Welcome home. (Kasumi)

[Jyo]

Jyo nodded.
"Well don't worry about it right now. Get setteld into town first. I just wanted you to know I'll be glad to help you out if you need it." he said. He and Lene fineshed their food as well. Dinner was seemingly over and Jyo started collecting the dishes and Lene got up.
"I think I'm going to read for a bit." She said and went to her room where she spent alot of time when she was home. Lene always seemed more comfortable reading when home or drawing. She liked T.v. and other things kids her age enjoyed. But she picked up her interests from Jyo.

"Well we don't do much in the way of dessert. There's just some stuff in the fridge to munch on when we feel like having a treat so dig around and help yourself." Jyo said bringing the dishes in and starting to wash them. Suddenly he gave a small chuckle for no apparent reason.

[Kasumi]

Kasumi wasn't about to let Jyo do all the work on his own, it might have been something he was used to be Kasumi was used to doing house work as well as she wiggled over to the kitchen sink bumping Jyo out of the way every-so-lightly as she too began to do the dishes, helping him with cleaning up.

Before that however she had noticed him chuckling her head tilting a bit to the side now as she spoke on the matter "What was so funny na no da?" She asked in an almost childish voice, cleaning off another dish.

[Jyo]

Jyo didn't do anything to stop Kasumi helping out and moved to rinse instead. he knew all to weel the feeling of wanting to help out a bit. He simply took turns with lene with the house chores and so forth. he figured that with Kasumi here it would change a bit. Not a bad thing. Just something to get used to.

"Well it's more strange than funny. But a bit of a chuckle is the best way to express it. I mean here I am with my own place. raising a daughter, learning to cook and have a decent job that let's me live comfortably. I just never relaly saw myself in this situation. And adding to the fact I have a new person under my oof which is also a good thing. It just kinda hit me how much things have changed for the better. For me and Lene and now hopefully you as well." he said.

[Kasumi]

"They say that in time good things happen to good people.." She smiled as she washed another plate off before handing it over to Jyo for him to do his bit "We must all endure sufferage in our life....What does not kill us only serves to make us stronger." It was one of those awkward times again when Kasumi managed to make her self sound hundreds of years older then she actually was.

Granted the 'what doesn't kill us' philosphy wasn't on her mind when she was crying in Jyo's arms at the school, but that's just how life was...it was unpredictable and though her experience had made her stronger it was still emotionally distressing.

[Jyo]

"Very true. I still just didn't think I'd really ever be in this position. I've always liked my privacy away from the school. So it's pleasent but surprising that I'm glad for the company of not one but two people when I'm home." He said with a shrug putting the dishes in the dish rack to dry.

He stretched a bit when they were done.
"Well thanks for helping with the dishes. Go ahead and explore the house a bit. There is the living room, Boathroom, Our own rooms plus the dining room and kitchen. the main place of interest in the house is the room I converted into a library. Most books you could think of are in there. Though you might have to dig around for some. I myself am going to head into the backyard. it's not mcuh. Just a nice little grassy patch with a fence around it. I've found it good for training though. I'm out to pratice a few forms. So if you need me I'll be out there." He said and then gave a small smile and headed out to do Just that giving Kasumi the choice to more or less do as she wished around the place besides destroy it of course.

Once outside Jyo went into his forms. This was his closest thing to sticking to traditional martial arts. he rarely used a strict style when he actually fought. but right now he was going through the forms of Tae Kwon Do. From White belt forms on up. Starting off more fluidly in his movements to being shaprer and shifting back and forth to keep his ability to be varied up to par. Granted since he left #499 his had become noticably more skilled in every way. faster, Stronger and more skilled with his overall technique. It was clear he did a lot more than just keep up with his training. He was just as devoted to improving as ever.

[Kasumi]

Kasumi however wasn't much too content with staying inside for long however, she had gone to her room and changed her clothes to something she favored a little more.

It was a bit later in which Kasumi stepped outside into the backyard wearing a Kimono, though it was nothing overly girlish like some Kimono's you'd see it resembled Kimono's worn by those who practiced the martial art of Aikido, with her back against a wall of the house she watched Jyo training also enjoying the soft breeze.

Normally she'd say something but she did not want to disturb him as he practiced.

