Morning Training Log

[heavenly_earth]

Characters: Everyone!
Location: Park/Training Ground
Rating: PG-13 for violence
Time: 6am to 9am
Description: Training takes place every morning in the park to prepare the guests of the city for the ongoing war. It's handwaved most days, but approximately once a month this gets played out in a log. This log takes place on May 18th.

Official areas:

FAQ: In need of help or answers? Come here! Staffed by Neji.
Breakfast: The incentive for coming to Morning Training for those who actually don't care about Death City. All food providers are given funds to buy/prepare the food and are then paid for the time they spent cooking/preparing. Provided by Saya and Fabiola
Cake Stand: A place for delicious treats; only the best cakes by Betty Crocker! Staffed by Condesce
Combat Instruction: One can learn and improve on fighting techniques! Staffed by Cloud and Genesis
Sparring: A bunch of people are there. You show up and pick one to fight. Staffed by Obito (beginners), Fabiola (intermediate), Amaterasu and Cloud (advanced)
Weapon Transformation: New Weapon? Unsure on how to transform into a weapon (or how to transform back)? Go here! Staffed by Bakura, Aqua, and Gray
Soul Perception: Find out more about your soul, what they are, and what they potentially may do. Staffed by Shibusen
Partner Training: Learn how to work as a partner!
Weapons Handling Training: Learn how to handle sharp things and not so sharp things! Staffed by Auron
Shooting Range: Learn to shoot a gun, not at quail though, so expect your face to come out of this just fine. Staffed by Naoto, Giroro, Duo
Meister Ability Helpers: Learn about your Meister ability and how to use it. Staffed by Edgeworth
Finding a Partner: Unpartnered Weapons and Meisters meet each other here! Staffed by Liz Thompson
Medics: A place for medics to hang out, recruit and aid the injured - especially if they get shot in the face by accident. Staffed by Rosalia
Watch: This is where members of the watch meet up, chill, recruit and train! People interested in the watch welcome!
SEES: This is where SEES members hang out, and recruit!
Hug Brigade: A begrudgingly still opened squad dedicated to hugs of encouragement. Thank Lee for this! Staffed by Lee


Feel free to make your own threads!


Open Character Threads:

Condesce
Demona
Saya
Matt
Re-L
Meenah
Sephiroth
Genesis
Lily
Jack Frost
Fon
Takuto
Johan
Shinji
Cloud
Hades
Yami Bakura
Anri
Aranea
Amaterasu
Alucard
Soul
Kiriha
Mizuno
Raidou
Sasha

Comments

[awokentospring]

[Neji knows Lee all too well. The chuunin is not slow in getting down to business starting with a low kick he knows Neji will easily dodge. It's always like this, had been for years, where their fights started off in a predictable fashion and usually led to a predictable end. But not here, not in Death City where chakra was null and jutsu was nearly void.

It's a harsh battle between two skilled shinobi. One who's strength rely on his strength and speed, and the other who's strength lie in accuracy and intelligence. As different as they are, they have fought for years and know each other's styles so intimately they could probably mirror the other perfectly should they try.

But in the end, it came down to determination.

Lee often wore himself out quickly in battle but today was different. He paced himself, waiting for the perfect opportunity and it came in the very slight distraction that flickered across Neji's face minutely. And with that, Lee dropped, focusing his weight lower and counter-balancing the Hyuuga in a rush to toppled him.]

[heavenly_earth]

[He fought, clashing with his teammate, movements changing and redirecting Lee's attacks with fluid shifts of weight to create openings where possible.

But without Byakugan, Lee's attacks could come faster than he could anticipate, and without his chakra, shutting his opponent down took much more precision and concentration than before. On top of that, his energy reserves were nowhere near Lee's, and the longer the spar lasted, the greater the disadvantage he found himself at.

He was managing well up until a point, where Lee smashed through his guard and he swallowed, leaping back, wondering at the strength of Lee's feelings against him. The moment of idle speculation cost him however, and the sky dropped back just as his back hit the ground. And Lee's hold was solid; he wouldn't get out of this with anything less than a burst of Jyuuken]

Just wait... until I've learned Soul Menace, Lee.

[awokentospring]

[Those words were the signal of a match ended. Grinning and chuckling with breathy pants, Lee switched his hold into an awkward hugging movement, then moved to help Neji to stand back up with him.]

Perhaps... you simply need more endurance training.

[He was pleased, to say the least. But also glad that he could finally put all that pent-up frustration behind him. There was no boiling feelings being tapped down now, no need to insist that Neji see things his way or let him have his own selfish way. No, Lee felt content now, and he was ready for things between them to return to normal.]

[heavenly_earth]

[Neji stood, brushing himself off and sighed heavily as he swept damp hair from his eyes. He glanced over his partner, relieved to see that he appeared loose, more relaxed, less likely to lose his temper]

Endurance training won't simply.. give me your stamina, Lee. That would be like training to have more chakra. As it is, I've gone through enough under Gai-sensei...

[awokentospring]

[Lee chuckled again, oh so much lighter.]

Well, I had been training to grow endurance since before even sensei began training us! [It was the simple, honest truth.

That aside, Lee was content. His nose even crinkled as he smiled at his rival.]

I am in need of more training myself! There is still quite a bit I have yet to master.

[heavenly_earth]

[Neji nodded]

There is a lot we need to learn now that we've arrived here. I've had to adapt Jyuuken and remaster the Byakugan in a different form.. Something you should ideally adapt to, as well. It's not very field-effective if my Weapon is nauseous every time I scope the field.

[awokentospring]

Hmm... [Lee scratches at his cheek, considering.]

Then perhaps we should work more on that. It is not something that I will get used to just after a few missions, so perhaps if we took some time outside of work?

[He glances around the field.] The two of us are much too busy during training to take out the time for that here.

[heavenly_earth]

[Another nod, Neji glances off to the far side of the field]

I work 12 hour days now at the office in addition, but there's time in the evening before we sleep.

[awokentospring]

[Lee nods in return, a small smile creeping onto his face.]

Sounds like that will be the best time. When did you wish to being this training?

[By the sound of Lee's voice, he was quite eager to begin as soon as possible.]

[heavenly_earth]

[Looking back toward Lee, detecting those notes of eagerness in his voice, he's glad they had that spar even if he had lost. Things would be easy for them again]

Then we'll start this evening when I return home.

[awokentospring]

I shall have dinner ready for us, then!

[Neji seemed to like his fried rice. He could make that.]

Then we shall get started.

[heavenly_earth]

[Ah right, food. He'd be hungry by the time he finished work]

Fair enough. We'll do that, then.