The Salle; Saturday Morning.

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After doing her morning forms and finding herself a modest breakfast, Setsuna went to locate her bokken, having remembered that it was kept not in her room but in the salle. And, once she was down there, of course, she had to practise. There was so much space, and it was nice and quiet and perfect for a good session.

"Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!" little Setsuna swung her bokken as her as she could and tumbled around and fought all sorts of invisible enemies that were nothing when faced with her mighty blade! She was going to be the best warrior in the world one day!


[[ because even a mini-Setsuna is unhealthily obsessed; open for all your salle needs! ]]

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'Practice makes perfect' was one of his sensei's favorite mantras. Kabuto took the saying to heart, and today was no different than any other. He made his way to the salle, spending a few moments watching Setsuna before waving at her and then going over to work on throwing things.

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Setsuna met Kabuto's wave with a nod, and continued in her training. For a moment, she was annoyed that there was a distraction, but, that moment soon passed when she realized that the added distraction would work well to practise her focus.

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Kabuto threw a wooden kunai at her.

Just 'cause.

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Setsuna noticed the shift in the flow of air in the room as ones of Kabuto's weapons didn't go the same way the others were, and she whipped around with her bokken ready and, with a firm "Hyah!" cut the missile down.

Once it was on the floor of the salle, Setsuna frowned at it before snapping her eyes toward Kabuto, waiting for an explaination for such blatant disregard for bushido.

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Kabuto laughed, clapping his hands. "Good job! How'd you know it was coming?" He looked up at her with wide eyed innocence; before his Sound village headband slipped down over his eyes and he had to push it up again.

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Setsuna bowed deeply in appriciation for the praise. As she straightened, she tucked her sword at her side as though sheathing it. "Shift in the flow of awareness," she responded. "Must be aware of all surroundings, and any change is important."

Her hand went to her mouth, though, to hold back a giggle over the slipping headband.

[sound-loyalty.livejournal.com]

The headband just wouldn't stay up. The weetiny ninja finally gave up, pushing it down to wear around his neck instead. "Was it chakra?" he asked curiously.

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Setsuna shook her head, and smiled a little. "No. Just awareness. Awareness," her eyes closed as she bowed her head sagely, "is everything."

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"Sensei says chakra is the base of everything," Kabuto disagreed. "An' he says I'm good. I'm already training and with the big kids 'cause I'm good. I'm not a baby like the little kids." Nevermind that he couldn't be much older than four.

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"I'm the youngest one in my unit, too!" Setsuna said, half in excitement at the common ground, half in attempt to show Kabuto that she was just as good a warrior, if not better, than he was.

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"But you're old," Kabuto replied, smirking.

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"I'm only five!" Setsuna told him, holding out her hand with the fingers all spread. "An' the next oldest in my unit is at least six and three quarters."

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Gwynn found her way to the Salle and by now had found her sword. "Hi, Setsuna!" she called before going to practice her sword work.

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Setsuna offered the other girl a solemn nod between forms. "Hello, Gwynn," she responded, and then returned to her work. It was very nice to see so many others involved in the process of becoming better warriors.

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John toddled down, eager to get some time in with swords. SWORDS! SWORDY SWORD SWORDS!

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Setsuna didn't understand why, but she knew she was mad at John about something so she did her best to ignore even his entire existance.

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"Hi! You're a poopyhead. But a good fighter. Wanna fight?"

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Well, it certainly didn't help things when he was calling her a poopyhead.

"I do not waste my time fighting advisaries that are unworthy." Setsuna lifted her chin and continued on her forms.

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"That attitude you'll never fight anyone." He blows her off and starts working on his own forms, Tai Chi with a bit of Saturday Morning Cartoon Fu.

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...Did John just suggest that no advisary would be worthy of Setsuna's great skillz? This thought struck Setsuna, and she paused, her head tilting as she pondered it.

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No, John clearly suggested that Setsuna sucked dirty donkey dung as she's too high and mighty to think that anyone could kick her ass. Which wee!John could do.

While humming the Ratman(his parents are dead!) theme song doing Tai Chi exercises.

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There was another long moment of thoughtful consideration before Setsuna lifted her head and said, "Okay, John, I will spar with you!"

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"Awesome!" he said, with a grin. "So gonna win."

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"We shall see," Setsuna said, drawing in a breathe to centre her wee tiny chi, settling into a ready position before bowing deeply to John to signal the begining of respect, because without respect, you cannot have a battle with honour, and a battle without honour was one not worth fighting.

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John bowed as well, trying to use his nifty powers of Chi as he settled into the horse stance.