[Jinjōi Chiyo]

It was a date!

Well, in a way, kind of! When a boy and a girl agreed to meet one another and do fun things together! Except, the meeting place was the training ground, and the fun things being a sparring fight! The easiest way to get Chiyo's attention was to offer her to train together, and to practice her swordswoman skills! It was a kind of challenge she'd never say 'No' to. The person of interest was Yuju, who pranked her earlier by pretending to be Chikap-sensei. After being thoroughly beaten by a broom, he offered to make up for it with a proper training session. Which the girl agreed to.

She arrived to the practice grounds earlier, to get everything in order. The girl wore her practice kimono for this, with kendo pants and everything in dark purple color, and a turquoise sash. She brought her bokken along, too! It handled much better than the broomstick, and had a proper handle and everything. In her mind, Chiyo imagined the circumstances being much different. The narrative was that of a long-standing rivalry between samurai. She imagined herself as Musashi, an undefeated warrior, and Yuju - as an upstart whom she defeated once, and who wanted a rematch. Once hearing steps behind herself, she'd turn around, and once confirming it is who she expected, the girl would ask:

"So, looking for a rematch, are you? Don't expect me to go easy on you this time!"

[Tenka Yujukumono]

"You're planning some kind of treachery, arencha?" These words rang through the young boys mind as he approached the arena they'd agreed to meet. He wondered what she's think. It'd only been a few days, but how eventful those days had been. The white haired girl, the girl who had so easily fallen for his trick last time would hear his approach this time. Would spin around to confront him, not letting him get the jump on her once more. And she'd be met with a smiling face, and a hand in a cast.

Surprised? The young boys voice was pleasant, very much so in fact, it was clear he was getting a kick out of this. While getting his hand broken might've sucked at the time, it really was a great punchline in itself. He'd take his place across from the girl, as if he weren't maimed, and pull out a training senbon. You don't have to worry by the way~ I prefer kunai as my main weapon, I don't really use swords so this doesn't handicap me much. And besides... He's look up at the girl, an enormous grin same as when he's tricked her only a few days ago plastered on his face. I have a few tricks up my sleeve. Did you know my clan are genjutsu specialists? Of course Yuju didn't know any of those jutsu yet, but Chiyo didn't have to know that, and Yuju's Cheshire grin remained constant without even a waver.

[Jinjōi Chiyo]

Once more, Yuji managed to surprised Chiyo.

Her eyebrow quirked, as her eyes fell upon the cast he was wearing. "What happened to you?" - she asked. Quickly recalling if she had traumatized the guy earlier. She did not hit him... too much, did she? Nah, couldn't have been. Most of the blows came for his empty head and his ass, when he tried to make a run for it. This... happened later. And yet the boy showed up, even with an arm broken.

That was worthy of respect.

But at the same time it made, in her eyes, not fit for sparring. She put away her wooden blade.

"Hmpf. You've got no arm. I cannot fight someone who has this much of a handicap. Besides, if I hit you on accident, or you fall over, it'll get worse." 

Chiyo looked at that cast with concern again.

"How about we do something lighter this time? You can throw those senbon at me, and I'll try and deflect them. Then, if you want, you can try and genjutsu me. That sounds alright?"

She sounded a lot more ... mellow, and not as harsh as before. She felt pity for her injured opponent. Broken arms weren't fun. Meant you missed on training!

[Tenka Yujukumono]

It was everything he'd wanted and more, the girls reaction. Shock and surprise. The young boys Cheshire grin grew only larger as he took his place across from her, he didn't even have to pull a trick for this. His grin transformed into a sly smile when she asked what happened though, his eyes narrowing as he looked back at the swordslady still looking confused. What do you think happened? The cap wearing boys tone had an accusatory tone, almost all but saying she was to blame. But, of course, it was completely unrelated to the white haired girl before him. Some other crazy girl had come out of nowhere and broken his hand for reasons he barely understood. But where was the fun in being honest?

And in a pretty reasonable move, the girl balked at fighting him even when he stated that he was up for it, putting away her blade while offering a perfectly reasonable explanation. And then she offered a perfectly reasonable and utterly boring alternative. If you're afraid and a chicken you should just be honest about it~ He stick out his tongue in a teasing manner, tugging his eyelid down. A childish insult, and one of his favorites. He was pretty childish after all. Are you afraid of losing to a guy with one arm? I guess you have seen me in weapons practice, huh? Don't worry, you'd still be...Second~ It wasn't an exaggeration to say that next to Tsuri, the title of top weapons user in the academy was between the two kids standing here.

