Completed How Did I Miss Someone Like THAT?! (Ximal)

[Savio]

As the man turned and faced Savio he mustered up his courage and toughened his spine, and felt imprudent for doing so. He couldn’t help himself from stepping back, though as Vilni moved closer. He was trying to be brave, not suicidal. “I believe the master will be a good starting point; a stepping stone so to speak on my path to self-improvement. I have no real goals in life at this moment, no vendettas to settle nor do I have a damaged pride to mend. I seek his knowledge and training for my own personal gain”

When the man, who Savio already figured out was really and truly Ximal in disguise, pointed out that his hand was on his dagger, Savio felt abashed. It had been a subconscious action, not one intended to threaten or insult this giant man. So Savio carefully removed dagger and sheath from his person and set it aside, along with his tunic and shirt. Savio was glad that his pants had grown slightly looser on him since coming to Nyka to enable better flexibility.

“Easy is a relative term, Master Ximal.” Savio couldn’t hide the slight smirk on his lips. By the Gods, this was going to hurt. Savio did his best to hide his nervousness as he stretched his muscles in preparation. Five chimes. That was all he needed to survive to get in. Only five chimes.

[Ximal]

Xi smirked slightly amused that this man had seen through his ply. After all he wasn't that good at acting still he thought it might be a good idea to let him think he'd gotten the one up. Xi unfolfed his arms as he spoke. "Well you plan to use my teaching ans a stepping stone? Good we'll see how you do then. If you think what i offer is merely a stepping stone for personal gain and personal glory. Every fighter does it for their own reasons but is your reason strong enough ? Are your goals high enough? " Xi stepped forwards again only a half step but enough to let savio know that he was not going to play around. "Easy is a reletive term, and nice job for seeing through that paper thin disguise, if i'd wanted to hide who i was i would have done a much better job. " Xi closed his eye's and brought his djed into his eye's the slow manipulation taking a few moments as the clunky change began to fade in. Molten gold. Xi then opened his eyes slowly the irises having changed from his solid neon royal blue into a much more striking and fierce yellow gold. "The test begins now." Xi pulled the clasp on his cloak and let it fall. Before the cloak hasd even reached halfway to the ground Xi had closed the gap between himself and sav, his right arm wheeling around his body with speed, but no force. A pure feint however from the left he brought his other arm in like a lighting bolt from beneath out of sav's eye-line aiming straight for sav's right hip. If he'd hit that leg was going numb for the reminder of the battle. "A man's body is only as strong as his conviction. How strong are you?"

[Savio]

The man was fast. REALLY fast! But luckily Savio wasn’t too slow either as he back flipped away from the oncoming attack, but he was shocked to feel the Master’s fist graze his right hip, making the whole area throb painfully. If that would have hit dead on, the leg would have been completely useless, and perhaps the bone would have shattered. Realization dawned on the younger man as he fixed his stance and kept a close eye on Ximal. Chances were that he wasn’t going to land a single hit. He didn’t need to hit the man; he just needed to avoid being pummeled into the ground.

He kept his stance loose and flexible and his hands open to “hopefully” deflect on coming attacks. The look in the man’s golden-wait…? Didn’t he have blue eyes?

[Ximal]

Xi smirked and felt his fist connect lightly with his hip. Xi was still impressed that he managed to back flip away from him and mitigate the damage. Xi was a little impressed, but if he was planning to just dodge all of the time that wasn't going to fly. "You can only get so far in life by running eventually it will catch up to you and drag you down." Xi closed the gap again this time taking another step but with his arm raised and within a second he unleashed a flurry of blows seven strikes with a reset in under a second. all aimed along his left hand side with Xi's right arm. The unbelievably fast set of blow meant to distract him. Then as the onslaught came in from the right Xi brought another left in from where he shouldn't have been longing and brought it to his right shoulder this time. If the left missed he was going to be walking into a flurry of pain, if his rights missed the left was almost guaranteed to hit. Xi took a deep breath and then pressed his attack. Of neither of those ploys worked then Xi was ready to finish it off with a sharp right elbow to the chest after closing the gap further making the blow like a knife edge. "This is an exam of your fighting skill by the way. If you don't fight back you also fail even if you last the five chimes."

[Savio]

Savio bit back curses as Ximal rained hell down upon his left side with his right, but as he fought to avoid any more damage, he was caught with a hard left that practically flung him away to crash hard onto the ground with a groan. His whole left side was in raging pain, but he wasn’t going to give up. Now when he was so close!

