Let's get training!

[SLE]

"Finally reached it" Ai said as she witnessed the grand site. It's like it was made specificly for fighters like her, who want to hone their skills. It was truly amazing, the gates and fences were made of sharpened logs. This was possibly the first destination she had actually wanted to go to. The amazing village was before her eyes. The village of "Hadron" She had to venture past a forest, travel miles, and finally, climb this steep mountain to reach it. Amazing.

As she tried to enter, two guards stopped her with their spears, blurting out "Halt! State your status and your reason for entering!" Ai expected as much, villages didn't just accept anyone. "I am Ai Yanaihara, Quincy, I seek training after the leader of this village" Ai said with vigor in her voice. She tried to seem as formal as possible. She didn't want to mess this up. "A newbie, eh? Well, we don't really like weaklings. I'm positive the leader won't." Ai started getting a bit ticked off. Weakling? How insulting. "Show us what you got then, if you think you're worthy." Ai couldn't accept fast enough, she'd been aching to get some training in.

As Ai reached for her chest, her bow materialized in her hand. She drew her bow back, ready to fight. Just then, one of the guards lunged at her with his spear. He was fast, I guess he had been training too. But he wasn't fast enough. Ai swiftly dodged, side to side and lunged back, averting the slash of the tip. Ducking, she pulled her bow and launched 6 arrows without missing a beat. The guard spun his spear, blocking the 5 arrows that would've hit him. "Not bad for a newbie" he said as he jabbed the pointed metal at Ai, her dodging all of the stabs. "I'm not just any newbie" Ai said as she jumped back further and launched a slightly larger arrow at the guard's legs. His spear was in the process of stabbing at Ai's head, so there wasn't much he could do now. Amazed, he jumped out of the way, but still, it scraped the side of his leg.

"I'm impressed, not many people can land a hit on me. Good job, you're allowed to enter." Though, as she walked through the gate, proud of herself for being able to impress the guard, the other guard whispered something to her. "Don't worry about the whole 'newbie' thing, he just doesn't like girls joining our village. Also, the village leader's straight ahead, just keep walking." Ai had to admit, she was kind of shocked by this. But it didn't matter now, she was okay with having to prove herself. That just meant all the guys here didn't have to. She snickered as she looked at the villagers. Most of them wearing nothing but brown pants and red bandannas. Some of them were carrying lumber on their shoulders, others were training before they saw the new girl. Most of them looked once, then resumed their business, others just didn't notice her.

She walked straight ahead, just as the guard told her. It would probably be some sort of noticeable dojo in this crowd of huts. Apparently not, since when she arrived at it, all it was was a slightly bigger hut with lit torches in the front. Intrigued, she walked closer to it. Only to be surprised by an old man slamming the door outwards and addressing her. "I sensed an odd presence and decided to investigate. I see you're a newcomer and wish to train as my pupil. Very well, you've proved yourself by not only defeating the Guard, but also not killing him. I sense you had the decision and chose not to, it shows chivalry." Ai was amazed by this guy. I mean, he knew everything up to this point, astonishing. "Well, come, you have much to learn, and I sense much potential in you."

*1 day time skip*

Ai was feeling fantastic after the training program. It increased her speed phenomenally, making her able bodied enough to do what she witnessed the guard do. This was achieved with weighted training clothes. It was hard at first, but she got used to it. Well, time for a nice sleep.

*1 day time skip*

Now, with the leader's help, she could now shoot arrows faster without damaging herself. She could shoot twice as many now, 10 arrows at the speed of 5. Not to mention her accuracy was improved. This was attained with a simple dart board. For some reason, this improved her immensely, however, she suffered with bleeding fingers. Never before has so longed for a night of sleep. Her speed was improved in timing with weighted gloves. The next day, she would learn how to read Aura for 4 weeks. That explains how the leader sensed her and read her mind.

[Maelys Knight]

ooc: Sorry, SLE, I just couldn`t stay awake.

Gavin was running through the forest at an amazing speed. He had heard of a village where, if they let you in, you could train your fighting skills against everyone else. All that was required of him now was finding it. Finally, he sensed a break in the silence of the forest. He homed in on it, and found what he was looking for. It had a Wooden gate, and two guards who had just noticed him.