Though the idea of using genjutsu on you does sound fun...Buuuuuuut, I can do that while winning~ You see, my clan uses objects as mediums for our genjutsu~ Soooooo... He twirled the senbon some more, his Cheshire grin back. He was also lying. Somewhat. His clan did use objects as mediums, but only out of convenience. Their true power was manipulating light and refractions off those objects, and using them as triggers for genjutsus. Something a wooden senbon was utterly incapable of producing. Not that even that mattered since he didn't actually know any his clan techniques yet. He was going all in on this lie. But he was having a lot of fun with it. But all shows must come to an end, but he might end up getting a point before it did so.

Watch~ And he'd throw the senbon directly at the girl, and make a ram hand sign. GENJUTSU! Of course, nothing would happen, yelling genjutsu wasn't a real genjutsu, but that wasn't the point. The point was to get the girl to flinch, look away, yell, simply react to the idea of being put in genjutsu. As he was running at her now, and he'd pull out a wooden kunai while attacking, and if he was successful, have it line up against her neck. And he'd have a smug yet impish grin while doing so. But whether he was successful or whether the girl managed to block his attack at the end, he was curious. Now that I've told you about my clan, it's only fair you tell me about yours~ Are you guys swordspeople or something?

[Jinjōi Chiyo]

Aaaaaand it's gone~

All that respect for showing up in the first place, gone due to childish taunts. Chiyo rolled her eyes, hearing the accusatory tone he spoke to her with, before hinting that he was gonna beat her without a working arm. In Chiyo's opinion, that was hardly possible. Unless he somehow managed to learn to do one-handed seals. And giving the slacking attitude of the fellow... nah, it couldn't be. Could it?

"I think what happened is you ran your mouth with a wrong person. Who's a lot less nice than I am."

Sadako came to mind immediately. She broke her friend Kyoko's arm too. She still hadn't paid for that. Chiyo intended to make her to. If this was her doing... 'Guess I'll be avenging you too...' - the girl thought to herself.

When the boy started talking about using Genjutsu on her, Chiyo took a step back and took a defensive stance. Her eyes narrowing a bit. Truth to be told, she knew next to nothing about genjutsu. Aside from it being an illusion of somekind! So, when Yuji announced his attack, her eyes widened, and she took another step back.

The wooden senbon was thrown at her, and she whacked it out of the way, rather clumsily, as if wielding a baseball bat, not a sword. It was sent flying! The girl didn't know if that defeated the genjutsu or not, but the boy drew his kunai and went for her. Chiyo was swift on her feet, and knew the basics of kenjutsu, one of which was maintaining distance. She would stop Yuji's beeline towards her with a quick thrust to the chest, which was largely aimed to stagger the boy, rather than hurt, and bring this fighting exchange to a pause.

"Hmpf! My family is not part of any clan. I'm fortunately free of being so limited. I chose to pursue the way of the sword on my own." - Chiyo announced proudly. Her eyes briefly looked a bit left, then right.

"So... where's the genjutsu?"

[Tenka Yujukumono]

Whaaaaaat? Come on... The boy had a very playful tone in his voice at the accusation, overacting to the extremes as if truely offended at her accusation. Then he smiled, a grin that looked like he was a cat who'd just caught his prey. Satisfied and smug. .....Does that sound like me? He didn't go into any more detail, explain the girl who'd broken his hand while seeking vengeance when all he'd wanted was to try and learn faster handseals. That it was all over some insult he'd said what seemed like forever ago now, against a completely different person at that. He didn't know the girl who broke his hand, just that she'd done it before to Kyoko-Chan as well. But at least it was making this fight more interesting.

And it only got more interesting when the girl visibly recoiled at the mention of genjutsu, the young boys confidence in his plan now soaring. A lie is as strong a weapon as a blade. And for a moment it really did look like it was going to work, he rushed her on her back foot, a footing no warrior wants to be on aftet his little prank with the senbon. She even lost her cool when playing defense, swatting the senbon away like she was a club wielding thug than a graceful swordsgirl. It should've worked, if he'd had two arms it might've worked. But he only had one, and the girl recovered enough to throw a quick thrust to his midsection. But Yuju did show that she wasn't the only skilled one with a blade, the boy deflecting her attack with his kunai, pushing it to his side. And as he reached out with the kunai towards her, suddenly it was over, the top of her blade poking his shoulder before he could reach her. Her plan to win on distance had worked in the end. And he let out a sigh of disappointment as he pulled away and walked back to his end.

