First Impressions [Kanna/Saga]

You sure you can keep up with a woman like me~?

“Usually a bit faster though~” Winking as she watched the young woman descend the tree next to her, while it felt a bit cruel to have had her climb that tree only to come back down moments later Miss Murasaki was amused to see her seeming so keen, and joked as she saw Kanna return to earth with as much grace and elegance as she had left it none too long ago.
“Nice of you to go down for me, babe~” Smirking as of them found their feet on the proverbial terra firma and even raising her fist to nudge the arm of her fellow femme playfully as a kind of greeting before following up with the most sinful remark she could have unleashed thus far, and grinned as she did so, wondering what her blushy blonde buddy might make of her latest effort to push that line even harder as she bobbed her brow at her suggestively, before smiling and taking a step or two away from her.

“Paintball? You know that seems like a great way to unwind… We should set something like that up when we wanna let loose, huh?” Tilting her head at the question that her sinuous student offered and pausing for a second, Maya suddenly realized she would love to indulge such a joke with a bitch as ballsy and brilliant as this and smirked in response to the issue, all while making a mental note to remember such a suggestion for next time.
“But nah, you won’t need a gun to hit this target, just a skilled set of fingers…” That something they wouldn’t have time for today or even at all given the rough lesson plan that she had in her mind, instead the ebony enchantress had a little spot of exciting and exhilarating exercise lined up that would need only one thing; their bodies, and would hopefully prove just as thrilling, especially when one considered the fine forms that were involved.

“The game this time is to take this off me, if you can do that, you pass~?” Thumbing the mark on her head as she laid out the terms of the game in as simple a fashion as possible and then following up by tugging the item that wrapped her brow away with the minimum level of effort, thanks to the clever knot she had tied it came loose with the lightest level of pressure and that would make the ‘game’ easy for Kanna, at least in one way. However, that didn’t mean that her motive was simply one of generosity, or that she was underestimating the girl, or at the very least not all that much.

“We’ll keep going until either you grab it, or can’t move anymore… Think ya can manage it~?” In many ways wanting to offer her punkish protégé an easy ride on this introductory event between them, her reasons for this were both so that she could gauge the skills of her fellow femme and so that Miss Murasaki could have a little more fun ‘playing’ with her, and would be happy to start at the pace she reckoned the girl was capable of and go from there really. Not planning to lose too easily however despite the ‘gentle’ approach she wanted to take with the tempting teen, this was all about the two of them discovering each other’s abilities and impressing one another, so she had to pace herself for the time being and hope that she would be surprised and given a reason to really get her engine running in this contest…

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You sure you can keep up with a woman like me~?

“Some anime huh~?” The blushing bite of her lip saying more to Miss Murasaki than words ever could, with her student suddenly stifled the black beauty could only smirk at her in a smug fashion, but was left lifting her brow when the green eyed girl mentioned a field with which she was only casually familiar.
She’s nerdier than that ink might imply huh? Far more of the sort to spend her youthful days running around the neighbourhood or the sports pitch than searching for the delights television might offer a young mind, to the ebony enchantress such interests lay in the path of someone she might consider a shut in with minimal judgement, and because of that she found an amusement in thinking of someone who looked so badass as this indulging in such habits. There was more to Kanna Kusanagi than met the eye, wasn’t there?

“I like the confidence~!” The opening round of their bout seeming to be much more in line with what she expected of the blonde, however, as her pugnacious protégé spoke with assurance the Asian amazon could only smile with delight and feel the excitement building within her, and that didn’t change when she saw the ferocious young fox launch herself toward her.
She’s got some nice moves huh? A grin on her face and her body flooding with adrenaline as she looked at the luscious lass lunging at her, a woman with such experience in combat like Maya was could quickly read the patterns of her enemies attack; those subtleties in her movements, and while she admired her speedy approach for victory the violet vixen was about to show her the difference between them, and in a way she expected would impress her young learner as she did so.

But she's not the only one~! Smirking as she watched the girl look to throw her off balance with a swiping kick but eager to demonstrate that this was going to be no ordinary or easy fight for her, after taking a short breath the dark dish drew upon the strength her quirk offered her and with a leap that seemed as effortless as one to hop over a puppy she sent herself shooting upward with a deceptive gusto, and all too quickly Miss Murasaki had cleared Kanna’s height whilst inverting herself in the air with acrobatic grace and efficiency.
“But are you sure you’re ready can handle a woman like me~?” A one footed leap with her powerful and primed leg muscles enough to carry her right over the blonde beauty she battled and leave her smiling the other side of her, in a honed reflex the ravishing raven licked her lips and had her hand drawn back even before she touched the ground to reply to the effort of her eager emerald eyed challenger, though was careful to hold her power back when she unleashed the resulting blow to become a gentle and loving ‘tap’, or at least the closest thing to which she was capable. If it landed, it would be restrained enough to knock her back onto a few meters; maybe five at the most.

