Taking students! [Open]

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BANG! BANG! BANG!

After a pile of old two-by-fours and bent nails were mostly half used up, Jaxine had a stand built in Market Square. She threw the hammer away and sat down in her chair, throwing her heeled boots up on the stand all in one motion. After a few minuets, a little girl stopped by.

"Are you selling lemonade?" she asked.

"Uh, fuck no? This is where you tell me you want to learn how to use a sword without looking like a complete idiot." she explained.

The little girl laughed. "You say bad words and your stand sucks!" she said. Jaxine jumped up to grab the girl only to trip and fall over into the stand, obliterating it with her Saiyan awesomeness. The girl ran off laughing while Jaxine groaned. She picked herself up and shook her head. Planting her hands on her hips, she looked around at all the people who were looking at her.

"Alright assholes, you want a show!? Fine. Here's a fucking show!"

She threw her hands up and there was a massive puff of black smoke erupted in the area. People went running as Jaxine laughed maniacally over the ruckus. After the smoke cleared, there was a booth that looked like a small, full-on Japanese style building. Siting on her knees atop a pillow, surrounded by swords all sheathed and up on display. Many were for sale as well.

"Are you not entertained?"

[Ethar Luxun]

After all the ruckus had calmed down, Jaxine would hear a clapping sound. While she would be able to see anyone immediately, she would sense a rather powerful energy signature above her, ontop of a roof of a nearby building.

If she looked, she would see a rather good looking young man with brown hair clapping while looking down at her. "Well done... Well done indeed. Quite entertaining indeed!" He said, as he leaped off the building, and landed just infront of the new building she had created. "The way you handled the crowd was ... ehh, needed more explosions. But the way you talked to that little girl? Im glad to see that your not afraid to speak your mind." He said, as his eyes gazed from one sword to the next, as if he was studying each one in detail.

"An extravagant arsenal of bladed weaponry you have here Madam. Did you forge these yourself?" He asked as he looked up at the Saiyan woman.

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As people continued on their way, a man stood on a nearby rooftop slowly clapping his hands. Jaxine sighed, closing her eyes and pinching the section between. "fan-fucking-tastical, one of these guys..." she whispered to herself, referring to the man as a generic douchebag coming to start trouble at first glance. Some prettyboy.

"Well done... Well done indeed. Quite entertaining indeed!" He stated. "Indeed!" Jaxine said mockingly as the man jumped down in front of her booth. He gave his opinion on the situation with "...needed more explosions." And she thought Yeah. Kill them. Then cops. Nice idea. as he continued about the little girl. ...And verbal abuse to children. Then cops. Nice idea.

She didn't like cops. But she didn't like to think things through until... after the fact. Not a good combination. He admired the weapons and commented on them. How would he know how good they were? Then again, who cares. As he looked things over, Jaxine thought Greaaaat. I get to put on the fake smile and be NICE to people. as she cracked a smile and said "Forged some of them. Our last Blademaster forged a few and some of the finest blades here came from the crafting hands of our founder before his death. He also possessed the greatest crafting skill so far."

She jumped up. "Wana buy one? Or are you here with interest in training?" she asked.

[Ethar Luxun]

Ethar listened to Jaxine, as she talked about the swords, and the last blademaster and how he had forged some of them himself.

He smiled after Jax claimed that he possessed the greatest crafting skill thus far, and Ethar asked "Only of this planet correct?" but then she jumped up, asking if he wanted to buy one, or if he was interested in the training. Heh, Like she needed to ask...

"Both I suppose. Ill buy a sword AND sign up for some training. Although, These swords were crafted and tempered with steel right? Do you by chance have anything.... special?" He asked, hoping the girl would catch what he was talking about. Steel weapons are good and all, but a steel weapon would easily break against people who could use Ki and other powerful energies.

"Name is Ethar by the way. Whats yours?"

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This guy spoke of steel as if this was still the olden-days of te 21st century. General steel hadn't changed much, but the crafting methods the Kiken Monestary used had. "The steel these blades were forged from is a little different than you might think. I can't give you specifics, that's a secret. Just know they aren't toys." She explained. His question about something 'special' made her tilt her head at him. "What, like Ebony, Mythril, Titanium 4 or Adimodium? Fancy metals, sure. But I'll tell ya... It's the guy on the forge that makes the sword. Our last Blademaster crafted an Iron Katana that cut through Titanium."

