Training [Cody, open]

[Scarlet]

She walked out of her apartment and toward the new place where she was able to train. She breathed in deeply as she headed toward this place. She followed her directional instinct. She found the place within a couple minutes. It was open. She walked in, and noticed that Cody wasn't there. She walked in and looked around. "Cody?" she yelled out. She waited.

No responce.

She shrugged, and placed her bag on the bench. She pulled out tape, and wrapped her hands from her knuckles to her wrist on each hand. She pulled off her shirt revealing her incredibly thin body. She wore a sports bra and a pair of black shorts. She kicked off her shoes and pulled off her socks. She stretched out her leg muscles and her arms. She looked around. Where would she start. There was a heavy weight bag. She walked toward it, and began using different techniques for it. She made it move back and forth. Ki-haping every ten techniques and breathing in between. She was panting heavily and she licked her lips, yet she continued going on.

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mood; err
music; Swing Life Away - Rise Against ♥
comments; woo.

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[Cody Travers]

He was only taking a rest for a few minutes..As he lay back on the couch in his office. It was after all HIS office. And nothing could ever change that..Cody snored away happily, arms in behind his head as he continued to sleep away. He had much on his mind though..

One of those thoughts being the new girl at school he met not too long ago, as all he could think about was seeing her face once more, and those beautiful scarlet eyes..

Yes..That was her name..

Scarlet..

He smiled in his sleep after a few naughty thoughts of her cuddling up with him, on the couch. But then again..So much more was at stake, but he really didn't care anyway. And he thought he heard her calling his name..

"Cody?"

When he awoke from his nap! She was already here! Cody rose out of his position looking around..He was already in his training gear..white gi pants with a blue belt and white muscle shirt showing off his body's muscles. He rose up, rushed to the mirror and fixed his hair for the forcive male habit..Grabbed his hand wraps and slammed the door behind him..

Inside he walked into the training area, with a towel and some bottles of water in hand, he watched as Scarlet worked upon the bag..He smiled..

She was working her technique on the bag..

Not bad..

He stood on the right side of the bag that she was working on..Watching her hit it..Interesting form..Good pressure..

"..Glad you came!" He said with a laugh..

He waited for her to take a break, before gabbing onto the bag, stepping back, pivoting his left leg 90 degrees and lifting his right leg up, snapping it into position for a side kick.

He let it out with a large thrust, as it collided with the bag, sending the chain holding the bag into a crackling frenzy..It flew back at Cody, and he caught it..

"Nice technique!"

[Scarlet]

She was concentrating so hard that she didn't even hear him come. She finished off one last technique. A palm heel strike straight through the bag. She held her arm strong, and she licked her lips. Glad you come! An enthusatic voice came from behind her. She stood tall and looked in the direction of the voice. She smiled when she saw Cody walking toward her. He had an interesting outfit. White pants, white shirt, and a blue belt. She smiled when she saw the belt.

She had several belts, representing past tests she completed. She reached a second degree in Tae Kwon Do and felt satisfied with her rank. In Jujitsu, she reached a First rank black belt. She held this very close to her. She watched as she planted a great side kick on the bag. She smiled. "Thanks. You two," she replied. She breathed in deeply, and looked around. She wanted to spar. It had been at least a couple years since she last sparred, and it was against her instructor.

Her instructor was a lively man, only in his thirties. He was a third Dan, or third degree. She remembered the day before she entered this new school. He told her to be careful of this area. Big gang school, and would cause her to fight. She knew that she wasn't allowed to use her martial art skills unless for self defense. She understood this and has followed these rules since the first day she entered her class as a white belt. She missed those days. Good times, very good times.

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mood; er
music; The Theft - Atreyu
I'm So Sick - Flyleaf
Animal, I Have Become - Three Days Grace
comments; rawr ♥

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[Cody Travers]

It'd been a long time since he wore this belt..It was the last one he'd worn since his loss, but still..Things were different now. And he felt comfortable enough around Scarlet to wear it with pride at least, if anything different. But still, his technique was a little rusty, and he was in need of a warm up..

Working the bags wouldn't be enough for the both of them..They needed some REAL competition..Each other even..

Cody was now feeling a bit competetive, now that he had a partner here.

