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There ain't no fear, there ain't no hope

Who: Ginia Solana (

whiskytraitorfirefight, Hatake Kakashi (

ura_no_ura), OPEN to spectators
What: Sparring and feeling out skills
When: 8 AM, Monday 02/10
Where: The Battle Dome
Summary: Ginia agrees to spar with Kakashi so he can gauge her skills.
Rating: PG-13 (Violence, language)

[As agreed, Ginia is in the lobby of the Battle Dome a few minutes before eight AM. She stretches lightly and paces around the room, limbering up and focusing. Should set up a room or was that something he wanted to do? She mulls lightly over before leaving the room to his decision.

Her mind is focused, but she's leery. She knows this is a test, that all she can do is show what she knows, and everything else falls into place. It's not a matter of how good a fighter he is, it's all insignificant. It still feels like she's walking into a trap.]

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[She feels the force of Kakashi flying into her and tackling her as the explosion goes off. Smoke fills her nostrils, the roar of the fire barely audible over her ear plugs.

She can feel Kakashi's weight on top of her, pressing her into the ground. And then it's gone. She should get up.

Every part of her body is tense and ready to run away, but her mind freezes. She remembers being on the ground, fire surrounding her, the crack of wood and the popping of glass. Her breath catches in her chest, her fingers curl against the asphalt. Her arm hurts from the cut, a dull throbbing. Her shoulder is bruised and sore from all the falls, there's probably scrapes along her knee too.

She should get up.

Her legs refuse to move. Her hands refuse to move.

She should get up.

She hears the roar of the fire, feels the heat. And she's not 37 anymore, but a scared and bloody 22-year-old and the fire is just enough to drown out the screams.

She should get up.

She should.

She should.]

[ Kakashi had fully expected that she'd be on her feet seconds after he knocked her to safety, but when Ginia doesn't move and remains frozen, prostrated on the ground, he begins to worry that there's something wrong.

If she'd been knocked out, the simulation most likely would've come to a stop, so clearly, it's something else.

He jumps down from the rooftop and heads over to her, bending down to check on her, knee dropping to the ground as he crouches down. ]

Ginia-san. Are you alright?

[Her fingertips scrape against asphalt. Ginia hears his voice through the fog of memories. She blinks, takes a shaky breath, forces herself to cling onto it. She's drowning in memories and she she finally pushes herself up to her knees, her head hangs down. Her tongue wets her lips, though even if she could talk, there's nothing to say.

She nods. Inhales, closes her eyes, closes her hands into fists.

Exhales, opens her eyes, uncurls her hands.]

/Sorry/

[She signs, even if he can't understand. Ginia knows she needs to get her head focused again. The simulation is still running, there are still opponents around. She can do this, she can pull through.

She can still smell smoke, still see fire.]

[ Kakashi takes one look at her and knows.

She's haunted by something, some sort of ghost, and it was the explosion that did it.

He's seen that look a thousand times. On the faces of men who've lost too much but still try to fight. On his own face in the middle of the night when he wakes up screaming Rin's name, and the blood won't wash off his hands, and all he can smell is the burning scent of skin and gristle and bone and Rin.

Easy to forget the present when the past drags itself right before your eyes.

He studies her for a moment, then slides an arm around her waist. ]

Hold onto me. We're going up.

[ It's the only warning he gives, before his other arm goes under her legs and he picks her up, and then he heads towards a car, jumps on top of it for leverage, then leaps onto the wall of the nearest building, and heads up. Once they're on the rooftop, he crouches back down to set her down.

Up here, they can talk for a little while undisturbed by mercenaries. ]

Do you want to continue, or should we end?

[ Asked as he reaches into his utility pouch and pulls out a flask of water, which he hands to her. ]

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[Ginia nods and wraps an arm around his shoulders before she's picked up and carried like she weighs nothing. And then they're going through the air and it's remarkable how easily he can move. There's a brief second when her mind clears and she realizes the truth she's avoiding all along.

She's outclassed in Luceti. A housecat in a world of lions and sure her claws can do a bit of damage, but it's not enough. It's the cycle of her life starting over again. The broken civilian learning how to be a hunter again. The hunter learning how not to be hunted.

At least she's able to stand on her own feet up on the building. She unbuckles her helmet and gives her head a light roll, feeling stiffness in her neck, her shoulders. The usual. Ginia takes the water, takes a sip before splashing some on her face.

When Kakashi asks a question, Ginia turns to face him, finally able to meet his eye. Her expression is still haunted, but she's pulled together enough.]

'I want to see what you can do.'

[She mouths slowly.]

[ Kakashi reads her lips, and for some reason it takes him a little longer than usual to parse it out. But once it sinks in, he nods in agreement.

The simulation will end if all enemies on the board are wiped out, and Kakashi doesn't see why it'd be difficult for him to make that happen, especially with just how low level they really are. ]

Alright. I can provide a demonstration.

[ He doesn't ask for his water back, letting her keep it, as he looks out over the rooftop, to the nearby park, which is open terrain. ]

I have one question though.

