soul_logs | Morning Training [OPEN]

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Morning Training [OPEN]

Characters: Everyone!
Location: Training Grounds, Shibusen
Rating: PG-13 for violence
Time: 6am to 9am
Description: Every morning in the city, Morning Training takes place to prepare the guests of the city for the war. It's handwaved most days, but approximately once a month this gets played out in a log. This log takes place on February March 4th.

Official Areas:

FAQ: Questions answered by Maito Gai
Breakfast:Run by Saya Tagaki, Yugo
Batch One: Beginners under the age of 15. Run by Auron, Steve Rogers, Deryn
Batch Two: Adult beginners. Run by Maito Gai, Tifa Lockhart, Cloud
Batch Three Intermediate fighters. Overseen by Hyuuga Neji. Please see list of random sparrers.
Batch Four: Experienced fighters, for sparring with each other. Overseen by Kratos and Maes Hughes.
Weapon Transformation: How to find your form. Run by Yuuri.
Partner Training: How to work together as partners. Run by Tassadar; Soul; Eve; Crona and Ragnarok
Weapons Handling Training: Run by Genesis Rhapsodos, Tenten, Kerrigan
Shooting Range: How to Shoot. Run by Leon, Naoto.
Meister Ability Helpers, merged with Soul Perception: How to find it out. Run by Death the Kid, Edgeworth, Azusa. (DtK will be the one doing Perception.)
Finding a Partner: For unpartnered Meisters and Weapons to mingle and find each other. Overseen by Sasame.
First Aid Training: run by Kira Izuru.
Medics: A place for the medics to get to know each other and mingle.
Watch: For Watch people (and prospective new members) to gather, talk, and train.
Hug Brigade: Come get hugs! Run by Maes Hughes, Maito Gai, Tenma
How To Be Cool: Taught by Date Masamune, officially labeled the 'Putting Your Guns On' area.

For training via sparring:
Maes Hughes
Hyuuga Neji
Steve Rogers
Crona
Maito Gai
(Various NPCs available upon request)
Partner vs Partner sparring is also good!

Feel free to make your own threads!

Breakfast
Stripperella [Open]
Jun [Open]
Domon [Open]
Inukashi [Open]
Sendo [Open]
Pascal [Open]

Batch One
Dawn [Open]
Jun [Open]

Batch Four
Ms. Fortune [Open]
Domon [Open]
Raidou [Open]
Alucard [Open]
Samus [Open]

Weapon Transformation
Clare [Open]

Weapons Handling
Saya [Open]
Yugo [Open]

Shooting Range
Re-L [Open]

Soul Perception/Meister Ability
Dawn [Open]
Six [Open]

Finding a Partner
Dawn - Meister [Open]
Londo - Weapon [Open]
Six - Meister [Open]
Bakura - Weapon [Open]
Demona - Meister [Open]
Stripperella - Meister [Open]
Temeraire - Weapon [Open]
Jun - Meister [Open]
Domon - Meister [Open]
Neji - Meister [Open]
Kei - Weapon [Open]
Yami Bakura - Meister [Open]
Yugo - Meister [Open]
Duo - Weapon [Open]
Re-L - Meister [Open]
Auron - Meister [Open]
Clare - Weapon [Open]
Amateresu - Meister [Open]
Samus - Weapon [Open]

First Aid
Bakura [Open]
Teresa [Open]

Medics
Amateresu [Open]

Watch
Temeraire [Open]
Stripperella [Open]
Neji [Open]
Re-l [Open]
Gai [Open]
Genesis [Open]
Kerrigan [Open]

Hug Brigade
Stripperella [Open]
Bayonetta [Open]
Taiyou [Open]

Other
Naoto [Open]
Gai [Open]
Saya [Open]
Demona [Open]
Stripperella [Open]
Kanji [Open]
Duo [Open]
Aion [Open]
Auron [Open]
Raidou [Open]
Thor [Open]
Ms. Fortune [Open]
Loki [Open]
Amateresu [Open]
Clare [Semi-open]
Willa [Open]
Lili [Open]
Merrill [Open]
Hinata [Open]
Obito [Open]
Tifa, Cloud, Kanji [Closed]
Hitsugaya [Open]
Ed Elric [Open]
Hiccup [Open]

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He'd trained a little with a few other people this morning. Mostly more physical stuff - if only because it felt like it was easier and this morning had been far from easy for him, truth be told.