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You sure you can keep up with a woman like me~?

Nice reflexes Kanna~ The excitement of Miss Murasaki not ebbing at all when she saw her pugnacious protégé lift her arms and read her attack well enough to guard against it, while the easing of her effort that the ebony enchantress put into her strike likely helped that job be a little bit easier it was nice to see she had the kind of experience and instinct needed to do such a thing, and encouraging to their future success as well. Really it having been rather unsatisfactory if that little love tap had done the blonde in in their bout, the fact that the feisty femme could keep up with her a little made the black brawler happy, and hopeful that with a little polish the girl might be the sort that could keep up with her without having to hold so much back.

“Hahahaha, maybe I got carried away there~?” The response of her student still not enough to absorb the strike or leave it with minimal impact, once this well-trained teen had skidded to halt Maya could only chuckle as she complained about the force with which she had launched her attack upon her, which was probably none too inconsiderable really.
“Nothing that you can’t handle though, right~?” It hard for someone who could throw out blows that could break through stone and metal alike to temper her strikes so as not to wreak some wicked damage on flesh and bone, the dark dish expected her mentee might be walking away from this with a few bruises regardless of whether she won or lost, and made a mental note to try harder to restrain herself both for this sake and so that she lasted a bit longer in her bout.

Though this is going to be how it’ll be from here on out… Drawing upon a slighter graver matter in her mind a moment later, the inexperience of Miss Murasaki made her unsure of whether or not she should have spoken the warning that flashed through her mind aloud or not, but for the moment decided to stay quiet on it and repeat if verbally if it was needed later on. There was no need to risk discouraging the girl by dwelling on dour subjects unnecessarily after all, and part of the tantalizing teacher knew that her apprentice probably knew what she had to say all too well already; hence her well-wrought skills in battle.

One day you might find yourself up against someone with my strength but none of my softness…? The grim reality of their current world the fact that there were people on par with the Asian amazon who were far less concerned with injuries to hot young women than she was, as she lifted her fists and waited for her foxy foe to make her next move the ebony enchantress couldn’t help but feel an instinct of protectiveness that perhaps made her take this trial a little more seriously than she ordinarily would have, and likely would influence their future training as well…

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You sure you can keep up with a woman like me~?

“Heheheh, in that case I can’t help but wonder just how much of my strength you’ll draw out then~” Grinning at the bold words of the blonde and admiring her gutsy spirit more than anything else as she did so, Maya licked her lips and gave a light chuckle in response, and perhaps betrayed a little of her excitement to see just how far this emerald eyed enchantress could push her. Most assuredly only unleashing her lowest ‘levels’ in that short but snappy exchange they had shared just now, while the black beauty didn’t expect that her pugnacious protégé could go the full distance and bring her to her peak she was certainly curious to gauge where her limit lay in comparison to her own, and was happy to shift things up her gears when the girl proved herself capable of keeping up with what she could throw at her.

A little more cautious this time…? Remaining still and perhaps a little lazy in her guard as she watched Kanna creep closer and closer, Miss Murasaki smiled and perhaps on some level felt reluctant to fill in the ‘gaps’ that the green eyed girl could pick up upon in her guard.
Bring it on, baby! Practically using her slackness like a piece of juicy bait in order to draw the blonde into a nice little exchange of volleys, as it seemed that her student surrendered to temptation and lunged at her the violet vixen smiled and steadied herself to square her stance rather than evade this time, craving something a bit more indulgent than a simple game of tag like they had just done.

That’s it, keep the pressure on! The smile that the sable siren wore not slipping as she found herself being bombarded by what seemed to be a blizzard of strikes, though it would have been child’s play for her to bound out the way and answer them in much the same manner as she just had, instead Maya decided to face them head on and use her hands and a few ounces of the strength she possessed to ward off the worst of the attacks whilst denying her cheeky challenger the chance to exploit their position.
You can’t beat me in pure power, but any decent foe has a lot more in their tool kit than stiff hits! Hands moving with the same fevered fury that those of her foes would but in the case of our perky pro their path aimed to throw off the course through which they travelled as she swerved and slapped the wrist of the young woman deny her opening strike before leaning back to let the backhand sail hopelessly past her, at the same time she mentally commended and encouraged her student to continue so that she could really show her what she could do and that paid dividends.

