Setsuna grunted a little at the impact; clearly, John's chi manifested best with force. But what really had her interested, worried, was that, as their swords crossed and she felt the strong surge of energy shaking through Yuunagi's steel, into her arm, reverberating into her body as it held against the block, she felt not her chi responding, but her demon side. It flared up almost painfully, roaring in her ears as it encouraged her to push John back, forcefully with its strength, and then she drew Yuunagi back, ready to strike him again, but stopped herself sharply before it even swung a few inches.

She wrestled the demon down with her chi, forced it back under, assured it that it wasn't in danger. It acquiested, and Setsuna let out a long breath.

"That was very good, John."

Very good...

Setsuna nodded, a little wide-eyed at how John's body was responding to the release but she had felt it and it had caused her demon side to come out a bit in defense, so, really, she shouldn't be surprised. "It would appear so. Still think it's a bunch of kung fu hoey?"

Setsuna blushed and immediately tried to restrain her own heavy breathing.

"John!"

"With practise, you can learn to control it more," Setsuna assured him. "That was all raw energy and nothing more. In a real fight with a demon, he would have beaten off the attack like I did and..." Also like she had almost done "continued on to annihilating you, especially since you'd wasted all your chi in one fell swoop."

Setsuna nodded a little. "Just remember, though, you haven't much time before graduation. We might not have enough time to ease into it. We've got to hit this thing, hit it hard and hit it fast, if we're going to yeild any results."

"Practise," Setsuna answered. "A lot. What I showed you now is sufficient until we can meet again next week, but, if you still have it in you, I can teach you another small technique now. That first one, though, is an important one, and I don't feel we'll suffer any if we call it good here."

"Okay," Setsuna nodded, admiring a little his determination. "This next one that we're going to do is sort of a distance kind of attack, but not a long one. Instead of releasing the chi at impact to create a firmer blow, you're going to release it as you swing your blade toward the enemy, releasing it so that it moves like a projectile toward them. Does that make sense?"

"Essentially? Yes."