he evaded by twisting at the waist and letting it fly past his chest.
From that position, his left shoulder being presented to Sensei, Toru took that opportunity to flick his left arm out and unleash one of the six remaining needles in his hand. Meanwhile, he turned on his heel and took up a spike in his right hand, sending it in rapid succession after the first. To this, Sensei merely blocked both with one she held in her hand and aimed a solid kick at his face. Toru saw her begin to lean and realized that she wasn't taking a stance that would lead to a throw. This meant that she was going to use a close-range attack, and judging by the angle of her motion it was going to be a kick. Instead of trying to avoid he speeding foot, Toru instead presented it with a different target; one of the senbon in his left hand. As her foot breezed by his face with a needle in it, he feigned taking the hit and turned his head, smiling secretly to himself as she stepped down and realized the foreign object extending from her flesh.
She leaped back, apparently to get away from the student that had turned the tables, and landed close to the wall. Then, she jumped up, kicked off the wall, and did what appeared to be a kung-fu spinning jump-kick. What's more, it was nowhere near close enough to Toru to actually hit him, and even if it was there was no way he'd let such an obvious attack actually hit him. No, there was definitely something fishy going on about this move. Then Toru saw it; she never took the senbon out of her foot. Her ridiculous kick was actually a cleverly disguised senbon throw, and it almost succeeded in catching him off guard. As she completed her spin, she suddenly whipped her foot around with impossible speed, and only the faintest gray blur could be seen escaping along with a few flecks of blood. This final needle rocketed toward his eye faster than any before it, and it appeared as though it was game over for Toru. He brought his hand up in a desperate attempt to save his eye, and when it clasped what he believed to be empty air, he found the senbon firmly in his grasp.