“Dodge!”
Elise zipped right and left quickly as rocks flew past, stopping short of another dodge as one passed to where she was heading. Ducking down another the size of her head flew by and crashed behind though was quickly followed by a rain of many more. Leaning back she bent and flipped, evading many of them though not all. Her eyes looked ahead as she skidded back upon landing, locking sight on Alto who seemed to simply grin.
“Dodge what?”
“Hmph, not bad. That time I didn’t even get your face or torso.”
“Because I know what to expect, huff. You pelted me enough yesterday, I don’t want to be hit anymore.”
“See, that’s muscle memory,” he laughed.
“No it’s not, that’s me not wanting to get hit anymore! Mate, I’ve only had one damn day doing this. I don’t see how I’d have any kind of memory or anything yet.”
“Is it? Well maybe but it doesn’t matter. Yesterday you would’ve just gotten hit and this time you evaded. Nice job. Your mind is becoming more focused and that’s what’s important. Most impressive.”
“Heh, thanks.”
“Still not good enough. Had those been bullets you probably would’ve been too slow and died.”
“Cut me some slack, I’m not fighting a war with humans. I’m fighting people who don’t use guns, beasts. Even Hunters don’t use guns unless they buy into that Werewolf legend silver bullet nonsense.”
“Uh huh. Well so far you’ve improved a bit from day one, so here comes the next wave,” he said walking over to a pile of rocks of varying sizes.
His hands shot into the pile and ripped from it many as he turned to face Elise once more with a smirk, grunting as many more flew. She stood ready, eyes locked, ears… perked.
SNAP
Her head shot up and she quickly bolted to the right, evading both rock and logs that slammed into the trees, “What the hell man, you said-”
“All is fair in love and war, and this is war!” Alto barked as more logs came flying down at Elise.
“{Shit- he has rope tied to these things in the rock pile probably. Can’t trust anything anymore. I can’t roll out of the way of this one, gonna have to try and redirect it!}”
Branches fell as Elise weaved around on the ground dodging some here and there, followed by more rocks at both her right and left locking her in. The log came forth, right in her path. She held both arms out with palms laid bare, her legs bending and shifting, feet skidding. The log came in, her palms brushing it.
With a grunt she heaved, throwing it and herself. She thrust her arms, her back arched. Again she fell to the ground, and this time the log flew high above her and slammed into a tree meters away. It shook, crackling, and then splitting. Half fell as the log tumbled back like a pendulum. To the right she rolled, rocks no longer being launched.
With a skid and a scuff she flipped up onto both feet, still huffing in response. A slip, a slight cave backwards. Her arms flew out, nailing a tree beside her as support. She stood there, looking to Alto who remained by the rocks with flamed eyes, eyes well open and fully aglow with humor.
“Not bad,” he replied.
“Ya know this has, nothin to do with any martial art I don’t think. This isn’t me tripping a foe and using their weight to my advantage, this is me pressing on a log before it hits me to make it fly up higher and not right into me. Also me flying back a bit,” she called out.
“I know but still, it’s a thing,” Alto called back, “Alright then, I guess we just keep these games up for now. Day three and we can start hitting each other in hand to hand again.”449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpfHyDMR1B