He did want to try and resonate a little bit though, but finding someone that he'd tried it with before like it would be more comfortable today. So, when he spotted Clare on his wander around the grounds, a huge smile filled his face. Jogging over was no big deal, but rather than wait for her to notice.

"Oi! Clare!? Hey!"

Clare's attempt at a kick turned into her nearly falling over due to Naruto's wonderful timing. She flailed a little to keep her balance and managed to land only one one knee instead of face first. "Yeah Naruto?" She called back, this was her usual spot, no surprise finding her here.

She looked around after calling back, wondering why he didn't just come over right away. Doesn't take long to spot a ninja wearing orange, "What's up?"

Seeing her drop to her knee rather than kick makes him stop, reaching up to hold his stomach for a second, obviously laughing before hurrying the rest of the distance, grinning and holding out his hand. It was less that he was calling to ask if it was okay to come over-- more to get her attention.

"That part of your trainin' now?"

She grumbled and glared at him, but she took the help up anyway. "Yes, being entirely uncoordinated is always a part of my training." She was clumsy and anytime her feet weren't on the ground there was a chance it'd end badly. This is why she focused on punching most of the time, but she had to keep attempting.

"I ask again, what's up?" Trying to scrounge up some remnants of dignity.

That glare made his smile fade for a moment and his free hand moved up behind his head to rub it gently. "Er, I was kiddin' yanno?" The moment she was up he was grinning again, swinging both arms down briefly before coming to a complete stop.

"Ah-- I'm okay? Was just trainin'. What are you doin'?"

"Training, just... with more pratfalls," Clare managed, she was smiling. She figured Naruto wasn't being mean, cause it wasn't him. He just... wasn't sensitive to her feelings, which was okay. Most of the ninjas seemed to have some issue or another with people.

She crossed her arms and shifted her weight from one foot to the other, she figured he was here for training reasons. She just figured she'd make him ask about it, just because.

"Oh. Yeah, you mean like with the fallin' over?" He didn't exactly mean to be directly offensive, or to pick fun at her, but it was either that she was having trouble with or something else. Feelings like being worried over how well you trained weren't really a bother to him - not in Clare's case. He had a faith in her.

The crossed arms were a little different, and he stared at her for a while before carefully lifting his arms up to fold behind his head. "Er-- so, you okay?"

"Yes, that," She sounded a bit annoyed, but she sighed and let it go. Naruto seemed to have two social stumbling blocks, he was excitable and just a bit dim. Not stupid, but just... he didn't think things through completely. He made up for it by being strangely supportive and incredibly upbeat. Which... Clare kinda liked.

"I should stick to resonance for now, I have a mission later in the week," Clare definitely looked nervous on that concept. She figured she'd spend all mission as a weapon, so punching and kicking won't be an issue. "Mind helping me work on that? I need the extra practice while I'm in weapon form."

Oops. She still sounded a little frustrated, which was why he sucked in a deep breath, held it for just a moment and flashing her a grin. "Yeah yeah." He didn't want to say much more about how much she seemed to suck at using her actual body as a weapon, settling for listening to her and giving a simple nod.

"Ah-- You wanna resonate? Sure!" Instantly his hands dropped, bringing them up to the same level as his shoulders, flexing from side to side. "What mission are ya goin' on?!"

She kinda envied his energy, and the fact that he was quick to move onto a new subject did win him some points. Getting Clare back to her usual level of amused at Naruto's optimism. "Thanks, it's a simple Kishin hunt. It's a low level mission so hopefully it won't go terribly wrong."

...Yeah, Clare was absolutely sure she would screw it up, thus extra paranoid about training.

Clare knelt down first, a white flash and in her place was a metal shield with a gauntlet built into it. A simple unadorned metal square shield, "I should try as a weapon, even if it should be just the same as when I'm human." She'd already adjusted her size to fit Naruto, she knew his glove size from previous resonance work.