"Halt. State your status and your reason for entering." There was the "if they let you in" part, he thought. "I am Gavin Arkana, and I have traveled far to train with the best of the best." Might as well try to earn brownie points. But the guard didn`t buy it. "Well, then you must be very skilled to have traveled that far just for us." the guard said, smugly. "So show me you can actually fight, and we`ll let you in." he smirked. About time, finally, a battle. "Hmm....... perhaps I should......" Gavin added, coyly. And he pulled his dual swords off his back, the Sintei, his families treasured weapon. "try to keep up" Gavin put in.

With that, he jumped back, ready to fight. He set his swords along his arm, elbow blade style, and got into what looked like a boxing stance. The guard laughed. "Ha ha ha, you think you can even get near me like THAT!" Time to teach this guard some proper battle etiqette. Don`t taunt your opponent, or ever underestimate them. Gavin ran straight in, at the guard. The guard didn`t even flinch. Just as Gavin got close, the guard sidestepped and lunged with his spear. Gavin quickly ducked down to the ground, sliding safely under the attack.

The guard reared back, and started to stab. But Gavin was prepared. He brought his arm back, hitting the spear and deflecting it, thanks to the sword still along his arm. Gavin spun to get up as the guard brought his spear back up. Enough of this nonsense, he thought, time to end this. Gavin reversed both blades so that they were straight extensions of his arm. He swung his right sword at the guard,who deflected with the spear, and Gavin immediately stepped in with his left foot and placed his sword at the guards neck. It was over.

"Hmph" Gavin said. "Fine, you can enter" the guard said as Gavin returned his swords to their X-shaped holder on his back. Gavin walked through and watched the village go through its normal day. But up ahead, someone that just looked so much like he would be the leader, looked over to Gavin. However, that`s not what surprised Gavin the most.
There was a lady next to the leader. "Is that...... Ai?"

[Serras-Kai]

((MONKEYWRENCH I AM.))

The massive stomping of the monstrous frame that made K-55 who he is came to an abrupt halt before the gates of a forgotten city. Where was he again? He was lost, but in the end that hardly seemed to matter. He'd reached a destination, a place he could stay and maybe even throw down with some of the locals, but whatever was fine was fine. The man before him, barring his entrance, would be the first such local to be fought. "State your name, newbie."

K-55 clicked and vented his heating systems. He'd been at war before this man's grandaddy's gradaddy was still teething. And this was the greeting he got? no respect for elders around here! None whatsoever. Why, if he was just a little less kind to those he met, he'd... "K-55 Marauder." He said flatly, in his synthesized mechanical voice.

"And I suppose you think you can just waltz in, like the last two?"

"Pardon?"

"You can't enter the city unless you are worthy. But somehow I don't think you are, tin man." With that, the guard was upon him. His spear spun, and lodged itself into the base of K-55's head, sliding in between sheets of armor and into the vulnerable wiring beneath. "Ya see, not everyone gets in here."

"I'm pleased that you think so little of me," sarcasm wasn't one of the hulking mass of metal's strong suits, but he hoped it translated well enough for this guard to understand him. "But I've no intention of walking all the way here just to have the door slammed in my face.

The massive, three-fingered hand of the Marauder unit placed itself on the guards shoulder, and pressed on it. The bones shattered first, and the man folded at the Kell Hound's feet. He hadn't expected him to be so fragile, but alas, not everyone was made of synthetic metals like himself.

Stepping over the writhing man, the hoofed feet met the soft dirt of the walled city for the first time as he stomped his way through the gate, ignoring the looks from those around him who had come to see what all the commotion was about.

[SLE]

During her aura reading, the village leader said he sensed a newcomer fighting out in front. I guess that meant another girl was thinking of joining. She'd probably get in, but Ai still wanted to meet her. "If it's okay with you, could I go meet whoever's out front? I haven't seen any other females in this village thus far, it would be a refreshing sight." Well, it's only been 2 days, but still. Ai wasn't really the flirt, so she wasn't really ecstatic about being alone with hundreds of shirtless men.

