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Raelyn was enamored with the view of the world below.
For the last few days, Bhu'ja divided his time between training and conversing with his ooman companion. He also noted she seemed very impressed with his fighting skills as she came into the kehrite and watched him practicing moves.
For such a big guy, his movements were very swift and fluid.
Yet at the same time, were powerful and strong. As move about the ring, Raelyn couldn't help but feel like his fighting for reminded her a little of some dance moves.
Yes, he executed a series of punches, kicks, and a few other moves. But he didn't stay in one spot while doing so. Bhu'ja would continue to move about the ring while executing said fighting moves.
At one point while he practices and she watched from the side lines, Raelyn even pointed out how his fighting technique looks like at times he's dancing.
He found some humor in her remarks. But there was some truth behind it. There were some various forms of fighting his kind partakes in. Most of them involve certain forms of grappling.
And while he does have experience with grappling seeing as it was the first fighting form he learned, it wasn't exactly his favorite form of fighting.
The one he mostly utilizes is the one the ooman was watching him do at that time.
"How is it that one so big and heavy as you are so light on his feet?" She asks, clearly impressed.
"Many decades of practice." He replied.
Raelyn nodded in understanding. She understood that type of dedication. It was the same with her ballet. She practiced and perfected the art of ballet for three decades now.
Despite many people who are ignorant when it comes to the art of dance, it wasn't easy like most of them think it is.
"I can relate. I'm thirty-three years old and been dancing since I was three. That's thirty years of continual practicing and conditioning that I and other fellow dancers had to go through many hours a day. But in the end, it is definitely worth it." Raelyn told him.
As she spoke of it, Bhu'ja became more curious and wished to see this 'dancing' she talks of.
He paused his own practicing and approached Raelyn who was sitting cross-legged off to the side of the ring.
"Mind showing me a demonstration of this dancing? All this talk of it, and you made me curious to see it for myself." Bhu'ja requested.
A smile lit up her features. And for some reason, the image went straight to his chest and made him feel a little warm.
He shrugged off the strange feeling though and waited for a reply. Though he couldn't help the smile tugging at his mandibles and he ended up smiling back at her.
Raelyn pulled off her sneakers and placed them aside. The yautja gave her a questioning look as to why she did this but didn't say anything.
Then she stood up and walked to the center of the ring.
She wishes she at least had her headphones and had some tunes to dance to. But she also trained without music on multiple occasions. And like those times, she would dance to one of her favorite tunes in her head.
Bhu'ja sat down and watched.
Raelyn held her arms out in front of her in a half circle and pointed one foot out in front of her. It's been a while since she's danced barefooted. Having grown used to her pointe ballet slippers.
The pale yautja watched in interest as her small body moved about in strong yet graceful motions. She spun about on her toes in circles and made a few graceful spread-eagle leaps in the air as she twirled about.
He was quite impressed how she could balance herself with ease on the tips of her toes like that and the sweeping motions of her legs noted her strength and core balance as she did so.
She even did a few back bends that had her body arching backwards with her arms straight out and watched her pull herself back in with ease demonstrating how much core strength and control she had.
'Didn't know she was that strong. She leaps quite high in the air for someone her size. Has a lot of core and lower body strength as well.' He surmised as he watched and studied her movements at the same time.
The dancing lasted a few minutes before she came to a stop in an odd kneeling position, before she slowly stood back up and faced him.
Bhu'ja stood back up and approached her.
"Very interesting dance form and quite impressive. I can see where you believe some of my moves look like dance moves. The sweeping motions you made with your legs are very similar to some kicking techniques.
When I train you, perhaps you could take what I teach you and incorporate some of your dance moves into it. It maybe what's most effective and efficient for you.
Seeing as you are very small and light." He told her.
If he plays it right, she could in some ways combine his fighting form with her dancing form. Though, it may take a great deal of practice for her.
The fighting form he just demonstrated, is not easy, and can take years to perfect some of the techniques right. Some would say it's not a fighting form meant for beginners.
But with her small, light frame, he's unsure if any grappling forms would be well suited for her. While she may have the maneuverability for it, he doesn't think she may have enough upper body strength for the grappling forms his kind utilizes.
So, he may have to start some of her training in the fighting form he uses. She should at least be able to get most of the basics down with time.
She tilted her head slightly, "The way you put it, it almost sounds like that fighting form one of my old friends used to do. It's called Capoeira. He said it's a Brazilian form of martial arts where they combine dance moves with fighting moves.
I watched a few matches before. And it is a very interesting and unique fighting form. Like you, the fighters kind of dance around the ring all while throwing hits at each other as they move.
It looks pretty difficult despite the fact they make it look rather simple.
