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[Kuro Adachihara]

Kuro rolled his head around, cracking his neck while rolling his shoulders. He then began hopping a bit, getting into the pace of a fight while locking eyes with William, his stare becoming sharp even though his eyes held the same dull blue color. Kuro was six feet tall, putting him at possibly a slight disadvantage against a person having two inches on him. But he also knew that he had a few tricks up his sleeve that would help him. He took a sudden step with his left foot over his right, initiating a quick movement to show William that it was time to begin. Whether William understood this or not was up to him to decide. That wasn't Kuro's problem.

Kuro's next move was to rush in, pulling his left hand back. This was a pronounced movement, telegraphing it easily to his opponent to show that the first attack would come from the left. Kuro had also made that first initiating step with his left to grab William's attention towards his left side. The pulling back of his arm was also not at Kuro's full possible speed. That was because Kuro wanted William to have every opportunity to watch the snake's tail, the metaphorical rattle grabbing his attention. This was also to hide Kuro's right leg's movements. With the final step towards William, Kuro ended on his left foot on the ground, planted hard. While he did this he kicked straight upwards with his right, going for a slight crescent upwards, going passed William's head at Kuro's full speed with this movement. When he had finished reaching the top with his right foot, Kuro looked William in the eyes with confidence and brought the heel of his foot downwards, having only been in this pose for a moment.

The heel was aimed to strike William in the forehead if he did not move, smashing into his face while coming down. This could possibly result in a broken nose if William did not know what he was doing and failed to turn his head to the left or right as the kick came down. Additionally, if William moved left or right to avoid the left arm's punch that had been telegraphed he would possibly catch a shoulder injury from the heel of Kuro's axe kick coming down on them. Kuro was not playing around at the moment. He wanted William to know that sparring and training were serious to Kuro. That was due to the fact that life and death are important to Kuro, and should be to William. 

[William O, Creed]

Kuro was definitely in the mood to get started and William couldn’t really say he wasn’t feeling the same sort of anxious excitement. Balling his fists together and then apart several times, lifting his legs, shifting the weight of his body and curving his back. From the looks of things Kuro wasn’t going to start using his zanpakuto although William wasn’t so sure that would stay the case. He had reach on Kuro, but not a drastic advantage due to it not being a massive difference between their sizes. Now though he could see that Kuro was ready to start to which William gave him a slight nod.

What William saw next was just too obvious, sure Kuro was new yet there was no way that such a punch would be set off like that. William shifted into his stance, his left leg back acting as an anchor for his weight while his right leg was positioned in front. His arms in front of him while his left was up higher and his right down. Just as William thought that punch wasn’t anything more than a bluff as he watched Kuro lift up his right leg. Although Kuro had a decent idea of taking his attention to the left side of his body William was quite good at seeing patterns and knew in combat never to keep his eyes focused on only a single spot for too long.

Peripheral vision is the key to seeing everything is something he had been taught and thus one major thing he practiced that allowed him to see virtually all of Kuro at once. William bent forward onto his right lowering himself while getting closer to Kuro. A step forward with his left foot brought him right inside Kuro’s guard. The two large men now virtually chest to chest in distance while William raised his left arm in an attempt to lock Kuro’s leg up high. (Kuro’s calf area held up by William’s forearm/bicep)

Allotting no time for error William’s right foot would almost slide across the ground set to slam into Kuro’s left ankle in order to take him off the ground. William’s lower half though wasn’t the only thing to move as his entire right moved in unison. A single elbow positioned to strike Kuro in the left side of his head just as his ankle was being hit as well. Whether successful or not though William would quickly disengage by pulling on Kuro’s right leg and then letting go and backing away a few paces.

[Kuro Adachihara]

Kuro, giving a half smile in an impressed state, saw William instead of moving out or away immediately, stepping in and closing the distance, reaching up to capture his right leg. Kuro knew that this move would actually stop him from being able to effectively do damage with this leg kick, however he also knew that with William planted like that, he was essentially a stepping stone. Kuro pushed all of his energy down with his axe kick, allowing it to be captured for the moment by William but lifting himself up at the same time. His left foot would come off the ground, narrowly missing the ankle sweep set to take Kuro off of the ground and open him up to further strikes. Instead, Kuro's left knee would bend as his body came further up into the air and aim to strike William upwards and into his nose.


