Adora blocked yet another hit, slowly getting more and more tired.

"Please, Catra, let's stop fighting. We can stop this. You can come with me. We can be friends again." Adora managed to choke out in between attacks.

She was really getting tired of this. Sure, she had left, but it wasn't like she left her. Hell, she even asked Catra to come with her. She didn't want to leave her behind.

"Oh shut up, you insolent prick. You left. We clearly weren't good enough for you. I wasn't good enough for you. And now we're fighting." Catra replied, before hitting the sword, err, shield, again.

Adora tried to protest, but Catra attacked again before she could. She tried to dodge, but Catra was to fast for her, and she fell to the floor, her sword out of reach. "Please, stop..." she choked out breathlessly.

Catra chuckled before hissing. "Why should I? Why should I after YOU LEFT ME!" She scratched Adora across the face, causing her to wince in pain.

"I'm sorry."

Adora spoke in a flat, hopeless voice. "You're right. I was selfish, and I didn't think about you. I broke our promise. So go ahead... do what you have to do." Catra paused, unsure what to do. 'So she does care... that's... too bad! 'Cuz I... don't! Right?'

Catra paused before rushing Adora into the wall, pinning her with her claws. Adora just gave a weak smile. "Go ahead. If it makes you... happy, then..." and she started crying. "I miss you."

Catra was a bit upset now. She had never seen Adora this... broken before. She wasn't any of the things she expected to be in this scenario. She wasn't proud. She wasn't smug, she was just... ashamed.

How could she do this... to her best friend? Her only friend? The one who had always tried to make her happy, even when Shadow Weaver was breathing down her neck? The one who... who asked for her help. Who wanted her to come with when she left the Horde. The one who didn't abandon her.

"It's gonna be ok. As long as we're together." Catra, in a split second, hugged Adora. Catra, in a split second, hugged her friend.

About time.