The young man stood once more with quite of bit of struggle since he couldn’t up his left arm at the moment and fixed his stance, then in a burst of speed, though not nearly as fast as Ximal, Savio rushed him. He first he feinted to the left as he neared, appearing to plan on attacking Ximal’s right side with his right fist, but right before the moment of contact, Savio dropped to his right knee and kicked out with his left leg, aiming at the man’s knees. Savio hoped to knock the Master off balance, and give himself a chance to attack. Since dodging was no longer an option, attacking and giving his all was the way to go.

[Ximal]

Xi had his plans work but as the boy threw himself to the ground Xi stepped back slightly to allow him the room to stand. "Now you know why i'm the master of my school. My conviction is strong. How strong is yours ? It's barely been two chimes and your left arm is now more or less immobile, and your right leg should be stinging. Lets see how much your conviction of using my teachings for your own desires holds true!" Xi smirked as he rose from the ground slowly, at lest he had the strength of will to hold onto what he wanted. As sav threw out his punch Xi could see that his leg was already beginning to move behind it planning out a kick somewhere which Xi was going to nullify almost immediately. Xi let the punch come in before trying to latch hold of the man's wrist then in a turning motion he let the kick slide past his legs barely scraping the back of his steel boots as he pulled the boy over his shoulder bringing his own torso down using the boy's arm as a lever to pull him off course. Xi being a fulcrum point. Xi was aiming to toss him a distance away and have gravity do his damage for him. "You've still got two and a half chimes left. How long do you reckon you can last ?"

[Savio]

Savio went flying. It had almost too fast to fully grasp what exactly had happened, but now he was flying and the ground was getting close rather quickly. When Savio fell, he only had enough time to turn his body just so to take the fall without too much additional injury; he landed mostly on his arse and skidded slightly. He hissed in pain as he attempted to stand once more. His whole body hurt. His arm was in so much pain that it hung uselessly at his side, and his weight was shifted so that his injured leg wouldn’t hurt as much.

“How about I let my actions speak for me?” Savio managed to say in-between labored breaths.

He still managed to stand up though; he only had a few more minutes left. He could do this. He knew that his exhaustion was getting the best of his judgment as he rushed forward once more, aiming his good arm for a hard punch to the other man’s abdomen.

[Ximal]

Xi had succeed with the throw and his opponent had landed on his backside after spinning in the air. Good at least he had enough skill to enact self preservation. Xi then hear the man speak with enough confidence in his voice to make Xi wonder if he'd actually done enough to put him out yet. Xi was surprised to say the least when he saw him rise again. Xi folded his arms as the man before him rose back to full height. Somewhat. "Two chimes. I think you might make it in, but now i think i should stop holding back." Xi shifted into another dear and let the man come at him as sav brought his hand towards Xi's stomach Xi let the time grind itself out letting sav pull himself closer Xi then brought his arm up at the near point of impact with himself and shot his won arm out. Using his longer reach and superior speed to his advantage he shot out his arm aiming for sav's face with a vicious cross counter. If this hit sav would more than likely be out for the count face up on the floor. "Well at least you've shown that your own will is strong enough to haver you stand up against a foe you cannot hope to defeat. But a brave man is often the same as a foolish one. " IF Xi's attack hit. If it hit...Sav would be having a headache for days.

[Savio]

Savio could see the fist heading right towards his face. It was like for a whole moment, the world had gone in slow motion. He watched the fist come closer and closer and he was helpless to evade or block such an attack, perhaps because he was too tired or Ximal was too fast, perhaps a bit of both. He had to roll with the punch, which meant tucking in his chin and moving his forehead in the direction of the hit, since he was once told by a performer back in Syliras that the forehead was the hardest part of his skull. The only thing he could think of at the moment of impact was If this doesn’t knock me out cold, it will hurt like a beast.

[Ximal]

Xi sighed and felt his hand connect with sav's head. And then watched sav power down into the ground. Xi sighed and crouched down next to him. A thought going through Xi's head Xi flicked his eye's at sav and back at his won steel coated hand. He did well despite selfish reasoning. "Stand your ass up, you aint dead yet. You lasted four chimes. You show some potential...Alirght...Your in. Pick your gear up and follow me...You've got a room to choose. But you follow my rules. And my first rule is " you had better find a damn good reason for wanting to stay here." Your body will only hold out as long as your spirit. And right now...Your body can take no more punishment. But looks like you have enough energy left to stand your ass up. Find a better reason to fight, and you'll find that attack will soon mean nothing and that you cna see through peoples attacks. If you don't find a better reason to fight...I'll kick your ass and throw you out myself. " Xi turned on his heel and walked towards the entrance to his school allowing sav to follow after. He'd made it in...If only barely.