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The Next Day
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"You're actually serious?" Na'ari questioned as he walked into the sparring ring that was nearest to the stables. Kazu laughed as Junko simply sat at the sidelines, observing his every action and behavior. So far in her observation the tiny bodyguard had observed that Na'ari was a simple, easygoing person, almost similar to Kazu when she wasn't in a competitive mood. Though he seemed nervous initially when being introduced to Junko, which she found also odd. This made her wonder if he was an only son and the youngest child. Which meant he must've grown up around older sisters. She pondered if that meant he never saw a younger sister.

"Yes I am. But Akari said to not kill each other which means no drawing our real weapons. Instead, we will use wooden counterparts!" Kazu said happily as she tossed a training blade to her soon to be sparring opponent. "We will make this is a simple fight. Three hit rule. You hit me three times you win, same goes for me in reverse order." Na'ari nodded at the terms of this seemingly random sparring match he was challenged to. He then rubbed his hands together before taking the wooden weapon.

Junko observed both combatants taking their ready stances, and then begin to swat at each other with their their wooden blades. She sighed, actually wanting to catch more perks or quirks from the man that she can either note to Akari or save for her own personal questions to him in the near or foreseeable future if he passes Kazu's test. But this wasn't what Junko had in mind for a test, but it was Kazu's show for the moment.

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The sparring continued for Two hours, it was two matches instead of one as Kazu lost the first by a mere fluke by pausing to sneeze, only to have Na'ari just poke her for the third strike. The second match was currently a tie, with the last hit being the tiebreaker. Junko placed her face in the palm of her hand, shaking her head in annoyance.

"Can we stop the nonsense before our Princess decides to pay us a visit to see what on earth is keeping my analysis of your new chew toy?" Junko stated, distracting both competitors causing both of them to hit their heads with their wooden swords. "Operation: Stop Them so Kazu can pass him is a success."

"This was a test??" Na'ari questioned Kazu, rubbing his head as she nodded, doing the same.

"Yeah, you okay? That bonk got me good." Kazu hissed at the spot where it hit.

"I'll live, good match though, we'll definitely do it again sometime." Na'ari stated helping the bodyguard up so she can join Junko at the sidelines whilst he strapped Draconil, sheath and all, back on his back.

"I like him." Was all Junko stated when Kazu gave her a questioning look. The taller guard only nodded in approval.