So ya wanna be a hero kid? (Sayren)

[Ximal]

Xi raised an eye brow at her questions, a series of them that he should have been anticipating more than he was. He smirked and answered her questions...She seemed to be quite full of these."Asking a question is not the same as arguing, so yes you may ask a question but remain in stance. By asking a question because you are unsure of what I've said is not breaking a rule, however breaking the stance to ask it is. And when i say breaking the stance, i mean moving your feet out of position you can gesture with your arms all you like. Just don't move your feet. I understand that some people move their arms when the talk so it's a fair idea, that i might consider that breaking stance." Xi pondered the next question with some revere. "Each teacher has different methods of teaching. My ways are mine alone, however each teacher will treat you as they wish to treat you. You are equal to them so if you don;t like it tell them, but you have to be able to argue back why you think it's unfair. With myself i'll take it on board and simply set you a challenge to see if your right." Her last question though made him laugh fairly loudly. "When i say a favour i mean a favour but don't worry on that front, if you think i'm going to call it in like that, no. So don;t worry about me doing anything like that without your consent or your approval and i wont force it upon you as a favour to me, no. Y'see i draw...It's a pass time of mine...I do it to help relax my head and see how things move in the world. I may call in a favour for you to be a model for me from time to time. But that's about as far as " alone time" will go. Else wise the favours could range from me handing you a bit of money and saying "head into town because i need so and so and i'm busy." So I'm despite what you may think and may have of me as a preconception, not a monster, nor an evil guy. Despite what revy may say about me..."Xi smirked a fairly friendly flash of a grin. "Any more questions or can we begin ?"

[Sayren WindDancer]

It relaxed her when he said she could even more her arms. Some times when she gets really frustrated, she resorts back to pavi, her main language, and constantly moves her arms with her words. She just had to make sure she never moved her feet at any given turn unless at ease? Then the mention of Revy...just something about that woman was unnerving. She just couldn't understand why that was the case. She seemed beautiful, yes, but just somehow...threatening. She blinked when he spoke of his hobby. To draw women modeling for him. Her cheeks began to turn rosy at the thought of how he had already seen the bare flesh of her virtue. And if she were to mess up and have to perform this favor, she would have to remain so? Till his drawing was complete? She wasn't sure if she could handle it...but it was at least better than to have her virtue taken against her Will. She took a deep breath, finally finished with her sprouting thoughts as she nodded to Ximal, "We may begin."

[Ximal]

Xi smirked watching her was quite...entertaining, he kept his arms folded across his chest and raised his eyebrow at her as her face began to flush...Just what was she imagining inside of her own head ? Xi stepped back ito range of her a she said they could begin. He almost retaliated in a sarcastic manner almost saying " who was teaching who?" Xi instead smirked and cracked his neck before turning on his full intimidatory force powering at her with a feeling of intent to kill her, The feeling the mannerisms the will to kill her the only thing he'd imparted and raised. "Right you want to begin. Pull up the muster to try and hit me." Having switched from the calm and kind feeling he'd had to this one of a man trained to do nothing but take anothers life within a few moments. His breathing slower than before as he leered at her and slowly brought his arms down in clenched fists from his chest, useing all of his natural resources to impart into her the feeling that he was going or at least wanting to kill her. "My training starts now, so begin."

[Sayren WindDancer]

She noticed that her master paused for a moment, guessing he was readying for something. Then within moments, his gaze upon her turned hostel. Then he told her to muster her strength to hit him. She gulped. She was never used to seeing anyone glower such eyes at her. Even from her fiercest opponents. None had the intention of killing her, just defeating her. She couldn't help but flinch when he brought himself to a stance in front of her. Causing her to recede from her master by a step or so. Then it dawned on her...it was a test, and she had just earned her first mark...for breaking one of his rules. She narrowed her eyes, trying to glare back at him. Her pride felt shattered and her determination fueled her to reclaim her broken pride. She slammed her fists together and brought herself to the stance once again, sliding her left foot forward, and lowering her right hand to her gut. Balling it up into a fist as the left hand patiently faced her master. She took a breath and lunged forward at her master, slamming the fist into his chest. Or so she was hoping.

[Ximal]

Xi smirked, the effect he was hoping for worked, the intent of his to take her head off of his shoulders had caused ehr to break stance. Strike one and she and he both knew it. Her glare only brought forth a smile from his face, if she was trying to show that she was trying to intimidate him, then she was barking up the wrong tree. Her stance mirrored one of his own, the balanced stance, good for any range of attacks, however at present it wasn't the one he would have used. Xi though remained him his formless stance, letting the first move and decision be made by her. He held his intent to kill her there, naivete not going to help her now. She brought her fist towards him aiming to punch him in his stomach. He however just brought his forearm across like an anvil and swatted away her punch like an annoying fly. He then slid his foot into her space and brought his arm across like a hammer blow. Stopping his punch just before it reached her chest he brought his other arm in below it like a secreted isur's hammer and this one he would let connect not enough force to hurt her but enough to let her know she would feel it. "You wanted my special training, it comes with hazards. But i assure you, the results will be worth it."

[Sayren WindDancer]

The punch stammered her a bit. Backing her up a few feet as she tried to regain her stance. She wanted to kick, but considering he hasn't taught her that, she was just going to have to stick with just the punches for now. Out of the moment of curiosity, she asked, "When will we get to the kicks and other types of attacks? It will be rather predictable if all I know is how to punch with left and right." And as she finished, she closed the distance between her and her master, throwing another punch at him, this time a little higher on the chest. What number this was supposed to be, she lost count, already, but her focus wasn't on the number of punches she was throwing, it was if she was getting them right. Then to Keep on punching at him till he says otherwise.

