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Now that her stomach was satisfied, holi was on her stomach on the floor observing Lexus as she ate. Really, all she wanted to do was pick her up and cuddle her, play with her, love on her! Gosh she was so stinking cute! But, Holi was not stupid, naive yes….But not stupid enough to approach an animal enjoying it's Meal. So she waited with a huff, kicking her legs up and down. "Rick….Could you teach me self defense?" Seemed out of no where, but she had been thinking about it since last night. Running was fine and all, but she did not miss the predatory look in Rick's eyes once he gave chase.
If he had to be reincarnated, Holi thought he'd make a great werewolf.
Either way, she didn't want to become prey for the wrong predator.
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He had just finished adding to the dishwasher and was about to get to the pan when she asked her question. Richard paused to look over at her with an assessing look then turned back to the pan. “I can do that. There are differences in strengths between Agents and Senshi since you rely on magic instead of a weapon so it would be good for you to know how to throw a punch for instance.” He added on as he started to scrub the pan. He felt Lexus roll over onto his foot as he talked and shot her a glance but saw she was fine and still eating.
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Holi snorted, watching the ferret still, "You're not going to "hunt" me are you?" She laughed at her own pun, covering her mouth, "Badum tissss" Granted, since Rick was a captain she wasn't sure if she could use her magic on him. "We could make it into a competition of sorts~ one where there's a prize!" Call her childish, but there was just something about competition…..Probably stems from her overarching live streams.
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He tilted so he could look at her again, a smirk crossing his lips. “If you are going to make is a competition, I might just ‘hunt’ you, yes.” There was the predatory spark in his eyes again but it was playful. “And what would the prize be?”
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Now, Holi didn't get that far.
She lifted her head from it's resting place on her forearms, "Hmmmmmmnnnnn…..I guess lower does whatever the winner wants for a day?" That seems reasonable right? "Yeah! That'll work!"
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The smirk grew at her response and Richard went back to the clean up. “You might regret those words later.” He said with a chuckle.
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It was late evening time now and he had brought her to a remote area in the nearest park to begin her training while powered up. “First, do you know anything about fighting or are you just winging it?” He asked. Huntite didn’t have his weapon in hand at the moment, figuring they could start with some hand to hand examples first.
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Protogenia tilted her head, "Not really? I've seen some things from watching fighting movies~ The raid was a good one! Brutal, but super good! Then there's dragon ball Z, Cowboy Bepop because Spike is amazing…." She kept listing off all the anime and action movies she's seen as examples to pull from as far as fighting goes. Doesn't mean she actually -knows- how to fight though.
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He honestly wasn’t surprised at what she was saying, a good chunk of those who powered up only had movie or tv shows for fighting references. “Alright, do you at least know how to fall safely?” He asked, though expecting a negative answer.
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"If I said no…….?" She gave him a sheepish smile, clearing her throat.
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“Then I would say I wouldn’t be surprised.” He shrugged and motioned her closer. “Let me show you a few times how to fall without letting yourself be injured then you can try it alright?” He matched actions to words, showing her as slowly as he could.
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Proto laughed nervously, but managed to follow Hunt's instructions well, falling gracefully after a couple of tries. She did get distracted when she thought she saw that same tiny ball of light she has been seeing for awhile now, but the moment she looked in it's direction, it was gone. Weird. She didn't bother asking hunt if he's seen it, because he would think she's crazy.
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He stood off to the side when she started to practice what he had just shown her, watching her carefully. “Stay focused, this is important both for civilian life and when you are powered.” He said when he caught her being distracted, though wasn’t sure by what since he hadn’t noticed anything. “Remember to keep your palms flat, don’t curl your fingers.”
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She quickly jumped to attention, refocusing. "Yes! Got it! Palms flat!" Proto went back to practicing once more, each time becoming better than the last. When she managed the technique for falling backwards, she looked for something she could use to apply this in a real-time situation. Spotting a rock, Proto walked over towards it then turned around, backing up with her eyes closed till she tripped over that same rock. She applied the same technique Huntite taught her, falling but not hurting herself. Eyes opening, the senshi practically leaped up.
"Yessss!" Mission accomplished.
But now she had to practice falling forward, and not be embarrassed if a wardrobe malfunction happens.
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He didn’t interfere when she went to test how well the technique had already sunk in, though he kept a close eye on her all the same. Still she did it well and didn’t hurt herself so he gave a few claps and a smile. “Good job, you will need to keep practicing that daily until it’s sunk into your reflexes so you do it without trying but ten minutes or so a day would be enough.” He nodded as she started to practice the next part.
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Proto focused herself for falling forward, taking her time. She wanted to practice something else but understood this was important. Falling forward was scary, but also easier. She had it practiced perfectly and put it to the test, feeling accomplished when she did manage to fall properly. The side falling was a bit difficult but she got through it. Now that she thought she was done, making a note to practice for at least ten minutes a day, she looked towards her teacher for the next thing.
