Participants []
Ratchet
Training Begins! []
-(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AZwfoGLm4I) With a new determination to make his team stronger than ever before going back out into the field as the team they are, Darius takes the control of the wheel to make sure everyone in his team is trained to the highest of their potential. It’s only 5am and he had already called everyone awake and into the training room. (http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs11/i/2006/192/4/3/Dojo_by_malyck.jpg) The room itself is large and gives off a dojo feel to it, Darius expressing respect to his brotherhood by having a Brotherhood banner flow across the walls. Darius stands on the center of the dojo mat, with everyone else ordered to stand at the edge in a straight line. Lee finds himself on the end of the line with his long black hair all over the place with mad-bed head. Still in his sleeping clothes, he is wearing a tight white tank top and a pair of black briefs. Ratchet is on the other end with drool still on his fur from being rudely awoken from his sleep. With the girls in between, once everyone had placed themselves in the position; it would be time to begin. Darius is wearing nothing more than a pair of black Gi pants tied around his waist.
Flashing everyone a smile, he can tell that all of them are upset about being awakened so quickly like this and before the sun is even up in the city.-“Thank you everyone for showing up. Glad you all could make it.”- He speaks sarcastically, knowing they really didn’t have an option to choose to be here or not. He had a feeling Artemis would be feeling all types of ways about this since she looovves her sleep like a bear in hibernation. Once he sees that everyone is on line and somewhat awake, Darius begins to get serious about what they are doing here. Addressing all of them, he begins to say-“We have tasted the pain of loss and the anger of defeat…Because we were unprepared. But no longer will we walk into the battles of The Brotherhood without the weapons that we need for victory. We will train! And we will learn to work as ONE unit! One body! And One Mind! Together, you will all study and learn what it truly means to be called…Assassin…The warrior ethos that we live by. Honor, Courage and Commitment. These words will be instilled into your very being.”- Walking towards everyone, shooting them all an individual glare as it is clear this Darius is not going to take it easy on them. When he gets close enough, his body would reveal much more than just the muscles that he has. For most of them, excluding Artemis, they have not seen the assassin without his shirt on. And when they see him, some of them may be in shock for what they see.
Darius’ body is riddled with scars from blades, knives, arrows, bullets, needles, etc. If it has a point, he has been pierced with it. Not through combat, but through training. Looking at all of them, he continues speaking-“This will not be an easy road…I will not sugar-coat it for you. If you choose to walk down this path, you will be choosing to walk down the path of the shadows. To always have a target. And to always be one yourself. To push your body to the brink of death and back more times than you will like to speak of.”- As he says that, he taps his finger on the center of his Plasma Node that is fused in with his chest to keep his heart beating.-“Trust me…I have more near-death experiences than I can count.”- If everyone still had the confidence to become an Assassin, Darius would smile to all of them and ask-“Shall we begin?”- Waiting for their responses.-
Artemis had indeed gotten up this early in the morning….she did. Was she currently awake now though? Hell no as the woman stood there, eyes trained right on to Darius though if he moved he’d notice she hadn’t torn her gaze away from in front of her. She stood at attention, even if she was in a tank top and shorts with no shoes on and though she looked wide awake that was further from the truth as the trained sniper was actually sleeping with her eyes open, something she taught herself to do a long time ago. It was a strange tactic but it warded off people who might try to do one harm once they see you were alert but that was further from the truth as a slight snore broke from the girl but it was barely audible…the line of drool was more obvious though as the saliva started to dribble down her chin. What? She didn’t want to be up this damn early in the morning!! She’d gotten a late shift at Wcronalds granted it was a new Wcronalds she worked at since Darius destroyed the last one and she still enjoyed working there for the free food and extra cash. The assassin had mentioned the night before they were doing some training thing and though Artemis paid attention to her boyfriend and his words she was still pretty careless and stayed up late after her shift was done and only got maybe an hour or two of sleep tops. “We have tasted the pain of loss and the anger of defeat…Because we were unprepared. But no longer will we walk into the battles of The Brotherhood without the weapons that we need for victory. We will train! And we will learn to work as ONE unit! One body! And One Mind! Together, you will all study and learn what it truly means to be called…Assassin…The warrior ethos that we live by. Honor, Courage and Commitment. These words will be instilled into your very being.” When Darius got louder in his speech it made Artemis wake up momentarily as she jumped a little and thought she was being talked to. “Yes!!” She blinks, sort of confused as to where she was. “What??” All eyes were on her as she just stares dumbfounded but then she realizes what was going on and she grins sheepishly. “I mean yes…sir!! Courage! Right….working together….can we start by doing a team exercise?? Like we should all take a nap….together.” She almost falls in to May but her boobs could catch her as she nuzzles in to them. “mmnnmm…pillows…” It took a lot to wake the sniper up she could sleep like the dead and to be honest she sort of wondered how Darius even got her here to begin with as it was all a little fuzzy but she’d been known to sleep walk so he might of thought she was awake but she was actually just moving in her sleep to the point where one would confuse it with her being conscious.
