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Post by Beruto on May 5, 2020 13:29:56 GMT -8
Weeks had passed, or maybe it had even been a couple of months and Beruto was missing his friends. He'd been detained from following Cade to the South and had spent the last few weeks camping in the woods not doing much more than working out and fishing. Frankly the red haired teen was getting a little bored and had had enough of it. Trading some messages with Kite though, Beruto leaned that his silver haired friend was actually still in the country and remembering that months back, Kite had promised to teach him how to execute a particularly brutal punching technique, Beruto concocted a plan to see his friend again. The red head had moved his mobile home from the gas station some weeks ago and it was now parked in the woods a few miles away. With a few taps on his cellular device and a quick consultation with the dash board navigation system, Beruto was able to send Kite his new position along with an invitation to spend the weekend with him, much like they had originally planned to do earlier that year.
With his message dispatched and without knowing exactly how long it would take Kite to respond or reach him, the red haired teen set out for a fairly lazy day near a local stream. He changed into a pair of black bathing trunks, grabbed a towel and headed out for said stream. The walk was barely a quarter of a mile so even if Beruto couldn't see Kite landing that hovering motor cycle of his through the trees, he would certainly hear it. That in mind, the shirtless boy reached the babbling little stream, set out his towel and laid down for some pre-swim sun bathing.
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Post by Kite on May 6, 2020 17:21:53 GMT -8
It wasn't surprising that Kite was in a gym, trying to maintain his physique. There hasn't been much happening since that Temple incident. Well, he managed to reunite with Beruto once more and he was introduced to his friend, Cade. He hasn't seen any of them since then. It has just mostly been life with his father and well.. the usual. As he raised the dumbbells for the two hundred and fifty fourth time, a sudden notification appeared on his phone. But, who could that be? It couldn't be anyone really. The only person that has his contact number at the moment is.. Beruto.
"Huh? It's him."
Well, apparently he was bored, which was rather vague in Kite's opinion. Like come on, he could just go to the park. Hm, maybe not. Because Kite got a bit tired of that. The gym was much better. Speaking of which, this wasn't exactly a gym that he wanted, but it's a homemade gym in his room. He just goes outside for fresh air. He sat on his bed and well exchanged messages with Beruto until he got to a conclusion of finding him, so that he could teach him that powerful attack that he used to use back when they just met. He hasn't used that in a while now, at least not that he knew of. He used it in that temple, as he didn't want to burn Kite-Chan's clothes off. That would be a bit.. weird. Since he was in his room, he didn't have a shirt on and he just had on his pants, which was a part of his pyjamas.
He quickly got dressed in something appropriate to wear outside, which was a pair of jeans pants and a sleeveless shirt. He still wore the cloth around his head and slipped on some sneakers. After greeting his father and the visitors that were there, Kite rushed outside of the house, mounting his bike immediately after. Using the directions that Beruto sent to Kite, the silver haired teenager rode his bike into the woods, until he got to the RV. It was empty, for some reason. As in, Beruto wasn't there. Weird. Well, he couldn't have gone that far.
"BERUTO! WHERE ARE YOU, DUDE?!"
He exclaimed.
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Post by Beruto on May 6, 2020 18:25:34 GMT -8
Beruto was laying, stretched out on his towel for all of maybe twenty minutes, his muscled body soaking up solar rays, when Kite's call echoed through the woods. It was a surprise to hear the other boy and indeed at first the red headed teen wasn't sure he had actually heard him, or imagined his friend's voice. He had expected the other teen to arrived on somewhat more noisy transportation, however Kite seemed to have had other ideas and had made a decidedly more stealthy approach to the shirtless teen's camp site. Regardless, the other boy's words came through clearly enough that Beruto decided he really had heard them and sat up. Postponing his swim until after he greeted his friend, the red haired teen picked up his towel and started to jog back towards his parked mobile home.
"Hey Kite!" he called out as he broke through the trees into the clearing in which the vehicle was parked. "I didn't think you'd get here so quick, I was just about to go for a swim in the stream." the shirtless teen added as he closed and spread his arms, trying to give his friend a big hug.
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Post by Kite on May 7, 2020 18:41:07 GMT -8
Hm, Kite stood there for a few moments as he waited patiently for his best friend to emerge from the woods. Maybe he was just playing kid or seek. If he was, it wouldn't be that unexpected. Finally, he got back, but he was wearing some swimming trunks. Apparently he was just about to go for a swim.