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“Good job, now that you have that part done I’m going to show you how to throw a punch without hurting yourself.” Huntite said and got close to her to give examples that she could see., keeping it slow and smooth so they were easy to follow. “A lot of people don’t realize just how easy it is to hurt yourself when punching. You should never do it this way for example or you will hurt your hand more than the target.” He made sure to show her what not to do as well.
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"Ooooh so you don't make the noise when you go make a move…..Wonder why it's done in anime and in American cinema?" Proto made sure to practice, letting Hunt modify her fist as needed. When she thought she was done she looked at him with a grin, "Does this mean you are my practice dummy?"
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“The sound effects tend to be for amusement purposes, though you will probably find yourself doing them anyway.” Of course sometimes the noises were part of training if the person learned officially. Her question got a smirk and a chuckle. “If you can manage it, sure.”
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Holi didn't waste time, moving swiftly to try and catch him off guard, going for a soft kick to his side. Even Though he was a level above her, she didn't want to risk hurting him. After the kick she went for a punch but she figured that might be over reaching.
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He had been half expecting her to take his words as a challenge so when she kicked out simply dodged back with a smirk. “You will have to do better than that.” Huntite added, challenge and amusement clear in his voice.
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Of course he would be mean and dodge it.
Proto pouted but tried again, this time going for a right hook. She was starting to see how this whole self defense thing worked out, but even then she was still slow. Once she was done with the right hook, she dipped down, trying for one of those sweeping kicks that she saw in the movies. This would've been well executed if she had practiced with it, however she did not so therefore instead of the kick looking amazing, she fell over.
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Instead of dodging the punch, this time Huntite brought up an arm and blocked it so she would have some experience in what that was like. The sweeping kick however didn’t even get close, though it did get a laugh in response. “Words of advice, if you haven’t practiced a move, don’t us it against an opponent no matter if it’s a real fight or a spar. You could hurt yourself or someone you didn’t mean to otherwise.” He then held out a hand to help her up.
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Well she thought she was being cool damn it!
Proto took the hand offered with a nice face of embarrassment, sighing. “This is no fair… You have the high ground…” She wasn't sure if he would get the Starwars reference but hey at least she would get a giggle out of it. Since she was now bored with losing, Proto thought it was time for something more fun, “Can we do the chase thing now?” She stretched, loosening her limbs. “I do call a two minute head start though.”
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“One should never underestimate their opponent’s power even with high ground.” Huntite said straight face but the glint in his eyes gave away that he was joking back. Of course he knew Star Wars, even if he hadn’t he would have ended up watching it thanks to Cuprite. “Sure. I’ll even limit the teleporting.” He said with a shrug and a smirk.
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Okay so she couldn't help the laugh at that one, trying to keep herself from curling in on herself. The fact that he said it with such a straight face made it all the more funny. However, once Huntite said he would even limit the teleporting, she huffed, “I'll even limit the teleporting he says…Humph!” She gave him a wink and a grin before taking off at her top speed, wanting to put as much ground between them as possible.
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When she took off he flexed his hands only to end up calling his bow while a grin spread across his face. He had no plans on using it directly on her, but there was no rule about herding her where he wanted her. As soon as the two minutes were up, Huntite launched into a sprint in the direction he could feel her signature.
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Proto was nervous…..Very nervous.
She could feel Hunt’s signature, squeaking and trying to push herself further, jumping between rooftops, dashing down alleyways, and even going through an abandoned shed. She would need to find a way to toss him off. As she continued to leap, she took a chance and powered down once she made it to an alleyway, pulling up the hoodie she had on to hide her hair color. After that she took off immediately, running across the street while heading for the end of the block, rounding the corner to get out of sight. She would power back up once she was far enough away that he could barely detect her.
The rules said nothing about powering down. If she could keep away from Hunt for at least 30 minutes she wins!
And she planned to do just that.
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Huntite followed her signature like a bloodhound, not bothering with dropping into alleyways and the like as Proto had but instead just following her signature in a straight line. He made note to tell her how pointless those types of moves were unless you could completely out run your opponent or if you and your opponent were trapped at say ground level for instance. When he had almost caught up to her he felt her drop her transformation and he let out a huff in a mix of exasperation and amusement.
Hopefully she had actually listened to him about blending in better then when she had been running from him before. But speaking of things that are not against the rules… “Fenrir.” He spoke out as he scanned the street. The camouflage colored winged wolf youma stepped out of the shadows as he was called to his partners side. “Time to go hunting for a pretty Senshi.”