Grabbing hold of the ringing alarm clock, May chucked it across the room where it smashed into little pieces against the wall parallel to her bed. "God Dammit, Darius." The night before Darius had shared with her that he wanted them all to meet in the training room this morning. Grabbing her phone she took a look at the time -Who the hell even gets up at this time?- Rolling out of bed she dressed herself into ripped up jeans and a Mario t-shirt
Taking a look at herself in the mirror she threaded her hands in her hair "Eh this will just have to do." Walking out of her room, she made her way down the hall towards the training room. Walking into the room she rubbed her eyes, and took a spot between Artemis and Ratchet, knowing well that the furry creature did not need Artemis fawning over him this early in the morning. In that fight she didn't know who would survive, the thought of Ratchet and Artemis running around shooting gun, destroying the whole place made her giggle a bit to herself. Resting her head on her own shoulder, she watched and at least tried to listen to Darius speak. Looking over at Artemis she was almost shocked to see that she was so fixated on what he was saying. "Thank you everyone for showing up. Glad you all could make it." Nodding her head "Mmmhm Boss man." Scratching her head she could feel her eyes wanted to close. "We have tasted the pain of loss and the anger of defeat…Because we were unprepared. But no longer will we walk into the battles of The Brotherhood without the weapons that we need for victory. We will train! And we will learn to work as ONE unit! One body! And One Mind! Together, you will all study and learn what it truly means to be called…Assassin…The warrior ethos that we live by. Honor, Courage and Commitment. These words will be instilled into your very being." Squinting her eyes she tried to focus on his words. "Got it!". “Yes!!” Looking over May spotted a confused and wide awake Artemis. “I mean yes…sir!! Courage! Right….working together….can we start by doing a team exercise?? Like we should all take a nap….together.” Laughing, May watched as Artemis, toppled over towards her, reaching out May caught her. The petite girls head resting gently on her boobs “mmnnmm…pillows…”. Lifting up her arm she ran her fingers through the girls hair "Ummm not that I mind such a cute head resting on my boobs but Darius looks as if he is going to blow a gasket so I would wake up, if I was you... we can take a 'nap' later" May smirked at her statement.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXCiCKu3Gps) Being Unable to sleep,Kodi would had been doing crunch ups... on her bed. for about 3 hours tops.. as her guitar levitated around her...as if it wanted attention... "Whaaat you been flying- Wtf am I doing.. Talking to a guitar" She laughed for a moment.. having her half a blunt on the ashtray by her bed...The blonde buxom female.. would had been doing about 400 crunch-ups about now.. What she wore was her sports bra.. along with some short black tights.. that complimented her thick thighs...The female had forgot all about the scars upon her back that her father had given her... to her.. she wasn't embarassed by it anymore.. I mean she took about 40 lashes but hey Kodi thought it was just tough love...Though she blinked that Darius had called everyone to the room... She inhaled.. doing one more crunch up..."And.. that makes fuckin 500.." Speaking to herself usually was the best for her.. she wasn't so brash.. and didn't have to express alot...Being drenched in her sweat.. she jumped off her bed... grasping her Towel full of drawings of sharks.. The female wiped the sweat from her face... neck an shoulder.... she would then grasped at her blunt... placing it behind her ear... while she reached over inside her drawer.. only to grab a wad of bandages.. that she would of placed on each arm... an up to her fists... Staring at her messy ass hair... "Ahh fuck that.." Scoffing to herself.. she headed out of her room.. grasping the blunt from behind her ear... only to light it with the lighter she had pulled out from inbetween her breasts due to not having any pockets..inhaling.. while pulling the blunt away from her mouth.. she exhaled...out.. "Nice..." She chuckled to herself...heading inside the Dojo.. it seemed everyone had been up already... Heading inside... she had bags under her eyes... though from not sleeping.. She watched as Darius began to speak.".Thank you everyone for showing up. Glad you all could make it.”- She knew he was being awfully sarcastic, Kodi would just say..."Peachy.." an inhaled her blunt once more... while he soon would get serious..“We have tasted the pain of loss and the anger of defeat…Because we were unprepared. But no longer will we walk into the battles of The Brotherhood without the weapons that we need for victory. We will train! And we will learn to work as ONE unit! One body! And One Mind! Together, you will all study and learn what it truly means to be called…Assassin…The warrior ethos that we live by. Honor, Courage and Commitment. These words will be instilled into your very being.” The word Honor.. stayed inside the mind of the female.. How she loved it.. she was very prideful.. with Honor..and loyalty.Thus she looked over at Artemis, May and the rest of the crew..."Working together...I'll will work on that quite more..."Nodding to herself as she thought that to herself.. While Darius had walked toward everyone.. Thus he gave everyone a glare... her piercing determined blue eyes.. shot at his. thus only to see his scars.. though it made her connect to the scars as her back was filled with tons.. Kodi would only start laughing,when he'd talk about the path they are choosing, always being a target..The brash female only shrugged with the blunt in her mouth like a cigarette."Shiiiet... Like.. I haven't before.. Hell I'm surprised I'm still alive.. in this hellish place. I should of been dead years ago.." She gave him a snicker shaking her head.. as this was now her path. "Trust me…I have more near-death experiences than I can count.”- Kodi only smirked.. thinking about how many times she had almost died.. though it felt like a rush.. a drug she can't seem to get away from..... As Darius as if they shall begin..The blonde female only dropped the end of her blunt... onto the mat.. thus smashing it to turn it off.. She looked over at the rest of the gang.."I'm game.. lets do this shit..." She scoffed placing her hair in a messy ponytail as the rest were conversating..
-Darius watches, knowing that there were going to be those few who are against doing the training at this time. But it did surprise him to see that it is Artemis who shows her feelings going against the training. He knows she is the kind of girl who would choose sleep over training, but her actions make Darius feel like he just got slapped in the face. They had a breakthrough in the war room to come together as a team, and this action somewhat ticks Darius off. A small vein of frustration appears on his forehead, but then Kodi comes into the room. Having the team he does, he understands that more will need more work than others. But he had already seen Kodi and even he had to admit, she is the strongest of their group. If she were able to focus her energy and remain calm during a fight and be well-trained, she could be un-stoppable. And having an un-stoppable force on a team is always a good thing. Looking over to May, Lee and Ratchet; Darius is able to see that these three will be involved with HEAVY training. Lee coming from no background in martial arts, Ratchet being a raccoon and May having some martial arts background but not enough to be called an Assassin. With Artemis knocked out on May’s breasts, Darius walks over to a table that has a set of weapons to use for training. Reaching down he grabs two long black Escrima sticks.
