Mayumi Hina!

[Bean Bandit]

Motoko's eyes widened for an instant before she vaulted off the rock, flipping and twisting in midair, and landing behind Tsuruko. "Fast..." she breathed. "Come on...don't hold back....Ane-ue." She said, smiling.

[Asrana]

Tsuruko slowed her breathing, thinking, a few seconds ticking away eternally. "Right..." she whispered, turning into the dash again, closing in from Motoko's left.

This time though, she pushed herself far to her own left at the last instant, hoping to catch Motoko with the shift, her left hand following behind her katana in case Motoko parried...

[Bean Bandit]

Matching Tsuruko's speed, a startled expression on her face, Motoko sidestepped to her right, into the swing, raising her katana to block.

Metal clashed with a violent, short shriek, but Motoko didn't hold the block, angling her blade to let Tsuruko's slide off, with the remaining momentum, as Tsuruko's attack power was halved, but she no longer had a target, and swing continued wide...

[Asrana]

Tsuruko stepped forward to compensate, twisting her wrist slgihtly and bringing her katana back in a fast thrust for Motoko's ribs, twisting her hips and moving her legs with the movement...

[Bean Bandit]

Motoko leaned back, seeming as though she would topple over, but with a brief flex of her legs, leaped back, adding distance between them, and the thrust came up short. She backed up, eyeing Tsuruko with a new wariness, and assumed another defensive stance, a slight smile on her face.

[Asrana]

Tsuruko didn't stop with the momentum of her thrust, moving through the movement as her legs pushed her after Motoko, her second hand gripping the hilt now as she made for a fast and powerful downward cut that would lead into a turning sweep with her left leg and upwards stab with her right hand...

[Bean Bandit]

Motoko looked suprised for a moment, then grinned, and dove AT Tsuruko, sliding into Tsuruko's attack radius, and skidding to a stop, her feet stopping inches in front of Tsuruko's rush, and sliced upward, hard.

A resounding clash of metal echoed through the woods, startled birds abandoning their nests and flying away as Motoko was pushed back slightly....then held fast, stopping Tsuruko's rush, though her arms were straining to hold her sister's blade back.

They stood, frozen for a moment, then Motoko grinned, almost childishly. "Time's up..."

[Asrana]

Tsuruko grinned, putting several yards between herself and Motoko in a moment, still feeling out her speed.

"Fun..." she laughed, not really relaxing herself, and watching Motoko for an attack...

[Bean Bandit]

Motoko smiled, almost conversationally. "You're actually stronger than me...and just as fast. How confident do you feel?" she asked, a small smile forming.

[Asrana]

"Not at all..." she answered, forcing herself to loosen slightly, finally relaxing her posture.

[Bean Bandit]

Motoko actually laughed at that. "You should...you're doing suprisingly well. In fact, your swings match Ane-ue's closely...but if you like, I'll start slowly."

[Asrana]

Tsuruko shook her head, grinning. "That's just my nature. I'm too susceptible to overconfidence if I let myself get confident, so just come at me as you wish..."

[Bean Bandit]

"As you wish..."

In a flash, Motoko leapt to the attack, sprinting across the distance that separated the two of them, her katana lazily drifting to the right, and as she closed the remaining distance, she swung, a right-to-left slash aimed at Tsuruko's shoulder...

[Asrana]

Tsuruko brought her own blade up from below with both hands, parrying with the side of her blade and redirecting Motoko's high as she backtracked, putting some more distance between herself and Motoko...

[Bean Bandit]

Motoko smoothly sidestepped as the blades clanged together, not resisting the impact, letting her own blade snap back, and using only a sight tug to redirect her weapon into a low slash, gripping it with both hands as she lunged for the bigger woman again, upping her speed as she did, preparing to turn one slash into a flurry...