Awwwwww. I really thought that would work on you Chiyo-Chaaaan... The boy didn't seem to down at his failure, and gave a cheeky grin at the girl after his complaint. And it only grew wider at her explanation of how she was clan less. Oh? Hmm...I guess that does make some sense...You keep getting more interesting...Chiyo-chan... This time it wasn't quite said with the same amount of playfulness, his sly smile back as his voice sounded as if she was a toy with a secret compartment he'd just discovered. But the playfulness returned at her question, the boy shrugging. Who's to say you aren't in it right now? That this isn't an illusion and I'm right...BEHIND YOU!!! The trapped He stepped forward as the boy was suddenly shouting, obviously trying to scare the girl. But however she reacted, it'd follow with the boy sticking out his tongue again. Or maybe I lied~

Now then... It was time for round two, and he was going to try something. He only had one hand, but maybe he could still use some jutsu. And the boy would pocket his kunai, making the hand seals for clone jutsu with one hand. If this worked, it would be pretty cool. Watch this! CLONE JUTSU!! + And nothing would happen, no smoke, no clone. Just anticlimactic silence with what sounded like a cricket outside. And the boy stuck his tongue out again, putting his hand behind his head in a playful expression. Oh well. I was hoping that might work. He then pulled out his kunai again, and his smile got a bit more serious as he rushed in again.

This time though, he was playing defensively, the kunai close to him to help block any attack and push it away. The girl would find if it worked, his goal wasn't to hit her, but to stalemate her, keep them locked in attack. For now, he couldn't hold it with only one arm. But he wasn't planning on a tie, he wanted to win. You know I wasn't lying about being from a genjutsu clan. Or our technique. We use objects, shining ones, to create genjutsu from their reflections. Things like mirrors, lakes...Swords... The last word was almost a whisper, the heaviness in it apparent. Want me to teach you my clan techniques since you don't have any? And with that he'd push, trying to catch her off guard, trying to break past to get the hit.

[Jinjōi Chiyo]

"... BEHIND YOU!"

Chiyo's eyes widened, as she immediately strafed left, half-turning to see if there was anyone behind her. There was not. It was a trick. Like... pretty much everything with this guy was at this point. 'I wonder if he actually has his arm broken... Or just put on a cast to mess with me...' - the girl thought as she rolled her eyes a bit, looking at Yuji with an annoyed, tired stare. A part of her wanted to test it out and whack him hard to see what happens. The more rational part quelled these impulses...

For now.

As the boy then attempted to cast a clone jutsu, Chiyo just stood there, the look in her eyes increasingly less and less impressed with Yuji's antics. Eventually, she even yawned, while he fiddled with his working hand, trying to do handseals. She tried one-handed seals before, too. It was harder than it looked. And this kid looked like he won't be able to do them any time soon. Not with that attitude, at least! When offered to teach her stuff, the girl rose her eyebrow, incredulously.

"Uh-huh. Do you even know any genjutsu to begin with?"

Chiyo sounded very skeptical, as the boy drew his wooden kunai again, and attempted to get within reach. She was not too worried. With everything else equal, the sword beat the kunai 100% of the time. It was just a matter of reach. And master Ren drilled it into her well - to always use the reach of the weapon to her advantage. Besides that, a sword was quicker. He had to move his entire arm holding his little knife to parry an attack from one side, then to the other. All she needed to do was to flick her wrists. 

So Chiyo did as she was taught. Using her fancy footwork, she kept Yuji at the distance of her arms outstretched, with the sword forward. Her nimble strike came towards the shoulder of the arm that was in a cast, to make parrying it even more difficult. It was a faint, however, which transferred into a quick flick of the wooden bokken from the other side. That strike, though, aimed for the hand holding the kunai, most likely outstretched to try and block the faint. Kunai were bad weapons for melee, the girl knew. Short, no hand-guard. A sai would have been better as a parrying dagger. If her little maneuver succeeded, Yuji would receive an unpleasant whack against his fingies. In a real fight, they might've been chopped off. Whether her plan succeeded or not, the girl maintained safe distance. 

"You'd be better off throwing those at me. They're not good melee weapons." - Chiyo pointed out, in a matter-of-fact tone. 

[Tenka Yujukumono]

Whats wrong? Don't you trust me? A teasing response to her question of whether he knew genjutsu, and not a real answer to the girls question. And she had good reason not to trust him after all the tricks he'd been pulling in this fight. And he'd been enjoying her reaction to every one, such as when she'd turned around in a panic at his feint. She would turn around to the boy laughing uncontrollably, finding everything he was doing here, every trick he was pulling funny. But this time, as he rushed in, as he made the offer of teaching her his clan jutsu, he was simply smiling cockily instead of laughing in her face. His non-answer all she got as she made the next move in their battle.

