"Speech"
'Thought'
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(3rd POV)
On the top deck of the Bounty, the ninja—including a still normal sized Lloyd—and Nya were all sparring against Akira after over an hour of both Lloyd and Nya convincing her to do so—with her reluctant acceptance—so that they could all get more intense training against something that they used—with the current exceptions being Lloyd and Nya—in every battle so far; Spinjitzu, as well as its other variants that Akira had shown during their battle at the now ruined serpentine mountain fortress. Of course the ninja themselves were confused with why she was teaching them how to fight against the martial art, and it didn't take much longer before one of them voiced their confusion. "Why are we doing this again?" Jay queried, using normal nunchucks to parry a very toned down sword strike from Akira. "It's not like any of our enemies use Spinjitzu." He added, getting a disapproving frown from Wu, as well as him being briefly reminded of a particular serpentine, and a scoff from Akira at Jay's ignorance. Cole was about to add his own two cents before Akira spoke up as she smacked his scythe away and out of his hands, forcing him to retrieve it. "Since you seem to have already forgotten, Garmadon is a child of The First Spinjitzu Master, so it would be obvious to assume that he'd know Spinjitzu." Akira stated, entering Spinjitzu and "running" circles around them, pulling them all into her tornado before throwing them out.
"And I can only assume that the reason he hasn't been using it would either have to do with the fact that it's related to his father, and in turn creation. Or that he may be instinctively trying his hardest to hold back, but that side of his corrupted self is only outwardly visible when it involves Lloyd." She added, walking over to said child, bending down to check on him with the other five getting up shortly after. After seeing that he was okay, Akira gently smacked his cheek. "Get up, Vælnok. You quite literally asked for this." Lloyd groaned, slowly pulling himself up from the floor as Akira stood up. She walked back toward her original position, waiting for everyone to get ready to begin once more. She then glanced over to Nya, who had upgraded her Samurai X suit using materials given to her by Akira, making it much more durable than before. Nya had also made a small cosmetic change, adding some azure around her chest-plate, arm guards and helmet. "Nya, you need to start focusing a little more on your own Spinjitzu training." However, before Nya could protest, Akira raised a finger. "Whether or not you don't want to be a ninja, Spinjitzu is still a valuable tool for combat." Akira got a sigh of reluctant acceptance from the Samurai that was closely followed by a nod. "I get it, it's just I'm not really making much progress."
Akira shrugged. "Just don't worry too much about not making too much progress." She said in a comforting tone. "You'll get it with time." Nya smiled before picking up her swords from the floor, brandishing them towards Akira. Akira glanced over at the five ninja, who were all clearly exhausted from the intense training that they've been doing for a while now, in fact the only reason Nya was not as exhausted was because of her armor, as most of it had been replaced with the stronger material. The material itself was nothing to scoff at, and would last Nya for a long time, allowing her to use the rest to better upgrade her tools like her jetpack and mech-suit. "Now, before we start again—not even mentioning that this has turned into a one on one—I want you to focus your mind on aspects of balance and life." Nya's swords dropped ever so slightly as she tilted her head in confusion. Noticing this, Akira explained further. "Spinjitzu is focused around those two concepts, with Rising Dragon being focused more on motion, and Shatter-spin around corrupted strength; the reason why I won't be teaching it to any of you." Akira looked over to the ninja with a flat expression.
She looked back towards Nya with a sigh. "Alright, let's hurry up and begin. Wu shouldn't be much longer from his tea shopping." Akira moved her hands to her hips. "Damn, he's obsessed with that shit." She muttered, totally ignoring what the others have said about her and her coffee addiction. ...Which she wasn't, and anyone who said otherwise was a liar, and this totally wasn't her thought process as she was taking a large gulp of coffee. Akira threw a glass that was definitely not filled with coffee into her pocket dimension, her expression immediately shifting from thoughtful to focused, her right hand briefly flashing yellow before a war-hammer materialized in her grasp. She twirled the weapon before aiming it toward Nya. "Let's see if you can last until Wu gets back, yes?" Nya laughed nervously as a bead of sweat fell past her eye. 'Oh, fuck!'
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