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Holi broke out into a run when she was around the block, making it at least three and a half blocks before she powered up and took off again, this time trying to see if she could head somewhere where there was a mirror. She knows there's a mirror in her bedroom and her home was quite a bit away from where she was currently at. All she needed to do was find a good person-sized mirror, have her room in mind, and walk through. No way Huntite would be able to follow her and it would take him a bit to get to her house.
It was genius.
Now that she had a goal in mind, Proto had to think of where she would find said mirror. It wasn't like the mall was open at this time and there was no way she could break into a store without setting off the alarm….
But what about a stall on the pier?
The mirror senshi made her way into that direction, trying to keep her distance.
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When Proto’s signature cropped up again, Huntite wasn’t as close to her as he was hoping to be. His partner on the other hand was. Before Proto could get too much farther from where she powered up there was a loud howl from nearby then a dire wolf youma stepped out of the shadows with a snarl on his face.
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Proto stiffened and turned around.
She knew she should've just took off but….
The giant dire wolf that was juuuuuust behind her would've made her pee her pants if she hadn't used the bathroom earlier and if she was much younger.
“Hahaha…..Niiiiiccce wolf thing….Ummmmmn….Be a good boy and stay there okay? I'm sorry but I have no desire to be your food thanks.” She backed up and leaped onto the roof, keeping the wolf in her sight till she was sure he couldn't see her, running for her life afterwards. She wasn't sure just WHERE that youma came from, but she had an inkling a certain Captain had a hand in this. Why is it that the negaverse got all the cool toys?! She wanted a summons like that!
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Fenrir bounded after her across the rooftops, not finding it hard to do so with his size. The youma kept getting closer to her on sides that seemed random but if you paid attention it was clear he was trying to herd her in a direction. He would snarl and growl at her from a far but would actively snap his jaws at her if he was within a certain distance.
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Proto yelped and dodged, not really paying attention to what the youma was doing. If she did then she really would have just tried to freeze him in a bubble and go the OPPOSITE way of where he was secretly leading her. She kept running, figuring if she stopped that would be the end of her. However, once she saw the familiar form of her boyfriend she stopped in her tracks, stomping her foot. “You’ve GOT to be kidding me! That doesn't count!” she turned, facing the youma head on, “BAD BOY! I didn't even KNOW you EXISTED till now!”
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Huntite was oh so casually leaning against a rooftop exit when Fenrir herded Proto to him, a smirk on his face. “Oh it completely counts.” He said as he pushed off from the exit and walked over to tap her on the head after she turned her back to him. “After all I said I would limit the teleporting, nothing else.” There was a laugh from him as he continued to talk past her over to the still fierce looking youma. “Now don’t listen to her, you were a good boy, the best boy.” The same cooing voice he used for Lexus colored his tone when he walked to the youma.
Said youma promptly stop paying a lick of attention to the Senshi and started to practically wiggle his entire body with how fast his tail was going. Huntite of course reached out and started to scratch the horse sized wolf behind the ears with no fear.
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Proto tried to remain mad but just couldn't. Now that he wasn't all big bad wold and everything, proto wanted to pet him so badly. She huffed at Huntite, but gave him a side glance while pouting. “Can I pet him?” She really couldn't resist cute animals and wished she had one of her own.
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Huntite side eyed her before turning his attention back to the youma. “I don’t know, you would have to ask him. Keep in mind that most youma hate Senshi and you just scolded him.” He honestly did not know how Fenrir would react, it wasn’t like he had ever summoned him before by a Senshi. He didn’t typically summon the youma around others in the first place.
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Well, maybe if she said sorry?
Proto cleared her throat and looked at the goofy youma before her. “H-Hey wolfie….I'm sorry. You really are a good boy, listening like that. You even got me back to Huntite! Would it be okay to pet you? Pleeeease?” He looked so cool! She's never seen a youma in person before!
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Fenrir in return, continued to willfully ignore Proto and only kept his attention on Huntite alone. “His name is Fenrir.” Huntite said helpfully as he moved on toe rubbing at the youma’s cheek areas.
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Oh! Well yeah, she would ignore someone too if they didn't say her name.
“Fenrir, can I pet you?” She would ask one last time before backing off. If he didn't want pets then whatever…She had better things to do.
Like go and pet Lexus because she was MUCH better than a stupid youma.
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The snub that Fenrir gave her this time was even more noticeable as he shifted one of the previously camouflaged wings up and out so it blocked his face from her. This got a laugh out of Huntites and more head scratches. Hunt was admittedly very, very weak to animals.
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Well FINE!
She didn't want to pet the dumb cameo youma anyway! Didn't matter that he had cool wings and was big and fluffy and just an adorable looking puppy whenever Hunt was around! Nope she wasn't butthurt, not in the slightest. “Mean youma….Humph!” She turned around and leaped onto the rooftop, taking off. Whatever, she did NEED a youma….She could just go pet a mirror wraith or something.
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