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" your holding your stance the wrong way agian."
Joachim had learned how to pary with the genji fairly easily due to the many mistakes he would do and the need to protect himself agisnt his teachers, freath, staff. joachim breathed hard. this had been the tenth day in his training, he has gotten most of his stances correct but there was always that one he had trouble with.
" but master freath, this is a two handed sword how am i supposed to use only one hand for it? it is to heavy."
learn to deal with it, do you think your oponent will always let you get n the proper stance? thats why this stance is important you must learn to use booth the sword and the seath as a single weapon. it might be a two handed sword but then think abotu staffs. some of them are heavy and some are not but they are healed in one hand,but in battle we use two hands?"
" whell sometimes i see you using one hand and sometimes two hands."
" exactly do you know why that is? when i use two hands i am using more power to strike. where as when i use one hand i normaly only have use half my strength. plus it give me time t be able to counter anything they might try to do to me. now agian come at me"
joachim sighed as he got in the traditonal stance he lunched himself at his teacher his teacher blocking the seath with his staff one handed. joachim use the staff as levrage to jump up and try to bring his genji blade down upon his master. thats when he saw the spell that was waiting for him in his master free hand. he was thrown into the air by his master water spell. it was week but its condense formed still held quite a punch. joachim stood tood up looking at his master.
" that was way better, now you see what i mean about the free hand?" he laughed." with a staff it would be easier to decive people too. since most attack use two hands sometimes you can get away with such things."
joachim tought for a short while." master is it posible to fight with a sword and a staff?" freath looked at his pupil his eyes smiling.
" eye yes it is, but it takes a lot of dicipline to be able to do such a thing. to relay on two diffrent wepons that each require your full attention. why do you ask?"
" simple, master you know alot abtou sword and staff i assumed you might be able to do something like that."
" oh no my student. i know a lot abotu swords yes but i was never flexible enough to be able to learn booth at the same time. the thing abotu doing that is even if your strong and deciplined in each one, you need to be versatile and be able to adapt to difrent situations. be able to relay on your sword one second and th staff the next without a second hesitation, alsoo if you require your full force you will be force to drop one or the other. plus since when has a summoner needed a sword?"
Joachim tought about it carefully before he answered." since when did he not?"
they both laugehd and continued the training for his joachim joachim was getting beter, learning that he should not fear what his oponent has in store for him but also learning to prepare for whats to come ahead.
every few nights him and his master would leave the calm plains to either go to gagazet mountain or some other place to perform a sending. but there was a while were they had to stay in new vebell and when they returned the calm lands with all its atractions and people seemed to be filled with fiends upon seeing the frightened people and how many fiends they where they calculated exactlty how much time it would take any one else to come save them. to many lives would be lost. with out the leatest bit of hesitation joachim seemed to lunch himself from there position he landed on the floor his left knee bent while his right one circled the ground creating a small dust cloud around him some fiends noticed him and ran towards him. joachim ran towards them his left hand on the hilt of the blade,his right on the mouth of the seath .he waited for the last posible second and with a flick of his right thumb the genji blade was free of its prison with that opening slash he cut the heads of all the sorounding beast there blood absorbed by his blade he continued to rush into the think of the fiend mass deciding to to take there atention away from teh humans he swtich his sword to his right hand. by nature that was his hand but his master had tought him to be ambidextrues if just to confuse people.
sword in hand he began hacking and slashing at his enemies sometimes using there disapearing body as shileds from magic attacks.
