Storm Approaching?

[Akiyama Unya]

This place was perfect. The wind was blowing, some times slow and weak then fast and strong. It was mostly coming in from the west. It was a bit chilly out, with dark clouds blocking the sun. A storm was coming. What better weather could you have for training? Akiyama stood in the field, feet planted in the ground. Instead of a skirt like the one she usually wore, she had on jeans, being cold today. Though you couldn’t really tell with the grass coming up so high on her. A thin jacket was worn over a long sleeve shirt. No one was around, good. Akiyama raised her arms some and all her cards flew out of the sleeves, then she dropped her arms back to her side. The cards spread out in front of her, all facing the other way. She was going to hone her skills even more.

Narrowing her eyes the card shot up into the air, gaining more and more speed as they went. Then, without moving, the cards descended back to the ground. Just before crashing into the grass, they dispersed in all different directions. Not really knowing where she was going with this Akiyama called them back to her. All of the cards obeyed, traveling back as fast as they could and regrouped into a single deck, in order from highest to lowest. With her right hand she grabbed the deck and fell to her bottom. Taking up an Indian-style sitting position, the grass covered her completely, being so short. While she was sitting, she skimmed through her deck making sure each card was in top condition. Forgetting all about the approaching storm.

[Chase Yamasaki]

As Chase strolled down the path leading into the grassy meadow he could see Akiyama practicing her cardsmanship.

'Hmm, PRETTY impressive I suppose' Chase thought to himself.

'Who the hell is she' Ryu said.

'Oh, her? That my friend, is determination to improve' Chase replied. 'Her name is Akyama and I'm monitoring her until the time is right for her to spar with me'.

Chase continued his walk until he could see the girl clearly.

"Akiyama! Remember me?" Chase shouted from across the field, a smile on his face. "That was pretty neat. I thought you weren't a shaman? What you do with those cards is awfully similar to the work of a shamanness".


'More like the work of a simple magician you fool' Ryu replied in Chase's thoughts, growing impatient with Chase.

[Akiyama Unya]

Akiyama heard Chase's voice and looked to where it came from. Having the grass surround her and being so tall she wasn't able to see him. A growl leeked through her teeth as she glared at the lush green wall. She stuffed her cards back in her sleeve and got on her hands and knees. From there she began to crawl away, hiden by the grass. Hopefully Chase wouldn't notice her leaving. Akiyama didnt want to talk to him at th moment. She had vowed that the next time they meet she was going to beat him to a pulp, but she wanted to make sure her abilitys were great enough to.

[Chase Yamasaki]

Chase burst out into a soft chuckle.

"Aki, come out of the grass. Don't you know I can sense your aura?"

Chase smiled at the girl, alarmed she was detected.

"Aww, why'd you stop playing with your cards? I was actually starting to like it,". Chase reached into his pocket, pulling a doll from the pocket his coat.

"Here, want to see a demonstration of my shaman powers?" As Chase spoke, he put some of his energy into the wall, bringing it to life. The doll, originally a small panda bear, turned into a black and white patched dummy, with the ability to fight.

Chase pulled out a concealed sword from the sheath labelled "Dragon (Ryu)".

[Akiyama Unya]

Akiyama stood up on her knees, the top of her head coming into view. aher eyes were narrowed as she watched Chase bring the doll to life. She had seen stuff like that befor so she wasn't very impressed. "Only girly men carry around dolls," Akiyama remarked just loud enough for him to hear. The fact that he could sense her was creepy, but she kept that fact to herself.

[Chase Yamasaki]

"Girly men huh?" Chase replied, a grin on his face as the doll mimicked him, pulling out a sword, seemingly out of thin air. "Well then Ms.Loves-to-Play-in-the-Dirt, can girly men do THIS!?". As Chase spoke, he dashed at the doll at a phenomenal speed.
"This is batto no niten ichi ryu (*niten ichi style fast drawing)!" Chase split through the doll in less then a second, the sword just tapping the doll in the head. Seconds following, the head burst open.. Nearly a blur for the girl's eye to see.

Chase placed his sword in the ground, finger horizontally moving in front of his nose. "Sigh, without breaking a sweat. Aki, did you see that? COULD you see what I did? No magic, just speed. If you ever even dream of matching up with me, you're going to have to learn more then just playing with cards kiddo,".

