𝓑𝓲𝓷𝓭 S. Aizawa

Chapter 73 | Down To Mats

I hesitated for a moment watching as he kept a steady circle and waited for me. I lunged forward and he dodged quickly.

"Wrong, close, but bad." He said, circling. "Do this instead."

He lunged forward and paused in the middle, I puzzled. He then quickly shoved me, catching me off guard.

"See what I did there?" He asked, stepping back. "Confuse the opponent."

I stepped back on the mat putting a hand on my chest, feeling my heart. It's fine for now.

"What's your next move?" He asked, watching, insinuating for me to try.

I struck a hand out and he dodged it, I then took my other hand and stopped in front of his face. He flinched, not reacting fast enough.

We weren't actually hitting, yet. This is just training.

"That was good." He said, nodding his head in commendment.

Yeah, I felt pretty confident about that one.

He continued, teaching me how to dodge and strike fast. What to do if I'm trapped, which I still couldn't master, probably because he didn't demonstrate with his scarf.

"Alright, now for the test." He said and he got into fighting position, I quickly followed.

"I thought you said today was just training." I wondered, a little nervous.

"You did a little better than expected, your learned skills need to be tested." He said.

I tried to fight a grin from my face before he said, "A little." I rolled my eyes, dropping the grin.

My heart was beating a bit because of the training a second ago and because I feared he would use his scarf against me. Which I was not ready for.

I stepped closer to him and he tightened his fists. I did the same and swung at his stomach, he swung back, barely hitting the surface of my shirt. It startled me but I quickly swung again, he hit my hand away, painfully. I ignored it and stepped back. Is he going to make a move or is it just going to be me? An idea popped in my head, pretty stupid, but pretty good.

I stepped closer to him, slowly taking small steps. He lifted his eyebrow a smidge, watching me move forward. I swung at him, distracting him from his upper body as I faked hitting his stomach. I swung my other hand back as he was distracted and jerked it forward to strike him. Quickly his scarf struck out from wrapping around his neck to catch my wrist before I hit him. Perfect, he fell right into it, is he an idiot or something? I stepped back a bit, quickly, and took my free hand, grabbing onto the scarf as the other one was already wrapped around it. I jerked hardest I could and he was sent down to where I stuck my knee out. He spun, quick as he could out of my knees path and landed on his back.

It's almost like a repeat of earlier but it pretty much works. Works enough to get him on his back, perfect. I instantly went and sat on top of him, straddling my legs at his sides tightly. I could have sworn I heard a quiet groan. Now, yes, we were in fact in the middle of fighting, but I felt an urge deep in my core and I had to physically stop myself from squirming. Now is not the time. He was breathing heavily on his elbows as he watched me with hooded eyes, and I almost wanted to take back my last statement. We have to be thinking the same thing. I lost that thought and remembered what I was doing. I swung my arm back and sent my fist forward to his face. He dodged by shifting his head. Then, with his legs he put both his feet under my armpits and pushed me back. I landed on my upper back, skidding as my head painfully sat down on my collar bone. Holy shit, it felt like he broke my fucking neck.

I sat up quick as I could, "What the hell was that?" I felt around my neck.

"Something very helpful you will want to learn. Feet under the arms and push, hard as you can." He said, taming his breathing, quite easily, unlike me.

I was out of breath entirely and was panting a little loud. Damn it, what's my next move? I can't repeat it like earlier, he would easily counter it. Don't be an idiot.

I stood up quickly and rushed over behind him before he could notice, he had his eyes closed, collecting himself. I jerked his scarf, tightening it around his neck, and before he could turn around I turned a different way. I took the scarf and dragged him as he laid on his back. He barely displayed any sign of struggle before he used his legs, using upper and lower body strength, to flip back. As he flipped, he then sat on the scarf which sent me flying face forward to the floor. I sent a knee in front of me to break the fall. It barely worked and I landed hard on my cheek.

Facing Aizawa he had his legs crisscrossed as he watched me. "Dick."

I used my hands and pushed myself up. I got another idea but it's a long one and a little stupid. It's going to have to work, I'm not losing again.

He had both his arms sitting on his knees while he watched me in amusement. I sat up and got close to him, shoving him onto his back so hard and fast his eyes widened in instant shock. He was too slow to react with any defense, hands, scarf or legs. I got back on top of him and pinned his arms at his sides under my legs. I can't let him use his feet to push me again, I have to think. He stayed still as I quickly contemplated my next move. Perfect, it worked just like I planned, was he an idiot? I thought he was a Pro Hero.