She really hoped this wasn't one of those guys who thought 'a better sword makes a better swordsman'. There was more to it than that. If you were one with the blade, it will be able to handle anything you yourself can handle. Just looking at it as a tool or a weapon made of some metal made it... just a piece of metal. This guy already had a bit to learn about the Spiritual angle, just like Jaxine once did. However his sword skill itself had not been seen yet.

"Pick out something you like. But if you stick with us for a bit you may get to forge your own. That helps make a connection with your weapon, though there are other ways to do this." she stated. She stood up and put one hand on her hip. "Name's Jaxine Caulie. Dojo Blademaster of the Kiken Monastery." she told him. His name sounded familiar for some reason...

[Ethar Luxun]

"Mithril? Ebony OR Adimodium? Fascinating! And I know swords such as these are not toys. I grew up and used different weapons in my training when I was younger." He said, as he continued to listen to Jax, talking about how their last blademaster was able to pull off the feat of using a Iron Katana to cut through Titanium.

"I beleive that. Anything is possible as long as you have the skill to do so." He said, but when she said that Ethar could forge his own if he trained with her, that perked him right up like a kid on Christmas morning. "Forge my own sword? From any material I wish? You got yourself a deal!" He said as he crackled his neck a bit. "Ya know, Im kinda curious to see how good you are with a blade Jaxine... Perhaps a little spar at your Monastery might be a good idea?"

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The man seemed to be quite impressed with the blades and the materials they were made of. It was interesting, and looking up for her. The Grandmaster was planning to leave the school fully in her hands quite soon, but she had to prove she could handle training a student. And this guy came pre-trained! This would be easy! She grinned, rubbing her hands together just before he requested top spar at the dojo. She smiled. "Yeaaaah... about that. Its... on the moon." she told him. Alot of people laughed at her and she would have to punch them out. But it was true. And if Jaxine had known ships had inverted up/down controls, she would still HAVE a ship.

"We can spar right here though!" she stated. A bunch of people bustled all around them doing their daily shopping. It was a terrible idea, but Jaxine didn't clue in. She was exited to train with this guy and show her skill. Her master stated she had achieved a level of skill that took him twenty. Her proficiency and potential were unbelievable. However she had a terrible time with focus and following instruction, so there had been many long lessons. But she completed them, trying her master's patience all the while. He was somehow still sane.

[Ethar Luxun]

"Right here eh?" He asked, looking around at the shoppers all around them. To spar right at that second was too dangerous. Sure, he didnt care as much as he used to a year ago, but these days if he achieved his goals, any collateral damage was just that.

"Let me clear the arena then." He said, as a ball of Ki formed in his right hand. He quickly whirled around, and threw it up above the most dense crowd nearby, and detonated up above their heads. While it caused no damage, the resulting explosion made the people scream and begin to panic. Men, women and children screaming, and running away since they believed they were under attack.

Looking back at Jaxine, Ethar smirked "Shall we 'dance' now?" he asked, as they would both hear a growling noise, and Ethar felt something on his leg. Looking down, he saw a tiny dog, a Chihuahua, attacking his leg. "Really?" He said, as he pushed it back with his foot then suddenly used his Kiai with a "HA!" to make the dog tumble, and run away yelping in fear.

"Thats better..."

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Well that worked. Nothing wrong with scaring some people, Jaxine just wasn't about to go off and massacre a bunch of random people though. Jaxine walked a fine line between mischief and madness. after the area cleared out, Jaxine would appear in a puff of smoke in the open area. Her outfit had changed to her usual Dojo training gear consisting of a black short tank-top, her usual long leather gloves, her boots and black divided Hakama, witch are a form of wide legged pants that Samurai wore. She wore a headband as well with an upside down triangular piece of metal riveted to it with the symbol ' 剣 ' or 'Ken' meaning 'Sword' in Japanese.

Jaxine stretched her arms up and groaned, a black cape appearing out of another puff of smoke as she lowered her arms and threw it over her shoulders, sporting the same symbol on her back. "Alright, either pick a sword or draw your own." she said, then placed a hand on her hip like she was holding a sheathe. She then slid her feet slowly into a battle stance, exaggeratingly waving her hand out towards Ethar as she slowly reached down to grab the handle of... nothing. Did this 'master' swordsman... forget her sword... then forgot that she forgot!?

[Ethar Luxun]

Ethar was surprised when Jaxine poofed into smoke, like she was a ninja, but felt her energy move to the open area.

