Practical Training Begins!

[Zadora]

He was blocking her. He was willing to hurt himself with training him. But she knew he would have trouble avoiding her attack so that left with blocking. Letting her claws rip into his shin. She could feel the flesh part with slash. It almost made her sick. He was her friend but she was hurting him but he was training her. So pain will come with it. Her eyes trailed down to his shin. Watching the blood seep out of the wound and into his black fur.

She no longer had that feeling of build up. It all left her when she stroke him. Now she felt empty. She lifted her head to watch him. Watching as he slipped slightly from the snow. But he didn't fully fall. Her orbs watched as he rushed at her. She turned her upper body to the left, waiting for a moment until he was close to her. Once She was within just feet from him, She ran, Taking seven quick steps to the left from him. She was pulling distance between the two of them. She spin around, turning to face him one more. She slid back into her stance that she felt comfortable for her. Clawed hands extending once more. Preparing herself.

Her tail flicking from left to right several times before she calmed down. She was counting the flicks to ease her mind. To allow herself to think. "Four... Five... Six..." Only six times before she was calmed and curled around her waist. Her claws flexed. Knuckles cracking at the movement. She felt the build up once more. It wasn't as big as the first. But it was there. Slowly it was working it way up. She wasn't sure how or what it was but she didn't care.

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Shock Charge=49

[Rafael]

Feeling the dragging of Zadora's claws against his shin brought the pain of the wound to Rafael's mind. Although he had gotten used to the pain of wounds from slashing weapons since becoming a Beast in this new life the mere fact that pain was accustomed in battle had begun to leave his mind when actually in a battle. It was almost like the pain didn't register to him anymore when he was fighting against someone, but this wound did. It didn't just feel like a blade or in this case claws were digging into his flesh This brought with it a different type of pain along with the norm. It felt like Zadora was shocking him with her touch.

Rafael wasn't an expect at being a Beast as he had only been one for a short while, but he thought now he knew why Zadora had just shocked him or rather how. She was picking up how to fight rather quickly and adapting her own style that Rafael knew would actually work quite well in the wilderness and even against the Shinigami. Zadora was relying on his superior speed to get in close against Rafael then use her claws to slash him quickly and then before he could manage to attack her she'd back away. It was a very chance based method of battle, but she was fast enough that it could work against most that she went against he believed.

However, there would always be someone faster than her or someone that could react even faster than Rafael which could stop her method of fighting from being effective and actually hurt her in the long run. So she'd need to learn how to fight in a different manner as well. As for the shocking though Rafael could see it coming off her eyes now as she twirled her tail. Electricity it seemed was her ability. How it worked though was something they'd need to figure out. She didn't seem to realize that she had awakened her ability just as he had done in the battle against the insect beast.

Rafael had to teach her everything he could in order to make sure that she could become strong enough to protect herself and the others as well. So holding back wasn't an option. Focusing his energy into his feet Rafael would show Zadora a technique that he believed could aid her even more than it did himself. Rafael would suddenly vanish from Zadora's sight for a moment moving so fast directly at her that it would appear as if everything became dark. What really happened though is Rafael executed shunpo and just bashed his right shoulder into Zadora sending her backwards several meters. Rafael winced though from the shock he felt on his shoulder causing him to stop his assault. "So she doesn't even need to be the one attacking."

[Zadora]

It seems her last attack had affected him. She wasn't sure how nor did she regret the action. She was too annoyed to care at this very moment. Maybe later she would but not right now. She turned her gaze down for the moment to look down at the blood seeping from the wound she had just created with her own claws. Her eyes focusing on the red flesh that stood out against his back furr. The thought of it made her realize her own pain that throbbed in her cheek were he had stroke her. She resisted the temptation to reach up and touch the throbbing wound. She shook her head at rid herself of the pain and lifted her head to look back up at Rafael.

He seemed to be in thought. Maybe thinking of his next action? She wasn't sure but she was gonna way to see what he comes up with. Probably something to catch her off guard. She shifted her stance, dropping slightly lower. A predator waiting for the right moment to pounce its prey. Her claws flexing. Bones cracking at the movement of her flexing. She needed to be ready. ‘What will he down next?’ She thought as she looked over his form, searching for any sign to know what he will be doing next. Her eyes narrowing more. It was hard to determine without a sign, he remained still at the moment. What was he thinking?

