sbi royalty

fighting

In one swift motion, Techno leapt forwards and aimed the slicing of his sword towards Tommy's side. Tommy's reactions were quick however the diamond sword burdened him and he only just managed to block, moving the sword upwards and meeting the iron sword of Techno.

This continued for a couple minutes with Tommy taking shaky steps backwards, though he put up a good fight, never did he show a sign of giving up, just a look of  relieved after Techno called for a pause.

"How are you finding the sword?" Techno asked casually.

"It's heavy, and it feels much more powerful, it's hard to explain..." Tommy trailed off, admiring his sword as it gleamed in the midday sun.

"Alright, are you ready for round two?"

"Let's go!!!" Tommy exclaimed excitedly, announcing it to the whole castle. Speaking of which, a small cluster of guards and servants who were 'working' had gathered at the entrance to the clearing, most definitely intrigued by the show from the two princes.

Techno had obviously noticed, however knew he could always scold them later if he felt like it - he was enjoying his performance too much.

Within a few seconds they had taken their positions, Tommy appeared more comfortable now; he adopted a much more aggressive stance. Techno followed suit.

"Let's have a proper fight, okay? I'm bored of all this training, let's spar for real." Tommy assuredly said.

"Fine be me." Was all the older brother replied with.

Techno was absentmindedly staring up at the cloud in the blue when a flash or silver came straight for him. He frantically moved his sword to block, still stunned about Tommy's surprise assault.

As their swords connected, Techno's footing faltered, sending him falling backwards, only just catching himself, landing on his left knee.

Tommy's face was plastered with a smile as a few gasps escaped from the guards' lips behind him.

While Tommy's attack was swift and precise, The Blade doesn't go down quite that easily.

Severing the connection between the two swords, Techno sprung up and darted to the right, startling Tommy and exposing him to a counter attack. After a hasty eyeing of his position, Techno leapt into action.

Almost immediately he made his move and Tommy braced for impact.

They clashed swords once again, this time Tommy's eyebrows were furrowed and he was panting heavier this time, to be fair so was Techno, he just never let his facade slip - especially in the middle of a fight.

After a couple more exchanges, Techno was clearly winning the fight; Tommy had his sword dragging across the dirt, and Techno quickly disarmed him to truly end it.

'He honestly put up more of a fight than I thought, I wonder where he learnt to fight like that? '

Techno couldn't help but be lost in thought for a few moments, before reaching out his hand as a gesture of good will.

"Nicely done. I had fun." Techno said as he shook hands with his brother.

"Same here, did I surprise you? I've always wanted to pull something like that off, especially on The Blade." Tommy replied, putting extra emphasis on the last two words and clearly holding back a laugh.

Techno never truly liked the nickname, but appreciated its use in making him sound terrifyingly powerful; and I mean, it works.

"We should really go back before Wilbur finds us..." Techno suggests bleakly, not wanting to ruin Tommy's fun.

"Yup!" Tommy responded unusually cheerfully, looking up at the sun as is slowly hid behind some puffy clouds with his hands behind his head. "It's been fun though, we need to do this more."

"Sure, just have a message sent over to me whenever. And don't break any other rules."

"Mmmmm, about that... I-"

Without a delay, as they rounded a corner, who was stood there? Wilbur.

'Of course he had to show up now, give the kid a break...'

Wilbur was stood completely motionless and with his arms crossed. He was wearing a shirt with a yellow jumper over and had rolled the sleeves up to his elbows, and some ink stains on his hands to go with it. This lead Techno to believe they had disturbed Wilbur while he was doing some important work.

'Uh oh.'

While many might think he looked angry, his facial expression was actually one of disappointed with a hint of 'what on earth are you doing?'.

"You thought I wouldn't notice? People talk. To be honest, I did not expect this from you Technoblade." An excruciatingly long pause followed as the wind whipped through their coats, sending a small shiver through Tommy. "Although, I'm glad you did - and I figured I might as well give you guys a scare while I'm here."

Techno had a small smirk on his face but was internally incredibly glad Wilbur wasn't mad. Meanwhile, Tommy's face had transitioned from pure dread to his mouth gaping open in surprise to finally relief.

Eventually they all dropped their serious personas with Tommy cracking up laughing followed by a wide smile by Techno and Wilbur just losing it because of Tommy.

"Ahahah! Ahhahah! Ah- Wilbur you absolute arsehole! What is wrong with you?!" Tommy was still laughing his head off and half being serious.

"That was pretty good, I can't lie. Should we head inside now? It is getting pretty cold now the sun has gone in and the wind has picked up."

"Yes we should, Techno I would like to speak with you also. Let's go to my study."

And with that, Wilbur ensured Tommy was escorted back to his living quarters; he stalked off begrudgingly and gave Techno a look that said 'put in a good word for me please'.
Techno gave him a small nod and walked away just behind Wilbur, the two princes disappearing around the corner.

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hmmm aight next time it is