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Kin wore an amused look on his face as he relaxed from his fighting stance and watched Kuro dance around the pelting blows of the Hall Monitor's bo staff. So, Kin thought to himself, continuing to watch his best friend weave fluidly away from each of the monitor's strike, he's already learned to anticipate an opponent's attacks and read their movement rather than just reacting to them, huh? Not really that surprising, but I didn't think he'd of reached this level so soon.
Turning his gaze from the battle to their new friend, Kin saw Akiko standing near the bottom of the stairwell clutching her large metal tessen and watching Kuro fight with a look of wonderment in her eyes. Kin grinned sheepishly.
"He is pretty good, huh?" Kin asked with a slight laugh. "Or are you just surprised that there's actually some sense of honor in the fights that go on around here?"
Kin didn't wait for Akiko's response before he began talking again. "But you know, you really should be on your guard. The one thing I've learned about Hall Monitor's is that they're never alone. They're like wolves, they travel in pac-"
Kin stopped short and turned his head slowly to the dark hall before him. Man, I really should learn to keep my mouth shut sometimes, Kin thought to himself as he watched another shadowy figure forming in the dark curtain of the hall.
A few seconds later another Hall Monitor appeared at the edge of the shadows on the opposite side of the hall from where Kuro was still fighting the first Monitor. The second monitor wasn't nearly as tall as the first, but he would still be considered a giant by most normal highschool standards. The second Monitor had long black hair that was pulled into a ponytail in the back. His school uniform was wrinkle-free and his shirt was neatly tucked into his slacks. The most noticeable features of the Monitor though were the large paddle-like weapon he held in his right hand and the peircing look he was giving Kin at the moment.
Kin paused for a moment and looked up at Akiko. She seemed a bit stunned and was obviously very nervous. Kin knew how she felt at the moment because he had been in the same situation only a year before. Kin took a few steps towards the left side of the hall and asked Akiko in passing.
"So, yours or mine?"
Kin knew what her answer would be already, so he didn't bother waiting for her to respond before taking another few steps until he stood directly in front of the second Monitor, roughly 15 feet away.
The Monitor continued to glare at Kin for a few seconds, before he muttered in an almost inaudible rasp, "Kentou?"
Kin simply nodded his head in response and shifted his body into the most basic offensive stance of his Buro-kundou style. Kin relaxed his right arm allowing the tip of his "cane" to nearly touch the ground, but at the same time gripped its handle firmly. Bringing his left hand up across his chest and stopping at eyes level, Kin awaited the Monitor's first attack.
He didn't have to wait long. The second Monitor gripped his large paddle-like weapon in both hands and brought it up over top of his head as he began to cover the distance between he and Kin. Kin was surprised how well the Monitor was able to move and how quickly he was able to cover the distance between the two considering he was weilding such a large weapon.
When the monitor was only a few mere feet away from Kin he began to bring his weapon down hard with the intent of finishing Kin with one crushing blow. Kin had other ideas though, as we let tension out of his right leg and pushed off with his left which allowed him to seemingly float a few feet to the right and avoid the blow.
The monitor's large weapon crashed into the hallfloor with a deafening crack that echoed throughout the low, dark hallway. Not waiting for the monitor to realize that he hadn't actually made contact with his first attack, Kin stepped forward and swung his "cane" in a swift upwards slash. Kin's attack made contact the monitor's face, just on the underside of chin.
The monitor released his grip of his large weapon and clutched his chin as he stumbled back into the left side wall of the hall. The monitor was quivering in pain as he clutched his chin, but was still able to move his gaze upwards to shoot a hate-filled glare at Kin.
Kin resumed his previous fighting stance and looked at the Monitor wearing a cocky smirk on his face. He then asked with perhaps to much of a laugh and maybe a bit too smugly,
"Heh, face hurt?"
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