She wasn't sure what happened next. One moment he was in front of her, standing motionless then sudden he was gone from her sight. Her eyes widen at the sight of her friend vanishing from in front her, She couldn’t think much until she felt a sharp pain shot across her front. The gasp that was force from her muzzle nearly had her choking at all the air leaving her lung. Her body sliding back several feet from him. Midway, she lost her foot, falling backwards. Her paws hands reached forwards like she was reaching for something as she landed on her rear.

She slide until a tree stopped her. Her back pressed firmly against the back, with her head down. She was having trouble gaining her breath. Each pant she took was like her lungs couldn't take it. Like they needed more with each breath. One way to decide the way she was feeling was like her lungs were starving for oxygen. Wincing at the feeling on her rib cage moving with each intake. It hurt a lot. One pay grasping the leather that covered her chest well the other planted at her side. Claws digging into the ground as she lowly rose her head to look up at him.

That feeling she had that was building up, gone. She blinked. Did it leave her when he touched her? She looked up to his face to see he was wincing. What the build up, of what ever it was, hurting him? What was he experiencing? How was she hurting him? She was full of questions that she couldn't figure out the answers to. She was completely clueless. Her stripped ear twitched, hearing his words. She blinked once more. What was he going on about? "What are you talking about?!" She snapped out as she slowly rose to her feet. She felt the muscle in her legs tremble. She was still breathless from his last attack. Annoyed about the build up was gone. Frustrated with the way her fur feels. Frustrated with herself for not knowing anything.

[Rafael]

Rafael felt the impact of his side against Zadora and knew even in that fraction of a moment that he had collided with her. He could feel her for a brief millisecond before the sensation of her body against his was overwhelmed by the painful prickling sensation of electricity dancing throughout his nerves. There was no doubt in Rafael's mind now after experiencing it twice in such a short amount of time that this was Zadora's unique ability. It seemed she could somehow shock things as opposed to his ability to rapidly heal.

The distance between them increasing over the next few moments to none existent to a few feet Rafael fought through the slight pain of the electricity that although it was painful he could tell wasn't as bad as the first time. That meant her ability fluctuated depending on something. The most important thing Rafael felt he had learned so far though was the fact that Zadora didn't seem to have to be the one to make contact for her ability to actually harm an opponent. It fact it was so important and frankly surprising that Rafael had spoken out loud to which Zadora now replied asking him what he was talking about.

Rafael stopped for a moment and started at her for some reason embarrassed that he had spoken out loud. Usually his thoughts were his own. After hiding within himself for so long the idea of his thoughts splitting out for someone else to hear was rather scary. Zadora got up to her feet after she had been knocked down by Rafael's shoulder bash. It was commendable that she managed to get back up when she didn't have much experience dealing with pain or fighting, but Rafael noticed the trembling of her back leg and decided on what the next course of action for them both should be.

"Enough for now Zadora. You're improving fast. It seems your ability has awoken. Can you feel it?" Rafael wasn't all that sure what type of questions to ask her in regards to her power when he barely knew about his own and nothing besides his alone. He smiled though happy to see that pretty soon Zadora might become strong enough to stand beside him as friend in battle.

[Zadora]

She winced at the pain the gripped her chest. Her pawed hand remained gripped the leather cloth that covered her chest. She turned her head to the side to cough. Her body tensing at the cough as the pain rippled a crossed her torso. The after effects had her panting once more. She narrowed her eyes as she turned her head to face him one more. She sheathed her claws to prevent them from ripping the leather. She stood there in the silence waiting for him to answer her question.

“How did you become so fast?” Even with her waiting she couldn't stop herself from asking another question. She wanted answers. And she wanted them right now. Her tail behind her flicked back and forth behind her, in a rapid motion. A sign of irritation. And maybe because of the pain she was feeling each time she took a deep breath. Even speaking hurt. She forced her paw from the leather cloth to fall to her side.

Keeping her breathing as small as possible as he finally spoke. She stiffened as he mentioned her power. She furrowed her brows as she cocked her head to the side blinking. Was he talking about the sudden irritation in her furr when she was fighting him? She shook her head in a slight motion. Even the slight motion hurt. She bit down on her bottom lip preventing her from taking a long intake of breath. She shifted and sat on the ground seeing as he had said enough for now.

[Rafael]

Rafael watched Zadora as he spoke seeing more than enough signs that the shoulder bash had perhaps been going to far as she was definitely hurt. He hasn't seen her acting the way that she was right now before and that's when it hit him. Zadora had been the only member of the small pack that hadn't been at least hurt badly by the large insect Beast that had attacked them. Perhaps Zadora didn't really know how to deal with pain. Rafael felt guilt and sadness building around his consciousness for a few moments only for the massive Beast to catch the emotions and crush them beneath logic. He knew what had to be done in order for Zadora to become strong and the pain she was feeling right now would be nothing compared to what others would do if she couldn't defend herself.

