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Walter walks into the dojo in a respectful manner. he walks over to Ishira and takes a knee "are you the sensei of this dojo? of so, are you currently accepting students?"

Q was a respectful person by nature. He could see, by Ishira's lack of details, that something was troubling her, but it was very personal. He felt that they shared a close enough friendship that, if she really felt like he, or anyone, could help, she would tell them. As such, he did not feel any urge to dig deeper than she freely volunteered.

However, now that he did have an opportunity to ask questions, he had none. He pretty well grasped everything they had covered thus far, feeling like he was basically attuned to both his friend Daeor and his companion, the smal white fox.

He simply looked on as the prospective student entered the dojo, his only real thoughts being a small twinge of mild irritation that Gil had outclassed him with his display of gratitude. Q had simply nodded to her, and justified it to himself as, 'more casual, less up tight'. This did not ease him in the least.

Q blinked, surprised by Ishira's forwardness and perception, then he smiled, and thought to himself, 'Well, she IS a ninja, after all.'

"Thank you, Ishira. I appreciate, and now see again, how close we were, and how the distance between all of us has grown. I was just concerned for your concern for us, and, since circular logic is pointless, I hadn't thought to voice anything. However, now that I'm asked, I do have an idea. Once we start training harder again, I believe we will naturally grow closer again."

Q smiled, a real, reassuring smile, that even his usual acting skills couldn't produce. "I'm certain, in fact, that once we start doing things the old way, we'll get back to our old selves in no time." Q delivered this with an increasingly confident tone of voice, meeting Ishira's eyes, and Gil's, as he spoke. He was eager to get started on his training again.

Taking some of the seriousness out of the atmosphere, yet brightening it immeasurably, Q's fox puncuated the small speech with an energetic yip, with a small, comical fire burning in it's own eyes. Even if Q wasn't able to affect either of the other humans in the room, his fox was stoked.

Ishira's words sparked an instant reaction in Gil, and in moments his eyes had glazed over, a sinister light glowing in their depths....Then his body seemed to shimmer and a number of things happened at once....Elias took flight, soaring high into the rafters; the lights in the room flickered briefly; and then all went quiet....

Gil stood motionless, his body loose and ready.....He inhaled deeply, then ducked quickly as a leg went sweeping over his head.....Using his downward momentum, Gil then spun, leg sweeping his attacker.....

Gabril was almost caught off guard at Gil's leg sweep but he dodge by jumping up and spinning out of range....He landed just feet away from Gil, and immediately took a stance....

But just then, he looked up....

Elias came soaring down swiftly, his talons forward and glowing with a fierce light....but just as he was in range of Gil, he flashed and two clones appeared, tripling his assault......

Walter enters the dojo and sits on the mat and practices his chakra control. then he sees ishira sensei and gets up to talk to her.

"how are you doing today Ishira sensei? is it ok with you if i train in your dojo today? who to i need to get permission from for you to be able to teach me? please let me know and i will do my best. thank you sensei."

Gil wore a smile as he saw the attacks coming his way...THen he expertly flipped forward, kicking one of the eagle clones out the air...It disappeared in a flash of light.... Then on his hand, he began to spin, his legs creating a helicopter effect The second eagle collided and disappeared,....And just as the third was near enough to attack, he jumped up using his hands and flipped up right, kicking it, and surprisingly it too disappeared......

Once more on his feet he took a stance a kunai coming into his hand from a hidden location.....He watched and waited, his eyes scanning for the real Elias and wary that Gabril too could attack at any moment....

Gabril stood just watching the assault,....and as Gil skillfully defeated the three clones, he smiled....Then a pool of light formed at his feet, and he sunk into like quicksand, disappearing....

Elias watched from high above as Gil scanned the room,....He did not have worries of being spotted right away thanks to the invisibility jutsu that was currently in effect, but he knew that would hide him for only so long......His sharp eyes also scanned for any sign of Gabril who had disappeared....

Then, finding no clue to his ally's whereabouts, Elias launched his second assault.....Silently he took flight,....Had he not been invisible, he would have flashed brightly as three clones appeared once again,.....together the flock created a circle in the air above Gil, their flight silent......Then simultaneously they dived,....But that was not their goal,....They broke out of it with a powerful push of their wings, but the force sent a shower of feathers into the air........The amount was innumerable, but together they ingnited in a flash of light.....Then, proppelled by some invisible force, they shot toward Gil....

Gil's eyes shot up as the feathers ignited in a flash,....he brought his kunai up instinctively,....he knew it could do only so much against the assault, but that would not stop him....another kunai came into his free hand, and fluidly he began to dance among the flying feathers, slicing them out of the air,....

However he could not get them all and several made contact, leaving white-hot cuts on him that seared his flesh....He winced in pain, but he did not falter.....then time seemed to slow for a brief moment,...and in that small window Gil's body flashed brightly sending an orb of light from him, that incinerated the feathers.....then just as quickly, normal time resumed....And there he stood slightly battered but otherwise unhurt....

Gabril watched and waited as Gil countered Elias' attack,....then just as the Light pulse died down, he acted.....A pool of light appeared on the floor around Gil,....then a dozen clones flew out of it.....One came up feet first right beneath Gil kicking him hard and making him airborne....The posse went to work, throwing a flurry of well-aimed kicks and punches....

