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Bejei nodded to Mia, but he made no attempts to put up his guard. It was like he was expecting her to attack him.

"Show me what you can do." He stated after examining her. "Try to hit me... if you can."

"Hit you?" Mia asked, arching an eyebrow. "Really hit you? I wouldn't want to hurt you. Because once I hurt you you'll get all mad and before you know it we're really fighting..." She told him.

"Hahaha!!! You? Hurt me?" Bejei was clearly mocking her, but he kept it at a minimal level. "Just try to hit me." He folded his arms across his chest, and waited for her to attack him.

"If you say so..." she said moving to stand in front of him. She thought for a moment, knowing he looked to be a fairly quick opponent. But, was he easily distracted. She didn't think so, his eyes looked to sharp and to watchful. She brought her knee up quickly towards his gut and her fist towards his face soon after.

Bejei watched her carefully, and finally she attacked. He merely lifted his right knee up to block her knee attack to his gut then he tilted his head right to evade her incoming fist. He retracted backwards and gestured for her to come forth.
"You can do better than that." He encouraged her.

Mia knew she probably could, but she didn't want to really hurt him. Or hurt herself. After all she was still recovering from that broken bone and the attack from Keifer.

She made a sound of slight protest, but stopped. She had never been one to complain about much. She was beginning to think it was becoming a new bad habbit.

Mia closed her eyes for a moment and took in a deep breath. She opened them and took a step forward. This time consentrating and this time using her quickness and agility that came with her race, instead of doing it half heartedly she didn't go for his gut this time. She attacked first with one hand and then stomped downwards on his toe before attacking with the other fist.

Bejei smiled at her as he watched her prepare for another assault. He still had his arms crossed while he cocked his head to the left in order to dodge her first attack, but he felt a pinch of pain in his foot before he saw another punch come towards his face. He could have dodged it, but he allow her fist to crash directly across his left cheek. It impact from the punch barely moved his head, and a smile formed from his lips.

"Excellent. Nice maneuver." He applauded her brilliant strategy.

He nudged her aside before urging her to come at him again.

"Again?" she asked, turning around to face him.

She thought for a moment, and then a slight smile came to her lips. It was a mischevious smile, one that made her eyes twinkle with a bit of something "evil".

She ran full force at him and put her amrs out at the last minute to tackle him to the ground.

Bejei dropped his arms to the side as Mia rammed into him, forcing him to the ground, but he grabbed hold of her, dragging her along with him. He hit the ground with a loud thud, and Mia was ontop of him, but he immediately reversed the situation by rolling over, putting her on the bottom.

"Nice try, but you need to control yourself during the fall." He smiled inches away from her face. "This is an awkward position. Try to escape me?"

Mia blinked as one moment she was on top and the next he was hovering over her, inches from her face. Awkward was indeed the word for her situation.

"Try to escape you?" she asked in a whisper. Her eyes looking over his face and the situation.

Her eyes wondered back to his and for a moment a memory came back of Keifer.

She pushed up against his chest quickly to push him upwards and off of her. It was the only thing she could think to do. She could hit him between the legs, but she thought that was too cruel since they were not fighting for real.

Bejei immediately got off Mia and came to his feet, but not before he grabbed hold of her hand to pull her up as well. He was surprised at her actions, and it intrigued him.

"You're doing great Mia. Honestly, I was looking for the blow to the groin." He smiled sincerely. "Good thing you didn't try that."

He stepped back and waved for her to come at him again. It seemed he wanted to see what she could do when attacking.

Mia smiled. "I was going to... but I wouldn't be that cruel to you," she said and smiled. She wasn't good at attacking with out reason. Her people were taught to only attack when needed and only use violence if there was no way to talk it out.

She walked up to him and kicked upwards but at the same time brought her other foot around as her body spun in the air. The foot heading towards his head.

Bejei's smile vanished as Mia attacked him. He brought his left hand out to parry her kick, but he made a huge mistake. Her other incoming foot caught him on the chin which twisted his head to the side.

He grabbed his chin and checked it all his teeth were intact. "Nice kick. Ok, this will be your last attack. I want you to go all out against me. Just pretend that I'm your betroth, and I'm trying to kill you." He explained to Mia.

Mia blinked. "All out?" she repeated. She looked down and then back at Bejei. 'All out' she thought. She closed her eyes and took another deep breath. Using her imagenation, when she opened her eyes it was no longer Bejei standing there. It was Keifer. He was grinning.

Mia narrowed her eyes. She attacked, running towards Bejei and before she met him her foot kicked out, hooking under a stick and kicking it into the air, which she caught with her hand and she swung it around and spun it towards his head before bringing it up from the bottom.

Bejei could see the intensity in her eyes after she reopened them. He hoped this is his chance to witness her true abilities.

He shifted into a defensive stance and awaited her engagement. He watched as she impressively retrieved the stick from the ground before attacking him with it. He brought his arm up to the block the attack, and he felt the power behind it as it collided with his forearm. The second attack hit him in the chest while he tried to block it. It nearly took the breath out of him.

"Nice moves. You almost gave me a heart attack." He replied. "Good work out, and I'll teach you some moves next time."