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“Keep your guard up, Naoko. I told you I’m not going to go easy on you,” Yumichika firmly instructed. “Shut up, you’ve already reminded me and I know what I’m doing,” she growled. “Then prove it,” he demanded as he threw his fist at her, she bent her body backward to narrowly avoid it. Naoko swung her leg in retaliation and Yumichika brought his arms up to guard from the attack. Using the momentum from the blocked kick Naoko landed on the tips of that foot and brought her other leg up for a kick. This one successfully hit Yumichika and sent him stumbling a few feet, though he remained upright. She smirked in satisfaction before he sent a fierce kick of his own at her. It hit her square in the chest and sent her skidding back and falling to one knee, gasping for air. “Don’t get cocky just because you got one good hit in,” Yumichika lectured. He rubbed his arm, “though it was a pretty good hit.” “So was… yours,” she wheezed out. Sitting on the deck overlooking the back garden Ikkaku and Setsuna watched the pair spar. Ikkaku was still too sore and injured from last night’s battle to participate and Setsuna, who helped bind his wounds, politely made it clear how displeased she’d be if he reinjured himself so soon. The way she phrased it made him determined not to displease her. Said woman sat in a wicker armchair while he sat on the steps. She watched her granddaughter train with her new friend and tried not to wince each time she got hit. Setsuna had opted out not because of her age but because she could never bring herself to harm her granddaughter, practice or not. “Naoko’s not half bad,” Ikkaku observed. “Though she does leave herself open when she kicks or lunges, she’ll need to work on that.” “Yes, I can see that. Do you think it would be wiser to focus on building up her strength or fixing any identifiable weaknesses?” Setsuna asked. The benched Soul Reaper mulled it over then said, “We can do both at the same time, though if I had to pick I’d say it’d be better to fix any problems with her fighting. It won’t matter how strong she becomes if she has a glaring weakness an enemy can spot and take advantage of.” He moved slightly to gently stretch his muscles and held back a wince when his

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