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 Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:31 pm
Kazuki heard the water turning into ice and then turned around "Ah" he said as he jumped backwards about 5 feet and lifted his right arm from his waist up to the sky pushing the snow under Yoko up under him. Kazuki then landed on the other part of the bridge and began to move his arms over the railing for him to get ready to attack "Looks like you want a re-match" he said pushing his arms down and then pulling them up then down and thrusted them out twords Yoko.
The water began to rise and then shoot twords Yoko like a gyser. Kazuki then rised his arms up high into the air pushing more water out then he jumped over the rail and landed on the water, just as he touched it the water began to freeze over, it formed into a large ice sikkle aimed for Yoko's heart "This should end it, I hate being spied own during private traning" Kazuki yelled as he was gettining cloeser.
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:30 pm
With the snow coming from under him Yoko fliped backwards. Landing a good distance from appearing gyser. Using his hands to create a sort of loop out of water Yoko froze the water turning it into ice. Sending the gyser's blast back at him. Yoko got into basic water bending fighting style as he ran forth towards Kazuki. Reaching about 5 yards from him Yoko would sling both of his arms forth creating a sort of wall of spikes aimed at the oncoming Kazuki.
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:36 pm
Kazuki then slid his arms on the ground with his left leg croched and his right leg laying on the ground and then pushed forward pushing the ice into the air like missiles. "...not answering huh" Kazuki said as he spun his left leg around carring water from the river up into a sweep kick. Kazuki pushed off the ground with his other leg and spun his body making the more water come up and strike down wards on to Yoko.
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:22 pm
Pulling his arms back and then thrusting them forth a wall of ice blocked the ice missles and then it also blocked Kazukis attack. After doing this Yoko slamed his hands into the ice as it turned into water falling to the ground. "I didnt aim on fighting you just to pratice some techniques I've been needing to adjust." Putting his hand out to help Kazuki up of the ground Yoko awaited his response.
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:07 pm
Kazuki took his hand and pulled himself up "oh sorry, I am used to being attacked after the academy." Kazuki said and then his hair covered his eyes he moved it and smiled "Would you like to train with me I have plenty of scrolls plus we can figure out new moves out of these old ones. Thats the work of a true mast and artist." he said walking over to his scrolls
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:01 am
Taizen contiued prcticing dilligently, even after yoko left, as he practice the move continually, (and usually failing, as he tended to rely on bending rather than brute force...) after finishing the move again, he heard claping there seemed to be a northern waterbender, old by the looks of it, he was smiling grandly and approaced Taizen who didn't seem to know what theold coot wanted...
EDIT:
4th training post, 4/10 Teacher: Yoko
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:12 am
"Water bending, i see." He saidgrinning stepping forward. "It's rare to see a young-in like you train so dilligently... would you stopstaring for a moment? I feel so naked." He laughed aloud and put his hands in front of him as though he were naked. Taizen tried to ignore this.
"Are you a waterbender?" Taizen asked eying the robes he wore. "'Course! Hyeh, hah! your analyzing me like a peice of paper! it's like you see everything i've ever done or will do!" he cackled again, Taizen stare faltered and turned into one of disbeleif "Say! How about you train with me?!" Taizen was about to say no, when he realized he might as well, he nodded and moved forward, still eying the bender critically. "Alright! do you know the 29 strikes?"
Taizen sighed "Yes, i know up to 10." he answered, he knew all the strikes, but failed in putting the sequences together, as well as actually performing them. which was why he secretly told himself he only knew nine.
((sorry i've been gone... comp cras... i dont think ill be able to post much o... ignore me for now...))
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:23 am
To Taizen's surprise the old waterbender thrust his arms out to each of his sides, raised them in a large arc, and made a fist with his right, he placed his left in front of him, opened palmed. The hand was about level with his waist, and with crushing force (or so it seemed) smashed his fist into the open palm the effects of this were that a circle of ice cracked around Taizen and the bender, sinking them, alot, making Taizen shout out in surprise as water began to lap at they're waists.
"W-w-w-whats your P-p-p-problem?!" he demanded as the elder bender rubbed his knees that were submerged in the water.
"Well, were going to practice."
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:28 pm
Taizen took deep long breaths, trying to adjust to the cold, wondering if the clothes that he had borrowed were as water-durable as robe. Taizen doubted it, he shivered, the clothes hadn't iven him much warmth, and now that they were clinging to his body, soaking wet from the icy cold water, he was surprised he did't get neumonia then and there! "W-W-W-what f-f-first?" he stuttered trying to focus on adjusting his body temperature so that the freezing cold didn't kill him.
"Well, we start it off... using the water as physical conditioning, you seem a bt frail, so we might as well work on your muscle mass,as well as your bending, they always say swimming is good for a strong body!" he cackled a bit as the are they were in got wider, and the water rose to they're chest,or rather, to the elder benders neck, as Taizen was taller.
((Waterbender thing...lowering temp... surviving severe cold... i figure firebenders can do the same, only increasin body temp, and such...))
EDIT
5th training post, 5/10 Teacher: NPC
*((I counted him learning to adjust his temperatur as bending... if that bad tell me...))*
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:15 pm
"Now then!" the waterbender said to the younger bender, who seemed to be trying very hard to not chatter his teeth. "we start!" he exclaimed pulling some water from his right to in front of him, he looked to his right, keeping his eyes on an invisibleopponent, then he leaned into his left foot, as thouh avoiding an invisible blow, and struck out at the opponent with a Right-back-fist, after this, he used a snake strike to fouge either the oponents eyes, or puncture his/her throat, that was the meaning of the leaning back, to hide the snake strike, so tha when the enemy is stunned, you may strike with deadly accuracy.
