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Rock Lee (green_beast) wrote in indarkness_logs,
@ 2010-10-14 22:36:00

Entry tags:

!complete, 2032 10, rock lee, trini kwan

RP: You can do it!
Characters: Trini and Lee
Time/Date: Oct. 14, afternoon
Location: Outside, old island
Warnings/Rating: Low
Summary: Training, Lee-style
Status: Complete

"You can do it, Miss Trini!" Lee called to encourage her. "Let the power of youth explode!" he added, clenching one hand into a fist.

Well, she likely would not understand that last bit, but that was what Gai-sensei had always said to motivate him, and it had worked well enough. It was possible that it had only worked because he wanted so much to prove himself to Gai-sensei and make him proud. Still, he had promised Miss Trini that he would not slack on her training.

"Only fifty more! You can do it!"

He continued punching his side of the pole, as well, beaming at ... well, not her, because he could not see her. But he beamed at the pole, approximately where her head would be on the other side. Training with a friend was so much more fun than training alone. That was surely true.

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green_beast
2010-10-17 06:05 pm UTC (link)

Lee sprang to his feet again, just as Miss Trini landed on the ground. Except for Neji, most people he had fought would have moved back to get a little distance. But he did not expect Miss Trini to, because they would have done so to use ninjutsu on him, and like him, she was a taijutsu specialist.

Still, he was not entirely prepared when she propelled herself forward into the fray again so soon. He could not dodge the blow to his stomach in time, but Lee twisted and sank into a back bend in time to avoid the second blow, bracing himself on his hands. Then he brought his right leg up in a kick aimed at the side of Miss Trini's chest.

Normally he would have gone for her chin again, the way he had with Sasuke-kun, but they had agreed to no facial shots. But unlike with Sasuke-kun, he did not expect her to be slow enough that he could aim a solid kick and launch her into the air. Rather than leave himself vulnerable, then, he pushed off with his left leg into another back flip, landing a few feet away.

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yellowtrini
2010-10-17 06:37 pm UTC (link)

The kick towards her side received a block from her arm. She used the momentum from the block to twist around and get a couple feet of distance at the same time Lee took a little distance. "Fairly even so far." Trini then took a few steps forward, trying to close the distance on the boy. The girl's hair was dripping a little more with sweat now from the combined factors of their workouts and now the spar. She was still holding up fairly well, but her training with Lee had forced her to build up a little more endurance over the last few days. Still, in a long spar, she knew that he would have the advantage in endurance.

Once the girl was in range, she threw a quick punch directed at Lee's left shoulder, but at the last moment she pulled the punch back and dropped into a sweeping leg kick, crouching down and trying to drop the boy to the ground with that kick. Trini hoped that the fact that her legs had more reach than her arms that the feint would only cause Lee to dodge back a little and that he would still be in range of the real attack.

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green_beast
2010-10-17 09:05 pm UTC (link)

"Yes," Lee agreed with a nod, when Miss Trini said they were even. "It is a challenge indeed!" he added with a grin, putting up his defensive pose once more as she approached. If she had been as slow as Sasuke-kun, Lee might have tried to dodge the punch. But Miss Trini was not that slow, and so instead, Lee both crouched slightly and brought his forearm up to knock her punch off target.

But the punch was only a trick, and she soon dropped into her own version of the Leaf Whirlwind. His first instinct would have been to spring up to avoid the kick, and then immediately pivot into a Leaf Hurricane, but if he did that, his kick would have been aimed right at Miss Trini's head, and that was not allowed. The split second's hesitation cost him, and when Lee finally did spring up, tucking his legs to his chest, he was too slow. The kick glanced his ankle, even if he did land on his feet.

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yellowtrini
2010-10-17 09:20 pm UTC (link)

Trini decided to press the attack further, and her movements sped up considerably from that previous punch. She immediately repeated the sweeping leg kick again with her right leg in an attempt at keeping Lee off-balance. She did not think it likely to hit, but she would rather keep the boy moving and avoiding attacks if at all possible.

Trini then followed that move up with not another kick but rather a powerful right uppercut aimed to strike the boy in the upper stomach or chest, the punch coming even as she rose from the sweeping kick attempt herself. This kept her arm close to her body and allowed her to angle it to her left to hopefully strike more surface area of Lee's body and also avoid striking his head in the process of the movement. She hoped that he was not expecting an uppercut of any type, since those were usually only used for headshots, though they could be effective against other parts of the body.

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green_beast
2010-10-17 10:17 pm UTC (link)

Lee had not expecting an uppercut, but this time when he jumped to avoid the second sweeping kick, he did pivot into a Leaf Hurricane. He aimed his kick lower, however, for what he would have thought would be Miss Trini's shoulder, but since she rose at that precise instant, it was aimed instead at her hip or thigh.

And since he had pivoted just then, the strike that had been aimed for his torso instead struck ... his butt. Miss Trini had just punched his butt. If they had not been in the middle of a fight, he might have died of embarrassment on the spot. Why had he not said the first three hits instead of five? Why oh why oh why?

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yellowtrini
2010-10-17 10:44 pm UTC (link)

Trini had been trying to block that incoming strike, but as she was occupied with her own strike, Lee did get her with the kick. That would perhaps be some small comfort.

However, the best way to deal with an embarrassing situation was to turn it into a low stress situation. The teenager pivoted on her foot and attempted a roundhouse kick at Lee's back. The end of the spar was not far away now. At most there would be two more strikes that landed.

"Well, now you know I'll always cover your rear when you forget to cover it yourself, Lee!" Trini commented with a smile. Though there was a hint in her tone that she was serious about the sentiment of watching his back, if Lee was perceptive enough to hear it.

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green_beast
2010-10-17 11:20 pm UTC (link)

Lee was too busy being embarrassed to even think about blocking the kick to his back, but it was just as well. That was the fifth blow landed, and now he could find a hole to crawl into and die a peaceful death. Still, when Miss Trini said that she would cover his rear, he nearly exploded in laughter, in spite of how red his face was.

"Thank you, Miss Trini," he answered, and he started to say that he would do the same, but he stopped himself, turning even more red. "I will -- watch your back, too," he finally substituted, because that sounded far safer.

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yellowtrini
2010-10-17 11:38 pm UTC (link)

Trini smiled. "Do not worry about it. Unexpected things happen in spars. I think every martial artist had a story about being hit in a sensitive spot in one form or another." It was almost inevitable, really. So Trini wasn't going to lose any sleep over it.

"You fight well, Lee. I believe I had a little bit of luck on my side today. Do you want to rest a little before we continue with our training today?" Trini thought that Lee might want a little time to recover from the last couple of strikes.

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	green_beast 2010-10-18 12:49 am UTC (link)
	Lee nodded. He had not had such a story, until today, but Miss Trini was not mocking him for it, so he would ... get over it. In time. He hoped. "So do you, Miss Trini," he answered, grinning, and then he nodded when she suggested a break. "Maybe a snack would be a good idea, too," he added with a slight shrug. And some water. Definitely some water. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

yellowtrini
2010-10-18 10:58 am UTC (link)

"Alright then. Let's go to the kitchen and grab something to eat." Trini could use the break herself. She didn't have the endurance Lee had, given the differences in their worlds and their training styles. She did not comment further on what happened, though. It was simply not a huge issue to her. "Maybe if we're lucky we can find some sort of protective headgear somewhere for the next time we spar." Though she had no idea if that would be stocked anywhere.

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