Awakening of a Fighter [Hikaru/Pear] [Dojo]

Power Level: 20,401
Weighted Power Level: 5,100

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Hikaru gave Pear a small smile as she dashed ahead. Hikaru let the tuffle set the pace for the next mile or so, before she took over the reins again, and lead them towards Tomba Hills. When they finally did get there, Hikaru was breathing heavily from the work out. The pace had gotten her blood pumping, and she had developed a healthy sheen of sweat.

“We’ll stop here,” Hikaru pulled up to three tall Ajisa trees and jumped her pack at the base of their trunks. She rifled inside for a water bottle, “Five minute break, Peardian.”

Then Hikaru took a long pull of water to slake her thirst. But she didn’t chug it. She didn't want to make herself. So after that initial drink, she switched to just nursing it with small sips. Hikaru turned to look around the hills and the clear skies.

It was a good place to spar, it was fairly secluded and she and Pear wouldn’t be too hemmed in. True, fighting in cramped, or close quarters can also be good training. But it wasn’t what she wanted right now. She wanted to see Pear’s strength as uninhibited as possible.

After the allotted break time, Hikaru put her water back and then stretched her muscles again. She had cooled down from the cardio and she wanted to make sure she was still limber.

“Alright, let’s spar,” Hikaru stepped in front of Peardian and fell into a combat stance. Simple as that, “I need a baseline…”

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Word count: 258
Total Word Count: 2,171

Hikaru paused when Peardian didn't remove her weights. The girl didn’t need anymore of a handicap, the different between them already large enough as it was… but it made sense. The girl wanted to train. She was going to use all the tools at her disposal. Hikaru just had to make sure she held back even further.

Hikaru took a deep breath and then dashed up to Peardian. She let loose a few exchanges of blows. Light punches. To see how Peardian could take the hits, nothing too strenuous to start with.

Hikaru traded blows with the tuffle for a bit, getting a sense for the girl’s rhythm and tempo before kicking the combat into a higher gear. Hikaru pressed her attack, the light attacks suddenly hammering in hard against Peardian.

Hikaru stepped right up to Peardian, and brought her fist in an uppercut against the girl’s chin, knocking her head back. Then Hikaru pivoted, shifting her weight, and slammed the palm of her other hand against Peardian’s sternum, pushing her back to make room for Hikaru’s spin kick.

Hikaru pulled out of the combination, and fell back into a defensive position, waiting to see how Peardian would react to the onslaught.

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Word Count: 207
Total Word Count: 2,378

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Hikaru
Power Level: 20,401
Weighted Power Level: 5,100

Health: 5,100 - 5,100
Energy: 5,100 - 5,100
Stamina: 5,100 - 4,336

Actions:
1) Move to Direct Contact - [1AP]

2)Physical Basic attack (5%) -
255 dmg, 127 Sta

3)Hammer Fist (3 attacks 25%dmg total) - [1AP]
1,275 dmg, 637 Sta

4)Turn End

Summary before enemy turn:
Hikaru took 0 damage
Hikaru dealt 1,530 damage in total
Hikaru spent 764 Stamina
Hikaru spent 0 ki

Power Level: 20,401
Weighted Power Level: 5,100

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Peardian withstood Hikaru’s blows better than anticipated. The sudden transformation gave the girl the boost needed to keep up with Hikaru’s level of strength. More than match it, Peardian exceeded it.

Hikaru raised her forearm up to block against Pear’s return attack, using her own ki to strengthen herself. She was sure that if she didn’t, Peardian’s blow would snap her like a twig. As it stood, she would have one fucking hell of a bruise…

Hikaru pushed aside Peardian’s punch and then did a jumping knee strike to the girl’s chin. Hikaru flipped during the jump, putting distance between her and Pear. The girl had solid melee ability. But how could she contend at a distance?

Hikaru held her right hand forward, palm facing Peardian. Her ki gathered into a ball in her palm. Hikaru clenched her fist tight around it, condensing it further, then she pointed the first two fingers of her hand at Peardian, the ki shooting out in a tight, piercing beam.

Seeing how well Peardian withstood her physical attack, Hikaru put even more of her strength behind this beam.

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Word Count: 174
Total Word Count: 2,552

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Hikaru
Power Level: 20,401
Weighted Power Level: 5,100

Health: 5,100 - 4,300
Energy: 5,100 - 3,325
Stamina: 5,100 - 2,979

Actions:
1.) Ki Defense - [1AP]
Resources needed to block attacks reduced to 75%

2.) Block - 4,040 dmg
hp 1,300, ki 500, st 1,230

3.) Physical Basic Attack (5%)
255 dmg, 127 Sta

4.)  Move to Far Range - [1AP]

5.) [CT1] Sniper Beam (50%) - Accurate attack, requires 100% to dodge - [1AP]
2,550 dmg, 1,275 Ki

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Summary before enemy turn:
Hikaru took 1,300 damage
Hikaru dealt 2,805 damage in total
Hikaru spent 1,357 Stamina
Hikaru spent 1,775 ki

Power Level: 20,401
Weighted Power Level: 5,100

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Hikaru gritted her teeth and then hunkered down preparing herself for the assault of blasts that rained down on her like a meteor shower of pain. The blasts beat and burned at her, and still Hikaru took it head on, arms crossed in front of her. Dust kicked up around Hikaru from the surrounding dirt and rocks being also destroyed from Peardian’s spread shot attack.

