A deal made(Akari)

Ezrion stood in front of an oak tree, listening to the sound of the gentle breeze that blew past, keeping him sane. He had asked Akari to meet him here again to finish the fight they had begun. The fires she had made last time had done some damage to the environment, leaving a large barren section in the field, where no grass grew. He hoped she had gotten his message, and that he wasn't there wasting his time.

Unlike usual he wore a simple button up black t-shirt and his usual grey jeans, around both his wrists were leather wristbands, and around his neck a single chain. HE sighed once more as he readjusted Hujokashi on his waist and waited, arms crossed over his chest.

Akari looked quite suspicious as she approached, though she had promised another fight with Ezrion, she never said she was going to play fair... Quickly she approached, not from in front of him though. She was using her skill as a former member of the second division to sneak up on her prey, until she was quite close, close enough to draw her zanpakuto and stepped quickly around the oak tree, pressing the blunt side to his neck. ”You weren't watching your back~” she said with a grin, moving back a few steps as she sheathed her weapon again. ”So we are having another sparring session?” she questioned.

Ezrion didn't move an inch, even when the blade was pressed against his neck. He sighed after she removed it and broke out into a smile. He turned to face Akari and nodded. "Unless you have other plans in mind." He said arms still crossed over his chest. His smile dimmed slightly as e waited for her reply, wanting to get started.

Akari grinned as he answered her, she moved quite close to him, until their faces were quite close. ”Well, maybe... if you beat me” she said as she poked the very tip of his nose.. this could be taken in quite a few ways. Though it was odd how she was acting today, nothing like the first time they had met. Though, even she didn't know what she meant by this, maybe it was nothing more than a bit of teasing on her behalf.. She moved back again, pondering how she would start this. Maybe like she had done last time.. maybe.

Ezrion blinked when she got closer to him, wondering what exactly she meant by that, and why she had poked his nose. Unlike last time Ezrion did not wait for her to make the first move, and dashed forward sword drawn straight into his best stance, dual handed. "Begin." He said calmly as he charged, then shunpoed behind Akari, blade dancing across the area where it would make contact with her flesh, an intricate pattern of slashes, making various symbols, pentagrams, Japanese characters, letters, shapes. He then dropped to a knee and swept her legs, before pushing up into a backflip, landing a few feet away.

Akari barely had time to place her hand on her sword ready to begin as he spoke, suddenly rushing forward only to shunpo behind her. Of course, she wasn't going to let this happen quite so easily. Turning to face him as she drew her zanpakuto and blocked the first attack, moving back as she continued protecting herself. Only to use her own shunpo to avoid the rest. The former 2nd division captain noted he was using a different style... but wasn't going to let that confuse her at all, she had a job to do of course. She then retaliated, giving him no time to ready himself as she relentlessly attacked him, mixing up normal attacks with her shunpo, moving quite quickly to attack only to do the same thing again at a different angle.

Ezrion wasn't surprised when Akari avoided his series of attacks, even when he used his strongest style. as she began her counter attack Ezrion smirked, blocking or dodging every attack she sent at him, some barely, but none of them connected with him, one tore through the sleeve of his shirt, but did not touch him. During one of her shunpo attacks Ezrion dodged by moving closer to her, stabbing at her stomach in the process, before using his own shunpo to escape. He now stood in one of the lower branches of the tree, waiting for her to spot him.

Akari thought she was going quite well until she saw his counter-attack, though he had moved in very close and she had only enough time to deflect it. His blade apparently gave her a shallow cut along her stomach. He had drawn first blood this time. His retreat was fine by her as she shook of the pain and looked up at him, only to quickly close the gap to attack once more. This time feigning an attack from the left, only to do a true attack to his right side. After which she would then retreat quickly, wondering what to do next..

As Akari closed the gap Ezrion saw her feign and as she moved to attack his right he simply fell backwards out of the tree, cleaving the branch upon which she stood in two, right next to the trunk, leaving nothing left. He landed and held his blade in his right hand, extending it to the side, waiting for Akari to land. He smiled at her and cracked his neck. He then put on a burst of speed, and ran directly past where she should be falling, slicing through the air where her neck should be located, going for a fatal wound, knowing she wouldn't be taken out this easily.

Akari felt the branch being cut beneath her, her feign was apparently seen as he moved off the the branch. She fell also, though she saw him move so instead she would move to intercept the strike, with a swing of her own zanpakuto to deflect the attack. She then turned to follow him, attacking from behind, making her own attacks as lethal as his own. Though she didn't mean any harm at all, she just felt he could defend himself against such attacks.

Ezrion smirked as he heard the ting of metal on metal, the sound of Akari's survival. He knew she would chase him and sun his sword behind his back, still using his right hand, and deflected every hit. He then crouched, stopping all of his movement, and held his blade straight at Akari. The speed at which she had been going, and the length of the blade would make it difficult for her to dodge, as it was merely inches from her now. Ezrion smirked once more, waiting for her next move.

