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Athin walked into the training room with sweatpants and a tank top on and sweat pants. He Had his head tilted down and was deep in thought as he moved tword the punchng bag. Everything around him seemed to be nothing. He then walked up to the punching bag and stoped. he looked up at it and staired at it for a moment. then he started to punch and kick it. As he hit the punching bag, his punches and kick became faster and stronger until you could see energy flowing around athin like the wind. he went on punching and kicking the bag relentlessly.

Saraneth suddenly came up behind Marcus and placed her hands on his shoulders gently. "Calm down... effort won't help if you don't have patience." Her voice was soft and calming, hand hands pleasantly cold. "At this rate, you're never going to make it... gradual improvement is the key. Spare a little patience, since it lasts longer than little puffs of rage power." She smiled at him. Her own straightword was on her back, the ragged looking strips of leather barely clinging to the handle. It was obviously either very well used or very old. Saraneth remembered that it was left to her by her uncle's wife, who was actually Chinese. Because they had no children of their own, they willed their possessions to the children of the family. She recieved this antique chinese sword. Quite strange, but no matter. It was amazingly strong.

"If you learn to fight like the water and winds, your energy becomes eternal. If you fight by stone and fire, you easily burn out and crumble to dust." She advised him, "Without emotion and in tranquility, you should be able to do a bit better." She suddenly felt like she shouldn't be there... oh yeah, the door... she forgot.

"I'm sorry if I intruded!" She realized in that moment and began to leave, "I don't think there's a single door that stays locked for me... so..."

Shino walked in wearing the dress Midnight had gotten her for her birthday.It was black and had purple trimming.It was a ballroom dress,and it was big and flowing at the bottom.It had long sleves and hung down so you could see part of her chest.It was covered in lace and ribbon at the bottom making her a beatiful and graceful sight.Her long blue hair was pulled back in a black ribbon her eyes glowing in the light of the room.SHe looked over and saw Cid.A warm happiness filled her body happy to see him.He was training and wondered if she shoudl bother him,so she just stood there hoping he wouldnt be to busy to notice.

Midnight was so proud of Shino as he walked behind her.SHe looks so beatiful Ive never seen her this pretty before.It truely is a sight to behold.Such beauty and grace like that of an angel.He smiled,"My little angel."He looked over and saw Cid,and looked up to see Shino blushing."I wonder what he will say?"

Ananda looked up at Sasuke in shock. "You...you're alright? He didn't hurt you?" She looked him over carefully, expecting to see some kind of wound, but didn't find one. She looked down, ashamed at the way she had run away. "Then...he told you? Why he was looking for me, I mean." I feel so...guilty. I should've stayed there with them, faced...him...on my own. Good for nothing, that's me. I should never have run away at all. I deserve...him. She sheathed her dagger carefully, not daring to look Sasuke in the face.

"It's fine Sara...don't worry" he said, his voice suddenly dropping to a very quiet tone, as it usually did when he spoke to anyone. "And yes....I do ahve a patience problem sometimes...that's what comes from lving life in the fastlane" he said, trying to seem slightly funny or perhaps even a little witty......which he would never be. Somehow she had managed to get in through the door though, but she was an assassin, she must have had her ways. He turned around and the first thing that caught his eye was her sword, a very nice blade compared to his battered, dull and chipped thing he used as a weapon. "You have....a nice sword" he said quietly, fumbling with his hands as he tried to seem slightly calm, but in reality he wasn't. He always seemed nervous around girls, more so than anyone else talking to him.....his voice became even more so quiet and he became even more prone to his usual fits of shyness.

"And you knw.....Sara if you think about it....the tallest and strongest mountains that have stood for millenia are made of stone, and the fires of hell burn for eternity....water runs out and the winds do not always blow.....everyone has their own path...mine may not be easy, but it is mine" he stated quietly, fiddling with the belts on his shirt as he did. He really didn't know much about carrying on conversations....he really only ever spoke unless spoken too and even then he never said much...not this much at least.

Cid felt a pulsing head ache coming to him and he went down against the ground hard, his blood spurted from his mouth. He held his mouth and his stomach as he knelt against the ground as he cleared his thoughts quickly as he felt his head crash to the floor and more blood spewed out. Cid looked to see shino standing still, "hey your here, sorry to see you like this."

"You arent going anywhere!" Sasuke said with a grin. "You're staying where you belong. Here. At this school!" Sasuke's grin grew into a smile. "Look at it in a positive way. If he visit's you again, I'll teach him a lesson!" Sasuke was smileing from ear-to-ear now. He laughed. "Now, we should have some fun!" Sasuke said.