Kuro honestly hadn't noticed the leg sweep, this just being his natural progression in his movements along with his confidence in his acrobatic ability let him make this movement naturally when coming in contact with a defense like this. It allowed William to become more like a vaulting step than a person, with the nearly solid stance trying to capture Kuro's leg. With his movement's, Kuro felt his sword bucking against his back, but he ignored it's annoying tapping. What was odd is it almost felt intentional. "Can swords do that?", Kuro thought to himself. He stored that thought to the back of his mind as he continued the fight, knowing he had more pressing matters.


If successful, Kuro would continue the momentum and flip backwards to quickly land a few feet away from William, waiting to see what he would do. However, if Kuro was unsuccessful due to William's sudden moving backwards and giving up the trapping of Kuro's leg, Kuro would land just the same from the momentum but instead of his usual frown it would be a slightly deeper frown and a look of frustration. Either way, Kuro would say, "You'll find that it's not so easy to win against me. And I don't show all my tricks so soon either." Kuro spoke louder than his usual whisper voice because here, he was confident. He knew what he was doing and he hadn't even begun using his stronger hand to hand techniques yet.

[William O, Creed]

One thing that William could say for sure now was that Kuro was able to adapt to the flow of battle better than he had been anticipating. Utilizing his leg strength on William’s arm in order to bring himself up off the ground was a good move. It wasn’t enough to take William off guard or inflict any sort of real harm on the man though. As Kuro brought his left knee upwards in an attempt to strike William in the face he’d feel William’s elbow clash against the side of his leg pushing his knee over. The result being that his knee graced the side of William’s face on the right side sliding more so against his ear then anything else.

What followed next told William that Kuro was one to employ acrobatics in battle. Something that wasn’t always a good thing for either party, but would make him someone harder to strike regardless. Higher risk for more reward was definitely something that William understood and could get behind although an acrobat he was not. Frankly he was surprised that Kuro despite being almost a match in height was good enough to execute a flip off of his frame. Now though William noticed that Kuro had been really expecting that knee to land a good blow based on the facial display looking towards him.

William was easily able to pick up on Kuro’s sudden burst of confidence which told him that Kuro definitely believed combat to be his best aspect. He had been a quiet guy up to this point for the most part so here he must be more comfortable despite it being a sparring match. This was good though it told William that perhaps Kuro would be able to handle a Hollow should one actually appear and he was alone to deal with it by himself. “Well then show me more of these tricks. You can talk big, but show me how big you can fight.”

[Kuro Adachihara]

After landing carefully on the roof of the building they were standing, Kuro took a quick double step, adjusting his stance with his soft and quick footsteps. He looked to be running in place for a moment, keeping his blood pumping as he watched William closely. Kuro's frown turned almost to a slight smile as he heard the taunt come from William. "He wants to see some of my tricks?" Kuro thought to himself. "Fine. Let's see how he handles this." With a quick step forward, Kuro disappeared from sight. It seemed for a moment his entire body turned into a haze of his shape before completely being lost against the environment around him. 


When Kuro reappeared he was in front of William, barely a foot away, raising his fists between them while keeping them close to himself. As he reappeared he began to strike out in rapid succession, aiming to hit William with a barrage of strikes in the chest and stomach area. Kuro stood slightly low, his knees bent and spread about a foot and three inches apart while having his pelvis slightly brought forward while keeping his right foot slightly forward and the left a bit back in relation to his body, a very odd stance for martial arts. His hands themselves kept the fingers together in shape, cupped and keeping his thumbs in. All of the strikes were kept focused on the knife of the hand, along the side with the pinky, hitting against William's body if they were to connect. Kuro's shoulders were very relaxed, allowing a quick rotation to his movements and strikes, looking not unlike a saw with each tooth coming down in quick succession, one after the other.


If ten quick strikes were either successful or blocked, Kuro would follow up with a quick leg sweep with his left foot, stepping even further into William's comfort zone and trying to slam his left shoulder into William's chest in order to knock him off balance. Kuro knew that he needed to keep close with William, seeing as he enjoyed grappling. If he didn't give William a moment to breathe, he thought that William would have too much trouble keeping up to grab anything.

[William O, Creed]

William could see that Kuro was enjoying this sparring session which was a good thing, it showed William that he wasn’t one to get upset over a single attack not landing which of course is something that he had seen more than once. Still though based on the look that William could see shift across Kuro’s face he knew that the shinigami was planning on grasping at the taunt that had been issued. Reading into others, learning to adapt and counter those against him was the cornerstone of everything that William had been taught and already it was at work against Kuro.

