The Spar - Mesuda Village Arc

*Author note* Sorry but no chapter till the 26th of February.

As Witz finished the count down Ash and Honō dashed at each other at full speed. Honō swung his blade at Ash, just for Ash to use his two daggers to block the attack. As Ash blocked the attack Honō jumped back a step.

“For a guy whose complaining about a bad shoulder that swing had a good bit of strength behind it” smiled Ash as the sparks in his eyes started to burn even brighter.

“Just cause I have a bad shoulder doesn’t mean I swing any less” said Honō reinforcing his blade of ice.

As Honō finished speaking Ash dashed at Honō in a near blink and you’d miss it speed. As he reached Honō he jumped and attempted to stab Honō with the dagger he had held in reverse grip.

As the dagger came down on Honō, he tried to use his blade of ice to block the attack but Ash was prepared as he used his other dagger to stop the blade of ice. Ash now free to continue his attack revealed that his daggers target wasn’t Honō but the blade of ice, as he stabbed Honō’s blade causing it to shatter into shards of ice.

When the blade shattered Ash placed his other dagger next to Honō’s throat ending their sparring match with Ash as the winner.

“Looks like I win” spoke Ash nearly disappointed at how brief their combat had been while also sheathing his daggers back onto his waist.

“Ya” gasped Honō shocked by the fact his sword had been shattered so easily by his adversary.

“Damn talk about a quick fight guys” joked Witz as she walked towards her two friends clapping at the spectacle of a fight she just watched.

The two stood in silence as Witz continued to make her way over to the two.

“So Ash how’d you learn to fight like that?” Questioned Witz now standing beside both Ash and Honō.

“Oh I had a strict training routine back in Witonia” answered Ash as the sparks in his eyes begun to die down.

“Man you’re good Ash I’d never have thought you’d try shatter my sword” said Honō as he burst into laughter and slapped Ash on the back before continuing “maybe I should start using a steel sword”

“Thanks, if you want I can help you choose a sword or I could make you one myself since I haven’t gotten to do any blacksmithing since I left home” stated Ash back to his usual self.

“Seems you two are good friends now” chuckled Witz relieved that the two were no longer just standing in silence.

“So what kind of sword do think would suit my style of fighting?” Asked Honō curious about what their new friend would say.

“Not sure since you tend to leave yourself very open for attacks and then rely on your speed to protect yourself” replied Ash puzzled on what sword would suit Honō the best.

“Boys will be boys, always talking about their swords” sighed Witz under her breath before saying “Honō uses mostly slashes when fighting so any piecing weapons won’t work.”

“Good point, so what about a saber seeing as it’s a slashing weapon with protection around the end to stop attacks on the hand?” Suggested Ash.

“Not a bad idea we can try it, also how much is a sword gonna cost” asked Honō nervously.

“About 70 gold at least but since I’m making it I’ll do it for free” said Ash as he thought about what materials to use.

“Damn talk about our knight in shining armour” teased Witz as she elbowed Ash with a smug smile on her face.

“Hey don’t be too hard on him now he’s red enough as is” joked Honō while pointing at the now bright red Ash.

“Piss off you two” laughed Ash now smiling with his two new friends.

The trio began to laugh as they began to leave the training court.