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Fire with Fire
Characters: Riku, Xion, and any onlookers on that level
Content: Xion and Riku spar for the first time in ages for either of them with their weapons of choice!
Location: Rec Deck
Time of Day: Afternoon
Warnings: Onlookers should stay far back. This is live steel, err, key, afterall. (Onlookers may not be replied to.)
Riku stood atop the shorter diving board, waiting for Xion to come in. He could watch for her easily from there, and to be honest, he felt outright empowered. There was a thrill to having his Keyblade back and the distinct comfort of feeling he could take on whatever threatened the satellite this week. ...Well, aside form bad movies. However, if this week super-villains appeared or old nemeses, he had the power to fight for everyone's safety.
It felt good.
But even then he hoped he hadn't grown rusty. That was the best part about this. He enjoyed sparring, but making sure his skills were sharp was important. Way to the Dawn was a reassuring weight in his hand. He couldn't wait to feel the rush of a contest of skill.
Content: Xion and Riku spar for the first time in ages for either of them with their weapons of choice!
Location: Rec Deck
Time of Day: Afternoon
Warnings: Onlookers should stay far back. This is live steel, err, key, afterall. (Onlookers may not be replied to.)
Riku stood atop the shorter diving board, waiting for Xion to come in. He could watch for her easily from there, and to be honest, he felt outright empowered. There was a thrill to having his Keyblade back and the distinct comfort of feeling he could take on whatever threatened the satellite this week. ...Well, aside form bad movies. However, if this week super-villains appeared or old nemeses, he had the power to fight for everyone's safety.
It felt good.
But even then he hoped he hadn't grown rusty. That was the best part about this. He enjoyed sparring, but making sure his skills were sharp was important. Way to the Dawn was a reassuring weight in his hand. He couldn't wait to feel the rush of a contest of skill.
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Entering the Rec Deck, she waved to Riku where he sat on the diving board. Sparring with him as a friend would be interesting after some of their earlier encounters, but she'd long since stopped thinking of him as an enemy. This would be just for fun, testing their skills.
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"So. First direct hit, or whenever one of us wants to stop, we call it. Since we hopefully won't hurt each other, got any ideas for how we determine who wins? Or does that even matter?" Leave it to one of the boys to be competitive.
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"Right, and no pretending that we aren't really as hurt as we think we are if we do get hurt." They both had enough experience to know the difference between a minor bruise/scratch and something more severe."I don't think it matters who wins, but maybe we could say one hit equals a point? First to five points wins?"
She can allow for a little competitiveness; her Original is Sora, after all.
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"And you said you had found some padding?"
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She considered his suggestion for a moment, then nodded. "That sounds like a good idea. First one to disarm or knock the other down wins.
"I did." She gestured to the pile of protective gear she'd set down as she entered. "I hope I got the right size for you, I kind of had to guess..."
She's not horrible at estimating heights, but there was always a chance for mistakes.
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Riku went over and started strapping it on. "Hmm, not bad." There as actually one piece that was slightly too big and one slightly too small, but it was still very much usable. Such was the life of a growing teenager. "This'll work. Thanks."
He walked to stand across from her. "Now that we have rules and gear in place..." He raised his Keyblade to take up a battle-ready posture. "...Are you ready?"
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Seeing him strap on his padding, she started on her own. Fortunately, nothing she'd brought for him appeared to be totally unusable. "You're welcome."
It was the work of a moment to summon her own Keyblade and fall into a ready stance at his prompting. "Ready."
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"Then bring it." Riku turned his outstretched hand palm upward, beckoning her forward before he brought his blade up defensively. He wasn't hiding that he was prepared to try to block.
She held Sora's memories and lived them through her dreams. Let's see how much she remembered.
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There probably were a lot of similarities between her and Sora's styles, though mostly unintentional. Considering that she did still have Sora's memories, sparring with Riku would probably feel familiar as well. Those two had grown up sparring and competing with each other, so they knew each others' styles well.
One way she did differ from her Original was that she wasn't quite as competitive...but that didn't mean she was going to turn down Riku's invitation to take the first move. "Okay."
She started with a simple strike, one that would land on his side if he didn't manage to block. He probably could, but best to start small.
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He smirked at her, Keyblade still held up and ready to block again. "What're you so afraid of?"
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She'd anticipated his block, and moved back out of striking range easily. The commentary should have been expected, too--she knew that Riku's snark tended to turn into goading during a fight, even if was just sparring. After a moment of surprise she managed to come back with, "Says the one who wouldn't make the first move."
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Riku had fought Sora many times, and she seemed to fight similarly. However, anyone who watched him would possibly figure out what he was doing. Riku was sizing Xion up. "You got what it takes? C'mon, show me." And now, though he was within her reach, he began to circle her.
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The bad thing about him being within striking of her meant that she was back in his strike range. She could try to move, but he'd just adjust his circle for that. So instead of even trying, she kept her stance wide and well-balance, waiting until she could read his movement better. Once she could, she aimed a combo attack where she predicted he would be just at the moment it hit.
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As such he blocked one attack, using the length of his blade to place his arm pulled back. In a quick two flashes he's dismissed and resummoned his keyblade to wield it backwards, and swung his pulled-back arm forward in a slash.
A game of red-hands it was.
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Not that she'd thought he wouldn't attempt a counterattack at all. She just hadn't known the form it would take. So she was just able to block it, and then moved in for another strike at his side.
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But it all did give him an idea...
Riku flipped his Keyblade so the teeth were on the opposite side from the way he normally wielded it. With that, he charged, his head kept very low...
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She hadn't expected the charge, managed to move in an attempt to evade at the last moment.
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That could be useful if he needed to force distance from her.
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...And about half a beat later he swung his left foot around towards hers.
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The unusual attack surprised her, though, and she was so busy dodging the slash that she didn't notice his foot. Instead of her tripping him up, it turned out to be the other way around. She stumbled, managing a few steps but never really regaining her balance. Fortunately, she at least remembered how to fall without hurting herself. Bad enough to be tripped and fall to the floor without adding injury to he deal.
Sighing, she picked herself up. "I guess you win."
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"This time." Riku offered her a hand and a smile as she got up. "Want to try again later?" He never was adverse to taking score.
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"Sure." She returned the smile as she accepted the hand up. "Best two out of three?"
(Done?)
"After lunch? You got it."