Walking over to Kodi, he hands her these two long 27inch training Escrims sticks. One by one he begins to hand them to the individuals who are ready to train. When it comes to be Artemis’ turn, Darius takes on a more serious tone-“I will train those who want to be trained…”-He then places her Escrima sticks onto the wall, letting them lean against it until she comes to grab them and show she is ready to train. Not trying to be a complete asshole to her, but her being the non-serious and happy-go-lucky personality would be an issue when it came to training. Like most martial arts schools, instructors will not teach those who are not ready. If this had been the real assassins training with Roman and the others, she would have been lashed for her insubordination and refusal of respect towards the instructor. Darius knows that feeling all too well with some of the scars going down his back from being victim to that kind of treatment. With all the training tools passed out to everyone, Darius stands in the center of the mat with his arms extended outwards to show of the Sticks.-“ Eskrima, Arnis, and Kali are umbrella terms for the traditional martial arts of the Philippines that emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives and other bladed weapons, and various improvised weapons. It is also known as Estoque (Spanish for rapier), Estocada (Spanish for thrust or stab) and Garrote (Spanish for club). In Luzon they may go by the name of Arnis de Mano, Pananandata (use of weapons), Sinawali (Pampanga, "to weave"), Sitbatan (Pangasinan), Didya and Kabaroan (Ilocos region). In the Visayas and Mindanao, these martial arts have been referred to as eskrima, kali, kaliradman, pagaradman and kalirongan. Kuntaw and silat are separate martial arts practiced in the islands.”- Giving a brief into on the art that they are currently going to train today-“ The most basic and common weapon in eskrima is the yantok. They are typically constructed from rattan, an inexpensive stem from a type of Southeast Asian vine. Hard and durable yet lightweight, it shreds only under the worst abuse and does not splinter like wood, making it a safer training tool. This aspect makes it useful in defence against blades. Kamagong (ironwood or ebony) and bahi (heart of the palm) are sometimes used after being charred and hardened. These hardwoods are generally not used for sparring, however, as they are dense enough to cause serious injury, but traditional sparring does not include weapon to body contact. The participants are skilled enough to parry and counterstrike, showing respect in not intentionally hitting the training partner. In North America and Europe, eskrima practitioners wear head and hand protection while sparring with rattan sticks, or otherwise use padded batons. Some modern schools use sticks made out of aluminium or other metals, or modern high-impact plastics.”- After explaining a piece of what Eskrima and the eskrima sticks are, Darius lowers his arms down and begins to make pairs for everyone by the level of their current physical stature. Looking over to Kodi, he points the stick at her and then swings it into his chest while saying-“You are with me.”- Then looks over to May and Artemis-“If she wakes up, you are working with her.”- Lastly, looking over to Lee and Ratchet-“You two are going to work together.”- After giving everyone their partners, Darius would tell them to gather around the corners of the mat while he and Kodi remain in the middle. This is due to Darius preparing to actually teach the movements and certain techniques that come from these sticks. Once everyone got with their partners and in position, Darius would begin.-
She could hear May trying to wake her up to which the girl just groans slightly and waves her off but then she hears Darius and his tone as always when annoyed was not pleasant to the snipers ears and she groggily gets up, almost stumbling forward but she holds herself with somewhat ease only to yawn as May is handed a stick of sorts to fight with. She blinks back the sleepiness and notices they are being teamed up and she is with the blonde bombshell known as May. She grins widely and walks over to the wall, taking her weapon and stretching out the laziness. “Morning.” She says to the woman before calmly going to the corner of the mat, simply following what the others were doing on the count of it didn’t take a genius to see what they’d be doing. Once plopped down she rests her weapon on her lap and smacks her face to make sure this time she isn’t going to fall asleep even with her eyes all open. Honestly why did she need to be an assassin again?? She was happy being a sniper though if Darius wanted them all together as a team then she would do what was best for herself and them. Her boyfriend and Kodi would be in the middle and she ignores the growling stomach telling her of its hunger only to sigh. “uugghh…” But she makes sure she doesn’t complain too loud knowing full well Darius wasn’t opposed to throwing a knife at her. All joking aside their first mission didn’t go over so great and then there was the part where Darius and her almost died because they didn’t sense Roberto getting up so all in all this was a much needed thing.
