Unarmed Combat -Part II -

[Aleksi]

She grinned and bit on her bottom lip. It seemed as if that day was going to be a whole lot more fun than any other has been recently. Hiding behind the food tent, she was waiting for Davon to pass by. They were playing hide and seek, and if she won, they'd just go riding, but if he won, she'd have a regular combat training with quite a bit of body building and acrobatics involved. After all that she has been through in the past few weeks, she really couldn't be bothered to do more training. Especially not combat. Frowning a bit, she leaned forward, peeking behind the tent to see if there was anyone there before squeaking loudly. Someone literally picked her up and squeezed around her waist. Wiggling a bit, she looked down and noticed it was Davon. She couldn't help herself but giggle. It seemed as she was relaxing more and more around that man with every moment that passed. As soon as he tried to lower her down and lean in though, she pushed herself away from him and added Fine, let's go finish with that training so the rest of my day can go to waste once again. He let her go and took a deep breath. Clearly, this was annoying him, but he was not going to react. Instead, he moved back, pulled his top off and tossed it over his Strider's back. Stretching his arms a bit, he leaned down, tightened his boots and then looked at her. We'll go for a run after we're done stretching, then the training will start,, before in a rather cold manner turning away from her to do his stretching. Aleksi sighed and started moving her head in a circular motion, stretching her neck, hearing it pop and being followed by a subtle grunt. She hated practicing that day to a point where even the most simple stretching bothered her. Then she slowly let one of her arms move in wide circles, the other following it before she did both at the same time, feeling her shoulder blades crack every time the arms turned. Being done with that, she spread her legs a bit and moved her knees towards the inside, then outside, warming them up before her hips started making circles as well. The process was so boring every time, but Davon didn't want to spice it up, since, according to his words, she was not ready for it. She bent forward, letting her fingers touch the floor and pushing herself lower, so her elbows could now do the same. Her legs slowly started spreading until she reached the ground. Splits, both types of them seemed like merely stretching now. Her muscles were used to it so much that not even the softest of gasps escaped her lips. Leaning forward, her chest touched the ground before switching into the other type of splits and leaning for about 45 tics back and forth. When she was done with that, she rolled herself onto her back and made a bridge like shape, arching her petite frame up. At first, it was closer to the ground, but as her muscles adjusted, she pushed herself up until she was on her tippy toes and her fingertips were barely holding onto the ground. Doing her best, she moved one leg up, then the other, twenty times each, both making her muscles gain strength and stretch, helping her with the acrobatic skills she was gaining during the course. It wasn't overly tiring, but every fiber of each of her muscles was already burning, the very thought of going through body building and unarmed combat made her sick. Her breathing turned into deep grunts as, at her last kick of the leg, she felt Davon grab it and pull it up into a 90 degree position, almost making the poor woman fall down. It seemed as if she was not stretchy enough yet. Remaining like that for a solid two chimes, he allowed her leg to fall down and then did the same with the other one. Helping her get up, he smiled warmly and said It's for your own babygirlto which she just mumbled Pffft and giggled before teasingly landing a poke on his shoulder So, body building now or should we work on unarmed combat? Davon didn't seem to want to answer that question with words, instead, he just grabbed her backpack and moved towards a near by tree, where he, somehow put up a straight wooden bar, just high enough for Aleksi's hands to grip onto it barely. Moving closer to her, his fingers gently moved the backpack around hers shoulders. He leaned in and placed a warm kiss on his cheek which made Aleksi nearly growl, but she didn't. The tensions were always there and they were always keeping them from properly practicing, so this time, she decided to just smile at him and take a deep breath. The backpack was quite heavy as it is, the man added another 10 pounds to it, making a total of 30. Nodding to her as he stepped back was a sign to grip onto the wooden bar. Her body was so light on its own, that this backpack made her literally growl with the first chinup she did. Closing her eyes, lifting her upper lip in the animalistic manner she picked up from Luc, she kept growling with every next chin up. It was so difficult, so strange and oh so painful to pull all of her 100 pounds pluss the additional 30 up against that bar. All she could do was twenty before she let go and landed on her feet, trying to catch some air. Davon wasn't going to let her go that easy, so he took the back pack off and switched it to her front, securing it so