The Tiger's Den (Eri)

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Legs for days, and an attitude to match~!

Enoshima Eri

“It's um… Important to stretch, Tora?” The leggy lass seeming to draw upon her history in ballet as much as any form of martial arts as she affirmed the belief which her friends father had in regard to getting warm and limber before a fight, not only did Miss Enoshima verbalize this fact but also took the opportunity to show it as well, and seemed to demonstrate her innate litheness in doing so. Performing a few quick but none the less impressive stretches as she leaned forward and stuck her toe out before her and then hooked it with her hands, by the time she was done she was holding her heel above her head in a manner which was likely far more suited to a dance lesson than the practice of martial arts, but no less applicable for that fact.

My best shot…? Shaking out her feet and her shoulders once she had done with her casual display of balance and yogi-like bendiness and then marching up to the pad which Mr Toramori offered them, for a moment the fair femme seemed to frown as she tried to consider both what her best move was, and with it how well this man might stand up to it if he offered himself as a human punching bag.
“Okay, if you're sure…” Ultimately his conviction and encouragement seeming to usher her to do so and hope that she didn't hurt him too badly in doing so, Eri nodded for a moment as she assumed a combat ready stance, and then afterward drew in a slow breath to focus herself, and as she did so seemed to find the look in her eye changing from something which carried a note of concern to something more stern and steely.

“HYEHHHH!!!!” Striking while the iron was hot as it were afterward and in a moment seeming to turn on the spot as she pulled what had been her back foot around her in a wheeling arc, she turned her heel into her strongest weapon as she wound up on a roundhouse which was aimed right for the head of her target, or rather where it would be if not for the pad in his way of course, and put all the mustard on it she could. After all, she was here to impress at the end of the day, no~?

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Tora #9

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"I knowww..." Tora whined at the concept of warmups the same way other kids whined about having to do chores around the house all while watching Eri's enviable flexibility. The tiny tiger couldn't pull her leg up that high even with her training. Fight practicality be damned, being able to kick above her head without jumping was an incredible feat.

Then it came time for the actual test, the patriarch of the family of martial artists crouching slightly as he lifted the pad... and then had to lift it up a bit more very quickly as Eri's roundhouse went very high "Umph!" Mr Toramori grunted as the heel slammed into the pad, his arms flexing in to absorb the blow "Whew! Good work, didn't think you'd be able to reach that high with that much force. That's really impressive, even trained stunt performers struggle keeping those kicks under control." The big man nodded as he pulled himself back up to his full height.

"Told you she was really cool!" Tora added enthusiastically as she beamed at the blonde, throwing her a big thumbs up.

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Enoshima Eri

“It's uh… There's some good guys at the gym where I train?” The blonde seeming to be rarely without some blush in her cheeks in this household and the crimson curtain seeming to fall across her face once more when this proud patriarch spoke of her abilities, in truth her heart seemed to leap knowing that at least someone's father seemed impressed by what she had managed to achieve, though was oddly demure as she admitted that everything she could do was the result of others like the one before her offering her aid.
“They taught me everything I know?” In many ways considering the group of guys and gals who gathered in her usual spot far more like she might like her parents to be or at the very least her father to be, even a place that was small and run down seemed like a palace to her when it was filled with folk who were happy to see her and show her new things, then give a smile and a wink when she did well.

“Hehehe… Your skill shows in um, Tora's abilities?” The leggy lass keen not to overlook the implication of his words and feeling a note of why this man's daughter held him in such high regard when he revealed he had trained stunt performers and the like, the glimpse that she had been given into what her fellow femme could do was a testament to the time and training that both had put into polishing Tora up, and it was more than apparent that both had worked hard.
“She really was incredible? Brave, skilful… Noble? It only took the two of us to send a gang of street punks packing when they were picking on those people…?” In fact her sapphire eyed slimness even seeing an opportunity to better impress upon the man both the aptness of their deed and the motivation behind it, it felt important to her to try and make him understand that this was no mere hot spirited scuffle, but rather a deed of duty and chivalric spirit…

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Tora #10

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Despite how unsure of herself Eri sounded as she took in the former stuntman's compliments, Tora was right there to back up her newest friend "Maybe we can go there together one time if we get the chance, I mean if that's alright with you dad?" She asked, puppy eyes engaged at full blast.

Her father wasn't phased by the pleading look in the slightest, the young girl had used it so much over the years he'd built up a bit of a resistance to it. Besides: He was going to say yes anyway "Wouldn't hurt to branch out a bit from just what I taught you Saeko-kun," he nodded with enthusiasm as he slung the pad over to the side, job done "If they were good enough to train your friend like that they must be pretty good teachers."