And for the young swordswomans credit, the feint worked, the boy reaching up to protect his vulnerable arm in its cast, before she switched sides with a simple flick. But one thing the kunai had that the sword didn't was versatility. It was a throwing weapon as well, but it also had a finger ring, and he'd show off just how useful that was. A little flick of the wrist of his own and his thumb would slip into it with ease, then he simply let go of the kunai, the blade switching from a forward grip to a reverse grip in one single movement, and in a far better position to parry the attack then he'd been in only a moment ago.

And just like before, it almost worked, the boy able to catch the blade aiming for his fingers simply by pulling back his arm. And so, instead of hitting his fingers, it would scratch against the boys cheek, the safety bokken living up to the name safety as instead of giving the boy a nasty scar as a real word would he simply leaving a red mark against his cheek, though there would be a small trail of blood running down his face from the equivalent of a paper cut. As the girl pulled back, gaining more space, the trickster boy simply touched his cheek and looked at the blood on his fingers, no longer pushing the attack.

Geez! What if you'd hit my eye there! He seemed shook up, as if realizing the potential dangers of fighting with only one arm, of fighting a sword with a mere kunai, as if rethinking all of this. Until he looked at the girl, a mischievous grin on his face again, besmirched by the blood running down his face. I wonder what chikap-sensei would think of you if you blinded another student. The young boy hadn't learned any lesson at all. And I don't need to know genjutsu, to answer your question. I know where the clan technique is~ I could just...Let you borrow it. And suddenly, the young boy looked different, grin offset by the blood, it was no longer a mischievous look but an unsettling one.

But it'd only last for a moment, and he'd once again take his place across from the long haired girl, once again trying, and failing, to cast clone jutsu with only one hand. And so instead he'd take out a senbon and place it in his mouth. Now where's the fun in that? How about I throw this instead~ And once again, he'd rush the clanless girl. It'd be like before, and yet...different. Not committing to an attack, keeping an eye on the girls legs. And when he saw her try to take a step, the boy would the senbon. And to his credit, it went straight and towards her. Slowly. Easily swattable, as if gently thrown. Not quite what he'd hoped, but he'd press the attack, following the senbon to get inside her guard and finally get a hit.

[Jinjōi Chiyo]

Sparring with this boy was ... hard!

But not in a good way! Chiyo genuinely felt at this moment that she had to restrain herself and what she's doing, to not harm the boy who dared face her in a cast. He wasn't doing her any favors, either, as evidenced when, instead of getting his fingers hit, he instead almost received a blow to the head! The red mark on his face showing just how close it was. The girl rolled her eyes a bit and huffed, exceedingly frustrated. Both by Yuji's attempts to rile her up by mentioning Chikap-sensei, and by dangling those techniques, as if it were a carrot, and her - an ass. 

"Chikap-sensei would think you stabbed yourself with my sword to get me in trouble. He wouldn't be wrong! Most people would prefer to lose fingers, not their head!" 

Chiyo shook her head.

"And I don't want your clan's techniques. I'm not stupid. If you got them for me, you'd be in trouble. And they'd probably kill me!" 

Having worked in the Araikettei household, she was well-warned about any attempts at theft of what was considered most precious. As well as the costs such attempts would bring. "Besides, learning them would limit me as much as the rest of your clan. You'd be forced to travel the same road. I will carve my own path!"

After that proud boast, Chiyo took a defensive stance again. Observing what Yuji thought up now. He was ... trying to hold a senbon in his mouth? The expression on the girl's face was quizzical. She could have attempted a swing while he was doing all that. Instead, she waited, wondering where this would go. When he attacked, the girl was prepared to defend. And then she saw the senbon ... spat out at her?

"Whaa?"

Chiyo didn't even try defending against that. The wooden senbon bapped against her chest, and fell on the ground, slimy from being held in the mouth. "Eww!" - the samurai girl exclaimed, and retaliated with a motion to the same side his hurt arm was at, and a diagonal slash towards the boy. Putting plenty of force and speed behind the strike. If he blocked it with his kunai, he'd probably have it knocked out of his hand. And if he did not, he'd be struck at the chest. 