But the moves surprisingly looked very effective, and they definitely would hurt if you got nailed in the right spot. Like ballet, it looks like Capoeira takes a great deal of core strength and muscle control to execute the moves.
Hell, some of your moves did look pretty similar to the kind you would see in that fighting form."
While Bhu'ja can't say he knew anything about any ooman fighting forms, the one she did bring up sounded interesting. He only recalls one time he came across what was an indoor arena of sorts, and he did see through the large windows oomans fighting each other in some form or another.
None of it was the grappling forms he knew of. The oomans he observed threw their own variations of punches, kicks, elbows, and knees. He even saw a couple use their opponent's weight against them and flipped them over and onto the floor.
It was quite different than any fighting form he knew, but at the same time very interesting.
"Sounds very interesting. If you like, I can start showing you a few basic moves." He offered.
Raelyn perked up a bit on hearing that.
"Really? But I don't want to intrude on your personal training time." She said.
"You're not. As I said earlier; been training my whole life. It won't hurt to put it on hold for a while to train you. And besides, I already said I would train you. Wouldn't have suggested it otherwise. And we can start whenever you want." Bhu'ja replied.
"Ok, well, I guess whenever you're ready, I am." Raelyn stated.
"Fair enough, put your shoes back on first. Don't need to be barefoot for this. Plus, your feet kind of stink, can smell them from up here." He joked.
Her smile somewhat disappeared, and her cheeks glowed with embarrassment, making him chuckle.
Then her blue eyes narrowed, and she flipped him the bird while mumbling he sucked. Before she turned around to go grab her shoes sitting near the edge of the ring.
She could still hear him chuckling behind her.
He thought it amusing when she leveled him with a look before giving him the finger. And been around oomans long enough to know the gesture meant, 'fuck you.'
"I know what that finger gesture means by the way. And that form of 'fighting' doesn't belong in the kehrite, but the bedroom." He couldn't help but joke.
Her eyes widened in shock.
"BOO!?" She blurted, going back to the first nickname she dubbed him not that long ago.
The high-pitched sound of her tone plus her bright red face had him laughing. He couldn't help it. She was just too easy to embarrass and catch off guard.
"You perv!" She yelled across the ring.
Though she didn't mean it and was only joking. Raelyn knew he wasn't like that. But felt the need to say something back at him after that remark.
"Hardly, it's just easy to get you flustered." He said, with laughter still in his voice.
Her cheeks somewhat puffed out in slight aggravation. And for some reason, he thought it was cute.
Many of the facial expressions she has demonstrated showing her various emotions while quite different form his own, were still endearing in a way.
"I do not." She muttered as she roughly pulled her slip-on sneakers back on.
"Yes, you do." He replied, his excellent hearing picking up that last little remark she uttered.
Raelyn just rolled her eyes and went back over to him.
Then for the next hour, he showed her some of the easiest basic moves that are meant for beginners. Though it seemed like even these so called 'easy' moves really weren't that easy.
Thankfully, Bhu'ja was a very patient teacher.
The only thing that helped her was that she already had a great deal of excellent balance and core strength. And that's what helped make the moves appear less clumsy as she tried to execute them.
After the training, he told her where some of the moves she did quite well on. But others, she still needed quite a bit of work. But he was happy with her.
This is the first time he ever really trained anyone. And it made him even more happy he gets to train his one and only student in a fighting form that despite it being his favorite, is quite challenging for most yautja to utilize and hence, most don't really bother with that form because of it.
Now, the five days of traveling were over and Planet Sy'tria was right in front of them.
The view of the world took up most of the window in the control room. The planet was mostly a medium to light green world. Most likely due to the fact that Bhu'ja said the planet was eighty-five percent lush forests.
"Ready for landing?" He asked her from his seat next to hers.
A large smile filled with excitement split her face.
"Hell yeah, I am!" Was her reply.
Bhu'ja lightly chuckled at her enthusiasm.
He hit a few holographic buttons and pushed one of the levers forward. And soon, they were headed straight down to the planet. They were moving quite fast too and at this rate, should be landing down there in no time.
Like always, Raelyn did become a little uneasy when flames surrounded the outer casing of the ship as they were breaking through the planet's atmosphere.
Thankfully, it didn't last long and not even a couple minutes later, they were met with clear blue skies.
She could start to make out the areas below them as they gradually grew bigger and closer as he directed the ship down to the ground. It looked mostly like a giant lush green canopy of trees. And she could see some bodies of rivers here and there.
Raelyn even spotted some large ponds or lakes in the distance.
Soon, Bhu'ja started to slow the ship down as they drew closer. Then once he reached the top of the tree line, the ship came to a stop. He then pressed a couple buttons, and the ship started to slowly lower to the small clearing below them.
Until Next Time ;)