"Thanks. You too,"

He crossed his arms with pride, although he had more skill than a black belt could ever have, he always wore this belt as a sign of what he was by then end of his "Career"..Nonetheless, he stood there with a couple of bottles of water in hand..

He held one bottle up to her..

"Drink up..You're going to need it.." He said almost tauntingly..But with a smile..

"Working the bag isn't going to get you anywhere..That's only good for warm ups.."

He tossed his water aside, with his towel, as he began to wrap his hands in those thick cloth hand wraps that he always kept with him. He was usually used to sparring with gloves, he hopped three times on the spot, before throwing a left jab and a right jab in mid air.

He smiled..

"..Come, show me.." He smirked..

It was a challenge to spar..The plan was to go until 5 points..

..Or if someone else entered the dojo.

[Scarlet]

She took the bottle from his hand and took a sip. The cool water soothed her dry throat instantly. She wiped the remaining water away from her mouth. She quirked an eyebrow at him, and giggled. "You sure about that one?" she asked. Most people assumed that everyone had their strengths and weaknesses in sparring. Well, Scarlet's was that she was a passive fighter. She would watch and observe before making her move, then she found out about her Jujitsu abilities.

She had the ability to see things before they happen. During battle, she's able to get inside the person's head to see what the attack will be. She also has the basic Jujitsu training, so she was able to throw people or place them in locks. She looked at him and again and humored him. "So, what art have you trained?" she asked. She wanted to know so she could get an idea of what of kind of training he's had.

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mood; Monday <3
music; Blood to Bleed - Rise Against
comments-

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[Cody Travers]

"You sure about that one?"

Cody chuckled at the comment, she was clearly confident in her ability. And was just checking once more to see if it was ok with him, to beat the tar out of him. He was totally fine with that..If she could..

"You mocking me?" He laughed.

Though Cody hadn't sparred in a while, he only used one technique unless the fight was serious, it was easy to conceal but Cody had his own abilities gifted of the Gyakko-Kan fighting style..But mainly he just used the Karate that he'd grown up with..

After all..

Using one's energy to power your own attacks, it wouldn't be fair to those against him..

Besides, he had no idea of Scarlet's fighting ability anyway. And there would be no fun in knocking her down without a friendly fight at first. Besides..It would be a bad first impression towards her..

Cody didn't move from his fighting stance though.

"So, what art have you trained?"

Cody smirked.

"Many..Karate..Gyakko-Kan..Wado-Kai.." He listed off from his own list.

Regularly he took on challengers that thought they could take a peice of him..They all lost in simailar ways, having their pride broken they always kept coming back for more, and always kept getting more bruises and such..But as such is the path of training.

"What about you?"

[Scarlet]

"No, of course not," she said with a laugh and a smile. She heard him list different types of Karate styles. She nodded her head. He was more in the aggressive arts, then one where you charge more. But then again, she wasn't sure what exactly they trained there. For all she knew, they could train with locks and throws, and she would never know. She smiled. She really disliked bragging. She knew she could easily handle herself in a match.

"Tae Kwon Do and Jujitsu," she replied. She sat on the floor and began stretching out her muscles. She breathed in deeply, and made sure every muscle was able to fight. She stood up again, and cracked her knuckles and neck. She stood still and watched as Cody bounced around. She shook her head. She had no need for moving her body around. Ever since she started class, she really had no use for stretching because she was already flexible.

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mood; Monday <3
music; Sexyback - Justin Timberlake xD
comments; *shrugs*

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[Cody Travers]

Although Cody didn't like to brag, he didn't mean to list off all that stuff. All of his styles that he'd worked so hard on, he knew it wouldn't be to interesting, and it really didn't matter what styles he used either way. Cody could only smirk though..

"No, of course not,"

Cody especially didn't like to brag for ability. Which he would promptly show off by finally planting his feet into the ground, Standing at a defensive stance. Holding his right fist out.

"Tae Kwon Do and Jujitsu,"

"..Jujitsu..Huh?"

Cody clenched his right fist as a small aura of blue surrounded his right forearm, measuring from his elbow to his fingertips. This was the power of Gyakko-Kan. The ability to create auras of the users energy, and either strengthen your own attacks, or use them like projectiles.

And considering Cody's amount of energy..It was almost willingly that he could use it.