Making eye contact with Darius, May knew that he was bothered by the fact that they were messing around. Grabbing hold of Artemis's shoulders, she set her up straight but not before she patted her on top of her head. Standing up straight May placed her hands at her side, she wanted to train she even promised Darius that she would work harder so why was she not taking this serious. Sighing she knew why, because she was still a high school student at heart, she wasn't a warrior, or an assassin, or even a gun enthusiast. So now it was time for May to get her act together and make sure that she paid attention to what this man was going to teach her. She watched as Darius walked over to the table in the room and picked up two black sticks. Being handed the sticks she nods her head "Thank you". Taking hold on to the sticks in each hand, May flipped the sticks in her grasp. “ Eskrima, Arnis, and Kali are umbrella terms for the traditional martial arts of the Philippines that emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives and other bladed weapons, and various improvised weapons. It is also known as Estoque (Spanish for rapier), Estocada (Spanish for thrust or stab) and Garrote (Spanish for club). In Luzon they may go by the name of Arnis de Mano, Pananandata (use of weapons), Sinawali (Pampanga, "to weave"), Sitbatan (Pangasinan), Didya and Kabaroan (Ilocos region). In the Visayas and Mindanao, these martial arts have been referred to as eskrima, kali, kaliradman, pagaradman and kalirongan. Kuntaw and silat are separate martial arts practiced in the islands.” May was lost in what Darius was saying, scratching her head she tried hard to follow along but this was not her forte. She felt like she needed a pad and pencil so that she could take some notes on the subject. “ The most basic and common weapon in eskrima is the yantok. They are typically constructed from rattan, an inexpensive stem from a type of Southeast Asian vine. Hard and durable yet lightweight, it shreds only under the worst abuse and does not splinter like wood, making it a safer training tool. This aspect makes it useful in defence against blades. Kamagong (ironwood or ebony) and bahi (heart of the palm) are sometimes used after being charred and hardened. These hardwoods are generally not used for sparring, however, as they are dense enough to cause serious injury, but traditional sparring does not include weapon to body contact. The participants are skilled enough to parry and counterstrike, showing respect in not intentionally hitting the training partner. In North America and Europe, eskrima practitioners wear head and hand protection while sparring with rattan sticks, or otherwise use padded batons. Some modern schools use sticks made out of aluminium or other metals, or modern high-impact plastics." Swiping her hand down her face she was not ready for all of this. As Darius was partnering them all up she was partnered up with Artemis, with a smile of her face she was glad that the both of them would be learning together. She had a feeling they would learn a lot from each other. Taking hold of her sticks she walks with Artemis to a corner mat “Morning.” Looking at the petite blue haired girl she smiles back "Morning" Looking towards Darius she watched and waited for more instruction.
The Brash female, would of looked at the black stick Darius had given her.. thus only to give each of the team one as well... Then she had noticed he had gave the blue haired female a more serious tone.. she blinked while whistling quite a bit,gazing at her stick.. paying attention to her own buisness...Then Her weird high self.. would swing it horizontally. screaming out psychotically..with a horrifying expression."HYAHHH HYAH..DIE DIE-...." The blonde blinked embarassed, while standing back to her place,clearing her throat while she stood back to her normal stance. listening about what were the stick like weapons were about..thus he continued seeing that she knew they were going to be training with these today.. -“ The most basic and common weapon in eskrima is the yantok. They are typically constructed from rattan, an inexpensive stem from a type of Southeast Asian vine. Hard and durable yet lightweight, it shreds only under the worst abuse and does not splinter like wood, making it a safer training tool. This aspect makes it useful in defence against blades. Kamagong (ironwood or ebony) and bahi (heart of the palm) are sometimes used after being charred and hardened. These hardwoods are generally not used for sparring, however, as they are dense enough to cause serious injury, but traditional sparring does not include weapon to body contact. The participants are skilled enough to parry and counterstrike, showing respect in not intentionally hitting the training partner. In North America and Europe, eskrima practitioners wear head and hand protection while sparring with rattan sticks, or otherwise use padded batons. Some modern schools use sticks made out of aluminium or other metals, or modern high-impact plastics.”- She nodded while gathering all the information about the sticks.. just then Darius.. would of pointed his stick at her.. thus only to watch him swing it back amongst his chest.. saying that he was with her for the training..The abrasive blonde, nodded slowly.. only to stand in the middle wielding her weapon, standing there while she was ready than ever. She'd crack her neck from left to right... rolling her shoulders back a few time... only to stretch her muscles quite a bit as whille as tightening them up as well.. She looked over at the other pairs,nodding while being ready for the training to begin.
Getting Into The Swing of Things[]
-(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svl4G-mQcFY) Holding the two sticks in his hands, Darius begins to move around the mat, swinging the sticks around in a slow manner so everyone can watch. Having Kodi stand still in front of him, Darius slowly begins to move the end of each stick towards important contact areas on Kodi’s body. Hitting places like the area underneath her eyes, the kneecap of her legs, the point of her elbow, etc.
As Darius demonstrates these vital points, he begins to explain why these locations are indeed the main points you want to hit.-“The Sticks are designed to be an extension of arms, able to create blunt force against your opponent…With enough accuracy and technique you can shatter your opponents knee with one strike, break an opponent’s arm, and even blind them with a strike to the temple.”- Spinning the sticks around his body with speed and intensity, he begins to show how finesse and fluid the art can look when mastered. Even after throwing a couple of strike motions with the sticks, he thrusts his body up into the air with a backflip kick motion.
Darius does this and when finished, he stands up and says-“Because of how light and easily maneuverable these weapons are, you can move faster and more freely than with a blade or gun. With a blade you have to take in the fact of which side of the blade is lethal and which is not. For the Escrima Stick, all of the stick is lethal when in the right hands.”- Motioning for everyone to gather up with their partners, Darius begins to say-“practice aiming for important and specific areas on the body. Take two minutes for each partner and slowly increase the speed as you see fit…Do not trade technique for speed. Slow and steady wins the race. It doesn’t mean anything if you can move light a lightning bolt but never hit your target. If this confuses you, watch Kodi and myself.”- Bowing towards Kodi as a sign of respect, Darius begins to show the group what to do with this training exercise. Because of his technique and speed, Darius knows to show the example as something they would be seeing. So he starts off slow and swings the Escrima sticks around a bit and showing them how they can move their bodies around to create fluid strikes.-“Use your sticks to defend.”- Thinking Kodi would be able to keep up with the normal motions of controlling the sticks because of her use of weapons, Darius begins to step it up. If Kodi were able to raise her sticks and defend the strikes, the exercise between the two of them would look like this.
