Note to self, do not anger tall women. ( Revy)

[Ximal]

The tip of Xi's left hand just grazed her chin. Well that was a strong blow, and from the way she'd reacted, she'd fallen back to regain ground, if not regain her footing. Well that was interesting. So yet again he'd been underestimated and someone else had paid the price. Taking a deep breath he coudl feel his hands harder than usual the steel coating had done it's job her shield took a lot of the force from that punch. But instead of coming at him lie most novice fighters did she'd taken some time back ...Was she trying to calculate her options ? Then the shield...Clever, your using the shield to block my view of you. Xi took step back too. now he had to wait, this would take a lot of planning. He had no idea what she was going to do but with the shield in front of her. However with it there she couldn't attack him either as the shield blocked her range of movement. To counter that Xi needed to be faster. Shifting his stance he rose both arms in front of him like a boxer but with one arm around shoulder height and much closer left arm further extended infront of him. Then came the charge. She ran at him ful pelt, using the shield and pushing it out further and further as she got closer and closer, and then at the last second it covered her face fro only a moment or two, during this time Xi slipped around to the side, and brought his torso down low and hard curling his leg up and over to try and strike her in the lower back before bringing his right arm around too and attempting to nail her in the left shoulder. That shield had to go or he was in a world of trouble. his entire body weight into the kick and then the momentum of his bicep pushing hard what what ploughed into her shoulder. like getting hit by a charging bull then begin hit in the shoulder with an anvil. "You're a fair fighter, but even the most novice fighter knows to never take their eye's off of their target. And nice move with the shield. Xi was a teacher of fighting first and foremost. His time in the spires had taught him that much, he preferred to help even when he could loose his head.

[Revy Hiroe]

Revy still remembered when she pulled off a stunt like this back in Falyndar. Back then she made the mistake of losing sight of her opponent completely, but not this time. She made sure to at least keep track of her opponent's feet. Using this she could stop her swing in time, because she saw that he stepped to the side. This was dangerous, because her left side was left open right now and with her momentum, she couldn't just turn to block an attack. So it was a choice between getting hit, or turning around while losing her balance, but blocking the hit. Confident about her ability to at least recover, she chose the latter. Thus she started her turn from her shoulders and managed to get her shield in position just in time to catch the foot of her opponent dead on. The force of the kick made the shield groan from the strain and at the same time set Revy flying away, having the second kick not even connect. She was sent over 7 feet away, before she hit the ground again. What Revy noticed was that this blow didn't vibrate as much as the one she caught before. The hit with the foot seemed.... lighter somehow. She was sure it had much more force, so why didn't it hurt as much? Either way, the mercenary quickly rose to her feet again. Her shield this time at the side of her body as she looked at Ximal again. The world was spinning a little before her eyes, oh how tired she was. "Petch, can't keep this up if I keep my shield with me. Gonna have to sacrifice that bulwark for mobility, coz I have to take him down quick.", she thought and then dropped her shield. The mercenary was already breathing harder. She wasn't in prime condition and that was now demanding it's price. However, a fight is a fight and one doesn't stop in the middle of it just because they are... tired. She stood up straight, closing her eyes for only a moment as she took a deep breath and focused completely on the battle. Color seemed to drain away from the scene, the murmur of the city died away. The only thing she heard now was the beat of her own heart. She saw only her opponent, the onlookers seemed to vanish. What the mercenary did next was run at the guy again. But just before she came within his reach, she stopped and dropped down before she swung her sword upwards as she moved forward and up from that very same crouching position. If her opponent wouldn't move, the sword would bite into his flesh at hip-height, cut through bone and flesh only to exit just next to his neck at the other side of his body. Were he to dodge to one side, she'd swing her sword after him right away.

[Ximal]

Right so the kick hadn't connected as well as he'd hoped, however he'd managed to get the punch to work the blow collided with her shoulder sending her flying. Now that there was a gap opened up between them Xi was allotted some time to think, still bridled with a lot of weight now their speed was somewhat close to even after she'd given up that tower of wood. Good, that meant she was now starting to think, which meant he'd now have to be wary of her being much faster than before as well as having greater control over that blade. Black, Blue, Red. looks like i'mma have to try that out. Xi swapped his stance once again this time lowering himself lightly and bringing both hand out in front of him one held open and once half closed,but both his left and his right arms were out in front of him. Xi shifted his feet lightly making sure they were both level to make this work. Then she came at him attempting to close the distance instantly. her frame dropped and Xi knew what would come next. So he'd cut the head of the snake off. As the gap closed and her sword lowered for her rising slash Xi darted his left arm out to grab her sword wrist and cut off that blow before it began. Using his right arm he slipped it in beneath her left armpit and brought his left foot sliding back before using her momentum as well as his own body as a rotational fulcrum. He'd not just try to eliminate her sword blow but here he was going to throw her quite a ways away. however if this failed.. then he was probably looking at another scar to add to the collection. Still if this worked then it was really going to hurt.

