Sailerya and the Spirit: Sparring (Closed to Shi Ryurou and Sailerya)

Shi was still furious. Not at Saileyra, but at himself. Why did this shit keep happening to him? He needed a way out of this. Not out of O.C.E.A.N, but out of his emotions. He needed a way to keep himself if check. Sai was one of the two people Shi respected without question, and that perhaps was why his shock and rage were able to take control. The thought of trusting and respecting someone and having that just randomly happen was quite a shock for him. It brought back memories of him training with his clan mates. They would assault him without need, harden him to the point he was cold and callous both in body and in heart. Sai seemed to acknowledge that there was some underlying issue with him at the moment, and as such she was compassionate. She listened, and she once again tried to calm him and promised that her technologies were not meant to harm him. She was being rather upbeat and humerous about it, and Shi smiled a little, only to be polite. In truth he still mentally desolated himself for letting his emotions get the better of him.
   "Shi, your not leaving OCEAN.I need you and at least not on terms like this, we all have points in ourselves that aren't pretty. I have programming called Exodus, if I don't battle, I need it. It drives me. XETA are programmed for war, survival, and destruction; not that all of us are into that type of thing, but without a frequent fight we can go berserk like you did." She said to him
   It started to make sense. The reason she went to attack him was her releasing some vent up drive because of this ‘Exodus’ program. So in a sense, to her this was natural, and beneficial to both members of her kind. The everything that caused her to attack was the very thing that caused Shi to RE-act. His reaction was appropriate in his eyes, and he still deemed her randomly striking at him to be confusing, but this was his friend, part of his new family. He would learn to deal with it. Perhaps is fighting can calm the dfeelings that cal her to battle, it can calm his emotions that drive him as well. Shi touched his shoulder, flinching. She really must not have any idea how badly of shape he was really in. She could have killed him, even holding back. Shi had simply forgotten that she didn’t know.  
    It was rather interesting that Sailerya had a weakness for being judged. Shi never wanted harm or insult from his mouth to any ears. It was also a great relief to learn that she thought that he was a capable warrior, and that he was worth keeping around. She even addressed the Void issue, which actually only made him feel worse, considering the dark thoughts he had been having recently. He knew he’d have to face the music.  
   ”Great move Saileyra, so if he manages to kill me then at least I know that you’ll avenge me.”Shi thought to himself, humored by the concept. If Shi died, then it was his time to. Vengeance was not necessary. Then again somehow it made him comforted, and it justified his feeling the same way for his new family.
     ”I misjudged…how many other mistakes have I made?” the spirit wailed inside him. Thankfully Sai couldn’t hear THAT one or it would have been pathetic. Shi took the straw had in his hand and smiled a little.
    ”Saileyra…I know now that sparring is something that you do, and I’m sorry for mistaking your intentions. The only way I’ve known anyone to bond was through something trivial, such as crafting, talking or dancing…like normal people.” Shi said. He wanted to lead Sai into thinking he was judging her a little. It’s true that he knew she despised it, but he hoped to make a very important point. “But being normal is overrated, I like being a freak…we get stuff done.” He said with a tip of the straw hat. ”But I guess with all of this behind us and this misunderstanding cleared up I have one last question, and I know it might not be the best time, but...” Shi began he stepped a little bit farther away and he smiled with a lifted eyebrow. If this is how her people bond, then he needed to at least try, he owed that to her. ”May I have this dance?” the word dance meaning he wanted to try this sparring thing again, with the whole random attacking out of the way.
  If Shi was destined to defeat, it damn well better be to Rai, or Sai.

Shi was far weaker than he had ever been before. He slashed, the two spirit blades slipping out and aiming to cut her into three peices vertically. Not seriously, of course, but in a true match that would have been their purpose. He pushed off, throwing himself back, digging his hand into the ground to come to a halt. he coughed, but didn't let it slow him. Shi was working through great pains and serious physical health issues to make this spar happen, but he agreed to it, so he'd make it worth her time. He shadow stepped twice, once to be behind her, to play off of his stereotype, but then once more to the position he had shadow stepped from. Yes shadow steping was tiring, but he could press on while tired. With a second slash Positrione to be a diagonal uppercut across her midsection, if it made contact, Shi smiled to see how she would react if he managged to get her.

The blade connected, and Shi's armor shattered. She had managed to hit it in JUST the right area. Her combat skills were greatly developing. Shi found himself both envious and proud of her. She had come so far in just the short time he knew her. he smiled as shattered peices of armor shimmered to the ground like tears at a funeral. He was not going to be out done. He was gettinng backed into a corner, and that didn't happen often. Just more frequently this past month or so then ever before. IT was expected though, his enemies, and in this case allies, had all been growing stronger while he remained ever stagnent. His complacency would be the death of him, had this been a real battle. Shi countered with his superior reflexes and aimed for the small area that her shoulder blade sat in. He brought his blade down like a mighty hammer, and the spirit blades sounded out, one aimed for her throat, and the other for her calf.

Shi saw the knee coming, and normally he would have easily manuvered, but in his current state it was useless. Even with superior reflexes, it was impossible to avoid it in the condition his body was in. He was staggered and the slash caught the armor just right and the entire tyorso fell from his body. He groaned as he shadow stepped across the room, placving god distance between him self and Saileyra. He needed a second to recalibrate his mind, and knowing how similar Saileyra and Shi were, he wasn't going to get that second. He finally noticed that his entire torso beice was laying on the ground. He had meant to repair it, but never got to it. Now Sai would really see just how battle-damaged he was. His entire body was bandages, and now blood was seeping through his wounds, his movements alone were enough to open them up again. He recalled the exploding mechanical lackey, the blade that had the energies of Death. He Had one last trick up his sleeve before this was over, the same trick he used on the beautiful bionic bitch at Madagascar. Shi could feel the wite bandages absorbing the red blood, becomin saturated to the point that blood was trickling down him. He charged Sai, no warning, no hesitation. There was a relentless slashing, Shi building up momentum to begin the end of this fight.

This was it. Shi knew this wouldn't be enough to kil her, but it would be enough to let her know he was able to. Shi held his blade up and caught on to Sailerya's blade. She used her strength and speed to her advantage, as Shi anticipated her would. He smirked as he began to execute his plan. He sprawled back, allowing Sailerya's strength to practically throw him back, he charged in and hopped up throwing a swift kick to her left cheek, anticipating her to defend with ease. Then using his momentum he twisted and attempted to deliver a swift kick to the right cheek.
 
          "Kaze no Shi." Shi whispered, just loud enough to be a mantra to find his center. He suddenly began shadow stepping around her, each shadow step carrying him thirty yards at roughly 550 miles per hour. Each shadow step allowed him twelve slashes with his Kushalatatsu while begining to create a vaccum of air. Shi shadow stepped four times, causing fourty eight blades of pure spirit energy to striek at Saileyra from random angles, making it nigh impossible to predict, let alone actually defend against. This was Shi's true form of damage, as it took his normal human strength, but amplified it using the extreme velocity of the movements, and produced many of them. This wa sthe only way Shi was ever able to defeat someone, the sheer physics of a one hundred pound force coming at you accelerated by 550 mph was bound to hurt. This synergy of skills was exhausting, and it was a last resort. this time, however, Shi was not aiming to kill, merely ensure that he was not taken lightly of. So Shi only used a third of his true strength. It would still hurt, but there would be no lethality at all.