Post by odango on Aug 6, 2017 16:01:35 GMT -5
Her first attack got countered and the second avoided. It appeared that the man was listening to her after all. The man was probably wise to do that. She took a slight pause to watch him skip on air, her eyes locked on his frame. His appearance reminded her of something. *My grandfather used to wear a kimono like similar to that one…* she remembered while glancing upwards at the higher ranked man. It had been custom in her family to wear robes, such as kimonos and yukatas. For a long period throughout her childhood, Tsubaki had worn nothing but kimonos and yukatas. Only for school and all of the many, many extra-activities that needed special attire did she not indulge tradition. The family, after all, was one of strong traditions. They had never broken the rule for family names. Each child who was born first to a person of their family would be named after an ancestor – the same with all the sons of the family. One could add names but there always had to be one name that belonged to a previous family member. This had also been the case for Tsubaki, since she was the oldest of her mother’s children. Her name was given to her to honor the family.
*Maybe we rely on tradition a little too much, after all…* she thought while pushing down a surge of unneeded bad memories about her family. She would stomp on them and push them down into her being and put over it whatever it was that she could find. Now was really not the time to focus on her past but much rather – the present.
Soon, three slashes of air came in her direction and the girl watched through them as Ryouto descended. With some time to spare, she leapt to the side and kicked off the ground to launch a full on frontal attack on the man. The girl was not the most physically strong but her speed excelled for her level. Of course, she couldn’t compare to someone who had already mastered rokushiki. There were yet no inhuman techniques like that in her arsenal yet. Then again, one might consider her fighting style inhuman.
Running straight at him, the young woman took her katana in both hands and at one point kicked off the grassy ground, sending a few blades of green afloat. She would leap forward, her arms above her head, recoiled to go down on her target with her full weight – however, it was a feint and she would quickly and flexibly flip over her target to land into a crouch and do a round, wide sweep of her sword towards their legs. After that, she would make sure to launch six senbon at the guy in three portions, all aiming towards his legs and targeting joints. If he moved in between, she would just follow with her aim. Thus far, the attacks he made were all done with his legs. She just assumed that if she could compromise their state even slightly, she would gain the upper hand. Of course, she was not aiming to kill him in the long run. He did say it was fine to use lethal force so the brunette would follow up with three “x” shaped double slashes flying in his direction.
*Maybe he will think that these senbon will explode as well? That could be a plus… if he feels he has to avoid all of them.*