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Post by Negi on May 19, 2016 15:10:57 GMT
Negi flew through the air, happy and feeling as free as a bird. He flipped around as he viewed the clouds above and the ground below. Already, he could see the forest to the west, so he twisted around and headed for it. He had never flown at full speed before, and it was surprising just how quickly he was covering ground. The young saiyan continued on, passing over a couple miles of dense forest before it began to open up at the entrance to the Tuffle Ruins. Halting his ki, he came to a stop and scouted out the ruins until he found his landing point. Negi landed in the center of a large, flat circle of dirt. Roughly a hundred meters across, the dirst was packed down heavily and the only trace of life to be seen was a single tree, standing in solidarity, just inside the edge of the circle. It had been the only survivor of Negi's ki training with Kyuuri. Closing his eyes, he let his ki begin to leak outward. He felt around, trying to find any power signatures worth investigating, but the only power he felt was that of Shemha's just a bit further south than where he currently stood. The last time he had trained here, Kabocha's little minion friends had tried to kill him. Nothing serious, but Negi wanted to make sure that his training with Shemha would go smoothly, without any outside interruption. Satisfied that no one else was around, he began to speak his thoughts aloud. "This is the place I trained for five years. This is where I faced Kabocha, and I defeated him..."The encounter had taken place just over a month before, but to Negi it felt like the wispy dream of a memory years past. (7,242 PL; 5,432 w/light weights) Shemha
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Post by Shemha on May 19, 2016 16:11:18 GMT
Negi had taken off; his quick departure left Shemha to explain. The short conversation with the restaurant owner had not held her back long. In the air, she sensed him in the distance even if he was out of site. She soured through the sky with her senses trained on him. As she followed, trees began to spread out below her. Relatively new to the planet, this part of New Vegeta was new to her. In addition to the upcoming training session she was also getting a small tour. This large forest was far different than what she had seen so far. The lush green and sounds of birds were a strong contrast to the sounds of the city and multiple barracks spread throughout it.
Before long, she felt his signature stop and drop towards the ground. A few moments later she saw him, standing in the center of a clearing. The area did not look natural. For nearly a hundred meters the trees and other plant live had been seemingly evaporated. This must be the place Negi mentioned he trained previously. Apparently he was a destructive boy. With a thought the Majin dropped from the sky to set down gently next to him. With a small puff of dirt, she was on her feet.
” Your previous training area, I presume?" As she spoke her eyes scanned the area as if he needed to be alerted to the destruction. The red females arms folded behind her back as she stood and her black pools returned to rest on Negi. ”Are there any rules you require or shall we both perform to the best of our abilities? With non-lethal force of course.” For the most part sparring sessions were straight forward, best you opponent, but she always found it polite to offer. Some people might not see training in the same way.
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Post by Negi on May 19, 2016 17:24:44 GMT
"Well," he said, scratching his head. That same itch always drove him crazy. "I want to see everything you've got! Don't hold back!"
He knew it sounded a bit crazy, but Negi sensed that Shemha had been holding back a massive well of power. At least quadruple his own, yet he just needed to see her power. Something to aspire to, something to push him forward.
"Just make sure not to kill me, okay?" He winked and turned around, moving outward to the edge of the circle. A thought occurred to him - his training grounds had been beaten down with thousands of hours of intensive training. He had tried not to destroy the forest, but in his pursuit of power, nature paid the price. The boy hoped that he would never have to do it again.
"How about this - if either of us damages anything outside of this circle, they lose."
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Post by Shemha on May 19, 2016 18:40:06 GMT
"Of course not. What would be the point? " She never intend to hold back...her weights would do that for her. The weighted bands strapped to each of her wrists pulled down constantly on her slender arms, the extra force threatened to stretch the appendages if she did not actively resist. Shemha was going to push him, there was no doubt about that, but she also strove to push herself. Even with her training equipment on, the Majin was stronger than him. This was the first time since her arrival on New Vegeta that she would get to challenge someone who was not crushingly stronger than she was. With this her abilities would advance. The next time she went up against Captain Jala she wanted to give the woman a tough fight.
