[It is a struggle to keep Mutsu down, but it's one that Dotanuki is willing to accept because COME HERE YOU LITTLE TWERP. The fight is dirty but that's just fine with him so long as Mutsu actually fights. They're pushing at each other when Dotanuki feels something go by his side and then Mutsu is aiming a fist at his face. He jerks back to avoid it when the cherry blossoms explode inches from him and he knows what's happened. He's done something similar here before, but he never expected to have it happen to him. And no amount of grace or skill can help a body adjust to the sudden nothingness that opens beneath it when your opponent demanifests and disappears. Dotanuki turns to his side and hits the ground awkwardly, scrabbling to turn around and grab his sword again. He gets to his knees, swiveling in the dirt when he sees the barrel of a gun pointed right at him.
If this were a real fight, he'd be dead right now.
Instead, his lips tug up into a satisfied smirk at the sight of Mutsunokami trying to bluff him. He prefers this kind of fight. People who pull punches just because it was a spar annoyed him. The point of a spar was to get ready for battle, so why not fight like it was real?]
( Because guns are different, Dotanuki!! You can practice martial arts and swordsmanship with each other but guns are different!! He tries his best to look serious, catching his breath and keeping his arm steady on Dotanuki for a moment longer before lowering it just a bit. )
No way. ( You crazy?? He said he wouldn't use it! At least, not like that. ) This is serious.
( Not that he isn't taking this fight serioulsy but for all the scrapping and not pulling punches, it's still a friendly spar. And he gives Dotanuki a cocky sort of smile )
Hope ya're ready to treat me, though.
( Heh heh he already knows what he wants... he's ready... )
[He wouldn't begrudge him a shot or two! Even if it was just in the arm or like a leg or something!!! He can take it!! He's been shot with muskets.
When the gun lowers, Dotanuki narrows his eyes. So Mutsu thinks that just because he had him on the ropes, he's won? If he's not willing to finish the battle, then he can't say he's won at all!]
Yeah, yeah, I will be.
[If he won't use the gun, then there's still a few paces between him and his vessel. And now Dotanuki knows that other than pistol whipping him in the head, Mutsunokami is pretty much weaponless. He stands and then darts forward, aiming a punch at his face.]
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If this were a real fight, he'd be dead right now.
Instead, his lips tug up into a satisfied smirk at the sight of Mutsunokami trying to bluff him. He prefers this kind of fight. People who pull punches just because it was a spar annoyed him. The point of a spar was to get ready for battle, so why not fight like it was real?]
Shoot, if you're gonna do it.
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No way. ( You crazy?? He said he wouldn't use it! At least, not like that. ) This is serious.
( Not that he isn't taking this fight serioulsy but for all the scrapping and not pulling punches, it's still a friendly spar. And he gives Dotanuki a cocky sort of smile )
Hope ya're ready to treat me, though.
( Heh heh he already knows what he wants... he's ready... )
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When the gun lowers, Dotanuki narrows his eyes. So Mutsu thinks that just because he had him on the ropes, he's won? If he's not willing to finish the battle, then he can't say he's won at all!]
Yeah, yeah, I will be.
[If he won't use the gun, then there's still a few paces between him and his vessel. And now Dotanuki knows that other than pistol whipping him in the head, Mutsunokami is pretty much weaponless. He stands and then darts forward, aiming a punch at his face.]
If you win!