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The day had finally come. Mitsu was heading out to meet Shun for her first day or defense training. Nervous didn't even begin to describe how she felt about it but she knew training would be in her best interest. She had went ahead and changed into what she would be working in; a loose t-shirt, shorts, tennis shoes and of course her mask. Hopefully that would be okay. If not she did have her bag with her with a change of clothes inside, though whether Shun would frown about the mask was uncertain.

Leaving her room Mitsu locked the door behind herself before heading out of the monster dorms and toward the fitness club room where they agreed to meet. The lycan knew she was going to have to work hard. Fighting, even if it was only defensive fighting, was outside of her realm of knowledge and understanding but it would most definitely be helpful for the future. If anyone could teach her though Mitsu was confident Shun could. It was just a matter of her absorbing what was taught.

Trotting across the school grounds Mitsu finally found herself outside of the fitness club. It didn't take her long to locate the reaper waiting for her and an unseen smile started to tug at her lips seeing him. Hopefully he hadn't been here waiting long.

Coming to a stop beside him Mitsu turned her head up toward Shun to that she could see him better through the mask. "You haven't been here long have you?" She asked wanting to make sure. The werewolf was pretty sure she wasn't late but that didn't mean she couldn't have overlooked something in their planning to meet up.

"Yes, I'm ready." As ready as she would ever be anyway.

Stepping in through the door as Shun held it open for her, Mitsu gave a short nod in return to the reaper's instructions. She could do that easily enough. As he left toward the locker rooms Mitsu set her bag aside and started to do warm ups like she was accustomed to before normal work outs. At least this much she could manage on her own.

While she warmed up Mitsu's mind began to wander. She started to think back to when she had stumbled upon Levi and Shun's little sparring match...or rather the tail end of the match where the tatzel was choking the reaper out. H...he wasn't going to do that to her was he?

Pausing in her warm-up Mitsu looked up toward Shun. Slowly she shook her head, she wondered if that was a bad thing or if it would make learning more difficult. "No, not really. I never really had anyone to teach me."

Her brother had never been bothered quite like she had, also his general size in true form seemed to ward people off. She wasn't nearly as big so she was certain she wouldn't be as intimidating.

"Alright," A stance was easy enough right? Looking at Shun's feet carefully as he instructed Mitsu tried to position her's in the same manner. No..no that wasn't quite right. Maybe if she moved her foot a little to the left...no definitely more to the right. Okay, that seemed good, one foot down.

After a bit of adjusting and looking between her stance and Shun's Mitsu finally seemed to have it exactly as he was standing. It did leave her with a more stable feeling like her center of gravity wasn't all over the place. "How about this?" She asked looking up toward Shun for approval. "What next?"

Mitsu eyes shifted watching Shun approached to place his hands on her shoulders. She relaxed as he positioned her torso where it needed to be trying to memorize how her body was being placed. It would be important to remember, she was certain she would need to repeat this often.

"Guard with my hands?" Mitsu asked tilting her head slightly as she watched Shun bring his arms up in a position that would easily be able to strike or block from. Trying to mimic the move Mitsu seemed to have....the general idea though not quite. Her arms were held rather loosely with her hands closer to her face. It looked more like she was prepared to cry than fight.

Mitsu stiffened a little seeing Shun's hand moving toward her in a mock punch. True it wasn't fast but she felt like she needed to be ready even though he was only demonstrating the moves at the moment. It didn't seem she had to be though as he took hold of her wrist to show her what to do. The sudden contact had her feeling nervous, why was she getting nervous?

"O..okay." Mitsu nodded that she understood. She got it, just doing it would be the problem. Trying to ignore her sudden random thoughts Mitsu focused in on the moves Shun was showing her knowing that at some point she was going to have to mimic them.

"Fists closed." Immediately Mitsu curled her fingers into a fist. It felt awkward, it wasn't a move she was used to doing though it made sense. Mitsu was certain breaking a finger during the process would put a damper on the situation quite a bit if knowing you were being attacked hadn't already. After she had completed her last task the werewolf turned to Shun expectantly to see what would be required of her next.

"Okay, I think I can do that." Mitsu nodded. The lycan watched Shun carefully before she tried to mimic the move. It didn't seem like she was far off but Shun still moved closer adjusting her stance here and there. She didn't put a whole lot of thought into the close contact, he was there to help her after all, but something about him being so close had her feeling suddenly awkward and shy despite how comfortable she usually was with the reaper.

It didn't seem like she was the only one feeling off though. Shun seemed distracted somehow. "Is there something wrong?" Mitsu asked after completing her first round of blocks. Maybe he wasn't feeling well.