" stand back!"
joachim did as he was told as his master unleashed his spelled gravity making all of the creatures heavier and slower. joachim then rushed into battl not wasting a single second to cut and slash at his oponent all the while his sword to him seem to be laughin at all the malice it could do but for the first time joachim felt as if there was another presence in the genji blade. as he kept slashing he felt his master cast haste on him and he could not help but smile. as the slowed down creatures where slowed further by slow. with an ease he had never once felt in his life joachim endedthe miseries of many fiends while his master either healed humans or prevented them from attacking by the time the ronso got close to help. more then half of the fiend army was destroyed. the ronso and thenew protecters hurried in to help making the work much simplier.
joachim realised the folly of hi thinking. th gnji blade kept him healthy his body was in tip top shape any cut or would he recived could be healed by his sword. but the sword would not heal him from the effect of magic, nor poisen, nor from fatigue. after having fought fo so long he felt his arm move atomaticaly to slash at creatures he knew his master was probably tired. so he was surprised when he recived cure from his master afte looking around he saw that a few light magicians had joined in the battle making it easier for evreyone to fight the fiends. close to the fternooon everyone was tired no one knew where the creatures kept coming from but they did keep coming. finaly he saw his master body glowing." i pay you come forth!" sudenly to everyone it seemed as they where in a dark realm. a cherry tree sudenly apered near freath,its petal whereblue and its bark silver a wird dog came up freath and barked from heother side of the tree came a creature of great power it had two swords on its left hip and as it walked honorable from the tree freath smiled." i pay you my eon use wakisazhi" the eon unseathed its blade al of the fiends instantly died and the ean vanished leaving no trace that it or the fiends ever existed. freath then calmly walked to his tent as everyone tended to the wounded.
"joachim was left speachless." that iss an eon. its attack was so powerfull." he rushed to go after his master and found him drinking an elixor." sorry my kid. i think i am to old to be summoning an eon now a days' since something has been happening to end this much of fiends around." at the night time Joachim performed a small sending since his master was to week from the summoning and since his master had toughts him some of what was needed. he was using his master staff but it felt wonderfull to have the pyre flies around him as he guided them where to the after plane. after he was done he whent back to his smiling master with his decidtion made. he handed his master the staff.
" master i have made my choise, when i left my home my father game me the genji blade as it would guide me to what i whanted tobecome ihave decided i whant to become a somoner." frath just laughed.
i see, whell welcome abored to the tougest days of your life my boy"
Freath did not lie when he sid that his days ouwl dbe hard he spent his morning reading up on magicks and how to use them, spent the afternoons trianing his sowrdsman ship with his master freath, and the night time learning how to tame chocobose and other forms of transportation. he fell asleep as soon as he it the pillow and woke up before the son sometimes to begin his training all over again.
it didn't take him long to do his first spell or learn the other ones soon he was training in using his sword while using magic at the same time. it took another week before he was ready make his staff. in order to make it they whent to the mines and mined the finest and toughtest type of metal they could find. in the smyth Joachim worked hard learning how to smyth and to take care of swords and staff's. when he began disinging his own staff joachim drew and threw away many of the desings n the fire till he finaly choose on he tought worthy of the title of his. then he got busy with making such a staff. freath guided but for the most part let him do it himself. it took many tried and many failed attempts. but the time he had his own staff Joachims arm had developed his body enough that he could hold a a havy axe with no problem. yet his body still remained tone, his master had trained him every night so that he would only have pink muscle. once the staff was finaly made and ready to use joachim took it out to the sun to look at it. it was glories. the staff was mostly silver with streaks of blue and gold all over. the head of the staff wa decorate with a black raven encircled by a sun. the desing had a deep significance for joachim, for it was the symbol of his family. the black raven symbolising the obstacle that lead to the eternal calm and the sun itself representing the eternal calm in all its glory, it was a like a new sun it borught a fresh day new life. yet the sun was also sharpened to represent that the sun could be a double edge weapon. it was also sharpened becouse Joachim knew he would have to fight a lot and no one would suspect a staff to be sharp.
once they made it back to the clam lands. joachim was tought how to use a staff as a weapon. his morning was spent still with magics so that he would be able to master the more complex one.his after noons where split in between his sword and staff. his evening he trained by himself trying to figure out how he might be able to work with both of them at the same time. and every sunday was spent sparing with his teacher he was now adpat enough tobe able to switch and surprise his teacher. one of these sundays changed the way he tought about combining the two skills.