Perhaps a little bit too focused on the fun she found in the frenzied assault of her fellow femme to throw much of a reply to it and maybe that costing her as she found a fist being flung upward toward her, with her stance loose Miss Murasaki had little time to pull her elbows into her chin to guard against such a technique in a conventional manner, but that didn’t leave her exactly helpless either. Swerving her hand around like she were laying a jab into the waist of her foe but the distance between them too much for that to have much direct effect, instead she used her forearm like a hook to snag that of her feisty foe and deny her the path upward that she sought, blocking the move as she lifted her other hand up to her face but readily showing off a grin which was flooded with delight as she did so. Things were starting to heat up…

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You sure you can keep up with a woman like me~?

Wide open…! Relatively impressed by the relentless assault of her plucky protégé but perhaps seeing an opportunity for fun once the girl spun herself around, Maya couldn’t help but feel a rather strong sense of temptation to show her the error in her ways in showing her back to an ‘enemy’ by lunging forward suddenly and snatching her waist, before taking her on a short and sudden trip to suplex city in a mix of punishment and entertainment. However, she did not.
But I’m too nice? Their environment likely not the most conducive environment to horseplay like that after all, if they were fighting on the mats in a gym or dojo situation it might have been amusing and none too painful for her to dump this delight on her back behind her for her mistake but the earth and trees not really the sort of thing she wanted to risk hurting the wannabe heroine with, the dark dish huffed a little in frustration but resisted her urge to do so and was rewarded with another round of offense to enjoy as a result.

Full of fire, isn’t she? The loud shout of the lass something that her teacher would immediately recognise and in something of an irony fail to react to because of this, due to her own time in the dojo the dark delight had heard plenty of Kiai cries bawled in her direction and as such that meant she was largely unresponsive to them; hell, with her experience it would be more of a surprise for her foe to stay quiet when they were attacking really. Unflinching in response to the yell save for showing the lack of intimidation in her eyes for that green gaze to absorb, it was probably true that someone less experience would fail to pick up on the attack as Kanna snapped her arm out at the last second and tried to smash her in the cheek area, but Miss Murasaki once again flaunted her experience as she pulled herself backward from her waist to slip under it like a limbo champion, but in doing so probably made her first real mistake in the fight.

Clever girl…! Unsure of whether the bellow of the blonde was aimed so cheekily to make her want to challenge her like that but regardless of that when she realized the combination of yell and swipe were all a cover to hide a movement of her feet, even as she found her toe being trapped by the teen Maya couldn’t help but smile and beamed with pride in her protégé at her gambit, and decided the girl had definitely earned her moving up a level. After all, at this rate it probably wouldn’t be long until she lost that bandanna.
You’ve earned this little treat! Taking a breath as she made no effort to steady herself as her momentum flung her backward but rather moved with it, as the black beauty felt her body toppling backward and centre of gravity shifting she held off for a second before unleashing the same burst of power she had shown when launching herself over the forehead of her foe, but this time aimed behind her.

You’re everything I hoped for and more! The feeling of excitement exploding within the ebony enchantress thanks to the entertainment she felt in this bout, as she pushed her weight to her back with one foot she flicked her toe upward with a mild hope of whipping the chin of her student to stun her for a second but was not all that bothered if she missed, because she had plenty left yet as she used her hands to push off the ground and bounce back to an upright position. This the true gift that her quirk offered her, that balance between strength and agility, it felt good to be using both at the same time and was something that she would have a hard time stopping now that she had been unleashed like a spring that had been coiled up for far too long.

“HYEEEEHHHHHHHHHH!!!!” Now finding herself bellowing as she rushed at the blonde with the same level of explosive power she had shown in escaping her a second ago and even going so far as to mimic the roar that Kanna herself had shown in her attack before as she neared the girl, Miss Murasaki threw her fist across herself in a snapping hook aimed at the cheek of the girl before her, but once again was wholly prepared to keep going if she managed to avoid that attack. Planning on wheeling around with that momentum and then dispersing that motion into a jabbing kick in the midsection, if the teen had hoped that her assault was going to curb the ambition and aggression of her teacher then she had been dead wrong, because now her mentor was more fired up than ever…

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You sure you can keep up with a woman like me~?

Taking it head on? Gotta admire your guts~ The brow of the black beauty lifting in the split second that she spied her student lifting her guard to endure the hook she had ready for her, Miss Murasaki was simultaneously impressed by the resolve of her student and disappointed that such a route would deny her the momentum she needed to follow up with a kick, but that was perhaps something that also only served to increase the esteem that this emerald eyed lass received from her as a result.
Lucky for you I don’t want to take your head off, or maybe… You know that? Definitely not unleashing anywhere close to her real strength as she swung across herself and rang the bell of the blonde despite the presence of her arms to protect her head, the dark dish made sure to add enough ‘spice’ to her hit to make sure she got at least a little something out of her attack but mostly used this as an opportunity to admire the manner in which Kanna was adapting to their fight and using her own reluctance against her, and guessed that this was no accident. She was far too smart a girl for that, after all.