Akari was going much to fast now, or at least she thought she was and didn't think quick enough to avoid such an attack. No matter how simple it might be. She felt like this was not going to end well at all so she tried moving aside, only to have his blade catch her on her right side, making a deeper gash, causing her to stop and hold her side, this time she had been careless and was only blaming herself. It was probably lucky she had acted quickly, or else that may have ended up quite a bit worse. ”Stop! Stop” she dropped her zanpakuto to call the truce for now, upon closer inspection, it may seem worse than she initially thought.

Ezrion swore loudly as his blade connected to Akari, once again he had been too into the fight to realize what he was doing. He sheathed his blade and walked over to Akari, a concerned look on his face. "I'm sorry. How bad is it?" He asked, concern filling his voice. He bent to examine the wound and retrieve her Zan. He held it in one hand as he looked at the wound he had caused, feeling guilty for hurting her, and for ending their fights, both times now.

Akari looked to her side, taking the Zanpakuto to sheathe it... Again she had failed to complete the sparring match properly.. Though Ezrion had fairly defeated her this time, which didn't.raise her spirits any more than it had. When she moved her hand, more blood would slowly seep down her side. "I'm sorry... I screwed up" she said, sounding quite sincere about the whole situation.

Ezrion stood and shook his head, ripping off his still good sleeve and tying it tightly around the wound. "This is my fault, I got into fighting mode again, and I was actually using lethal force, and that caused this, not you." He made sure that the cloth covered the wound properly, and that it would help with the bleeding. "Again, so sorry."

"I should.. You were trying to kill me?" she seemed a little bit shocked. Though apparently quite happy with the bandaging job he had done... Though it was probably her fault for leaving so much skin exposed. Well she did say before she had something in mind if he won... But she didn't think up what that might be. "Well I think I owe you... Anything you want?" she asked him, quite an odd request but she did mention it before they had begun.

Ezrion nodded at her question, slightly ashamed of himself for doing so. Ezrion cocked an eyebrow at Akari, wondering what she meant. "Exactly what do you mean by that, and didn't you say you had something in mind if I won?" He was throughly confused about the situation, and shook his head trying to figure it out.

”Well I don't know what I meant... so you get a choice of what I owe you for winning.” she shrugged, still tenderly testing the make-shift bandages to make sure they covered the whole wound. It did of course, she just seemed to be in a bit of shock from the whole ordeal maybe. ”Do you have any ideas at all?” she asked, wondering herself what she could do..

Ezrion blinked several times, various ideas running through his head, taking into account her insinuations from before the fight, his own interests, and various other things, he came to a few conclusions. None of which he thought Akari would like, in the slightest. He sighed then and rubbed the back of his neck. "Well...." His face turned slightly red, and he stared at his feet, unable to grasp why in the world he was doing this.

Akari looked at him curiously, not quite sure what he might want. She tried to read his expressions and such but nothing was really sticking out for her... that and she wasn't very good at reading people like that. Though she began to get a few more ideas when he blushed, what could he possibly be thinking now. With something of a grin she asked him again. ”What is it? she questioned, as he still hadn't answered yet.

Ezrion still didn't know how to say this, or if he could even say it for that matter. He inhaled deeply, before He prepared to speak, then a different idea came into his mind and he smiled, it saved him from having to say the one other idea that is stuck circulating through his head. "I may have won, but I injure you, so if anyone should owe anyone anything, I think I should owe you whatever you want. It seems only fair to me." He shrugged as if to say anyone would agree with him about how fair it was, and he waited for her reply.

Akari looked disappointed at this, she was hoping for something more than that.. but he seemed to have changed his mind at the last second. ”You can't do that!!” she complained, but, she began thinking of what she wanted of him.. which she decided with yet another little grin. ”I want you, to tell me what you wanted from me a few seconds ago”

Ezrion smirked at Akari's little outburst, and was about to say that he could, and had, when she continued with what she wanted him to do, which now that he thought about it, the whole situation was slightly strange. When she said what she wanted from him he nearly smacked himself in the forehead for not foreseeing this possibility. He sighed, taking a deep breath, and mumbled under his breath what he had been thinking, face redder than the blood from Akari's wound.

He had a feeling she would tell him to repeat himself and so he cleared his throat and said it, just barely above a whisper. "M-maybe, uhm... I w-want You." He looked at the ground and felt his heart racing, this being completely out of his safe zone. He really wished he had thought of something else, but unfortunately his mind was extremely perverted, and that caused problems, like the one he was in now.

Akari looked a little surprised at first, though she did say 'anything' she wasn't sure if that meant she would go that far... but... she then smiled and decided to play with him a little bit, not sure if she would actually do what he wanted... For now she would moved up to him and give him a tight hug. ”Aww... that's so cute” she said, not letting him go for a few seconds, hoping to kind of... fix the awkwardness for him. Or maybe just make it worse.

Ezrion's eyes never left the ground, which is why he didn't notice Akari get closer, and hug him. He stuttered for a moment, thinking that she was actually going to do what he had implied, when she said that was cute. Ezrion immediately sighed, and sweat dropped, his head leaning over Akari's shoulder. He no longer felt awkward, now he was just plan out embarrassed. He didn't move, and just stayed in her hugging embrace.