Joachim was getting tired as was his master. freath had to go full out on his pupil. his pupil did not give him time to use any pells and would attack head on this would be the last fight of the day before freath would have to rest. this time frath attacked first deciding to teach his pupil a litle something. he spun his magic staff in a circle by leting it move in between his hand.joachim had dahs towards his master at the sme tiem his master decided to move spining his magic staff above him both of there staffs met joachim put his staff to teh ground grounding his masters staf as whell then he tried to hit his master with his seathed sword but his master stoped his hand while it was still in the air.
" see you are getting beter at this" freath did not expect his student to use the deadlock to lunch his body into freath's. joachim kicked his master in the stomach he let go of his staff letting his left hand grabed the hilt as whell as his right in one fluid movement he unseathed his sword while he kicked his master in the stomach swiging his blade to cut some of his masters hair only to feel the but of a sword in his stomach as he stagard back he had to defend agiasnt multiples strikes his master had a small sword hidden in his garments. he was sure the day would come when h would have to use it. and he was right. but joachim expertly switch from his swordto his staf spining around in mid air to avoid an a slash he seathed his sword and grabed his staf that was in the ground. bringing it up so that the sword would be hooked by one of its rays and he pushed the sword away the master let the sword fly and kicked away his students staff and using his own staff threw his student to the ground thus the fight ended with booth of them winded beyond any change of a counter.
"you are getting close my student, but i told you you just cant use a magic stadf and a sword at the same time."

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Udai wiped his brow as he worked. He knew of friends and he knew of family that were on the same journey as he was. However he was doing it in another way. Bending over his table in his work shop he had just discovered universal parts. His pistol, which could be compared to a Russian Makarov was coming together nicely. He was enjoying the work. Looking around the workshop, one could see all kinds of rifles and pistols in various states of completion as well as blue prints for those weapons. He was a master of his weapons, knowing them inside and out. His favorite pistol was calibrated as far as humanly possible. His favorite rifle could take the leg off of a fox at 100 meters with little problem. There were plans for other weapons, revolvers, shotguns, all kinds of weapons that he could use in his travels. There were also plans for the ship that he was planning on making. He had plans, all he needed to do was complete those plans and turn them into tangible objects. He even had contacts in the outside world contacts that he worked hard to make. He had someone to lead him and that made him happy. After recalibrating the sights on his pistol he put it back together and holstered it. He would test it soon enough, but he had other work to do. Plus, he was dog tired from all the work that he had already done. Stretching his hands he moved his chair across the room to the blueprints for his airship. It would be a beauty. He knew that the blueprints were still unfinished, but they were close to where they needed to be. He only needed a little more time. Hell, even now he could make much of the ship. Looking through them he picked up his pen and began to make the required changed. Recalculating measurements here and there to make sure that everything was perfect, or as close to perfect as possible. He knew that he did not have the foresight to plan for everything and to make everything fit perfectly, but he knew that the closest the blue prints were to the real thing, the easier it would be to make the changes for the things that did not fit. This was especially true for that which is outside of the hull. As long as that fit perfectly he could get the insides done easily. He sighed. Even with help which he refused to have, the ship would not be ready for years. That did not bother him too much, but he did not want his contacts to wait years for him. He did not even know if they would wait years for this warship. After a few minutes of editing, he placed his pen down. He was still hungry, really hungry and he wanted to get something to eat before he continued his work. Then maybe he would do something else. In fact, maybe he would forgo work for a while, after all, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Udai Taxim walked out into the world to rest from all of his work. On him he was carrying a rifle and a pistol for protection. he did not really think that he would actually need the weapons in his home but he brought them just to be on the safe side. He wiped the sweat from his brow. Working on weapons was hard work. Preparing to work on a ship still harder. Still he was beginning to be prepared for a great journey. Looking out he did take notice of one person who, though going about her day, seemed to be as exhausted as he was. He wondered what she was up to. Sighing, Udai set off after her, if only to watch her work.