”Hmmmm…"In response to his proposal, she scanned the area once more. A stipulation like that would limit their space to the clearing, however; the circle of dead ground was roughly one hundred meters wide. It should be more than enough for skilled fighters. Slowly her soft lips shifted into a smirk.
"I accept. Let us see who can stay within the zone the longest. Loser buys the next meal?” Shemha was not much of a gambler, but again, she found herself more competitive with each day that passed. Her Saiyan alliance, although young, had already begun to influence her malleable personality. Besides, that lunch had been rather delicious and to share a meal with another was an enjoyable experience. She understood now why so many liked it.
Should he accept her added stakes or not, Shemha was ready to go. Her eyes remained on him as her left foot slid back through the dirt. Almost casually, her red hands folded behind the small of her back as she left her right side facing him. The stance made her lithe form an even thinner target and while she may appear ill prepared for an attack with her hands behind her back, it was quite the opposite. From his view point, her hands were partially hidden. The position gave her the advantage of concealment for what ever attack or block she might try first. If Negi was ready, so was she
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Post by Negi on May 19, 2016 18:53:54 GMT
Negi's spine tingled with excitement at the thought of fighting with someone who (he assumed) wasn't trying to kill him. He wasn't quite used to the weights he was wearing; including a black weighted undershirt with sleek padded weights strapped to his shins and forearms. Heavy, but comfortable. The boy could sense Shemha's power, and that she was indeed stronger, but he knew that he could give her a run for her money. Especially since they were on his turf.
"I don't think that would be very fair," the long haired saiyan chuckled. "I eat a lot more than you do."
Obvious, but it needed to be pointed out nonetheless. He was ready to go, and he figured she was ready to get this thing started.
"Here, lemme show you why this little grove is circular!"
Negi leaped backward, landing just a little bit closer to the edge opposite where Shemha stood. Dropping into horse stance, pulling his hands in with intense concentration as he built his ki up into the palms of his hands. He bent over slightly as his breathing began to grow heavier with effort. Suddenly, two small, purple orbs of energy shone through his fingers. A wide smile grew on his face, and he looked up to meet Shemha's eyes with his own. She would need to be quick if she wanted to avoid this one.
Whipping his hands backwards, he funneled his ki into a beam of energy roughly the width of tug-of-war rope and shot it out behind him, one beam from each hand catching the very edge of the dirt circle behind the saiyan. With a groan of effort, he forced the glowing violet beams to whip around. They cut through the air like hot blades on their path toward the Majin, and a split second after the beams touched, the ends exploded blowing a gigantic cloud of dust into the air.
Bending over, the boy breathed deeply to catch his breath. That attack had taken a considerable amount of energy, and he would need a couple seconds to fully recover. He hoped that he had caught her, and he also hoped that if it did it wouldn't hurt too much though he wasn't too worried, considering that the attack he had just unleashed wouldn't be enough to cause any permanent damage. He kept his eyes peeled for Shemha - it would be very painful if she caught him off guard...
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Post by Shemha on May 19, 2016 19:58:21 GMT
”Show me everything you’ve got.”
As he jumped to create more distance between them, Shemha held her ground. She maintained the sideways stance that she seemed comfortable in and observed. The lack of offense was a clear indication that she had every intention of letting him take the initiative. In combat Ront had told her many claimed it was unwise to allow your opponent the time to gather themselves, let alone attack. However, he had also informed her why he believed the philosophy was often inaccurate. By granting you opponent the first move, there was the potential to gain insight into their fighting style before your own was revealed. As long as it was safe, she preferred to let her opponent start things off.
Hands clasped behind her back still, she made no move towards him as energy began to gather between his fingers. Strike first and strike hard. She silently mused as his arms shot back behind him. The strain was evident as he began to snap them forward once more, muscled flexed in order to contain the purplish energy. The Majin had seen enough and did not plan to take a powerful blast head on.
