Before she left... [Private...]

Before Mari had left for blood village with her associates Mari was standing in the middle of the forest, preparing for the training that she has not put herself thorough lately as she closes her eyes feeling the chakra inside of herself as she clenches her fists together. 'It's been awhile old grounds. I remember as if it was yesterday.' She whisper out as she open her eyes staring at nothing in the air as she began to practice the basics of taijtusu karate moving side to side with punches and kicks.


[only certain people can force exit this..]

While she was so distracted training mari wouldn't realize that a clone of Kazuki had followed her to this very spot.

"Keeping up with the training hmm young one?"

Twisting around very fast to where she almost trips herself she would come face to face with her old teacher, Kazuki. "Kazuki! You scare me -.-" Mari would exclaim before shaking her head and looking at his face as she stands straight in the white gi that he gave her awhile back. She always trains in it when she wasn't busy helping her sister back in Aurora. As Mari stood straight in her white gi she would give a sight bow for a sign of respect as her fists were clentch together, Both hand's on top of each other, knuckles facing forward.

Looking back at her teacher she would raise a right eyebrow at him. "What do you mean sensei? I been following the path I always follow, the honor path." She told Kazuki as she would try to keep a straight face as the wind that she now controls would blow across her longer hair.

"I have been hearing rumors that a new powerful kingdom of villans is emerging. Also I have heard that you play some part of this." He stated his eyes showing he is serious.

Looking straight at Kazuki still she was sweating inside of herself as her bijuu could sense her feelings. 'Keep cool, keep cool' Her mind was thinking as she prepare herself to talk to Kazuki about this. "We all hear rumors Kazuki, I been hearing that its something happening yeah. But I have no part to do with it as my knowledge occurs." Which really was the truth since she seems to always lose her memory when something occurs that her normal side never had anything to do with.

Kazuki squinted his eyes showing he was in deep thought but dismissed it and smiled at her.
"I trust you my student Now lets see whatcha got!" He shouted moving into his taijutsu stance.

Relief that her teacher trust her words that she spoke she would look into her teachers face as she would watch him move into his own taijutsu stance. "Okay teacher, here I come." She yell out towards Kazuki before running at him with her palm aiming 45 degree's at his chest as she slams it against him.

Kazuki would shift his weight backwards before executing a quick spin around mari as she striked poking the back of her head.

"You left yourself open"

Looking at Kazuki suddenly as he easily dodges her attack, and pokes the back of her head as she ignores the pain that sightly comes from the poke. "Well it has been awhile sensei since I have train and battle." Smirking as she told him this she would wonder if she could use the shikimori arts this time, but decides not to try it in worries that this would show that she is the one behind everything. As she would begin to circle Kazuki she would just watch him carefully wondering if she should use her sword yet or not.

Kazuki simply stood there smiling as he waited for her to attack.

Thinking this thorough Mari would stare at Kazuki before smirking as she would make handseals as a chakra cord would be quickly knotted together as she would hold it in her right hand, the whip making a sight crack. "So you want to see my power? I'll show it to you." She would question her sensei with a serious look on her face as it was good training skills. 'Chakra Cord'', the item that she hold in her hand would begin to glow in the elemental of her dark release as the wind would blow around them. Running quickly at the left side of kazuki as she would throw herself low as her foot would come swinging out at Kazuki she would try to trip him. If that would work, her chakra cord that was bonded with her dark released element would go snapping out trying to wrap itself around kazuki's arm's to pull back any usage of jutsus or fists.