"I've heard about some of Jujitsu's mysteries..Not to mention have seen some very different abilites of the Jujitsu style.." Cody spoke. And it was true, he had. Not to mention the abilities of all the people in this town..

"Unfettered" for one..During their first fight, Cody noticed that he had the ability to control glacial frozen bits at will, numbing Cody's normal attacks.

Aureus would be another..Those "pyro-gloves" of his packed quite a punch, not to mention flaming projectiles..Super Mario Style.

Chrynos would also be one, as those flash gloves weren't something to be messed with.

Everyone was unique in this city, and it seemed that Scarlet would harbor some of these abilities as well. But Cody just smiled. He concealed the blue aura that had envelpoed itself on Cody's arm earlier.

"..Prepare yourself." Cody said suddenly, his eyes narrowing down.

"..Give me your best, Scarlet."

He said, before bowing respectively, like most martial artists do before combat. He then moved his right leg back, stomping his foot on the ground, moving his left hand outward..Balling it into a fist, underhanded.

He was ready for her.

Although it wasn't a defensive stance, if Scarlet would strike first, she would probably get a good first hit on him.

"Spar with me..Partner.."

[Scarlet]

She nodded her head. Prepare yourself. He didn't have to say that twice. She pulled her right foot back and keep it on the ball of the foot. She pulled her hands into a fighting stance, but her hands were open. They were in a knife hand, the middle finger pulled in so she could easily jab him. Her eyes concentrated on Cody's torso. That's where everything is communicated through the torso. She watched him carefullly. Then she heard...

Spar with me...Partner

Something clicked in her head. That now it was a sparring match not a friendly fight. There are no friendly fights. Never. Soon enough, she skipped forward and snapped a turning kick, toward his side, and then she jumped up and did another turning kick toward his head. She wasn't sure how fast his reaction time was, but ever since her Jujitsu training Scarlet's had increased drastically.

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mood; TOMORROW!
muisc; The Only One - Evanescence
comments; *dances* *coughtomorrowcough* =D

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[Cody Travers]

Cody made this kind of thing look easy, with the way his stance was situated, everything was quite simple..

He even left his "Accessories" at home.

However, he was more than curious to see how Scarlet played , especially with him. As he saw her first strike, it was a well placed kick to the side.

Cody took the hit, by taking his arm and moving it "boxer style" into placement of the kick, lessening the pain and damage. His thoughts moved, as he noticed how strong she was, A good pair of speed and power. And yet..

Cody's eyes widened as he moved his head back, moving his back snapping backwards to avoid her second kick, aimed at Cody's head..

Good indeed..

But if things were to continue like this, Cody would lose for sure. And with that, thought about his next plan of action, or attack even. He looked for an opening in the middle Scarlet's form, his eyes narrowed as he looked at his oppoents full body, the power of the mind..

That sort of thing..

Sure, he could blow her away at any given moment, due to his "powers" but still..Where would the fun be in that?

..There!..

Cody would watch and wait until she'd step back, to make for another attack, until he'd strike. Quickly, he'd snap out a fist with his right arm, following up with a right roundhouse to the side..

..Let's see how she handles it..

[Scarlet]

She watched as he simply moved away from her techniques. Obviously, he was the watchful fighter, waiting till the last second to put in the final attack. Well, then she would have to use more Jujitsu in this battle. She remained in the stance she was in. She was trained to attack as soon as you're on the inside of the opponent's 'comfort zone'. You never back up in a fight due to the fact that if you step backwards your opponent will follow you, and continued to throw attacks at you.

She watched the fist, and stepped back. She saw the kick coming from a mile away. She dodged it, but hoped to grab his leg. She would hold it up, and take her right leg, and sweep the leg remaining on the floor. This technique is called O-so-laghri. There is no release for this technique, but you could save yourself if you knew how to fall correctly. Scarlet knew, and wondered if Cody knew as well. Otherwise, as soon as he would hit the floor, the wind would be knocked out of him. She smirked. She wondered if he knew that she could use takedowns, throws, and locks.

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mood; happy <3
comments; I think I could have spelled the technique wrong, but translated it means Front Foot Sweep. So, Scarlet would hold up one leg as he kicked, and she would take out the other foot. It was the first take down I learned when I joinined Tae Kwon Do. =D

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[Cody Travers]

He was impressed with the way she caught his kick with such speed, but no matter he knew what was coming next. While she was too preoccupied with his foot in the air, she would try and knock Cody off his feet.

