trans_9 | Showdown (Open)

How long had it been since Negi could truly cut loose? It had been quite a long time and Chamo and Barry were looking out for one another.

Stepping into the sensoriums, Negi looked over at the recreation of the Gravekeeper's Palace floating overhead. He could remember most of it, from regaining his memories of the attack that ruined the magical world and earth in a simultaneous blow, but stepping forward was Fate, the pale haired boy giving him a silent look.

The pair stared at each other for a long moment, and then seconds later, exploded into energy. Fists crashed against each others cheeks in a cross-counter as they skidded backwards.

"Come, Negi. Show me your plan." intoned Fate.

Negi grinned as his form changed, invoking his most powerful ability. His hair fanned out and became a long pink swathe of hair as his body glowed in a brilliant pink light as he shot forward, Fate coming to meet him in a devastating blow. The sound of violence could DEFINITELY be heard from behind the door in the sensorium, as the pair rained blow after blow down in a dizzying volley.

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Negi's actions worked perfectly, the blow connected head on. As Sasami staggered back, gasping in surprise, there was a small clicking sound as the straps around her body came undone, a plate from the back falling with it. Though all it did was expose her back, he had made her 'armor' weaker, so to speak.

"N-Nice hit, Negi-kun...!"

"Not bad yourself!" exclaimed Negi, wringing his hands. "I really felt that parry. You chose good armor actually."

"Thanks... I wanted to make sure that my sisters didn't worry too much about me, so..." Sasami said.

She went back into a fighting pose, smiling. "Let's keep going!"

Negi nodded as he struck out again, making smooth flowing punches as he shifted form into a more aggressive if smoother style.

Negi was starting to be more aggressive in his attacks. Great! She was starting to be pushed back, though as she deflected and dodged his attacks, hoping not to let him get another lucky strike.

Strike after strike, Negi pushed her backwards, mixing it up with a couple of kicks here and there, allowing himself to get lost in the motions. He was glad Sasami was doing so well, even if it wasn't up to the usual high speed intensive fighting he was capable of.

As Negi's strikes continued, Sasami saw an opening with one of the kicks and took, using her staff to hold it up as she tried to step back...

Only to find Negi got lucky again and had his foot on her armor's long skirting.

"Hmm..."

Negi found that too, and he blinked. "Well that'll be interesting to deal with later," he remarked, untangling his foot from her skirt.

"Hee~ Yes, it will..." Sasami said, blushing... and using the opening to strike back at Negi.

"I'm guessing those are durable too-whoof!" and he was tripped up from her attack, rolling on his back.

"Uh-huh. I can also get rid of them if need be..." Sasami said before noticing Negi's tumble. "...you okay?"

"I'm okay, it's just a fall. I think you could probably use it as a nice weapon of some kind, distract the opponent and entangle them with an iron cloth technique," remarked Negi. "I've studied that enough to try and figure it out."

"Wow, I never thought of that...!" Sasami mused. At most, she would have figured to dump it should she need the extra leg room. But an extra weapon? Never would have crossed her mind.

"Ku Fei used the technique during the Budokai when her skirt got ripped. It would be an interesting option."

"Sounds like an option... or you just want to see what's under here..." Sasami said, teasing Negi a bit.

Negi went red a little. "I do not," he protested weakly as he punched out, embarrassed.

Sasami let out a little yelp as Negi pushed out, though she couldn't help but chuckle at his embarrassment.

"I'm sorry, Negi-kun. That was wrong of me, wasn't it?" she said. It was also wrong for her to let her guard down.

"Ah heh, just a little surprising that's all," admitted Negi, rubbing his head.

"I understand." she said. She let out a small sigh as she started to stand down. "Shall we end it here? I haven't had that much fun in a long while!"

"Sure! Let's get something to drink then first," remarked Negi, bringing up several glasses and a pitcher of lemonade.

"Okay...!" with a nod, Sasami scooped up the fallen straps and backplate and reattached them - Sensorium-created or not, she felt a bit better with it back on.

A moment later, she brought up a table and some chairs for the two of them to sit on.

Placing the food on the table, Negi sat down with a sigh. "Oh wow, that was some workout." He poured two cups of lemonade for the pair of them.

"It was, wasn't it?" Sasami said, taking her cup once Negi filled it. "I have to admit, I'm surprised how fast I got back into it. I figured that I would have to train a bit more to get back into staff using after all that's happened."