[Revy Hiroe]

The mercenary was in a state of hyperactive senses and because of this she was able to react just in time by releasing her sword with her right hand and swinging her left, still holding the sword back, before Ximal started his throw. The throw did succeed, but it came at a cost. Revy's left arm had been behind his back and as she was thrown, she dragged the sword over his back, creating a rather large, yet shallow cut. Being sent flying didn't seem to bother her at all. Instead, the moment she landed, she rolled so that she could quickly get back on her feet. Her breath was noticably getting heavier the longer she fought. The giant guy would have a problem now, because she was almost next to her stuff. She quickly shifted her longsword back to her dominant right hand, before she launched it right at her opponent. It flew straight at him and only served as a distraction for her to grab her greatsword from the sheath. By then the guy should've either deflected or dodged the longsword, only to see the human coming at him again, but this time carrying a sword a -little- bigger. She swung it hip height, the momentum great enough for her to spin onehundred eighty degrees, utilizing this momentum to swing it after the guy right away again.

Greatsword

[Ximal]

As Xi tossed her over head he felt something rake along his lower back. And then it cam to attention that she's switched hands. Damn it, he could feel the slow trickle from his lower back she'd caught him on the lower right hand side. Alright, no more mister nice guy. In the time it'd taken for her to fly across Xi had lost his loose billowy cloak and trench coat. As well as his large bulky bow. Now he was annoyed, and this was going to hurt. Xi cracked his neck and shifted stance again. dropping his stature a little the light cut ther but nothing major, painful but not a hindrance. A slow deep breath and then. Xi took off. As she flew, she may have tossed her sword at him but Xi somply backhanded the thing out of the way with his left hand before closing the gap and delivered a heavy twisting underarm blow to her abdomen. Which if it connected would have enough power behind it to hoist her off of the ground before his other hand came back around. to catch her torso mid-air. hat blow he knew wouldn't do much except. make her flip in midair if so then he'd twist his foot and allow his body's momentum to bring him around and deliver a heeled roundhouse kick to her back. however this was only plan A If that failed then he'd use his carrying momentum from the initial strike and follow through with a heavy left elbow to the same spot and drive her up with that instead. Then use his right arm to power her over completely with a driving punch to her stomach. Either way she was going air borne. But that punch from plan B would end with him bringing her down fast and hard onto his knee. One way or another he wasn't going easily any more. If she drew that great sword he'd like to see her even remotely try and block this onslaught.

[Revy Hiroe]

Even in her state the mercenary wasn't fast enough to react to Ximal's attack. She noticed it soon enough, but before she could draw her greatsword free of it's sheeth, she caught the blow in her stomache. She immediately lost her breath and frantically tried to regain that, yet she was nowhere near in time for the second blow, nor the kick that followed it up. While the punch didn't do much damage, besides bruising a few ribs, it did turn her mid-air. Because of this, the kick firmly connected with her back. And again it sent her flying. However, that wasn't what made this kick so dangerous. It was the fact that it put her legs to sleep instantly. After landing she managed to suck air into her lungs again and then the mercenary tried to stand up again, but because her legs were sleeping, this was unfortunately impossible. While she hadn't let go of her weapon, not being able to stand, made it a rather useless weapon. This fight was over for her. She had lost the state she was in and in addition, she couldn't feel her legs anymore. Her chest was throbbing and every breath was painful. It was a pathetic sight to see. The woman using her sword to try and push herself into standing up, but even if she was slowly regaining feeling in her legs, it was going far too slow for this fight. This woman was just too stubborn to admit defeat. "Petch, Petch, PETCH! I ain't gonna lose to this bloody giant. I don't want to lose again!", she thought to herself.

