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[signor_a]

Title: Hormones make girls cry
Characters: Mashiro, Akira, and later on, Belldandy
Location: In a deep corner of the gym
Rating: PG-13 for a breakdown. 8D
Summary: Mashiro and Akira have some kendo practice, supervised of course. But when disaster strikes, how will the group deal? TUNE IN AT 8:30 EASTERN TIME TO FIND OUT!
Day/Time: Day 71

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[blindedbyice]

Akira's hands still remembered how to pull his armor on, his feet remembered how to stand, and he hadn't realized how much he'd missed the feeling of two shinai in his hands. Although he couldn't look to be certain everything was perfect, it all felt right against his skin.

He would have to fight completely by sound and his perception of where the teen was; it would be a challenge, and the thought of it make his heart pound even as he began to clear his mind.

The blond man stepped into the gym from the side room he'd changed in and stepped towards the sound of someone pulling their own armor on. Akira hadn't bothered to tug his helmet on just yet. "Good afternoon."

[signor_a]

Ah, there he was. Funny, how he finished changing around the same time he did--he was just putting on the wrist guards and held the helmet in his hands as Akira approached.

"Hello," he replied courteously before slipping the helmet on and picked up his own shinai, holding it in the proper beginning stance. He took a deep breath first to clear himself--he couldn't (wouldn't) be thinking of Sou during this--before speaking up again.

"Are you--you're using two?" he asked incredulously. Perhaps he shouldn't have been all that surprised, considering his opponent's level, but that didn't change things. He'd never seen anyone use two shinai at once.

[blindedbyice]

Even for someone who'd been competing for most of his life, using two shinai, one long and one short, had been the ultimate challenge to learn. "It's more natural to me. The last time I used only one, I was demonstrating things to beginners," Akira explained calmly.

He had to set one down to pull his helmet on, but quickly picked it up again. "No keeping score. This is just for fun and relaxation."

[signor_a]

Mashiro nodded. "Fun and relaxation. Of course." He adjusted his stance a bit, feeling slightly awkward with it. More natural to use two shinai...how bizarre. Granted, he hadn't ever trained with two, but just holding a second one made him feel off-balance, too confused.

"I'm ready," he announced. "Let me know when you are. You should take the first move." After all, it fit with the teacher-student idea of learning. Not that they were learning, per se, but it couldn't hurt to follow the idea.