Training thread (Hotaru/Hokori)

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

Hotaru arrived at the field with a stick that was as long as her zanpaktou. She knew that they were to use no powers, so this was going to be an interesting fight. She walked out onto the field, looking around to see if he was even here yet. There was nothing really out on the field that they could hide behind or throw at each other, so it was a level playing field. She stood in an easy stance, knees bent and her stick in her right hand. She took a breath and got herself ready for her opponent.

When he came to the field, he nodded to acknowledge his presence before she ran into attack. She didn't want to give her opponent enough time to look around and get their bearings. She ran up to him with her stick being held in both hands, held horizontally across her chest. She would keep her eyes on her opponent at all times, hopefully so she could notice any weird changes or tics that she could've noticed. While running in, she would extend her arm out to slash/hit his right arm.

[Hokori Kuchiki]

The captain was waiting for her; Hokori Kuchiki was in the field cross legged and meditating with the wooden stick on his lap. It was heavy for a sick, and pretty straight to which made it a good sparring substitution for his sword. But it was still light, Hokori was acutely aware of the seal on his body where his shoulders met his neck. Sealing off his reiastu completely and reducing his abilities to a human. He had trained and surpassed this level. So it was odd that he would be reduced back to this level. That wasn’t to say he wasn’t able to deal with it. He was just slower and lacked his ability to use kidou or his hana. He looked over at Hotaru Kuchiki as she entered the other side of the field and stood up beginning to walk towards her.

As he walked he noticed the lack of objects on the terrain. Barren dirt and scrub terrain would allow excellent even foot work. With a lack of obstacles this would be a head to head confrontation, which wasn’t Hokori’s style one could say. However he was able to adjust and evolve to fit the needs of any given situation. This one wasn’t going to be worth ripping out hair and so he preceded closer, coming within combat distance. Taking in Hotaru’s form and stance, knees bent stick in her right hand. He came to a stop with his right foot forward and his right hand forward with his stick pointed out at Hotaru’s form.

He nodded acknowledging that the fight had begun and she wasted no time in attacking. Dashing forward she swung out her blade in an attempt to bypass his stick and hit his right arm, Hokori saw the attack for what it was and rotated the stick in his hand into a reverse grip fashion taking a single step forward as her attack closed on his bringing his arm closer to his body for added stability. The rotation and then brace of his hips allowed for him to block her incoming attack and brace forcing a bind of the sticks. If she tried to back up his strength and push would overpower her, her strike using mainly her arm and his block and counter push using most of his body.

His stance was still good, and during his initial step forward with his left foot. His left hand lashed out in a very strong very fast horizontal chop to the neck just below the jaw line. What was the purpose of his strike placement? Pain and disorientation, for there was a lymph node and stress point where he chopped. It would cause eye watering, stinging pain, and disorientation to Hotaru’s balance as well as it would cause her breathing to become labored for a second due to the sudden pain and shock of having the node smash her wind pipe. It was a vicious first strike, and the danger lied in Hokori’s counter attack. His attack lashed out with minimal difference in his defense of her strike and his counter attack, giving her little time to react. How she would react he was waiting to see.

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

When Hotaru went in to attack him, she watched as the stick was held in a reverse grip, straight against his right forearm, to block her incoming attack. When her attack was blocked, she noticed a movement out of the corner of her eye. It seemed like he was trying to dull her senses by a direct hit to her neck. She needed to try to avoid that happening at all costs, so she was trying to think as fast as she could on how she could counter this effectively.

She could try to duck under the hit, but then her right arm would be exposed to getting hit by his chop. Even though they had weakened themselves to a human level, they were at peak condition. She needed to figure out a counter where she would avoid the chop altogether, and keep her arm still intact. It was then she had an idea. When he blocked and she saw the chop coming, she had a few seconds before the chop actually connected with her.

Since her right foot was more forward due to her slash and his left foot was now forward in preparation for his chop, she moved her right foot right behind his left foot right after he put it down. She then quickly put her left hand under her right on the stick and pushed forward using all of her body weight. While she pushed, she would move her right foot, pulling it towards her in an attempt to pull his left leg out from under him.

Since he was dedicated to the attack, she figured that once she pushed, he wouldn't be able to stop his momentum from that attack, making it unlikely for him to push back against her with his full weight, since she now had both hands on the stick and was pushing with all of her weight forward. This attack would happen at the same time, so by the time she was pushing forward, her body would be in a different position than it was, making her avoid his chop all together.

If this worked, he would fall on the ground and she would effectively sit on his chest, having her arms holding down his and her shins putting pressure on his legs. She knew that this attack had a high percentage of working, but this man was a Captain. He had fought in many battle, probably more than she had. She kept her confidence, hoping that this would be the move to turn the tide of the fight in her favor.

[Hokori Kuchiki]

Hokori noted the foot that Hotaru placed behind his own. Such a move was texbook to try to trip someone, but she encountered a few problems. His initial attack had been a chop to her neck, However he had to make a slight change to his attack. His body had already been pushing with his full weight when she attempted to use her weight to match his. Therefore bringing them both to a stale mate. However, it was to be noted that their physical bodies were both in the prime, and unfortunately biology worked against her. He was innately stronger than she was due to his gender and build. So she didn't push him down as she had wanted or intended.

Instead some dirty fighting was actually employed, Hokori's left hand grabbed a handful of her hair and pulled backwards as he pushed to further his overpowering push. With his pushing and his pulling of her hair to put her on the ground He put a knee pinning her arm to chest and her body to the ground. pointing his stick at her eyes. Waiting, his eyes commanding that she stay still that this was over, he didn't doubt she'd try to free herself. and he'd react accordingly, but at the moment he had the upper hand.

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

Hotaru put her foot behind Hokori's and even though he used his weight to try to stalemate her, she still moved her foot, which was behind his. It seemed that he paid more attention to her push than her actual foot. So, while she moved her foot, she hit his Achilles' tendon and pushed on it to get him to trip. She put enough force that his foot still moved and even though they were at a stalemate, he was still tripped. Since he was now off balance, she continued to push into him, hopefully forcing him to the ground. He still had one foot on the ground, but she didn't think he would be able to retaliate with one foot off the ground and one foot on the ground, but now baring his entire weight.

Since he was off balance, the grab that he went for was unable to connect. So, he was falling backwards towards the ground, with her easily avoiding his hand and grabbing it with her right, pushing it towards his chest. So, if he wasn't able to overcome his falling, he would find himself laying flat on his back, her body weight completely on his chest with his left hand pushed towards his chest. She would put that hand under her quickly, using her body weight to pin him to the ground. She still had her legs free to move if she needed to, but as of right now, she had the upper hand.