[Duel]Hold Nothing Back

[Negative Blessing]

Vyrzen sat back on his knees, his lightsaber hilt on the ground in front of him, as he meditated on the coming event. He had met another Acolyte, Yr'il Ber'ong, who knew his Master and at the request of the female Acolyte, had been granted by his Master to duel with her. His Master warned him that she was a crafty and dangerous Sith but he needed to be crafty and dangerous himself. He had learned the Juyo form and was growing in both confidence and skill with the lightsaber but he was still nervous in sparring the white haired girl he only met once.

He snapped open his eyes when he felt the presence of the girl drawing near. He wanted to surprise her and attack her the moment she stepped through the door but common sense told him it would be wise not to do so. If he offended this girl and she was as short tempered as her own Master is, she may kill him if the chance revealed itself to her. Play it safe for now.

The doors opened up and Vyrzen jumped to his feet and called his lightsaber to him. "Greeting Yr'il Ber'ong."

 

[LadyM]

I walked toward the dueling arena to face Avreet's young Apprentice, Vyrzen. Avreet had spoke highly of the teenage boy and knowing Avreet, he taught his Apprentice well in lightsaber combat. I had fought two duels, one against my own Master and one against Avreet himself, and lost both of them but I had learned from mistakes. And i learned to be more prepared for my duels here in the Sith Temples and in the galaxy. I was more skilled and seasoned than the young Zabrak rug rat but I would not underestimate him.

I felt his presence behind the doors and took a moment to prepare myself for the duel. My own Master loved to surprise me at every turn but this Vyrzen would not get the drop on me. I mentally opened the door and stepped through, lightsaber in hand and ignited. The boy greeted me but I ignored his feeble attempts to either greet me in a friendly matter or distract me. I attacked in response.

I leaped toward him brushing him back then from left to right I slashed my lightsaber at his left leg forcing him to either block the attack or jump back. I was not going to give the rug rat a chance to catch his breath so I attacked again sweeping my lightsaber at his head from the right to left forcing him to either duck or block

 

[Negative Blessing]

Vyrzen barely activated his lightsaber when the white hair girl attacked him, catching him off guard and unprepared. When the girl's lightsaber slashed at his legs, he took a step backward avoiding the hot sizzling blade but before he could counterattack, he saw her lightsaber was now sweeping toward his head. Vyrzen ducked the attack then rolled to his side putting a little distance between him and the girl.

He rose to his feet with a smirk on his face. Vyrzen now understood this girl was taking this duel seriously and he would need to as well. Moving into the Juyo form he lunged with his lightsaber, which was double sided weapon and longer than the girls single blade, pushing her back some keeping her honest and unable to assault him again for now while he planned his own attack.

He rolled forward toward the girl and swept his lightsaber from his right side aiming to sever her legs now forcing her to block or jump over his blade.

 

[LadyM]

The thing I had learned from my two previous duels, that resulted in both losses, was to never underestimate my opponent. Though this Zabrak was much smaller than me and even younger then me, he was Sith and that made him dangerous and unpredictable. And when I noticed he moved into the Juyo lightsaber form, I knew he became that much more dangerous.

I studied his movements trying to get a feel and read on what his plan was but before I could catch a glimpse of what he was trying to do, he lunged at me with his weapon causing me to take a few steps back using my lightsaber to defend against the long reach of his doubled bladed weapon. Then as I was about to attack, the little rug rat rolled toward me and swept one of his lightsaber blades at my legs.

I never faced an opponent that wielded a double sided lightsaber before but I had learned how to fight and defend against an opponent that carried on in each hand, so I treated this teenage boy's weapon the same way. I quickly brought my lightsaber blade down and instead of blocking or parrying the attack, I locked sabers with his. I was more physically stronger than he was so now I could dictate the next sequence of battles.

With our sabers locked, I kicked out my right leg catching him on the chin knocking him backwards, then charged at him as he landed on his back and plunged my lightsaber, pointe down, toward his chest forcing him to either knock my blade or away or die.

 

[Negative Blessing]

Vyrzen's head snapped back as he fell backwards slamming against the hard floor, his chin yelling in pain from the kick from the white haired Sith. His eyes where slightly out of focus but when he was able to gather his senses, he saw the girl's blade coming toward his unprotected chest. Quickly he activated his lightsaber and knocked away the girl's blade moments before it struck home, ending his young life.

He used Force Push to knock the girl back then he jumped to his feet, using the pain in his chin to add fuel to his passion. He twirled his blade around one time to make sure he was in balance with himself and his weapon. Satisfied, he attacked.

He struck at her left with a flurry of attacks forcing her to block or parry but not able to lock blades again then twirled around her body and came at her again from the right side with another series of attacks forcing her to block or parry but unable to lock sabers.

 

[LadyM]

The kid was starting to show some skill with the blade but I had him fighting on the defense not giving him the opportunity to take the offense. Still, I did not want to seriously hurt or maim the kid. He is Avreet's Apprentice and the Mon Cal and I have a friendship and it is one I seek to keep. So when he was able to dodge my killing blow a part of me felt some relief at that, however, when this Zabrak no longer studies under Avreet and we face each other again in a duel, I will kill him not because I hate him but because I will view him as a rival.

I was flung backwards from his apparent use to bring the Force into it, which caught me slightly off guard, but not much. I was able to regain my balance but before I could counteract his Force attack, he attacked me. I could see that his knowledge of Juyo was indeed unflawed so when he unleashed his first assault I was unable to lock sabers with him but only to parry the attack to my left side then he quickly adjusted his body and attacked my right side forcing me to parry those attacks as well. He had made a mistake of course, I had studied his movements and saw he choreographed his moves and that would be his undoing.

I stepped to my right as he tried to plunge his lightsaber into my stomach and when his momentum carried him forward, I brought my left knee into his stomach then followed it with a quick jab with my fist into his left cheek. As I assumed, he flung his lightsaber back to prevent me from attacking but i had already took a couple of steps back in anticipation.

I gripped him through the Force and flung him toward the wall and unleashed a round of Force Lightning toward him causing him to either deflect the lightning somehow or feel the burning sensation of the dark side power.

 

[Negative Blessing]

The white hair girl blocked both of his attacks and just as he was about to strike again, she moved and Vyrzen's momentum took him forward and that when he lost control of the duel. He felt the air rush out of his lungs followed by a throbbing pain on the left side of his face. Vyrzen swung his lightsaber behind him to protect himself from being impaled from behind but instead was lifting up through the Force and flung against the wall.

Vyrzen felt the remaining air escape his lungs and he dropped his lightsaber leaving himself unarmed. As he struggled to find his breath, he saw then felt the blue and white light hit him full on. His body began to shudder and shake uncontrollably then the pain and the shakes stopped as he crumpled to the floor, sore, bruised, battered, and burning. He saw the smoke rise from his robes and saw the burn marks on his flesh.

He tried to reach for, then call for his lightsaber but he could not muster the strength to do so. He looked at the white hair girl and nodded his head that he was done. "The victory is yours to claim." Vyrzen leaned back allowing for his body to heal through the Force.