Tenka Yujukumono

[Tenka Yujukumono]

Yuju might be losing the fight so far, but he was still a winner because he was definitely having a lot of fun with this girl. Her reactions to his instigation were dramatic, offended by his constant teasing and double edged bargains. By him treating this whole thing like a game. Her reactions to his antagonizing was priceless, though he wouldn't respond right away. That was for after this clash. Though he did let our a laugh mid attack, he really couldn't help it. Her yell at being hit by the senbon, her confusion and disgust, it'd been pretty funny even if it hadn't gone quite the way he'd hoped. As for the attack itself, it'd be much the same. So close, yet so far, trying to reach out with his kunai to hit her while twisting just enough. And getting caught in the ribs.

He coughed at that one, being the first hit to hit the wind out of him, instinctively trying to grab it with his left hand, his dominant hand, before being reminded of his cast and only ending up in more pain. Still, after a moment, he wasn't only up and running, but running his mouth as well, responding to her previous comments at least. Ohhh? You think so? He grinned his cat-like grin again, a tricksters grin. From what I remember, you went along pretty easily with the idea of him being disappointed in you when I transformed as him. You didn't even push back at all. So...Why wouldn't he be disappointed in you this time? He had another devilish smirk, satisfaction on his face as he mashed repeatedly on this topic, this hopeful sore spot.

But, one couldn't call him ungracious, after all he still maintained his offer to teach her his clan technique, though the clanless girl wasn't quite as enthused. Well....Yeah. They definitely would. He couldn't even try to deny this. But that just means you have to get stronger all of them. Able to beat them all. He said it like you would expect a child too, as if it were so simple, so matter of factly. To become the strongest. Though I gotta say, you're being surprisingly small minded. After all, I'm in a genjutsu clan and yet... He then raised his kunai towards her. By the end of today I'm definitely gonna have a point with only a kunai.

And for one last time, he'd rush the girl. Another reckless charge, embracing insanity as he repeated the same trick over and over, expecting a different result. Except, this time he really was doing things differently. No tricks, no gambits, no games. This was all in as an attack. And he'd wait, watching her feet, her wrists. Waiting for that swing. It wouldn't matter where it was coming from, where it was aiming, because the boy took the girls advice. As if he timed this right, he'd be throwing his kunai at the girl as she prepared her swing, aiming where she was exposed and vulnerable. This wasn't him spitting a senbon, this was a well thrown weapon that would definitely sting to get hit by even if it was wood. Plus, it'd definitely be forfeiting the point. The boy wanted her to block it though, he didn't expect it to hit. But with his as late as possible throw, this meant he'd hopefully be able to break through her guard, where he'd ram straight into the girl, trying to knock her off balance. And if he did, he wouldn't let up, he wouldn't let her take advantage of her range if he could help it, he'd place his leg behind hers, trying to make it so she couldn't back up, as he took out the second kunai he had on his right side, and swung across the girls stomach.

[Jinjōi Chiyo]

'Ugh... this guy... He's really pissing me off!'

Chiyo rolled her eyes as Yuju started running his mouth off about Chikap-sensei getting upset with her again. At this point, she didn't even consider his words seriously. After all, the boy proved himself a trickster and a windbag times too many to be treated with any kind of seriousness or respect. Everything he said or did was silly. He was silly! Calling her small-minded just added fuel to that annoyance.

"Tis not about points, dummy! What's the point in getting a 'score' if you die as a result. And... you're really getting it now!"

Chiyo didn't wait for him to make a move, like she did last time. No, she charged right back, hand on the handle of her wooden blade. The two approaching one another with twice the speed. But the girl did not commit to a swing, not yet, her eyes on that Kunai. At the very last moment, when he'd step into the range of her swing, the girl dashed to the side of his injured arm, using his own body as cover, forcing him to turn if he wanted to do anything, which would be difficult given the momentum of his own charge! Wasting precious time, which could be used to launch and land an attack. Chiyo swung her weapon horizontally, at his mid-section, as she kept moving, circling around the boy. But as she did so, her aim was slightly off.

Instead of hitting the mid-section... 

She might just hit the crotch. 

[Tenka Yujukumono]

I'm gonna get it am I? It's fun seeing this side of you, Chiyo-chan~ He returned the girls fury with his playful grin, even trying to tap into her rage as he playfully teased her about it. Though he was telling the truth as well, this spunky side of her, where she gets all indignant. It was fun to watch, to see her freak out, even when she'd beaten with a broom, it was fun to know he could get that kind of reaction from the long haired girl. And it looks like he managed to tap into that indignant fury once more. And knowing he could do that made the boy smile even bigger. And shouldn't it be obvious why points matter? Dead or not, in the end...