A simple move, but effective.

...And easy to dodge.

Cody simply watched her movements, tracing for when she would make her kick. When she did, Cody simple hopped over the kick, twisting the hand of his captive foot and breaking free of her hold, he hopped back a few feet, before moving inwards once more.

He knew she had training, much of it it seemed. As though she was some sort of extremist on her training though..Must've been the excess running she did. But nonetheless, Cody began to pull off his trick..

Springing forwards, into her comfort area, he'd hold up his right leg, as though he was going for a side kick, but instead he found faking it would be much more interesting to see the way of her reaction. He stomped forwards with his leg, and with his left arm, pulling a palm heel strike towards her left shoulder..

He smiled though..

She was expressive, and somewhat a passive-agressive fighter at the same time. It was about time that he had a worthy sparring partner. Though..A little bit of a blush hit his face, he'd never gotten this close to a girl before, let alone no one even bothered touching him.

But his brain pulled that from his mind, as the match continued.

[Scarlet]

He had found an interesting way to get out of her sweep. She blinked. To be honest, there was no way to get out of this sweep. If you are fast enough, just as Scarlet was. You waste no time in sweeping the foot. She was totally stunned at what had just happened. Well, she was going to step it up a bit. She watched his actions carefully, awaiting for her moment to strike. She saw him heading for a side kick, but quickly changed his mind into a fake kick. She smirked. It was a scare tactic that she also would use on occasion, but not as much. She saw him come in for a palm heel strike upon her shoulder.

She smirked. All she did was tuck herself against his body. She viced his arm in between her forearm and bicep. She tucked herself quickly, and popped her hip underneath his hip line. Shoulder throw. She wasn't going to be nice anymore. She rotated her hip, and felt his weight on her legs, and spent no time holding him up. She threw him to the floor. She still had his one arm tucked underneath hers, and she popped up slightly, hoping to increase tension on his elbow and shoulder. Then she slowly placed her knee on his side and began pressing into his rib cage. Any second, and he'll have a couple broken ribs floating around. She hoped he would figure that he has to tap otherwise she would continue to apply pressure on his arm and side. The chances of a dislocated elbow and broken ribs were high in this case.

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mood; excited
music; Away From Me - Evanescence
comments; *shrugs*

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[Cody Travers]

Well, he never expected her to be such a strategic thrower. He felt he weight lift off the ground as he was lifted a shot bit into the air, feeling his shoulder become the anchor of his wisdom, being thrown to the ground.

Why so serious?

Cody's body hit the ground with a great thud, as he slammed against the floor of the training dojo with great force. An unbelievable set up, but poised nonetheless. Regardless of such, Cody wasn't even serious about this fight. Hence the smile on his face the entire time.

..And then he felt her knee against his ribcage.

Ah, so she was trying to plant him into submission, yes?

Cody felt as though he had a great weight bore upon his chest, as he felt her knee stab into his ribcage..But in all truth, next to the pain..It kinda tickled. He looked up to see that serious face of hers..

Sure there could have been numerous ways to pull off her lock, really simple ones, to really complicated ones.

Simple ones ranging from simply rolling his back and arm into a comfortable position..

To the more complicated one, of him raising his legs to either pull her off while bucking forwards or knock her away with his knees..She had forgotten about his legs..

But..

Cody raised his arm, and with that, he pounded the ground in a fist.

"Alright, I give.." He gasped lightly but with a smile. He was happy to know someone who was finally somewhat of a challange in his dojo. He waited for her to get off him.

[Scarlet]

She smiled, and was somewhat stunned at the same time. She stood up, and grabbed his hand. She pulled him up, as a sign of respect toward. She hated when she did. It seemed that guys would always see a girl was the weak one. She hated that. She was completely against the sexist behavior of guys (ooc: as am I). She smiled, and laughed. "Sorry for getting incredibly intense there. I hate it when guys think they're all that and think they can't take a girl down," she replied. She breathed in deeply, and cracked her knuckles. She spun her shoulder in a circle causing several things to crack. She breathed in deeply. It felt good, though. She looked over at Cody and smiled.

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mood; hehe *giggles*
music; Voodoo People - Prodigy
comments; new iPod. =D

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