William watched as Kuro vanished from his sight. “Shunpo huh.” William thought for a moment knowing very well what could cause Kuro to suddenly vanish. This was a typical technique that most shinigami knew so it was good to see Kuro could perform it, but was expected all the same. A method to enhance one's speed in order to either gain distance or evade an attack usually. William with this knowledge as such hopped backwards and thus in the next moment Kuro reappeared.

He immediately was able to see that Kuron was now in a position set to begin striking forward at his torso. It wasn’t uncommon although facing down a Shinigami wasn’t something that he was all that experienced with, he had much more knowledge when it came to fighting the monsters in existence. Still his knowledge in Krav Maga gave him what he needed. Utilizing the basic principle of defense William cuffed his hands on Kuro’s deflecting them just a bit each time shifting them to the side.

He didn’t have the speed nor the strength at the moment to grab ahold of stop Kuro’s onslaught easily. Two separate hits got through on William’s lower torso and he was able to surmise Kuro’s physical strength more from those blows then he was deflecting them with his hands. Kuro’s stance shifted though and William was ready moving in as Kuro went to sweep his leg causing Kuro’s leg to hit William’s hip with significantly less force.

Falling back on the foundations of Krav Maga, William went to work utilizing the skills of a boxer to deliver a quick hook punch set to land on the left side of Kuro’s jaw. Whether successful or not William would feel Kuro slam into him. Pushing left foot against the ground to keep himself on his feet against Kuro’s weight William raised his knee in an attempt to strike Kuro in the torso while bringing down his right elbow to strike the back of Kuro’s left lung in hopes of winding him for a moment.

[Kuro Adachihara]

Kuro felt his blows being deflected as he delivered them. With each deflection he brought his arms back in tight, aiming for William's center mass. And yet he still felt the deflection occur all but twice, the two times finally slipping passed William's defenses. It was clear to Kuro that William was good at finding patterns and taking advantage of them. By taking advantage of these patterns, William was more readily able to counter everything Kuro was throwing at him. And so a thought occurred quickly to Kuro. Don't follow the pattern. The thought came to Kuro as he stepped in with his leg sweep, feeling the connection as his leg connected with William's hip and William stepped closer to Kuro.

Kuro planted his left leg quickly behind William's right leg, trapping it and keeping both William and Kuro close together as Kuro gave a flat face, exhaling quickly as he stared at William and brought his head back, using William's body in order to better hold this stance from falling off balance. As Kuro leaned back, abandoning his shoulder strike into William, he felt a whoosh of air as William struck where Kuro's face once was. As Kuro continued leaning back he also thrusted his right arm quickly upwards in a palm strike to beneath William's chin, aiming to hit him hard.

As he aimed his palm strike against William's chin he would feel the elbow strike against his left side, causing him to lose his wind for a moment, tightening his left leg against William's right leg and pinning them together as he groaned from the pain. Kuro knew that this was now a battle of strikes and being unpredictable was the only way to win. William may have had the experience in this spar, but Kuro had the speed and the ingenuity. As Kuro panted after the strike, he smiled, sweat starting to drip down his forehead, saying softly, "So, you saw through my leg sweep, but did you count on me staying in close and going for that pretty face of yours?" With that, Kuro chuckled, waiting for a response. He would say this, regardless of how his palm strike ended.

[William O, Creed]

This definitely wasn’t what William had been expecting when sparring against a Shinigami. Still though this was a good bit of training to build up his rusted skills. He could already feel the dust falling from himself as he faced down Kuro who seemed at least decent when it came to Hakuda. William assumed that was what Kuro was utilizing knowing of the shinigami hand to hand style yet only seeing if briefly in the past from someone far more powerful than either of them.

Now though he could see that his fist had been evaded by Kuro yet only by a few centimeters. This was a close exchange between two men that both seemed to at least be adept at striking. The moment after Wiliam felt the impact of Kuro’s palm against his chin smashing up his face knocking his chrome dome a bit. For a moment the man saw a blur yet felt his elbow connect with Kuro’s side. He could hear the sound of Kuro wincing at the blow and focused on that to bring himself back.

He wasn’t in critical condition nor severely wounded from the palm strike yet it was still messing with his vision quite a bit. William could feel a tingle in his chin and realized that the majority of his jaw was numb. It was a good hit, a clean one that would help Kuro against anyone near his own size should he manage to employ it like he just did. William still wasn’t certain he could survive a real Hollow though. He was doing better than expected that much was true and William just had to hope that his skills with his zanpakuto were better than his Hakuda. Otherwise a Hollow of immense size would tear through him just as easily as William at the moment.