Chase paused, his back at Akiyama.

"What IS your specialty? By the way, you do know I'm a telepathic right? What kind of shaman can't communicate telepathically? That's how I communicate with ghosts-- through my thoughts,".

"Be weary what you say and or think. It might come back to haunt you".

[Akiyama Unya]

"Bet your dull sword couldn't cut through my cards," Akiyama muttered under her breath. She had seen the whole thing but wasn't phased by it. So he could cut a doll in half, so what? Still standing on her knees she turned around and began crawling away again. 'This is way I hate shaman.'

[Chase Yamasaki]

Reading her thoughts Chase wasn't angered, yet he had a firm tone in his voice. "You don't like shaman? Why not? What's shamanic powers have to do with anything? Did you not pay attention? Those were clearly non-shamanic abilities I just showed you. Even putting life into an inanimate object is not shaman work; it's wizardry,". Chase walked through the tall grass until he got to Aki, sitting on her while she tried to get away.

"You know, Aki, you're trying to ignore me but it's clearly not working. What's eating you? Besides, my sword was forged by master Musashi's blacksmith (Musashi Miyamoto is the creator of Niten Ichi Ryu, strongest sword style created in the Far East). My sword is capable of penetrating diamond. It demolishes steel and iron. To top it off, the sword is designed to be light in weight for the wielder that has for it's owner. This sword," Chase presented Aki with the sword labeled "Ryuu (Dragon)" on it. "This sword is plenty capable of damaging, no, splitting your cards in half. No matter the material. Here, do you want to hold it? It won't hurt you, I promise,". Chase was still sitting on Aki by the end of his statement.

"Oh yea, if you want to beat me, why don't you train with me and I'll show you some new things that maybe you can use against me in the long run," Chase asked advisedly.

[Akiyama Unya]

Akiyama grunted at all the new weight on her as she laid flat on the ground. "I don't hate shaman abilites, I hate the people who use them," she answered his first question. It seemed the only way she was going to get out of this was if she answered all his questions. No matter how stupid they were. "My powers are no where near a shaman. I'm a bender, paper bender." The question was asked a minute ago, but he did mention it last time they spoke. By the end of the day she was going to have a huge bruise from Chase sitting on her. She looked up at the sword and grumbled somthing inaudble. "I don't care about your dumb sword! Do you have some weird fetish with sitting on cute inoccent girls!?"

[Chase Yamasaki]

Ignoring Aki's sarcastic thought, Chase got off her, sword back in it's sheath. Chase had offered Aki a hand from the ground.

"Here, you're getting your clothes all dirty. Jeez, what are you? A grade schooler?"

[Akiyama Unya]

Akiyama took the hand and pulled herself up. "Who cares if my clothes are dirty? aif you don't like it then don't look," she said sternly. She crossed her arms and frowned. "Besides they wouldn't be this dirty if you didn't sit on me with your fat a-double-s."

[Chase Yamasaki]

'She's such a kid,' Chase thought to himself smiling gently. Akiyama reminded him of someone he loved. She was around the same age now that he thought about it.

"Well, I'm sorry if that's what you're looking for. But then again, you were already on the ground. The grass isn't THAT big you know. And why do you keep calling me fat? Chase is anything BUT that!,".

[Akiyama Unya]

"My sister said I couldn't use any of my other insults. Threatened to shove a bar of soap down my throat," Akiyama began ranting. "She said something about not using bad words or something and the only insult that I know of that I'm allowed to say is fat and bald. Now stop asking me questions hairy bald man!" She stopmed her foot and looked of in a different direction.

[Chase Yamasaki]

Chase stared in adoration. "Okay Aki whatever you say," Chase was still smiling. 'This girl is so funny. She's in denial!'.

Chase was eyeing Aki, thinking before he said. "So Aki, what do you call yourself doing? You know, if you don't wanna talk to me, you could always say 'Go Away' or something. Since you're having a full-fledge conversation with me though, I'm getting the impression you're actually liking my company".

[Akiyama Unya]

Akiyama snapped back at Chase, a pink hue now making her cheeks. "What are you talking about? I'm not enjoying your company!" she announced rather loud. "Beside I was here first so you should be the one to leave!"