"Well.. I couldn't keep you waiting. But, uhh.. you didn't tell me that 'we' were going for a swim, unless you didn't want me to go. Well, eh. I don't even have a change of clothing anyways."
When Beruto spread his arms apart, offering Kite a hug, he did the same, embracing his friend. Maybe, his only friend. Kite hasn't really talked to anyone really, except for him. It's a bit weird that he suddenly decided to contact Kite after all this time had past. But, he decided not to question it. At least he had someone to hang out with for the time being.
"No matter. About that thing that I used to do when we first did our little endurance challenge.. it's been a while since I've actually used that and I have given up on that technique and that way of fighting. Now, I pummel my opponents to the ground with my ki attacks. Observe."
He admitted. After which, he took a huge leap backwards, leaving more than enough space for the two boys to maneuver. Immediately after, Kite stretched his arm outward, charging up a white orb of ki, that took the form a dragon, which was aimed at Beruto. He did the same with the other arm.
"I must warn you, this might actually burn. Dragon Blast!"
In that exact moment, Kite fired a barrage of dragon headed blasts at Beruto, not to hurt him, but maybe just to show him the attack, and show him how much power he has harnessed over the period of time that they last met. Even if Beruto took the blast head on, or slapped away each and every blast, Kite would charge in with a solid punch, aimed at the boy's stomach.
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Post by Beruto on May 8, 2020 12:01:06 GMT -8
Wrapping his arms around Kite, Beruto gave the other teen a good, strong hug and chuckled at his comment about not having been told that he had planned to go swimming. "Well like I said, I didn't think you would be here so quickly. I was planning to be in and out of the water before you ever got here. But if you want to go in with me, I could give you one of my bathing suits, we're about the same size and they have those draw strings on them anyway if it's too loose." the red haired boy replied with a grin. letting Kite go and taking a step back while the other boy started to speak again.
From what the silver haired boy was saying, Beruto could understand that Kite had shifted his focus from physical fighting to more of an energy based combat style, which while Beruto was understandably unhappy to hear as he particularly liked having another brawler friend to practice with and generally didn't care for people who couldn't back up their egos with their fists. He understood Kite's reasoning for the change though, even if he didn't agree with it. Back when they had first met, the other boy had blasted him in the stomach with a jolt of his energy and in spite of being knew to using such power, it had hurt quite a bit, he could only imagine what Kite would be capable of in the future when he had had some proper training in it's use.
Kite also seemed to have anticipated one of the reason's Beruto had contacted him, the red haired teen had wanted to learn a particularly brutal strike which Kite had used on him several times in their first meeting and which had in fact won him the fight. Kite however told him that he'd stopped using the move, keeping with his shift away from physical fighting to energy based combat, though he didn't say he wasn't going to teach Beruto the move, which was at least something to hope for. The silver haired boy seemed more interested in showing him something new though and indeed, without giving Beruto much of a choice in the matter, jumped back to put distance between them and started to charge energy into his hands.
"Well I was actually hoping you'd show me how to do that drill punch thing you used on me, but if you want to play first, I'll kick your butt this time." Beruto replied to Kite's announcement that he was going to launch an attack at him. Balling up his towel, the red haired boy tossed it to the side and out of the way. Wearing only a bathing suit and water shoes rather than his usual track pants and sneakers, Beruto would be at a bit of a disadvantage in terms of maneuverability, owing to the lack of traction his footwear provided. He however hadn't been idle in the months since their first meeting and was sure, when ready for it, that he could weather any attack Kite could field against him. Grinning, Beruto readied himself, balling his fists, tensing his athletic body and watched Kite's movements closely. The other boy gave him all of the time he needed to prepare, which was nice of him and then once Beruto was ready, launched his attack. It wasn't just two blasts however, as Kite fire multiple dragon shaped projectiles at him, which the red haired teen did his best to cope with. The first two whizzed past, deftly ducked away from by the shirtless teen and allowed to fly by and blast chunks out of some of the surrounding trees. Another Beruto blocked with his right fore arm, and yet another still he back handed away with his left. The speed of the attacks and their relative power was impressive, but the red haired boy was tough enough and fast enough to deal with them. Kite though knew just how to deal with Beruto's superior speed and strength, he had known about it since their first meeting and had even joked about it with Cade when they met, and now he used that knowledge once again. Rushing in behind his barrage, Kite planted his fist right into Beruto's stomach.
