Kaz wasn't at home in the old dojo anymore. Too many memories..too many people he had stepped on. Now, he was visited privately by that old master of his. He was one of those american martial artists. As screwy as it may sound, he was possibly the most underpaid and most under rated teachers around. The brown haired man had brought simple martial training tools, consisting mostly of torn, fingered gloves, and those favorite kali sticks of his.

In the back of Kaz's yard, the two could be seen going through the ranges. Practicing those hitting the hand techniques with the weapons, a casual disarm or two. Right before they would go down to the wrestling portion they seemed to go at eachothers throats in a vicious kickboxing display. Thuds and crashes could be heard as they met eachother bone to bone, flesh to flesh. Finally, Kaz had decided to test the old man at his ground game. He would feint that simple jab, but hit that low line with a low tackle as Blakes hands come up. They both seemed to be grinning as Kaz had finally taken Blake down for once. The two of them jostled around from different positions including the painful knee on chest, mount, side mount, and of course guard and open guard. A timer seemed to go off in both of their heads as they both stood, and seemed to try to get the upper hand or be the first to get up. The two of them once again met in a round of kickboxing.

Kazuki looked at the old teacher of his, giving him a sideways look and that toothy grin. "Aya, Blake-san...not as old as I thought you were. I figured that hip of yours would have gone out on ya!"

Blake only seemed to chuckle to himself, retreating slowly and cautiously to a lawn chair. Kazuki quickly joined him as Blake turned his eyes on him. "You know, Kazuki-kun...I haven't gotten a workout like that from any of the blackbelts back at the school. You really should think about teaching one day..."

Kaz just seemed to brush off the idea, laughing deep and hard at the mans comment before giving him that perplexing look. It was hard to read, even for Blake with his superior knowledge of what made Kaz tick.
"Blake-san...I couldn't do it, anyway...I've got to worry about someone..a couple of people now.."

Blakes eyes seemed to light up in surprise as he heard those words spill from Kaz's mouth. "Must be some pretty good people, Kaz...but if you ever have some time off..come on down...and..before I go..I have something to show you"

Kazuki, who had been Blakes prodigy at one time, stood quickly as Blake slowly rose. The two faces eachother for a moment...then...

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