Red fingers spread as her own arm shot forward, a moderately size ball of Ki in her palm. With a thought she launched it into the dirt before her. The intent was not to disrupt or destroy, but to conceal. Upon impact the small blast through a cloud of dust up before her in order to obscure his vision. He knew her general whereabouts before the brown curtain hid her, but that was all. The moment she lost sight of him, her feet kicked off the ground as she took to the air in an energy aided leap.
Below her she saw his beams slice through the particle choked air only to collide and throw more dust up around her rising form. Encircled by chunks of dirt and rock once more, she used her ability to fly in order to enhance her leap further. An instant later she broke free of the thick cloud. Her trajectory was a clear, but quick arc towards his position.
With a single flip in the air she brought herself around with added momentum, right fist cocked back to drive down across his face. Whether the strike was to connect or slam down into the earth should he dodge, a roundhouse kick was designed to follow. Despite her lithe form, the Majin excelled at close combat and her durable body allowed her to exchange blows better than most. She had sworn not to hold back and Shemha never broke a promise.
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Post by Negi on May 19, 2016 20:31:53 GMT
Negi wiped some of the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, letting the other arm hang down to recover. The young saiyan was surprised at how much the blasts had taken out of him - maybe all the excitement in the city had made him a little tired. Regardless, by the time he saw Shemha's agile form twisting down toward where he stood it was already too late.
The majin's fist connected solidly with his left cheek. He felt the tendons in his neck stretch as the force of her strike began to rip his feet off the ground. A shock of pain raced down his spine, and for a second Negi felt as if time had slowed all around him. He turned his as it disconnected with her fist, and saw her lowering her stance in preparation for another attack. The boy tried to move, but he felt so heavy and slow...
After taking a shin to the ribs and smashing through several trees on his way into the stone walls of an old Tuffle ruin, he simply laid there, dazed, in the rubble created by his forceful crash. It took a few seconds before he came back to a state of awareness. Realizing that he had lost the bet after a single attack... He hopped back up onto his feet in an instant. It only took a second to fly back to the circle, but he must have shaken his head a hundred times.
"Wow," he blurted out as he landed. "You are way stronger than Kyuuri was. I've never fought someone as powerful as you before."
He scratched his head, furrowing his right brow in contemplation. He wanted to slap himself; he was thinking too much. The boy immediately set himself back down into a solid attack stance.
"I've still got some fight in me. I promise you now that I won't be so easy to take on from this point forward."
Negi couldn't help but smile. Despite the throbbing and the inevitable bruises, he was really enjoying himself. He had made his attack, and had suffered the consequences. Now it was time to strategize a little. He rooted his ki through his feet, grounding himself to the dirt below, and smirked as he calculated Shemha's next move. He would do his best to counter her next attack, and he wasn't going to be underestimating her again.
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Post by Shemha on May 19, 2016 21:07:45 GMT
Her execution was perfect. The Majin’s red knuckled crashed across the boys cheek just as she had intended. With so much momentum behind her descent, the connection barely slowed her. Feet to the ground and then her hand, Shemha braced herself for an instant before she launched her follow up strike. With a spin she brought her leg around towards his side until her shin connected with his ribs. The second blow had as much power behind it as the first and with her lower center of gravity the strike was more than enough to take him off his feet.
Her spin finished as she rose to her feet, calm eyes locked on his soaring body as he rocketed through the nearby trees. She had won the bet already. Honestly, she was surprised he had been moved so easily. Shemha was well aware that she was the stronger of the two, however; she had not expected him to be so unprepared for her attack. In the distance she felt his signature come to a stop followed by the sounds of tumbling stone. He must have found some of the ruins that gave this place its name.
Confident he was not done in by the quick combo, she held her ground. Sure enough, a few moments later, she saw him on his way back to the clearing.