Then the attention turned to the black-and-red schoolyard demon, specifically how she'd charged in to save the day "Eh heh heh..." she nervously chuckled at the barrage of compliments being thrown her way, a blush creeping up her cheeks as she tried to deal with the praise without the help of adrenaline doing the brain stuff for her "I mean you were the same and stuff... I just spotted them first."

Her father, however, took things a different way "Noble huh..." Mr Toramori sighed with a weak smile, looking over at the collected pads seemingly lost in thought.

"Dad?" Tora asked.

"Brave yes, but you really should be careful around groups like that. Both of you," Kai said after a deep breath "While a lot of them aren't expecting any retaliation and get spooked even when they've got numbers if they find themselves up against people who can handle them, some take being challenged in front of their gang like that as a threat to their authority over the group. Even if they are cowards, a concealed weapon and a bruised ego is a deadly combination no matter how well trained you are." The big man eventually explained, shrugging off his earlier melancholy expression, back into self-defence lecture mode. A safe topic. Somewhat.

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Legs for days, and an attitude to match~!

Enoshima Eri

“Ohhhh, I'm sure they'll love you~? Spirited girls are their favourites…” A slow smile spreading across the face of the slender siren as Tora suggested a little exchange of application and such when it came to their respective teachers, Miss Enoshima could not deny a fondness for the idea of bringing her new friend to the gym, and not least because of what those guys would make of her. I mean, part of the reason she had grown so spirited was their influence, right? A girl like this would make their week, no doubt!

“I understand that it can get dangerous, but…” The teen taking on board the advice which she was given by the man of the house as well but feeling she needed to stand up to it all the same, though she had no intention of insulting the man and his ideas and could well understand the worries he carried, at the same time it wasn't like she usually went looking for trouble and stuff. Well, not every day, at least.
“If someone's in trouble? If someone's being picked on… I can't just sit on my hands!” Responding instinctively more than anything else and reacting based more on her emotions than some solid and well thought out plan, Eri knew all too well how badly hurt she might get if someone pulled a weapon on her, hell she had already taken a switchblade away from a guy before, but her heart seemed to ache at the very notion of walking away from someone who needed her. Like she was letting them and herself down…

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Tora #11

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Kai Toramori grimaced as Eri tried to explain herself and justifying throwing herself in harms way. In some ways it was better than the opposite, and with how quick his daughter was to throw hands with anyone she thought was bad he couldn't say too much about it. Especially not after essentially letting Tora off light for the brawl "I'm not saying don't do anything just... There's more to 'doing something' than jumping in with a dynamic entry," he tried to say as diplomatically as possible "I get not wanting to turn a blind eye but-" the big man sighed.

"S-so about that gym... dojo... training place you were talking about," Tora jumped in "Am I gonna have to pay to use it and join in or can I be smuggled in a suitcase past the barriers or something?" She asked.

"You're not fitting in a suitcase Saeko-kun," Kai chuckled "You're not five anymore."

"I could if its big enough!" The younger girl insisted.

"Anyway, back to training for you two. Eri if you're looking to branch out a bit you might want to look into learning a bit Taido Karate. It'd be a good way to use your gymnastics training to work with your martial arts." He suggested, tension slightly dissolved.

[Jessu]

Legs for days, and an attitude to match~!

Enoshima Eri

“But… Those don't look quite as cool, right~?” The gentler manner with which Tora's father seemed to try and talk them down seeming a word away from how she interacted with her own patriarch, Miss Enoshima couldn't help but look to the connection she saw between daddy and daughter with a sense of envy, and showed a growing comfort with both as she tried to make a little joke about their inclination toward dynamic entry. Like, she got what he was saying, but sometimes she followed her gut without thinking about it, right?

“Heeheehee, I'm sure you'll be fine…” The belle with the baby blue eyes unable to stop herself from snickering a little as she imagined her new friend wrapping herself in knots in some effort to sneak into the gym, in all honesty the guys there had never asked her to pay subs for the time or training she had received, and Eri had only done so because of feeling guilty for imposing upon them and wanting to help with the maintenance and such there.
“Though, we could attempt a suitcase smuggle, for the spectacle at least?” Not that she particularly wanted to stifle the flair which her fellow femme showed however and in fact rather entertained at the prospect of the girl's attempt, though the blonde waved away an assumption that she might have to fork out for a trip or two there and would have been happy to quietly cover her merely for the company, she couldn't help but encourage the attempt at espionage, if only for the spirit of mischief therein.

