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Wellspring Arms & Meditation Center, Thursday

Cable was not, in fact, planning any kind of revenge for the incidents the previous day. They weren't that important. What was important was the upcoming referendum on a potential new constitution for Bolivia, and...

Well. He was on the phone with Irene a lot that day. That was the upshot of it.

He needed to lay out a map of some world hot spots in case he had to make any house calls. Just in case. Nothing big, of course. Big didn't seem to work.

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Who might be on the phone, the paper, or the internet depending on when you come in.

He'd asked her there on Thursday, so Temari was there. And fanless. "Cable."

"Temari," he returned, nodding at her. He pressed his fingers against the side of the desk as he got up. "Meditation room."

"Trying to keep it close?" She asked, just raising an eyebrow as she headed for the room.

Cable just turned, stalking through the doorway. "I did say... (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/3253680.html?thread=137218992#t137218992)"

Mod your meditation, or if the owner might want to use it to ~~smack the Pepsi out of someone~~ spar.

"...'Hand to hand'," Cable finished, pacing into the room. "That's usually up close and personal."

She hung back along the wall. "You just want a decisive win."

"That's hardly the point of a spar," he said, mildly, "As you pointed out yourself, once." He found a spot in the center of the room. "Although if you insist, it'll be your turf next time."

He did like a challenge.

"It's you," Temari said dryly. She'd noticed that much in the last spar. "When you're ready."

"I can play fair," he said, easily affecting a stance, as easy as breathing.

He just usually chose not to.

Temari hummed, watching his movements closely. Somehow she didn't believe that. Mostly because he was still alive.

Who takes the first move?

Always the big one.

Easy.

He moved forward, jabbing at her head. Starting slow.

She ducked low, legs spread for balance as she went to backhand his knee. It was a weak spot on everyone, why would he be any different?

"Hn."

His reflexes were fast enough. A spar was more like a dance than your ordinary fight in most instances, anyway... his leg shifted away, right knee catching the edge of the blow (wince) and he slammed his elbow down towards her head.

Wincing as that caught her shoulder-- already moving, had to get away from the damn wall-- Temari went lower, rolling forward to take advantage of his legs moving and... well moving between them to get out.

Ah, the life of a ninja.

Once out she donkey kicked back at him to keep from being followed too soon after.

He was going to give her the golden star for innovation... but old reflexes kicked in yet again and he twisted almost immediately, blocking with his arm to keep from getting knocked into the wall.

There were only a couple of people fast enough to pull that one without him planning for it. He was turning full on the next beat.

Temari was gripping the floor, using chakra to dig in enough to pull herself away. Needed to get upright and facing him for this fight to even remotely go in her favour.

He was already after her, but his instinctive strategy (slamming into her back hard) might end this a little quickly, and so he slowed his movements just enough that, if she was anything worth her salt, she'd see the punch at her side coming.

Cable did have to be careful. He wasn't certain how strong she was.

Bringing herself to a sudden stop, Temari twisted and reached for the arm, digging her fingers in and yanking down as she brought a knee up.

And and assumption she couldn't take the full force of his hits would be met with scorn and calling him a pussy, really.

Hm.

His shoulder sagged down, but his metal arm went low immediately, grabbing for her knee and shoving it back hard.

Temari hissed slightly at the pain, but mostly at the inability to flip him without pushing too hard. It took a second before she went with 'screw it' and burned more chakra to pull down hard on his arm and spin to throw him at the wall.

That was probably going to cost her in the long-run. Needed to build up her stamina.

And-- Cable's back hit the wall. Huh. Interesting.

He had to blink about twice to clear the confusion, but his mind found its edge again, and he was ready.

Temari was ready too, darting forward to bodyslam him against the wall again. No chakra, just the element of surprise--she hoped-- and leverage.

So much for care. She might have been able to display some surprising added power, but Cable knew he was still the stronger party. His human arm was up the moment he'd recuperated, his spine crushing against the wall with some of the force of her attack, but holding.

And then he punched back hard with his metal fist.

Temari went flying at that, shaking her head to clear it once landed. That was like being hut with a club. She wiped her lip, smirking faintly as there was blood. "Better."

"I'm glad you approve," Cable said, dryly, and he was already stalking back towards her, his eyes trained on her every movement.

Temari shifted, getting her feet under her and read to move should the need arise. "Were you worried about hurting me?"

"Hardly," he said, with a grim expression, and feinted to her right.

"Good." She moved fast to meet him before he got in a hit. A kick to the stomach to spur her up and kick his jaw. An uppercut wasn't going to work with the extreme height difference.

Oof. He got the wind knocked out of him, but he grabbed for her foot as soon as she'd kicked, shoving back again. Considered going for Wade's usual move there, but discarded the idea as quickly as it came.

Only with prior permission.

Aina matkalla jonnekin, minne ikinä päätyykin
On puolitiessä jostain, tietää sen varsin hyvin itsekin
On olemassa asioita niin kipeitä ja vaikeita
Ettei niistä puhumalla selviä

I do so heart this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iynZZ_-nq3w).

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