Playing in the field Daniel + Exvee

[T34m43]

*He felt the sliding motion as his blade slit through her uniform and into her stomach. The katana slide into her and he noticed the look on her face. Her words were not comforting to him, he wondered why she had took him on in since a manner when she was not a sword fighter. His blade turned from its shining polished form, into a dull dark red and blood dripped freely from the wound, he had struck a massive blow to her. His left arm was now stuck in front of her and position was comfortable. He held out his right finger and stated his intent.* Hadou no Yon - Byakurai! *He aimed his strike at her right breast, hoping to win this battle quickly now. He wondered if this was too much, she was very new to this and maybe he had gone all out too quickly.*

[Exvee]

The pain in her stomach was making concentration a little bit difficult, but she could register Daniel taking aim at her chest and about to send what seemed to be a kidou.

The Byakurai was fast, but she was fast too, and dodged to the left half a second before it went by; she could almost hear it buzzing past her ear.

Trying to stop him from attacking further before she could at least do something to staunch the blood a little, she pointed at his left arm and said the spell: "Bakudou no Ichi - Sai!"

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Bakudou no Ichi: Sai (Bakudou #1: Restrain)
Description: Restrains the target’s arms behind their back.
Incantation (J): N/A
Incantation (E): N/A

[T34m43]

*He watched as she dodged his attack, she moved her body side ways onto him and his attack flew just by. She countered quickly by cast a restrain spell. He reacted quickly saying no you don't he moved back quickly using his speed but this exchange had taken a bit out of him. The spell caught him and restrained him but he had put distance of about 10 meters between him and his opponent.*

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OOC: We really need to sort out body position in the next few posts. Things were slightly erroneous in last few posts.

[Exvee]

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Okay, I'll try to mark my position better...

She stayed where she was, as Daniel managed to get some distance from her -- but not enough to dodge her attack. She realized she had gotten a good hit on him when she saw how his arms were restrained behind his back.

She quickly used the time she had and tore off a strip from the white part of her shikakusho, tying it around her middle to staunch the blood of her wound without her needing to use her hands.

[T34m43]

*After a short tussle with the kidou he managed to break free, cursing the lack of any ability he had right now. He lost concentration for a minute thinking about to when he had been truly powerful. He looked up and wondered why nothing had come to pass, no attack no taking advantage of the situation. He readjusted his guard stance, brushing the flowers as he moved, the pollen was thick in the air and his nose did not agree with it. He noticed his foe had wrapped up her wounds, he wondered whether she had took the right course of action. Stood in his position he spoke his mind.* They say if you only wound the devil, you will have hell to pay. *He sniffled a little bit wondering if she had allergies.* My dear girl, I think you have to realise what occurs in battle, you missed a chance to strike a death blow. *His grip on his zanpakutou tightened, while he pondered his next move. You must fight me not on my terms, but on your own. You have to let it all go, fear, doubt and disbelief. *He moved his left leg forward and creeped from his starting position.* You must be a stone, but strike like lightening. *He smiled to her.* Breath out and feel your surroundings, you have the reiatsu, do not look for me, but what I give off, their is no path to eternal way, the eternal way is the only path. *He twist his zanpakutou to a diagonal and cut the petals from a flower, the force of the blow pushed it up.* It has a life you know watch it fall on the wind *Switching the angle of his blade in his hand, he cut through the petal into half.* Beauty has no place on the field, there is no room for art on the battlefield. *He looked at her seriously.* Do you know how you use kidou? *He starred at her wondering how she would react.*

[Exvee]

Tsubasa realized Daniel was getting free with the corner of her eye, and so, quickly finished tying the last of her makeshift bandage, and stood in guard. She was surprised when he did not try to attack her, but lectured her on the missed opportunity to attack him.

"I -- I thought we were only sparring", she said, embarrassedly. "Besides, it didn't feel right to strike an opponent who cannot move..."

She heard the last of the lecture with impressed eyes; Daniel looked really poetic right then. She had a glimpse of something she hadn't realized before; her opponent, though a recruit by rank, seemed to have a lot of experience in his eyes. She frowned, thinking of the difficulties of her recruit training, and noticing that he really didn't appear to have those basic troubles they had.

When asked about her kidou, she answered readily: "I can cast kidou from one to three at full power... And I can cast more at advanced level, like Byakurai. It was my best class back in the Academy... Why do you ask?"

[T34m43]

*He looked towards her, placing his body back into a mid guard more out of habit than actual threat. His hands brushed through the top of the flowers in the field and he felt his grip loosen as he calmed. This was not the intense look he had got from Nathan but calmer, they both could learn things.*

I asked because you went straight at it right off the bat. When I fought with Nathan, everything I did led up to three particular abilities. I saw how he fought and everything from then on was about setting up the end game.

*He wondered just how much he should talk to her about thinking in a battle, but he knew he may never fight her for real, maybe he should make sure she survived every battle from now. He placed his katana back into his saya and opened himself up to her, placing his hands up in front of him.*

When you attack try not to show everything off straight away, fight to you strengths but do not go straight all out. After all it will take things out of you. Remember how the flower petal fell it never expelled needless energy. When you move through the flowers, it will cause you to push through showing your route, when you fire kidou it will take energy from you.

*He thought about another example and remembered when he used to train long ago in Japan and water flowing sword strike.He thought back to when he would force his blade through his opponent and not glide it.*

When you attack you should only push through with you blade when you are going to finish the fight. When I struck you I did not add extra force into the blow. My body motion did not move, I just used my natural movement. This saves energy for a latter finishing blow. When you use your kidou make sure you use the ones you can fire all day, to trap me into being hit and once you get to that point, then hit me with energy demanding abilities.

*He moved his left hand downwards so it touched the flowers and gently brushed through them, released pollen into the air. Suddenly he moved his left hand back towards his head and shielded his eyes from the sun, before moving back to point at her blade.*

You see? The pollen can distract, not as much as some environments, like the sun for example. Look at your katana, so well polished, it shines in the light, maybe you should point it in my direction next time?

*He turned his hand into a spade opening up his palm to her and waved her on to attack him, hoping he would see something come from his words.*