[ A pause. ]

What is a "land mine"?

[ He'd noticed that she'd programmed those in. Luckily, he's avoided any traps, mostly due to the fact that he's largely stuck to rooftops and vertical walls this entire time. But if he's to take out the remainder of the simulated enemy force, he needs to have a better idea of exactly what he's dealing with.

Since he knows she doesn't have the device she usually writes on with her, he takes out his journal and a pen from his utility pouch and hands it to her, so they can communicate. ]

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[Ginia tucks the flask into her pocket as she takes the pen and journal. Her writing is fast, neat and tidy, forged out of years of silence and necessity.]

Explosive that detonates via pressure plate on the top. Highly sensitive, doesn't take too much to set them off.]

[ Kakashi nods, then reaches out to take back the journal, tucking it away. His gaze tracks over to the park again, which is perfect for his own purposes.

Especially because it has absolutely no cover.

Which is most likely about to change. ]

Alright, stay up here. I'll take care of clearing them out.

[ And then he heads to the edge of the building and jumps down, landing with a thump on the top of a car, and then heads straight for the park. ]

[ It doesn't take him long to get to the edge of the park, and he starts to form seals with his hands, then crouches down and slams his hands down on the ground, activating a doton attack that shakes the entire park as he channels chakra through his hands. ]

Doton Doryuuheki!

[ A thick wall of earth rises from the ground, and in the process, land mines across the park begin exploding from the violent quakes, one after the other in a chain that sends dirt and debris flying everywhere. Kakashi, however, is relatively safe, protected by the wall.

He's also quite certain that this much noise will attract the mercenaries, which is exactly what he wants. ]

[Ginia remains standing, flask of water in one hand, her other covering her glock. It's a good vantage point, safe and secure, a good spot if she was a sniper. But for now she watches Kakashi.

She watches with uneasy awe as the earth moves, rising and shaking, the boom of mines echoing, the large wall protecting him. Whoever is left in the simulation will begin to converge on his location just as they did earlier when she set off the car alarms.

Her hand touches her neck.]

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[ Before the enemy even begin to converge, Kakashi performs a few more hand seals, and disappears from where he'd been standing.

Mercenary groups shout as they begin to creep in slowly, from the north, south, and east, carefully trying to flank the wall Kakashi'd created. For a long moment, nothing happens.

Then, out of nowhere, the ground breaks open, and Kakashi comes bursting out of the ground with a kunai, jamming it right through the base of a mercenary's chin. In a blur of motion, he grabs hold of two of the mercenaries closest to him, spinning them around as a shield as the group north of him begin to fire, the group to the east breaking into a formation at the corner of his eye. Dragging the bodies back with him to the wall, he ducks behind it and drops the men he'd been using as a shield, hands flying through seals in a blur, forming the seals for katon.

When he re-emerges, he takes a deep breath. ]

Katon Goukyakku no Jutsu!

[ And with that, a massive fireball explodes before him as he breathes fire out, growing in size and intensity as it rolls towards the group of men. ]

[It's fascinating the variety of abilities he has and Ginia has a hunch it's barely scratching the surface. From Anko, she knows wars were waged between villages and if these were the people on the front lines, no wonder there was a call for a truce. And if these are the people running the alliance...

When the fireball bursts out, Ginia's breath catches. Her chest tightens and she backs away from the edge of the building, forcing herself to look away. Her hands tighten, her knuckles white as she grips the flask. It's not as bad being on the ground, an explosion going off next to her, but it's still something she can't watch either.]

[ Down on the ground, Kakashi switches tactics, pulling up his hitai-ate to reveal his Sharingan as he dodges sprays of bullets, using his eye to predict their trajectory.

He dives towards the large fountain and lands on the surface of the water, then begins forming another series of seals. There isn't a lot of water to work with here, and it isn't nearly as good as a river, but he should still be able to use it for his own purposes. ]

Suiton! Suiryuudan no Jutsu!

[ A dragon rises out of the water, twisting and turning some thirty feet high -- not nearly as high as it normally would've grown to, if Kakashi had more water to work with. But then it crashes down in a violent tidal wave towards the last group of men, flooding the field in the process.

Anyone else standing on the field is most likely a little wet now. ]

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Raikiri!

[ Lightning sparks alive in his right hand at that very moment, and Kakashi jumps down onto the patch of land before him and sends his hand down at the large puddle of water, effectively electrocuting the mercenaries standing in inches of water.

And then, in a blur, he's moving straight towards the ones who managed to escape that first round of electrocution, cutting them down one by one until he's the last one standing on the field. ]

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[Ginia pulls her attention back in time to watch a dragon made out water rise up, swiftly washing over everything. The lucky ones get crushed in the tidal wave, necks and spines snapping, a few drown. The ones standing, guns useless after being drenched with water, meet their fate next.

The crackling of electricity, the flash of light, death comes quickly to everyone left in the water, the remainder swiftly cut down.

