But things changed. She was a 'genin' now. A title given because she graduated. Expectations were raised, people looking to see her shine. Akari didn't want to shine. She wanted to hide. Decipher the symbols and inscriptions that revealed them at the strangest moments, deal with her blabbing mirror reflection. Now on top of that she was supposed to take on missions, improve her skills and so on. A certain maturity was expected, responsibility enforced. Not that Akari fully understood all of that. She had never asked to be here but somehow the clan was of a mind she belonged here. At least she looked the sort... They didn't throw her any funny glances like the others.
So as expectations dictated, Akari found herself on the training grounds of Kumogakure. Practising the kata of the Five Venom Fist she was thought as a basic unarmed combat style they believed would fit her well. The fighting style fell in line with the better known 'Praying Mantis' fighting style, sporting a similar barrage of assaults, disregarding strength in favour of speed and precision. Akari was no fan of close quarter combat but it had a certain appeal to her favoured pass-time of flesh and mind sculpting which required an equal amount of concentration, precision and grace.
Starting off with a slow revision of the basic kata, the dance was much like that of a snake or a scorpion's tail. Elegant in its own right with abrupt turns and strikes that betrayed its deadly purpose. Warmed up, she would redo the entire kata at a faster pace which dropped the elegant dance to approach the reality of its hidden danger, lashing at an invisible enemy as quickly followed up strikes hit intended precision points. Eventually ending the execution of that set as well, Akari would repeat the movements once more with a wooden dummy as her target. A dull puppet that put little effort in dodging her strikes, allowing her to strike true with little effort. If only its expressionless face would stop swirling now.
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