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Post by Yuki on Aug 24, 2009 17:20:39 GMT -4
Yuki was out of breath and sunk to one knee as he stood looking out at the target range... There were so many ice kunai in the various straw dummies that the first ones were already almost completely melted...
"Must... Keep... Going..." Yuki said forcing himself to his feet once more. Even odder - he was sweating from overworking himself...
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Post by Oki on Aug 24, 2009 17:29:04 GMT -4
Oki was making her way back to the academy with Iruka, holding a bag of ice over her right eye. Iruka was apologizing again and Oki waved him off. "No, really, it was my fault Iruka. I should have been paying closer attention. You did warn me what they were like..."
She trailed off as she spotted the familiar figure, but frowned as she watched him move. Something was wrong. Waving to Iruka, she started off towards Yuki on the target range, approaching him from behind.
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Post by Yuki on Aug 24, 2009 17:33:16 GMT -4
Yuki drew three deep breathes, apparently oblivious to Oki's approach. He started to form hand seals incredibly slowly, he looked ready to pass out. "Kyoukan... No--jutsu..." he said and exhaled. Three ice wind daggars hurled towards three of the ten targets. He once again tried to form more hand seals to make shadow clones of the daggars, but he only managed to make three more and collapsed to one knee again - his vision swimming in and out and looking like he might fall over...
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Post by Oki on Aug 24, 2009 17:35:16 GMT -4
Oki dropped her bag of ice as Yuki went down, beginning to run across the remaining distance between them.
"Yuki! Are you alright?"
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Post by Yuki on Aug 24, 2009 17:38:07 GMT -4
Yuki tilted his head to the side and almost fell over trying to see who was calling his name. He managed to catch himself with one hand, but only bearly. His glasses were tilted down, almost at the bottom of his nose, and his eyes looked glossy and unfocused. "Oki?" he said in a weak voice, and gave his head a quick shake, which seemed to bring him back around a little bit...
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Post by Oki on Aug 24, 2009 17:40:41 GMT -4
Oki dropped to her knees beside Yuki, helping to prop him up. When he was able to focus, her right eye was a spectacular shade of purple and beginning to swell. She cursed softly as she looked him over.
"What in the name of the twelve gods are you trying to do, Yuki? Kill yourself? Sit down for a minute."
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Post by Yuki on Aug 24, 2009 17:43:47 GMT -4
"Pushing... Past my limit..." he said out of breath. "Chuunin exam... Training..." He squinted, trying to figure out if his vision was really that bad or if she really did have a shiner...
"I'll get you some ice..." he said, trying to regain enough ballance to form the hand seals for his jutsu again...
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Post by Oki on Aug 24, 2009 17:47:57 GMT -4
Oki reached out and took one of his hands firmly in hers, preventing him from forming the seals.
"No, I have ice, I just dropped it when I saw you. You need to rest, and water." She reached into her back pack and pulled out a bottle, holding it out for Yuki with a firm command to drink.
"Good gods, Yuki. You'll be no good in the exam like this. Part of pushing your limit is knowing your limit and not killing yourself over it."
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Post by Yuki on Aug 24, 2009 17:50:22 GMT -4
Yuki nodded his agreeance. "You're... Right... That's why I'm doing this... I need... To know exactly, what my limit is... And how far past it... I can push..."
He refused the water for a second, but his body overtook his willpower and he finally reached for it and took a long drink...
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Post by Oki on Aug 24, 2009 17:52:43 GMT -4
"I think you've found it, Yuki. You nearly collapsed! Do oyu want to go to the hospital?"
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Post by Yuki on Aug 24, 2009 17:55:03 GMT -4
Yuki shook his head no. "I think that's it for chakra... I should run some laps or something... I have to physically exhaust myself as well... Ebisu-Sensai's orders..." he said as if that excused his - what seemed like stupidity....
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Post by Oki on Aug 24, 2009 17:58:32 GMT -4
Oki sighed and shook her head. Why were men always so pigheaded?
"Yuki, I doubt you can stand up on your own, let alone start running laps. Sit and rest for a little while, recover before you start pushing yourself further."
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Post by Yuki on Aug 24, 2009 18:09:27 GMT -4
Yuki sighed. "If I fall over... I'll take your advice... Other than that... You can run with me if you like... I think I'll probably be going pretty slow..." He tried to smile through his wearyness, but it came out more of a smirk as he tried to get back up to his feet slowly...
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Post by Oki on Aug 24, 2009 18:12:00 GMT -4
Oki kept her hold on him until he was on his feet, not willing to see him collapse again. She didn't think she could hold him up if he did. It went against her better judgment to let him continue, but she reasoned that if she went running with him, at least she'd be handy if he got into trouble.
"If you collapse," she warned, "I'm lett you go face first and it'll serve you right if you get banged all to hell."
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Post by Yuki on Aug 24, 2009 18:14:33 GMT -4
Yuki drew in a deep breath and adjusted his glasses on his face - "deal," he said with that same little smirk. He drew another deep breath trying to psych himself up, and started off at a jog that was most likely slower than his walking speed... "I look... Pathetic... Don't I?" he said with a little cough that was supposed to be a short laugh...
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