He didn't finish his sentence, not yet anyways. He was dramatic like that. Instead he rushed the girl, preparing to catch her off guard, to throw the kunai and go for the kill. Except, he didn't even get a chance too as the girl rushed him as well. He was genuinely surprised at that, she hadn't done that the whole day, he'd just thought she'd let him rush again. It seems he really had gotten under the girls skin. Sugoi~ This one wasn't a taunt, but instead a murmur to himself. He was having more fun than ever with this.

Unfortunately his plan was also out the window, right as he threw his kunai for the feint, if only quicker than he'd planned, she was already moving. Flanking him on his weak side. Even as he was drawing his second kunai from his pouch, there was no way to block this, no spin to stop the blade that was about to be swung. And since he couldn't block it, he decided to dodge it. And there was only one way to dodge the blade. In the end...THE PERSON WITH THE MOST POINTS WINS! And then he'd try and shoulder tackle the girl using his broken arm, closing the gap and getting in too close for the blade to reach him. It was a move something no normal person would expect. Because no normal person would attempt it. But Yuju wasn't normal, and as he tackled her he'd do his best to pull out his kunai and stab her in the back. He was definitely going to get this point.

[Jinjōi Chiyo]

"Gyah!"

The foolish boy! He... he tackled Chiyo with his broken arm! It certainly caught the girl off-guard, as Yuji shoulder-charged into her. Or... shoulder-bapped into her, anyway, in an attempt to tackle. Him suddenly entering within her guard certainly did make the sword-blow she tried to deliver fall flat. It was time for real close-quarter fighting after all!

His other arm... He's going for the kunai!

Despite being caught off-guard, the girl remained mindful of the only real way this boy could possibly score a 'hit' on her. And that was using his only free hand, and some weapon in it. So, when he tried to reach around her and poke her with the wooden kunai, Chiyo let go of the sword, with one hand, and let it shoot out to intercept the weapon-holding hand mid-way, wrapping and locking her fingers around the wrist. 

"Hmpf... Cheeky little..." - the girl huffed, as they'd be in a deadlock. She was mindful of her feet now, knowing that now the only chance this boy would have were as if he somehow knocked her over. Still, Chiyo felt she had an edge - being a bit taller, a bit older, and... probably a bit stronger because of that too. And she still had both hands free. So... The girl dropped her wooden sword, and drew one of her own wooden kunais! 

"Fine, then I shall take all the points!"

With a cat-like grin on her face, she'd keep up in Yuji's face, and start poking him in the unprotected side, with the wooden kunai. Lots of times. One point for each!

[Tenka Yujukumono]

Yuju was easily one of the most childish and immature students at the Academy, something the boy didn't hide taking pride in. But there was another part to that as well. He was also one of the youngest students in the Academy, and that was something that wasn't hard to figure out. He was small, with very little weight to throw around. So even though his gambit had been a success, even though he managed to break past the long haired girls guard he was met with a problem he hadn't really taken into consideration. She was bigger than him. So when the sword wielding girl took a hand off her weapon of choice to grab his hand, he found himself stuck. His kunai only centimeters away from striking home, yet he simply couldn't push it down.

Grrrr....Let go!! For the first time this entire fight, he sounded a little annoyed, being so close yet so far. He kicked out, trying to hit her legs, trying to get her to buckle but her preparation for this meant he'd come up short here as well. They were truly deadlocked, the boy unable to put more force on his blade thanks to the fact his arm was stuck in a cast. All he had was one hand, and she'd caught it, so now they were stuck. But only momentarily as the white haired girl had something he didn't a second hand to use.

His eyes went wide when the wooden sword clattered to the ground, and saw his opponent pull our a kunai of her own with a wicked grin. Hey! Wait, what are you dooOW!! She'd let go of sword fighting, as she yelled out she was in it for the points now. All the points, just like him. OWOWOWOW! THATS CHEATING CHEATER! She was jabbing him in the side, his vulnerable side with the cast and he couldn't do anything to stop it!! Of course there was no cheating in battle but it didn't stop him from throwing the accusation at her for her attacks. Though, soon there'd be a new development as he started twisting and turning in her grasp. Trying to escape, and in his attempts he'd get tangled in his own feet and trip. A gasp would escape his throat, and his free hand would drop the kunai and grip onto whatever it could. Chiyo. Suddenly the push-and-pull would turn into a pull-and-pull, as his weighted shifted backwards suddenly, with Chiyo having his full weight trying to pull her with him.