This be part 2 to Martial Arts. Enjoy!
3 weeks ago, Mu made a discovery. He found out that his girlfriend could kick some major ass. So, after 3 weeks of training under her supervision, he was ready to take his chances in a fight against her. She taught him a lot of things in three weeks; how to perform a drop kick, a roundhouse kick, a side swipe, a double back, an elbow flare, and a halo kick, pretty impressive for only 3 weeks of learning. Now, he was about to put those few things to use against her, and she knew a lot more than he did.
You'd expect him to know how to do half of these things, but, in reality, if you were a pilot, you didn't really need all of these things. You just needed to know good hand to hand combat, and how to pull a trigger. The only reason she knew how to do these things, was because Andy trained with her for 2 years, a hell of a lot more time than 3 weeks.
It was now 6:00 AM, and Mu rolled over in bed to turn off the blaring alarm clock. Murrue told him that they should do this earlier, so that the hot June weather didn't drag them down. He obliged, miserably, and then trudged off to bed. He turned over to wake Murrue, but she wasn't there. He laughed to himself.
"She really is serious about this. I guess I'm starting to see the real Murrue," He then rolled out of bed to pull on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. He was ready to take her, ever if it meant him getting owned.
He went down to the kitchen in Andy's house, looking out into the court yard, expecting to see Murrue outside warming up. When he didn't see the brunette beating on a dummy of practicing her shooting, he looked around confused.
"Where…" He then felt a pair of warm hands cover his eyes.
"Guess who,"
"Hmm, let's see, are you short, mind-blowing, and beautiful?"
Murrue pouted. "I am not short,"
He turned around and wrapped his arms around her waist. "You are too," hew poked her in the nose with an index finger.
"Maybe you're just tall," she retorted.
"Probably," He agreed and then gave her a kiss.
"So, what do you have planned today?"
"I was thinking that today we could have our little scrimmage match,"
He blinked. "Today?"
"Yes, silly, today,"
"Us, fight?"
"Well, not hit for hit, kind of like a fight in defense and offense, you know, we block each other instead of carrying through and making contact,"
Now he understood. "Oh, I see, well then, I guess it's settled.
Out in the court yard, Murrue and Mu stood across from each other. He was waiting for Murrue to give the word.
"This is how Andy and I used to do it. We usually flip a coin to tell who goes first, but, I think I'll let you get the first shot,"
"Whatever happened to lady's first?" Mu asked in a whiny tone.
"What, you're not afraid, are you?" She mocked with a smile on her face.
His eyes widened. "Who, me? You gotta be kidding me," u took that as his invitation to begin.
He started off by moving forward quickly so that his was in a range where he could make contact. He swung at her with valiant effort; although he was still he would accidentally hit her. He would never forgive himself if that happen. Luckily, that worry was put to rest when she easily countered and dropped down on one knee and swung her leg around, trying to trip him. He noticed and jumped up just before her leg knocked him off his feet.
He ran behind her before she could get up, when she did get up, she turned around to throw a punch at his face, he quickly put up a hand to catch her fist, which looked powerful enough to break a jaw or two. She jumped back and brought her leg up for a head shot. He ducked off to the side and dropped down. He performed an almost similar move as Murrue, except he just pulled his leg back and kicked at her legs, instead of swinging it around. He caught Murrue at a weird angle and she lost her footing. He quickly moved over and caught her, just before she hit the ground.
"You okay?" He asked worried.
"I'm fine, but you should watch it," Before he could decipher her words, she grabbed his arm and twisted it around to his back and help it in place.
He leaned over so that the ever tightening feeling in his arm was more bearable.
"Give up yet?"
"You wish," He broke free from her grasp and did a back hand spring to put some distance in between them, and because it was his favorite thing to do since mastering the tricky feat.
She wasted no time in going after him. She moved to do a drop kick. She nearly hit him in the face; he was late in catching her leg. She gasped audibly just as her leg was about to make contact. He barely stopped her in time, but when he did, he flipped her over once and she landed on the ground on her stomach. Her hands stopping her before her face hit the ground. She quickly got up, remembering how Andy told her to never stay down. She did a back bend and brought herself back up to eye level with Mu.
She tried at an elbow flare, but that was deflected as well. He back up a step, and then in a swift motion, threw himself into a roundhouse kick, making sure to concentrate on landing it. She blocked it, but knew what was coming next. Mu kept moving as he gave his best shot at a halo kick, using his momentum from the roundhouse to prepare him for this. He'd been having trouble with it, always getting halfway through and losing balance or coordination. One is needed for the other, so he either fell or she grabbed him to help him stabilize.
He threw the first kick at her, which she evaded, but when the second kick came through she wasn't ready. She was able to block it, but the force of the kick knocked her over on her behind. She looked up just as Mu was about to land it. When his foot came in contact with the ground, it looked like he was actually going to land it for the first time, but then, the way he shifted his body to put the other foot down, and the weird angle of the ground caused his ankle to twist in an obscure way. His leg immediately gave out and he was on the ground next to Murrue.
She gasped. "Mu, are you ok?" She scrambled over to help him sit up.
"Not, quite the finish I had in mind," He then winced as he put his foot down.
"Hold on, I'll take a look at it." She moved down to examine his ankle.
She pulled off his shoe and sock to reveal a swollen ankle and a patch of black and blue coloring starting to make an appearance.
"Oh god, I think you sprained it. I'm so sorry, Mu," She apologized and slid back to sit by him.
"Hey now, that wasn't your fault, I'm the idiot who can't land that damn thing, not you," He soothed and ran a finger across her cheek bone.
"No, I shouldn't have had us do this, it was a bad idea," She looked down, eyes shimmering.
"Come on, Murrue, don't blame yourself for everything that happens to me," He noticed tears beginning to form in her eyes. "It's ok, sweetheart," He grasped her chin in between two fingers so she would meet his eyes with hers. "Don't you cry now, come on, where's that tough girl that almost disowned me before?"
She giggled at his words, the tears in her eyes slowly dissipating. He brought her head forward and kissed her on the forehead.
"There now, all better," he smiled at her, and she returned it warmly.
"Let's go, macho man, we should get ice on the ankle before it gets more swollen than your ego," She helped him up and put his arm around her shoulder to help him crutch.
"Hey, be nice, I'm injured," He pouted.
She laughed and reached up to hold his hand as he hobbled along.
"Yes, I know, I hear you," She kissed him on the cheek when she paused to open the sliding door. "Just remember, you did that to yourself, you know,"
This time he laughed. "Well at least you're not feeling guilty anymore,"
She smiled and led him to a bar stool. Instead of turning around to get ice like he thought she would, she stood in between his legs, wrapped her arms around his neck, and rested her head on his shoulder. He returned the embrace and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"I love you," she whispered into his ear.
"I love you more,"
"I love you most, now, let me fix this ankle of yours," She pulled away and went to get some ice from the freezer. He watched as she did this, marveling at how beautiful she looked silhouetted in the rising sun.
"Once wrong move today and I would've been done for; she really is the most amazing woman I have ever met…and that's why I love her,"
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