After giving a display for a few minutes, Darius hits a spin on his back foot and faces the rest of the group.-“Let’s get to work.”-
Artemis would sort of being paying attention, using the stick to scratch the side of her temple, another yawn breaking free. There wasn’t much she could do at the moment but just watch Darius explain the vital points to attack with these dual weapons and she would listen on every word while still waking up. He was a really good leader and though it’d been a rocky start in the beginning he was going to get better little by little and Artemis would be there to support his decisions as best she could. She rubs the back of her neck and sighs softly, touching her shoulder lightly absent mindedly before getting up once he finished with his demonstration and told the partners to pair up and begin with their training. She gets up and calmly stretches out her legs, rotating her wrists with weapons in hand. With a slight crack of her neck she goes over to May and waits for her to get ready before flashing her new friend a wide grin. “Wanna get breakfast afterwards? I’ll pay. I’m starving to be honest.” She would ask while she lightly hopped one foot to another, stretching out her arms now so she wouldn’t hurt or strain herself waiting on May to do the same thing. She was more than happy to hold a little chatter with her before letting her know she would begin with the first attack, though Darius wanted them to take it easy and practice aiming, the sniper wouldn’t be able to hold still long enough though so she charged her, she wouldn’t hit her with them, simply imitating the hitting motion as her first attack is a feint swipe of her right hand when the left is the one that comes swinging in a haymaker fashion though instead of a fist it was this stick, using it as an extension of herself as it’d attempt to make contact with Mays temple or well it wouldn’t actually hit her just pretend to before she does a spinning back hand strike, the weapon soaring towards her other temple this time in a fake attack, something like this would be used to disorientate her opponent and rattle their line of vision depending on how hard it was used to hit them before she continued her movement in a fluid dance but she left herself open so May could attack her in return once she defended herself in either a block or dodge of sorts.
May was watching in amazement as Darius explained the different parts of the body that were best to hit. She observed the movements and made sure that she memorized the different parts of the body that would best take down an opponent. Holding onto the sticks she moved them with the motions that Darius was doing, taking note of how he moved the sticks and where they just might land. Standing there she rests her fists on her hips as she watched Kodi and Darius moved around the mat, her blocking his advances and his movements speeding up as the hits go here there and everywhere, trying to hit Kodi's body. Looking over at Artemis she spots her getting up from her seated position and stretched out her body. -That is a good idea- Lifting up her right ankle she stretches out her leg, then lifts her left ankle and stretched out that leg. With both feet back on the ground she stretches both arms up into the sky, stretching out her arms and back. Wiggling her hips back and forth, she feels like now she is ready for Artemis and her to start. “Wanna get breakfast afterwards? I’ll pay. I’m starving to be honest.” Smiling back at her, Mays voice is quiet "I would love to, I am hungry as well." Taking a deep breath May was not sure she was ready to start this fight, but she didn't think would ever be ready. Taking a fighting stance she stood sideways, placing her left leg back and the sticks were placed up in front of her face and torso. May's eyes widened as she watched Artemis charge at her full force. As Artemis's first attack was towards her temple she was not ready for the attack, but she watched carefully as the girls does a spinning back hand strike to her other temple. To block the attack, May brings up her right stick, her head moving to the side, her stick take the blow. With Artemis now open and giving May a chance to attack. She stepped forward, rotating her right hand so that the stick would act as if it would make contact with her Solar plexus. Her next attack would be the base of the left stick coming up to hit her left eye, but of course the impact did not touch her flesh. Spinning her whole body to the right with a swift movement, she would use both sticks to slam against her left chest. But again, May was glad that non of her movements actually touched Artemis, this was just practice.
Kodi would of kept her buxom body still letting Darius manuever the stick to each spot to a attack of each vital point of her body.. while he started to explain. Thus she only listened closely."The Sticks are designed to be an extension of arms, able to create blunt force against your opponent…With enough accuracy and technique you can shatter your opponents knee with one strike, break an opponent’s arm, and even blind them with a strike to the temple.”- Kodi only blinked her eyes as he started to spin the sticks around his body in such speed... using striking manuevers with the sticks upon his hands.. thus only to form a backflip.. Thus he saw as he was finished,stancing himself up..."Because of how light and easily maneuverable these weapons are, you can move faster and more freely than with a blade or gun. With a blade you have to take in the fact of which side of the blade is lethal and which is not. For the Escrima Stick, all of the stick is lethal when in the right hands.practice aiming for important and specific areas on the body. Take two minutes for each partner and slowly increase the speed as you see fit…Do not trade technique for speed. Slow and steady wins the race. It doesn’t mean anything if you can move light a lightning bolt but never hit your target. If this confuses you, watch Kodi and myself.”- With that said... Kodi would bow the same motion as Darius.... before standing back straight..gripping her sticks in each hand tightly.. while he had told her to use her sticks to defend herself.. she started to raise her right stick forth toward his stick.. that would of clanked against one another.. focusing her vision directly at the motions of his shoulders.. giving her the perfect time to defend against the sticks... The blonde female had her left stick clank against his inocming.. while it had been a normal pace... only Darius began to step it up... while the speed of the clanks of there sticks hitting against one another.. defending each strike. . that would be upon her... Thus after a couple of minutes..within the last strike.. she would of jerked her body back missing the hit completely before, They had ended the demonstration... Kodi had layed her hands down... while Darius told the group to all get to work... The blonde female looked down at the weapons... it seemed to have a calming effect on her... as if she could release all her stress.. It was better then hitting a meatbag.. or a punching bag... thus she inhaled an exhaled calmly.. as the rest of group would of done the demonstration that they just viewed.