"Uuuughhhh!..." Beruto gasped as the other boy's fist pushed into his midsection and he hunched over from the intrusion into his body, his muscled arms dropping to his sides. "Ddd... Damn... You still do that pretty good. I was hoping you had softened up... Nice to see you are still using your fists though." he commented and tried to straiten up.
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Post by Kite on May 9, 2020 13:04:41 GMT -8
When Beruto mentioned that he had an extra pair of swimming trunks, Kite agreed to go swimming with him, that is.. once he showed him the 'Drilled Strike' technique. There wasn't much to it anyways. Hm, same old Beruto. He was up for a challenge again, telling Kite that he was gonna kick his ass this time.
"Say what now? Hahaha! I won't let that happen! I'll show ya!"
It was at that point where Kite started attacking Beruto. Well, technically it wasn't attacking, but it was a test. Kite smirked when he saw how Beruto handled those projectile attacks. It showed that the red haired teenager was pretty tough. Well, it was at that point that Kite remembered what he sucked at the most.. taking a blow to the stomach. Who knows? What if his weakness was no longer a thing? The smoke from the blasts engulfed the area and Kite used that to his advantage. Sensing Beruto's ki, he rushed into the smoke screen, launching his fist at the teenager's stomach, to merely test if Beruto's stomach was still his weakness and it was. Kite's fist dug straight into his stomach and the pain that Beruto felt was rather obvious in his reaction. Kite patted Beruto on the back a few times, saying
"Hmph. Same old Beruto, huh? Oh well, I thought that you wouldn't be that vunerable. Your stomach is a place where you will take a blow in any fight, even if the opponent doesn't know your weakness. We'll work on that pretty soon."
He said, as he took a step back to give Beruto some space so that he could straighten up himself. Once he was up and ready, Kite took a few more steps backwards, while he started to explain how the technique worked.
"Ok, so based on what I can remember.. the 'Drilled Strike' technique wasn't exactly just a punch. You have to propel yourself through the air, dash at your opponent, let your aura explode. You have to focus as much power and ki into your fist as possiblel so that you can land the most devastating blow you have ever landed. I'll show you."
Since Kite was in a good enoight position to demonstrate what he was doing, he began by flaring up his aura. The surrounding trees swayed from side to side, as he raised his ki. He then entered his fighting stance, with his fists clenched. He looked at Beruto for a few moments, hoping that he understood the explanation.
"Look at me, closely. Did you understand what I just said? It's pretty much like this!"
As soon as the last word left his lips, he dashed towards Beruto at an amazing speed, with his aura envoloping his form, exploding around his body. He pulled back his fist, and once he got close enough, he shouted
"Guard this!"
He wasn't going to aim for his stomach, at least, not yet. His technique wasn't only supposed to be aimed at the stomach, but at the chest or face. Kite decided to go for his chest.
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Post by Beruto on May 9, 2020 13:50:13 GMT -8
Standing hunched over with Kite's fist stuck in his gut, Beruto grunted quietly between labored breaths as the two boys hold their positions. Kite was in a clear position of dominance over the shirtless teen, his single punch having managed to rob Beruto of a good breath of air and start up that all too familiar, strength robbing ache which was now throbbing through his innards. Beruto could feel the other boy's hand on his back, giving him a comforting pat while Kite remarked that his midsection was still quite the vulnerability and that he should expect to be hit there even if an opponent didn't know about his particular weakness.
"Hehe! Yeah, don't I know it." Beruto interrupted. Kite went on to promise that they were going to work on it, which to Beruto meant that Kite was probably planning to dare him to hang on another tree again. He of course didn't mind it, as long as he got to hit Kite back a few times, he wouldn't care of he lost in such a manly exchange of blows. He might not even seek to knock the other boy out to even the score since Kite seemed to want to help him work through his weakness.
"When you do, I'm actually going to tighten up. That first punch was a freebie and I only give out one of those per fight." Beruto joked, managing to return the grin to his face as Kite relieved his stomach of his fist and backed off so the red haired boy could properly stand. It took Beruto a moment to do so, he wasn't in any hurry since they weren't actually fighting but did pay rather close attention as Kite started to explain his Drilled Strike as he called it. The other boy admitted that he might not remember it in it's entirety, so Beruto might have to do some filling in of any blanks on his own, but the description of the technique's workings sounded pretty strait forward and the shirtless teen was familiar enough with Ki to follow the details. He would of course make some slight alterations to the execution once he had the technique down, but that would be saved for another time. Right now he was concerned with actually learning the Drilled Strike.