Keeping the two of them essentially bound together wasn’t something that William had expected from Kuro yet now it was clear. The two of them resembled a knot and neither one would be able to move easily without the risk of falling backwards. Giving ground wasn’t something that William would do, far to stubborn a soul starred down this Shinigami. “It was a decent move. Let’s see if you can keep it up though.” William flexed his leg pulled back. An attention grab in order for William to deliver a brutal slam of his forehead against Kuro’s face. Whether it was successful or not wouldn’t stop William from attempting a punch on Kuro’s left side right where his elbow had hit only a few moments ago.

[Kuro Adachihara]

Kuro raised an eyebrow at William's words, feeling the build up in exertion in his voice as he began his charge forward with his forehead to slam into Kuro's. Having already been in pain, Kuro thought of the first thing that comes naturally to anyone when face with more pain, avoid it. He maneuvered his head to the right, exposing his left side even further before feeling the hit come in. The pain was intense, almost feeling his ribs bend inside of him against the hit, his left side feeling like it had been lit aflame from the inside. Kuro's breath left him for a moment before doing the next possible logical thing left to him as an option. Kuro released the tension in the leg around his opponent, falling backwards and hitting the ground.

The smack of his body against the concrete was rough, his head slightly disoriented in all of the pain, but he knew he couldn't lie there for even a moment while his sparring partner was above him. William had obviously won the hand to hand, because although Kuro had given him a run for his money it was obvious that speed wasn't an assisting factor when you're stuck to your opponent. Kuro lifted his right knee to his chest quickly and aimed to place the heel of his foot to William's left shin in order to throw him off balance. Then Kuro would pick himself up by the palms of his hands and begin a crab walk backwards quickly before doing a reverse somersault to roll back up and onto his feet.

"Oof... Missed taking that damage to my head but just about lost my ribs for it. That's quick moving. But now, we're gonna end this spar with a final test of wills, aren't we?" Kuro smiled for the first real time this evening. He actually seemed to be a brighter person, all the fun of the fight starting to get to him as he sparred with such an awesome opponent. So the next logical step was simple. Kuro reached up with his right hand, placing his fingers around the handle of his sword, squeezing them gently in, and pulled the sword slowly from the sheathe on his back. As he pulled the sword with a flash then, he cut his hoodie from his upper body, letting the end of the sword slice it to reveal his academy uniform top hidden underneath. His white and blue uniform against the dark night sky as he did this seemed to shine slightly, although that might have just been the excitement getting to Kuro's head as he thought about it.

With his zanpakutou fully unsheathed, Kuro slowly brought it forward, pointing up to the sky but also brought at an angle to point in William's direction. Kuro then took a breath, closing his eyes, and exhaled as his eyes opened and his usual frown returned. He had regained composure of himself, wanting to keep the fight clean and fair. He would not rush in on William without him producing a weapon of similar quality so that he would not be heedlessly and needlessly hurt in the sparring match between blades.

[William O, Creed]

William was quite surprised to see that Kuro was fast enough to evade his nose being smashed along with the rest of his face, but all the same could hear the sound he made when his ribs received another strike. William knew he could keep going even as he felt Kuro release the tension in his leg. It would have been possible to grab onto the Shinigami and put in some more work on his ribs, but this wasn’t a real fight. William wasn’t looking to cause real internal injury that could leave Kuro in anguish.

William watched as Kuro fell back onto the concrete floor and despite what Kuro may have anticipated the human male made no action against him. Fighting on the ground wasn’t something that William preferred and in cases where it did happen they usually led to others getting very hurt. Stepping backwards and giving Kuro the time he’;d need to get back on his feet. Actually managing to get out of the way of Kuro’s foot should he still try and kick him. William just watched and grinned.

“Awe did someone trip?” William teased just waiting for Kuro to make his next move. “Test of wills? Remember I’m not an enemy just someone giving you a little test.” William wasn’t sure why Kuro was determined to fight using his zanpakuto now. Perhaps he was just very competitive and figured he’d have a better chance with a weapon. William knew he could still fight a Shinigami using a zanpakuto in its sealed state although it would pose more problems than just hand to hand.

Taking a look around while Kuro removed the hoodie that he had been wearing, it took a few seconds, but William walked over a few feet. Kuro would see as William walked back over towards him that the an was holding a very thick steel wrench. William knew it wouldn’t be enough to go against a zanpakuto for long, but there wasn’t anything else on the floor really. It was a decent substitute for a knife which meant he could still utilise some of his training through it.

