07-12-2023, 06:24 PM
Breathing was heavy. Blood pounded. It was more than a fight in the dojo but it wasn't all hell like at the Alamaz. It was somewhere in between. The skills being show cases were more about form than power, though Li had no doubt there was power behind those muscles that rippled.
And when Li found himself on his back catching his breathe the power slipped from his grasp and the world dulled. There was a smirk and words but Li just smiled back as he kicked himself back to standing in one quick movement and took up a fighting stance. The blow had changed the stakes and his calm was shredded, the power would flee until he came upon the peace and tranquility of it all. But blood raced and that calm was far away. He beckoned his partner to rejoin the fight and when he was ready Li let loose.
The games were done. It was not a fight to the death, it wasn't even a fight for his life. Li had no intention of harming his partner, but neither did he intend to let the man get another shot in. Li flew at Zixin with hands and feets, nothing to hurt or maim but a flurry of kicks and jabs and sequences practiced years upon years.
And when Li found himself on his back catching his breathe the power slipped from his grasp and the world dulled. There was a smirk and words but Li just smiled back as he kicked himself back to standing in one quick movement and took up a fighting stance. The blow had changed the stakes and his calm was shredded, the power would flee until he came upon the peace and tranquility of it all. But blood raced and that calm was far away. He beckoned his partner to rejoin the fight and when he was ready Li let loose.
The games were done. It was not a fight to the death, it wasn't even a fight for his life. Li had no intention of harming his partner, but neither did he intend to let the man get another shot in. Li flew at Zixin with hands and feets, nothing to hurt or maim but a flurry of kicks and jabs and sequences practiced years upon years.
“What you must do," said Monkey, "is lure the monster from its hiding place, but be certain it is a fight you can survive.”