EPIC 1980's MONTAGE OF AWESOME![]
-(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D-QD_HIfjA) *EPIC MONTAGE* While inside of the dojo, the entire team began to work and better one another. The sounds of the sticks smacking against one another creates a sound that is like music to Darius’ ears. The team goes at this for hours in the day without failure. Altogether, pushing one another to become stronger and faster. Lee and Ratchet, even with their size show how you should never underestimate an opponent.////The Next Day\\\\ Going into training with the sticks again, Ratchet leaps up into the air and swings the sticks like he is a helicopter. And with that Lee gets smacked over and over again with the sticks in a very comical fashion. With Ratchet landing on the ground, he looks up to Lee and says-“That’s right, Kung Pow Chicken! Ratchet can swing his big stick!”- This causes Artemis to laugh hysterically from picturing him in a cute little outfit while fighting Lee. After taking the hit, Lee looks over to see May having a small laugh about it as well. Wiping the blood away from his mouth they quickly go back into working on the drills.////A Few Days Later\\\\Running down the rooftops of District One, the entire team begins to practice their parkour techniques! Taking the lead both Darius and Kodi run at the point with everyone else behind them. With Ratchet and Lee in the back they are the only two without enhancements to keep them up with the group. But for some reason, after the first few days of getting trained; Lee begins to step it up and force himself to remain with everyone else. Darius yells out-“Come on, guys! Parkour and Free Running is all about having technique and no fear!”- The team quickly takes a leap from their position on some roofs and everyone makes the jump to the next side. All except Ratchet. Giving it all he has, his body is still small. But the small raccoon is resilient and forces himself to claw his nails into the building and he lifts himself up to keep up with everyone. Once they get to the edge of the rooftop, Kodi and Darius leap into the air and once their feet hit the pavement of the next building they both come to a combat roll to cushion the blow of their jump. Looking like a perfect tag-team pair, their movements remain synced together.
////( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chsq8WxcW4w) The Next Week\\\\ Darius and Lee are in the Dojo alone, two hours before everyone else is to wake up for training. Showing how far Lee is willing to push himself to stay with everyone else. Lee stands in the center of the dojo shirtless and his body covered with sweat. Darius walks around Lee on the outside of the mat with a katana in his left hand with the tip covered in a bright crimson colored liquid. In the center, Lee takes in a deep breath and begins to lift up his arms, revealing two Katana’s in his hands. With intensity, Lee motions his body to get into the stance that Darius had taught him with this form of Kenjutsu.
Once ready, Darius yells out-“AGAIN!”- And Lee quickly goes into action. Charging towards Darius, Lee begins to focus his energy and his concentration on mastering the Kenjutsu techniques that were taught to him. Swinging his body around with the blades, Lee begins to move with swifter and more fluid motions than he had begun with. He releases a war cry with each strike he makes. Darius simply lifts up his own katana towards Lee and blocks any shot that comes at him. The sound of metal sliding against metal and sparks flying across the room is all that can be seen and heard.
Once finished with his combo, Darius blocks the last attempted strike and though Lee is showing improvement, Darius quickly slides towards the left and slashes his own blade down against Lee’s thigh, slicing him open about a quarter of an inch deep. Lee screams out in pain as his body hits the floor. When he hits the ground the cuts on his back are exposed to the view of anyone watching now as it looks like Lee had been hit a couple of times by the end of Darius’ blade. Showing no mercy, Darius yells out-“AGAIN!”- May, watching from the corner, hiding herself behind the door watches Lee and wonders why he is pushing himself as hard as he is.////Two Days Later\\\\(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWr4yjxNKzA) The group continues to train as a unit, everyone beginning to get better. Artemis and May continue to train as partners and May’s improvement is seen greatly. Training with Artemis as a super soldier only helps her grow to take defeat and come back stronger the next time around. Working on the hand to hand combat, Artemis and May begin to go back and forth with great technique. Finally, Artemis leaps up into the air and while spinning her body around like a top, she swings her right leg around and smashes the back of her foot into the right cheek of May’s face. This causes May to stagger back a few feet back. Artemis, being the perky personality of the group quickly puts her hands up saying-“I’m Sorry! I’m sorry! Are you okay!?”- And Darius who is currently fighting Kodi yells out-“Don’t apologize in a fight! This is combat sparring! She isn’t your friend. She is your enemy. If you can hit her…that means the enemy can as well. Make her better, Blue Puff! Focus!”- And before he knows it, that is when Kodi slides in towards his hips saying-“That’s right! You should focus, Darius!”- and by the time he looks down, Kodi wraps her arms around his hips and with her strength, she lifts him up into the air and slams him down onto the back of his neck with a thunderous force.-“OOOOF!”- Darius yells out as he is slammed onto the mat.
////The Next Morning\\\\ Artemis runs around the hideout in her bra and panties, pushing her way into everyone’s room yelling out-“Darius is giving us the day off! WOOO! Rest Day! MAY COME LET ME SLEEEP ON YOUR BOOBS!...I MEAN PILLOWS!”- She then runs off to find her blonde friend. Lee on the other hand wakes up and continues to go about his daily routine. Pulling out his board of needles, Lee places his palms on the needles; letting them balance on the sharp points with all of his body weight. With his feet extending out in front of him as if he were sitting, he slowly begins to lift his body up into the air into a handstand!
Lee slowly lowers his body down and then back up, doing handstand pushups with perfect precision.////Three Days Later\\\\(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDpmVUEjagg) Practicing their parkour everyday, the entire group had seem to come to enjoy the cool tricks that come of practicing parkour. As they jump around the rooftops, Kodi and Darius once again take the lead. Hitting corkscrew flips off the side of a roof, Artemis and May come to enjoy some tag team techniques themselves. With a pole in the center, Artemis jumps onto the ledge and quickly back drops to the opposite side. With May right behind her, At the moment Artemis jumps off of the ledge; the girl girls actually hi-five in mid-air. May grabs hold of the ledge and finally back flips off as the team begins to move forward on the path.