[Ximal]

Xi took a slow breath, his back had been sliced and right now he couldn't tell how badly but knowing that she wouldn't be moving for a little while would offer him the moment to patch it up. Taking a shallow breath Xi reached into the backpack he'd dropped with his cloak and trench coat and got the last remains of his once good shirt and wrapped it around his waist, to try to stop the blood flow tightening into a knot around his abdomen and pressuring the cut so it wouldn't bleed badly. After this he was going to try and find a damn doctor. No way in hell was he going to deal with cuts like that. Gritting his teeth lightly he let his anger settle. Anger offered power but it offered a keener strike when focused. Right now he was just angry, and to in a focused way. "You keep your ass where you are i'm not done with you yet. And it looks like i slightly underestimated you. You got me good with that cut." Xi pulled his short back down and grunted lightly with the pain. It might have been worse than he'd thought however. it wasn't that deep. He could tell that from the level of pain intensity.

[Revy Hiroe]

Fatigue now completely hit Revy. The effort to stand up swallowed up what energy she had left and just plopped to the ground. "To the victor go the spoils..... petch. Whatever he's gonna do to me, I'll make sure he'll feel it afterwards. No way in hell am I just gonna give up like that.", she thought to herself as she steeled at least her will. Not that that would help her much, because she had no strength left at all. It would be a miracle if she could support herself right now, let alone carry all of her stuff. Him telling her that she shouldn't move only fueled her anger even more. He dared to order her around like that? Well... the problem is that he did win their little skirmish.... and that she wasn't able to get up right now. That blow to her back really did a number on her. "Not like I can move, even if I wanted to, pathetic excuse for an akalak.", she insulted him. Even if she did lose, that didn't mean that she would 'polish' her language. "Feels good huh? Beating a woman lacking sleep for two nights already. I guess I should also mention that sleep was a privilege during the journey. Got at most a few bells every couple of days. Wanna see you beat me when I'm prime.", she said in a rather arrogant and aggravating tone.

[Ximal]

That was probably going to be another scar to add to the collection. Just another brick in the wall i suppose. Xi slipped his coat and cloak back on before picking his bow back up, and putting it over his shoulder. Then came the insults. Which being honest had little effect if any at all, time in the spires had taught him restraint, but time in sunberth had taught him to just let the little things slide. She'd lost that was clear but there was one thing he didn't know. The lack of sleep. Xi sighed and picked up her sword before tossing it to her. "Put the sharp objects away." Xi shook his head before picking up his bag and walking over to her and hers. A look of resolve in his eyes. He leant down lightly top pick up her bag and sling her over his right shoulder. "Just shut up. Please. " Before she could rebuke him with an argument. She was already up on his shoulder her stuff in his other hand whilst his right one made sure she didn't fall. The burning from that cut on his left hand side stung some but it wasn't the worst thing he'd ever endured. "You want to try fighting me again when your at full strength? Fine. And let's not forget all i did was ask you a question, you took the first swing. " Xi spoke rather coldly, almost as if he was just trying to get a point across. Right now though he remembered what she'd said about a tavern. However the first thing he did was think about what she'd said. Two days of no sleep. That meant she needed to go to the hostel and get some sleep before any form of booze. "Before you A get any bright ideas, and B ask me where the heck i'm taking your ass. I'm taking you to the hostel, it's basically the travellers lodge. Do what you want after that but i got my answer. Your a fighter, for who and way i dunno, but your not exactly a slouch with that sword. So when your more awake and well rested, come and find me again. I'll take you up on fighting you again at full strength." Xi smirked lightly, what was it with people in this city? Almost all of them could fight to a very good degree.

[Revy Hiroe]

"Eh.... wait..... what? WHAT!?", she thought to herself as she just got picked up like a random bag of salt. The mind of the mercenary was one of utter confusion at first, but it soon turned to embarrassment and anger. How dare he treat her like this? It's not like she couldn't walk on her own....... wait, she couldn't right now. Her legs weren't exactly cooperating at all. Well... and the other problem was that she was just dead tired. Moving in any way was hard and almost an impossible task. What he told her as he hauled her off to the hostel was pretty new to her. So far she only knew of taverns renting out rooms, or that place in Syliras. The term Hostel was new to her. "Fine, I'll stay quiet for now...", she sulked. She knew she was no match for him in her fatigued state, that much was clear from her previous fight. Even if she was in the 'zone', she couldn't match up to him. "Just one question...... why am I being carried like this? It's rather... uncomfortable." What was making it uncomfortable was that she was touching his back the whole time with her chest. And with her ribs being bruised, it was not just uncomfortable, but downright painful. "Also, I'm a mercenary, not just some fighter. I rent out my sword. The only things I don't do are: Assassination or killing children." She felt that she at least needed to clear that fact.