“Yeah I don’t have one of them. Maybe next time you can bring one as a present.” William teased although the idea of having a zanpakuto was a fantasy he knew it would help quite a bit. From then on William was certain to get into his stance and watch Kuro’s body motion. This wasn’t going to be a walk in the park now, but he’d seen how Kuro was moving. He was going with a weapon now, but his motions would probably still be similar. He was still a student so chances were he hadn’t logged a ton of hours with both his hands and blade. Which one he happened to eb better with though William was about to figure out.

[Kuro Adachihara]

Kuro smirked a little bit at the comment about a gift. He then took a simple stance, his right leg slightly back with his left forward and lowering his blade to his lower right. The end of the blade pointed to the ground behind him and he took a deep breath. "I'm only taking three swings. If everything goes well, this fight will be over then. See if you can keep up, ok?" Kuro gave a nod as his face returned to a nonchalant form. The wind began picking up around them as the night air seemed to grow a little colder. Kuro remained still, taking in the moment and allowing the adrenaline to surge through his body. And then, as the wind changed direction, he finally moved.

As he sprang forward, his steps taking him quickly across the distance to the human, he turned his blade around so the flat end would be the prominent end during a swing. He then swung from his lower left to his upper right in a diagonal slash, aiming to catch the human's hip if he either did not parry or evade the attack. This was the test of the water swing, the move meant to gauge how William would respond. He already knew that William had a great amount of confidence in hand to hand but how would he do with weapons? This thought rested on Kuro's mind as he swung, this charging body adding to the impact of his blade. Either it would hurt enough to bruise William's body, shake his defense, or miss entirely but give a small amount of a whoosh through the air if it missed.

[William O, Creed]

William stood confident as the wrench danced against his fingers. Far more adept and used to wielding a knife with either hand, William wasn’t certain that a wrench even was as dense and thick as the one currently in his right would aid him enough against a zanpakuto. Questioning the tools he had on him right now wasn’t a good course of action. William had been trained to always use what was available and if he didn’t prepare enough for the situation it was his own fault. He’d just have to force himself through the issue and that’s exactly what he was planning on doing right now.

Kuro was decent when it came to fighting hand to hand, in fact William was quite impressed with what he had displayed for only being a student in the academy of the Shinigami. Now though he could see that Kuro was more calm and proficient with his zanpakuto. The way that he stood, position of his hands along with the steadiness of his grip. William knew a lot about Shinigami from thorough research and although he hadn’t seen anything to suggest it yet beyond hand to hand and weapon skills the Shinigami did have the ability to cast spells. Kuro could always utilize such a thing against him, but he hadn’t shown that skill yet.

It seemed though that William wouldn’t have to worry about that possibility as Kuro declared almost right away that he was only going to make three motions with his zanpakuto. Although William gave him a grin he was thankful knowing that the wrench he was holding wouldn’t be able to withstand much despite how thick it was. “If I can’t you’ll finally take the lead.”. Kuro wasted no time after his remark rushing in and attempting to deliver a diagonal slash from William’s lower right side to his left shoulder.

The Fullbringer though could see the motion and predict what Kuro was planning. It was a typical attack, something that he had seen not just in movies nor read about in books, but actually seen Shinigami use in the past while he had been a child. It covered quite a bit of space and could deliver a degree of damage onto someone of human size that other attacks rarely matched. Stepping in again though William tensing his right arm felt the clash against the wrench.

Keeping the zanpakuto down by his leg held back by the wrench William thrust his left hand forward in an attempt to hit Kuro directly in the face. Whether or not he succeeded though William would step back right after knowing that Kuro could raise his zanpakuto if he had more than a moment to see how the wrench had stopped his slash. That was attack one and William was curious how Kuro was going to go about the next two on his planned course of victory.

[Kuro Adachihara]

As Kuro felt the impact against the wrench, he began to swivel his body to the left, turning so that William's own motion would move past Kuro. He turned, seeing William's hand move forward to where Kuro's head had once been. With his feet moving quickly, dancing amongst themselves in turns so as to keep his balance while moving quick behind William's body. Kuro also made sure to pull his blade quickly after the initial push against the wrench to possibly make William believe that Kuro would stick to the initial confrontation. Kuro felt the whoosh of the air by his head, narrowly missing the palm strike as he moved to a position behind William and out of his view.

As Kuro turned, he lifted his blade quickly and swung it in a wide arc, almost as if it were a move to decapitate a foe. However, Kuro kept his blade's sharp edge in opposition of William's body, making sure that he would not cut his sparring partner. This was Kuro's second intended strike, aiming to catch William off guard before he could collect what all had happened in such a short moment. The swing specifically aimed to strike just under William's right ear, intending to give him a good thwap against the skin. The strike would not be nearly enough to knock out his opponent, however it would probably sting quite a bit.