Beruto listened to the description and watched Kite's demonstration, following along and making mental notes about what he might change. The demonstration though concluded with a practical application though and very quickly at that. Given the short distance between them, Beruto had but a moment to get his guard up as Kite came barreling at him. The silver haired boy's charged fist smashed into his shirtless counterpart's hastily raised arms and the total combined power of the energy discharge and Kite's physical strength, forced Beruto to slide back a few feet.
"Damn, I remember how much that move hurts." he commented, lowing his guard and giving his bruised fore arms a good rub. "It's going to be sick when I hit someone with it." he added and continued to grin at Kite. Obviously it was his turn now to try the move out and Kite was the only available target. He held still a moment though to make sure Kite was ready, he didn't after all, want to hit the other boy if he wasn't ready.
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Post by Kite on May 11, 2020 13:47:22 GMT -8
It was a bit comforting that Beruto acknowledged his weakness, unlike Kite. Kite would never admit his weakness, unless he was convinced to, which would be hard. The only person that he trusted that much was a deity named Korr. Kite hasn't seen him around anymore and for the first time, he was actually worried about someone. He told him some more stuff, like his problem (his anger issues) and other stuff. He wouldn't have a problem telling Beruto these stuff, but he hasn't been seeing the fellow for a while now, at least not until now. Kite's facial expression was one of confusion when Beruto explained that he didn't tense up at all and it was just a 'freebie'. Kite didn't really agree with that, even though he understood that it was all for fun.
"You know, I understand that you're doing this for fun, but if you weren't in a fight with your friends.. that 'freebie' could cost you your life. Not saying that I would take your life, no. But, what if you're in the fight of your life?"
He asked. He knew that the whole life or death thing was that important, at least not at the moment, but he just had to bring it up. Kite might be a bit soft when it comes to their friendship, but there are still times where he gets angry. Like that one time where Beruto accidentally broke the ice sculpture when they were in the Western Lands. He was about to punch Beruto in the stomach pretty hard, but.. he decided not to. It.. would be unfair. Especially since Beruto told him from the start that he wasn't good at ice sculpting. It still kinda bothered Kite that he stood behind him the whole time showing off his physique to the crowd.
As Kite's fist collided with Beruto's forearm, the impact from the attack sent a huge gust of wind across the area. Kite was a bit surprised that his punch was that hard, even after all this time. Maybe it's because he is always in good shape and he exercises everyday so his strength doesn't deteriorate. Kite acknowledged the compliment that Beruto made about how powerful it was and chuckled when he mentioned that it would be pretty rad when he actually learns it.
"Hmm, ok. So, what are you waiting for? Come at me!"
With that said, Kite took a few steps back, giving Veruto enough space to finally put his training to the test and try out the attack.
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Post by Beruto on May 14, 2020 7:03:53 GMT -8
The red haired teen chuckled to himself when Kite went on to tell him that he should keep his abdominal muscles tensed at all times during an encounter to provide proper protection. It was nice to hear the other boy was concerned for his safety, but the concern was unwarranted, Beruto knew exactly how to defend himself, he had only left himself vulnerable because they were friends and Kite was giving him a demonstration of a new technique, not trying to murder him.
"Hehe!! Relax. If this were a real fight I wouldn't be giving out free shots, not even to you." Beruto replied with a smirk. "I just wanted to see if you had been slipping." he added and then tensed his middle, bringing his own fist up and slamming it into his brick like abdominals. "Next time you'll have to get through these." the shirtless boy continued with his smirk turning to a full on cocky grin.
Kite seemed eager for Beruto to try the move out on him now, so the red haired teen obliged him. "Ok, you tense yours now and we'll see if I have this move down." the shirtless teen replied and assumed his usual fighting stance, arms held high to defend his head and chest. He didn't have to defend himself at the moment but seeing as this was the posture the move was likely to be executed from in an actual fight, it only made sense to practice it in the same posture. With his rudimentary understanding of Ki energy, the shirtless boy took a few deep breaths to center himself and then focused on the supply of power balled up within his solar plexus. Once he felt he had a firm, ethereal grip on the energy, he looked to Kite, made sure the other boy was ready and then went into motion.