As they all continue to jump from roof to roof, Lee moves over to May and in a sarcastic tone he asks-“So you think you’re cool or something with that backflip?”- In which she responds back with a seductive smirk-“I know I’m cool.”-////The Next Week\\\\After a month of training, everyone had progressed and become a lot stronger than they were when they started. In the dojo, another day of training has come to an end. Everyone had experienced physical change, whether they feel better about themselves or just overall look better. This is most noticeable in Lee who had come into his own with this month of training. Minus the scars, the muscle definition he had gained greatly shows. (http://i1.wp.com/pacejmiller.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/ripped-rain-in-ninja-assassin.jpg <---Lee without a shirt now) Everyone is covered in sweat and tired from a month straight of dedicated training. With everyone here and showing much improvement, Darius stands in the center of the dojo with good news.-“You have all made me very proud this month. You all showed dedication and pursued something that many would have quit. You are all amazing people…and I am glad to call you all my teammates. Now this isn’t the end of the road, we have yet to reach where we need to be…but…”- He then turns around and reaches down for a large wooden box with the logo of the Assassins on the top. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rO7UiIc1FU) Grabbing the box, he stares back at the group and says-“Roman, The Grandmaster and Mentor of our Brotherhood has approved each of you to be ranked as Initiate in our rank structure. You have all become one step closer to becoming ranked as an Assassin. And because of this, you have all earned the right to your own pair of Hidden Blades.”- Opening the box, there is dual hidden blades for everyone in the room who now rates a pair.
Because of their rank, they have yet to earn their own custom blades like Darius and other Assassins. They are merely allowed to train with and use these blades. Before giving everyone their blades, he looks out to all of them and says-“Accepting these blades is taking the next step into becoming a member of The Brotherhood…You no longer live a life of just yourself…But with your team. And by accepting these weapons…You accept our way of life. And you will follow the rules and guidelines that have been placed for us. Because of failure and betrayers…these rules are further laid out as you pass each individual test. For now, you will all learn our Three Tenets.”- The Assassins mainly emphasized three simple moral tenets that focused on ensuring a successful mission, mastery of emotions, and the safety of the Brotherhood.-“Stay your blade from the flesh of the innocent.”- The goal of the Assassins is to ensure peace in all things. The Assassins believed that political assassinations and the death of the corrupt would bring peace and a true sense of security to the common people. Slaying innocents and civilian bystanders who did not need to die could spread strife and discord, in addition to ruining the name of the Assassin Order itself.-“Hide in Plain Sight.”- Be unseen. The Assassins' aim is to get close to their target stealthily, and escape just as quickly. In more ancient times, Assassins aimed to perform ostentatious, awe-inspiring assassinations, usually in public. The greatest illusion from such an assassination was that the Assassin seemingly materialized from nowhere, killed a corrupt public figure, and vanished into the depths of the crowd or environment. If an Assassin was spotted stalking their target, the supernatural effect would be diluted, and it became more difficult for the Assassin to reach his target.-“And Finally…Never Compromise The Brotherhood.”- The actions of one must never bring harm to all. If an Assassin failed in his or her duty, and was captured or chased, he or she must never commit any action or say anything that could be tied back to the Brotherhood, or bring harm to any member of it.-“If you can accept these Three Tenets…You may move on to the next portion of your Assassin training. If not, no questions will be asked.”- With the box in his hands, he waits to see how everyone will respond.-
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During the course of an entire month, Artemis would agree with Darius that she needed the training. She was an excellent sniper and she held her own on hand to hand but holding ones own and surviving were two different things entirely. She didn’t mind being placed with May most of the time, knowing Kodi and Darius were on a higher level plus May was fun to be around and Lee would only be distracted if he trained with the blonde so they were placed every day to train. It wasn’t easy but of course she wasn’t expecting it to be. She had gotten to know a lot more about the blonde, and just as she suspected she had gone through hell and back much like everyone else on the team. But the bad only brought them together in a form of doing good someway or another as Artemis was a neutral. Darius had not noticed the tattoo on the girls shoulder and for good reason as it had been concealed with a rather impressive strong cosmetic. Water and sweat and even blood resistant….the mark of the sins….her sin. She’d been able to keep the secret this far. Now they were on the last day of their training and Darius stood before them as proud as could be for his team…they had come a long way in this short amount of time and they would only keep advancing. “Accepting these blades is taking the next step into becoming a member of The Brotherhood…You no longer live a life of just yourself…But with your team. And by accepting these weapons…You accept our way of life. And you will follow the rules and guidelines that have been placed for us. Because of failure and betrayers…these rules are further laid out as you pass each individual test. For now, you will all learn our Three Tenets.” All joking aside and her bubbly personality too she would stand at attention and listen to every word her boyfriend said…he gave it his all being their leader and training them so she would give him the respect he deserved. Once he was done speaking and everyone was done listening she would be the first to respond in a happy manner. “Right-O I read you loud and clear, boss!! You can count on me.” She didn’t feel bad about playing two sides to the same card…being in two different groups she knew where her heart lies and it was with Darius but unfortunately with a bomb strapped under her skin with the tattoo for the moment she had no other choice but to oblige her other boss….