When Hikaru thought Peardian’ was done, she lowered her defense. Only to get beaned with one last weak ki blast. Ow.

Peardian seemed to need to rely on her blaster, so Hikaru wondered if maybe the girl struggled with long distance combat. If that were the case, why didn’t she cross the distance and bring the combat back into a melee? Hikaru stayed back cautiously, deciding to keep back from Peardian for now to see if she had a plan.

Hikaru gathered her ki into her palm again, and then sent out another sharp and accurate beam straight towards Peardian. It was pretty impressive of the girl to have blocked her last blow, but not smart. Hikaru’s ki blast was condensed into such a tight point, it could have punched through Peardian hadn’t she been so tough. Hikaru hoped she would actually dodge this time, rather than risk being shot through again.

...and then for fun she added one extra basic ki blast, much like Peardian had done earlier.

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Word Count: 222
Total Word Count: 2,774

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Hikaru
Health: 4,300 - 1000 = 3,300
Energy: 3,325 - 1275 - 127 =1,923
Stamina: 2,979 - 862 = 2,117

Actions:
1.) It’s Only Pain - 10% passive damage reduction - [1AP]
2.) Ki Defense - 75% resource to block - [1AP]
3.)Block - 2,865 Damage
    KD(716)+IOP(286) =1,002 dmg reduction
    1,862 dmg left
    1000hp, 862 Sta
4.) [CT1] Sniper Beam (50%) - Accurate attack, requires 100% to dodge - [1AP]
    2,550 dmg, 1,275 Ki
5.) Ki Basic Attack (5%)
    255 dmg, 127 ki

Summary before enemy turn:
Hikaru took 1,000 damage
Hikaru dealt 2,805 damage in total
Hikaru spent 862 Stamina
Hikaru spent 1,402 ki

Power Level: 20,401
Weighted Power Level: 5,100

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Peardian’s tumble through the air almost caught Hikaru offguard. If she hadn’t seen how skilled and comfortable the girl was with her wings before, she might have gallen for the girl’s ruse. Instead, Hikaru brought her arms up, gorearms braced for the attack.

“Kuh!” She grunted quietly when the impact hit, forcing her to stumble backwards and almost go tumbling to the ground. Hikaru managed to catch herself, and raised up her hand to Peardian, “Enough.”

Hikaru bent over slightly, taking a moment to catch her breath. She could have continued the fight, but it would have been pointless. She just would have exhausted herself, maybe even gotten severely injured. No, she had accomplished what she had wanted. And that was to test Pear.

Hikaru straightened up again, and brushed aside her hair from her eyes, “Peardian… you’re incredibly strong. More so than you think. Your power is stronger than some veteran warriors.”

Hikaru wandered back towards where they had dropped the packs, “but you lack the skill and techniques that they do. If you honed that strength…”

Hikaru pulled out two water bottles and held one out to Peardian, “You could be stronger than me.”

And Hikaru meant that. She wasn’t just lieing to the girl to encpurage her. She genuinely felt with a bit more strategy and skill, Peardian would be a force to be reckoned with. As it stood, the girl would have forced Hikaru to drop her weights if she had wanted to continue the fight.

And that was impressive for a girl who seemed to have little to no formal training.

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Word Count: 271
Total Word Count: 3,045

Power Level: 20,401

Weighted Power Level: 5,100

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Hikaru took another quiet sip of her water, not challenging Peardian's comment of how she would have been stronger with out her weights. While that fact was true, it wasn't the point. The point was Peardian's massive potential. If she was this strong without formal training, than she had some amazing untapped potential. Given polish she could be an impressive force indeed.

She would definitely become the hero she wanted to be.

"Come on, put on your pack, we're running again," Hikaru closed the bottle and replaced it back in her pack, "I wanted to spar here because it's remote. But we're done now, so we can head back."

Hikaru swung the pack back on her back and then shrugged it back into a comfortable position. She had a longer route planned back to the village. This one would cover a few mountains and sandy river beds. The elevated hiking would work her leg muscles more, while running along the sand would encourage her dashing speed. Taking the long way back would add an extra 3 hours to their travel time. During that time, Hikaru can plan for what she'd like to show Peardian back at her home.

The first thing was teaching her to meditate much like she and Mollau were doing. The practice would help Peardian channel her ki better. Through out the combat Hikaru could tell that ranged combat definitely wasn't her strong suit. Her ki flow through her body was strange. As if it didn't flow properly. She would focus on that for now, along with a few basic forms and patterns for the girl to follow.

Hikaru didn't think her style would suit Peardian. Her own style focused more on defense and tight, focused blows with no wasted movement. Peardian was much more loose and free. Such discipline would only restrict her. Hikaru could think of a few forms and combat styles that would suit her much better. It would only be a matter of showing Peardian the basics. Build her a solid foundation.

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Word Count: 340
Total Word Count: 3,385