AN:Read and enjoy and have a nice day.
Sixteenth Birthday
On her sixteenth birthday, Arashi was found walking through her town towards the Temple. She walked with a brisk pace and her skirt fluttered in rhythm with her hair.
"Aaaah....Arashi chan-sweet sixteen ne?"
Arashi turned to see the speaker of such words. All motion seized as she stared through the young man, her hair was the sole thing that moved as it settled after her pivoting towards him.
Drawing her sword beside her, she glared at the man. The sword was now fully grown and no longer had the glittering shine it had in its youth. Instead, the sword had a dim electrical glint that went by unnoticed unless Arashi called forth its energy.
The man trying to hold her gaze found beads of sweat forming on his forehead out of fear. He turned away from her and headed in the opposite direction instantaneously.
Turning once more Arashi continued towards the Temple. Feeling the cobbles of the street beneath her feet made Arashi uncomfortable. She couldnt use her powers in public,she could endanger someone if not herself.
She paused by the wooden gate outside the kendo club. Soudai had now taken up teaching students kendo and Arashi watched as he fought vigourously with his students, three at a time. Little had changed about him since Arashi had last seen him. In the midst of cornering a student against a tree,Soudai stopped and looked back at Arashi. He had a look of awe and wonder on his face, the look that would have once caused Arashi to blush uncontrollably, however now she just acknowledged his stare with a nod. He stood with his sword against the throat of a squirming student, his eyes wandering over this mysterious woman that had arrived on his threshold.
After several long moments, Soudai broke his stare, noticing his student gasping for air at the tip of his sword.
Returning to the Temple, Arashi passed the tall wrought iron gates, the white marble fountain in the courtyard and back out onto the grounds of the Temple.
She sat by the gnarly roots of the sakura tree. The roots had grown out of the earth and had exposed themselves to the sunlight and erosion of the feet of young children. They were worn smooth and had a soft sheen and yet were knotted enough for one to sit quite comfortably in their embrace.
Sakura petals wafted away from the tree dancing on the wind that had caught wisps of the young maiden's delicate hair, however thhe movement around her did not affect her as her gaze remained lowered and focussed on the sword. A glint ran up the sword almost as blue flames or electricity.
Treasuring her moments of solitude, Arashi was on the move again. This time her journey was only as far as the training courtyard.
Kaede sat waiting for her. She wore a white silk kimono, tyed in the worker's style and not in the ways of the latest fashions. Although, wrapped plainly, the design of the kimono did not reflect this. Along the bottom, there were mountains with fast flowing streams cascading into wide silver rivers that formed the hem. Along her collar, she had similar detailing in silver threads.
"Arashi san...i think that the time has come for us to fight one another"
Before Arashi had time to protest, Kaede had tossed Arashi a wooden pole and began running towards her.
Seeing Kaede in fighting mode frightened Arashi and it seemed that everything seemed to be moving in slow motion.
Kaede's fighting yell was drowned out in Arashi's ears by the pounding of her feet across the stone and Arashi's wooden stick cutting through the air as she drew it out in front of her.
Failing to bring herself to use full force against Kaede, Arashi blocked all of her attacks with the pole.
The knock of the wooden poles in contact broke the stillness of the yard as Arashi attempted to hold her off.
After some time, Kaede stepped back.
"You're holding back Arashi san. You are not using your power or attacking. This time, we will fight for real".
Kaede returned to the wall of weaponry and chose a sword of similar size to Arashi's.
Standing two metres away from Arashi, she bowed in traditional japanese fashion, and Arashi responded accordingly.
Taking their fighting stances, Kaede said what sounded like a command and yet versed as a request:
"Shall we begin?"
Leaping towards eachother, they fought.
Their clothing whirled around eachother and their swords clanged against eachother, Arashi constantly using her agility to evade Kaede's attacks. The metallic sounds of their fighting drew an audience of other Ise maidens sneaking in to see what was going on.
The two women, unaware of their viewing public continued to battle.
Kaede demonstrated classic technique, turning this way and that, using her back to block Arashi's attacks.
Seeing this, Kishuu ran up against the opposite wall, using the momentum and the push of her feet to gain more power in the battle. She was determined not to call forth the power of the sword but to use her fighting style to defeat Kaede.
However it was clear that Kaede would not be able to hold up much longer. Sensing this, Arashi intensified her attack to end the battle as soon as possible. Kaede, losing her composure began to attack wildly which only frustrated Arashi further.
At that moment, Kaede began to stumble and seizing her moment, Arashi blew the sword out of Kaede's failing grip and took her to the floor with the tip of her sword against Kaede's chin.
"I think that will be enough for today" Kaede said between breaths.
Arashi, sheathing her sword, extended her hand to help Kaede to stand. The left the courtyard, together.
AN: well how was that?it was an attempt and i hope i did the fight scene justice.be kind with your reviews please :-)
i just wanna give a special thanks to Jo-chan-anime cs that review definitely brightened my day.
yes the sword concept did come from inuki because i felt that, yuzuriha and arashi both have swords, maybe they could have a similar idea behind it yknow?
well there we have it-sixteen year old arashi.
