Old and New heads

It was good to get back into just throwing hands. As much as Tento felt a strange connection to the blade, the old love of martial arts would always stay true to his heart. After the… Rio situation. Tento kept up doing hand to hand spars just, not as often. Annnnnd not with females…much. Now Yuuki was honestly an unknown one yet that helped him focus. As good looking as Yuuki looked, Tento could not tell if they were male or female by appearance. But when you had a wise fighter before you, a person like Tento had little reason to be distracted by the smaller pleasures of life.

As a symbol of a titan of physicality, Tento noted the advantages he had from their first clash. Yuuki was by all means faster than the average Shinigami. No one in the 4th was just an average Shinigami though. It took nothing away from Yuuki though, their work and dedication was easy to tell by their majestic combat style. THe body was one thing, the mind, and one skill was a whole other matter. Well, there was no point in trying to bait Yuuki out. Yuuki would not take the bait, and it would only let him play into their hands. It would be better in Tento's eyes if he applied pressure first given he was being the student in this case. If he was lucky at least. “Thanks, and good job bracing for impact. That's good reflexes and solid technique”, Tento said in compliment as he two fell back into his stance. With a shift of foot and movement from Yuuki their spar would continue. Tento’s eyes watched his form a bit too close in his approach, expecting his hands to be the leading force before finding a quick cartwheel flip that made Tento give a retreating back step expecting a kick to come.

Oh did a kick come. And another and another, a plenitude of kicks that landed at Tento’s upper back. The first landing at his upper body unguarded due to surprise before a quick defense of swinging arm guards came to swipe away Yuuki’s follow up kicks. With Yuuki’s propulsion into the air, Tento quickly shifted his weight to toss a back kick careening towards Yuuki before immediately spinning on his toes, sending a spinning back fist out to meet Yuuki’s landing. "Alright! Show me your spirit!!".

With a huff Tento moved, posed. Every muscle in his body coiled like a spring before with a sudden burst of energy, he slid forward launching into the air, his body twisting gracefully before reaching the apex of their short jump, his leg arched high above his head. With a fluid motion and precision in a split second time seemed to stand still as suspended in mid air Tento’s leg flung in a perfect crescent gleam slashing down with the force of a falling guillotine his heel crashing down into the earth. The impact was devastating, a thunderous crack echoing through the space as their heel missed by a hair with Yuuki’s shoulder as they rolled away. The sheer power of the kick sent shockwaves through the air. The ground beneath them shattered, a spiderweb of cracks radiating outwards from the point of contact. Chunks of earth and stone exploded into the air, the sheer power of the kick sending shockwaves through the battlefield.

Although he had missed, Tento stood forward. Their eyes locked onto Yuuki with a fierce determination. His kicking foot lifted up in a bent knee fashion from the ground as shreds of dirt and dust trickled down from his leg. Poised from and ready for more. Yuuki was doing quite well blocking Tento’s counters. But it was clear to him that he was having an effect on his comrade. They were weighing them down bit by bit but their spirit was not wavering. If anything it was being bolstered. The flame growing made an encouraging smile form on Tento’s lips, quite satisfied at Yuuki’s banter.

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“Oh dang, Im not dependable yet?”, Tento said in a jokeful comment back to Yuuki’s words. They were staying quite calm even though they were beginning to bleed a little, not many people could do so in such a case. But that was the type of spirit that was required of a member of the 4th division! “[color=#33ccff]I do like a good ride but I am not actually looking for that today”, /color]Tento said letting his foot fall as he took a short breath. His foundation solidifying as he waited for Yuuki to move. At a certain point all that flash was pointless. It was stylish yes but it took time, and with each leap Yuuki took toward in their charge Tento meet their approach. Charging in a walk, joggin, and finally a run gaining speed with each leap Yuuki too before finally vanishing in a flash step to clash with Yuuki head on. If they were going to jump over him again they were going to quickly see it was not going to be such an easy endeavor.

However with the close proximity that they ended at, Tento quickly found that Yuuki had a different set of moves this time. The landing of their hop well within his inner range Yuuki lowered their weight to duck in before jumping right into Tento’s frame. With a few POP POP POP the first few blows landed squarely on his frame from a multitude of angles. The explosive energy released from their attacks that shook Tento’s body. Now he FELT that, and Tento go a wider grin on his lips. Meeting the brutal force with his own, Tento let loose a right jab that he was sure slipped by Yuuki’s head. But that was quite fine with him, he just kept going. Throwing out in a dance with Yuuki as they engaged in closed hand to hand combat, Tento’s arms coming up to block the intended paths of follow up strikes of Yuuki’s techniques while slipping out a number of palm strikes and chops. A lead chop from the left that was just a feint for his real attack, a swift strike with his middle thumb led out to be an indenter, his left following up with a swift chop aimed to the neck. A side fist followed like it was pulled by a string, blasting from Tento’s core to the side of shoulder. With a sudden burst of speed Tento would then step forward, extending his index and middle finger forward in a stab, his reiryoku overflowing at their focal point to burst out a shot of his spiritual energy of his own. It was not as refined as Yuuki’s attack, but Tento’s Tsukiyubi was nothing to snuff at either! It held the power of a concentrated bomb that if it managed to make contact with an opponent, it could send them flying for several meters.