Yukimura

(Hey Baraka, I really don't care about the Godmodding, but if you're going to post more, please make your own character and dictate mostly his actions, not ours. It's not that official an RP or anything, just certain rules make it more fun, giving it some sort of direction.

Roachboy, that was friggin' awesome.)

Matrue grabbed his crystal as Isamu's spear was coming down towards his body again. Just before it struck, the crystal flashed, and the spear steadily slowed to a complete stop, and then began to move back. Everything that had happened began to move back. Matrue watched, his body on autopilot, as their fight went in reverse. He felt relief as the spear unpierced his lung, and felt energy rush back into him as his own attacks were undone. Just as Isamu was flying backwards through his original strike, the speeds of his movement slowed again, and turned back forwards through time.

I guess that's the extent of my ability with this spell. I doubt I'll be able to do it again.

Matrue grabbed the end of Isamu's spear and attempted to throw him away by it, but Isamu was far more adept a fighter than Matrue had given him credit. His body felt heavy to Matrue, and his maneuver became less of a throw than a relocation. Isamu landed gracefully on the other side, still holding his spear, and now began to overpower Matrue, pushing him back.

Isamu made an attempt to put a gash across Matrue's torso, and the crystal flashed. In Matrue's hand a shortsword appeared, the crystal embedded in the hilt. He placed its blade between him and the spear just in time, and redirected it away. He lunged at Isamu, who jumped back, retorting with a second strike, which Matrue arched back away from to dodge by less than an inch. Carrying his momentum, he flipped back away from Isamu and landed several yards away.

"Now this was worth coming for."

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Maybe the answer is in the very light reflected off our blades. Maybe that's what it means to be this creature known as samurai.