Hatsu knew better than to fight against the grip. This battle was over, struggling would just make it hurt more. He took the compliment more as advice, noting that keeping things mixed up was good if you wanted to stay alive. But he'd seen it too; their teamwork sucked. Every time it seemed he used their efforts to work together to bring each of them down. They would need to learn ways to support each other, while actually succeeding in supporting each other.<br/><br/>For instance, when someone's got a wire trap set up, don't give the enemy something to destroy it with. And for someone like Ayl, if they're trapped, don't come close and give him a shadow to escape in. It wasn't all Sam's fault though. He'd managed to shock his own allies instead of Ayl. He still had work to do with controlling his power. And he had to be sure not to set up a trap where his friends might run into it. Also, moving faster would help him out a lot.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Hatsu spent the time Ayl gave them to cool off nursing his aching head. He'd done well working through the pain and staying focused, but now that the adrenaline had worn off, he was feeling everything he'd pushed aside. His shoulders still hurt too. Firing Yami's gun was difficult, even with two hands, and he'd been doing it constantly since last night.<br/><br/>When Ayl addressed them Hatsu set his jaw. There was<span style="font-style: italic">no way</span>he was backing out now. He was sure Yami wouldn't like it either.<br/><br/>---------------------<br/><br/>Hiei watched as the battle ended exactly as expected: Ayl showed a bit of his true strength and stopped the rookies in their tracks. They did well though, exceptionally so. He felt they would become formidable fighters in due time. If they lived through the up coming war that is.<br/><br/>This sentiment, of course, really only carried over to Sam and Yami's host. The two others who joined in had a long way to go and the rest were just pitiful. Maybe if he was lucky, a lot of them would drop out and make the place less crowded.<br/><br/>Hiei sighed. Now that the fight was over, he was obligated to go back over there in person. He pulled down his headband and appeared beside Anaka in about five seconds, moving more slowly as he really didn't want to go back. He had pretty much forgiven, if that was an appropriate word, her for... the incident. But being so close to a group of this size made him uncomfortable. He could feel himself grow farther from his safety zone the second he stopped moving and was once again near<span style="font-style: italic">people.</span><br/><br/>Hiei looked at Anaka and spoke, "I don't think we can really take him away from here now. We may have to wait until the training session is over. Any ideas?"