Udai smiled. He was surprised that he would be noticed so quickly. Still that was no reason for Udai to not be civil. He stopped a few feet behind Shura, not wanting her to look any more discomforting than she already did. "My name is Udai Taxim, and I simply thought you were interesting to be honest. However, you also looked exausted. I wanted to offer my assistance in your travels, an action of good will if you will. May I ask who you are?" Udai hoped that that would be a good enough reason, because if it was not than there was really nothing that he could do about it because it was really the best reason that he had.

Udai smiled. She did not say no, that was a victory. "Do not worry I take no offense to your words.”He smiled at her question. “I . . . can offer enhanced protection for one thing. On another, I can offer transportation. . . soon. The Bebop has not been tested but it has been prepped for launch. It can get us where we need to go, wherever that is.” Udai was not sure if that would be enough as he listened for her second question. “What will it cost? I’m a scientist first and for most, second I am a soldier. What I want is a reason to get out of here and you giving me that reason would be more than payment enough, ma’am.”

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"This world hasn't changed abit since we last came here," Matsuri said as she walked out of the gate, glancing around the field of grass that they where now standing on. There was something about this world that she could not get enough of. It was much more peaceful then her own and more relaxing. ' At least we don't have to worrie about time changing in are world' She thought while walking forward. The female then stopped as she noticed a small boat at the docks, with no one guarding it.... The younger female ended up grabbing Ryuko's hand pulling her to the boat, untied it from the dock, then waited for the older female to get inside. "We have to go see Lulu and the rest on the island. Maybe even that great water game."


Ryuko could only nod her head as she sat inside the boat, sitting down and pulling the dress up abit so it wouldn't get caught in something. Tearing such a pretty dress would be such a shame. She then leaned to the side, starring at the water with a bored expression on her face. The memories of the last time they where here where going threw her head, images appearing inside the water. 'I think that surely I’ll return here in the end,...' Thinking this as she saw the reflection of Bone and Jason appear in the water. " Do you think that we will see then in this world or will it be the next one when we are dead ?" She asked as she continued to look in to the water with fascination.



" Hopefully in this life time but I am more then okay if we see them in the next," Matsuri said with a small grin appearing on her face. She then held up the small medical bone saw with her left hand. When holding it up she could see the reflection of half of her face. "Unless there is nothing left to come back to. How strange would that be if everyone died,.... So much chaos and fun. Bodies everywhere. But then again then who would I play with?" She asked with a defeated sigh while rowing the boat. it would take few hours until the two reached the island.


" Pretty worlds, I wounder what your mommy will sing when you die?" She asked with a blank expression on her face as if waiting for someone of something to awnser. A frown appeared on her face as she heard no awnser to her question, making her turn around to look at the other side of the ocean, seeing nothing but fish and other types of sea creatures. Within a few minuets she grew bored of watching the sea creatures, now sitting up straight to only stare ahead at where Matsuri was. It seemed that only 30 minuets had passed since they left to find Lulu's island. The female continued to stare ahead at the back of Matsuri's head, hoping time would some how magically go faster. "......"


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Joachim spent the final five years of his training in the calm lands, occasionally going to bevelle only to come back and face many fiends. close to his third year joachim learned that there was a cave nearby wich his master told him not to go to. it bugged him for the rest of the year till he finaly got his teacher to tell him. "whell if you must know that is where yojimbos fayth rest. you must not under any circumstances go there do you understand?"
