1 Opening the Chrysalis Part 2: Learning from the Best [Private | Aya | Plot | No Kill] Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:45 pm
Nayoko
D-rank
- OOC:
- Continuation of this thread.
When he finally stopped before her, Ayakashi did not extend a hand or even begin to answer his question. Instead, Nayoko watched as the woman opened her palms and shifted so that her right foot was forward. Her hands followed the same motions as Nayoko watched the Mizukage drop into a fighting stance. He had to stop his eyes from growing wide as she responded to his question with a request for a spar. Nayoko still still for a moment before nodding nervously. “I uh…of course Lady Mizukage. Forgive me if I’m a little slow at first. I haven’t warmed up yet like you have.” He chuckled slightly as she smiled and he gestured to the heap of metal that was formerly a steel training dummy that had fallen victim to Ayakashi’s morning training regime.
Cracking his neck, Nayoko then shifted into one of his more comfortable stances; sochin dachi. He had been formally trained in karate from a young age, even before he ended up in the ninja academy of Konoha, so at this point the stance was like second nature to him. Nearly mirroring the Mizukage, Nayoko moved his left leg forward and his right leg back, angling both his feet and body to around forty five degrees to Ayakashi’s forward facing stance. He then raised his hands which he balled up into clearly practiced fists, moving his left hand forward with his leg and keeping the right closer to his body. He then followed suit with his sparring partner and smiled, nodding to show that he was ready and lowering his stance.
"So, you wanted to make a report in person, I'm listening." Nayoko opened his mouth to respond, but as he did so, the Demon Ice Witch of Kirigakure struck out with her right fist directly toward his chest. The first thing he noticed as she did so is that she was not moving much faster than Nayoko was capable of moving, proving that she really was holding back for both of their sakes. After all, what good is a sparring partner if his chest is caved in after the fist punch. Nayoko knew that such carnage was more than possible after witnessing the way she had absolutely destroy the smugglers and mercenaries that had attacked Nayoko only a day prior, so he was grateful for the opportunity to spar with the woman in a more controlled circumstance. It made her seem more human and less demon in Nayoko’s eyes. After all, sparring was something he had grown up doing, so seeing the Mizukage in this capacity was much for familiar to the young Hattori.
Regardless of the familiarity of the situation however, he still needed to block the oncoming attack so that he could respond appropriately. Reacting instinctually, Nayoko moved his left hand down to block the oncoming strike, only to realize just in the nick of time that he was a feint as his opponent’s body dropped and twisted into a low, sweeping kick for the young man’s outstretched left leg. Luckily for Nayoko, the stance he was in allowed for him to lift his leg out of harms way without too much worry, though the speeds at which she was moving were far faster than he was used to. Unluckily for Nayoko, Ayakashi was not done there. Despite her missed kick, she planted herself firmly and coiled her left leg like a viper, which struck out with little remorse against Nayoko’s stomach before he could react.
The blow was a fierce one, that much was certain, and for a moment Nayoko had a hard time remembering that the woman before him was holding back. Gritting his teeth as the strike connected, he allowed himself to be lifted off of the ground by it for just a moment before regaining his footing. He was already letting his inexperience show, but he did not want to let it continue; he had to at least offer something to this spar. Exhaling as he landed back into his stance he attempted to use the Mizukage’s low position against her. Planting his forward left foot firmly, he spun himself counter clockwise into a flat footed kick toward her head, though as soon as his right foot was close to connecting with the woman, whether it be his intended target or a blocking arm, he allowed the generated momentum to pull his left foot off of the ground and sing into a heel kick from the same side. He hoped that the speed of the blows would at least be enough to give her pause, though he knew that his opponent was more than capable of stopping him.
Regardless of what his left heel connected with, if anything at all, Nayoko would attempt to push off with his left leg to put some pact between the pair so that he could give a response while they sparred. “Of course, my report…There were a couple of points I wanted to make to you that I was unsure would come through in the documented report. First and foremost, I wanted to assure you that the chuunin involved on this mission showed me that they would have been more than capable of completing the task we were originally assigned. They showed their prowess early on and should not be faulted for what went wrong. It was a pleasure to be allowed to work with them.” Stepping back towards the Mizukage, Nayoko would drop back into his stance as he continued. “The second point I needed to make was that yes, I did send in the chuunin on their own at first, and I was planning on backing them up should they need it. This is why the one boy was injured right off of the start. I stand by my decision as it pertained to the mission; as I said, I believe they would have had it under control, but I wanted to let you know personally what had happened so that there was no confusion as to whether or not I sent them into the fray and sat back without being prepared to fight as well."
As he finished this part of his report, Nayoko would lean forward with all of his weight on his left leg and simultaneously throw a punch towards Ayakashi’s sternum with his right hand. Blocked or not, Nayoko would continue with the basic combo of the kata he had learned early on in his studies; with his weight still on his let leg, he would push up and forward with it, bringing his right leg into a strong, forward high kick toward the Kage’s head. Unless his foot was caught and he was stopped, he would use the momentum of the kick to drop forward and throw is right elbow across his body at his opponent’s temple before following up with a swift strike with the back of his hand via an extension of his arm, and a follow up punch with his left hand to Ayakashi’s stomach.
Should his leg be caught however, he would attempt to push off to alleviate the pressure of being so close and having to block in the middle of his combination. Unfortunately, Nayoko was so focused on that one possibly that he did not prepare for a different counter attack.
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