Rafael hadn't even finished telling Zadora about her ability when she asked him how he had moved so fast. It was obvious that she was referring to the technique acceleration technique that Rafael had picked up a few months ago from the boat Beast he'd met during his first few weeks in the wilderness. He had been planning on teaching both Zadora and Lolth the technique together, but he realized that now that Zadora had seen it she'd want to learn it right away and he couldn't blame her. If the technique allowed him to move fast enough to catch her off guard he could only imagine how useful it could be to her. "It's a technique I learned from a Beast I met before you. He told me it's one that both Beast and Shinigami use to increase our speed for a single step. I'll teach you it Zadora, but first stop trying to fight the pain. Its going to hurt and I'm sorry for that, but you've got to learn to deal with it not turn away from it. Your ability I think has awaken though which is more important. Try moving around more." Rafael could see Zadora flicking her tail and moving her arm and as she did the electricity that he could see coming off her eyes grew in size. He wanted to see just what other signs if any there were to her ability.

[Zadora]

There was silence once more. Her feet planting on the forest floor began to tap against the patted down snow. She was growing annoyed with the silence between the two of them. She would rather him talk and explain what he was talking about. A small growl vibrate in her throat as she stared at him. Her head titled up, staring at his face. Her paws curled into a first. She was just gonna sit there until he answered her. Her tail thumping against the snow covered ground causing small burst of snow to fly in the air with her irritated act at least seven times before resting on her lap.

When he finally spoke, explaining what he had used. A technique? She furrowed her brows. Why hadn't he showed her it before? A scowl placed on her features as she turned her head to the side. He learned to be faster then her. Even if it was in a single step. The vivid memory flashed through her mind. Him standing in front of her then a mere second later was gone to reappear near her and ram his shoulder into her front.

Her head lifted as she told her to stop fighting the pain. She narrowed her eyes to his words. He wanted her to be consumed by the pain that was flaring up in her chest at the slightly breath. Another growl rumbled in her throat. The sound held more of a wheeze as she glare at him. Her ears flicked back as he mentioned her to more. She shook her head for a moment before slowly easing herself into a standing position.

Merely standing had her winded. Wincing as she shifted on her feet before jumping back away from him twice. Once she landed, she looked at him then turned her head away as she gasped. Pain ripping through her chest at the large intake of breath. She shook her head. She gave a sigh as the pain subsided after a few moments of her shaking her head. She began walking towards him. Taking only six steps until she deemed she was close enough which was back into the back she had landed when he shoulder bashed her torso. "Now what?" She grumbled out towards his direction

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Shock Charge=59

[Rafael]

Standing in the same spot that he had been in for going on a minute now Rafael's blood began to stain the snow beneath his right foot as he watched Zadora. He felt like the two of them shared quite a bit not just because they were both feline Beasts, but they got along normally pretty well. At the moment That didn't seem to be the case as she growled at him. She wasn't growling loudly, but he could still hear it and tell by it that she was angry at him. Rafael knew he could assert his dominance and the instinctual side of him nearly did as he felt his own growl building in his throat. It wasn't as pronounced as Zadora's thanks to Rafael catching himself, but Zadora would still be able to hear the much larger noise emanating from the massive panther.

As she fought through the pain and got to her feet then jumped backwards twice only to them walk towards him again he kept his grey eyes locked on her golden orbs. It was clear now that he had been right. Every additional step she made caused the electricity coming off her eyes to flutter more intensely while it seemed to grow in size although that was much harder to tell both due to the distance between them and the fact that it was moving. Zadora asked him what was next and Rafael grinned showcasing his massive fangs. "Run your paws together and look closely at them I want to check something." Rafael wasn't completely sure yet, but every time he'd felt the shock he had touched her . . specifically her fur. He wanted to see if by moving two parts of her together if any electricity would become visible.

[Zadora]

She seem to know that he knew she was mad at him. Taking notice that he had heard her growling at him for her returned the favor. Her ears pressed back at the deep sound that was much louder than her own emanating from his throat. Once around her tail began to flick around rapidly after it sharply flicked away from her. Her eyes closed for the moment as she counted the anger flick until they finally died down to a simply sway. "Four.. Five.. Six.. Seven.." Finally she was calm after the seventh flick.

She looked back to him noticing that he had been staring intensely as she did as told. She was confused with his commands. First he wanted her to move around. And now he was telling her to rub her paws together. It was like she was a toy and he was inspecting it. It frustrated her but she still did as told. She rubbed her paws together. Rubbing them together four times before she separated her paws briefly to look down at her. Her eyes widen the instant her paws separated.