the conversating obiusly took a lot out of his teacher so joachim just practiced his magic spells and shadow trained by himself. he went to sleep early that day. in his dreams he could hear an almost maniacle laughter and a threat of complete control. he woke up three hours before the sun came up.he was sweating the, cold air from mt. gagazet helped to chill. he stood up put on his velvet coat. and got on a chocobo and began a early evening ride. he road up to the site of the Ronso home he spoke with some of the early rissers. he got in a few practice rounds with them. always ammased by there speed and strength. but they did helphim learn more about fighting and shared with him there own stories of kimahri Ronso who is considered one of there greatest leader. then he rode down running along the calm lands till many of the shoopkeppers adn the amusements got into place then he whent back to the cave, wich some years ago began to serve as a holding place for chocobos but was left behind. after they found a better place for them. he got of his chocobo a young steed he name steve. like all chocobos steve whanted to run from the place. but joachim held him tight as he looked at teh entrance it seemed to call out to him. he smiled as he felt the genji blade respond to it. he clicked his toungue settlign the chocobo as he led him back towards camp. the old man was alrady making breakfast. " sit."
joachimdid as he was told they then began to eat. as he eat the old man spoke.
"Joachim Armster you have the gift. you should know what summoning an eon involves, as you know only those with a lot of control over the pyreflies can summon an eon, and you also know that you have to get to an eon to find one. what you dont knwo is that for a long while they have been back. and guess what? theres been no need for a pilgramage since sin. so we all where waiting for such a time as when we will be needed that time has come and gone many a time. teh portals that opened to other demensions that excist has allowed us to go and help where we are needed. summoning a fayth is not for the faint hearted. that is all i will say on this subject. now get up its time to learn to fight." they spent the rest of the day fighting each other and then the old man healed him. the old man moved his camp from day to day on his last day f training joachim woke up in bevelle he was called there to attend to some buisness. he would be needed to travel along with his teacher to perform many sendings. it seems the rate of death and monsters was on the rise. he used his trusty chocobo steve and was on a leisurely pace when he heard the sound of people screaming he purned steve to go forward sure that something bad was happening it was shown that this was true as people ran towards bevelle screaming of fiends. as he saw this he spurned his chocobo to run even faster son he was near the edge and with a skillfull jump steve jump of the cliff landing on a fiend that was about to poisen a ronso the ronso in turn speared a fiend that was sneaking up on him with wordless thanks he urged his chocobo on using his staff to cut and stop the attacks the ronso where glad to have help from him as he looked aroudn he saw teh old man concetrating on a spell. he did nto know how he knew but he instictively knew how to ride and fight on a chocobo. after a while his chocobo was cut in many places just tehn his chocobo did something he would not expect. his chocoboo let out a mighty roar... if a chocobo could have one and cast booth protect and shell, then cure. this coused a small diversion that was all the near by ronso needed to gain the upper hand. then to add to it yojimbo suddenly appeared taking out most of the fiends a cry of victory came out of everyone. but joachim rushed towards the retreating fiends letting his chocobo unleash a fury of spells. they soon made it to teh cave. he was amased by his chocobos abilities. he fed booth of himself and his chocobo an elixer to get there magic and health back up. storing his staff on his saddle he got out of his chocobo and cast a spell to lighten all of the lights. but he did not really need it since the pyreflies where lighting his way. he kept a hand on the hilt of genji while the other he held unto the bite of steve as they proceded stve proved usefull helping him solve the puzzles of the cave. he dispatch any fiends he found along the way. soon they made it to the faith room. where most of the fiends where and they rushed head foward towards them genji singing int eh air as it cut and destroyed the chocobo using the staff that was held in place to hi the fiends and casting shell and protect whent eh spells where worn out.. soon a mighty wateraga send the rest of the beast running and. the three stood alone in the fayth room. sheathing his sword he and steve ran to the old man who seemed close to dieying the chocobo cast cure and joachim gave him an elixir. as the old man woke up surprised by the fact that he was heald he looked at his pupil with smiling eyes. just then all the pyreflies in the room seemed to become one and reveal yojimbo. joachim could not belive it. but what happened next blew his mind
" joachim armster you have made it. therefore i shall become your eon. now i will tell you you are needed elsewhere find your friend with the hands that are not hands, and help him."then there was a flash of light. the rest of his journey did not matter to him. as he finaly steped foot on besied island he knew his quiest had just become. joachim armster would become the best summoner he could. but he would also find a way combine his staff and sword style. and his first obstacle was getting all of the fayth he could

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Joachim Armster was at a loss for words as the fear hit his young heart. as he got close to the portal. he heard a crack. he turned to the genji blade he was completely unprepared for what happened. he saw it shatter in front of his eyes. he saw evry single crack,that apeared and felt it turn into nothing but a piece of wood. joachim couold not belive it.. it felt as if his whole world was destroyed. he fell down on his knees. breaking the pice of wood and holding on to his staff for support. then memories began to come to him. he had fought many times before but when he first used teh genji blade and he passed out... he shouldn't have he has fought many times before with a regular blade and killed more then his share of monsters. after all it was his skill with the blade that allowed him to win. he sighed as he tried to make sense of it and ended up sleeping on the ground of the holyiest place on spira.