She left the hut she was training in and went straight ahead, just like before. Only now, she wasn't going to be the only new one. But apparently, she was wrong about the one outside. It wasn't a girl at all, it was a familiar man. He was holding his sword up at the guard's throat. Odd, but good thing she wasn't noticed yet. Really, that could be her with the sword to her throat. She had no idea if he was the one who started the fight and was about to kill him. Maybe it was even her fault for impeding the guard's movement with her arrow. Just then, the guard applauded him and let him in. She figured it wasn't a real fight then.

Though, she thought. What was he doing here, and what was his name? All she could remember was he was in a muffin baking contest with her once. Gawain? No, that wasn't it... Galaxy? No... Ah, right, it was Gavin. Was he following her? Just as she thought this, she realized she revealed herself as he passed the gates. "Is that...... Ai?" Startled, she pretended like she meant for that to happen. "Hello, Gavin, it's a pleasure to see you again. What brings you to a village of fighters?" Ai forgot about that just as she said it. It would tell her if this Gavin fellow was following her, or this was just a popular village. I mean, either could be a possibility. Maybe this was just a popular village. Or maybe the man in the black cloak informed this man too. (Self RP later, shaddap) Well, that was beside the point. She just hoped he wasn't here for a fight. The village leader was probably coming here as we spoke.

[Maelys Knight]

"well, I came here to battle the best. I heard about this village shortly after the contest." Gavin looked around. He whispered "_{I`m also trying to track down this man. His name is Armani.}" and he showed her a photo.

SPOILER: Click to show

At that point, the person he figured was leader came up behind Ai. "I am sorry, but this young lady is my apprentice, and I only train one person at a time." "Thats ok, I wasn`t here for an apprenticeship." Gavin said, then, "Have you seen this man" and showed him the picture.

"Mmm, I`m afraid I haven`t." Then Gavin asked "Does this town have tag-team battles?" The leader answered, "Of course" sounding a little anxious. Gavin turned to Ai. "Then how about we make a team for a tag-team battle?" Just then, Gavin sensed something was amiss. There was the thundering of heavy footsteps and the three of them turned to see a hulking robot walking towards their direction.

[Tony Redgrave]

"This really sucks.."

Already, Nouri was setting the mood for a valiant fit of doom... and gloom. Remembering the past few weeks of his life, he couldn't help but wonder just what the hell he was trying to accomplish with this journey! Sure, he met a lot of interesting people, had some enjoyable times, and he was learning just how big the worlds really were. However, at the same time, he was constantly reminded that of the fact that he was living on the road and with the wild critters. He slept in the grass, pretty much hid behind trees to use the bathroom and quite frankly, he was getting tired of jumping in a lake every time he wanted to take a bath and vanquishing squirrels to skin just so he could have one time use toilet paper. He had just braved a forest, traveled for days on end, and ascended his second mountain. (a story for another day)

Yes, for Nouri needed a break. It would be nice to sleep in a nice warm bed once in a while. A neat food joint would be swell too as squirrel meat he cooked and ate after his furry kills tasted a tad nutty. As he trudged forward, he dreamed of enjoying the comforts he once had at home and the joy of a home cooked meal. He was so wrapped up in his fantasys didn't even notice the wonderful site in front of him. The village of Hadron was right in front of him, log fashioned gates and all. He was just about to unknowingly walk through the gate or rather.. he did.

no guards had actually crossed their spears in front of him this time since the little incident with the powerhouse that came before him. He stepped right over the man rolling around the ground in pain as if he were some type of zombie of sorts! Yup, no guards were going to shout some mess like..


"HALT! STATE YOUR STATUS AND YOUR REASON FOR ENTERING!!!"

