Royal Shadow

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods, "Honestly, don't worry about me. As his daughter, the guards won't harm me but I need to talk to him before we just waltz out." She says quietly, "I'll try my best to get him to come but if he doesn't, we'll probably have to drag him out of there." She mumbles, "He can be a stubborn old goat at times."

 

[Hellfire]

"The guards might be a problem." Shadow frowned. "If there are a lot of them thing could get diffucult." Shadow unlocks a nearby door. He checks inside, finding the room empty he steps inside. " I am okay in a fight, but they will have weapons."

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods, walking inside with him, "Teach me to fight. I can help." She says lightly. She looks at him now, she didn't want to just stand by and watch him fight, it things got tricky she wanted to help.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow laughs. "Just like that?" He shakes his head, chuckling. "We don't have time for the good stuff, but I guess I could give you some of the basics." He turned around. He looked Isabella up and down for a moment. "Weak points are the first thing you should go for: ears, nose, kness, any joints or soft spots." He said it as if he a rehersed it a thousand times. "A good stance is needed as well, if you get knocked down you are done for." He demenstrated, spreading his feet apart and bending his knees. "Try to hit me." He said with a smile.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella looks at how he was stood, trying to imitate exactly was he was doing. She steps one leg apart, her feet were shoulder-width apart, and her knees bent slightly. She looked rather ridiculous but carried on nonetheless, she moves slightly, making her hands into fist. She moves to hit him, her movement slow.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow deflects it easily. "You should not copy my stance, your are a different in both size and what you consider to be comfortable. Find what suits you." He steps back. "If you wish to hit with a fist instead of a palm don't close your thumb in your fist, we don't want any broken fingers..." He gave her a few more pointers. They sparred lightly, Shadow attempting to find Isabella's strengths so that he could helpher find her style.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods, adjusting slightly. She looks down trying to find her stance to feel more comfortable. She moves her legs, one slightly in front of the other yet still spread slightly apart. She looked better and more comfortable like that. She nods at each of the things he says, changing how her fists were. She could move quicker like this now, and moves forward again to hit back.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow nods his head approvingly. "What do you find to be your strengths?" He asked as they sparred. He was finding it more and more diffucult to deflect and dodge her advances. "Speed, precision, strength?" He asked, both curious and attempting to help her.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella looks at him, taking a moment to think, "I'm small, so probably my speed out of all of those things." She says lightly, moving faster now as they sparr. She uses her leg now, in an attempt to try to trip him over.

 

[Hellfire]

The kick catches him offguard, and he steps back to avoid it with a smile on his face. "Okay, then you should try to disable your opponent as quick as possible. Keep your distance and try striking the throat and other weak points. A good hit to the throat can drop a person easy." He began turning in a circle as the sparred.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods again, looking at him, she looks at what he was doing now, keeping an eye on him. She hesitates for a moment before throwing a few strong punches toward his face as quick as she could and then straight after, punching toward his gut.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow just managed to block the blows towards his face, but the punch to his gut caught him in the side. He laughed. "Your getting better." He said, rubbing his side lightly. "Soon you'll be a master." He teased as they circled each other. He smiled. "Let's see if you can do that again."

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods looking at him again, tracking his movement, she does the same thing with the punches toward the face but sends a kick to his knee rather than a punch toward his gut, "I think it's a given to never attempt the same moves more than once." She says with a small smirk.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow knocks her leg back with his own, throwing her off balance. "Your a quick study." He said, only a little disappointed she had anticipated and adjusted. "You seem to be able to recognize patterns in others fighting, use that to your advantage." He smiled, enjoying the thrill of sparring. "Want to try some defense?" He ask, challenge clear in his voice.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods after regaining her balance, "Sure go for it." She says lightly, competitiveness was in her blood and she didn't shy away from the challenge, "Try your best, aye." She says with a wink.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow smiles, a mischivious glint in his eyes. He throws an almost lazy right jab, then a sudden lightning fast left hook. He alternated between hands and feet. Changing his speed randomly, try to keep Isabella off balance as he moved.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella tried hand to keep up, dodging the right jab and just avoiding left hook by centimetres. She jumps back, staring at his movement as he continued, not able to avoid all of his moves. She notices the random speed changes and looks at him, she moves her arm up to avoid another first and then starts to attack along side blocking as best she could. She hesitates now, moving backwards, her mind was thinking quickly. She moves quickly now, against his different paces, the concentrates on watching where his hands and feet with moving.

 

[Hellfire]

"Relax." He said, stepping back for a moment. "Don't focus on thinking, just let instinct guide you. You can't block if your head is full of distracting thoughts, clear your head and think of it as something like a dance." He realized how strange it sounded. "Any elegant and seeming without effort, just think like that and you'll be better off." He stepped back towards her.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods, letting out a small sigh. She takes a short second to think back to when her father made her take dance lessons as a child, "Okay." She says taking a deep breath, she looks at him and starts up again. She doesn't think now, moving quicker yet more elegantly, she moves lightly on her feet, much like a ballerina.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow finds that she is faster than him, but his change in movements still keep her on her toes. They spar for a moment. "Not bad Isabella, you have a talent for this." Shadow said with honesty as they traded blows. He suddenly jumped, flipping over her. He grabbed her arms from behind and attempted to pin them behind her back.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella breaths heavy, she doesn't expect his flip and isn't quick enough to move. This results in him pinning her arms, she takes a breath, "Wasn't expecting that." She murmurs softly, letting out a small chuckle.

 

[Hellfire]

"I suspected that." Shadow teased before letting her go. "That's why I waited so long, you got used to my style. The change caught you offguard." He seemed satisfied. "You are a good fighter, I don't want to even think how good you would have been if you had had any prior training, probably better than me." He chuckles at the thought.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella smiles at him, "Well thank you for teaching me." She says lightly, a smile on her face now, "I've watched the guards train, I know how they are taught." She says lightly.

 

[Hellfire]

"Your a quick study, I almost didn't have to teach you." He said, looking around the room. "I bet you could hold your own against a guard, especially since you have seen them train." He smiled as he looks back at her.

 

[RavenMist]

She nods lightly, "I can try. It shouldn't be a problem unless my father thinks I've been brainwashed by who.." She says lightly, her voice trailing off. She looks around now.