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fallen_kotetsu (fallen_kotetsu) wrote in fallen_leaves,
@ 2008-02-07 10:50:00

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kotetsu, ryuichi

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Kotetsu prodded the door open; he thought he heard someone in here. Decimating straw dummies. Which sounded like fun, and maybe he could learn something, if not get said someone to spar. He felt full of energy, and remembering Zombie-man's fighting style and weaponry made him gleeful.

So he was feeling bouncy. Won't be having missions for a bit, he was all revved up, is all.

"... oh hey!" It was Zombie-man! Well, Ryuichi, but the nick-name fitted. And every time he called him that Ryuichi would look at him. It was hilarious. "You're here! And okay! We should spar."

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fallen_ryuichi
2008-02-07 02:52 am UTC (link)

Ryuichi blinked at the voice, and killed another dummy before spinning on his heel to face the speaker. Speak of the devil. Kotetsu, and his hair was still as spiky as ever.

He twirled the katana once, and shook some stuffing out of his hair. It almost made him sneeze. Straw was annoying like that. "Hello, Kotetsu-san." Ryuichi was defiantly more polite when he wasn't pissed off or suffering from blood-loss. Or a combination of the two. Some might say he was downright rude then. Of course, most people who didn't know him that well said he was rude all the time, no matter the circumstances. Imagine that.

A spar against something that could fight back would be fun. The dummies just stood there and let themselves be murdered. Not much fun, after you'd been at it for a while. Another shinobi was definitely more interesting. And this time, Ryuichi wasn't hurt. He wouldn't loose.

Ryuichi grinned, and it was somehow both happy and slightly sinister. "Fine by me."

If he hadn't been smiling, the statement might have been considered hostile. Ryuichi's scowl was tight as ever, but his eyes were sincere. He meant it, and not in anything but good fun.

He took a quick inventory of his weapons. Kunai, shuriken, and senbon in his belt pouch, plus the knives under his arm-guards and strapped to his boots. One katana, one hatchet, and a moon-shaped blade one of his cousins had sent him as a gift. Ryuichi hadn't practiced with it much, but it had proven effective for slitting throats. He also suspected it would be good for throwing.

Well, no time like the present for testing such things out!

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fallen_kotetsu
2008-02-07 02:54 am UTC (link)

Kotetsu grinned at him, sizing up his arsenal. Woo, huge sharp things, with quite a bit of range and reach. Definitely something that called for his kunai, since normal kunai and senbon wouldn't - heh - cut it. He could do wires too, he supposed, but the last time he'd done that in a sparring room, he got reprimanded for destroying it all.

Nearly got banned from using indoor training rooms, that time. He had no intention of being so wantonly destructive again.

He pulled a kunai - his right handed one, mmm - and crouched, just a little. "Ready?"

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fallen_ryuichi
2008-02-07 05:39 pm UTC (link)

Ryuich was already moving and didn't bother responding. Darting in low to the ground, and then snapping into a back-flip at the last second, constantly shifting the range. At the moment, it would be better for Kotetsu to attack first, and then launch a counter attack. Then they'd proceed from there.

If the deciding factor would be speed, then Ryuichi would leave nothing to chance. He was moving constantly, weaving side-to-side, and looking for his opportunity, the hole in Kotetsu's defense. There would be one; there always was. He didn't plan on stopping unless something made him.

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fallen_kotetsu
2008-02-08 12:03 am UTC (link)

Right. Testing, huh? Zombie-man wasn't fast-fast, but he was nimble, and didn't stay still. Very much like Kotetsu's strategy when he was in the trees. Made him unpredictable, and with those swinging weapons, deadly.

Kotetsu merely skipped back a step, two, when Ryuichi nipped in. He was gonna make him attack first, wasn't he? Then he'd gauge Kotetsu's weaknesses from there. Was he a sparring expert or a weaponry expert? because one meant he'd gauge Kotetsu's fighting style, the other his prowess with the weapon.

Actually, either way was going to be fun.

Just as Zombie-man feinted to the left, Kotetsu darted in, his kunai held to the side to defend his forearm - and most of his chest, this rocked - and land a kick to the guy's knee.

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fallen_ryuichi
2008-02-08 01:17 pm UTC (link)

Ryuichi saw the kick coming, and was already rolling when it stuck him. He went down hard, but his legs absorbed most of the impact, sparing a little for his hips. It didn't hurt (though it would later, when the adrenaline wore off), and he swung the hatchet first, and then the katana, thinking to confuse Kotetsu by striking him with weapons that had two different ranges; one close, one a little further. If he dodged one, the other would catch him across the ankles.

That was the idea, anyways.

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fallen_kotetsu
2008-02-09 06:32 am UTC (link)

So weird to fight a guy with two drastically different weapons. He blocked the katana with his kunai, shoving it aside hard, just about managing to stomp on the flat of the hatchet's head and leap up. Yow, that was close, because his sandals nearly slipped, woulda got his ankle shredded if his timing was just a little off.

But he managed, and he slammed into Zombie-man, knees first. Cause he was just that cool.

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fallen_ryuichi
2008-02-09 07:19 pm UTC (link)

Oh hell no!

Not only had Kotetsu managed to dodge both the katana and the hatchet, though the latter was a close thing, almost had him down for the count and bleeding out, but no, and Ryuichi found himself pinned. Momentarily, he's pretty sure, but still flat on his back with an opponent on top of him, which never ends well. He'd seen enough throats slit to know the drill, and the fact that unless he moves damn fast, he's going to lose again.

Ryuichi glared, swore under his breath, and didn't notice how shaky it came out because he was bringing the hatchet up and angling it at Kotetsu's throat. A hard kick to the chest got him enough leverage to shove him off, even before the strike would land, guaranteeing Ryuichi enough space to jump back.

Never commit yourself to a single move. Be ready in case it fails with a second and a third.