Pshaw naw, for in his zombie like state, he bumped right into something iron, cold, and fabric..ish at the same time. It was the troublemaker from before right in front of him but he was too out of it to be alarmed by hitting something and not a sensation could get through to him.. unless maybe a loud sound or something. He continued "walking" forward, even if his feet weren't getting him past the obstruction before him

[Serras-Kai]

K-55 took a full four steps before noticing that someone had bumped into him. He wasn't intending on causing trouble, but he seemed to do it no matter where he went, so it only seemed natural that things would go wrong here as well. The man who he had beaten was receiving attention, and the victor, the machine, had won only corrosive glares as his prize. Maybe he should defend himself? No, that would come later.

Meanwhile, there was the little man that had impacted him. At his impressive, fully-drawn height of nearly nine feet, the pursuer seemed so small to him. But even the tiniest of foes can topple giants, said the spider to his victim. With this thought in his synthetic brain (now with a free air vent, courtesy of the man with the spear) adjusted his systems to eject his saber if he should need it, but didn't draw it, nor bring his cannon to bear.

Without a word, the swirl of cloth and metal spun away from the man and the gates to the city, his feet pounding out a path deeper into the city.

[SLE]

Since Gavin was facing away from the gate, he didn't see the events that just unfolded. A menacing robot had just made the guard shrivel up on the floor as if he were a shrimp being fried. Scary... Ai wouldn't want to cause that thing any trouble. Although, she was sure it was going to notice her, seeing as she was the only girl here. She didn't want to endanger Gavin, so she tried to get him out of the way before it was too late. Good thing he was looking for someone, that gave Ai

"Well, we'd better go check out the rest of the village for this Armani guy." Ai managed to state. There wasn't a noticeable change in her voice or anything that would tip this Gavin fellow off. But just as that was happening, another figure appeared from the mountain's gate. Was that... Nouri? Well, she didn't want to risk it. He could probably take care of himself until later.

[Maelys Knight]

"Umm, well..... ok." Ai took Gavin through the village. He could see that the villagers were on edge. But what was it that put them like that? Some impending natural disaster? An extremely powerful warrior? A newcomer, killing the guards? Well, he didn`t know.

But he did notice a figure in the woods on a raised area not far away.....

[Tony Redgrave]

Ironically, Nouri was still following suit in his trance like state. Guided subconsciously by his drive to go further and explore, His feet took the route that would lead to different places and that.. was the same path the tin guy took. Silly as it was, it was just a part of his personality. He was always aimless in his pursuits, seeking only to enjoy the path on the way. Childish and quite naive but it was a beautiful thing to be able to view the world and act in such a simple and straight forward manner,even when he wasn't consciously aware of it.

[Serras-Kai]

The sound of K-55 stomping through the streets was a sight to behold in any city, but this time things were a little different. He had only just arrived and already guards were shuffling past the people trying to get to him, and many of the citizens themselves were standing before him as he reached the town square. Stopping abruptly and facing his foes, the heavy metal behemoth stared down his foes with a sudden realization that he had no idea where he was or where he was going.

[Tony Redgrave]

Trotting, trotting, and moving on forward, Nouri kept up the pace just short of his "new found companion" until one again..

~Bump!~

Except this time, he rammed his little noggin right into the back of giant behemoth which incidentally, snapped him right out of his hypnotic trance. Since he really wasn't aware of the time he "discovered" this place or even most of what happened after he scaled that giant mountain, it was no surprise that his new surroundings were a bit much to take in at first. He looked to the left once and then to his right. He turned around to look over his shoulder and peeked around the giant thingy in front of him to see the news up front. Buildings, shirtless people walking about, various men armed with weapons surrounding him and this giant humanoid in front of him

Wait.. what???

"How did I get here?!?!?" Nouri panicked and flailed his arms about great speed. He dashed in front of the giant nine foot tall fellow in front of him and directed a menacing gaze at him, as if demanded an explanation for all of this. "Who are you and why am I with you?? Did you kidnap me when I was asleep??" But wait a second. There were still armed guys surrounding the both of them for no apparent reason whatsoever and well, they looked like they meant business.

Hm. Multiple guys circling about just the two of them and not a single weapon was drawn by either he or this giant person. Could it be..?

"I get it now!" He exclaimed, clinching his fist as he did. After he had finished, he pointed to each and everyone of the armed persons in his line of view. "Shame on you all! Ganging up on this person just because he is unusually tall and lanky! People like you are the worst I say! THE WORST!"