"Oi. I didn't know there was anythin' like that goin' on." Because mister unobservant here doesn't pay attention to much.

"So, you're trainin' for that, huh?" He was grinning, even as he watched her transform, familiar enough with this now that the grin faded slightly. If only because he was trying to focus instead, kneeling down to slip his hand into the glove.

"So, you just wanna like - try resonatin' like this?" No, he could do this.

"Even if you aren't ready to go out on a mission, it's a good idea to check the boards to see how the rest of the world is doing," Clare chided, but not too condescendingly, "It helps to know where in the world you can travel. ...Even if this mission isn't that far away from here."

"We both need the practice, you resonating with a weapon in form, and me being carried around like a tool," Clare answered, ever on the task at hand with Naruto. Unlike the other ninjas he seemed to be the closest to understanding what fun was, so she got to be a bit more task oriented. She matched his current wavelength first, as always, "Ready?"

Naruto had been improving, so it wasn't like a hopeless trial like with Obito. Maybe they'd get that perfect balance to day, she was really hoping for it. For Naruto's sake.

"..." He didn't know there was a board. There was a board? Okay, after training, he was going to go check it out. Even if he didn't really have a partner to go with just yet. Yet.

Clare didn't give him much time to think on it though, so he was flexing his fingers in the glove she'd made, standing back up straight. "I'm gonna look at that board after. After though. Gimme a minute."

He didn't do anything other than suck in a really deep breath. Since training in Mount Myoboku he'd managed to cross out everything else in his mind with relative ease, and this was no different. Just less of the gathering of natural chakra. Focussing on the resonance was easy, and he nodded - before realising she probably couldn't see.

"Yep." It was unsteady at first, but within seconds he'd managed to find her wavelength, focussing on that. They'd have to bring it down, always down.

Clare knew better than to tease Naruto while they were working on resonance, he seemed to have a downside here of the rough stamina and energy of a full high school swim team. Any comments about him not knowing about the mission board can be held back until later. But there would be comments, oh their time will come.

Clare went to the same tactic she always did, keeping her resonance just a step below Naruto's enough he could sense and follow the difference. Let him find that balance, then step her resonance down again. It was stressful to her, a bit less so as a weapon, but still trying to keep up with any of Naruto's stamina and optimism was trying to keep up with a space shuttle.

"You've been improving, this is much better than when we first started," she didn't know if Naruto was like her, living from one approval to the next, but she did want him to know he was doing fine. Even if this was taking time and practice. He was a ninja, he should know about practice right?

Plus they could always jump off the Shibusen steps if he gets impatient.

... If you think you can cope with the fallout from that, Clare by all means - bring up his ignorance. It's nothing new! Not to him anyway.

This wasn't either, not now. He'd gotten used to following her lead like this, so much so that it bothered him trying to practice with other people. The steps were easier to take, and by the time he was fully focussed they were already close to a level that felt like it could work for the both of them. Even if it was a struggle to retain that calmness.

"Mn." He couldn't manage much more, he knew he was getting better. Every time they did this he had the optimism to see that. It confused him though, how he needed to stay calm and low to do this, and yet he'd been told his ability was soul excitement. What the hell did that mean?

The thoughts - alien in this state of thought made him wobble - at least mentally. "Stop thinkin'ttebayo!"

Clare instantly shut up, there was a sharp ripple in her wavelength as she bristled to the sudden, sharp words. But it was gone quickly. She'd screwed up, she should know better than to try and tell Naruto he's doing well, he isn't her and he doesn't need coddling like that. It took a few more minutes before she could stabilize her wavelength back at the step it was before.

Clare takes everything to heart, which is unfortunate sometimees. But it just happens to be who she is. Throwing themselves down the steps was looking like a better plan. Still, she was mature, she could handle this... it wasn't like the fate of the world hung in the balance.

Except it did, why did she think that!?

