the Beauty and the bastard

Seello and Ivy walked on the wooden dance floor of the bar.  The cheaply made floor was wide enough for the two of them to settle the feud and not hurt others. they hated each other but they were sensible as well.

Ivy threw off her dark hoodie to reveal clothed in a plain black short sleeve t-shirt and long tight fitting  pants, held together with a leather metal studded belt at her waist.  both women's faces were scrunched up in anger.  Ivy slowly drew a short one edged sword from her belt slowly, the blade made a hissing ring as it was drawn from it's custom made sheathe.  All the while, Seello held Ivy firmly in her gaze. Seello bent down and touched her toes for an approximate three seconds. she then turned her neck from left to right and left again popping it with a series of bone-y clicks in a rapid series.  Then, Ivy proceeded to do the same with her own neck as she never turned her glaring eyes off of her foe.

“Don’t hold back or I am going to break you in thirds.” Seello said nearly snarling.

Ivy only shrugged her shoulders an inch and confidently smiled, as she slowly slid one foot behind the rest if her body. she put exactly half her weight on it and brought an open palm up, “Wait.” he said and put his hand up to say “stop”.

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Seello turned her head in curiosity and gave a puzzled look.

There was a few instrument players to their right; they had an array of instruments.  The rhythmic tunes that brought the bar to life  to halt when the floor was cleared but the female Knight was going to end brefore ending the icy princess.  They had  a few woodwinds, a single percussion, and two guitar like string instruments in their hands. Ivy looked over at the band, she reached into her pants, pulled out a coin purse, and tossed it to them.

  “Play something I can kick some ass to.” she said with a winning look. The band leader grabbed the purse out of the air, “One two one two three four...” he tapped off, then his band began playing a high tempo, heart pumping melody.

Ivy turned her attention back to the enemy,

“Now, let's do this.” and with a quick double flick of her fingers, as if to say. “Come on.”, the fight began.

Sello rushed at Ivy.  the Olympian weaved in and out as she was confronted with a quick barrage of punches by ice covered fist.  Ivy tried a counter but seello parried with one of her gauntlets and the blade clashed against the slick ice on Seello’s arms with a shriek that sent sparks flying into the air.  The swords lady was far more limber and shot an uppercut slash at the h

Frozen warrior, attempting to slice her from bottom to top. Seello backstepped just enough and the blade passed through a strand of hair from her face. Quickly, before Ivy could respond with a follow-up secondary attack, Seello swiftly jabbed her in the forehead, dazing the sword's Lady. It was followed by two more jabs stunning her for a brief moment. After she launched a heavy right hook but it was ducked then countered by an open hand push. She slid back two or thee feet but never lost her angry glare at Ivy.

The fight so far had taken the two  close to the edge of the wooden arena. Ivy was inches to the ring out, despite her higher confident skill. She  wasnt prepared for another assault though her opponent wasnt nearly done.

Ivy quickly stepped forward three times in hopes to return the jabs but met with A  quick front kick to the jaw. It left the Olympian up for another attack and Seello obliged to her , putting a simple sidekick into the swordWomen's’s side, crippling her over.  Seello then followed that up with a quick rising uppercut.

The crowd watching their fight let out a collective flourish for the winning fighter.

Taking the opening And desperate to humiliate her opponent the princess reached out for a bully-style grab.  using the environment to her advantage, ivy backflipped  off the arena onto the wall and pushed herself off towards the stage over Seello's head..

The maneuver sent her in the middle of the stage standing tall. " I'm sorry" ivy said smoothly "but I can't take it easy on you anymore."

Seello giggled slightly " I told you if you hold back I'll break you in three. "

Ivy nodded and they rushed at one another. just before the  princess reached her, Ivy broke stride and flipped heels over head to come down with reverse trigger kick. It connected to Seello's skull and flattened her on the ground. She was now head out, feet first.  Instead of standing to collide with her adversary, Seello kicked her legs up  to wrap her feet around the black warrior’s neck. The maneuver caught Ivy off guard. She was encumbered where she stood being chocked by long, cold legs.  as she struggled to recover her wits once again Seello released her leg choke and kicked her to the ear.

Seello stood up and gave Ivy an apologetic shrug.  As if to say, “sorry” for kicking her ass so far. Angered by the taunt ivy cursed at everyone in ear shot. Seello raised her arms again as the ither woman rushed at her. The Olympian used her momentum creatively instead of going face to face into her opponent; instead, she jerked to the right i swung around Seello.  Then, when she was directly behind her opponent, She curved her legs and swept

Ivy jumped off her feet and onto her hands then sprringing off his hands and repeated it so that she was front flipping towards Seello. throwing himself into a quick front flip, followed by another, another, and another to build momentum.  When Ivy was almost to the edge of the arena, She bounced off the ground and threw herself into a mid air spin that would have made an expert gymnast jealous.  Ivy’s spin got increasingly fast as she whipped one of her legs out, shin angled down.  The entire force from the spin was pushed into his leg.

Seello barely had time to breath, let alone dodge.  But, it was a testament to her experience in battle that She kept the presence of mind to roll to the right in a desperate dodge, towards the wall of the dance floor.  Just in time. 

Ivy’s leg smashed into the ground, slamming into the ground with her shin flat into the wood, crushing the floor into a torrent of splinters that rose up around hEr in the air.

Seeing her dodge, most Olympians would have allowed their opponent to stand up.  That was the honorable thing to do.  But, there are no rules in a bar fight.…

With the speed of a cat, while the splinters were still hanging mid air, she spun around and swept her foot towards her opponents head.  The attack was so quick that a large blast if aur pushed everything far out as herleg broke the sound barrier.

Ivy gasped as he foot stopped solid against Seello's arm but didnt budge her. Seello's face was straight with seriousness. she gripped the stopped kick tightly with both hands.

" I promise this is gonna hurt. "

Ivy winced as she was flung into the air and back down into arena floor. She collided with the raised floor and her head plowed through the woodwork with a painful cracking and crunching sound as the wood shattered under the enormous pressure from the attack. Seello let go and allowed Ivy to stand to er feet.  Then, Seello looked  at the assassin and a look of brief sadness flashed across her face. she thought to herself and looked at her hands.

" is she letting me win ? I know I've gotten alot stronger during my private training with Ion but… do I not know my own strength anymore ? And why is it that I feel so wrong about fighting her now ?  "

Ivy was clearly frustrated in disbelief. As a flash of pain courses through her leg and she fell to the ground Her  pride sunk low with her. She summoned  her blade at threw at Seello. She dodged easily with a tilt if her head. ivy tried to follow up with a punch and it was avoided without much effort, just as she planned. Grabbing the back of her hand with the same hand she punched with Ivy pulled Seello's head into her own. Groaning slightly She tried to pull away but met with another head butt. A third, fourth and fifth clash engaged before Ivy let her victim squirm free. The hits left both women with a drop of vividly red blood streaming from their foreheads. Ivy licked off the blood as it passed her lips. The princess still slightly dazed fell back off her feet in pain. It was time the Olympian Knight regained her vicious reputation.…