as he slept he was in a dark place. then suddenly he was in a garden that closely resembled the one where he grew up with a rock garden near where the sun came up and nice fresh grass everywhere else. on the patio there was a group of people to many for him to count but one of them mentioned for him to come. as he sat down he saw the person resembled his family. then when he saw what he had in his hand he understood who he was the words came out of his mouth before he could stop himself.
" yojimbo...... then that must mean the rest of you are the other fayths." the realisation hit him when he could not see the other ones. yojimbo mentioned for him to sit down. and joachim armster for probably teh first tiem in his life did what someone told him to do in a dream.
" you will listen and listen well to this dream. i was choosen as the representetive for the rest of us becouse i am your blood and have alrady spoken toyou. now the peace that allowed us to sleep for so long after yuna is broken, and has been broken for quite a while. you are the first summoner that we will send on a quest to other demensions therefore it is important that you know this: all fayth's have an item that makes them stronger. now there is no swordsmen that can posibly stand up to me. but i will become even stronger with the genji blade. now the genji blade was something i brought with me on my travels. i do not know its origins all i know is that while i was young it helped me to become what i am today. but the power of it over me was to grate so i threw away. i do not know where it is all i know is that you can find it in your travels. now each one of use a special item. if you can try to find one and keep it if you find another give it to a good friend okay? its better that someone you trust holds something of our power then someone who should not have it.
the place where you are going is a place where beings known as shinobi are. the shinobi are higly affective assasins. you will find some week ones on your trip and some very strong ones. the strong ones will be able to easily kill you. btu the rules of death are not as strong as they once was. when you go to the after life you will be giving a chance to return. but do for the love of al of us die. you will have to expand something called chckra to use ninjutsu. there own technique now that will be something eassy for you to learn. as when you go there you will have to go to a ninja school, but our suggestion is before you do that is to go to other realms to learn there tecniques and to do so as fast as you can. theres an exam called a chunnin exam. you whant to be in it. and try to advance in rank. then when you come back here you will be able to stabalize us and help bring more summoners into spira. this is the quest you are to go to. this youmust complete or else we might all be going to a permenent sleep. and then who will help spira?"
thus ended his dream and his slow walk back to the land of the living. burdened with all of this he chuckled to himself and began his long trek back down to his home. he stayed with the ronso for a few weeks. letting them chear him up by teaching him some of there fighting and magic. as he did he realised how the young ronso seemed to be thinning out he asked abotu this and they told him the reason. the wolrd was destabalising there needed to be a new summoner to undertake quest agisnt whatever was doing this to spira. and he had bee chossen so they would honner him and they willhelp him as much as they could knowing that the quest had to do with what was going on outside of there dimension. he smiled as he waved buy to them and headed to the calm lands. where he decided to have a nice long chat with his old friend and teacher.

