She looked at Ith and smiled. "I didn't think it was a good time. And I suppose I'm a bit on the shy side. Although, i suppose even my entrance wasn't any help to that. I couldn't even kill a demon like that." She hangs her head and looks to the ground. <Oh my goodness, don't start crying><I can't help it. How can they help me, if i can't even help them?>
<Just don't cry, remember, crying shows weakness>
She lifts her head and smiles at Ith. I know my fighting isn't exactly..... well, good. But I do have room for improvement, and sometimes, my fighting skills just might suprise you."

"No need for tears young one. Your attempt was noble and I wouldn't have killed it like that either. Although your stance was a little off while you waited in the trees." He said.

She looked at him closer. <HE'S BLIND!?!?>
<What does he think he's saying? The man's blind!>
<Now, you know what they say, when one sense goes, the others become stronger.> I sense that he can see things in his mind.>[/COLOR]<Where'd you come from?>
<Kill them!>They all yell at the same time.... <Shut-up already!!>

"Umm.... how'd you know about the stance?"
<Hmn... i think he and I will get along just fine....>

"I had an accident when I was sixteen. I lost the use of my eyes in a fire that took down the monastery." He said pulling back his hood so that she could see the murky gray orbs that were now his eyes.

"I then wandered for some time and found a new path to the center with a new master. He taught me to see without the use of my eyes. In fact I can see better than I did then now, for color and brightness and silence no longer reign over my sight."

To see without one must see within. Ah if only they could find such sight as well.

She smiles again, trying not to think about those.... eyeless orbs. "So, you can't read minds or anything, right? I mean, no one here can, right?"
<Oh, that was smooth....>
<Stop being so sarcastic>
<How else was I supposed to ask>
<Just let me take over, you have to be smarter then the people you're with>

"Disregard my last questions. We must be on our way."

Tuchai was beginning to think this girl really needed some work in the swordsmanship area. Her moves seemed half learned and colse to unprofessional. He began to think about something that was bothering him, Hmmmmmm...... maybe I could help her out. She does seem to need some advice swordsmanship. I could also teach her the family style too. I am the last one to use it and possibly will be. She could help spread it. But there's something about her.......she's too quiet after a question. OK, I just won't teach her anything that's TOO lethal. He then walked up to her and politely asked, "You know you could really use some work on your moves, maybe I could teach you something that could help out?"

He stops her body in mid step and turns her head. "I've had more training in one day then you'd have in a lifetime." He mumbled to himself.

<Don't be rude, here, let me talk to him><If you all screw this up for me, I'm gonna kill myself!>
<Kill the all!>
<Shut up!!!>

"I thank you for your help. I'd love to learn something new."

Something was definitely wrong with this person. He couldn't explain what had happened, two completely different answers, all in about ten seconds. He was definitely glad he wasn't going to teach her everything. "uuuuuhhhhhh........ooooook. I guess we'll just have to start whenever we stop, if we do." He looked at Akia, who looked like she wasn't going to stop to find this thing, even if it took the rest of her life.

<I need to take over. If he's going to teach me anything, I have to learn it.>
<What, but why? Just let me take over during battles. I can kill almost everything>
<You all don't get it, do you? I'm trying to live without you! That's why I'm try not to use you.>
<You know..... they probably aren't all that nice. How do you know they're not the ones that killed your family, and then your clan...... KILL THEM ALL!!>
<Shut up before i cut your throat!>
<Ummm... Is that even possible?>

"Well, I guess we should be going, eh?" She turns to Ith. "And you have to tell me some more about what you've learned from your master. I'm quite interested."

He gestured to a cherry tree overhanging the path ahead.
"Tell me what you see there. Do you see blossoms? Do you see colors? Do smell its scent?"
He already knew the answer but he had to ask anyway.