Her eyes focused in the sight of a small courses of lightening that flicked around her right paw to her left. She watched as the stream of lightening dance a cross her fur heading up her arm. But it didnt hurt her. No, it caused the feeling of someone ruffling her fur or when she was extremely anger and her fur bristling. "What is this?" She asked as she held up her arms watching little trails of lightening dancing a crossed her fur.

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Shock Charge= 59+33=92

[Rafael]

Rafael watched once again as Zadora motioned her tial from one side to the next. He was beginning to think that this motion of hers was so way for her to help think over things. It didn't matter to him he could just see that it did indeed help her which was all that mattered in the long run of things. She still didn't look at that pleased with being told what to do when she obviously didn't get why she was being told what to do. Thankfully she didn't keep making a big deal out of it though and just did what he told her to do for the moment.

The next few moments that passed were the ones that made all of the trouble worth it as the look on her face as she saw the lightning was one that brought a warm smile to Rafael's face. She looked like a little child who had just found a brilliant new toy yet wasn't so sure that it was theirs yet, but yet hoped beyond hope that it was. Finally it seemed like she was going to calm down and start learning what needed to be learned at the moment. "It seems that's your ability Zadora. You seem to be able to make lightning that shocks whatever you touch. From what I've seen it works when you move though."

[Zadora]

She eyed the lightening course a cross her fur. Her head cocked to the side watching it flicker about. She turned her head to look at him blinking. Looking to the smile on his muzzle as he watched her examining the lightening on her fur. Her tail lazily swayed back and forth as she turned back to the little lightening that was dancing around on her black stripped fur. She blinked when he spoke. Pulling her attention from the lightening towards him.

Her ability? She keep her head cocked to the side. She remembered him going about them having abilities but she couldnt remember where. She pushed side the thought to continue to listen to his words. " So that is why I feel like my fur is alive? Moving on its own? And what is with the feeling of each time I move that there is this weird building up feeling but when I touched your or when you shoulder bashed him its sudden gone?"

She was just full of questions. And she wanted as much information as he could give. She thought back on the growing build up with her movement then it suddenly being gone when she touched him or when he had touched her. It left her feeling empty, hollow inside. It made her want to build up the growing feeling once more. She turned to look at him. "Is there any other visible traits of this power?" She asked. She turned her head back down to her arms, waiting for a moment until the flash of lightening darted in several directions of her arm.

[Rafael]

Zadora it was easy to see wasn't all that sure about what was going on at the moment. Rafael could recall when he had first activated his ability how it had caused him pain beyond what he had though imaginable, but shortly after realized that the pain had brought along with it a blessing as all the wounds he had sustained began to disappear. His ability was one that helped him handle all of the dangers that came with living in the wilds and being a Beast. Zadora hadn't been in the wilds long just like Rafael and although she was strong willed and spirited the massive panther wasn't all that sure she would have been able to survive for very long if they hadn't crossed paths with one another. That problem though seemed might No longer be a factor with this ability.

Zadora was looking over herself as if watching a light show or something enticing as the electricity danced across her fur from one m spot to the next. It was nice to see her take such a happy expression to her ability. It seemed though that although the ability was her own she didn't understand it. That wasn't surprising though as Rafael in truth didn't have a clue how his ability worked. All he knew was how to activate it and how to do a few different things by focusing. She mentioned how it felt like her fur was alive yet when she touched him or when he touched her it was gone. That was what Rafael needed to know in order to get at least a little bit of an understanding on what her power might be. "I can only guess Zadora I'm not very good at understanding my own ability. I think you're feeling the electricity that you build up in your fur and then when you touch someone that electricity goes into them. When you touched me it felt like I was being shocked by lightning."

Rafael kept thinking over every little bit of information about Zadora since her ability had started in order to try and understand it more, but he didn't get very far before she asked him if there was anything else that have away she had activated her power. "When you have electricity built up it looks like there's lightning coursing off your eyes. Right now actually it looks like lightning is wiggling off your face." Rafael answered as if his attention was somewhere else trying to think of something as he already knew what he had just told Zadora. He was trying to think of someway to help her grasp her ability better. "Zadora let's see how much you can build up. Can you keep walking around I'll watch and see if it ever looks like it's not getting bigger."

