Red Eyes and Pale Mists (Kami)

The early morning mist had settled over the training ground as Valen moved through his usual practice katas. His sword in hand as he moved through them at a vicious clip of speed. His motions were fluid and lacked any of the awkward choppiness of someone that was unsure of what they were doing. He stood beneath a tree on the edge of the field and practiced his movements by striking the tree with the back of the weapon, causing a vibration to move through it and knock multiple leaves down. Then he would practice a different set of strikes on each set of leaves. Moving cleanly from slash to slash and cutting each of them neatly in twain before they could pass around him. Then he would do it again.

His cloak hung on a branch of a different tree and his bare chest gleamed with light sheen of condensation. A combined form of perspiration and the water from the mist upon his bare skin. In the middle of his chest of a glowing blue/green stone that was inset into the skin itself. It glowed with a faint power of it’s own although none but him at the moment could feel it. It resonated through his body the energy stored within easily grasped and harnessed if he wished and unleashed upon the world around him. Said energy could augment his physical capabilities to absurd levels and repair his damaged body as well. It allowed him a slew of options in various situations that he never had before.

But it had to stay where it was within his skin, not that he truly cared.

Upon his hands were two black gloves, matching his pants and boots and would match his cloak when it was worn. Soon enough once he had warmed up enough he would move on to practicing some techniques he wanted to get down. To perfect in order to give him a wider array of capabilities. He also needed to work on a few personal techniques so that he could open up more options for himself. Including more techniques that utilized the new energy source he had available to him.

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As Valen made his moves and his quick motions with his sword, Kami stared in awe, leaning against a tree that was pretty wide in diameter. She would watch from afar, originally wanting to come to the grounds to try and train a few techniques that she may have wanted to learn. Instead, she was met with an old Sensei that she had been under in one of her missions who had leave early. What was his name… Vince..? No.. Vermin, no. That’s.. completely wrong. Her body jolted a bit when she finally figured it out, placing one of her fists into her other hand, whispering out. “Valen. That’s what it was…” Her eyes widened from her sudden speech in which caused her to take a step back, causing a twig to snap.

Kami’s Form (Androgynous):

Kami winced from the twig, downplaying herself for not watching out. She wasn’t trying to spy on him but she just got interested in what he had been doing. Kami came to the training grounds in an all black spandex attire with white boot like sneakers and gloves, dressed in a tattered red cape, similar to Raika’s, all while wearing a mask to cover her face where the eye holes would seem to move with her expression, including mimicking a blink when she blinked. The mask had two sharp like cat ears but the plate was so light, it felt like nothing was on her. Her hands were covered with white gloves that matched her boots while her waist had a cat like tail that seemed to move on its own. This was to be sure that nobody would recognize her, even outside of the brigade or even within. Kami would then ready her chains by quickly taking her right glove off and preparing for anything. She didn’t know much of Valens abilities or how strong he was but she was prepared… maybe.

Kami took the time of Valen not noticing to turn her body and run away, back to her home. Something about him scared her or let alone told her bad things would come. She didn’t want to associate herself with someone who would end up disappointing her.  She headed home where she would just reschedule her training.


[exit thread due to Valen’s death Via Bijuu Control Thread]