He obviously didn't get it but the guards didn't really care at all. From the midst of their ranks, one of them spoke up and to his group. "The one in the yellow coat must be in league with the metal giant! Vanquish them both!" That was a point they all seemed to agree on and with those words said, Nouri let out a small and very pathetic "Eep!" Was this the end for the both of them???

[SLE]

OOC: Okay, it seems there is a bit of confusion on the Village, apparently I wasn't clear or something.

That's my diagram of the village. 2 guards, huts, and then the leader's place is marked "Training"

SPOILER: Click to show

That's what the warriors would look like. Remember, they're warriors in training, they're all aching for a fight.



IC: Ai tried to not make Gavin notice all the villagers, they were stirring up and would possibly lead into a fight. Ai thought Gavin wasn't ready for a fight, so she just kept following the village's leader. "Ah, yes I forgot! The Stir-up reminded me today is the second Saturday of the month. Later today, the arena will be open, people can enter and test their skills." Ai figured he mentioned this because he saw the moment of weakness in Ai. "Well then, I guess we will just have to join in." The village leader was shocked by this, after reading Ai. Although, he thought she was just being foolish.

"Very well then, I had better remind the others. They never forget though, I find it pointless." He said as he walked toward the huge crowd. In midst of all that, Ai entirely forgot about Gavin. She had no idea where he went. But she wasn't really concerned, he was probably out looking for that Armani guy. Plus, if anybody was looking for trouble, they could let it out in the fighting. Looking back, Ai saw the village leader try to get into the large crowd. What the heck was going on over there?

[Maelys Knight]

Gavin realized that Ai`s attentionn had gone elsewhere, and that was just the chance he needed. They were talking about a tournament later. I`d better check into that later, he thought. Gavin wanted to reach that man on the hill. He needed to know if Armani really was alive. As Gavin headed towards the village exit, he had finally noticed the collection of guards around a man in yellow and an enormous robot. "Nouri?" What was Nouri doing here? Oh well, Gavin thought, I`d better help him out.

Gavin walked up to the gathering. " what is this all about?" Gavin yelled. A guard turned to him saying "These two are together, and there`s no way we trust the huge one!". Gavin walked into the circle, up to Nouri. He whispered "By the way, you owe me for this." Gavin then turned in the direction of the entrance. "These two are guilty of nothing, so why do you attack them?" But Gavin knew the answer already.

This unexpected attack, the leaders shock at Gavin wanting to join a tag battle, the entry guard attacking him. This village probably hadn`t seen action for a long time. And the guards didn`t answer. Instead, they closed in to attack. "Very well." was Gavins response. He walked behind Nouri, put his arms under Nouri`s, and lifted off the ground. Nouri didn`t seem to be too heavy. The guards shouted up at him, but Gavin payed them no mind. Gavin instead said "Then we`ll take this up with your leader." Gavin noticed Ai and the leader walking into the crowd of spectators. He flew over to them.

Gavin landed, and said "Your welcome, by the way."

[Serras-Kai]

The nameless warriors around the massive, hulking machine seemed like they were itching for his metaphorical blood. They wanted to see him drawn and quartered- they wanted to see him crawl. And on top of that, this new man of colorful nature had possibly stopped them from attacking. Or had he? The hulking machine honestly couldn't tell. This was all strange to him.

"I don't understand." the Kell said firmly, with unwavering conviction. "In order to enter you must defeat the guard, yes?" He didn't pause, he didn't even wait for anyone to respond. He was getting louder, but he didn't seem to be pleading. He took a stomping step forward an turned as he spoke, facing everyone despite the fact that he could see them all anyway. It was more the formality of it anyway. "Have I not defeated the trial you very laws set down? Have I not proven myself more than capable of entering, if not more so than many of you? Am I not worthy of walking amongst your ranks simply because your man was not able to withstand my strength?"

He was goading them, and if they were smart then they knew it. If they had caught his meaning then they would not attack. If they had not, if they were not sly or clever enough to truly see what he meant, then they would attack. And he would respond in kind.