Welcome to Gaia! ::

Life walks into the room, her feet making small smacking sounds on the damp floor. She calls over her shoulder to her student. "As soon as your set we'll raise the water level."

Life takes a couple pebbles out of a pocket and throws them at the wall. They precisely hit two buttons and a mechanical whirring starts up. Columns begin to rise out of the floor, two conveniently under both Life's and Akio's feet. At the same time, water starts to poor into the room from small holes in the walls. Both columns and water rise until they reach the room is half submerged in water. The whirring sound ceases and the water stills.

"We'll begin without weapons and without jutsus. I want to see your hand-to-hand first."

Life jumps back toward another column, avoiding his kick by a good few inches.



((I'll give you some pointers in OOC, down here. First, your sentence of action was a bit of a run-on. Try wording differently or breaking it up into smaller sentences. Example: Akio said as he front fliped off the column he was standing on. As he flipped, he attempted to kick Life at the same time.
Second, don't forget about punctuation and Capitalizing names.))

Life drops down, planting her hands on the stone column between her feet. As Akio's punch flies above her head, she twists her torso, grabs one of Akio's ankles, reverses her direction, and tosses him back into the water. At the sound of his body splashing through the water's surface, she flips forward, hands kissing the closest column for a second, then lifting off again, and touching her feet down on the next.

"Plan not just your current movement, but the one after it, and the one after that. And be prepared to react to anything and everything your opponent does."



((That's why we train. 3nodding ))

Life listens to him swim through the water, trying to judge where he'll come up from next. She is not, however, expecting the column she's standing on to sway and crumble on one side. Loosing her balance from the surprise, Life slips off the stone and splashes into the cool waters.

Collecting herself under the water, Life forms a few quick hand signs and sends an underwater wave spiraling toward Akio.

Life emerges from the water, climbing onto her own column. She catches her breath, coughing once. "Sorry, I was a bit thrown by your chakra punch to the pillar."



((I can only stay another 15 minutes or so tonight, but we don't have to wrap it up if you want to continue tomorrow. Just wanted to give you a heads up.))

Life pushes herself up to a standing position. "Alright. Your form could do with some tightening, still, though the unpredictability of your moves has some advantages."



((Alright, see you tomorrow for more.))