it did not go the way he planed instead of meeting him with a smile he toosed him the reings for steve and they booth set of on there regular rounds. when they returned the old man and him had a fight. where joachim agian showed his master the reasont he Armster family was often a feared name to call in battle as your enemy. now without the sword stooping he focoused comepletetly on his ability with it like water he became fluid in his movements. fluid enough that the old man sudnely gain a burst of speed and power it suddenly seemed as if the old man had grown younger. then the fight began earnest.
his master was a terror to behold still clad in his old man face he mooved witht eh agility of a much younger person it was as if the passage of time lifted of his aggin bones. as he swivred ducked side steped or flat out countered each one of joachim's moves forcing joachim to think on his feet. joachim turned the staff around in his hands as he walked around his master and whent for a strike over his left shoulder. but his staff was met with the masters staff it hit the floor traping his staff threw then the master brought out his knife so quickly that joachim was forced to let go of his staff. his master stepped on the sword and began teasingly trying to hit him with his long staff. joachim was happy he had played with the ronso yesterday. tough today his muscles where as sure as a human could possibly have them his reaction time had increase and he was able to dodge or swirve from most of the attacks when he finaly grabed the old mans staff he smiled as the man began to bring out his knife agian probably expecting him to do the same but the man was surprised when all that came out of joachim armsters mouth was a few words. he looked above him and saw the staff coming just in time to get away but to late becouse his blade was traped in one of the rays of the sun. joachim took his staff holding it the right way he made sure the knife was behind him
"master i have found out the genji blade that was in my possesion was nto the real one."
"oh is that right my student. then i guess this shall be a test of purely magic and staff skills then?"
" no master. you know i cant win those." as he said this the master realised he could not use spells" its called dark sight. its a spell that allows me to temporaraly make sure you cant say anything that would harm me. this will be the kind of test we armtsers are good at physical strength."
his master could not help but break out into a laugh." then i guess this is a good time as any to intruduce myself hello joachim armster. i am called jeach mulciber armster the third." his master took a bow as the realisation took joachim by surprised. jeach armster was his father father who had gone on a mission and never returned. mulciber was his nickname it meant softener in some other language.

jeach took advantage of the surprise his name gave him lunching at joachim as if his staff had become a spear. joachim barely recovered and got poked three times. each one breaking a pecius rib. the pain made joachim react quickly he turned his staff in a circle making jeachs amster's staff leave his side but jeach used the momentum to try and hit him from the other side but joachim had intisipated that and at just that second his staff came full circle putting the end of jeach armsters staff into the soft ground of the calm lands. thats when booth knew it was going to be pointless so joachim threw a kick.
jech used booth of his hands to stop the kick and turned around using all of his weight to throw joachim to the ground but joachim grabed his neck with his free leg sending them booth flying away from there staff's.

when they stood up joachim noticed his now revealed grandfather was yougner in fact they almost looked alike. they where booth breathing hard buteach took on a fighting stance. in spira fighting stances did nto mean much. but to the armster family they meant evrything. jeach was known for hsi skills in an art called muy thai and jopachim was learning the basics of dragon. as each took there approiate stances they both breathed in and out and when there breathing became less eratic they booth chargued at each other. with a flying vooley of kicks and fist they met. each one blocking and countring the other.
joachim whent for a dragon palm to the chest only to have it slaped to the side and ge set up for a kui loi, but joachim was expireinced enoguh with his fathers mu thai to know to have brought out his left leg to sweep his grandfather the moment he lifted his leg while falling he positioned his elbows so they would hit his grandfathers ribs only to be thrown as jeach fell away. they both rolled up to a standing position and began fire of volley after volley of hits. jeach was getting in the most hits. when joachim finaly stepped away jech could use spells agian and he only had a few broken ribs. joachim on the other hadn had a most of his ribs broken bruises all over his body and had a dislocated arm with he poped into place dispite the pain wich he coudl almost barely hold on to. they booth charged agian not caring to use magic to heal with they booth coudl have chossen to do. as they fought joachim beganto gain the upper hand. it all started when he learned to tell the difrence between faints and non faints and became an advantage when he switch styles to drunken kun-fu and broke one of his masters leg. he continued with his drunken kung-fu adn won the match at the end of it booth where in need for some intesive healing steve had gotten free and walked up to them and casted heal.they thank him as they began healing themself.
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