Darting towards Kite, Beruto dropped his right arm low and as he approached, started to force the energy in his solar plexus, through his chest and down his arm. Getting within arms length, the boy maneuvered to slam a massive uppercut into Kite's stomach, powered both by his impressive physique and the jolt of energy he'd pumped into his fist. As time seemed to slow, and Beruto's fist barreled in towards Kite's midsection, the red haired boy thought to himself 'Maybe I should have told him to take his shirt off, if this is half as powerful as the ones he hit me with, it's going to shred it like paper. Oh well, it'll be wicked anyway!'
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Post by Kite on May 16, 2020 8:07:15 GMT -8
"Relax, huh? Hmph. Fine. I'm just a bit worried, you know?"
He admitted. He just.. didn't want the guy to get hurt and he meant like really hurt. Unconsciencous in a bad way, hurt. But, eh. Maybe this wasn't the time to think about that. Maybe this was just the time where he spends some time with his good friend and do something fun, just like teaching Beruto his 'well-known' technique. He was pretty sure that Beruto was the only one that was interested in learning the powerful attack. Once Kite explained and demonstrated the way to perform the technique, it was now the red haired teenager's turn. When Beruto told Kite tense up his stomach, he did just that even though he wanted to guard or something. But, the only way to find out if Beruto learnt the attack was to take it head on. As Beruto dashed at Kite, he got himself ready for the most painful thing that he had ever felt. That is at least, from Beruto. He has received some hard blows in some of the most serious fights before. Probably harder than Beruto will ever deliver in his life. Once Beruto's fist connected with Kite's stomach, his shirt sustained more damage than he did, ripping at the exact spot where the red haired teen's fist landed. That.. was a bit of a problem. His father told him to make sure that he came back in one piece and that included his shirt. Well, what's done is done, eh?
"Ugh!"
The weird thing about all this is that he smirked, even though the punch sunk in his midsection.
"Man, that didn't hurt a lot. I must commend you though, you got the main idea of the technique. I felt the extra force coming out of your fist, but you still need to practice. I didn't get the attack down in a day. I've also been working on my toughness lately, especially my midsection. You see? I knew that you would aim for my abs."
Kite explained. He removed Beruto's balled fist from his stomach and looked at the clothing damage that was sustained and well.. his shirt was torn. To be fair, it was getting a bit annoying to have the shirt on and he wanted to take it off. So, that's what he did. He removed his shirt, turning his back to Beruto.
"Hey, is it ok if I throw this in your RV for the time being?"
He asked. He wasn't gonna just throw it on the ground like he always did. There wasn't much left to do at the moment. Beruto did say that he had an extra pair of swimming trunks in his RV. Kite thought about it for a second.
"Hmm. Where is that extra pair of swimming trunks? I actually wouldn't mind taking a swim. It's been a while."
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Post by Beruto on Jun 7, 2020 5:08:30 GMT -8
Nailing the punch and ecstatic to see the extra power did indeed blast a hole in Kite's shirt, Beruto was all smiles even though destroying the garment wasn't his primary goal. Conversely, he did also noted that the execution wasn't perfect, the transfer of energy must not have been efficient enough to send it all into Kite's body, for he could also feel a creeping soreness running down his own arm now. After recovering his breath from the punch, Kite commented on the lack of power too, confirming Beruto's suspicion. Of course this was only to be expected, he wasn't likely to get the move just right on the first try. The other boy then went on to comment that he knew Beruto would aim for his stomach and that he's been concentrating his efforts there, to which the red haired boy laughed.
"Hah! Of course I was going to punch you in the gut." the shirtless teen laughed. "There's no sense in accidentally knocking you silly. Besides, taking a hit to the core is like the manliest test right?" Beruto paused a moment in his revelry as Kite striped off his ruined garment, letting out an embarrassed sigh. "Hey, sorry about that, I didn't actually think I would have gotten the move to work that well on the first try, if I had I would have suggested taking it off to start with. But yeah, let's go get you that bathing suit!" he replied, giving the other teen a slap on the back as he walked past him and towards the RV.
Moving ahead of Kite, walking towards his mobile home, Beruto opened the door and hopped up the stairs, and went strait to the bedroom in the rear of the vehicle. Taking a few moments to rummage through his drawers, the red haired teen produced another pair of bathing trunks, these ones being blue with a white, flower print design on them. Beruto never wore them, he preferred his black and red color combinations, but Kite seemed like the kind of guy who might look good in the trunks, especially with his light hair. "Here we go. What do you think of these?"
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