Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-30271674-20161229015501/@comment-26510601-20170109035400

Riku listened to what they were going to do next. At first, he assumed that by what Kyo meant he'd try going at her so he began to think on what he'd do. Alas, his respite was interrupted as Kyo started going straight at him. She was faster and stronger than him, which was no surprise as most of Riku's talent went into his jutsu and not actual close-quarters fighting.

Given where his hands were positioned, and in turn where his staff was; it wasn't hard for him to react within the short time to this. Riku flinched as he threw his hands up holding his staff horizontally to meet with the Kyo's own. Pushing as hard as he could, it met with Kyo's staff just barely. Ironically because of where Riku's hands were at, they were slapped instead of his shoulder. He leapt back and let go of the staff and let it fall to the ground while he started to belt, "ow, ow, ow, ow..."

After a few moments, with Riku breathing on his hands and slapping them about trying to shake off the pain with something else of concern, he went back and picked up the staff. Looking back to Kyo, if he was given the time, Riku began to think on her stance. A hidden intellect rested in Riku that others couldn't see normally, and so he began to spread out his hands quarter-length of the staff. He was mimicking what he saw in Kyo, but he wasn't too sure and he still didn't see what was wrong with his stance.

"Uh... is this the right way?"