Learned the Hard Way [Private: Retsu]

To Namorel's dismay the first swing of the whip had come to fail to hit Retsu, sliding past him as the ki blasts erupted on the whip before it could hit him. Gritting his teeth with the second swing. He had to get this second full swing in before the ki blasts that missed the whip hit him, he was already showing signs of weakness with each new hit and he was sure that these next few blasts would knock him unto hick back or against the mountain behind him.

His arm and whip would be halfway into the swing when the blasts hit him, and just as he expected, caused him to lurch backwards. His arms weren't in the place to catch himself and he was thrown back into the mountain, snow toppling unto his body as he crashed into it, the sound of a groaning could be heard from the other mountains nearby.. the snow of them beginning to crash down in a mass avalanche. The shock wave of his collapse had spread and the snow was falling at a rapid rate, filling the valley below in a few feet of blanketed snow.

Namorel took a moment before groaning and slowly rising up, his head and upper chest were almost completely covered in snow. He would try to rise up from the rocky surface, to his dismay he was pelted with holes spanning various parts of his body. "There is still fight in my yet." He said, shakily rising up and charging once more at Retsu.

"Put me back down eh?" Namorel replied, smirking. His defeat was inevitable, but a warrior doesn't quit until he has to. "what good is my strength if I don't use it." Namorel also said, more so to himself than anyone else. He saw Retsu begin to move, the sound barrier bursting around him. Namorel closed his eyes and listened,  knowing he stood no chance trying to track the being with his eyes. He could hear the air moving swiftly around Retsu, him bobbing and weaving as he went. "I don't know if I can react fast enough to block this one." 

He though of all the possible actions he could take to react to Retsu. Nothing fast enough cam to mind and he was in too much pain to try anything that would test his body too much. He spread his arms to the furthest extend he could span them, and pulled them behind him, using his elasticity to epand te distance between the palsm to great lengths one way, but having the backs of his hands touching one another.

"Welp, this is all that I've got... let's hope this works." Namorel said as he jumped forwards, towards the zig zagging path Retsu was taking and keeping his eyes, tossed his hands at one another with the force of a cannon, his arms acting like rubber bands when flinging his hands together. Namorel hoped that at least the shock wave created by the clap would buy him a small amount of time.

If this failed Namorel had no other option, but to lose. This was his last desperate attempt at at least leveling the playing field until he collapsed of exhaustion. His sight was already dimming as he flew into the air, the energy exerted by his slinging of his hands took a bigger toll on him than he wanted it to, but desperate times call for desperate measures, and at this point Namorel was depserate.

"I've got you." Namorel's voice boomed through the mountains as he said this. He was unsure if this would solve anything for him, but knew he had to do what he had left to do. He pushed against Retsu's immense strength, knowing he was still way out of his league. Despite this he had to keep pushing, to try and end this. His eyes were beginning to become spotty, his vision blurring even more than it had been. His energy was draining very rapidly and he had to do something.

His arms began to tremble, the shaking would be made obvious to Retsu as Namorel's force shrank and shrank with each push. His vision was also beginning to cut, flashing some nad the spots of exhaustion getting to him. He saw a bright light at the end of Retsu's tail, it no longer thrashing at his hands; this energy pulsing some. He heard Retsu say something, but couldn't quite make it out before he felt a lurch in his upper torso. "Looks like I'm not quite strong enough." He said resentfully and full of spite.

His body shrank back to normal size as he collapsed to the ground, leaving an indention in the snow. He hadn't been knocked out quite yet, rising to his feet. "This isn-" He stumbled and almost fell, his knee hitting the ground before he rose to his feet once more, hunched over in pain. "T-this in't over... I will find you again someday and we will settle this." On those words he fell face first, collapsing under his own weight and loss of energy.

His mind was flooded with dreams of him making his promise to become stronger for his father, these images just made him realize how weak he really was. "I have to become stronger for father." He thought to himself as these images flashed on. Then the elder's words boomed in his head. "Sometimes strength is in the heart." He still found this conflicting with his ideology, but perhaps was now seeing what the elder meant, why else did he attack Retsu then to defend the honor of his family and peers, who Retsu had insulted. His mind then rested itself, holding him off until he awoke.