Gil was caught off guard by Gabril's Light Clone assault, and found himself being kicked into the air,.....but just as the clones came toward him, he spun in the air, throwing his two kunai,...they made contact easily causing the clones to disappear in a flash....

One kicked up at him, and he used his hands to push the kick down and propel himself upward.....Then, using the momentum, he backflipped, kicking the very clone in the face, extinguishing him in a flash......Moments later he landed on hands, nine clones remaining....he jumped again, somersaulting and kicking a clone into two of his buddies,....all three disappeared in a bright flash....

Just then, he heard the whisper of a kunai being drawn and turned just in time to let it fly by missing by mere millimeters,....in flew into another clone, killing him in a flash,....And as the five remailing clones grouped to assault him, Gil brought his hands up and in a flash two Light Kunai appeared...He threw them not at the clones but the ground in front of them,....and as they made contact they grew brighter, then all of a sudden they exploded.....all five were destroyed in the blast, and the flying debris......

The destruction of his clones, was Gabril's cue......In a flash he appeared right before Gil, in mid flip,......his foot made contact and sent Gil flying....straight into the air......

Elias took Gabril's attack as his own cue, and launched off a rafter high above, straight at Gil,.....He flew with extreme speed and his entire body became engulfed with light...While Gil was still airborne, his clipped him with a wing, striking him hard....and sending him flying back....

Takki barely dodged the attack wand was scraped as it went down his side. He whined but moved quickly to keep himself from getting seriously hurt. Kioke had planned a second attack, for when Takki pinned Ishira to the ground but that plan had failed. It surprised her that Ishira was actually being serious about the matter.... Though Ishira had always trained hard... Kioke was at a loss of what to do, a straight attack wouldnt work against Ishira.... And she wasnt dodging attacks like normal....

Ishira smiled at the confused look on Kiokes face.. Soon that look would grow more intense. Ishira moved her arm to the ground in a swift movement. The light she had hit suddenly came back, hitting Takki who didnt even know it was coming. Takkis wings disappeared and he hit the ground, landing next to Ishira.
"Take me more seriously... If this were a battle against the Abyss, you would have surely died." Ishira nodded lightly and them lifted off the ground, allowing Takki and Kioke to get ready again.

So thats why.... Kioke thought, a sad look going across her face. Iris's First and Second War had done a lot to Ishira.... Kioke sighed, thinking back on it as she prepared. She went to help Takki up, the attack wasnt that serious, cause well she was the one that created it and.... Wait. Kiokes eyes shot up to Ishira and the puzzled look turned into fear. How did Ishira use Kiokes attack? Ishiras smile grew.

"Did you know it was possible to control another's light attack Kioke? Its always possible for unless they use Soul Light, the light isnt theirs to begin with..." Ishira wouldnt give out anything else about it, she wanted them to stay confused. Ishira formed two light abilities in her hands, and smiled. Kioke and Takki prepared, now it was them that needed to dodge.

Ishira pulled a few kunai from her sleeves, surrounding them with the light energy that she had summoned. Within moments she threw five of them towards Kioke and Takki, two remaining in her hands. They wouldnt be able to dodge this attack.

Kioke and Takki jumped out of the way, making sure they were still close enough to counter the attack. Ishira only laughed slightly as the kunai suddenly stop in mid air and then went after the two. Again this cause a slight shock between her opponents but they both quickly moved out of the way again and formed their own light attacks.

Ishira waited, sooner or later Takki and Kioke would destroy the kunai with light orb attacks. So with a free second or two she looked around at the students and ran into a familiar face.

"Tutsumi..." A little gasp of excitement escaped her voice and her smile grew brightly. Kioke and Takki both destroyed the kunai following them and then took advantage of the opening but attacking Ishira head on. Takki tried to tackle Ishira in mid air, but Ishira moved slightly, then pushed him down with her arms. He kept himself from falling by forming two wings on his back again.

Kioke quickly used her Taijutsu on Ishira, hoping it would throw her down. Ishira simply blocked, getting hit from time to time. It was frustrating but unlike Ishira, Kioke didnt get worn out often. Ishira growled, and light formed around her arms, like Kioke Ishira started attacking with her own Taijutsu, which she hadnt used in a long time. Takki attacked from the back, catching Ishira slightly off guard and making a large opening for Kioke. Kioke hit Ishira in the chest, sending her flying to the ground. Ishira landed softly though, her hand to her chest. Takki and Kioke went to go attack again but Ishira put her hand up. They stopped mid air.

Ishira straightened herself up, her hand to her chest still. Two things had caught her attention during the battle. The first was obviously Tutsumi, who had suddenly shown up and the second were the bells on her side. Not once had they made a sound.... That didnt matter right now.. Ishira looked to him and smiled. She wondered what he would think of her short hair, and what they would talk about. Many different questions ran through her head. She took the hair tie out of what little hair she had and then walked towards Tutsumi. She didnt look like the Sensei at all but a students, since she was only wearing a tunic and such. The bells rang as she walked, which made her wonder more.

"Tutsumi.. How have you been, its been so long." Ishira tried so hard not to tackle him, she really wanted to be with only him. But there were students and obligations....