Honestly, the yell could have been a lot worse - it was more frustration out of being so close and finding it so difficult to listen to what she was telling him as well. He wasn't stupid enough to realise that his yelling had bothered her, and he wriggled his fingers to grip better, shifting his stance and giving it another try.

"There-- Hey I think I--"

They were close, he could feel it. As minimal progress as it was, he was still grinning over it.

Clare had finally gotten down to a comfortable wave, right where normal resonance would be if they started at equal footing. It was clear she was relieved to be at something stable. Come on Naruto, just a little further, then all this will have been worth it. She'd have helped someone.

There isn't much she can do, she's helped Naruto as much as she can. He has to make it across the finish line himself, and... she's pretty sure he'd get mad at any more help. If he didn't get this on his own.

It's all about concentration he's found. Too much of one thought though and he topples the whole thing. Today though, something seems to be working out fine for him.

Her encouragement is long forgotten, any frustrations - he's managed to find a temporary peace with so the moment that he finally, finally finds her the realisation is instant.

It's brief though, but excitement soars through him - a grin on his face, even if his eyes are still closed.

"No way--!"

"Congrats Naruto," Clare felt much more relaxed Naruto was here, but it wasn't like things were over. Her soul was stable, but it wasn't like she'd stay this way in a fight. Her wave would shift and move with her mood and Naruto's as well, like any act of two people they needed to be ready to stay tuned to each other.

"Just don't get too excited," it could break the resonance, for one. "You should probably practice with me a little while, make sure you can keep your resonance while we move. It gets even trickier in a fight." She did note she was a bit stronger resonance with Naruto, not much past her usual choke point, but she felt way more comfortable around him than most. It was a little weird, but she definitely felt a little better about herself right now.

His smile stuck through her praise. He knew he could do it, and this was proof of just that. Sticking around at this level was easy, at least whilst he was stood still like this with her, and the moment he heard her next instructions, almost as if just the thought caused trouble he felt the struggle begin all over again.

Perhaps it was just the fact that his ability was Soul Excitement - he just couldn't place how relevant that was in all of this. "Yeah-- I know. I ain't." It was a lie-- really. He couldn't help it.

"Move? Like-- just walkin'? Hey can you hear me now?" Wait, that was good right?

"Yes, I can hear you, we're synced up again." Clare kept her emotions in check, and while she was a bit more comfortable around Naruto than most others, that weird way he just... made others comfortable. There was still a wall of distrust, her fear of being hurt, in the way. Keeping the resonance low but still steady enough they could think to each other. "Walking if you don't feel up for more."

Clare realized after saying it that it might be taken the wrong way.

"I mean that you're a ninja, when you went on missions did you only walk around?" Nice recovery Edwards. She figured goading him into more would speed this along, and it might be hard to tell with her wall there, she did have confidence he'd get this too. Naruto was weird, but in all the best ways.

Oh. Right, of course! "Er. Cool. Okay." He shifted on the spot for a few seconds, as if getting his bearings - eyes finally opening to look around him after his moment of concentration.

"Yeah yeah. 'course I didn't just walk around." He was just concerned that he couldn't keep the resonance, but it was silly to worry and he definitely wouldn't give up. Sucking in a breath, he lifted the shield up grinning and taking a few steps forward, and pushing his arm out in front of him, solid and with determination.

Clare kept up with minor shifts in his wavelength, she was better at this. Plus, it was her job while he focused on, well, fighting. Naruto didn't seem like the type to take things slow when he could go fast, and this was a chance to go fast.

"I can keep up with you, just try to return to that balance we found? You don't need to hold back because of me." She hoped that came off as helpful, but she wasn't sure.

He obviously took some time to take on board what she was telling him, they'd never managed to get this far, he wasn't sure what to expect exactly. Now he was stuck trying to figure exactly how to 'train'.

Nodding, even though it wouldn't be seen he focussed on looking around the both of them. The shield was sort of heavy, awkward - and not exactly what he was used to training with - but that was the whole point, wasn't it?

He attempted a punch, followed quickly by a kick of one of his feet at waist height that brought his body around to thrust the shield out in front of him. It was pretty basic stuff, really - so keeping focus on the resonance, he thought would be simple.

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