[Zadora]

For the moment, She completely pushed asides his presences to just watch the lightening. It was amusing to watch it flicker in different directions in disorganize pattern. Like the lightening wasn't sure of where it wanted to go. Like a little kid who was undecided of what they want to do and keeps switching their mind. Watching as it split, separating to head to different directions of her body before joining with a different lightening.

When he spoke to her, describing about her ability, She lifted her head to look at him. Giving him her full attention. Well just part of it anyways. And for him it was just a guess. Then when he spoke of how he felt when he had touched her. She felt slightly guilty for causing him pain but the feeling soon passed. 'This it for training.. No need to feel guilty.' She though as she shook off the feeling. Plus he probably caused her more pain then she did when she was shocking him.

She perked a brow when he had answered her one question. Like lightening wiggling off her face? The answer he gave her caused a small laugh to leave her. Maybe because his attention seemed to be else where, that he gave her an amusing answer? How knew but he seemed right in the mind as she spoke to her once more. She listened to his words as he told her to walk about. She keep her brow perked for the moment before doing as he had asked.

She backed up four steps before spinning half a circle so that her back was to him. She walked away from him, counting her steps out loud this time. "One.. Two.. Three.. Four.. Five.." She spoke before turning to face him one more. She moved back to return to his side. Looking down to her foot prints. Stepping in each out until she was back to his side, retracing her steps. Counting out all the nine steps she had taken before she was back in the spot she was in before heeding his demand.



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Shock Charge=74+92=166

[Rafael]

Watching the lightning dance across Zadora's fur was almost as attention grasping for Rafael as it was for Zadora yet the ebony panther pulled himself away from the stimulating jolts of lightning long enough to speak. Once he had said what was on his mind he was caught off guard. He hadn't been expecting Zadora to laugh especially not with the tense air between the both of them that had started during the training. Now that she was laughing though Rafael couldn't help a smile spreading across his own face. It was nice to see her happy and laughing the way she was he couldn't image that she was angry at the moment.

The tense air between them felt gone and Rafael felt better for it, but now it was time to learn more about her ability and what it could really do. So as Zadora began to move once again Rafael made sure to keep his attention on the lightning jolts dancing across her fur and not on anything else that may try to gather his attention. He could see as she got further away that the jolts began to appear more frequently happening over and over again faster than when she had been in front of him. Then as she began to walk back towards him Rafael could see the strands of lightning coursing off her eyes were not only bigger, but were still growing in size and length.

His assumption was being proven correct in his opinion as she reached him once again. It looked like movement was definitely the key to her ability beyond that though Rafael knew he wouldn't be able to learn anything more concrete. All he could hope to learn and help her with more would be gained through experience and practice. "The more you move the more lightning it seems you make. Based on when you touched me the more you build up the stronger the shock you can cause when you touch something."

Rafael was just telling Zadora what he assumed she was figuring out on her own as well, but that's when it hit him. He had been trying to train Zadora so that she would be able to defend herself and him as well as Lolth whenever they would be attacked again. If Zadora had this kind of power and could manage to always land at least one good hit on an enemy then they'd always have a chance at winning. So he just had to make sure that she could get that single hit. "How would you like to learn that fast technique I used earlier?" Rafael asked knowing that Zadora was going to jump at the chance to make herself go even faster than she could already achieve.

[Zadora]

With her still, She was watching the lightening grow more visible as well as in numbers. It was amazing to see such a thing. She was stunned. Just by walking and doing a half turn. It caused such things. And it felt different from when it first activated it. Even though she didn't know of it first but now with him saying that she has. The build up was larger. Filling her. She was shifting on her feet taking in the different feels that the build up brought in her.

First thinking of the feeling it brought her was just her irritation was the reason why her fur had felt odd. A simple illusion from her anger. But know she knows that the electricity that was coursing a crossed the top of her fur. She watched him form a smile a cross his muzzle when she had laughed at his answer. She smiled towards him feeling the mood in her lighten until she felt that she was no longer annoyed with him.

When he spoke about her lightening the answer was already with her. After she stopped, it wasn't hard to guess with the more frequent lightening that darted around in her body. She gave a nod of agreement with him. She extended her arms out in front of her. Turning her attention back down to her arm. Waiting just moments before several bolts of lightening zipped down her arm, spinning around her finger tips before zipping back up her arm to split in different directions. Like a little light show for her.

When he spoke once more, her smile turned into a grin. Learn what he had just used on her? She nodded her head eagerly, bouncing slightly on the large pads of her paws in excitement. If her ability was based on movement then it will really help her? Surely it should. When what would the build up feel like? Should be larger than what she feels like right now? "Yes. How did you do that?" She asked, eager to know how he had gotten so fast.