Board Thread:Konoha General RP/@comment-28412345-20170827053808

A week later of practicing on the Ma Jong dummy, Akui was able to finally counter each punch or kick he threw. Budo had been watching him and keep him on a strict regiment of practicing it for an hour straight. He would follow up Akui's training by having him hitting pails of wet sands. In turn it would have deconstructed his knuckles to break and heal making them even harder and numb to pain for a longer periods of time.

Now it was time to test hiw far his reaction skills had come so far. Akui was already up practicing at the crack of dawn when Budo arrived and he watched the hour of his apprentice's training. "Very good, now it is time to see what you can do." He walked toward the dummy and stood on the complete opposite side of it then deeply took an inhale before he exhaled. His eyes were closed and the blowing of the leaves deafened them both. Suddenly the master would hit the middle left arm and the right upper arm followed by a swift low kick. Akui who had his eyes open countered the limbs in the order that each were hit. Budo would then hit the same limbs as the came around the opposite side, but Budo still had his eyes closed. Akui knew that with the ferocity of which Budo hit each limb so the last hit was likely to be a low kick coming from the right side again. However, Budo leapt over the limb and kicked it for it to continue going the left which caught Akui off guard. He was bracing for a slower kick to send the limb to his right but instead it came even faster on his left side knocking him off his feet completely and falling hard on his rump. The limb came back around and Budo stopped it with his feet then opened his eyes. "You have to be able to react to anything and read when your opponent is tricking you during combat. I was able to predict your speed and how you thought I would respond. In doing so I caught you off guard because I decided how I wanted this fight to end before it even started." Akui would slowly get up and rub his leg. He held his arms up ready to block. Budo would come around and help him setup a firmer structure. "Widen your legs and hold you your arms higher. Get used to using your thighs to help block mid height attacks." Budo would then go around the other side of the and prepare a similar setup to what Akui had. Budo would suddenly hit the a mid level limb left with a kick followed with a low left kick and a left punch at higher mid level limb. Akui matched Budo's speed to block them but as they were coming around to his right or left. He would. Price wen Budo was speeding up his hits or slowing them down and he would mimic the rhythmic pace.

-past-

During the previous week while Akui was training on the Ma Jong dummy, Kelton came to visit him. He had noticed that Akui wasn't as enthusiastic in hitting the limbs as he was earlier in the week. Kelton came up behind him silently and rapped him on his head. "Oww what was that for?" "Why are you being lazy?" "I'm not lazy I just...I don't really have a drive anymore. I don't know why but something in my life feels, off." Kelton stared at Akui in disbelief of what he heard. He then sighed and pointed to the dummy for Akui to resume training. "Look, it would probably help if you knew why we are training you...first of all, as you may have realized that not a lot of of can use chakra efficiently as shinobi. However the kanabun gang has always sought well trained sword fighters. It wasn't until my mentor saw the potential in adding missing-nin and renegades. To the gang who specialized in other aspects of other fighting styles. While his main goal was supposed to have some morals, certain members didn't share that vision and instead, through trial combat with swords, Sagi usurped the right to lead the people. Akui was brought in to try and take that right but also due to his Background in making money, Kelton knew Akui could get finances running swiftly, if he was in charge.

-present-

Akui was hit with a mid high limb to the face which sent him spinning away and land hard. He spat out blood but quickly got to his feet to persist. Budo held his arm up and shook his head. "Enough, you can only go as far as your body will allow you. Now get some rest and tomorrow we shall resume your new training." Akui huffed and nodded his head then went off to his hut. When he finally reached it, he was covered in sweat and blood and was too exhausted to even touch the soup next to him. Before long he was knocked out. 