Taizen ignored his bonechilled-bones, and imitated he bender he had done this before, and it was easy for him, but now, weighted by water, he found it difficult "Physical conditioning huh?..."
EDIT:
6th training post, 6/10 Teacher: NPC
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:23 pm
"Indeed." the bender said waving his hand as though blocking something, the water near him was moving with every motion, first it had sprung up like a wall, as ice, turned into water, spran forwardand the eruped into steam sheilding him from the enemies vision.Taizen was taken aback y surprise as he copied the benders movements, (slower, and sloppier) the scrolls he'd read for learning the 29 strikes majored in physical combat, not much bending involved, but this northern bender was making water go through it's stages like a trained doggle-fox((Neopets!)) "Keep up!" the bender shouted continuing the strikes.
EDIT:
7th training post, 7/10 Teacher: NPC
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:44 pm
"5...6...7...8!" Taizen followed the movements of the bender, learning new bending techniques as he went, fifth srike, half-uppercut, stop halfwa with left arm, sixth strike, snake-style with raised fist. 7th strike, let leg lifted, crush head with fist and palm, 8th strike direct fist into the sternum. Taizen had been saying this to himself, as though he were reading from the very scroll, however, now he was focusing his chi, and his breathing. The result of which, when done by the elder bender, resulted in powerful and surprising bending moves such as:
5: creatin a smll wave of snow from beneath the opponents feet,
6. turning the pillar of snow into very pointy ice to impale the enemy,
7:creating two waves on either side of the opponent, one wave large, turning into a wall as it neared the enemy. the second wave, more compact, and turning into a ice needle, skewering said opponent.
8:powerful wave that knocks opponent back.
Taizen's results were no where near as close. "Now follow!" the bender shouted as he smashed his fist into the opened palm, creating a cracking sound in the already damaged ice they stood upon, the ninth strike was the same movement he had first done, to lower them to 9 feet below 'ground'
EDIT:
8th training post, 8/10 Teacher: NPC
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:29 pm
"My waterbending... it's so clumsy!... incredibly clumsy compared to this...this... 'master' of the art!" Taizen continued praising the old bender, he seemed far too old to be moving with such precision, and power. they performed the next two strikes, which involved a backwards windmill, and a back-handed fist, followed by a forwards windmill with an opposite hand, backhanded fist, Taizen began moving onto the next strike and the bender stopped.
"Lets stop for now..." he said, though his voice was strong, Taizen could ha a hint of weary-ness in it. the waterbender began taking shallow breaths, waterbending the water away from him and his dripping clothes, suddenly he wasn't the powerful crazy waterbender that Taizen had just suddenly idolized, but an old man, tired of doing something he prided himself on in his younger days.
EDIT:
9th training post, 9/10 Teacher: NPC
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:13 pm
The old man took a deep rattling breath, and it seemed as though he were about to hurt himself as he trew his arms out, te water rushing back to its place Via. gravity, Taizen shout out, i a little clumsily, grabbing the ld man' hands, he was obviously in pain, if he had to take a guess, the old man had rheumatism, "I'll do it." Taizen said, only slightly different from his normal indifferent voice, concern tinging his voice with sound he did not particularly like...
Taizen took a deep breathand placed his hands in front of him, then behind him, infront again, his sides, and his backagain. content with what he was visualizing as 'invisible strings' Taizen pulled up with allhis strength keeping hisstressed positioin for 12 seconds, all the while the mini training grounds the old man created was lifted back to level conditions. "Thankyou...""don't worry about it." Taizen assured the now weary old man. He began waterbending the moisture from the old man's clothes but was struck in the face by a waterwhip. "I can do it myself!" he barked, ignoring the flash of anger seen on Taizen's face at this act of both scolding and condescendance, he'd never done something that need punishment, nor chiding tone. "Let that be a lesson for me: 'Don't try and help people'" he though bending moisture from his clothes, till they were dry, and bending mos of the water out of his hair, leaving a tiny bit frozen to his bangs, he felt nice with the cool ice at hi forehead, albeit, it was never warm in either poles for him to notice the ice at all. looking up he noticed the old bender was still waterbending water rom his clothes and hair, once finished, he stood up regally, hands behind his back. "If you'd like to continue the strikes tomorrow, meet me here again, same time." it was beginning to get dawn, and pink was beginning to paint it'self across the originally dark sky, minus the moon, which seemed to be shining as brightly as ever.
"Wow... i think i just found myself a teacher..." Taizen turned and wandered towards the area where the other southern benders were staying, thinking about all of the nights events, particularly, his old teachers rheumatism. "Waterbendersusuallydon't get rheumatism unless thy're incredibly old... i wonder how old he is..."
(( YAY! i had fun posting all that! it was like... writing a story!
Info!: Tai chi is known for halting rheumatism, so i made my teach incredibly old, so that he could indeed have rheumatism! the 29 strikes is a movement i have recently learned, so far i know only 16 of the 29 strikes by heart, but until i learn more, Taizen will only learn 16 of the movements, no Taizen is not waterbending pillars of ice, or icicles, and various other things, he's attemtping these thins, he's lucky to make one half of the water needed for these movements into ice, and move the other half.))
EDIT:
10th training post, 10/10 Teacher: NPC
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Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:17 am
Taizen felt weak as he strugggled out of the cot the northern waterbenders had prepared for him, it was itch, scratchey and all sorts of bad things... the sun was high in the sky, e'd slept through much of the day. "I must be switching sleeping habits..." he thought aloud gettin up, performing morning(although it was near mid-day) rituals he usully did in the southern tribe, he stretched a bit, striking the 6th strikepose to get his Chi running, and his body to wake-up. "What to do?" he asked himself, walking around the city, he had nothing to do t'ill nightfall...
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