[Jyo]

Jyo of course did not fail to notice Kasumi's presence outside. he looked over after he was done and thought the kimono suited her perfectly.
"Why am I not surprised to find you got bored of being in there?" He said with a smile as he stretched out a bit loosening his muscles up again.
"As I said. it's pretty bare back here. But thats more or less because I'm the only one that ever comes back here. if Lene wants to go outside she tends to visit a friend. However if you ever nned to practice this is probably the best spot at the house to do so." He said undoing the top two buttons of his shirt and then going back to his forms useing more of a freestyle set of moves.

"Don't worry about disturbing me. You can either speak or practice or both. It's not going to distract me." He added.

[Kasumi]

Kasumi smiled as she moved out into the yard as well, unlike Jyo when she practiced she required almost total silence as she began on the first set of movements her hands moving slowly and gracefully through the air.

The movements seemed relatively close to those of Tai-Chi as the air seemed to follow along with her hand movements, her eyes closed and her breathing surprisingly shallow as she continued on with the movements.

From someone elses perspective it might have appeared as some sort of graceful dance as the wind seemed to change direction with each shift and movement of her hands. Finally she completely the first phase and opened her eyes, giving out a soft sigh

"It's fine, honestly.." She said in response to his comment about the yard, sometimes having nothing at all was having everything.

[Jyo]

Jyo couldn't help but watch Kasumi. He always liked watching her movments when fighting or some such thing. She had a grace he didn't have. Jyo had combat prowness and his fluid motions and balance gave no true dance-like ability to his motions. only sheer effectivness. Kasumi was different in that way.

He took the moment she paused to do the same.
"You've gotten better from when we last met. You still have the grace I haven't attained yet. As much as I've tried." He said going back into his motions. Keeping a solid set of sharp precise movments primarly focused on upper body strikes.

[Kasumi]

Kasumi just gave a little bit of a smile as she stood up straight, stretching her arms high above her head as she also cracked her knuckles giving a playful little smile as she watched Jyo.

"Say....We could fight.." She suggested playfully, giving him a half seductive and half playful little wink as she pulled a bit on the obi of her Kimono causing the outfit to loosen up abit, this would allow her to move more easily but also make it harder for an opponent to tell where to hit.

[Jyo]

Jyo paused for a moment and considered this. He and Kasumi hadn't sparred in a good while But he remembered Her being one of the few who could poase a challenge to him back at their old school. He gave a grin and a nod.
"Sure. I've missed testing my self against you. A good fight would pretty much put a cap on this day." He said and then let his right arm extend in front of him and be held slightly out while his left arm came back and his hand curled into a loos fist at his waist while he bent his legs slightly letting is right foot lead.

"Ready when you are." He said with an eager look on his face.

[Kasumi]

Kasumi bent down into a slightly crouched position as she began to stretch her legs out before she hopped back up, once she made sure that her body was completely stretched and prepared she slid into her fighting position.

She gave a pretty little smile as her head tilted backwards, beckoning Jyo with one hand she gave a little giggle "Come get some big boi~" It was amazing how flirty and suggestive the woman could be when it came to fighting, but she rather did enjoy her fun times. Like always, she refused to make the first move.

[Jyo]

"Gladly" Jyo said. He was one of those people who wasn't distracted by any guestures in a fight. The world simply dissovled into the mechanics of it all. He darted in and when in his own kicking distance his right foot swung in for a cresent kick aimed for Kasumi;s shoulder. Jyo was keeping this simple as he knew Kasumi liked darting around attacks and countering from there. So unless her style changed Jyo didn't expect it to hit. It was simply to get her moving. He had gotten much faster over his time here and he wondered if he could actually make it seem like it was possible to keep up the pace with one of his old rivals.

[Kasumi]

Kasumi had already known what she was going to do when she saw him closing in to her, he liked to kick alot and that's all she needed to remember as she quickly spun gracefully out of the way of the kick.

She just gave a small little snicker, he'd gotten a bit better since he had come to this school as the kick graze the fabric of her Kimono but she wasn't about to get shown up that easily as she quickly darted forward toward him as fast as she could whilst keeping an eye out for a possible attack, once close enough she'd simply send an open-palmed strike toward Jyo's chest.

[Jyo]

Fast as ever thought Jyo but had a smile on his face. For he swung his leg back into a hook kick as Kasumi came in before it had touched down from the previous kick. She had gotten in closer than he had wanted for the attack and instead of his heel making contact it had been hic alf so it ended up being more of a pushing action than a kick. however it was likely to keep her from getting an attack in and Jyo leapt back landing lightly in his starting stance.
"You've gotten better." he said.