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Not even a moment after Chae stepped back had Celes responded, motioning back towards her broken sandal, something that actually slipped his mind throughout the duration of their training session. Embarrassed he rubbed the back of his head whilst laughing nervously before he reached into the inner fold of his robe and retrieved a small pouch of Ryo, more than enough to have replaced both sandals.

"Heh, I that ones on me, s'what happens when you get into what you like to do the most haha!"

Catching his breath, his body pivoted to turn around, yet, stopped halfway after Celes inquired whether or not that Chae too would've made his way back towards the village.

"I am, you can join me if you want, I won't mind."

His offer came quick yet lingered long enough for Celes to contemplate her decision. Regardless of her answer, Chae continued his turn and made his way back to shore, namely the general direction that lead back into the village. Once on land, his feet slipped out of his sandals where his hand then gestured towards them, indicating that Celes could not only buy another pair, but use Chae's own for the time being.

"Don't worry about me, i've walked in much worse things than just dirt and grass barefooted."

Momentarily, he looked up to the sun and soon noticed just how powerful its rays of light had been, especially considering that his clothes had already began to dry up, although he didn't mind the refreshing drop in temperature from the dampness. Continuing towards the village, he figured Celes would've had more questions, and presuming she had the courage to ask them, that time couldn't have been better.

Celes stumbled forward from Chae's rudimentary display of Raiton Ninjutsu, which in turn brought about the motion of stepping to Celes' side outwardly, intentionally giving her time to recover when he could've easily capitalized on his efforts. Regardless, her immediate reaction undoubtedly caught Chae off guard, bringing about an arch in his eyebrow, plainly indicating his momentary confusion. It was all but brief, replaced by his own moment of amusement and laughter. He returned both the smile and laughter, sharing it with Celes and vice versa, finally, Chae had learned what it felt like to invest in another, at least, on a teach & student level. Relishing in the thought for a moment, his mind returned just as Celes' had.

"Don't give up, just touching me at your level will be exceedingly difficult, however, do not let that thought discourage you, but instead drive you forward. Push harder and perform things you normally wouldn't do. You know you're capable, now, show me."

Nodding while hoping to boost her spirits and morale, she continued onward with her assault. With a quick second step, her body launched itself high into the air, a grave mistake that she could've easily picked up from the teachers poor skills at the academy. But, fortunately for Celes, Chae had been there to undo what has been taught and in turn replace it with something so magnificent that the village's so called prodigy's would've looked upon her in admiration. The kunai, well aware of its presence, Chae read her movements and anticipated the trajectory of her throw, knowing full well once it'd been release that its linear path wouldn't change. He stepped out laterally to his own right with a swift shuffle while concurrently raising his arm just as before and aligned the tip of his arrow-head shaped hand directly with Celes' body.

"Zap!"

Although he raised his hands as though an attack had been meant to follow, it only proved to act as a lesson that she learned in the following moments. The kunai, sank into the body of water which only left Chae to deal with Celes' own physical attack, a spinning heel drop. Comically, to teach her and amuse her as a balanced teacher would, the Chakra within his feet had been entirely dispelled, causing his entire body to sink down beneath the waters surface, fully submerged. With a smile on his face, Chae knew that Celes also knew that the moment her kick smacked down into the water, it'd have lost most if not all of its force.

Thereafter he swam just a couple of meters behind her and peaked only his head out of the surface; his hair obviously wet with trickles of waters streaming down and all around his head.

"Never, ever jump, unless you've got some kind of aerial defense. Sure a ninja can perform super human features, but against gravity, you're helpess and vulnerable. Whether its lightning or a tagged kunai, it'd have ended you in an instant."

She had much to learn in a vast amount of time, especially if Chae really intended on relinquishing the mediocre skills taught to Celes by her academy teachers which, for an amount of years, couldn't have hoped to reach the same plateau of Chae's power. He wouldn't have babied her, he refused to, instead, he'd capitalize on her mistakes, force her to adjust correctly and learn from said mistakes. Her first step forward, hadn't been wrong, inching in and gauging your opponent had always been a necessity within the spectrum of hand-to-hand combat, however, her mistake had stemmed from her handseals when so relatively close to an opponent whose specialty was: Speed.

Immediately, Chae mirrored each step, drawing them even closer, now within what would've easily been 'kill range'. Her hands merged together to form a seal, which, could've easily been thwarted had he been armed with a projectile of some kind. Nevertheless, this had only been what some might've classified as orientation. The moment she reached over her shoulders to reach, grasp, pull, and unseathe her sword, Chae had already been upon her with a simple push against the waters surface, closing that distance within the blink of an eye. Within arms reach, his hand reach down towards Celes' own left, which, at that time, hadn't been extended just yet to achieve the necessary power for an attack.

Already aligned with her arm, his forearm moved up to Celes' leading attack, however, in a split second realization, the attack had been nothing more than a decoy, indicated by its abrupt halt in movement. Nevertheless, the thought of her follow attack never entered Chae's mind as he decided to show her just how crucial and unsafe feint attacks could be. Intuitively, his right arm would've reached for and cupped the base of her wrist (well before its retraction) with his hand, and pulled away at it thereafter, abruptly shifting not only her weight but her balance against her will. Having pulled her towards him with all his might, in a single, fluid motion, he released his grip whilst moving his hand up her arm to grab and clutch the side of her shirts collar.

With a single push - presuming everything proceeded as planned- Celes' body would've been sent flying roughly 4 meters away in the same direction in which she approached him.