Sixteenth Birthday
On her sixteenth birthday, Arashi was found walking through her town towards the Temple. She walked with a brisk pace and her skirt fluttered in rhythm with her hair.
"Aaaah....Arashi chan-sweet sixteen ne?"
Arashi turned to see the speaker of such words. All motion seized as she stared through the young man, her hair was the sole thing that moved as it settled after her pivoting towards him.
Drawing her sword beside her, she glared at the man. The sword was now fully grown and no longer had the glittering shine it had in its youth. Instead, the sword had a dim electrical glint that went by unnoticed unless Arashi called forth its energy.
The man trying to hold her gaze found beads of sweat forming on his forehead out of fear. He turned away from her and headed in the opposite direction instantaneously.
Turning once more Arashi continued towards the Temple. Feeling the cobbles of the street beneath her feet made Arashi uncomfortable. She couldnt use her powers in public,she could endanger someone if not herself.
She paused by the wooden gate outside the kendo club. Soudai had now taken up teaching students kendo and Arashi watched as he fought vigourously with his students, three at a time. Little had changed about him since Arashi had last seen him. In the midst of cornering a student against a tree,Soudai stopped and looked back at Arashi. He had a look of awe and wonder on his face, the look that would have once caused Arashi to blush uncontrollably, however now she just acknowledged his stare with a nod. He stood with his sword against the throat of a squirming student, his eyes wandering over this mysterious woman that had arrived on his threshold.
After several long moments, Soudai broke his stare, noticing his student gasping for air at the tip of his sword.
Returning to the Temple, Arashi passed the tall wrought iron gates, the white marble fountain in the courtyard and back out onto the grounds of the Temple.
She sat by the gnarly roots of the sakura tree. The roots had grown out of the earth and had exposed themselves to the sunlight and erosion of the feet of young children. They were worn smooth and had a soft sheen and yet were knotted enough for one to sit quite comfortably in their embrace.
Sakura petals wafted away from the tree dancing on the wind that had caught wisps of the young maiden's delicate hair, however thhe movement around her did not affect her as her gaze remained lowered and focussed on the sword. A glint ran up the sword almost as blue flames or electricity.
Treasuring her moments of solitude, Arashi was on the move again. This time her journey was only as far as the training courtyard.
Kaede sat waiting for her. She wore a white silk kimono, tyed in the worker's style and not in the ways of the latest fashions. Although, wrapped plainly, the design of the kimono did not reflect this. Along the bottom, there were mountains with fast flowing streams cascading into wide silver rivers that formed the hem. Along her collar, she had similar detailing in silver threads.
"Arashi san...i think that the time has come for us to fight one another"
Before Arashi had time to protest, Kaede had tossed Arashi a wooden pole and began running towards her.
Seeing Kaede in fighting mode frightened Arashi and it seemed that everything seemed to be moving in slow motion.
Kaede's fighting yell was drowned out in Arashi's ears by the pounding of her feet across the stone and Arashi's wooden stick cutting through the air as she drew it out in front of her.
Failing to bring herself to use full force against Kaede, Arashi blocked all of her attacks with the pole.
The knock of the wooden poles in contact broke the stillness of the yard as Arashi attempted to hold her off.
After some time, Kaede stepped back.
"You're holding back Arashi san. You are not using your power or attacking. This time, we will fight for real".
Kaede returned to the wall of weaponry and chose a sword of similar size to Arashi's.
Standing two metres away from Arashi, she bowed in traditional japanese fashion, and Arashi responded accordingly.
Taking their fighting stances, Kaede said what sounded like a command and yet versed as a request:
"Shall we begin?"
Leaping towards eachother, they fought.
Their clothing whirled around eachother and their swords clanged against eachother, Arashi constantly using her agility to evade Kaede's attacks. The metallic sounds of their fighting drew an audience of other Ise maidens sneaking in to see what was going on.
The two women, unaware of their viewing public continued to battle.
Kaede demonstrated classic technique, turning this way and that, using her back to block Arashi's attacks.
Seeing this, Kishuu ran up against the opposite wall, using the momentum and the push of her feet to gain more power in the battle. She was determined not to call forth the power of the sword but to use her fighting style to defeat Kaede.
However it was clear that Kaede would not be able to hold up much longer. Sensing this, Arashi intensified her attack to end the battle as soon as possible. Kaede, losing her composure began to attack wildly which only frustrated Arashi further.
At that moment, Kaede began to stumble and seizing her moment, Arashi blew the sword out of Kaede's failing grip and took her to the floor with the tip of her sword against Kaede's chin.
"I think that will be enough for today" Kaede said between breaths.
Arashi, sheathing her sword, extended her hand to help Kaede to stand. The left the courtyard, together.
AN: well how was that?it was an attempt and i hope i did the fight scene justice.be kind with your reviews please :-)
i just wanna give a special thanks to Jo-chan-anime cs that review definitely brightened my day.
yes the sword concept did come from inuki because i felt that, yuzuriha and arashi both have swords, maybe they could have a similar idea behind it yknow?
well there we have it-sixteen year old arashi.