Within a month’s time May had learned more then she would have even predicted. She also had some fun learning parkour, hand to hand, and the training sticks. She felt more comfortable with her own body and the movements that she was able to complete now after her extensive training. Now standing here with her fellow team mates, she looked down the line of assassins. Ratchet on the end radiated confidence, even for his short stature. Just looking at him, you could have sworn that he was 6 feet tall. Next to him, was Lee, she was still amazed by the dedication he had when training. She still remembers the day that she watched him fighting with Darius, she could see the commitment in his eyes as he fought. On the other end of the line was Kodi, May was still amazed by the sheer power that stemmed from that woman. She never faltered and her skill just improved with each day, not like she needed it though. Moving her gaze May came across Artemis, she had to smile lightly, May had never guessed that she would have actually gained a friend while training. She learned a lot from Artemis, not to ever give up. May had to admit that Artemis was a better fighter but that one fact helped her improve her skill. With every fail that May had, Artemis pushed her to get better. Now looking forward she looked upon her leader, her trainer, and her guide; the one man that took her out of the darkness and showed her how to be a true warrior. “Accepting these blades is taking the next step into becoming a member of The Brotherhood…You no longer live a life of just yourself…But with your team. And by accepting these weapons…You accept our way of life. And you will follow the rules and guidelines that have been placed for us. Because of failure and betrayers…these rules are further laid out as you pass each individual test. For now, you will all learn our Three Tenets” Listening closely, May straightens her body, ready to accept the blades of an assassin. “If you can accept these Three Tenets…You may move on to the next portion of your Assassin training. If not, no questions will be asked.” Looking Darius in the eyes, May nods “It would be an honor to be a part of The Brotherhood, I accept these Three Tenets.”
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMnarFXsPws )Within a month...Kodi's body had been muscled toned.. her legs.. mostly.. along with her arms.. it wasn't bulky like how a man or.. a steroid like woman would look .. though it complemented her thick body... The group would have been tired an covered in sweat.. though it was all worth it... They all stood in the dojo with Darius in the center...-“You have all made me very proud this month. You all showed dedication and pursued something that many would have quit. You are all amazing people…and I am glad to call you all my teammates. Now this isn’t the end of the road, we have yet to reach where we need to be…but…”- The blonde blinked while the male had grabbed a box... she seemed rather intrigued by it.. as he told them that the Grandmaster and Mentor of the Brotherhood.. approved each of them.. ranking them in the rank structure... The blue whirpools would glistened.. not really... accomplishing anything in her life.. it made her feel proud.. when Darius had said they had earned there Hidden Blades.. Thus just before they could obtain there blades...Accepting these blades is taking the next step into becoming a member of The Brotherhood…You no longer live a life of just yourself…But with your team. And by accepting these weapons…You accept our way of life. And you will follow the rules and guidelines that have been placed for us. Because of failure and betrayers…these rules are further laid out as you pass each individual test. For now, you will all learn our Three Tenets.”- Then Kodi would hear something that she always had a hard time doing.."Stay your blade from the flesh of the innocent.”- "Son of a ... I mean I can just punch citizens that are in the way not a problem..- She would of thought that.. this would of made Rutela laugh with such humor coming from Kodi.. Thus it was true.. even in fights.. Someone "innocent" is always in the way... Shaking her thoughts out from her head.. she then listened to the last of the Tenats...."If you can accept these Three Tenets…You may move on to the next portion of your Assassin training. If not, no questions will be asked.” The female stood there still.. as her eyes seemed to water... this was a faggot moment for the Brash blonde.. thus she looked away sniffling.. not wanting her team.. to see her cry... though it was a cry of Pride.... and Honor that overwhelmed her... If they would of stared at her... Kodi would of shook it off.. quickly wiping her eyes.."What I just got some shit in my eye! Tch!" With that... The female nodded in a serious expression, she folded her arms for a moment... gazing at the box where the blades would be placed up.."I will accept these Three Tenats.. and Move on....I shall make my own promise to one of the Tenats.. that I will not slay anyone with my blade toward the innocent and that is a promise..." Raising her right hand... she gave a nod at Darius.. as the Honorable shark stood there at ease.
-(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFvmdRQxL0k) After everyone had taken their vow to accept the cause of The Brotherhood, Darius smiles in happiness. Flashing them each a smile, he says in a proud voice-“You are all my family now. Brothers and sisters…”-Looking over to Artemis he gives a playful sarcastic tone-“Except you…Can’t have you as my sister and still do what I wanna do to you.”- After giving that small joke, they all look over to Kodi who is giving proud tears. Walking over to Kodi, he says to her-“Extend your arms out.”- And if she did, Darius would reach down and grab two hidden blades of the Initiate level. Slowly sliding them down onto her forearms, slowly tightening them to fit her body frame. Once tied down and onto her body, Darius says in a deep and powerful voice-“De Fratrum recipit vos”- Which is latin for “The Brotherhood Welcomes You.” He then lifts her right hand up with his own and gives her the handshake of The Brotherhood. (http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/8/80292/3246403-manshake.jpg) Also known as…The Manshake. Going down the line, he does this for everyone as a welcoming ceremony for them. He even has special sized blades made for Ratchet, not wanting him to feel out of place for his stature. Ratchet had come a long way just as much as everyone else and deserved the respect of reaching a level that even most humans don’t reach. Lastly, he comes to Artemis. Placing these blades on her arms, he tightens them down and he says to her-“Fratrum dilectio est recipit vos me”- Which means, (Because Google Translate is stupid XD) “The Brotherhood welcomes you, my love.” But unless any of them were fluent in the dead language, only he would understand what he said. After placing the blades on everyone, he slowly steps back to put the box back down on the floor. Standing in the center of the dojo, he looks at all of them with a serious face-“Now I know we put in a lot of work…and I know you are tired of me riding your asses…”-looking over to Artemis-“Some of you anyways.”- He then stares back to the whole group-“But now is the time…”- And with them probably tired of training and not wanting to see another month of hell, Darius lets it build up for a few seconds. He then says to them-“Now is the time to party and have fun!”- And waiting for their expressions to see if he is playing around, he laughs-“You guys have earned a little break from training. Let’s have some fun now!”-