I want to learn to fight (Active, VERY OPEN)

[plz2bconductor]

Characters: Mitsuki Konishi, OPEN
Content: Mitsuki has decided to stop being a damsel in distress all the time. She takes it upon herself to learn how to fight... Now all she needs is someone to teach her.
Location: In front of the Bryant Park Hotel
Time of day: Mid-Morning
Warnings: None yet...
Notes: Can do this party thread style. She intends on

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[welshonionmage]

After hearing about Sora's bad bout of...well...Negi hadn't quite gotten the full story but he did know a hurt friend when he saw one. He wanted to make sure his friend was okay in a more personal manner than the journals, which had brought him forth to the Bryant Park Hotel. Plus, you never knew if perhaps the people here had heard anything about Tinkerbell's missing friend, Thomas.

He paused when he was near the place, noticing the older woman swinging at thin air with a metal rod, Strange, he thought and decided to wander over. His own staff was on his back as usual and while he wasn't as adept at staff fighting he could improvise fairly well, "Uhm, excuse me, but what are you doing?" His tone was genuinely curious and relatively innocent.

[plz2bconductor]

Mitsuki had seen the boy approaching, but hadn't bothered to stop swinging the rod. It wasn't until he'd spoken that she paused. Gray eyes sliding over to him, she regained her composure and tucked her hair behind her ear. Taking a deep breath, she smoothed out her shirt. "I was practicing with this weapon..." she answered simply.

"One could say I'm not the best fighter around.... I'm looking to improve this."

[welshonionmage]

"Oh," he responded, her weapon wasn't much but then again most people used rather unconventional tools here. "You...want to learn how to fight," he asked, wondering why this woman was just standing outside of the building. Why hadn't she posted something to the network? "Well, I'm still in training myself so I don't know how much use I could be...I'm still trying to improve myself as well," he replied, he wanted to help and maybe he could since this woman wanted to learn the basics and he had mastered those at least.

It was hard to pass up an opportunity to teach though. Still, he didn't want to see this woman putting herself in danger just because she might learn a few moves. "Are you sure this is wise though? I mean, the crabs aren't exactly expert fighters and most people can fend them off pretty easily just by swinging wildly."

[plz2bconductor]

Mitsuki would never openly admit over the network that she needed help in such a matter... She'd never even admit it to the boy standing in front of her. One hand resting on her hip and the other gripping the rod firmly, she raised her eyebrow at him. "If you haven't noticed, it appears that sometimes the crabs are the least of our worries. This city isn't populated purely by do-gooders."

She sighed and refrained from rolling her eyes. If he was going to interrupt her, he should've had a damn good reason. "Don't get me wrong, I have my skills..." she trailed off, melting into the shadows before reappearing on the other side of him. "But they only get me so far. Especially in a dimension like this that weakens us."

[welshonionmage]

Negi blinked, that was true...he'd read a few things on the network he didn't like...not to mention Fate could still be out there somewhere. He looked serious and nodded, "I've noticed. I didn't realize that was what you were concerned with...most people focus on the monsters."

He was surprised by the way she melted into the shadows, to say the least, but instead of being afraid he merely looked excited...or something close to that, "Wow! That's amazing!" It reminded him a little of Kaede's techniques, although this lady didn't really look much like a ninja. "Yes, I can understand, my magic isn't very reliable either so I've been training with Kaede to improve my physical combat skills...especially since my old teacher isn't here."

[plz2bconductor]

Mitsuki smirked as he looked excited. Really, that was only a small trick she could do... But it impressed him. "Nagase-san? You're an acquaintance of hers, then?"

Now that was very curious. If he was half as interesting as the girl had been, this could provide several more notes in her PDA. "I've noticed she's a very athletic girl. So you've been training with her, then? And... your old teacher was a skilled fighter as well?"

Well, not every world was the same.

[welshonionmage]

"Yes, Kaede was one of my students back at Mahora Academy and has helped me a lot in the past," he replied with a slight nod, though he was curious as to how she knew Kaede. Obviously they had met here but he wondered under what sort of terms, "How did you meet her?"

Negi felt something nagging in the back of his mind but he chose to ignore it. Evangeline probably would have smacked him for it, Negi really could be a bit too trusting at times, "Yes, she is, she nearly won the martial arts tournament at the Mahora School Festival and my old teacher has won it in the past. My old teacher trained me in Kenpo, she's very talented as well."

[plz2bconductor]

A... student of his? He looked much younger than Kaede... Mitsuki furrowed her eyebrows for a moment, but didn't inquire any further. "Ah, we ran into each other a little while back... Nothing all that special," she lied. The Iron Maiden had made the mistake of latching onto the girl's shadow and had been found out.

Something that had never really happened before. She listened to him go on about Kaede's talents, making mental notes of it. "They sound very gifted. And you're training under them to learn the same?"

[welshonionmage]

Negi chuckled nervously, "A lot of the students in my class are gifted in some sense." And to think, he still didn't know the full talents of some of them. It was something he worked on every day he went to teach his class, learn something new about his students. He knew more about some than others but it was a work in progress and he cared about all his students regardless of special talents or not. "Well, I want to get better at hand to hand combat so I suppose you could say that," Negi replied with a nod, "Kaede's style is a little different from Master Ku Fei but I think she's a good supplement."