Tsukikage had begun training under her master Ashura for a while now. He had taught her a few things, the lessons typically being short in objective but long in time to meet it. However she didn't let that stop her. She was starting to learn, and in her opinion begin to master, what he was teaching her. She always came back for more which seemed to satisfy or please Ashura. She wasn't completely sure but it seemed like it to her.
She did have to beg off of lessons for the past week. A messenger had come to her with a mission she needed to complete but it was a good chance to put some of her master's lessons into practice. The mission had been simple enough, kill a stallion who was getting too close to the client's daughter, and had gone off without any issues. It wasn't like her last mission with her twin where problems rose up as soon as Asatsuki got involved. She was glad that the mission didn't take too long but the traveling to and from made her unhappy. She shouldn't have to do missions where she traveled for several days just to kill the target in one day. She thought the group she assisted for these missions understood that but apparently they needed to be taught again.
She was returning back to where she met with Ashura up in the mountainous area where they had first met. They didn't always stay there to train, nor was it where they always met for lessons. It was simply a familiar spot to meet and then move from there. She paused as she walked up the path, flicking her ears back. She wanted to make sure that Ashura wasn't going to charge at her in a preemptive attack. While he wasn't the type for sneak attacks like her she wouldn't put it past him to drive home the point of 'don't let your guard down' lesson.
