Ivypaw's Training

[Cheetah]

xX.Cheetahwind.Xx

She thinks I am trying to compete with her. To fight with her fairly. Well, be it. It is time to show her who is the mentor here, if I want to train her without much strain. Not bothering to reply this time, Cheetahwind easily leaped into the air, landing a few metres behind Ivypaw, and outside of her reach. Pushing off the ground with her paws, the spotted femme used her superior speed advantage oto flash by her apprentice, using her hind paws to flip her over and jumping on her again, pinning her with the wear underbelly in the reach of her claws. Without causing her much harm, she slashed across the soft flash with claws shedded, knowing the movement would still be painful to the young cat, before pressing one paw to her throat.

"That was a good move. You leaned the first rule of fighting - an opponent caught by surprise is an easy move and maybe even an easy win." Cheetahwind hissed, showing her approval for the apprentice but not bothering to conceal the fact that she was now in a winning position and would be until Ivypaw reached the extent of her fighting powers. "Now, Ivypaw. I am not trying to make you like me, but you will follow my instructions if you want to pass your training. Now I will show you some fighting moves to start off, and you will repeat. Do not try to attack me, or I will retaliate. We will have a fighting session again at the end of the training." The femme continued, not moving her paws until she received an agreement from Ivypaw. "I believe you have great potential, as you are the child of my brother and my good friend. But do not think it will earn you any breaks." Especially when your parents are exiled, which appears to be pretty soon unless Silverclaw is merciful towards them. Which I hope he is...

[xX Skyshadow Xx]

.X Ivypaw X.

Ivypaw hissed as Cheetahwind jumped out of her reach. I should have seen that coming she chastised herself. She spun around to face her mentor... then her jaw fell open. Her mentor wasn't there. Ivypaw's eyes were wide with shock as the spotted femme flashed past her, much, MUCH faster than any cat should be able to move. Still in shock, the apprentice hardly felt it when Cheetahwind lashed out and knocked her over. However, she hissed with pain when her mentor raked her barely-sheeathed claws over her stomach.

Get a hold of yourself! You're easy prey when your overcome by emotions. You learned how to control them a long time ago, Ivypaw thought. She surpressed her shock, letting her face fall back into the familiar emotionless mask before she answered her mentor. Ignoring the compliments she got right to the point.

"There have been... er... rumors that run faster than... well... had super speed but I'm not sure that I believed them. Um... how?" Ivypaw didn't try to disguise the curiosity in her voice. She was amazed by the cat that was pinning her to the ground.

[Cheetah]

xX.Cheetahwind.Xx

Better. I have no idea what is going inside that head of hers, but she at least seems to understand my instructions. And if she attacks again,I will have the full right to claw her into a bloody pulp. Although satisfied with her apprentice, both with her demeanor and her quick fighting skills, the femme went to great lengths to conceal it. She'll grow into a fine warrior. I can see it in her. And if I am the one to shape her into the warrior she will probably become, we will form a bond. A bond I can exploit when I need cats to join me.

She leaped off the cat's small frame, landing just out of reach but still close enough for the cat to only notice if she was observant. Which she probably was, seeing as that is what lack of emotions did to cats. Comfortably curling her spotted tail around her front paws and focusing her orbs on Ivypaw, knowing she will be able to be half way to camp if attacked with warning by the time her apprentice reached the stop, she opened her mouth again. "Don't try to practice it, as you will never be able to achieve it." Cheetahwind meowed, feeling a small thrill of smug satisfaction which she instantly pushed away, reminding herself that despite the fact she was barely seven or eight moons older then the apprentice, she had to be the professional.

Not bothering with a long recount of the story she had once told to her own kids, she continued with a short snippet of information. "Apparently, me and my two siblings had been rewarded with powers as a part of a prophecy just before you were born. We are thinking that some of you might have gotten some of them, and others were just born as ordinary kits." She murmured, remembering her adventurous childhood and the rest of her powers, which she had not used in a long time. "Now." She meowed commandingly, standing up gracefully. "Let's practice. Choose what you want to learn first - attack or defense. Through in my opinion, attack is always the best defense." And that rule had helped me many, many times.

OOC: Skye, you ish back! Welcome back!

[xX Skyshadow Xx]

OOC: Yep, thanks! You're back, too!

.& Ivypaw &.

Ivypaw gasped as the she-cat lept away from her. It was a relief to have the weight lifted from her chest; it made it easier to breath, too. She got up and shook the dirt out of her pelt as she assesed the situation. Cheetahwind is just out of paw's reach so there's not point in attacking. If I leap, she'll just use her super-speed to get out of the way then rip me to shreds. Since I can't attack and there's nothing to defend against, I might as well listen. Besides, this cat may be a powerful allie.

Ivypaw descreetly moved forwards a little, a movement that Cheetahwind would have had to be watching very closly to see, and sat down. Her mentor was now within paws reach. However, Ivypaw wasn't going to attack just yet. Instead, she sat down to hear what her mentor had to say. She listened intently as her mentor told her about the prophecy. If this cat is my aunt, does that mean that my father had powers? That I have them? Ivypaw always thought of her father in past tense, as a thing of the past. If he was exiled, how could she ever hope to know him or learn from him? He might as well not exist.

Ivypaw's attention snapped back to her mentor as she realised first that her mentor had stopped talking and secondly that her mentor had obviously paused because she was waiting for an answer. What was the question? Attack or defence?

"Attack," Ivypaw said, "is a vital part of winning. Defence is... optional."

[Cheetah]

OOC: Posting the same thing I posted in all my apprentice/mentor threads just in case you think I abandoned this ~ I don't really want to do camp threads while the battle goes on, because that kind of screws with the timeline and is kind of hard xD So we'll continue once the wolves are done for