The Inferno Returns!

[wantheawoo]

Tatsumaki Senpukyaku! 

Or, something like that. Ulv landed from the jumping spin kick and decided to never do that again. Sure, it knocked the dummy's head clean off, but the balance of landing was still a crapshoot and the getting up there wasn't exactly the best thing in the world. She used her Earth-Grasping Step for some more spring, but otherwise it was so telegraphed she was going to retire and be a switchboard operator.

Faffing about with that shit aside, she probably should get in some sword work. As much as she wasn't super fond of that kind of stuff, this was the squad of swordsmanship. 2nd would have been better, but Ulv was as subtle as an explosion, and she'd yet to be able to sell anyone on her concept of being really sneaky by stint of murdering the shit out of anyone who saw her. 

So, with a sigh, she would grab one of the practice Shinai. It didn't even feel right in her hands, why would people fight with these metal sticks when their own hands were perfectly adequate? Sure the things were sharp, but that just meant you had to get stronger skin with your Reiryoku. 


"Honestly...Ahh, well. No point whining" 

[Supreme]

Taoka Jiegeng was a warrior, she loved sparring and training and improving her art. But within the 11th Division, a space full of battle-addicts with more than a few psychopathic tendencies there were a lot of opportunities to spar and not enough hours in the day. Jie had to measure who and when she actually decided to take up on the offer, both to conserve energy and to not pick up any bad habits while fighting.

She was now avoiding a man who was rather emphatic about sparring her any chance he got. He was wild and untrained, and she wasn't exactly sure he was asking to spar to improve his skills. He seemed a bit too enthusiastic any time she would put him on his ass, so she had decided just to avoid him entirely Let's just hope he's not one of those weirdos with a talent for popping up where he isn't wanted... She thought worried to herself.

Jie walked past a training field that she thought would be empty, only to pause when she realized it wasn't. She was just in time to watch the other woman kick the dummy's head clean off. It was something that Jie was used to in the 11th by now, they went through training dummies like other Divisions got through paperwork, but she was still interested. After all, not many Shinigami opted to go without a weapon.

Speaking of, she felt the other woman wasn't overly familiar wielding one, if her grip was any indication. Before she realized what she was doing, she was moving into the field herself and picking up her own training sword "Your grip is awkward, shift your hands more to opposite ends of the guard." Jie spoke simply, a less of a criticism and more of a suggestion "Dominant hand towards the blade, to guide, non-dominant towards the pommel, to steady."

Jie slipped into a light fighting stance of her own, completely disregarding her own suggestions by wielding her shinai in a single hand, more towards the middle of the hilt "I'll give you something solid to practice against. Come at me."

[wantheawoo]

"'Cause its fuckin' awkward. If The Soul King intended us to wield weapons, he would have given us bladed hands" Ulv replied, turning around to the woman, and then giving her a smirk. She was a beautiful think indeed. The thought of what else her hands could get up to with this one flooded it, and Ulv bit her lip with coy interest.

"Though your offer is nice, I prefer my hands in...many different aspects" Ulv would state, flirting openly with the woman who had come over to her. "It's far more useful for me to practice fighting with my bare hands and maybe solidify a proper style, rather than just awkwardly flail with a sword I am never going to use"

Throwing the Shinai away into the bin behind her, she would stick her hands in her pockets and lean back, a terrible - almost offensive - stance the equal to the coy smirk on her face.

"So, what d'ya say, Kitten. Wanna get some foreplay in before I take you on a date, or are you the kind of person who prefers to just jump right into the dress and restaurant of romance? I'm honestly down for either, with a woman like you"