Focused on her apparent cousin, Kiko missed the appearance of the menfolk in the field. Hurrying off to get into position, she stood o Ele and ighe woman's broad grin for being chosen to stao. Today, she was told, would be different to usual exercises as it was inteo ehey worked together rather than got better at individual arts. sidering they were going out tomorrow to pull off guard duty, that made sense.

  The lessons were more intehan before. More active and hands on, the instrus for bination attacks and how to work with a partner were given with more passion and vigor than the usual bat lessons. Maybe the teacher wasn't allowed usually because they always went to hard or somethiher way, Kiko learned a lot about this type of bat. And the four rounds of 2v2 and four rounds of 4v4 didn't hurt practical knowledge. Though, did hurt Kiko's muscles. She was used to activity, but this kind of activity was beyond her.

  Leaning against a post to get some feeling bato her everything, she was accosted by Ele. She could smell Kiko's distress like a shark in blood...or something like that.

  "You look battered. Wao give you a massage and ease those strained muscles?" Ele offered. Kiko looked for a few moments, thinking. It was the ck of the ile and just a gentle and genuine offer of aid that won her over however, and so she nodded.

  "Sure. Show me your moves" Kiko replied, getting led back to the woman's tent. The whole sleeping in a pad eating together thing made Kiko wonder why people had personal tents. But, everyone needed a pce to go, even if they didn't use it. robably the mi.

  Ele got Kiko to y take her clothes off and y face down on the bed, which she did. Some cold oils poured on a few seds ter made Kiko jolt, but the warm and firm hands pressing her into the bed and easiroubles. Her sweating, overheated body quickly cooled under Ele's hands, and she dissolved into a lethalgic half-asleep mentality uhe hands.

  "'s Yin?" Kiko asked in a slurred tone. Ele did have strange icy power that she wasn't meant to use, so Kiko was curious if that was what was being used.

  "Mmhmm. I use it in more ways than just Su. And ok, seeing you flushed red and ag looked like a perfeent to try out the subtle applications while also helping you out. Plus, the Yin cools your soul and mitigates the arousal that usually es with this" Ele expined. Her casually dropping in arousal was something Kiko just expected these days, but it did wake her up enough to raise an eyebrow.

  "Arousal? People get aroused from this? It's very ...really?" Kiko asked, as if Ele was trying to mess with her or something.

  "Not everyone. But some people are sensitive or have a high libido, and tact gets them going. Intimate, professional ta a rexing enviro cause someoo feel very tent. People like you, for example~" Ele's serious toered off towards the end to get sultry and teasing, which Kiko gru.

  "Am not" was a grumbled retort.

  "I guess we have our challehen. e to me tomorrow after the excursion and I will do this again without my Yin~"

  Ele would, after throwing down that gau, finish up a Kiko stand, so they could finish the rest of the day. Big day tomorrow, so the camp was abuzz and there lenty to do for everyone.