<i>About a block away, Naru walks along the street, unfamiliar with her surroundings. She sees Ryougi, first trying to enter the building normally, then dramatically slashing down the door to GYM. Naru grinds her teeth as the stranger walks inside the now doorless GYM, before rushing in after her. She quickly turns into the building, pushing past Luard, raising her fists and shouting upon sight of the woman.</i> &quot;Hey, the hell d'you think you're doin', breakin' into someone's place like this?! Have you got no sha-&quot; <i>She stops speaking and finally fully notices the presence of another stranger, Luard. Her angered gaze now shifts to him, no doubt caused by his casual comment to the situation.</i>

<i>Naru stands there with her mouth open for a few seconds, trying to process this information, before she starts to look around the room. The gym equipment in the room over and the large arena out back seemingly gave Ryougi's explanation a basis. She sighs, before relaxing and walking over towards, extending her hand out.</i> &quot;Er, that... kinda adds up. So... sorry for puttin' you through a hard time like that. My bad. Kinda thought you mighta been tryin' to steal something, although seems to me there ain't much to steal here anyways. And, uh, I kinda got a little overzealous there. I've... kinda always wanted to do something like that...&quot;<div class='edited'>(edited by Kyou-Naru)</div>

<i>Naru puts up a smile back, trying her best to keeping from looking too nervous. She steels herself, then follows Ryougi onto the ring, and takes up the opposing side. She lifts up her weapons, the lance in front of her at a vertical angle, and the sword resting at her side.</i> &quot;So, how're we gonna do this? Coin flip? Roll a' the dice? Rock, paper, scissors? Who goes first? I mean, should I wanna be a gentle-lady, I SUPPOSE I could let'cha make the first move...&quot; <i>She looks intently over to Shiki, then raises an eyebrow at her.</i>

<i>Naru's sword arm is slightly stunned by the clash with the knife, and she then gets kicked in the still-open wound on her leg from before.</i> &quot;Erg, that's some nice pain there... But yer a bit open!&quot; <i>Naru quickly pulls her lance back, and tries to ram the butt end of it into Shiki's stomach, then follow up with a blow with the blunt of her sword to the side of her head.</i>

<i>She raises an eyebrow at Luard's gaze, retreating a little from him, before responding to Ryougi.</i> &quot;Er, yeah, I was just walkin' by. I... just kinda popped up here outta nowhere. It's kinda like a dream almost... Training...&quot; <i>She thinks for a moment, before looking to the sword at her hip and lance to her back.</i> &quot;Huh, I guess I look rearin' for a fight a little, eh? I... do believe I may have a tad of combat training... Tell you what, how about I take ya up on that, if he won't, that is. I'm not sure how competent I may be, but somethin' in me's telling me to do it, so why not?&quot;

&quot;A'ight, I guess I'll do whatever it is I do.&quot; <i>Naru begins walking towards Shiki, her stance shifting sides as the sword in her right hand now comes up in front, and the lance now dragging behind, the tip scratching against the floor. She begins to pick up the pace, before going into an all out dash. As she reaches Shiki, she quickly takes a step back right before she gets into range with her sword, and brings her lance around for a large sweeping slash in front of her from right to left, raising her sword afterwards to try and cover her now open front.</i>

<i>Naru watches as Shiki easily slides beneath her swipe, reeling in pain as her left leg gets slashed.</i> &quot;Ah, sheesh, almost forgot we're usin' real steel here. That hurts... A-anyways, I was, er, kinda movin' by instinct there. And you're very... slippery.&quot; <i>The woman pulls herself together and raises her sword again, rushing at Shiki once more. She puts up her sword for a rightwards slash, but before that she thrusts her lance down towards the ground, aiming to catch Shiki should she dodge beneath the slash as she had before.</i>

<i>Naru is easily faked out by the attack, and feels the blade slash her right hand, causing her to drop her sword. She grits her teeth at the pain.</i> &quot;D-damn, I shoulda just gone for something a little more than a slap on the side of the head, shouldn't I of? Oh well, I suppose I'm lucky to be left handed.&quot; <i>Naru now grabs the lance with both hands, although weakly with her right, and points it at Shiki. She then slowly walks towards her, before beginning to circle her at what's about her lance's range. She quickly thrusts with the lance at the arm holding Shiki's knife, trying to be sure she doesn't over-extend herself.</i>

<i>Naru flies back as she gets smacked by Shiki's prosthetic arm. She managed to land on her feet, skidding across the ground before finally using the pole to stop herself.</i> Hah, isn't that enough? All right, how about we finish this with one final attack! <i>The gold pole grows to a massive size, gaining a large pointed tip on one end. Naru pulls it back, before launching it directly at Shiki.</i> Hyaaa!

<i>Naru can't do much to resist being brought to the ground, then stomped in the stomach by Shiki. She grabs at the ground, her eyes darting around, looking for a plan of escape.</i> &quot;Damn it, damn it! Why can't I think straight! And why is the word <b>Chrysós</b> stuck in my damn head!&quot; <i>The moment she says that word, a golden ball forms in her hand.</i> &quot;Chrysós... oh, Chrysós! How the hell did I forget something that vital!&quot; <i>Naru's face turns to a pained smirk, as she squeezes her hand down on the golden ball. It stretches out into a large pole, which she then whacks Shiki's side with, then trying to push her foot off of her and pull herself back up, using the pole for balance.</i>