Snippet #1770436

The training dojo was by far what Soma imagined. He had heard and seen dojos in pictures, anime and descriptions from different people but this was something else. The dojo was actually a immense room. Circular, the room was more like a wide tower, it's ceiling reaching so far up that it took a couple seconds for the echo of Soma's footsteps to reverberate back to him. "Arena" better suited it. It's circular shape was probably to prevent you from cornering your enemy so that you were forced to fight with not only brute force but as well as strategy. "T-this place is huge!" Ookami chuckled at Soma's reaction. "Wasn't what you expected, huh? What. Did you expect some sort of small wooden fighting dojo in the woods or something?"

Ookami turned and sat down in the middle of the floor. Flicking it's tail back and forth, the wolf eyed Soma. "So, have you even fought before?" Soma shook his head. "No. Not a real match anyway." "Well today's a great day for learning!" And with that, Ookami jumped up into a fighting crouch ready to strike. "Alright! Come!" Soma cocked his head in confusion. "What? What are you talking about?!" "If you don't come at me then I'll have to give you some encouragement! Here I come!" Ookami was a blur as it launched itself towards Soma. "Shit!" Without thinking, Soma threw his hands out and absorbed the impact of the wolf hitting him barely dodging the wolf's barred teeth. Bending his knees he let out a grunt and launched the wolf right over him. Ookami landed on it's feet with grace. "Just as I thought." Soma looked at his hands. "Did I just do that?" Ookami again came at Soma. Stopping in front of him, the wolf flicked it's tail out and knocked Soma's feet from under him. "Grahhh!" Again, Soma's mind went blank as his arm shot out to catch his falling body. Transferring all his weight to his arm, Soma managed to flip over from his hand to his feet without falling to the ground. His breathing was heavy and adrenaline coursed through him. "I didn't know I could do that!" Ookami laughed...... or if wolves could laugh then it did just that. "I knew it. I had a feeling you would do this." Soma looked at the wolf confused. "Do what?" "The way you react to attacks. You don't think." "Isn't not thinking in a fight bad?" Ookami sat back down and began to clean it self. "In some cases, yes. If your that kind of person then you will use tactics and observation to face your enemy. But you are just the opposite." "What's that supposed to mean?" "The way you fight is by instinct alone. Instead of thinking and telling your body to react a certain way, your body does it automatically as if it were walking. Were you, in any instant I attacked you, thinking?" Soma blinked. "Now that I think about it, my mind just went blank when I did all those things. But what makes you think I'll do that when I fight?" Ookami grinned that mischievousness smile that it wore so well. "That, dear Soma, is what we are going to find out right now."

Ookami began to glow a bright white. Covering his eyes Soma looked away. The light was insanely bright but strangely warm. As it subsided, Soma turned to look. Ookami the wolf was no longer there. In it's place stood a girl. By her appearance she looked to be no more than 18 years old. Her hair was a stunning bright white. It ran down to her waist freely with a single braid that neatly ran down the left side of her head and the very tips of her hair were a blood red. Her face was that of a goddess, soft and delicate but at the same time her expression had that icy look of a strong willed woman who didn't take "No" for an answer. She was wearing a short sleeved, low necked, tight fitting white shirt that revealed her middle. Her pants, were the same pure white and were baggy and loose fitting. It was quite a stunning sight and Soma struggled to keep his eyes away from her chest as he was having trouble keeping his hormones in check. The girl flipped her hair back and winked at Soma. "Haven't you ever wondered what I looked like as a human? Surprised?" Soma was having trouble finding the right words to say. "O-Ookami?"