it doesn't move before nodding again. She knew what was about to happen. Situps and crunches had to happen. Frowning at the pain in her arms, she got down onto the ground and started with situps, slowly at first, then picking some pace up, doing fifty in one go. It seemed like the adrenalin was finally kicking in and she felt pumped up enough to do another fifty, which would probably leave her unable to move for a week, so she gave up on that idea. Barely making her way up back to her feet with a deep grunt and slightly lighteaded, she heard Davon speakTake a few chimes to rest my dear, the sun is not running from us yetIt was obvious that her body desperately needed it so she nodded and stopped. Her mind was all over the place ever since that kiss she got and he knew it, but didn't say anything. Eventually, she'd have to accept it, everyone in the clan knew it. In one way, he hated torturing her, but in the other, he wouldn't give her away for anything. Aleksi shook her head and cracked her neck quietly before starting with her crunches. Her body was heavy, muscles burning and her breathing was not even. She knew then that she would not do more than 50, but she had to try. Gasping for air, gruning and holding onto the straps of her backpack, she managed to push through 50 crunches before just falling down on her butt. Her face was completely red, all her muscles were cramping and sweat was dripping down both her forehead and her back. It was obvious that her petite frame was getting some tone to it, some rather visible tone to it now. Grinning, she looked up at him and mumbled I can't wait to look like a true warrior... and be as strong and fast as one... we have to practice unarmed as well! Nearly 5 chimes later, after they were both rested and in Davon's eyes, ready to continue their training he grabbed her hand and pulled her up. It was not intentional, but somehow she ended up on his chest and his face was dangerously close to hers. Coughing a bit, turning about and adding Let's go, Aleksi stepped away from him. A soft shade of pink was obvious on her cheeks, despite the clearly failing attempt to hide it. It made him chuckle quietly, but he wished not to disturb her more. Instead, he stepped away and told her to face him, letting his body sink down, knees bending just a bit as his feet spread enough to keep a steady posture. His arms were up in a defensive stand as he added quietly This is the basic posture you would take if getting ready for a spar or a fight.His left arm extended into a very fast, powerful move to the front, showing her the very basics of how she'd hit. It made her heart pound and her eyes sparkle in the sun of that warm day. As usual, fighting made her happy, made her enjoy in her world a lot more. As the other arm made the same, quick move, he told Aleksi to stand in the same posture and start doing what he was doing, mimicking it. Nodding a bit, she lowered herself down, trying to mimic the posture he was in best she could. The only thing that seemed wrong about it was the distance between her feet, so he corrected her before starting to blow punches, trying to build up speed within her. When she was there with the speed he desired for their first training of that sort, he started adding ducks. Left, right, down and then repeat the procedure. It was not easy at all, Aleksi was panting and growling while doing her best to keep up with his speed, failing miserably. It made her mad, it always did. She wanted to know it all, and getting to that point was not really her best hour. Shaking her head a bit, jumping and trying to relax her shoulders from the tension, she went back to the same posture and started blowing punches with more concentration, being a bit more accurate and a bit faster. With that being said, when he added kicking legs up above head level for her, she could barely keep her balance. Whimpering as she switched legs, Aleksi kept her eyes on the man. It was almost as she could understand, for the first time, what all the fuss was about. Him so concentrated on the fighting, muscles tensed, body strong and fast. It made her sigh and smile, but well, with the lack of concentration, soon after that, she ended up on her butt instead with the second foot up in the air. Giggling, she laid down with her arms spread and watched the man worryingly kneel next to her, looking into her big, green eyes. Shaking his head, Davon leaned in and kissed her foreheadYou, babygirl, are insane, I swear... all of them are right, you will cost me my life one day...before sitting down next to her so they could enjoy in the sun some more.

[Limey]

Skill and Lore Rewards Skills Lore Bodybuilding 3 Easing Tensions Between Betrothed Unarmed Combat 2 Improving With Every Session Davon: Speed, Power And Experience Additional Notes : Not bad, overall, as usual. I like the thawing of their relationship, too, even though it's clear Aleksi is not interested i him (yet?) as he is in her. The one thing I would say is that for any serious gain in combat stats, you need to give a lot more detail and make it more of a involved match. Every move, even flash of inspiration or lesson learned, as it were. But, like I said: not bad, and plenty of room for more. Any questions or queries, please PM me.