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"Begin!" Lemonfur mewed loudly to the two apprentices.
Mintpaw leaped aside as Jasperpaw punched a paw out at her, claws sheathed. She jumped back and forth up and down to confuse her opponent. He looked at her quizzically and then jumped on top of her. Mintpaw tried to trick Jasperpaw by pushing him off of her with her hind legs. She instead of hitting his belly pushed his hind legs up, throwing him of balance. He tumbled off of Mintpaw and she jumped on top of him, pushing his side, flipping him over. She had caught him with his belly exposed and pounced for the final blow, but Jasperpaw was quick and had flipped himself over, catching his mistake. When Mintpaw pounced Jasperpaw had already flipped over and was ready to attack. No way can any cat move that fast! Mintpaw thought. They battled it out for a minute, just wrestling with each other like kits, they're strengths equal, even though Mintpaw was smaller than Jasperpaw. Finally they began to tire and Jasperpaw pinned Mintpaw to the ground and raked his paws down her side, claws sheathed, he flipped her over and did it again to her belly.
"That was the longest one on one fight I have ever seen!" Rainwhisker mewed. "Lemonfur, I am impressed! You have trained your apprentice extremely well! Congratulations Mintpaw. As you know, Jasperpaw will be a warrior soon and you could easily take him on, we should have you guys practice together more often!"
"I couldn't agree more!" Lemonfur meowed happily. Lemonfur and Rainwhisker continued to talk to each other; they were good friends after all.
"You know, I think you were the one that was scared" Mintpaw mewed to Jasperpaw.
"What? Are you kidding me! I wasn't even trying!" Jasperpaw mewed back.
*Sidebar: (Thank you so much for the reviews and tips, I really appreciate it! Special shout out to Owlscreech, Pale-eye, and tr1xx77)