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Even if she looked frustrated it didn't take away that her moves had an elegance that he rarely saw in most practitioners of kendo. The moment a foot left the ground he could already see her next pace in the sense it was flawless, Shirou wasn't predicting the future or anything like that, her maneuver was just perfect and had no waste of moves. It was almost as if the fight was already written and he could catch a glimpse of the events. The attacker was going to charge, aiming for the weapon or the shoulder but it would find the sword anyway since the woman was already ready to block, spin and hit the head on a single move. A repetition of her last takedown but her opponents had similar stances and she capitalized on that.
Shirou didn't bother to keep looking, wanting to know. "What is going on?" He asked his sensei who had a serious look on her voice.
"That girl asked for a fight against the members of the karate club. One of the guys accepted with the condition that if he won she would go on a date with him." Shirou nods, he was paying attention but turned back to watch the fight. There was one last club member standing hesitating to attack while the girl just waited, apparently after seeing the other two being easily defeated someone learned something.
Soon one will lose their nerve or patience, Shirou was betting on the one circling the girl while the woman looked disinterested. It was obvious she wanted a challenge but was not getting it.
"She won that fight, then another member of the karate club asked for a match and the next one and the one after that. Soon even the girls tried as well." A hurt pride is a dangerous thing and seeing their senpais being defeated must have felt awful. "She beat the college students then the school ones. It could have ended there but someone from the jiu jitsu club said that if she tried him he would get that date."
And Shirou could already see what happened, every competitive club asked for a shot and she gave it to them. Looking around Shirou could see practices of many martial arts, fighters and even racers. "And the kendo club…"
"Same thing, but the date thing was kinda forgotten, I think. She just called out to anyone to face her." The last one falls to the floor, the woman wins again much to the crowd's applause. "And now we officially lost everyone except you."
"I am not part of the club." Shirou said fast, his excuses ready.
"Shirou, she decimated everyone else."
"Call Katase! She was the best member of our club and won the nationals-"
"And that is her there on the floor." The sensei pointed to the last combatant that had just fallen.
"Is that all?" The woman asked, there were plenty hurt and nursing their wounds. "Is there no one else?"
"Wait! Wait!" Taiga calls attention before anyone makes another attempt.
"Tiger!" The woman must truly be serious since her nickname didn't have any effect..
"We have one last member! The ace of Homurahara's kendo club! Emiya Shirou!" That got some people interested but Shirou really wanted to call bullshit on that. Ace? He refused to fight competitions! Since when he was called an ace?
'I can just turn around and leave. I wanted to drop from kendo anyway.' He really wasn't interested in a fight but the young woman looked upset and he didn't know what she might do to her next victim. The redhead released a sigh, 'One fight, I don't need to win just to fight well enough to calm her down.' He gives someone behind him his bag and steps forward.
He wasn't properly dressed like many others but someone offered him a shinai and a helmet. Shirou accepted the first but refused the latter, making his future opponent raise an eyebrow. "Are you sure that is wise?" Be either confident or arrogant, her tone was well earned.
"You aren't using protection either, it is only fair." Since his opponent wasn't going to fight like a practitioner of kendo, Shirou is going to do the same thing. Sticking to habits was bad when not in a competition. But there was one that Shirou refused to let go in a spar. "Nice to meet you, my name is Emiya Shirou." He says while giving a complementary bow.
There was no hesitation from the woman, she answered in kind. "Higurashi Setsuna." Both bows were respectful and well practiced, both could observe that and if Shirou had any doubt now they were gone for now he knew she had some kind of training.
Paying attention to the woman's uniform he could see a small pin above her left breast, a sunflower pattern that indicated that the person before him was not normal, which explained much. Looking at her eyes he noticed them on his right side as well and they both nodded.
Neither of them was normal and they would have to 'fight' while holding back any big demonstrations of power. Neither knew what the other was. 'Is she a devil?', 'Is he a yokai?' Questions flew in their minds but for the moment neither had means to figure out the answers other than fighting.
Both start to enter their initial positions, Shirou holded his sword in the front, standard of kendo but the woman kept using just one arm while keeping the weapon itself behind her. This posture was more aggressive, Shirou would have the better start but if his opponent was fast enough he wouldn't be able to capitalise on it until it was too late.
Then Shirou changes his position, raising his weapon to his eyes and vertically and getting ready for a stab motion. If it was all about one hit to win then Shirou would also go for speed.
Setsuna reacted by also changing her own position, placing the sword in front of her but still just using one hand. Shirou found it weird but made no comments; instead he just lowered his sword and positioned it to his side.
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