R&R longer note at the end
The brunette walked through the shopping district after she had gotten off the bus deciding to grab some snacks for herself and friends back at Hanzō, after checking the time she had decided it would be too late to drop in on her friend and first challenger deciding to leave it until the next day.
Coming out of the sweet shop she smiled the two plastic bags in her hands filled with sweets as she headed back to the school, she looked as she passed by her favourite takoyaki stand, her stomach growled as the freshly baked smell entered her nose she shrugged as she went in buying herself a pack of twelve. She walked to a nearby park sitting on a small wooden bench as she placed her bags down opening her hot meal as she began eating.
The heat of the takoyaki filled her with energy as she sighed happily, she reached for another as she heard voices looking up she smiled as she spotted a short blue haired girl walking hand in hand with a tall nervous looking brunette girl, Asuka smiled as she recognized the duo happy to see they had finally confessed their feelings for each other. The two stopped as they spotted their friend in the park smiling as they walked over, Asuka carefully placed her meal down as she stood hugging the pair in turn.
"This is a surprise, it's good to see you Yozakura, you too Murakumo" she said as the trio sat down to catch up "I'd heard you two were a couple now, congratulations". The two blushed with a small smile as they thanked Asuka, they hadn't gotten used to people calling them a couple just yet.
"It's good to see you again Asuka" the blue haired girl named Yozakura said with a smile "It's been so long, how have you and the others been?"
"We've been good, just training every moment we get" she said with a smile "How is everyone at Gessen?"
"G-g-good, we are going for a t-t-training camp tomorrow" Murakumo replied her voice a little shaky as she turned to her girlfriend "Is it ok to put my mask back on now?" Yozakura thought about it before she nodded, leaning in to kiss her girlfriend's cheek as she helped her put on her white mask.
"I see you're still getting use to going outside with the mask off?" Asuka said as she smiled "You'll get there, Yozakura will make sure you do". The three chuckled as they checked the time, realising it was getting late the three hugged one last time before Asuka binned her rubbish and grabbed her bags.
"I'll see you too soon" Asuka said waving with a smile as they couple waved heading in the opposite direction, Asuka looked forward as she readjusted her bags looking over her shoulder as the two disappeared. She would see them sooner than they even realised she thought as she headed back to her dormitory eager to pass out the collection of sweets she had bought.
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Asuka arrived at the woods she had known Gessen to use for their training camp as she approached a clearing seeing three members of the Gessen elite class, she stepped out as the three girl's looked up a look of confusion on their faces almost like they were expecting someone else, Murakumo and Yozakura watched as she approached as a blonde girl smiled making her way to the new arrival.
"Asuka, it's so good to see you" she said as she hugged her friend before moving away "What are you doing here?" Asuka smiled as she looked at the three girl's noting someone was missing, before turning her attention back to the three girl's with a smile.
"It's good to see you too Shiki" Asuka said smiling as she looked over to Murakumo "When I saw the two of you at the park yesterday Murakumo mentioned something about a training camp I thought I'd pay you girls a visit and see if I could join in". The three girls looked to each other before smiling, they turned to Asuka who smiled back still unsure where the missing member happened to be.
"So who wants to go first?" Asuka asked as Shiki smirked stepping forward ready to accept Asuka's challenge "Seems you want to step up first. Well I am more than happy to start with you, you two can decide who goes next". The two girl's smiled as they nodded before the four girl's walked over to a nearby clearing to give themselves more space, Asuka looked to Yozakura who stepped forward to act as referee.
"Since this is just a training exercise, we'll stick to strict rules" Yozakura said as the two competitors nodded to each other "No killing, no use of shinobi transformations, five minute's time limit or if someone one is unable to continue".
"That seems fair to me" Asuka said as she Shiki nodded her approval, summoning her long black scythe Shiki prepared herself for battle as Asuka pulled her two short swords out of their sheaths.
"Competitors ready?" Yozakura called as she raised her arm "Begin!"
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The pair stared at each other smirking they had participated in training bouts before when the two schools had done a cross tournament, Asuka had come out the victor with the use of her secret ninja arts but being unable to enter her shinobi form it would be anyone's guess of who would come out the victor this time, remembering the time limit the two girl's charged at each other weapons clashing in a furious flurry. Shiki had the advantage for a moment given her weapons longer reach but it hadn't taken long for the more experienced Asuka to turn the match in her favour, her dual short swords proving to be a little much as Shiki twisted her scythe making a little space as she jumped back.
Asuka hopped back as she noticed the blonde's stamina begin to take its toll as she took the chance to lock up once again not giving the girl a moment to breathe, training or not they were shinobi treating every match as if it was real. Shiki tried her best but was overwhelmed as Asuka dropped to a knee sweeping the girl's feet from under her as she sheathed one sword gripping the other girl's weapon pulling out of her grip as the blonde landed on the floor looking up.
"Winner Asuka" Yozakura declared as the match came to an end, Asuka smiled as she offered Shiki her hand, hesitating a little the blonde reached out taking it as she was pulled to her feet.
"You did good" Asuka said "I remember our first fight, you have improved since then, keep up your training".
"It was a good match" Shiki said as she smiled "I'm thankful for the chance". The two shook hands as Asuka looked to Murakumo and Yozakura in anticipation of which one she would be training with next, in the back of her mind she couldn't help but be concerned with the absence of their final member but decided not to ask.
"Could we switch things up a little for the next training match?" Murakumo asked her usual white mask covering her beautiful features, Asuka looked over confused by what she meant as the blonde smirked.
"We've been working on something and we'd like a chance to test it out" Yozakura said "How about a two on one fight? Me and Murakumo against you?" Asuka placed a finger to her chin as she thought about it, she hadn't faced two opponents at once in a while eventually she came to her decision.
"Ok, I'll take you both on" She said as the two girl's smiled looking at each other before stepping forward, Shiki stepped up to act as referee this time as she looked to the three girls.
"Would you like a change to the rules?" she asked Asuka curiously.
"Ten-minute time limit" Asuka replied as she readied herself "The other rules are fine I feel like it would be easier without shinobi transformations, if you've only just been training as a team then it might complicate things". The duo nodded as they summoned their weapons, two large black and gold gauntlets appeared covering most of Yozakura's arms and hands, next to her Murakumo summoned her spear standing just in front of the blue haired girl so as to not trip her.
"Competitors ready?" Shiki said as she raised her arm "Begin!"
Decided on a little surprise appearance by our girls of Gessen, well some of them at least I wonder where the last one is but I guess we'll find out eventually. It is a good training lesson for them though to face off with Asuka who is stronger than them but this plan of Murakumo and Yozakura should be very interesting to see if it will work against her