"Next time I won't poke the bear..."
After Tora said those words, I swiftly moved into a stance preparing my thoughts and body for combat. Dashing towards him I swung my sword towards him however he parried it to the side and kicked me in my knee making me fall to my knees before him.
Not wasting any time he took up his blade from the parry stance and swung it towards my face however I quickly rolled to the side and got up back on my feet.
"Aww, Ryu my dear captain did I make you bend a knee before your second in command.."
" You just got lucky... That's all."
I dashed towards him again however this time I stopped a few centimeters away and kicked some dust into his face to create a smoke screen, blinding his field of vision. Throwing the scabbard of my sword to the left as I decoy and dashed to the right, as the scabbard hit the ground Tora vision turned towards it, however he quickly caught on and turned his gaze at me again coming in hot on his right.
I slashed my sword down at him, however he quickly blocked it, placing his sword in a horizontal position, wasting no time I took revenge and kicked him in his knee letting him bend a knee before me as he did me earlier.
" Heh, Heh.... Vengeful much captain..?"
"Very..."
Tora then shifted his centre of gravity to his right letting my blade slide off his towards the left and quickly manuvered himself to escape. He then stood up tilting his head backwards as he sighed.
"Haaa... Damn, that makes us at what? 1-1?"
I cracked my neck and loosen my muscles to prep for our next encounter.
"Yeah, pretty much..."
Tora then started to swing his arms in a circular motion loosening his shoulders and body.
" I see, then let's make it the best of three then?"
I smiled at him as I stretched my arms and then focused on him.
"Oh, sounds good, next person to be forced to bend a knee will be the loser."
"Heh heh, Oh man, captain get ready to bend a knee."
" Ha, in your dreams..."