It Is Time. | Masato | Chapter 5 | [Closed for Lorena]
Lorena stares at the masked ninja warily, remembering now what she had seen beneath that expressionless exterior. She tried to be patient, for his sake. For the sake of the other idiots that had decided to tangle with her. Well… Almost all of them, she inwardly snickers. Some had it coming, like the bandanna-wearing asshole that Massachusetts mentioned. Maybe this dumbass did too, they were about to find out.
“…You want a sparring partner?” She asks dubiously. “Hnn… I have been itching to blow off some steam, and Akemi is nowhere near ready for anythin’ fucking serious, so I guess I could be down for that. Just don’t go crying to the others after I hand your ass to you. I ain’t no soft touch.”
She rises at a leisurely pace, in no rush to be on his timetable. Lorena gives him a pleasant smile while stretching her arms and legs. She was gonna destroy this kid, he just didn’t know it yet. “Hmm… So how you whanna do this?” She asks, putting up her dukes. “I’m the… Heh… ‘SHSL MMA Fighter’, but my speciality is aikido and straight-up streetfighting.” Moss Otto might be able to tell though… She’s a little unsteady on her feet, and her hands are shaking. There’s dark rings under Lorena’s eyes and she’s forgotten to take of the glasses frames she’d been wearing, the pair Nori had worn before they died.
Masato doesn’t notice the unsteadyness in her posture. Normally he would but- No. His mind is clouded with excitement.
“Ehh. So I had the right idea- You are skilled. I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
You could tell he was getting excited. More confident in his speech as he began to do a couple of warm-up stretches.
“Of course, I think I said it before but- I’m also a Martial Artist. Super High School Ninjutsu Practicioner. My grandfather’s teachings focused primarily on Disarming and Disabling my opponent’s. So I hope you don’t mind if I hold back a little bit-”
He didn’t mean to sound arrogant- Why would he ever intentionally do that- But he was confident in his abilities. In his talent. His posture. His grandfather’s teachings. His knowledge of the human body’s systems.
“Well- Should we set up some basic rules first?”












