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Post by Ryo on Jan 7, 2010 16:52:18 GMT -4
Ryo nodded, listening raptly to what she said. When Lenore began moving, he copied her slowly at first. As he gained greater confidence he began speeding up slowly. "Ehe, like this~?" Shifted his stance a touch to better mimic her movements.
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Post by kumar on Jan 7, 2010 19:33:38 GMT -4
Lenore nodded her approval, and the ghost of the smile played across her lips. "Good, you learn well. Alright, now, we start small again. When you move to throw, pivot here." She said, resing her hand on the thigh of the leg that was taking all the weight. "Like this." She moved slightly, turning her weight on her foot, and then stopping again. Then, without warning, she continued th motion, flicking the kunai out from her hand and watching with pride as it landed with a resounding "Thunk" into the tree abut twenty paces away.
"Your turn."
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Post by Ryo on Jan 7, 2010 23:40:00 GMT -4
"Hmm," Ryo nodded as he watched her. "So something like this?" He moved as she had, slowly. Holding the kunai and turning with such lack of speed, that it took several times of going through the motion before he built up the speed and confidence in this new movement and letting the weapon fly out of his hand. He grinned, looking over at her as the blade sunk into the tree mere inches from her own. "Like that, ya?"
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Post by kumar on Jan 9, 2010 21:22:49 GMT -4
Lenore flashed Ryo a grin. "You learn quickly. Alright, then... try..."
She continued on for a few minutes, showing Ryo a few tricks that he could use with his own kunai. She used the Konoha brand more often than her own, showing him how to balance the weight of the kunai, and how to use the weight to his advantage with momentum, grace and accuracy.
Finally, after nearly half an hour standing with him in the training grounds, she gave him a prideful smile. "See? Already you're vastly improving. You have a good eye for distance. Perhaps you're better with ranged combat."
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Post by Ryo on Jan 10, 2010 12:03:46 GMT -4
Ryo absolutely beamed at her. He was trying his hardest and glad that she could see he was getting better. "I hope so~!" He gripped the weapon happily. The metal of the blade feeling more and more comfortable in his hand. "Can I try?" He looked up at her with hopeful eyes. Maybe he could try hitting something harder then a squirrel. Like a rabbit!
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Post by kumar on Jan 11, 2010 0:01:21 GMT -4
lenore considered for a moment. The next few days were set for leisure time for her, as she had no reason to really do anything else. She checked through her pouch, then walked towards the tree they had been practicing on and pulled out a few of the kunai. Separating hers from his, she handed the konoha blades back to Ryo. She took stock of her supplies, then nodded.
"Alright, then. Let's give you a bit of a challenge, shall we?" She stepped backwards, raising her hands above her head and grabbing a low-hanging tree branch. Hauling herself up, she set to work losing herself amongst the foliage. "Let's see how well you do against a moving target with more than a one to seventy weight ratio against you." Her voice filtered down from the trees as she lost herself in the leaves.
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Post by Ryo on Jan 11, 2010 23:57:14 GMT -4
"Hmm?" Ryo glanced at the weapons in his hands briefly before turning his gaze back to Lenore before she started pulling herself up into the trees. "I like challenges~" he spoke mostly to himself as she disappeared into the foliage. He watched the leaves above his head, head tipped and listening for where she might be moving before shoving the kunai in a pouch and scrambling up the nearest tree.
His face was absolutely split with a grin as his sharp eyes darted everywhere, searching and taking in as much of his surrounding as he could.
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Post by kumar on Jan 19, 2010 23:23:29 GMT -4
Lenore leaped quietly from branch to branch, her soft boots helping to muffle her landing. She could do nothing about the branches, though, as some bowed and shook under her weight. She moved closer to the inside of the cone of the plant, hugging the trunk and sliding away from Ryo, ducking behind them and hugging close to the bark. in the shaded, darkened underside of the trees, her brown and gray clothes fooled the eye, the same colour as the bark around her.
She nodded to Pishka, below her, and the cat climbed further up a nearby tree, shaking the branch to make the leaves rustle. Quickly, the panther leaped away from the place, ducking in close tot he trunk like her human companion.
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Post by Ryo on Jan 22, 2010 2:15:36 GMT -4
Ryo did not move as smoothly as Lenore did, but he certainly wasn't clumsy about dashing off into the forest to track her. His senses were keen and on edge as his eyes darted around, making sure he was still on the right path. She was being very elusive... And he knew he had no hope of tracking her cat down.
This was harder then he had originally thought...
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Post by kumar on Jan 23, 2010 16:38:06 GMT -4
Lenore waited for Ryo to come close, stepping out from behind the tree trunk when he did. She pulled out a Kunai, and sent it spiraling lazily off into the forest, ranging wide of her mark purposely. She grinned towards him, waiting for him to see her.
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Post by Ryo on Jan 26, 2010 13:18:26 GMT -4
Ryo spun around when he heard the 'thunk' of the kunai into the tree truck. First he whirled to see where the kunai had landed then he immediately spun in the direction it had come from to face Lenore. Once their eyes met, he matched her grin with one of his own. He stood like that for a moment, taking in his surroundings and his fellow, before sweeping his arm out and letting loose a kunai fly. Oh god this was so much fun.
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