As he touched back down she quickly understood why he had been so unprepared for the attack. The man that had trained him was below her current level and by Negi’s own words; he had never fought someone of her caliber. The boy was in for a surprise if he was going to join up with the Solar Saiyan Empire.
”Let us continue then." A smirk on her face, she went back on the offensive.
Through the air she went, her ability to fly so often used in combat she truly could not remember what it was like to engage someone without it. Wanting to see what he was capable of, Shemha came head on. Horizontal to the ground she kept the position to ensure she was a smaller target. Again she sent a punch for his jaw, her right fist coming in at him in the form of a cross. Halfway through the strike she shifted in the air to send her left in as an uppercut aimed for his stomach. He best be prepared this time or the punches were going to hurt just as much as the first.
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Post by Negi on May 19, 2016 21:30:41 GMT
Negi anticipated Shemha's cross, and formulated a plan. He'd have to let her get close, maybe by letting her think he was too slow to dodge. The fact that she had changed to a sneak attack didn't matter. All he wanted was for her to come just a bit closer...
As she twisted upward, the boy cocked his elbows back before releasing a massive burst of purple energy directly at her approaching form. He hoped the surprise factor would make up for the slight power gap between them, and the cloud of dust from the blast would help cloak his form enough to temporarily retreat...
But he only waited for a split second before he would dart back in with a relentless flurry of kicks and punches.
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Post by Shemha on May 19, 2016 21:58:58 GMT
She came straight for him, anticipating that he would be just as slow as he was before. Shemha was actually glad to see him launch a blast her way. Having to abandon her attack for a moment, her arms crossed before her face. The blast connected and although it stung, the damage was minimal, but the dust it threw into the air was more than enough to temporarily blind her. With a cough rushed ahead through it and swung, only to hit nothing.
Eyes blinking open as she cleared the dust from her eyes, she saw he had jumped back and was already on his way in. The oncoming flurry put the Majin on the defensive. Forced to shift upright in the air, her arms and legs moved with his to deflect and block the string of attacks. Through the exchange she gritted her teeth even if a smirk could still be seen on her face.
”I am glad there is more to you than the quantity of food you can consume!”
She needed to take the fight back to him and get her offense going. After several more blocks she let one go by on purpose, taking the hit across the jaw. In return she shifted forward and brought her knee up to try and drive it into his stomach. The fight was on and she was prepared to take hits in order to land her own
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Post by Negi on May 19, 2016 22:42:17 GMT
Excitement boiled in his core as the combination of the two fighters' ki clashed and whirled around like a raging flame. Negi's body seemed to have a mind of its own as the two continued to clash. Shocks waves ripples as strike met strike again and again. He was taking damage every second it continued, yet it felt as if every fist he landed on Shemha was bouncing off like rubber.
After taking several more blows, the difference between the two's power continued to grow. His arms burned, his head ached, and it was only a few more seconds before he needed to retreat. Whipping his body around, he burst his ki outward toward Shemha and dashed away to the edge of the dirt circle. Battered and bruised, the young saiyan wiped a line of blood from his chin and looked at the red stain on the back of his hand. She was serious and he was equally so, yet he knew that the majin's stamina far outclassed his own. How much longer he could continue on he wasn't sure.
Wiping the blood nonchalantly onto the cloth legs of his gi without breaking eye contact with Shemha. He was building up his ki steadily, feeling the burning of power ready to burst free, and he hoped she wouldn't notice what he was doing until it was too late. Without wasting another second, he ripped his hands forward into two giant, purple beams that nearly knocked him onto the ground. The vibrant flux of violet energy blinded the boy, and the weakness in his muscles dropped him to one knee. He had no idea if it had hit Shemha, or even where she was. Every thought he had felt fuzzy with exhaustion...
(I figure at this point Negi passes out due to exhaustion - new weights and all that, so we can move on to more efficient means. If you agree, this is my exit post.)
