Unusual training

Jun was practicing her hard yet swift kicks on one of the wooden dummies in her garden.. Which was a pretty huge garden for just a wrestler though with her parents being very rich, she could easily afford it. She wasn't one to throw around money but she needed a good place to train and without distractions.. The garden had everything. In one corner was a large heated spa with bamboo trees covered around it so no one could see her, it even had a old fashion Chinese roof above it just in case it would rain. In another corner were various training dummies held up by wooden poles, looking like scare crows but much more expertly crafted. In the center of the garden was a small fountain with a small yet standable stone block where Jun could meditate on. The garden was mostly filled with grass and stone waypatterns that led to each area of the garden where she could either train or relax on.

Jun was still lightly wounded from her match with Yi but refused to gain medical treatment when she could just meditate the pain out of her body. Thirty minutes had passed since she had unleased her first kick on the wooden dummies and her leg started to feel numb, which irritated her alot. She walked with a slow place back to the fountain and sat on the edge of it, raising her leg so she could inspect it and massage it gently with her hands.

She had been watching on and off for a while, never getting too close. She wasn't close enough to even have a close call. Obviously, Jun would be expected to recognize her on sight... so that simply wasn't allowed to happen. Simply, to be mysterious and all knowing, a person had to do a lot of otherwise apparently demeaning things. History had proven that wars could be won or lost with sufficient information and sufficient allies... the same was true for a wrestling ring. Presently, Yi had been sitting very carefully still while the woman had practiced.

The mind did terrible things when it was focusing on a fight, doubly so when the person was focusing on the training object so much to stave off pain. That was how she got in... about twenty minutes ago. Since that time, she had made it across the garden and to the fountain, sitting behind it just so that her form would be obscured from view. Even the stone structure would not obscure Yi's two long black hair tails, and so before she had entered she had tucked them into her coveralls. Now, she had been sitting on the cold edge of the fountain for approximately eighteen minutes, and she had begun to wonder if Jun *had* seen her and was simply *punishing* her. The thought evaporated from her mind as she heard Lady Hong finish training.

To announce herself, her hands raised to her neck, allowing her arms to be seen. Then her hair was pulled from the insides of her coveralls to be shown. She wore her real coveralls today, not the ones she had worn in the ring, these actually had pockets. "Lady Hong." Still, she did not turn to look at the woman, but ears were alert to listen for any noise over the babbling of the fountain.

Jun wanted to jump forward and away from the direction the voice came from but she knew it was now wise when her foot was far from taking good damage, looking over her shoulder at who it was and her eyelids widened when she noticed it was Yi. She wasn't sure what the girl was doing here, or even how but she just had to stay calm and not do anything hostile unless provoked, looking back infront of her at the training dummies.

" Lady Zhou, shouldn't you be resting? "

Jun wasn't sure what to expect of this encounter in her own territories, so she had to just find out what exactly Yi was here for. Still.. She was starting to go by her own judgement, which had figured out in their match that Yi wasn't someone to strike from behind, she could've done so already while Jun was tending to her leg.

She turned slowly on her seat and raised both hands to prove that they were quite empty, also commonly associated with an act of surrender. "Unless you choose otherwise, I expect this will be a very relaxing visit," it hadn't been so far, but the emotionless face offered no hint at any deception. This encounter was likely the first time Hong Jun had heard the historian speak. Not once during the match had she spoken a word, as she had not in any of her prior matches. Her voice was soft and slightly high, as though her voice had never quite grown up with the rest of her body. Her speech was precise, with a practiced edge that suggested she had hand picked every word.

Feeling her intentions were adequately announced she stood, slowly. She even allowed a wince to command her eye as her back straightened out. "I wanted to thank you, personally, for the match. You fought extremely well, I had hoped that by toppling you I would see my first ringside win." She bowed, allowing those magma eyes to leave Jun for a moment.

" I see. You could have waited untill you have fully recovered. "

She'd started to lower all her defences when Yi was bowing to her, resting upon the fountain's stone edge, releasing a gentle sigh and looking over at Yi for a moment.

" You almost won, I must congratulate you for being able to stand your ground and having the knowledge to lure me into offensive mistakes. "

She'd bring one hand down into the clear watery fountain, gently scooping a small amount of water on the palm of her hand and brought it down to her leg to gently stroke the cold liquid upon her tender yet warm skin, flinching on eyelid halfly closed and continud to speak to Yi, already starting to loosen up.

" I'm amazed you managed to find me and infiltrate this garden. "

"Yes, well... I hope I made it look a lot easier than it actually was," image was important to the historian, though not in the same way that style was important to most girls. Through image, one could make an opponent believe you are strong or weak, when you are actually the opposite. Lu Zhou Yi took a few steps away from the fountain as her hands fell into her pockets for warmth.

"What I could learn in the hospital I could learn from the comfort of my room," cameras were everywhere on the Friction Campus. Few were safe even when they thought they had sought out all the cameras. The hospital wing was very similar. Very little went on that wasn't caught by some camera for viewing later. Places like this, however, tended to be off the cameras, out of the highlights. "I apologize for the intrusion, but you had already left the hospital when I had woken up. I'm fairly new to this league, and I feel I must forge alliances." She finally turned to look directly at Hong Jun, "I was hoping to have beaten you, and suggest you needed such an alliance."

" Hmm.. An alliance? "

Jun pushed off from the fountain's edge, standing on both fet and expecting her injured one before she'd turn to face Yi. Her arms going behind her back, like the stance she had in the match but showed no hostility, thinking to herself, wondering how this could benefit her though knowing that in pained conditions, she would need support so she could recover, was reason enough.

" So.. Lady Zhou. You wish to ally yourself with me.. I don't see why not. "

Jun brought her hands forward and placed her fist sideways infront of her own face and placed her other hand upon it, she then proceeded to bowing down at Yi and spoke out.

" I will be your ally from now on. "

That was easier than expected, which implied the alliance may break if Yi strained it too much. Not something she could necessarily help here in the garden, so she returned a bow of her own to Lady Hong. "I'm honored."

And where the emotion should have been there to feel the honor, there was simply an explanation. Yi's magma red eyes glanced over Hong Jun one more time, "Your offense is stunning. I hope to have the good fortune to fight and prove myself at your side."

Jun would take her seat on the edge of the fountain again, resting upon it to let her leg once again recover.

" Your strategies had often got the best of me in the match, no doubt you have already proven the capability that lies within you, that's why it isn't hard for me to put faith into this alliance. "

Jun brought her elbows upon her lap and placing her chin upon the back of hand which was supporting by her other hand.

" ... "

She shook her head, refusing to take too much credit for what had happened in the ring. "Your fighting style is one I can defend myself from. Constant kicks and punches... throwing your body weight into each attack." her left hand opened skyward just as her right fist came crashing down into it. She looked skyward as the resounding smack filled the air for a moment before she continued, "Very effective." For a moment, it seemed like mere thought of Lady Hong's fighting style was more than just an academic endeavor to Yi.

Her magma red eyes turned to look back at the now sitting Hong Jun, and a slight flush of red filled her otherwise porcelian cheeks. "What I mean to say is... I choose fights because I know my opponent has a style I can take advantage of." It's why she has yet to face a true grappler, which was inevitably the bane of her abilities.

"Not to offend you..." she minded as an afterthought.