And he's an ally. It's something Ginia forces herself to remember, all while thinking it's only a matter of time before alliances crumble. And suppose there's the wrong shift and he turns on the village. What then? Certainly there are stronger people, but if they turn?

But at least he's an ally for now. At least someone she wants to stay on the good side of.

With the last mercenary dead, the simulation flicks briefly, then ends. They find themselves back in an empty steel room, both safely on the ground. Ginia looks over to where her cellphone is and picks it up, briefly aware from the dull throb of her arm the bandage around her arm is gone.

...There's a lot to think on. Ginia's still not sure where to begin.]

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[ Kakashi's clear on the other side of the room, and raises a hand to pull his hitai-ate back down over his left eye as he begins to walk back over.

If the simulation's revealed anything, it's that while Ginia is resourceful, intelligent, strategic, and adapts on the fly to the situations she finds herself in, against much more powerful opponents, she has her limitations. Her taijutsu, while most likely effective against the average soldier from her world, can't really measure up against the sort of fighting style from worlds like Kakashi's. And when they're up against a much powerful enemy, it's clear that she'll need a lot more training, which he thinks he should be able to provide.

If she can learn how to use ninja weapons and tactics, too, that would most likely help her as well.

Kakashi pauses to pick up kunai and shuriken scattered on the floor, then continues walking over to her. ]

You okay?

[ Asked as he closes the distance between them. He can see that she's bleeding a bit from where one of his shuriken had grazed her earlier, and reaches into his utility pouch to pull out a roll of gauze. ]

[Without the weight of the vest on her, Ginia stretches her back and rolls out her shoulders. No doubt she'll be sore tonight between all the falls, but nothing a soak at the hot springs and some rest can't fix. She straightens up when he comes over, nodding.

Honestly, it's a lie. She's frazzled and sore and self-loathing cuts deeper than any knife. But she'll pull herself together enough.

Her thumb moves over the screen of her phone as she types out a message.]

Your assessment?

[ Kakashi can either be brutally honest and rude as hell here, or he can soften the blow for the sake of diplomacy. He chooses to go with the latter, as he pulls Ginia's arm towards him and tears open her sleeve a bit to get at the wound, then begins to wrap her arm. ]

I think you have good instincts and potential.

[ He begins by means of assessment, pressing gauze down against the oozing wound, then running the roll of gauze around. ]

You're strategic, resourceful, and think well on your feet. Against people from your own world, you're probably quite formidable.

[ He pulls out a kunai once he's finished wrapping her arm and cuts the gauze, then ties the loose end, tucking it in place. ]

But I think it could help you to train in ninja arts, especially taijutsu, which is hand to hand combat, as well as other ninja techniques, which could probably give you more of an advantage on the battlefield. Especially if you're up against someone more powerful and experienced.

[Ginia keeps still as he wraps her cut. She listens to his assessment, giving slight nods. When he mentions training in ninja arts, there's a brief flicker of surprise. She didn't expect to get another chance.

I should be dead. It's the thought that keeps coming back. Not just in the training session, but because she is dead. She made her choices, she died. She shouldn't have a second chance.

...But she takes what she can get. Always has.]

Do you have recommendations on who I should train with?

Well, he's a little unconventional, and you might not want to take him seriously at first, but if there's anyone who can train you how to use taijutsu, it's Rock Lee.

[ Kakashi tucks the roll of gauze away. ]

He's a very capable taijutsu fighter.

[ And then Kakashi pauses here as he looks her over. ]

I could also introduce you to my students. They're all immensely powerful in their own right, but they might be open to giving you advice and helping you train, especially Naruto.

[Rock Lee. She's spoken to him briefly, mostly about the art club. Enthusiastic one. A name to keep in mind, especially if it came to hand-to-hand.]

Whatever you think is most suitable.

[A pause before she quickly adds on:]

thank you.

[ Kakashi's eye arcs with his smile as he nods. ]

You're welcome. It was a good session.

[ He reaches out and gives her shoulder a bit of a squeeze. ]

Anyway, whatever you do, don't let Lee talk you into wearing his green spandex thing. He's going to tell you it's for the power of youth and that you won't be able to reach your full potential without it or something along those lines, but take it with a grain of salt.

[Ginia's... not sure what to think about that smile, but mirrors it herself. Even if she doesn't feel good about being trounced or freezing up from the explosion, she values it for a learning experience. Can learn, will learn, keep living.]

I'll keep that in mind. Can't say I'd look good in spandex either.

[...Actually, with her frame, she'd look pretty good in a spandex body suit.]

[ ...probably not a bright green one, though.

Kakashi knows that Ginia has quite a lot to work on. And if there's anything their session revealed, it's that she has quite a huge weakness which will need to be addressed. He'll probably bring it up at a later time, maybe over a drink, because that's definitely a huge liability and a hurdle she'll have to overcome.

He gives her a nod, then glances behind him at the empty room, and the weapons scattered everywhere. ]

I'm going to stay behind and pick up my weapons.

[ He gestures at the rest of the shuriken and kunai littering the ground. ]

I'll catch up with you later?

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