“Taido…? I see, that might be useful? I tend to prefer to be fairly uh… Mobile?” Happy to giggle with the girl all the while as they came up with cartoonish schemes though taking on a more serious bearing when the man of the house returned their focus to the training itself, Miss Enoshima considered the suggestion she was given for an art with which she wasn't totally familiar though appreciated it all the same, and admitted that her style was often quite frenetic on the whole and if there was a method which better supported that she would be open to a little study. I mean, the guys at the gym always said a good student took their inspiration from many sources, right?

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With the mood lightening, Tora was not to be put off by things such as 'logic' getting in the way of her unnecessary plans "Okay, I'll find a case, you see if you can find a time to smuggle me in." Tora declared, punching her own palm hand in a declaration of intent to get into the gym by the dumbest means (other than jumping through the window) possible

"Before you do that, can you hold the pads?" Kai asked, one hand on his hip as he smirked at the two not-really-scheming schoolgirls "I want to show your friend what I'm talking about."

"Okay!" Tora cheered as she dropped her initial plans and grabbed the biggest pad she could find, touching the ground up to her shoulders.

"So Taido's a lot different to most forms of Karate. It's arguably close to Capoeira if you know what that is, but without the whole rhythm aspect... although sometimes it does... just watch this!" He sighed in frustration before dropping down to the ground, pushing himself up on his hands as he rolled towards his daughter before kicking out with enough force to knock the blocking Tora stumbling back from the impact "That's..." the martial artist winced, it had been a long time since he'd tried that "That's a little advance...but it gets the point across." Kai said through a pained expression "Can't really do that technique slowly."

"You okay dad?" Tora asked as she peeked at her dad.

"Yeah... just gonna lie down here for a little bit." He said, waiting for his legs and hips to stop being jelly before he was assaulted while he was down "Agh! BRAINBUSTAH!" He yelped as he fell to the dog's most vicious attack: the merciless face licking.

[Jessu]

Legs for days, and an attitude to match~!

Enoshima Eri

“Teeheeheehee… If nothing else, I think we'll give the guys a good laugh doing this~?” The smile upon her face only spreading as her encouragement only seemed to make Tora all the more determined to pull off their silly little act of shenanigans, the blue eyed belle nodded to her friend and frankly couldn't wait to see her trying to fold herself into some kind of case or bag for their 'operation', and could scarcely hold back a giggle as she affirmed the idea and knew that it would make her an immediate hit with the people there. They loved a character, right?

What is he…? The fair fox showing more focus however when the most responsible of their trinity took control of the gathering again with the intention of demonstrating something, that sapphire stare seemed to tighten for a moment as the man of the house passed the pads to his daughter, and waited with somewhat baited breath for what followed.
“Ohhhhh!!!!” Ultimately seeming to be thoroughly impressed by the result which followed as the man showed a degree of agility she would not have expected and did so while also sending his petite partner stumbling backward, the gaze of Miss Enoshima widened as she watched him pull off a move which seemed to fluidly combine both the offensive of her martial arts and the honed freneticism she had from her days of dance and gymnastics, and might have been tempted to give him a round of applause if not for what happened next.

“Oh goodness…!” First feeling a sense of worry as it seemed that pulling something off like that had taken more than he expected and then bracing as the overly enthusiastic animal from earlier seemed to seize upon his prone position for a show of unabashed affection, for a moment the blonde seemed to brace as the dog came bounding back onto the scene, but even she couldn't help but begin to ripple with laughter at what followed. How she might envy folk who lived like this every day, eh?

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Tora #13

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Eri wasn't alone in laughing at the patriarch's predicament. His daughter was there by the blonde striker's side giggling all the way as her pet licked at the man who had failed to listen to his own advice about stretching before exercise.

Eventually though the schoolgirl made the decision that she should probably help her dad in his time of need and moved to scoop the excited pooch up off the former stuntman only for BRAINBUSTAH to suddenly lurch forward when she wasn't expecting it "Ah! BRAINBUSTAH Nooooooooooooooo-ahahahaha!" Tora giggled as the affection was turned on the tiny tiger instead, tackling her to the floor.

"Not so funny now, is it?" Kai lightly snarked as he picked himself up off the grass finally "Come on, that's enough excitement for one day. What's gotten into you?" He cooed as he picked the Akita up easily and carried him back in to the house leaving the girls alone in the garden. Demonstration over.