Whether Kuro's strike made it's intended purpose or missed, Kuro would then disengage quickly and take up a standard kendo stance, his right foot forward and his left foot back, calmly standing at the ready. His feet would be shoulder length apart and knees slightly bent, coming back to a very intended and practiced stance. He meant to show that he would not be easily defeated when there was a blade in his hands. He gave a slight smile towards William and spoke softly. "Please remember, I have one more strike planned. No more tricks with this one. You come to me first."

Kuro would properly await William's next move, taking in deep breaths through his nose and releasing them through his mouth. His hair seemed to catch the light of the city around them as he waited, the only thing really moving beside his chest. He became statuesque as he awaited William, his muscles tensing and untensing in wait. This was certainly the most fun Kuro had had in a while, being very hard to challenge the fellow students he had at the academy after they saw how well he had been excelling at physical combat. He knew his spell work was in the toilet, but the physical was certainly his domain. 

[William O, Creed]

The resistance against the force of his own arm swiftly became next to nonexistent and from that sensation William could tell, Kurop was up to something. Although unwilling to pull back on his planned method of attack and continuing through in an attempt to strike the shinigami student. William could still perceive Kuro as he moved around, anticipating what Kuro was going to do to some degree William shifted the position of his front foot. Going from a forward position to a stiff side stance allowing William to shift his body around and turn on a dime.

In little more than a moment both men of near equal height moved around reminiscent of gears swimming against one another. As Kuro brought his zanpakuto up and towards William’s ear William matched his motion with the wrench in his hand. There was just one difference that occurred. Kuro kept his motion going through while William knew hitting a potentially new ally across the face with a wrench would probably result in some actual issues. So while he felt the bite of Kuro’s zanpakuto across the left side of his head specifically his ear the wrench stopped just short of Kuro’s cheek.

Kuro would be able to see the facial reaction to the pain that stung William from the blow. Sure it hadn’t been the sharp end of his zanpakuto, but something as thin as a zanpakuto could deal quite a bit of pain regardless and within a few moments William was certain that a bruise was going to form. What he couldn’t tell himself though that Kuro would be able to see after a moment was that William’s ear was already bleeding from the impact alone. William though after a moment just grinned at Kuro not holding it against him and watched as he moved backwards and got into his kendo stance.

“Going more traditional now?” William asked before Kuro even spoke yet when Kuro declared that he was going to wait and William was to be the one to instigate this last exchange of blows between them. William shrugged knowing that it wasn’t a bad thing as it would show William how Kuro could deal when he was the one on defense. Rushing in his right hand became a blur of motion. Lower left up diagonally to the right then down to the lower right and then up against diagonally to the left. Major difference though now was William wasn’t looking to strike Kuro, pressing his defense forcing Kuro to defend with his zanpakuto and waiting for the moment he would attempt his counter.

[Kuro Adachihara]

Kuro's eyes widened as he saw the blood dripping from William's ear. His heart panged with guilt, feeling as if he was taking the spar too far. That was until William grinned, and although Kuro felt a bit more content he still preferred to not harm his friends. Even if it was an accident. However, in this moment William charged and Kuro needed to make his move in response. He waited as William charged and although William might not have understood, even a defensive movement was a swing. And so, Kuro could not waste his swing on this movement.

As Kuro waited, he measured the footsteps William was making, paying attention to which side he leaned with so he could better gauge which side he would most certainly be swinging from and avoid a faint attack. When he was certain that William would be attacking from his lower left and up to the right, Kuro changed his stance, bring his own blade to Kuro's lower right and lunged forward at the last moment, when William was within five feet of him. Once again, making sure his blade was reversed so he would not cut his sparring partner in the process. He then lifted his blade as he charged, aiming to slip it between them and run the back of his blade along William's left side between his ribs in a faux stab. This would be a sign of having pierced William in an actual fight.

Kuro anticipated being hit by William's swing, preparing for the sting of the brunt weapon but he would still aim to show his final swing if his attack went as planned by the swiping his blade along his body to William's right as if to wrench the blade along William's insides. Though this was all pretend at this point, having not aimed to stab William, if all went to plan, he would simply run the back of his sword along William's belly and smile up at him. "Lose the battle to win the war, eh?" Kuro would then give a full smile and chuckle, the first full toothy smile he had in a very long time.