But when he turned to face her, He saw that she was in an entirely new outfit. "Materialization? Impressive." He said, as she told him to pick a sword. Quickly turning back to the rows of weapons, Ethar grabbed... a tantō. Rather then grabbing one of the big, or full sized weapons, he had to pick a tantō. Possibly one of the shortest 'swords' he could pick from.

Splitting it and the sheath into his belt, he walked towards the opening where she was standing, and saw that she had no weapon herself. "Did you...forget something?"

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See, there was a common misconception about Jaxine. She had a tendency to do random and/or stupid things. However... she was not actually stupid by any means. It wasn't to say Ethar though she was dumb, but the usual assumption that she was would come to be expected by her and also counted on. This usually gave her a chance to get the drop on her opponent off the bat. To most people... she was another idiot low-class Saiyan with a deathwish. Many... many people are dead because of this.

Ethar noted something missing right off the bat. "Did you... forget somethi-" -poof- -FSSHHHHING!- Out of another cloud of smoke came a 32" black chrome blade with golden fittings. A weapon passed down from Blademaster to Blademaster since the Dojo was founded. She had it drawn out in two hands in a classic Samurai stance. "I'm not forgetting anything." she said with a grin. She noted the Tanto. "Yeah! Thats a... good choice I guess... if you're a ninja or something." she said. "We usually carry one of those as a secondary weapon, like a soldier carries a sidearm." Jaxine explained. If Ethar was going to learn, going with a harder-to-use weapon was a good idea. If he became proficient with a Tanto, he could carry those skills over to a Dagger as well. He looked more like a Medieval Weapons kind of guy.

[Ethar Luxun]

"What is a ....Neenja?" Ethar asked, looking a bit confused. He was still learning about Earths various cultures, even after being on the planet for almost 2 years.

"I was always taught, that when a weapon that is hard to see, it is more dangerous then one you can see." He said, after the there was more smoke, and jaxine had poofed in her full sized weapon of her own.

"Besides, Its not about the size of the weapon, its how you use it." He said, fiddling with the blade that was against his belt. Grinning at Jaxine, he said "Ready when you are And dont go easy on me... Or else It would e boring. Im sure you would agree with me?"

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"What is a ....Neenja?" "a bunch of short-sword using sneaky assholes who need to STAY THE FUCK OUT OF MY SHED!" she yelled. Then realized what was going on again. "disregard that." she said... then noted the Tanto. "Stealth stabbing's for pussies. What happens when you get caught and the other dude has a six foot blade that they mastered the use of and you can't get close enough to cut him? That's called being screwed. Metapholosically that is."

She raised an eyebrow when he said "Don't go easy on me." so this guy was... suicidal. Or dumb. "Well... alright then if you want me to crank it up..." a burst of energy as she powered up to the maximum that she could go and narrowed her eyes. "Ready?" she would ask. But Ethar would have no time to answer as Jaxine would appear in front of him already half way into a swing that would release a deadly slash.

[Ethar Luxun]

Ethar couldnt help but perk an eyebrow as Jaxine explained to him what a ninja was. Well, her version one Ninjas anyways. She also told him that Stealth Stabbing was for 'Pussies', but Ethar couldnt even imagine a cat even trying to grasp a knife. But the idea made him smile anyways.

But when Jaxine shot her energy up, it grabbed his attention quickly as his eyes caught Jaxine moving at very high speeds. Ethar was not a regular amature as she beleived him to be, and knew a Zanzoken when he saw one. Powering up himself, Ethar raised his energy up, but not as much as Jaxine did, and drew his tanto and used it in defense, making Jaxine's blade miss him, all with help from his enhanced reflexes.

If such rapid movements were to cause Jaxine to be surprised for a second or two, Ethar would use such a moment after the blade missed him, to send a good strong kick right into her gut.

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It almost seemed that Ethar had some experience with swordplay already. He managed to deflect her strike and sent a well-placed kick at her gut. The blade she wielded would loop around as Jaxine used the side of the blade to block the kick witch impacted with such force that it released a loud clang and created a shockwave. She would step in sharply and slam her shoulder into Ethar in an attempt to knock him back before she would strike again with several slashes that were meant to look real, but were actually made to be blocked or dodged right before she thrusted forward with a heavy upward slash that should catch him off guard and either break his guard or make his next dodge a near miss.

She wasn't trying to carve him up right now, just showing off. She wasn't even going all out yet... if she was, he would have a few cuts by now for sure.