Kasei stands in the middle of the woods, in his fighting stance. Facing the mercianry, and holding a small scimitar, was Aria, his grandougter. The two had apparently been training for a while now, and probably intensly, seeing as how the trees around them were scarred and had kick and punch holes in the, one was even blown to pieces! These two didn't actually seem to have an actual home, seeing as how they have appeared all over north hyrule. Kasei relaxes his stance a bit, "O.K, one more time, Aria!" He calls out to his grandchild, who nods her head. Kasei starts runing at her, and jumps in the air when he gets close, he spins around in mid-air, and kicks at Aria with his left foot. Aria holds up the scimitar, and blocks the initial attack. Kasei twists his body a bit, and makes a punch for her head with his right arm, the blow connects, and Aria is sent to the ground, but doesn't seem injured. " Aria, in a battle, you have to consider every possible move your opponent can make, think ten steps ahead!" He says kindly. Aria Just nods her head, and gets ready for another go-round.

this time around, Kasei ran at Aria, but instead of jumping, he spun around her, and struck the pressure points in her back, sending her toppling to the ground before she could even move to defend herself.

"Actually, I prefer to think twenty," said a figure emerging from the woods. The figure was Orpheous, from the courtyard. He was dressed in his usual cloak, tunic, pants, boots, and Termanian watch, the same clothes from the courtyard. A figure emerged behind him, dressed in similar attire. "That is my apprentice, Simon."

Simon responded by saying, "Pleasure to meet you Kasei, I have heard a lot about you."

Orpheous added in a question, "So, you guys training?"

Kasei was helping Aria up just as Orph came into view, but Kasei had sensed someone nearby for a while. He didn't know if they werew going to appear or not, but he believed they weren't a foe. His guess was correct. "Yes, we are training, care to join us?" He asked bluntly, but not coldly. Aria stood up and attempted to wipe grass stains off of the shorts she was wearing, with no real progress. "There is a rule if you join us, though; don't aim to kill." Kasei said, with his kind smile back on his face. It was almost unn atural, that this guy could smile in a land where monsters seemed to pop out of nowhere. You then notice that, not far away, is a large scimitar that must belong to Kasei. The thing looked powerfull, and very large. Maybe you should avoid ever facing it.

Worru, or in this case, Ryk watched from a tree that wasn't scarred or damaged in any way, his claws dug deep into the wood to stop him from falling. He had recognized Aria, as Worru's messed up little mind had managed to make a fantasy or two about her. He shuddered, cutting one memory of one off before it could go any further.

I hate it when his brain leaks... he thought, before he lept down from the tree to stand behind Orph. "Yo, Cheeseface, Bookwyrm." he said, greeting the two, before his eyes settled on the other two. "Would this ole' dog be allowed to fight as well?" he asked, cocking an eyebrow.

OOC: glad ya change what you orriginally said, worru...

IC: Kasei's smile bacame a small grin, and in an instant, he was behind Worru, Orph and Simon, wit hno indication that he had even moved! "You can join, Worru, as long as you follow the aforementioned rule. You can duke it out with Aria, she needs practice." He said, acting as if his speed was nothing. He then turned ghis attention to Orph and simon. "So, Orpheous, would you like to spar?" He asked the inkweaver.

Ryk opened his mouth to protest, but then closed it, giving Kasei an annoyed glare. "Can't aim to kill, what a load of..." he muttered under his breath, before turning and walking over to Aria. Raising his fists up, he looked at her square in the eye. "You ready to feel death, Girlie?" asked Ryk, smiling menacingly.

OOC: Just a note, Ryk still has his claws, claw daggers, and springheel boots.

"Sure," said Orpheous, who immediately drew an ax. When he knew Kasei was ready, he threw the ax at his leg.

OOC: Ever watch the Brothers Grimm?

Aria grinned, then dissapeared! At first, it looked like she had used Kasei's fast movements to attack worru, but then, as you look at her dissapear, it more resembles shadowmeld, a cheap shiekah trick, but one that could prove usefull, because she was now invisible, and there was almost no way to tell where she was, or was there?

OOC: Orph, you'll have to pst after this.

Worru, Fighting aria is just a matter of working out how her tricks work, once ya unravel them its easy!

I already know two ways to find aria, but you'll have to figure them out yourself!

Ryk's eye twitched, knowing the move shadowmeld from the start. Girlie just wants to play around...Time for me to 'play', hehehe... he thought, grinning even more maniaclly than before. He fell to all fours, as he dashed around, hoping he would run into her. He wasn't allowed to use the good old-fashoned "shoot 'til you hit something" trick, what with Kasei's rule, but he did what he could.

None of Worru's attacks hit anything, but Aria's mischievious laugh rang through the clearing, and a cut appeared on Worru's shoulder, not big enough to worry, but placed so that it would be diffucult and akward to walk on all fours. Aria's laugh rang through the little area once more, but its source eluded all thought. Meanwhile, Kasei was explaiing to worru the nature of Aria's unique shadowmeld; " You see, her special energies make it impossible to see her, even with eyes that can see the invisible, and it also lets her be invisible longer than any normal shiekah, about three times as long, but there are downfalls in a terrain like this, and its very obvious." He commented.

OOC: Orph, I am forbidding you to tell him the answer, even through PM!

OOC: Kasei, you are earning yourself a visit from Smiley.

IC: Ryk stopped, reverting to his much, much, much, much, slower two-legged stance. He looked around, studying the grass. His shoes would only leave a hollow print, and his claws would leave nothing. He could see her if she was standing, but only if she was on the grass. He also looked up, trying to see any disturbances in the trees.

OOC: wow, took ya long enough!

IC: Kasei wondered in amazement ot how fast worru cought on. "there, he figured it out, its only a matter of time until he finds her. Aria's unique abilities may be invaluable in an arena, but the woods easilly defeats them. This is over." Kasei said, and, true to his words, as Worru scanned the grass for any sign of Aria'sd footprints, they appeared. A little to the right, and quickly moving towards Ryk withought making a sound, were Aria's petit footprints. "Its over, " Kasei repeated, "over for Worru." He finished, apparently seeing something Worru haden't.

Ryk grinned for a moment, feeling something, but not knowing where. It was a problem he had. While he had super regenerative abilities, his vision seemed to be messed up when it decided to go hyperspeed. Never could tell why, though. He just blinked one time, then opened his eyes, staring at only one point in the trees.

Ryk was right to focus on the trees, because there was movement in the leaves. However, he was idiotic to turn his back on Aria, who became visible right behind Ryk, and lashed out with the flat of her scimitar, dealing a powerful, non-lethal, blow to Ryk's back. And just as Aria hit him, a second Aria appeared in the treetops. "Heh, no matter what Worru did, he would have lost, because Aria thought ten steps ahead, and crated a clone of herself that could attack from the ground should Worru notice her in the trees, and vice versa, Worru has effectivelly lost this fight, but lets just see what he'll do next." The rebel flame says, just as both Aria and hewr clone enter shadowmeld.


OOC: can you say PWNED?

The Ryk that fell to the ground stayed there, lifeless, before just dissapearing. "Nice try, Girlie. Next time, use your move against someone who can't think eleven steps ahead." taunted Ryk, also hiding.