We'll see the sun come up again (open, sparring)

Amatus had just made his way into the capitol city of Sunclan and already someone was asking people to spar with her. Instantly the serval felt the urge to fight the pale kitsune, but upon her announcing her blindness he started to second guess this decision. The swordsman hardly wanted to test himself against a blind person. There would hardly be any challenge to it and even less honor in defeating them. But the serval found himself padding over the the blind kitsune, seeing that nobody else had offered to take up her challenge.

"Afraid of some blind old fox? Hardly." He said with a small smile and a tone of playful confidence as he took up her challenge. He then unbuckled his sword belt and undid the tie of his cloak before tossing them into a small pile, the hilt of the sword making a clatter that made the serval cringe a little. He then recovered his confident grin and slid into a loose stance. "Tell me, what are the rules of this engagement My Lady?" He asked, hoping that perhaps the blind kitsune would surprise him.
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He nodded in understanding, despite the fact that the alabaster kitsune couldn't see him. Paw to paw he had expected, plus he wouldn't use his sword in a spar unless if his opponent was armed or insisted. A sharp sword with nothing to use to block its attack with was deadly, it was often recommended to spar with dull sword if you were going to use any at all. No killing was rather obvious, but he had to chuckle when she mentioned destroying sunclan. He had a feeling that if he had the ability to destroy sunclan, there would be far less anti-clans in the world.

"Please, you're too kind my Lady." He said graciously, his grin turning into a soft smile as he accepted her offer. Although he was all too aware that the kitsune most likely wanted him to strike first. For now though, he thought he would play into her plan. He was rather curious as to what she could do. "Engarde!" He shouted to announce the start of the fight before his long leg swiftly closed the distance between himself and Mika. Amatus then lead with a punch from his right paw followed by another blow dealt by his left paw. To abide by the kitsune's rules, he made sure his long claws were sheathed so as to not hurt the kitsune too much.
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Amatus was genuinely surprised when his first blow failed to connect. He had hoped for something like this, but he supposed he had still been doubtful. Luckily he hadn't completely missed and his second blow made contact. It wasn't often that the serval found himself fighting without his sword, but he had to admit there was a certain pleasure to hitting someone. The serval was even more surprise to find that a heartbeat after his paw connected with the kitsune's face, the remaining front paw was swept out from under him. It attack had caught him unawares, since the length of his sword normally meant such moves weren't made on him, but being so close, it was an obvious chose now that he thought about it.

The spotted wild cat fell hard, his face meeting the soft earth that made up the ground. Instead of getting up, Amatus rolled onto his back and took advantage of his new angle of attack, aimed two light jabs at Mika's chin. He would rather have the kitsune put some distance between them before he attempted to get back up on his paws.
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He winced a moment as the kitsune retaliated with her own attack. Although that didn't shake the taste of success from the serval as Mika backed away, giving him the space he wanted to get back up. So rolling back onto his stomach, Amatus pushed himself back onto his paws, shaking the dirt out of his pelt as he did so. "You are rather impressive so far my lady. Also I'm afraid I haven't caught your name yet, I'm Amatus Casus." He said with a small flourishing bow, despite the fact that the alabaster kitsune could not see him.

After giving her ample time to reply, the serval would then dart forward yet again, but instead of attacking her as before. Amatus sidestepped and stopped beside Mika before slamming his body weight into her to try to cause her to lose her balance.
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Amatus huffed a bit as he stomped down a moment too late and missed the kitsune as she rolled away from him. he advanced on the pale kitsune, but stumbled back as she swiped out a paw aimed at his face. "Well, luckily that isn't the case." He replied grinning, quite glad that he hadn't made a fool of himself and avoided the blow. From what he could tell from the fight so far, they were just about neck to neck, trading blow for blow. The blind kitsune was rather impressive, especially for someone who couldn't see. He assumed she used a sort of super senses or something to detect his moves or something of the like. Amatus again closed the distance between them and aimed a jab at Mika's nose in some sort of attempt to disorientate her. Then he'd get closer to attempt to give Mika a soft nip on the neck.
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This time he was ready for the leg sweep, so when she moved to sweep his hind legs out from under him he jumped back out of reach. Although due to the awkar position he had put himself in he was helpless as she immediately swept his front legs out from under him. As he fell to the ground yet again, he gurnted in minor annoyance that she had managed to get him into this position yet again. Although this time Amatus attempted to sweep Mika's legs out from under her and then tried to get on top of her to pin her to the ground.
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