"There you are" Semmy smiled and began walking up to Suada who came in with a hurried demeanor.  Then Suada began closing the giant doors. "There is really no point in doing that half the ceiling is expo....sed?" Semmy found herself cut off as she watched a tall cloaked figure enter the through the doors just before it closed. 

"Semmy-Bell... This is the XiSei I was telling you about." Suada smiled nervously. She carried a large duffle of a bag and took it over to the seating along the wall.

Semmy had certainly been curious what type of tutor she would call XiSei at only two-hundred and fifty years old. Barely even out of his Djartte's Juvenile years, he would be considered Egresh, a young adult dragon. Most of his age would just now be considering pursuit of any mastery outside Rahisi. 

Anyone could be a Sei. A Sei was simply a teacher

Being Xi - meant you were officially qualified by a local office. A XiSei was  a term only bestowed by a having an official disciple or having complete mastery as recognized by the Meridian Office in Zeneth.  

Being ikonomal (which translated to just no ikono) meant Semmy's dragon form was considered pre-adolescant, she would be dwarfed in size in comparison to him if they fought in Djartte. She sat in the packed down dirt of the old arena. She looked down and began drawing swirls in the dirt, weaving a small pattern.

"Are you ready little amea?" a voice softly spoke coming toward her. Looking up she felt the majestic air surrounding the gon that approached as he removed his cloak. He was pale, a fair creamy tan that sparkled as the light shined on it. He was Onixxean, with thin eyes of a deep black color.  His long black hair pulled back into the traditional style for the unwed of his gyn. An enormous jade bead held his in place in pure royal fashion. Gold and white jade were worn only by the Yzhen of their region.

Semmy wiped away the pattern with her hand and pushed herself up to stand.

"Let us start with a warm-up" He said calmy. Semmy followed his eyes and saw that he had his attention mostly on Suada. Like there was something he wanted to say to her.

 Semmy had to stop herself from rolling her eyes. Typical gon, his mind is only on one thing.

"Twenty Laps around the arena," he commanded gruffly.

"Hei, XiSei" Semmy spat with a hint of sarcasm. She stretched her arms and legs out for a moment. Then began to run around the perimeter. 

The XiSei's eyes stayed locked on Suada who had begun a meditation technique. Holding a wide stance with her legs and arms, she slowly swayed her arms up and down and then in a loop. She matched her breath to her movements. 

Breathe... Breathe... Semiramishe had to remind herself to remain steady as she began to zoom around the arena. The sand and dust was kicked up behind her in a trail. She felt her heart beat. It was a like a life inside of her. It breathed too, and as it inhaled and exhaled the energy built inside of it. She pushed her feet into ground and felt the energy building underneath them. She was going at a speed she never had before. The Rahisi was supporting the muscles in her body. She had already done ten laps before she knew it. 

He felt the energy pulsating, and looked up at the amea who was racing around. She was going incredibly fast. The amount of energy leaking from her was massive. Her musculature were taught and pronounced as she pushed forward faster with each stride. She was like a beast that had been caged and now set free. She was going to be more than formidable once she had a handle on her Ikono and stamina.  

He wanted to stop her, but he was enjoying the marvel of it too much. Every time he felt concerned she might be wasting a bit too much energy or Rahisi for training, he would catch a glimpse of her expression. It is was either one boredom or amusement.  She was hardly breaking a sweat. Which made the whole point of the run almost useless... I am going to have to change up my strategy. He mused in his mind.

Semmy was happy to have run. Her nerves were now a bit calmer, and she felt like she had more focus. Also, the experience she had with her rahisi was brand new. It certainly seemed like her new XiSei knew what he was doing. 

"You have plenty of practice fighting in hand to hand. I know your.. teacher" He paused looking for a while at Suada. "But she is better with her rahisi than she is with her fists. Also, she prefers not to use physical weapons." he  put his hand out and katana slowly materialized in his hand. "You'll still learn about rahisi from her, but from me you will learn how to fight with and against real weapons."

"Uh... where did you get the sword?" Semmy asked smiling. She had seen Rahisi do plenty of things, but nothing like that yet.

"It is a contract weapon. My rahisi is embedded within it - so I can summon it to myself  no matter the distance between us"

"We.." Suada interrupted "will be learning more about that as we progress in your training. You still have the better part of five years to prepare."

"I had better be..." Semmy said under her breath.

"Oyeh! Well where is my weapon?" Semmy looked around in bewilderment. 

"First, you learn to defend yourself against a weapon when you don't have one."

"Well that.. is... just great" Semmy patted her sides with her hands, trying to keep a handle on her growing nervousness. "So how do you wanna -"

Before Semmy could finish getting her thought out, she was dodging the katana as it sliced the air in front of her at the whims of the mysterious instructor.  Semmy continued to dodge and roll as he came at her vigorously. 

Finally when he chopped into the ground she stepped back and then immediately stepped forward stomping the blade of the sword back toward the dirt. She pushed down with her foot fighting back against his strength as he strained to lift the sword. 

Suddenly, he turn the sword so the tip fell flat and he was able to slide it from underneath her foot. 

Semmy looked up, taken aback for that moment. Sending herself into a back-flip as he lifted the sword turning the blade upward.  She landed, looked up, and he was at her throat with the blade near to her skin. 

"You have great potential."

"That is good, considering I was close to being potentially dead a couple times there."

"A little flaying of flesh wouldn't have killed you" he smiled. 

"Can I at least get your name, given we are at a kill or be killed status?" Semmy smiled.

"You can call me Jun." he said putting his hand out. They grabbed each other's wrists and bowed in respect as custom.