Holding back can be a real pain sometimes… More evidence for that fact seeming to stack up when next she found her head being trapped by the grasp of the green eyed girl, while in a real fight the raven might have all too readily succumbed to such a plot in order to overwhelm it with a head butt once again she held herself back in order to spare her student a nasty injury, though began to feel a little frustrated for doing so. The fist of the femme tightening as she tried to curb her impulses, Maya moved to take advantage of the grip of the gal to twist her arm into a nice shoulder lock and nearly had her hands laid on her arm in response to the gambit, but quickly found herself with other concerns when all of a sudden it sounded like some god of thunder had seen fit to clap their hands together right next to her ear, which wasn’t the most pleasant of experiences.

“Ahhhhhnnnn!!!!” This the first time that Miss Murasaki had felt anything close to pain in their battle thus far, as something exploded like a flash bang next to her she felt something hot prickle the side of her head and face in a manner that made her ear and beyond sting the violet vixen winced, and was knocked off balance momentarily. Stunned by the sudden strike she did not expect and her footing a little wobbly because of that, when Kanna followed up with the remainder of her strikes all that the woozy woman could do was roll with the flow, but did not find herself all that injured by what occurred next.

Strong muscles and a sturdy skeleton that held them making her body feel like it was wearing some sophisticated form of kinetic armour, as a knee shot into her gut Maya was knocked back and over certainly, but saying she was hurt by it was probably an overstatement really. The body of the beauty seeming to possess the qualities of a punch bag and that effect dissipating the blow with which she was struck with minimal damage, mostly the sable siren was left reeling from whatever had snapped, crackled and popped next to her head and was dazed for a few seconds by that effect, but recovered quickly once her senses returned to her properly.

“Raggghhhh!” Perhaps some spirit of honed instinct prompting her to unconsciously raise her hands to protect herself as Kanna tried to bombard her head with blows but the ‘reboot’ of the raven seeming to prompt both a roar from her and a reckless change in her action, Miss Murasaki howled with a mix of dominant desire and a dash of excitement as she found herself pinned down, and moved to amend that fact. The coordination of the girl still largely flawless but the combination of having her sensory system stunned and the adrenaline that only increased in her body as a result compromising her ability to control her strength properly, the mulberry minx pushed her arms beneath the blonde and then threw them upwards in a rough manner that plush with power and potential, demonstrating rather definitively that she could throw the youngster around like a ragdoll if she ever wanted to but really only showing the start of her comeback after that…

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You sure you can keep up with a woman like me~?

A woman who was like a beast who had suddenly been let off her leash, the intensity of the moment and the ringing that lingered in her ear made it hard for her to register much of what her student was trying to say to her, and instead Miss Murasaki found herself being pushed by her adrenaline and reflexes as much as any other factor. Flipping to her feet without the slightest realization that Kanna had managed to deftly pluck the bandanna from her brow and shooting a look straight into those green eyes which seemed to be filled with hunger and determination, in the mind of the mulberry minx the contest was still going on and her muffled hearing prevented her from recognising the protest of her pupil; right now all she wanted to do was fight and show this girl just what a badass she could be.

“Getting tired, Kanna~?” Calling out to her companion as she reached fever pitch and flung herself forward with reckless abandon, since she thought the little game between them was still ongoing the sable siren smiled wickedly and decided to skip up a few more levels in her response to that sudden and effective attempt of the emerald enchantress to overwhelm her, and as a result launched herself toward her target with a jump that cleared the distance that separated them in a single bound. That act probably making it seem like she had approached at warp speed and the pace keeping up as she rallied out a series of straight punches designed to keep the girl on the back foot, the black beauty beamed with happiness as she unleashed her offense with no small degree of delight, aiming to keep the pressure on the green girl even if the blows themselves did little to hurt her.

“I’m only just getting warmed up!” This all about the endgame really and the intent of the eager ebony haired warrior to box the blonde in, Maya would lift onto her toes and stay loose and nimble like a boxer as she showed her new buddy some of her best, weaving from one side and then to the other as she tried to corner the girl and leave her sandwiched between her and the trees, at which point she would be at her mercy and easy to subdue thanks to the skill and strength the young heroine naturally possessed. However, maybe she was getting just a little bit carried away with herself? Especially when one considered the fact that she had already effectively lost the match, and as such was probably and unknowingly being something of a bad sport right now…

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