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Post by Shemha on May 20, 2016 14:54:31 GMT
A Majin’s body was naturally durable and Shemha’s was no different. Her resilient flesh was the main reason she chose to so openly exchange blows with those she fought against. Each exchange of hits gradually turned a fight in her favor even if she sported a power level on par with her foe. When her fist struck Negi she felt the muscle and bone beneath, while his fist simply sunk into her soft frame. It wasn’t long before the Saiyan seemed to realize close combat was not going to work for him. With a burst of Ki he broke away and retreated to the edge of the battlefield once more.
Shemha on the other hand, held her ground. In terms of damage she was far better off, but that did not mean she felt no level of exhaustion. Her heavy offense for the last few minutes had taken its toll and as a result the female stood with her chest heaving. She was however, prepared to continue for as long as the both of them could stand. Unfortunately for her, the minor level of exhaustion she had reached for the moment hampered her speed so when Negi launched his attack, she was not able to dodge it like she had the first time.
Aware she would not be fast enough; the Majin instead crossed her arms to weather the attack. The two purple beams converged and exploded. The energy from the blast quickly washed over her red skin as the energy appeared to consume her. Unlike the punches and kicks before, she felt the heat of the attack, the duel explosions enough to stagger even her durable frame. Temporarily blind, she staggered as the dust cleared. Her body and clothes smoked in the aftermath of the attack. If Negi had not exhausted himself it would have been the perfect time for a follow up attack.
”Impressive, but it seems you are at your limit. Shall we call it for the day?”With the sentence she began to gather herself. Negi’s own words said he possessed years of training, yet he had never gone toe to toe with someone at Shemha’s level. That was not to say she was overly impressive by any standards. Simply that this was a new stage for him. Not to mention the training weights he wore. Those combined made for a short session. With a roll of her neck she moved towards him, her slender shoulders still lightly smoking.
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Post by Negi on May 23, 2016 18:43:16 GMT
Negi struggled to stand up straight, but the effort caused his lungs to wheeze and beads of sweat to roll down his face. He couldn't keep this up; his eyesight was already beginning to fade to black. Struggling for a moment, the boy managed to squeeze his thumb under the two bands around both of his wrists. The weights dropped with a crash, causing a small cloud of dust to pop into the air. He sighed in relief as the burden was removed. He had only removed his arm weights, not those on his ankles, but the difference was noticeable.
"I don't know," he said slowly. He twisted his shoulders around, stretching the tendons. "I think I still have a few minutes left in me."
He smiled at the majin. It seemed that every minute he spent around her he grew in power, and she seemed to be in the same position - a mutually beneficial agreement. He began to prepare for another attack, and tried to build up ki in his core. Suddenly, the next thing that the boy saw was the dirt in front of his face as he collided with the ground. Blackness encroached as he fell into the sleep-like state of unconsciousness...
[Official Exit]
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Post by Shemha on May 23, 2016 19:42:25 GMT
A small roll of her slender shoulders was Shemha’s sign that she was ready to continue. Of course that signal was pointless when Negi fell face first into the dirt. Apparently the boy had pushed himself too far with that last attack. She understood, the added effort that weights required could be overwhelming at first. What mattered was that he had put in the effort. The problem was, they were out in the middle of nowhere and she didn't exactly plan to leave him here. With one last glance at the unconscious Saiyan, Shemha moved to take a seat.
A rounded piece of stone was her spot of choice. The Majin's legs folded up under her as she sat down, flexibility never an issue for the rubbery woman. With a sigh she let silence wash over the area. Today had been interesting. While she owed no real loyalty to her most training partner she saw the value in their time spent together. ”Never waste an asset.” Ront’s words rung true inside Shemha's head so she would sit and wait until Negi awoke.
(End PL, heavy weights)
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Post by Kizuki on Jun 14, 2016 22:56:22 GMT
Negi: +2,970 PL New Total: 25,286 PL
Shemha: +5,420 PL New Total: 33,734 PL
(Adding now.)
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