[Ximal]

Xi rolled his chest in time with her punch to extend his next one allowing her punch to become at best a glancing blow. Her question mid battle came sand Xi brought his right hand to bear on her stomach hitting her heard enough to let her feel it without causing any major damage. "I'll teach you how to kick when you've shown me you can throw a punch. At the moment you've already got two strikes you fell out of stance twice." Xi slid his right foot forwards now, bringing his left arm across like a cross between a hammer and a sword. He was aiming to scare the reality that she needed to get over her own wants and focus on the basics. "Before i can teach you how to walk you need to show me you can stand up. If you cant stand, and hold a stance whilst doing something a simple as punching then your not going to learn any techniques at all." Xi's stance on that matter was going to remain like an iron wall, it wasn't going to flinch or change with any of his students he's show them the basics and get them top develop it in their won time only when he felt they'd gotten enough skill would he elevate their level of learning up.

[Sayren WindDancer]

Sayren growled, trying her best to remain in stance after his punch. It did sting quite a bit, but she struggled to keep her foothold against him. She wasn't punching right?? Then why wasn't he correcting her?! Was his punches her punishment for her incorrect strikes? It was just making her more frustrated as she pulled her fist back for another strike at him. She was bound and determined to show him she can punch. And also without realizing it, she had thrown yet another punch at him, or at least was trying to. With each strike she tried to make herself more fluid, more relaxed, but tensed up each time a strike landed and nothing seemed to happen. "How do I know if my punches are even effective against you? It seems that I hit and hit and you just shrug it off like child's play!" Wasn't noticing her frustration was leaking into her voice, causing her to speak a little louder and with more force to her tone.

[Ximal]

Xi glared at her seeing the look of questioning herself on her face. He sighed and Stepped back letting her next punches just cut air. Her complaints being strike three. Strike three." Xi sighed and let her continue. "Your getting too stiff you need to keep your body loose, keep your muscles feeling fluid. And before you ask how i know i make people wear a uniform like that for a reason, it lets me see." Xi folded his arms across his chest. and kept out of her range. Making sure to tell her there truth now. "What happens when you come up against an opponent whose stronger than you are, or has abilities you can barely imagine, and you realize that you don't know if your punches work or not? I'm not the only thing out there which can shrug of punches like nothing, I'm not the only thing out there which your going to come across. And what happens when you do come across them and you try to fight them? Are you going to whine like a little girl when you cant see your strikes having an effect ? Because i doubt anyone else will be like me and just suddenly stop the fight because you complain." Xi sighed and stepped towards the door. "Trainings over, do what you want, If you need me i'll be in my room." Xi opened the door slowly and walked out letting it follow closed behind him. Had he done the wrong thing? had he let somebody who couldn't control their emotion and needed to have every point of their own ability confirmed in their own mind before they could take a step forwards...Did i make a mistake allowing her in? She needs to prove to me that she has enough self control to be able to repress her anger. Or else she might get herself killed...At least in the real world.

[Sayren WindDancer]

Her eyes became wide in shock. Was she really sounding like a spoiled child?...She wanted to hang her head over her shoulders and sulk. Her first session and she was turning into a complete failure at it all. She felt her pride completely shatter when she heard him say in disappointment that the training session was over. The moment Ximal stepped out of the room, tears shimmered down her face. Was she just that terrible of a student?! She picked up the dummy that Ximal had tossed away so effortlessly. She gritted her teeth as she placed the dummy into the ground, making sure it had a firm stand in the ground before backing up. She took a deep breath and focused her attention on the practice dummy in front of her.

She struck it, with all her frustration behind it. Then she struck it once more, just trying to get her anger out. After about half a bell had passed of only just punching at this dummy with furious strikes. She straightened herself for composure. Taking one more deep breath as she slipped into the stance. She kept her eyes on the dummy before punching it the way Ximal was trying to tell her. She had forgotten where she was at. So...better start from the beginning, punch one. Switches to the other foot, trying not to think about too much as she landed the second punch. Back to the other, landing a third, and a forth. She continued this. Trying to take controlled breaths so she didn't completely exhaust herself. She was now at ten controlled strikes.

About 45 chimes later, she had reached 90. Sweat dripped down her face from her concentration and her knuckles red from her striking the dummy as hard as she could with each punch. She kept up with the pace, knowing if she continued her rhythm, she will finish and finally take a quick rest. Four more down. And another pair. Just four more left. She was excited that she had almost reached her end, but she couldn't break her rhythm, not until-last two! And with more force, she finally gave the dummy one two! Her chest rose up and down, her excitement during her last ten punches caused her to lose focus from her breathing. So she took one immense breath and let out an exhale. She was now staring at her hands. They were stinging...but she didn't pay it much mind...she was still aggravated with the fact that she had complained to her master.

She finally built up some nerve and walked over to his room, placing her hands behind her so he wouldn't see them, "Ximal?...I wanted to say sorry...I didn't mean to sound like a rotten child. I want to become a great warrior. And as so...I'm ready to accept whatever favor you ask...as my punishment for failing to hold my stance." Then she wiped her face, feeling some more sweat trickle down her brow when she realized, she must look like a mess. Small tear stains and her face redden from the small work out... She let out an unintentional sigh as she looked down. Trying to straighten her legs out so she could at least be somewhat presentable.

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